realfunster

OP what brand of cigarettes ?

Another good reference from me for Crown as per jkinbkk.

With an extra 50k left over for mechanics bills....the Jaguar XJS

I have met a similar couple. Story is they fled Pakistan due to persecution of Christians and are in Thailand whilst UN assesses their case & final settlement destination- which will take 1-2 years. The wife was looking for work as a maid. I believe they were in limbo financially as not legally allowed to work in TH. They seemed genuine to me and didn't ask for anything, just shared their story.

I used to like Chang Light, I think I was the only one though as I haven't see it around for at least a year in my local Tesco or my regular bars.

Was up in Laos last week and really enjoyed the Beer Lao. Got some being brought to Bangkok for me this weekend [emoji4]

As an Easypass virgin, how do I go about getting my first one?

I got mine from one of the 'offices' situated just after the toll booth. They have a website as well, thaieasypass.com

not Hua Hin area but:

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/plankton-bloom-in-the-sea-off-bang-saen-beach

Just look at all the crap washed up/dropped on the beach as well...

Used to enjoy occasional days out at Bangsaen a few years back but the water & litter has been steadily getting worse for 5 years. I wouldn't even let my dogs swim in it now!

Bloomberg article suggests with some force that the Junta's inexperience and incompetence in economic matters could result in a lost decade.

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-08-04/thailand-s-generals-don-t-have-an-economic-plan

Indeed, an interesting read.

I would argue that we have already 'lost' a decade since 2006 and the continuous instability & resulting lack of strategy, policy & development, since then.

One of the key justifications for the Military government was to address this - they are not impressing so far, other than keeping the peace.

It's actually amazing that the Thai economy has been relatively resilient over the last decade but I do see the cracks appearing and am concerned something will give soon.

"Rhek Thum is in decline."

Oh well, I thought you were talking about Birmingham England. Carry on.

Now, now, no need to bring my wonderful home city into this but as you did.....

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/birmingham-named-one-of-the-top-10-cities-in-the-world-9933668.html

http://app.ft.com/cms/s/26c293dc-fe12-11e4-8efb-00144feabdc0.html?sectionid=home

Google shamu quarterly - they have a range of IATA approved kennels, including Petmate.

Make sure you carefully check the airlines requirements on space and buy big enough.

Jeeze, zoo's are becoming dangerous places, a Chinese tourist was killed on a faulty zip line at CM zoo last week or so.

I didn't hear about that incident - however, a quick Google led me to Khaosod.

Not impressed by the reason reporting the event was suppressed....

Quite amusing - this is from the front page of the Nation and includes comments from the Finance Ministry that there is little of concern.

However, front page of business section has the Commerce Ministry warning of impacts in Thailand from a Greek default/exit.

I'm siding more with the latter.

Glad you got that off your chest.

Didn't read it all but did relate to your touch screen experience- really ill-conceived piece of design in my mind, not much fun having someone constantly poking the back of your headrest.

I saw a couple of quality tourist punching on at swampy a couple of weeks ago.

Standard issue tour group...not sure who started what but saw the bloke punch a lady...who immediately gave him a couple of solid ones back.

Followed by the shouting and shoving etc of the rest of the group.

Give the cops credit though they soon settled them down.

That an interesting anecdote. Not dissimilar to when I went for lunch in my office recently and noticed a 'flag bearer'. Tourists around? Surely not in an office complex? But behold 50 Chinese tourists milling around. In the 5 minutes for me to order and get my coffee, a Chinese man and woman had managed to engage in a blazing, high-volume row in the lobby to the bemusement of Thai & Expat alike. Building security were required to resolve the problem. Not seen any tour groups in the month since....thank God.

Anyhow, back to the OP - it's clearly <deleted>. The vast majority of CN tourists are on a 'budget' and organised tours. On my daily commute , I drive past loads of them every morning staying in THB 1-2k shared hotel rooms being ushered into their tour bus.

And in today's other breaking news, Christmas gets strong disapproval from turkeys.

Maybe I am missing something here. Each month I transfer my rent from my bank account at BB to my landlord at Kasikorn Bank. Don't need an OTP for this. Very quick & easy.

You are right for repeat transfers - but in the OP's case it sounds like he may need to set up a new recipient for his wife, for BBL this would need an OTP.

It also varies by bank e.g my TMB account needs an OTP for all e-banking transactions, has caused me a few headaches in the past when travelling.

running a similar case now however the young man was injured for life but not killed

suing the driver, his company, the insurance companies is the way to go

its no consolation or will bring back the men however it will legally make issues for the driver so he wont forget so easily

I am truly appalled after reading this story and the sentencing

PM please review this case as it smells and does not seem to do justice to the victims

I was thinking along the same lines as seen in the 'Expressway 9' case, where civil proceedings will likely ensue following a criminal judgement of guilt.

However, I can imagine the widows may well just want to move on and don't have the means for a protracted overseas legal case.

In short, justice unlikely to be served in this case.

I work for a Smithfield butcher back in London, but am on a 3 month break with mrs TF at the moment.

4 years ago the last time I was out here for over 3 years near the end of my stay I found a good family run business towards the outskirts of BKK on on nut rd. sadly the fella that owed the business had just passed away and his thai wife was not sure if she was going to keep on running the outlet. Would appreciate it if anyone has any info.

As for the London pie company, likewise, what's his background info etc........?

Cheers, tigerfishjanny.

Sounds like Bunters to me.

Thanks for all the pie tips - hope to drop in for a Cornish at W district shortly !

They have baby gates on Lazada and dog gates at Shamu Quarterly. I have used both companies and they are ok. If you still want go custom made, try near Port area around Bangkok Uni, near railway line. About 20 different carpentry stores there. Without translation will be a challenge I guess ! I did a rough Google maps pin as follows: 1318 Rim Thang Rotfai Kao Sai Pak Nam, Khwaeng Phra Khanong, Khet Khlong Toei, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10110

http://goo.gl/maps/EYf7t

Do you need some help understanding the point of the story ? OP is sharing a useful personal experience which might benefit others - which is kind of the point of an expat forum like TV right ?

...in Bangkok I should clarify.

BCCT has a breakfast event starting at 7.30 on the Friday.

bccthai.com

Interesting that in the other news topic today 'Thai tourism rebound etc will drive 3.5% GDP growth' it says only 25,000 bookings were made....

3500 asked to retire early from TOT

5000 asked to retire early from THAI

This country is slowly but surely going down the drain................

Not even the daily messages from the Ministry of Propaganda can change that!!

Well, that's one way of looking at it JOC.

Another might be that the public sector in Thailand is coming to terms with the fact that the country can no longer continue to carry so much dead weight and they need to become more efficient in performing their work.

However, it is not exactly rocket-science management to simply cut jobs/employees, perhaps a more progressive approach (for the likes of Thai Airways at least, for example) would be to improve services, revenues and profitability by other means.

Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing a wave of privatisations in Thailand, which I am confident would lead to improved dynamism, transparency, competency and efficiency. From personal experience, I also believe that top-heavy Government/State Enterprise control contributes significantly to Thailand's corruption problems, reduction of the sphere of influence of such bodies would certainly assist in tackling this.

Of course, one of the the main challenges with all of this will be to ensure that sufficient private sector jobs are available for the future generations coming through, assuming hundreds of thousands of government jobs could disappear, if this current trend continues.