neilrob

Nan Noble House Garden Resort as a place to stay---it's great---www.nannoblehouse.com

The 5 year cannot expire, if you do your back to starting again with a 1 year.

Not true. They will indeed renew 5 year licenses after expiry, without even commenting on the fact that it expired. In fact you are better off doing so. If you renew a short time after expiry then you get six years, since it expires five birthdays after you renew, not five years from the expiry date. I do not know how long after expiry they will renew, but it must be at least weeks based on my and others experience. I suggest that the OP ask at DLT.

Just like Khrap, went in today, in my case about 1:30. Several spaces in the parking lot---I parked just outside the entrance to the office. In and out in less than 5 minutes, the easiest 90 day report I've had in years!

Have you tried Xavier Flute Studio, 053 820 464? Khun Xavier offers lessons and is an expert player---I have heard him in concert several times.

Get the paint code from VIN (ID ) plate , and try FORD dealer , owner of MAZDA.

I don't think that will help. Ford does not own Mazda and never did. The most stake Ford ever held was 33% and Ford's current stake in Mazda is only about 3%.

I agree with True Blue, there is such a shop in KSK. I also can't remember precisely where it is in the mall, but if you walk around you are bound to find it. I have had good luck mixing them to get the precise shade I wanted. For example, to get a light metallic green, I mixed dark green, metallic silver and a little white. With a little trial and error, trying it out on a hidden area under the bonnet, I got a really good match.

If you have an account with Vanguard, use it because they charge no fee for the transfer to BBNY

You are using that T work again which has no translation to Thai

Or translation into English either---what does this post mean in any language?

If you look at the space, it is rather obvious that there will be an additional three machines installed. The spaces for these are there, but currently covered by ATM-sized posters. So it is not a design problem. I don't know what the delay is---maybe there is a shortage of machines at present.

"I was trying to explain the location of something on The Ring Rd and my friend kept referring to The Super Hgwy(as The Ring Rd)...."

Thais will never refer to the term "ring road" (90% will have empty look on their face - even fluent English speakers if you use this term) and neither do I because it confuses them too much. they will always say "super" or Thannon yai meaning large road, with the exception of the 121 which they refer to as "Thannon 700 Pi".

121 is not the 700 year road. This is the official name of 3029, which is the inner ring road.

That's the same story I heard about it. I wish someone would buy it and knock it down---it's a piece of horrible kitsch that defiles that area of the old city (although it is just one of the too many ugly buildings in the old city).

I've been to the shop you mention, jf, many times. The one on Sripoom was better and sold DVDs also.

I agree with you, 2peteok, the DVD shop on Sripoom Rd was excellent. I tried to find them after the shop closed, but with no success. My guess is they just went out of business, but I hope I'm wrong and they will pop up somewhere.

You can reach them here: 053-808084

Thanks for the information. Does this mean they still have a shop somewhere? If so, where? You can't rent a DVD over the phone (unless they have home delivery).

A prime example of this is someone I know who owns rental property in his home country and condos here. Yet he goes around in worn out clothes. I saw him at the bank for a business meeting in shorts and a torn shirt. I don't think that is appropriate in his home country and it is definitely not in Thailand. Strange, particularly considering how cheap clothes are here

I agree with the OP and have made similar observations of expats who clearly have money (eg. own multiple properties abroad), but are simply too cheap to spend a few hundred baht. It seems like bizarre behavior. My only explanation is that Thailand, simply because it is cheap to live here, attracts such people. Probably they behave the same way at home---misers at home and misers here.

I renewed my five year car driving license in CM a few days ago. Before doing so, I looked up the requirements on Thaivisa and elsewhere on the internet and found some current requirements in CM are different to those posted there. The first time I tried I turned up about 1:30pm to find I was too late. They do it only twice each day, at 9:30am and 1:00pm, so you have to arrive a bit before either time. Requirements are:

- You hold a 1 year visa.

