dbrenn

Songkran is a moronic monstrosity and an affront to polite social order. To be sure a stabbing is an overreaction, I just feel like punching people who throw dirty water at me.

You sound like a kilo of laughs. If dirty water makes you want to fight, does clean water make you feel warm and smiley inside? The 'moronic monstrosity' may be in the mirror.

Funny post though, 'polite social order'....the world isn't made of pie and candy mate.

I don't stop you from watching mindless drivel, so please likewise respect my right not to have water thrown at me when I'd prefer to stay dry.

Songkran is a moronic monstrosity and an affront to polite social order. To be sure a stabbing is an overreaction, I just feel like punching people who throw dirty water at me.

So you are ok with clean water then?

You being from the "polite social order" want to punch people for getting wet?

How do you cope during the rainy season? Do you shower?

Songkran is a moronic monstrosity and an affront to polite social order. To be sure a stabbing is an overreaction, I just feel like punching people who throw dirty water at me.

In mid or upscale places I sometimes leave a tip, unless service is included.

Soi dogs are a menace, especially at night. Good for him.

Anyone coming to Thailand has to realise "no one" is going to help you with anything and learn to do or arrange by planning in advance your own supplies.

I have 2 wells cost 150k for both one 85 metres deep one 55 metres deep supply 4000 litres an hour + an 8 metre deep 1 rai lake

Yes its a total farce in a country that receives HUGE amounts of rainfall...........no planning, no brains ,no hope ,stuck in a retarded serf like system of governance.

You do realize that the current water shortages are primarily due to an El Nino condition that is going into its third year. This has impacted the normal northeastern moonsoon causing significantly lower then normal rainfall in thailand for the past two years. The El Nino arose rather unexpectedly in 2014 so the reservoirs were lowered as usual in anticipation of normal rainfall that did not occur in 2014 and 2015 causing the low reservoir levels that are now causing problems for many.

Data is showing the El Nino is weakening and forecast are the rainy season in the second half of this year should be normal or higher.

Contrary to popular opinion on this site, the water management system in Thailand has been fairly effective in mitigating the impacts, but at this point is there is little that can be done other then promoting water conservation and wait for the rainy season.

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The north easterly monsoon prevails in the dry season. It's the south westerly monsoon that brings the rain.

My Thai wife didn't bother changing her family name when we married in Oz. On a recent trip around Europe, she (as a naturalised Oz citizen) was using her Oz passport so she could travel visa free, while I was using my UK one. We were asked a couple of times about our relationship, but our answers were accepted. Next time we travel, we'll take a copy of our Oz marriage certificate, or my Oz passport, just in case.

As a precaution, you should perhaps take a certified translation of your marriage certificate (assuming it is a Thai one). Just show it to US immigration if they ask any questions, and you'll be fine.

There will be a lot of stoned coppers around over the holidays.

There's a rat in my kitchen, what am I gonna do ....

Doesn't Cambo offer e-visas now? A friend of mine got one recently, in advance and avoided all this visa on arrival queuing and dealing with corrupt border officials. Can't they be used at Koh Kong?

Call me old fashioned, but $7 for a very unpleasant confrontation, then getting subjected to additional humiliation by being made to hang around in the stinking heat for hours, while others are invited to jump the queue in front of the OP - It hardly sounds worth it to me.

Thai nationals can apply online for a visitor visa https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/600-/Visitor-e600-visa-online-applications

What are you trying to tell me not understand you at all .

My thai de facto got her vias to Australia last week I didn't do in on line we did by paper work.

Thai passport holders can also apply online.

https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/600-/Visitor-e600-visa-online-applications

Ok yes I know that but I think let easy to do it in person cheers

If you say so - travelling and queuing and facing agents at VFS who don't make decisions and all that. It's easier that applying online from the comfort of your own home rite?

i tot motorcycles have been banned from using bridges n tunnels since like so long ago? my Thai friend has told me that since 6-7 years ago. And its only effective since what recently??? Anyways its not just banning that makes a road much safer. Its education of good traffic behaviour and i think Thailand still has a long way to go on this.

Right - I used to ride big bikes here 20 years ago, and bikes weren't allowed to use flyovers then either. Ditto for riding in any lane other then the left hand one, behind all the buses and trucks.

Add to this the prohibition on using expressways, and there really is no point in owning a bike here.

Thai nationals can apply online for a visitor visa https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/600-/Visitor-e600-visa-online-applications

1. You should allow at least one month to get the visa https://www.border.gov.au/about/access-accountability/service-standards/visitor-visa-processing-times

2. The visa validity period varies, and is at the discretion of the case officer who processes the application. Generally, the visa will be valid for three months stay and needs to be used within a year, but they may restrict validity if the case officer so decides. It's important to put your (actual) intended dates of travel on the application form

3. No need to travel to (or pay for) VFS. Thai passport holders can apply online for a tourist (visitor) visa here: https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/600-/Visitor-e600-visa-online-applications

The first The first law of thermodynamics, also known as Law of Conservation of Energy, states that energy cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system.

