poppysdad

When my British wife died here albeit a few years ago now, the hospital issued me with a document that I along with a Thai friend to help me to the district office where I was then given the official death certificate in the Thai language. As I needed an English translation I then took that document for translation. It was all very easy but I did have the help mainly for language problems of a Thai friend and I believe the cost was absolute minimal. 

Scubascuba3, they must be well aware I’m here as they phone me on my Thai phone number plus send the occasional sms security message again to my Thai number. I don’t have a uk number that I could use or have someone to reply to a sms security messag if I did. When I transfer with online banking to wise they probably detect my instruction is coming from a Thai phone so I don’t think telling them or not makes any difference. 

But Transam is it the same for private pensions as well plus I’d rather be in control  of when my money comes in as don’t always need it every 4 weeks. But if it does simplify everything then as a last resort I’ll go down that route. 

Yes, I know yet another posting on this subject. Around 9 months ago Santander contacted me about where I live and I gave them satisfactory info on paying uk tax and pensions and a UK address and I thought all done and dusted. The other day they contacted me once again on the same subject ( strangely just after doing a wise transfer which I do monthly anyway). I again have supplied the info they asked for and now wait on their decision. 

Anticipating bad news I’m looking at all my alternatives to where to get my UK and 2 private pensions paid into and having a Wise transfer account but don’t know if I can have them paid into it. I searched the forums but one says you can another says you can’t and so it goes on. So, if you can and currently do can you please guide me through how to do it. I’ve just been onto the wise website but cannot see how as it seems I have to open a business account. 

Any alternative banks that I can contact from here that would prove easy to open an account with as again I read conflicting answers on that subject. It also goes to show that the banks back home are monitoring all our activity and winning one day doesn’t mean they’re forgetting you as I can now testify. And before someone suggests that I must be doing something dodgy I simply transfer around £1500 every 4-5 weeks and have done so for many years. 
 

Many thanks in advance for any help offered. 

I would also like to have apple CarPlay on my Toyota chr media system rather than the Toyota system. I know the Toyota Cross now has it and kannikap Bluetooth connected with my iPhone doesn’t give me it so would also be interested if a dongle might work.  
But please SHOUT out if you know how. 

Thanks Bert but gave up with the Apple one some time ago although still on my iPhone. But just checked on steps taken so far today including Apple and now have 3 completely different readouts of 620, 898 and apple at 828.  
My question was though how can we find out which is the more accurate one. 

Tried to put this under computers but wouldn’t let me enter it there.

It’s just simple curiosity but I like to know how many steps, how far I’ve walked etc rather than seriously keeping fit. I have tried other apps but currently have 2 on my iPhone and at the end of the day there is anything up to 800 steps taken of difference between the 2 which really is ridiculous.
So which one is the accurate one would you think , one being Google fit and the other Pedometerapp. How can one test the accuracy of either of them or indeed any other's?

I’m in my mid 70’s and can probably count the times I’ve cooked for myself on 2 hands. I am capable but have a no interest in cooking whatsoever. My wives have always done me proud with their culinary efforts and my Thai wife is perfectly happy to cook falang food for me at the same time as she cooks her own. It’s nothing to do with being lazy it’s simply no desire or interest in doing so. 

Last week my wife’s 25 year old daughter came to stay with us, the main purpose was to get her car driving licence. To the best of my knowledge I doubt if the daughter has had more than 10 hours car driving experience. On the Monday off to the transport office to book a test but found fully booked for the next 2 months, we have 2 driving schools in town so off to the nearest, fully booked for the next month. Off to the other one and got booked in for lessons on the following Thursday and Saturday. Thursday morning she leaves the house at 8 but come home at 11, goes back at 1 and comes back at 4. I didn’t dare ask what sort of training she had had. Saturday is a repeat of Thursday but this time she has a document to take to the transport office to get her licence which off she went on the Monday to get and came out 20 minutes later with her 2 year car driving licence.
Small wonder we read such regular tales as this posting. 

I did it for 11 years until my wife sadly passed away. One thing you will need not mentioned is a confirmation that your British marriage licence is genuine, the British embassy used to do it issuing a letter confirming it so but I believe they no longer do it. I have no idea where you would get that done now.  

Dante99, the tile is no longer loose but we can still hear a slight  hollow sound from it if we tap it. Decided to leave it a week or three and see if it comes loose again as it’s frequently walked across, if it does become loose again then it’ll have to be as uweb says and Tile and cement replaced. 

We moved into our new built house about 6 months ago and in the past few days a large tile in the centre of the room wobbled as we walked across it. Tapping it revealed a hollow sound underneath it. We called the builder and to his credit he had someone round to inspect it within a couple of hours and this morning a lady arrived to fix it. 
I was wondering how they were going to remove this one tile without damage to it and the surrounding ones but to my surprise she scraped out all the surrounding grout and started forcing what looked like a very liquid type of cement into the gaps and continued tapping until hollow sound disappeared. Is this a normal or acceptable and successful way to fix this type of problem. The lady did tell my wife that if not successful she would have to remove the tile. 

Been using Wise for a number of years and never a problem but I seem to be reading quite regularly that some are having problems with Wise. 
No intention of changing unless I do get a problem but is  Deemoney as good/or bad, any experiences with both. Should add I have no reason/intention to transfer money out of Thailand so that aspect of Deemoney is of no interest to me. 

Bill’s symptoms are identical to mine which is advanced COPD. 
I take daily meds for the treatment of it but cannot get them locally so have to order them for delivery from a clinic I’m a member of. 
I am happy to tell him what I take if he has an interest in knowing. 

Good luck billdd. I have similar problems to you.