colinneil

2 hours ago, shaurene said:

I live in Khon Kaen district in a large village outside the city. My wife and I have been married and lived in the village for 11 years, she was born in the village. She is very truthful and never lies to me

i i asked her has any one offered money etc to the villagers to vote. She said No Never. And I believe this to be true.

Surely you are not serious with that comment, never lies to you, my wife is as good a wife as any man could wish for, and even she lies sometimes, people never offered money for votes, dream on pal.

You must live a dream world, because most villagers in Isaan were bribed before they cast their votes.

I would recommend MSIG, we use them, 3 years ago 5 days after insurance started, there was a storm here.

I contacted them, claim submitted, they paid out no problem, never sent anybody, just accepted my photos, before and after repairs.

4 hours ago, myshem said:

 

The only nonsense here is in your post. You clearly do not know what you are talking about.

 

 

 

Another i hate Colin poster, well quite a few TV members have visited me here, and can verify what i posted.

So you are calling jipp 99, pralonchai nick, panjaporn ,bobby cullen bprinceuk, possum, costas liars then?

4 minutes ago, jimn said:

I dont know if it can be done, but I can tell you it will cause all sorts of problems. My wife changed her last name to mine a simple process at the Amphur. Having a different last name to you will cause problems with visa's etc and will cause complications you dont need. Get her to use your name is my advice.

Why keeping her name can cause problems?

In my case the complete opposite, been married nearly 8 years, my wife kept her name at my insistence.

If you are marrying a government employee, let her keep her own name, then there are no problems.

Married here twice, both government employees, first wife changed her name, no end of problems, second wife kept her name, no problems what so ever.

3 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

I'm a Preston lad I went to school and was friend's with John Ashworth son of the Ashworth pie dynasty.....Lancashire is the best place for pies....i'm trying to get my missus to make them- she's just mastered pizzas. 

 

UPDATE sad news from the past ...

 

https://www.lep.co.uk/news/business/pie-producers-ashworth-officially-out-of-business-1-147106

Remember Ashworths well ( Havelock street i think) they made damn good pies.

8 hours ago, Jip99 said:

 

Thanks.

 

I chose to go to L’Elephant on the strength of the recommendation from Neilrob and my own research on TripAdvisor.

 

What a great decision it was.

 

I don’t recall ever having a better birthday meal and, seriously, it got a 9.75/10 from me........

Diet !!! bloody joke that is, diet gone outa the window, food, food, food, to hell with diet, thatstomorrow.

16 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

"WP email addresses".?? Maybe I have missed something, but I have never seen any email address on their website, they always only give you phone numbers.

Possum DWP e-mail address is found using Twitter, i used it 2 weeks ago.

????????Some men are into porkers, not me i am into small slender ones.

4 minutes ago, Happystance said:

Your limited experience in one hospital is irrelevant to the enormity of Thailand. 

It's so nice that they found some English speaking doctors for you. Good for you. We get it that you were treated by some doctors who spoke English, thanks for sharing.

Your knowledge on the subject ends there.

 

To argue with others about what they experienced is petty, useless, childish, and makes you look like narrow-minded. You might wanna reconsider how you engage people if you desire credibility.

 

Those in the know about medical credibility on this forum, understand that Sheryl is a definitive source of information in the field, and the enormity of her experience in Thailand runs circles around your little adventure.

Clearly you didn't bother attempting to comprehend what she's posted on the topic. 

 

I suggest you try listening to the pros here. If you aren't careful you might learn something.

You were caught out with your post saying i  had no experience about hospitals here, now please stop with your rubbish, trying to make me look stupid. 

Just now, The Fugitive said:

That was how things used to be everywhere if you remember Colin?Doctors were in charge, you must do as you are told and only speak when you are spoken to. Nowadays it is accepted that decisions on your health care should be joint and you are permitted, or even actually encouraged to ask questions. 

You are spot on mate, when my wife came after work, my friend told her what had gone on, my wife was horrified he had the nerve to ask a doctor questions, you listen to the doctor, not question them.

Just now, bluesofa said:

How come they wouldn't speak to you, and why the change after complaining?

Was it the same doctors who later spoke English, or were there different doctors afterwards?

I was told the reason for not speaking to me was because they were shy/ scared of making mistakes.

After i made the complaint, same doctors started speaking to me in English.

A very good friend of mine who sat at my bedside monday to friday every week for 8 weeks, asked a lady doctor a question, and in perfect English she said and i quote...... Shut up you talk to much.

4 minutes ago, Happystance said:

Yeah right pal, who am I going to believe:

You, or my lying first-hand experience! ????????????