In simple terms, this means that the your fridge is pumping as much hot air out of the back as cool out of the front. More hot air in fact - the energy that is used to run the compressor will add to to the heat that is being moved from the front of the fridge to the back.

i did try this in a rented room with no aircon mainly to piss 'em off with electricity use because they were disgustingly rude but it was late night and i didn't feel like exploring the night further.

anyhow it does work to some extent because hot air rises and cool air stays down low where you are. if there are ceiling height vents so much the better will the cool stay down. wasnt using the fan in front of the fridge as in the picture so cold air stayed somewhat low.

The presence of ceiling vents means that you no longer have to worry about the first law of thermodynamics as your room is not a closed system. The additional heat created by your fridge is allowed to escape via convection out of the vents, while the cooler air is left behind.

With no vents, thanks to the additional heat dissipated by your fridge compressor, the layer of hot air will become thicker and you will eventually feel hotter than you would have felt just sitting in front of a fan, with the fridge door closed.

Using a conventional fan will save on your electricity bill too.

The first The first law of thermodynamics, also known as Law of Conservation of Energy, states that energy cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system.

In simple terms, this means that the your fridge is pumping as much hot air out of the back as cool out of the front. More hot air in fact - the energy that is used to run the compressor will add to to the heat that is being moved from the front of the fridge to the back.

Its Thailand and they can do what ever they want, and i wont be surprised if they prepare paper work accordingly. Its like take it or leave it. Court is a lengthy procedure

Conjecture.

of coarse it can.

what do you think ? if you buck up about it and make problem what do you think will happen to your job in a few weeks time ? certainly not a raise or a pat on the back ........

think about it ........

Thank you dbrenn, for your clear advise based on actual circumstances. Appreciated

If they force a salary reduction on to you without your consent, then the labour court will order that your salary be reinstated and the illegally deducted amounts be paid back to you with 15 percent per annum interest.

These are your legal rights and are irrespective of any contract that you may have signed. Contracts of employment are subordinate to the Labour Protection Act.

No, comms is another story, something I can do very little about. This post is exactly as I posted. About reducing basic not comms. There has been talk that soon the company will be reducing management's basic salaries and making it up with commission. Which in my experience never gets paid. So my OP is valid. Can they reduce your basic? Which it appears, they cannot.

Correct, and it's fair that employers should not be allowed to reduce basic pay. If an employer were allowed to reduce basic (or allowances like a car allowance that are attached to basic), they could do it as a way of forcing people out, or reducing exposure to severance pay if they intend to terminate employees after a pay reduction.

Section 77 of the Labour Protection Act 1998 states that any deduction or reduction from wages (other than those required by law, such as personal income tax or social security) requires the written consent of the employee. There was a guy in our sales team who was paid too much because of a clerical error, but we still needed his written consent to deduct the overpaid amount from his salary.

Worthy of note too is that the Labour Court do not differentiate between Thais and foreigners, and foreigners will get a fair hearing. We've been taken to the Labour Court before by a disgruntled employee that we'd had to fire under section 119 of the Labour Protection Act (no severance pay due to gross negligence, causing damage). The Labour Court handles cases in a professional way. The employee gets a hearing within a couple of months of lodging the complaint. The first hearing is handled by an arbiter, who tries to find common ground between the employer and the employee. If this fails, then another hearing is scheduled where a court judgement will be made.

The Labour Court leans in favour of the employee, unless there is clear evidence that the employee is at fault.

In the case of the OP, a judgement would almost certainly be made in his favour, as his employer is in violation of the law.

No, comms is another story, something I can do very little about. This post is exactly as I posted. About reducing basic not comms. There has been talk that soon the company will be reducing management's basic salaries and making it up with commission. Which in my experience never gets paid. So my OP is valid. Can they reduce your basic? Which it appears, they cannot.

Correct, and it's fair that employers should not be allowed to reduce basic pay. If an employer were allowed to reduce basic (or allowances like a car allowance that are attached to basic), they could do it as a way of forcing people out, or reducing exposure to severance pay if they intend to terminate employees after a pay reduction.

Section 77 of the Labour Protection Act 1998 states that any deduction or reduction from wages (other than those required by law, such as personal income tax or social security) requires the written consent of the employee. There was a guy in our sales team who was paid too much because of a clerical error, but we still needed his written consent to deduct the overpaid amount from his salary.

The best thing that this bunch of incompetent old army generals could do to stimulate the economy? QUIT!

I bought two LG aircon units around three years ago. I use them every day and they still work perfectly.

They do need you to agree in writing. If you don't they can retrench (or whatever the local variant is) you and pay you a severance. Or, continue to employ you on the same salary (then look for a way to fire you with no severance). They can do this to Thais as well.

In the oil and gas industry in Thailand and globally, this is occurring to those companies that have not gone out of business with few exceptions.

If you read back, OP appears to have mistated his problem, his question has nothing to do with reducing salaries at all its a dispute of commission payments...he is being paid his agreed to base salary

My mistake! I did not have enough time to read the full thread.

Mine too ..