billd766

Robbing Hood is still alive and aka The Chancellor of the Exchequer (or that theiving barsteward wot runs the treasury).

The bins should be easy in any Makro but the racks you may need to find a good tool shop where at least you could match the bins with the racks.

Some more insulting and posturing posts have been removed. I believe this topic may have about reached it's sell by date, if the trend continues, soon to be closed.

Can you put it (and us) out of its misery please.

It started well but went downhill.

On my Honda Phantom it is a photocopy on the tank and covered with a transparent plastic film plus a photocopy of the green book is in the top box.

On my Yamaha Virago a copy is laminated and bolted to the rear fender and a photocopy of the green book is in the pannier.

Silly me.

There was me thinking that being the PM of a country was a full time job though Yingluck seems to make it part time with all the time she is NOT in Parliament doing the job she IS paid for.

If she takes the job on I hope that she gets well paid for it and also declares the salary for tax purposes.

Erm, the inaction is deafing. Why doesn't the government do something? This is becoming the government who likes to spout alot but never really does anything useful? Guess they don't understand economics?

Isn't that what PTP used to say about Abhisit when the Democrats were in power?

I have had my Phantom nearly 3 years now.

It is a 2005 model and it had 5,5xx km on the clock and I replaced the IRC tyres a year ago with Dunlops at 4,400 baht the pair.

The IRC had done 31,xxx but the first thing I noticed with the Dunlops is that when I went over the painted lines on the roads the tyres didn't shimmy at all and I feel it holds the road better.

I have ridden it in the dry, the wet and even when I got caught in a thunderstorm and I personally am happier on Dunlops.

Yes it sounds like you got a good deal. I replaced the second set of IRC's on my bike with a different type of IRC here in Phitsanulok, as the shop I use could not get hold of the Dunlops which I wanted. I have IRC Wildflares fitted now, according to the shop they are manufactured in Japan. They were slightly more expensive and in my view are well worth the extra money, the bike does handle better and they give me much more confidence. They seem to have a softer compound and have much more grip.

Greetings to Mr Bill!!!

G'day Aitch

I got my tyres sent up from I think BigBendum tyres in BKK and got them fitted fairly locally. It was definitely worth it.

I have had my Phantom nearly 3 years now.

It is a 2005 model and it had 5,5xx km on the clock and I replaced the IRC tyres a year ago with Dunlops at 4,400 baht the pair.

The IRC had done 31,xxx but the first thing I noticed with the Dunlops is that when I went over the painted lines on the roads the tyres didn't shimmy at all and I feel it holds the road better.

I have ridden it in the dry, the wet and even when I got caught in a thunderstorm and I personally am happier on Dunlops.

Are there any rail links planned between the two airports?

Exactly what is needed, but would not be cost effective to build.

Express bus service with priority on the roads.

Flite connections need to be easy and fast.

The only people who get priority on the roads are the Royal family who should as a matter of course, politicians who shouldn't as perhaps they may learn by experience (doubtful)/

Not even ambulances or fire engines get priority and are ignored by most other road users.

I live on 14 rai of land with my wife and son and she also has a shop and restaurant on another 10 rai of land.

How much of that land is mine?

Err zero.

How much of the land is my wife's?

All of it.

How much will go to our son when she dies?

All of it.

We are planning on putting all the land etc in our son's name this year anyway.

For me there is no problem about owning land in any country.

I can't dig it up and take it back to the country I came from and when I am dead it doesn't really matter.

Edited for bad spelling

Extract from Oringal Article:

Parinya Sirisarakarn, a member of the National Human Rights Commission, questioned the government's plan to buy tablets from China, saying he was worried about product quality and whether the government had already prepared facilities for the use of tablets at schools.

"If your classroom has 50 students, it must have 50 electric outlets," he said.

IMHO, this guy is not qualified to commeht. He obviously have no idea how a tablet works or that it does not have to be plugged into the wall socket during usage.

While I do see some obvious issues and some less obvious problems in this PC Tablet thingy, it is really sad to sere most who made public comments do so from a lack of knowledge and obviously basing on their experences of the good old times of what a computer used to be. Maybe the PC XT ?(my 1st PC)

At some time in the school day each tablet will HAVE to be recharged. If they are to be in use for say 6 hours in a school day and the battery lasts 3 hours and needs a 1 hour charge from a flat battery when will it be charged,

Remember ALL of the tablets will have been used and will be flat around the same time.

Do these tablets have a long battery life of perhaps 8 or 10 hours without being charged and if so who will oversee the charging as it will have to be done out of school hours?

