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OP:I was recently at BPH and they obviously are under new instructions to let patients know clearly the cost of procedures, medicines etc.

The only negative experience at the hospital is that each each time I am there I see this rather creepy individual dressed in a white coat walking aimlessly around between floors looking like he believes he owns the place. He is an old man with grey hair and an Australian accent. Has anyone else seem him? Perhaps he is a patient in the asylum ward.....so maybe he is under medication......

I agree entirely with the OP. I was at immigration last week for my retirement extension and re-entry visa.My time inside the office was somewhat longer due to a lot ahead of me at counters 1 and 2 for the permit. Nevertheless all the Thai officers were efficient and professional. I got my stamps as all my papers were in order.

However:

The information officer seemed stressed. Maybe the very tight winkle pickers he was wearing were uncomfortable. (For those not around in the 1960's that means shoes with pointed toes).

But worst of all was "jobsworth". Talk about self important. I don't believe his first language is English as his politeness skills are wanting and he was begrudging in giving me my queue ticket. Later when I was seated in the waiting area he was walking passed me staring at me and scowling.

i suspect he is something like ex police and treats others as criminals.

I would urge anyone who gets poor treatment from him to make a complaint to the head of immigration.

Its a pity they cannot bring back Barry Kenyon and I do wonder why these odd balls namely jobsworth get employed.

ps for the retirement extension they require prove of address(eg lease copy). Luckily I brought such a copy but some there did not and seemed to be taken by surprise.

Bangkok Bank will give a Visa debit/atm card for those with a retirement visa.

Seems no one here has had actual sight of the girl. It may be she looks only 10 or 11.

I reckon what happened is that the Yank saw the opportunity of buying some young flesh and he foolishly ended up in the mess he is in.

..............and they laughed when i moved from Jomtienski to Wongamat.........

Jomtienski is full of Cheap Czarlies.......

If you care to check on www.nationmultimedia.com you will find that Truevisions have already stated that they have no intention of sub leasing the premier league transmissions from CTH next season and will concentrate on new programming in HD to keep their viewers (best of luck with that chaps), so get ready to ditch your subscriptions around the end of May 2013.

Yes thank you for this post and I did check the reference and its right True are saying they have no intention of sub-leasing so clearly the Premiership has gone from True.

So for those of us who want to see the Premiership on our home screens for the 2013-14 season when is the time to subscribe to CTH and is it guaranteed they will be showing the matches on their system next season?

Thank you.

In view of the fact that we could be losing television coverage of the Premiership next season(see the threads re True's contract loss etc) those who do not know and who also enjoy radio listening should be aware that every premiership game is currently- and will continue to be- broadcast for free and live by Talk sport via Tunein Radio. All u need is a smart phone;the App is free. Can get the live commentary in different languages, English, Spanish, Mandarin.

-Sorry if someone else has mentioned this elsewhere on the forum.

South Pattaya ToT down in the night, seemed to come back around 8:30am.

As its Xmas:

A guy comes down for breakfast one morning and sees his wife at the stove with one of his socks in the frying pan.

husband: what the F*** are you doing?

wife: I'm only doing what u begged me to do last night....

husband: I was not asking you to "COOK MY SOCK!!!!

What an unpleasant and selfish idiot! Lets' hope he gets severely punished. Doubtful as money talks. I hope his family are ashamed of his behaviour as being the kind of odious person he must be, he does not give a dam_n.

And my local BKK Bank manager warned me that starting now, the letter for immigration is sent from BKK, so allow for an extra week to get the letter in hand.

if what jaideeguy says is true then it will affect a lot of people. Is it being said that if a person banks with the Bangkok Bank and is not living in Bangkok then one needs to go to one's local BKK Bank to apply for the letter and then wait a week for the letter of confirmation to come from Bangkok? Can anyone else confirm that this is now what is happening?

Many people myself included go to my local Bangkok bank on the same day(or the day before) going to immigration for the retirement extension. If this is indeed the new practice it will be necessary to go to the bank at least a week before the time of the extension application.

