ThaiFelix

I use SCB for my every day and never had a problem, K bank is good but rarely use,  Bangkok bank which hold my visa funds so rarely used, and Krungthai but only opened recently so cant comment.  In my experience its not so much the bank but the branch...1 for convenience of location and 2 the branch managers level of competence in his staff dealing with farang.   Some branches just dont seem to want farang customers and will give you the absolute run around (rather than be honest with you} while another branch of the same bank will welcome you with open arms.

Recently I opened an account with Krungthai.  I wanted a joint a/c with wife, 1 ATM debit card, and online banking.  They said I could have an a/c in my name only , and card but no online banking.  I politely said no problems I would try another bank but at the same time produced a copy of an online bank statement showing the funds I wanted to transfer to their bank.  Then the situation changed.

You see these people on the front desk are only following rules and procedures often printed in a handbook they consult but you must press them.  Especially if we are taking about more than the average monthly Thai salary in an account.  When I produced the statement of funds I just quietly said to her should she not check with the manager first?  One quick phone call and she gave me all that I wanted (well not all coz my wife was with me lol).

Maybe the guy has mental problems??  50 baht a day?...he could earn a lot more sitting on the corner with a cup.

Really??  This really is old news.  It must have been at least a month ago this law came in to affect...its all forgotten now or they are waiting for day to day updates of whether to enforce or not like riding in the back of pick-ups. 

30 minutes ago, mike324 said:

If you can afford it, you can always hire police escorts in Thailand. I've saw somebody advertising their service online on Linkedin too!

Yes back in the days when "Lady gai" took over the headlines it was said that anyone can hire a police escort.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Opas added that more than 23 per cent of young people under 20 years old who suffered in accidents were inebriated at the time. It is against the law to sell alcohol to people younger than 20

I was at a new years eve with the Thai wifes family when one of the nephews came home.  He is 17 years old and he was drunk.  Both his parents laughed at him because he was so drunk.  He gathered some food from the table, got back on his bike without helmet again and took off.  His parents never said a word!  I cant say anything because I am already in the bad books for criticizing his father for having a "back door" drivers license saying he should learn the road rules and do the tests for his families sake.  What hope do the young ones have with parents like that.

12 hours ago, AsianAtHeart said:

3) Not only could some of us have avoided this accident, we should have.  Regardless of how quickly a vehicle ahead slows or stops, it is the duty of the driver behind to follow at a safe stopping distance.

The problem with following at a safe distance in this country is that very often, in my experience, some nutter will make the situation much more dangerous by jumping into that space due to impatience.

7 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

If you can change behavior via behavior modification, attitude follows...

 

we have an attitude for the value of safety seats b/c we were raised in a culture where our behavior was modified due to evidence of child seats stats and attitude and compliance follows...

 

thailand lacks that whole entire infrastructure to reach that point of safety thinking....

 

it starts with education buy in and then enforcement...

Unfortunately Thailand's reputation with honesty prevents you from believing their stats.  I mean how the <deleted> can you have road death statistics that dont include those who die in an ambulance, or at hospital, from injuries caused by the accident??

The gentleman in the BMW with the "ornamental" sword will be given 30 days to report, fined 500 baht and a wai.   The vile posters of this video will now be hunted down, prosecuted, and sent to jail for 10 years for damaging the reputation of Thailand.

Where is Khao Maikaew < is that the front beach?

Drink driving: Potentially one year in prison, 20,000 baht fine and six month loss of license.

Drink driving causing an accident: One to 5 years jail, 100,000 fine and one year suspension.

Drink driving resulting in a death: 3-10 years, 60-200,000 fine and permanent removal of license.

But will the laws be enforced and when?

9 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

Naturally, his actions are totally uncouth.

 

But perhaps it was considered that the valet did not pay the adequate bar fine, before aiming to socialise deeper, with the "PR bar Hostess" !?!

Did you read the post??  There is no bar fine because it was after hours 

6 hours ago, colinneil said:

Valet arrested for trying to molest beer girl after hours.

So if he had tried it on during working hours, he probably would not have been arrested.

I thought the same thing 5555!

So I hope he goes for drunk driving as well seeing he confessed to it??