 

Bwahaha, because somebody 'told you so'

????????????

Dude, if you knew how ridiculous and "counter-intuitive" you sound...

You should think twice before posting such refuse. Seriously stop embarrassing yourself. 

 

I'm describing exactly what I experienced.

 

Did the doctor know medical terminology in English? Yes, some. Could the doctor speak fluent English or understand the basics of symptoms I was describing?

Not even close, and it took a nurse as interpretor.

 

 

 

Another nonsense post, you believe what you want.

No member on here has anything near my experience of government hospitals here.

Almost 300 days in, on 7 separate occasions.

Seen by many different doctors, now when i was in Khonkaen hospital for 7 months, some doctors would not speak to me, i complained to my surgeon, after that every doctor spoke to me in English.

28 minutes ago, Aforek said:

You speak of your own experience, may be you go to hospitals which are used to deal with foreigners

For two years, I go every 70 days for a prescription in the same government hospital, I never see the same doctors, which means I have seen several, only two of them speak English 

for speaking with the rest of staff ( nurses ), you have to speak Thai; it's true that I am always the only farang here, so they see very rarely a western person 

in general, upcountry, you have to speak Thai for everything  , it's true where I live 

You think staff /doctors at the local Banphai hospital are used to dealing with foreigners

I was at Banphai hospital on wednesday, young doctor who saw me had perfect English.

Now i go to that hospital every 3 weeks, have done now for 5 years, in that time i have only seen 1 farang there.

8 minutes ago, Happystance said:

I went to a government hospital in CM, was told tickets were given out for appointments at 8am.

So I arrived at 7:30 am and got in a long line. Turns out I was in the wrong line because all announcements we're in Thai and all signage was in Thai and the guard sent me to the wrong line.

 

Got in the right line, waited an hour and got an appointment for 2 hours later. Went to appointment room filled with at least a hundred people. Waited an hour to eventually be told "no doctor for 3 hours."

 

Came back later, waited 2 more hours, eventually was told doctor still didn't show up. Kept waiting.

Thai patients coming and going, I am the only falang, kept waiting.

 

3pm I am told to get in another line with a handful of unhappy Thais. Doctor shows up. 4:30 pm I am finally called in.

 

Doctor speaks little English and doesn't understand 80% of what I say. Eventually he orders a blood panel- that can't be done today, you understand, it's too late and that department is closed.

 

I'm given another appointment for the next day, and told to go pay.

 

Go to pay and get number 212. They are now serving number 61.

Took another hour to pay.

 

With transit time, a 10 hour day. To get a blood test ordered. 

But it only cost 50 baht.

 

Next day, 1/2 hour wait for blood test and 1/2 hour to pay bill. Had to schedule another doctor appointment for a week later to get results. 

800 baht for the test and 50 baht for the next appointment for results, which were communicated in poor English and took 1 1/2 hours to get.

 

Next time I went to the private hospital. Made an appointment over the phone the day prior. Showed up early but had to wait 20 minutes later. Blood test ordered and done in 15 more minutes. Results in 2 hours.

Paid bill in another 10 minutes. Perfect English spoken by everyone I encountered. Whole process took 2 1/2 hours.

2200 baht.

 

You decide what your time is worth.

Why post nonsense about doctor doesnt understand 80%, you know, i know that is absolute BS.

Every doctor in Thailand can speak/ understand English, they have to pass English before they can become a doctor.

All medical terms etc are in English, so they have to understand English.

Before you or any other starts telling me i am wrong, the surgeon at the government hospital who put me back together told me that.

24 minutes ago, bloody tiger said:

the actual voting process is by secret ballot behind a closed screen. The voter will go to designated poll, have their name ticked off and receive their ballot paper. They then go behind a closed screen to tick their ballot paper and slip it into the box. The voters name is not recorded on the ballot paper.
You are free to vote for who like.
So even if you are offered a bribe (sometimes several bribes by several different parties) they still don't have any guarantee that you will vote for them

Have you ever been in a polling station here?

My wife will again be working all weekend as an election scrutineer, now she tells me there are no screens, just tables with ballot boxes on them.

Before you tell me i am wrong, that was exactly how it was at the last election.

4 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

its a dude.

I thought you wouldnt be long in posting, nice looking chick for you, you sex magnet you.????

11 hours ago, rodknock said:

it does not matter!!!!

You are wrong mate, e-mails in English almost never get answered here.

I e-mailed/ phoned a Thai company many times, no response, got my wife send an e-mail in Thai, got a reply 30 minutes later.