JGV

Anyone living in or near Sattahip

Fancy meeting up for a beer

John

0873641680

Who I wonder has made huge profits over buying up cheap dollars

Give you a clue

T******

Sinsot is an old Thai custom It is 2013 now and not relevant. In many instances now it is all about face in the public eye

Do not get dragged into this as it is often used as an excuse to get you to part with your money

John

As an avid tennis lover I was looking forward to watching ;live stream of Aussie Open which started on Monday

Well as yet I have been unable to open the stream at the australianopen website but tennis australia confirmed to me by e mail that the live stream is available free to users in Thailand

I have also contacted TOT, my ISP who have no explanation as to why I can't access the stream even though my download speed is sufficient .Attempts to open other freelive streaming brings up a Truevisions message in Thai which I can't read but I am convinced they are blocking access as they have TV rights

Since when did TV rights give you the power to block access on Internet

JGV

Tuned in last night to see Liverpool Man U on Channel 3 Nothing

So what happened with this pledge by True Visions to help Thais watch some EPL matched

The Thai power elite are not interested in promoting the learning of English because they perceive that speaking English means greater knowledge and therefore a threat to their grip on wealth in this cou8ntry

Ask him how much US dollars he has in his assets

The whole concept of teaching other subjects in English has some merit but only if the level of English is high to start

To start teaching Science in English to students whose English is rudimentary at best leads to constant use of the dictionary and little if anything is learnt - a waste of time and resources

Xenophobic or just want to keep their greed for themselves

JGV

Help wanted

My Remote for DVD Player is malfunctioning

Where can I find remote replacements

and 2 want to buy a Mp3 and cassette player ffor car - not too expensive

Thanks in advance

JGV

Can a person with a retirement visa get married to a non Thai and the spouse reside with him on the basis of the 800,000 Baht already in Thai bank with no extra financial requirement for her

JGV

The main point here is that Thai girls marry an older farang or any farang for that matter for financial security. Why - well usually they come from a poor family or if they have children have been rejected by Thai men because they are deemed soiled goods. So their are benefits for the Thai woman. OK the farang gets the benefit of not being alone so I just don't get it

Is this blatant racism or do they think lots of farang men will deposit more cash in a Thai bank?

I can't see any benefit for the Thai government if a large number of farangs decide to go back where they come from. More money will be taken out of the country

Please explain the purpose of this proposed law other than racist

Yes. Thailand should bring in this law to prohibit older Farangs and other foreigners from marrying very young women .

I have seen some farangs with young wives who could be their grand daughters!.

Laos and Cambodia have enacted these law: why not Thailand.

Your attitude reminds me of a guy called Adolf who restricted the rights of Jews about 75 years ago

Who next blacks or maybe hispanics

To reiterate

The headache is because exchange rates have increased the amount of English cash I need to use to top up the Thai account to 800,000

And in reply to comment about living here I have been here 17 years and resent the comment about moving on

People with lots of money should refain from glib comments about lack of funds

JGV

OK Anyone having frequent headaches over exchange rate and it's impact on staying here on 1 year visa

I am interested in hearing from you

but message me direct through forum

AstaHugo

To all those that are critical of the consumer downloading music and movies I will remind them for years how companies exploited buyers with hicked up prices - remember Cd's, cassettes and DVD's. Briefly the consumer has had the advantage through downloading and it seems that critics of this want to return the poor consumer to a position where he/she is exploited again.

Here in Thailand internet service has been average at best and usually chronically poor because the government aren't prepared to invest in better technology. Do you think that S Korea are putting torrent downloads restrictions at the top of their priorities - I think not. They are more concerned with better facilities for international business growth .

It is the small mindness again that exists here that will prevent Thailand escaping from third world status.

Maybe the problem with the movies in Thailand is the government censorship and busybody nettling of old folks with yellow underwear that drive movie makers to only produce crap horror films.

The recent winner of The Palm Dor at Cannes Movie Festival, who is Thai remarked that he couldn't understand why the Thai authorities continued to treat the Thai viewing public like children through their censorship policy.

So even Thai intellectuals are frustrated

JGV

Anyone interested in starting a movie club or exchanging movies I have large collection DVD's AVI's

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This constant tit for tat regarding what is morally right and wrong is missing the point. If this government is going to retain any degree of respect about upholding the law I think it is now time to bring in the tanks to reach a swift conclusion - if these so called reds say they will die rather than give in so be it

JGV

It has gone beyond a joke

It won't be the last time innocent lives will be lost to military might

In reply to Che

Maybe he/she should consider what is the role of government

I thought one of its roles was to maintain law and order

Surely marching on the military and the police - refusing to disperse and occupying an area in a city thus preventing normal business to continue constitiutes a breakdown of law and order. Therefore the reaction by the military is predictable at the very least

I have used it twice It is expensive relative to small owner shops

Also I went there to order a part for a DVD Recorder My local elctronic guy had assessed the problem and the repair guys refused to order for me even though they were the assigned agent for the make of recorder. They insisted that they wanted to make their own assessment of the problem so they could inevitably jack up the charge. The attitude of the guys was also not that friendly. Stay away I suggest

A local guy in residential area is likely to be as skilled and if you need spare part find address in Bangkok and go and buy

Your problem doesn't sound that complex

This post has raised an issue with me

I am not married and have a 1 year retirement visa. Jomtien insisted that to obtain the visa the bank account must be a savings account in Thai baht and that a foreign currency account in English pounds was not acceptable

Now it seems for married visa the opposite is true

Can anyone clarify this because I am thinking of getting married

John

Yes but which match is on which channel