Jessi

Jessi

Here is the price quote they have given me. I

think it is quite fair.

70,000 baht, unless it is in a remote area far away, like Chiangmai, Chiangrai, Phuket, Mukdahan but i doubt it.

Our price includes all fees for a case like that:

- government fees

- our transport

- lawyers

- translation and interpreter

But it doesn't include:

- appeals if any (that is rare)

- execution of a decision (example, we make an agreement in court, finish this case, but the mother does not respect it - that is also rare)

- legalization of documents if necessary

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply.

I will get her to go see them.

This is my "Guidlines" for your tire pressures with somlor , Front = 32 - 37 , Rear 35 - 40 Side 30 - 40 . The wider pressure range for the somlor tire depends on what will be carried , shopping / surf board ! / or 4 people . Bike ( F & R ) pressures should be adjusted depending on rider / passanger weights and road conditions .The "sticky" steering sound like tight head bearings - have them re-greased and adjusted . Same if they are "notchy" .

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply.

Yesterday afternoon she called in & I adjusted the tyre pressure to 30 in the front & 40 on both the rear, she took it for a ride and said it seemed much better but still has that wobble in the front wheel. She didnt have this problem before they fitted the somlor (Sidecar)

If it was a car I would think it being a wheel bearing problem, I dont know if bikes have wheel bearings.

I have advised her to take it to the Honda dealer down the road from here & drop the other so called mechanic like a hot brick.

Many thanks for your help ktm jeff.

Please tell me an official Thai source that says Thai immigration police has to issue residence certificates and there is 'no charge' for it. And in which country are 'free lunches'?

Please do your own research, you can start with Thai Immigration web site. Free lunches was a tongue in cheek comment

Quick update: The petition was accepted by the court today and the first court date will be in two to three months.

My wife was also advised to contact Isaan Lawyers, she has a custody problem with her two daughters.

Are these lawyers expensive, how much money to see these lawyers and get advice. I understand how long is a piece of string but a ball park figure would be helpful.

Many thanks and I hope your court case goes in your favor.

Side car?

Thanks for clearing that up shurup.

No joy for me here.

and I asked in a nice polite way.

No knowledge on the bike forum about tyre pressure?

There should be NO CHARGE for this.

But there are no free lunches in Thailand,

I think that the Korat Immigration has stopped this also & they were charging 500B ..

Its not looking good here for knowledge about a somlor ?

What tyre pressure should be used on this bike? I checked them today , 42lb, 50lb, & 60lb, This does not seem right to me.

Help needed.

Thanks.

When I lived in Cambodia it was common for men (2) to ride around on motor bikes at night putting a rope around a dogs neck and dragging it off screaming as they went down the road.

Back in 1991 on my 1st visit to Isaan some place near Korat there was a pick up full of dogs. They had stacks of plastic buckets on the roof of the pick up and they would give one bucket to the farmer for each dog. These dogs would be put into bags and beaten to death with a stick, they said it would soften the dog meat. The Thai's say that this meat is sent to Laos, Cambodia etc but in fact a lot of dog meat is eaten in Isaan.

Very sad but true, Dog is eaten in all Asian country's that I have been to. In Indonesia they eat Monkey brains that is another story.

It's unbelievable that they spend time to waste time to write about people who eat cats, just because they made a new law a year ago.

A long time ago, I loved to eat some of these fried squid at the market. But when I only look at the squid now, it's obvious that there's something wrong with it.

My wife told me that they're using Formalin and after some "research", I really believe her. How much Formalin do we eat per day?

I'd rather like to eat cats, than Formalin in any form.

"They said foods that were found to be contaminated included squid, shrimp, chopped ginger, chopped finger root, straw mushrooms, grey oyster mushrooms, black mushrooms, long beans and oak-leaf ferns.".......

"Formalin was prohibited from use on food. Its use posed dangers to both consumers and vendors because the substance was lethal and carcinogenic."...........

​ The substance was lethal and still is...

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/health-ministry-warns-increasing-use-formalin-vendors-fresh-markets

I found it in sea food in Cambodia, I have no doubt they also use it here. Some people will do anything to make money,

disgusting.

I have also been told they are putting growth hormones in milk here, so the children will grow larger.

All I can say at this time is:

RiP.

Police said an animal rights group, called Watch Dog Thailand (WDT), filed a complaint accusing the five men of violating the animal cruelty law, which was passed last year and is the first legislation of its kind in Thailand.