Whilst you can use charging strips of 4 or 6 at a time will the charger leads be long enough?

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realise that if you have 50 tablets they will all need to be charged somewhere at sometime and a socket per desk is the simplest and easiest way of doing it.

it s illegal to give money to lady to buy land.it s a fact.if they found it,u got no recourse and you are deportable.....

you have 0 right here in the los.

Wrong once again.

If I choose to give my wife 50 baht or 50 million baht I can do so quite legally.

If she wants to buy land with it she can do so.

All I have to do is sign at the Amphur that the land belongs to her and I accept that I have no right over it at all.

For me and for many other farangs married to Thais and who have families it is, was, and never will be a problem.

I went to Wikipedia to look up Margaret Roberts (as she was then) at University and found this..

Roberts attended Huntingtower Road Primary School and won a scholarship to Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.^[7] Her school reports showed hard work and continual improvement; her extracurricular activities included the piano, field hockey, poetry recitals, swimming and walking.^[8][9] She was head girl in 1942–43.^[10] In her upper sixth year she applied for a scholarship to study chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford but was initially rejected, and was offered a place only after another candidate withdrew.^[11][12] She arrived at Oxford in 1943 and graduated in 1947 with Second Class Honours in the four-year Chemistry Bachelor of Science degree; in her final year she specialised in X-ray crystallography under the supervision of Dorothy Hodgkin.^[13][14]

So I guess that unless Wikipedia is wrong then I assume that she actually did get a BSc in Chemistry and not as suggested a Bachelor of Arts degree.

She certainly did not study Industrial Relations, that I am sure of.

Neither did Arthur Scargill nor any other Union official at the time.

I did it myself 3 times. Went to DLT at Chatuchak with the bike. All told, about 30-45 minutes from walking in, renew insurance, changing my name and the bike color, inspection of the bike - checking frame and engine numbers, then out the door. 2-3 days later they called and said the book was ready for pickup. Always better to do it in person.

i lost my number plate + tax (stolen from bike ) ,a shop sorted it for 500 thb

i hate those places ,i dont mind paying a few thb to let someone else sort it if possible

I have only been to 3.

The first at Nakhon Si Thamarat where I bought my Honda Phantom. It was originally rejected due to me not having a residence certificate but we fixed that in 45 minutes by going to Immigration and getting a letter after which there was no problem.

The second is my usual DLT at Khampaeng Phet who are very helpful in all departments and also farang friendly.

The third was at Chatuchak where I had my Yamaha Virago done. That took about 3 hours as the previous owner was a diplomat and the lady at the reception desk initially was going to send me elsewhere until the diplomats agent turned up.

He got the correct info but we had to go to 3 different buildings plus the inspection area and then they made up new plates. Apart from that I found once again the people working there are helpful and friendly.

Margaret Thatcher attained a BSc from Oxford University.

No she didn't but it's a common mistake among all you non Oxbridge types.Despite studing chemistry (or reading chemistry as we used to say at the varsity, Yoshiwara) she graduated as Bachelor of Arts later upgraded in the usual Oxbridge manner to Master of Arts (without the necessity of further examinations).

I guess the Thaksin apologist forum crew need one or two pompus prigs on their team. Still wanting to flash the label around and at the same time railing against the so-called Thai elite who you will tomorrow undoubtedly accuse of doing the very same thing. Pot calling the kettle black. All a bit sad really.

Speaking as a "pompus" prig, even the dimmest bulb surely understands the varsity shtick is just that - self mocking and not to be taken seriously.

The rest of your post has me rather baffled.Are you suggesting that well educated people cannot criticise other well educated people? Actually the unelected elites in Thailand are not that well educated as a rule - though of course there are many exceptions.

I went to Wikipedia to look up Margaret Roberts (as she was then) at University and found this..

Roberts attended Huntingtower Road Primary School and won a scholarship to Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.^[7] Her school reports showed hard work and continual improvement; her extracurricular activities included the piano, field hockey, poetry recitals, swimming and walking.^[8][9] She was head girl in 1942–43.^[10] In her upper sixth year she applied for a scholarship to study chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford but was initially rejected, and was offered a place only after another candidate withdrew.^[11][12] She arrived at Oxford in 1943 and graduated in 1947 with Second Class Honours in the four-year Chemistry Bachelor of Science degree; in her final year she specialised in X-ray crystallography under the supervision of Dorothy Hodgkin.^[13][14]

So I guess that unless Wikipedia is wrong then I assume that she actually did get a BSc in Chemistry and not as suggested a Bachelor of Arts degree.