- Passport with copies of picture page, last visa extension and last entry.

- Residence certification (copy and original), either certificate from consulate or from immigration, or work permit or yellow tabian baan.

- Expiring Thai driver's license. You can renew up to 90 days before.

- Fee of 605B (extra 50B if you've changed your address).

- If you have two driving licenses you must make two copies of documents.

Two items that other postings say are required they did not need:

- Medical certificate---I brought one and they said not necessary.

- Photocopy of front and back of old license.

There was a colour blindness test using a traffic light mockup, but with the red, green and amber lights appearing in random positions, a braking reaction time test and a one hour training course. Thai participants went into a lecture hall for this. I watched an English language video on a computer monitor.

Everything moved quite quickly (except the video!) and total time from entering to leaving with a new license in hand was about 1.5 hours.

I went in a few days after my license had expired. No one commented on this and it is well worth doing. The new license expires five birthdays from now, so I received what in effect is a 6 year license, expiring in November 2019.

I live within a stone's throw of Central Festival, so I was looking forward to it opening. I just went there and found it very disappointing. The building, inside and out, has no style or imagination. Promenada may not have many customers unfortunately, but at least it shows some imagination. Central Festival has all the style and imagination of a matchbox with tinsel draped round it. Even KSK is better architecturally, and KSK is a mess. But the worst thing about Central Festival is the acoustics. The noise level is deafening and there is no sign of any attempts at sound damping. How could anyone build a new mall and not take into account the acoustics of the design?

I suppose your spelling in Thai is impeccable?

FYO: even the Thai's seldom spell anything the same in Thai script. so lay off the sarcasm, OK?

First you don't know an acronym that has been around for decades. An acronym that did not come from Thailand but is an English language acronym. Then you think it is Thais not being able to spell !! Then you suggest Thais cannot spell Thai. I don't know which Thais you know, but I can assure you that many Thais can spell Thai perfectly well. Sarcasm seems entirely called for in response to your comments.

My experience is that Bangkok Bank do the letter while you wait. If you want you can do the letter a bit earlier in the week. I've used letters up to a week old with no comment from immigration.

I have a 1966 and a 1972 Jaguar. Both were shipped from the factory to Bangkok and sold new in Thailand. I would like to find the name of the original owners, just so I know more of the history of the cars. The log books show the date of first registration and the original registration number. Unfortunately, both log books have changed, probably several times, over the 40+ years and they do not show the name of the original owner. Jaguar factory records show the original dealer in Bangkok, but not who purchased the car. Neither dealer is still in business. Has anyone got any experience of trying to find the name of the first owners from Land Transport Dept records? Thanks for any help on this.

The same with Big C extra in CM, it also used to be a Carrefour. As in Bangkok, it appears to me to carry more upscale foods than other Big Cs, but then I have not been to other Big Cs to compare for quite a while.

I did the extension in CM two weeks ago. The officer handling it told me the policy has changed. You can now renew 45 days in advance.

Hinlay seems to have stood the test of time and consistency is certainly not prevalent among restaurants of a similar nature.

Haven't been to Hinlay's in a couple of years, but my recollection was that they were cooking their curries in advance in bulk and then reheated individual servings for customers, and that with the exception of the vindaloo the curries were very bland. Has that changed? Only good thing that I remember about the place was that they served the food quickly.

Of course worthwhile Indian restaurants cook some of their curries in advance. Depending on the curry, the flavor improves the day after, because the spices and other flavours have had a chance to blend. Some dishes have to be cooked in advance to be at their best. This is not a valid criticism of Hinlay or of any Indian restaurant. Nor is it true that Hinlay's curries are bland. Of course they have milder and spicier dishes on the menu. I suggest you try Hinlay again and order one of the spicier dishes.

I have tried most of the Indian restaurants in CM. The only one I've found which is worth going back to is Hinlay, which offers a consistent high standard of food at reasonable prices.