The law does not explicitly ban eating cats, but does stipulate in vague terms that only animals which are “raised to be eaten” can be slaughtered for that purpose. Violating the law carries up to two years in prison.

I would be be grateful for a link to this animal cruelty law, which I know exists, and if possible also an English translation of it.

(I understand that the same law makes it a criminal offence to kick a rabid soy dog that tries to bite you)

For an admin member................You are asking a lot. IMO

You will only fail if you stop trying. Jessi.

I think its a good article.

The bike is a Honda wave 100. The lady owner has had a Somlor fitted to it.

The problem is the steering is "Sticking" not turning smoothly I dont know any other way to describe the problem.

She took the bike to a mechanic and he said this is normal when you fit a somlor to a bike, it does not feel wright to me but my knowledge of bikes is less than zero. In fact it feel dangerous.

I hope there will be some members that can offer help here.

Many thanks in advance.

I agree about restaurants being built without parking spaces.

Not just restaurants. Most new condo buildings seem to have parking spaces for only a tiny number of vehicles compared to the number of units in the building.

I also think part of the problem is that there are a lot more Thai's driving cars now than just skipping around on the bikes.

I use these, which can also be used in the garden.

Moaning about selfish Thais parking in Pattaya.

Heres a better 1. On monday i was at the local hospital for my physio/electric therapy.

I have to be lifted on a gurney by hospital porters. Taken up the disabled ramp next to hospital staff car park.

When finished 2 ladies from physio pushed me outside. The disabled ramp was blocked by a nurses car.

They had to take me back then around the hospital to get to our car, took them nearly 15 minutes, because of 1 selfish brain dead nurse.

We see this type of thing in Thailand all the time.

WHY? Because its all about me, me, me, me,

I got blocked in the hospital car park one day this (I cant use the word here) blocked 5 cars from moving.

I got security and they came with a trolly jack to move it in all it took about 1 1/2 hours.

I was very p1ssed off.

Well where is he?

We are all waiting for the Tranny response.

If they can find the address....Good luck

Stop knocking Pattaya.

The Chinese & Indians like it.

OR a good bunch of parsley

Back about 30 years ago, I met a 91-year-old American gentleman named Richard (Dickie), he did not mention his surname, who lived in a small community off the Tung Hotel Road in Chiang Mai. Did any of you long timers know of him?

Dick explained to me that he was an American journalist sent over to what was then Siam during the 1920s to write an article about the country for an American magazine. After a couple of months he met and fell in love with a beautiful 17 years old village girl, got married and decided to base himself in Chiang Mai, Siam. At the time the girl`s family already had a lot of land that one could buy for a pittance in those days, practically give away when land was not considered as an asset of value and he just plonked himself on there, built a home and then traveled back and forth to the States to maintain a living. Having to travel by ship he would be away for long periods at a time. He told me that as a young handsome white guy, the Thai girls were flocking to be his girlfriends, before and after he was married, with the parents and families actively encouraging their daughters to flirt with the farang. He never bothered with visas back then as farangs were considered a rarity and a novelty; the Immigration formalities were hardly implemented and something he never concerned himself with. Dick told me that Thais from all over the city would turn up just to introduce themselves to him, sometimes suggesting they have a nice niece if he`s interested.

There was virtually nowhere to obtain western type foods, hardly a motor vehicle to be seen, no proper concrete roads as such, no one had a telephone and most communities did not have electricity and the only water supplies were from small lakes or communal wells where people went with their buckets to draw out the water. There were small bar type brothels everywhere in mostly bamboo spit and sawdust type buildings.

Later during the 1960s Dick was sent to Vietnam by the US military as a journalist to cover events of the war. He was already way too old to do active service by then. After that he returned to Thailand, retired and stayed for good. Throughout the years in first Siam and then Thailand, Dick had fathered over 25 children with several different women. Most of the younger village generations were related to him. He told me that he had so many grandchildren and great grandchildren, that he’d lost count of them and forgotten their names. Towards the end of his days, Dick ran low on finances and his village kinfolk supported him. Even at the end of his life, Dick never bothered obtaining a visa, even his passport had expired many years previous.

Sadly only 11 months after I first met Dick he died at the age of 92, healthy right up to the end. I can say he was one of the most intriguing and interesting characters I had met in my life. Only wish someone would have made an initiative to write his life story that I’m sure would have made a most interesting read.

This is why we call it "The good old days"