Yes child safety seats are a must.  I think one problem however is that most Thai children are spoilt rotten to the point they think they are masters of the house.  And I say that having had a lot of experience as a kindergarden teacher for over 10 years. I mean how many times have you seen a mother with a bowl and spoon following a child up the street trying to feed him/her?  I make my niece wear a seatbelt whenever she comes with me and she gives me daggers but she stays because we dont have her often so she doesnt know the limits.  Her parents dont have my luck cause she screams blue murder till unstrapped.  I was behind a car on the open road recently doing about 100kph and a child was standing on the tops of the front seats with a good third of her body sticking up through the sunroof waving at the cars.  I followed  for about 30 minutes and no attempt was made to have her sit down.  I cant imagine her wearing a seatbelt!

After careful consideration (with the help of the NRA) the judge has decided the Australian is obviously guilty of bullet theft, backed up by indisputable evidence showing how the bullet was found in the Australians possession after the incident.

Truth, justice, and the American way!

Well done!  However I am surprised he wasnt run over by a pickup or bike considering Thai drivers!

Yes be very careful out there folks!. 

I went through two checkpoints today near our village.  The first one they were all asleep in their hammocks and deckchairs, and as I cruised through the second one they all cheered "farang!, farang! without stopping me! .

3 hours ago, elviajero said:

He can take the marriage certificate to any Amphoe (District Office) and they will be able to confirm if the marriage is still valid.

 

No chance.

 

Being married is not enough, the marriage must be "de jure and de facto".

• They will need his wife to attend immigration when he applies, unless there is a compelling reason why she can't (e.g. illness backed up by a doctors letter).
• They will want signed copies of his wife's ID and Tabian Baan.
• They will want pictures of the husband/wife at home, and there is a possibility of a home visit.
• Home visits are highly likely if it's the first application at an office. They will interview neighbours to check that the husband/wife are actually living together. The neighbours will need to provide ID and sign a statement.

Correct although each office has different requirements.  In our province we had to provide, as well as above, a letter from Pu Yai Ban (village head) saying he knew us and we lived together and ID (copy) ,  a witness (not family) to accompany us first application only,  a home visit after first application, chicken soup and fuel money.  I ignored the several hints for the last two  items without any repercussions!  To my knowledge no neighbours were interviewed but it does happen I have been told.

Mmmm  "darkness and wetness" ?  So speed had no part in it.  I also note that most vehicles in the pile-up were Isuzu's.  Maybe the need to send Isuzu a "Please Explain" request. 

Vegemite eh?  I must put some in the glovebox for New Year!

23 hours ago, Opl said:

"I am ready to stand for my principles': Double world chess champion says she won't defend titles in Saudi Arabia because of kingdom's inequality"

The Ukrainian, 27, will not travel to Saudi Arabia, where she wouldn't even be allowed to walk down the street unaccompanied. 

"In a few days I am going to lose two World Champion titles - one by one," Anna Muzychuk says. Just because I decided not to go to Saudi Arabia."

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/world-chess-champions-anna-muzychuk-saudi-arabia-rapid-blitz-inequality-a8128751.html

 

 

Yes, you stand op for your rights girl, but may I ask what you are doing out of the kitchen??

So live wires dangling down and earthing is not a problem, it was the heat?  Is Pattaya having a heat wave now coz it seems to be cool everywhere else?

6 hours ago, Happyman58 said:

2 days i was down at shopping plaza looking at something in shop Next minute i hear this horrible voice talking It was one of the shop assistants Now bear with me i will describe this creature  It was half man half woman wore glasses had this crazy hair set up wore lipstick and had make-up on I burst out laughing and the girl serving me said to me sssh show some respect Honestly something like that belongs in a circus as a clown I am a very liberal man and nothing that i see fazes me much but i think to myself what are these guys trying to prove?

So she refused to give you her phone number eh??

Fake cop?  Why fake, coz he is actually getting out there and doing something?

I remember reading an interesting article some time back (maybe on here) about a sociologist who was researching the high number of foreign, mainly western, suicides that occur in this country, mainly in Pattaya and Phuket.  He/she ascertains that a lot of guys come here, often after having 1, 2, or more failed marriages back home.  They build a resentment towards western women for reasons of having to hand over 50 or more percent of their life's work, or having to put up with the wife's "headaches" etc for years etc and see Thailand, or more to the point, submissive Thai women, as an answer to all their prayers.  However, after being here a while and getting freedom, sex whenever they want, as much to drink as their heart desires whenever they want etc etc, they realise they really arent that happier than they were at home.  This in turn often leads to more broken relationships here.  So they end up 'pulling the pin' so to speak.

Maybe that explains why there are so many miserable bastards on here trying to raise themselves by putting others down via the "keyboard warrior" syndrome.