Yes Pormax, i have just phoned TRUE and told them what I think about what will happen if they lose EPL. I reminded them of the farce with the EURO games a few months back.

They were apologetic and admitted they have lost the rights but i got the same line about they are negotiating for matches and we will know the outcome later.

-In my view if we do not get live games then anything else ain't worth it.

Thank u Chicog for your helpful post, especially re the better options to Chrome.

As it happens i learnt from another source that the reason it would not download is that ( me being naive ) I should have downloaded various samsung updates, something I have never done until now. After 2-3 hours of updates my phone is now able to get the google chrome though I am not overly impressed with it so I may try the options u mention.

Thanks again.

I am not techno savvy but I have a Samsung Galaxy S 2 and it was recommended I download Google Chrome onto my phone.

I have tried to do so but I keep getting a message as follows:

"This App((google chrome)) is incompatiable with your AIS Samsung GT-I99100T".

I have a friend who apparently has the same phone as me but has Google Chrome on his phone.

But what's up?

Any input or suggestions?

There is an App on Play Store called 'Phone 2 Google Chrome browser' which I can download.

The 2 Applications are different or what?

I am getting confused-or maybe I am confusing myself- so any help is greatly appreciated.

OP: one alternative-which involves keeping TRUE-is buy a TRUE programme recorder which you can purchase for less than 5 thousand. You can then record only the better programmes such as decent movies or watchable documentaries, and view them when it suits you.

what can you expect OP?

= as much sex as your body and your wallet can handle, so good luck to you.

Another bleeding heart story.These criminals are laughable. Mostly they are only sorry for their crimes when they get caught.

7/11 Thailand is CP nothing goes back to Japan?

I find it strange why someone would want to run one of these sugar shops as they are all going to get hit very hard when sugar products start to get taxed .......I honestly blame 7/11 and Family Mart for Thailand's overweight children epidemic

I entirely agree. Sugar shops is a good description of these outlets. 90% + of their food products are unhealthy.

Can anyone tell me :

why is there never any fresh fruit or fresh vegetables in 7-11's?

..........Hard-ware?!

Grateful to you Sunderland for giving me the answer I was after. Have a nice day!

Does anyone know if today's community shield match(12 August) is being shown live. If so : which channel, what time?

Many thanks.

here's a few of my observations: i) ain't it a pain when we yet again see the english going to a foreign country trying to impose their morality on others; can imagine the uproar in the UK if Thais were sent to England to turn up ther noses at what goes on there. ii) anyone with experience of Thailand knows that most of these bar workers are the exploiters given half a chance, and their "sob stories" are laughable. iii) there is a certain honesty about the bar/scene in Thailand not found elsewhere as to take an example: many of the rich in europe, for example ugly and repulsive pro footballers are able to "pull" very attractive partners etc. Ask yourself why? Is that not a form of prostitution?

Agree with the last comment. Been tryng to watch the golf on TRUE, yet apart from it being excrutiatingly boring, its' made even worse by every few minutes it is interrupted by inane advertisements and announcements.

Whoever said the game of golf spoilt a good walk was spot on.

Shocking to see scarce land resources - that could be used for improving or maintaining the environment or for proper housing- is turned into acres of land where ludicrously dressed mostly middle aged people spend their time injuring their backs etc whilst trying to hit balls into holes.

All I can say is:

Get a life.

I likewise could not believe the news and had to do some research to confirm its' accuracy. S. Singh is without doubt a totally clueless individual and is a TV comedien without realizing it but of course so is the current Blackburn manager who is responsible for the team's relegation and one can only feel sorry for the supporters who will see their team go from very bad to even worse now.....dear oh dear....

The equally clueless owners of Blackburn got rid of a decent manager in Sam Allardyce who through his ability saw his team West Ham promoted this year.

What a farce, eh.

This was the most disgusting and ludicrous decision I have ever seen. Absolutely scandalous. Even Bradley knew he lost.

Will I ever watch boxing again?????

dear oh ****ing dear..............................