Jimjim1968

Thx for replies. It looks like Ninive Board games shop in BKK can order it for me.

Hi,

I would like to buy this card game, the physical copy not the ipad version.

Anyone know where I can get it in the kingdom?

Ta in advance.

Thank you all very much for your informative replies. I shall now endevour to get married.

Hi,

My wife and I have been married for nearly 8 years. Married as in we had the monk ceremony at her home. We have never been to Bangkok to obtain the marriage cert, or acquired it in the province where we got married.

Eight years later, we have the time to go, and it can affect our life together (visas, tax etc.)

I am English. My wife is Thai.

Can someone explain the procedure we need to follow to acquire the marriage certificate?

Many thanks in advance.

Fifteen years I have taught English in Thailand. I had sour experiences with two foreign run agencies, making casual threats about who provided my visa and trying to get me to do unwanted overtime. I left those agents behind. Then stayed 9 years with a Thai run agency and was treated very well. They even provided health insurance for my daughter. And every year I was given an easier time.

I now work direct for a government school and am treated very well, even though some of the Thai teachers seem not to like the native English teachers very much. That's their problem. Many of my friends are working for agents and have a constant terrible time; multiple trips to Penang as the agent can't seem to understand how to make a visa application.

I gave up cycling here after being chased and bitten by a dog. And I got bitten walking around the village with my daughter.. The owner said it didn't like white.

Got an exercise bike instead now.

Ball or aerosol?

No. I want it for my armpits.

Chilean wine. 250B at Tesco.

Jamesons Irish Whiskey when you feel rich.

I've been bitten by dogs twice this year. Once while riding my bicycle, the other while walking in the village with my 4 year old daughter. As we walked past a house a small, ol-ish dog came running out of the house ran straight at me and bite me on the leg. The owner came out and they washed the wound with water. She said, "It doesn't like white." Both bites were small, but drew blood. After the first one I went to the hospital and proceeded a very expensive series of jabs. I ran out of money after it hit about 3,000 baht and took my chances. The second one I didn't both with the doctors.

From my observations possible reasons for the low level of English amongst Thai people is the method of teaching English by the Thai teachers.

Also the very low salary offered to native speakers means a low quality supply of native speaking teachers.

Address these two issues and you can start moving forward.

I see this story is off the online papers already.

A bit like the last one in Lee Gardens. It was announced it was a gas leak in McDonald's for the first three days. My wife's former student worked there. There is no gas, it's all run off electricity. By the time they admitted it was a bomb it was yesterday's news.

Ok problem solved.

I had typed in the recipient bank's address incorrectly.

Thanks everyone for you time and effort.

J.

I'm in Thailand.

I might try opening an account myself in Thailand and try again.

The limit is 75,000 pounds. I am transferring less than that.

I was wondering if its my wife's name being written in English on the transfer but in Thai with her account details in Thailand.

I have managed to set her up as a recipient though.

I just repeated the process and got the exact same reaction.

After I press "continue" it defaults back to my accounts page.

Hi,

No deduction has been made.

Would that be instantaneous?

Phone bank? Good idea!

I suspect it didn't go through after I pressed "continue" but there was no error message, so it confuses me.

Thanks for replies.

Last Sunday I did my first ever SWIFT transfer from LloydsTSB to my wife's account with Thannachat bank in Thailand.

I received the activation code via an automated phonbe call.

I typed in the amount, filled in the boxes and pressed "continue"

It defaulted back to my accounts screen with no confirmation message or any indication that a transfer was carried out.

It's now Tuesday, and I am fearful of repeating the process in case the transfer was made.

Can anyone give me some advice about this? I was very surprised that there was no indication that anything had happened.

It really gets my goat why things run out of stock perhaps for months in this country, and yet as other posters have stated there is an abundant supply at other stores. The lack of tonic water means I can't make my favourite drink, and I am sure a lot of people enjoy a gin and tonic in the evening. Surely big supermarkets like Tescos are on the ball and this sort of problem just shouldn't occur.

Is there anyway to tackle this problem or do we just have to live with it and say T.I.T?

Also noticed that the Tescos fruit and nut chocolate bar space was vacant yesterday with a big, ugly red sticker on it.

Does anything else do with gin?

Thanks for replies.

I am in Chumpon.

Hi,

I like to drink gin and tonic. It goes very nicely with the cool of the evening and is written about by the great authors who resided in SE Asia back in the day.

For about 2 months now my local Makro has had none. Tescos sometimes has a small amount but it is usually bought out by a local farang bar shortly after they restock. But not anymore.

This morning I asked at the counter in Makro. The lady told me there was a problem with the company.

I do hope Thailand is not playing silly buggers with Schwepps, like they did with Pepsi.

Does anyone know anything about the tonic water supplies in Thailand?

Any info gratefully received.

Hi,

Recently I came under scorn on here for using the "Cash Advance" facility at the yellow Thai bank. They charge 6% for doing it, which is quite a chunk of change.

Today, I want to take 15,000 Baht out of my LloydsTSB account using my debit card from my savings account. Normally, I would use Cash Advance, however, people are telling me I should use the Swift system.

Could a kind soul please explain it to me and instruct me how do i do it?

Gracious thanks in advance.

Jim

I've done my best not to drink awful Thai beer anymore. Where I live I have scouted all the shops and found supplies of South African cider, London Pride ale and Beer Lao. I would rather spend a bit more money and really enjoy a glass, than waste money on the poor excuse for a beer they manufacture and sell here. Same goes with the nasty spirits. I'll spend more on a decent bottle of gin or whiskey, perhaps less often but it's clean, decent taste and no chemical headaches,

Hi,

I felt like I got poisoned last night on a bottle of gin that I bought in the town.

It was Contessa and made in India. I used to drink Gilbeys, then my mother brought over some Gordons from the UK which put Gilbey's to shame. I wanted to try something new. I was recoomended Contessa by the lady in the shop. She said that they supplied all the hotels on Koh Tao with it and that no one was buying Gilbey's anymore. I thought I would give it a shot.

It didn't taste like gin. It was horrible. Foolishly I had a few G and T's.

I woke up feeling very ill. I poured the rest of it down the sink.

Does anyone else have any experience with this?

Ta.

Thanks everyone for all this excellent advice.

And for the warning about the "cash advance".

Kind Regards,

Jim