You can also send the bike by Thai Post from any post office.

You can buy a GPS at a reasonable price and bolt that onto the bike as well.

One way to speed up the lines may be to turn back any person or family who has NOT filled in the arrival card properly.

They should be sent to a desk and wait in turn to fill in the card properly and ONLY then be permitted to join the BACK of the queue.

If they get it wrong AGAIN then start all over again until they get it right.

Another day older and deeper in debt...

Oh Lordy don't you call me, cos I can't go,

I owe my soul to the government sho

For me personally no matter how much I like and want a motorbike I would NEVER buy one without a green book.

If I desperately wanted a bike and the only thing to make it legal was the emission test I would either offer 100,000 baht less than the seller asked and take the time and trouble to get the emissions test done or just walk away.

A couple of years ago I was seriously interested in a Honda Steed 600cc. It was a lovely bike so I went to the Land Transport Department in Khampaeng Phet near where I live and showed them the photos and everybody was impressed and thought it was a good buy until I mentioned no green book.

There was a lot of sharp intakes of breath and when I asked if I could get a green book the answer was not here, only Bangkok and maybe 50, 60 or 70k baht so I binned the idea.

If you can sell the bike without a green book then good for you.

So there we have it then, a simple choice! Utopia or the NUT HOUSE in KPP. Tomorrow I will pass by the KPP, a brief call at the ( terminal bus terminal ) on my way to Mae Sot. I have had to get a doctors note to cross the border from N/S into KPP and been ussued with white gloves in case I come into contact with the locals, apparently they are contagious!

Tip's don't put the glove's on till your north of N/Smog or they will be black. Don't forget your camera you can take photos of the sign that say's Heritage City as you cross the border, it would look nice in your scrapbook next to the one's of the great wall of China that's being built there. If you have time get out for a min: or two even, you will notice a strange smell it's called Oxygen. Have a good trip.

I remember the smell from before, horse manure, you really should get them trained you know! Dont foget next time you get on make sure you are facing the front of the horse, it was embarassing last time you tried catch a Tiger!

Fred, your horses need exercise up in the hills and I need some manure for my roses.

Talking about the PM going to Kentucky State U. This is a former all black college and is still a primarily a black teachers college of primarily 2600 students. It has a low freshman rentention rating as also a low rating on finishing education towards a bach. degree. How she recieved a masters here is beyond me, especially with low English communication skills.

It doesn't look like a particular rigourous curriculum....... to say the least.

Asian Affairs

Kentucky State University has a program of residential study for International students, focusing on development of skills in English , exposure to American university academic content , and an experience of American culture .

From KSU giving information on the requirements necessary for a Masters Degree in Public Administration.

http://www.kysu.edu/academics/collegesAndSchools/collegeofprofessionalstudies/PASWCJ/schoolOfPublicAdministration/publicadministrationmastersdegree.htm

Two of the most useful pieces of advice I can give you about buying a motorbike in Thailand.

1) Unless the bike has a green book please DO NOT touch it, don't walk but run away from it.

You will have no idea if the person selling it is the legal owner or not and if the bike is on finance in somebody else's name and a repo company sees you with it they can just take it away and you lose the bike and your money.

2) If it has a green book then tell the seller that you will happily pay him for the bike AFTER it is transferred into your name. He may also not be the owner and if the bike cannot be registered in your name and you have paid for it then once again you are not the legal owner.

If you personally know the owner for some time then it is probably OK.

If you buy through a reputable dealer it is usually OK but never buy from a car park as you will not know what you are buying.

It is your choice whether to take the advice or not but the truest thing said when buying things is caveat emptor, let the buyer beware.

Complaints complaints and more complaints......has anyone complained when Obama spoke English to Chinese, Japanese and Russian audiences.

Or when Japan PM, Russia President/PM, France President all gave their speech in their respective mothers' tongue....

Blame it on Thaksin and Puea Thai again...

But when those speeches were given was there simultaneous translation or not?

With Yingluck's speech it seems there was not which was the whole point of the article

Why is it more expensive than petrol? Duty free, more expensive than beer.

Probably to pay for the millions of dollars for BS advertising.

Up in the central region where I live petrol is around 40 baht per litre and in 7/11 a 1.25 litre bottle of Coca Cola is 26 baht making Coke a little more than half the price of petrol..

A 70cl bottle of Archa beer is about 33 baht so the equivalent price would be about 51 baht for 1.25 litres of beer.

I don't drink it that often but when I do a nice cold, ice cold Coke from the fridge tastes great.