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19 hours ago, mogandave said:

I imagine it’s difficult smoking and drinking while diving, they are likely just getting caught up while there’re on break...


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I hope you are being ''humerous".

Given lung function and safety are of vital importance while diving, smoking and drinking are not recommended habits for dive instructors.

17 hours ago, Get Real said:

As usual a super serious comment of great intelligence from you. Thanks, once again!
You must have been having a miserable life with only negative and bad experiences.

Given there are 7 or 8 billion people on the planet and most of them live horrible lives, negative and bad experiences are the ''normal". Our privileged and wonderful lives in rich western countries are anything but "normal" in the greater experience of humanity.

10 hours ago, Koheasy said:

I 'think' it is bend because the car is in the garage for the cotation, and the garage told me that but also because after the accident, on site, the right doors got problem to open. 

If the body is structurally bent and you want to fix it needs highly specialised ( expensive )machinery to fix.

If the car still drives and the damage is just in the panels, you have the option of just replacing the bent components. Everything just bolts on so not a big job other than parts. Door not opening properly, use a sledge hammer to realign the body around the door.

Never be as good looking as before, but if needed for the business is that important?

Personally, I'd just batter the bent parts so the bonnet opens/ closes and everything works, but I used to fix vehicles for a living so may not be an option for you. Could get a local garage to do that though.

All depends on how much you want/ have to spend.

PS, I had someone back her huge SUV over the front of my small car and bend all the front. I did what I said, and just used a hammer to put everything into alignment, and drove it like that. Looked horrible, but cost me nothing except time.

10 hours ago, Koheasy said:

Hi, of course the car was park alongside the side walk, parallel of it 20 cm away of it and straight, [ even back mirror fold lol ]. 

And yes he drag the car 10 m away [2 house units] and finish is course on the other side of the road on an electric pole [5/8 meters more] ***Sorry for the metric system :-], But notice that our 'playmobil car' weight only 900 kilo...

Thanks 

 

He had to be speeding to do that, but I guess that doesn't count unless the case goes to court.

12 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

My ex cheated on me, I went to my Solicitor to see whether the affair would be a mitigating factor in the subsequent asset settlement. He said that the family law court couldn't give a rats who cheated on who, the only thing that mattered was who had what income. She subsequently hit me up for additional support and ended up walking away with over 80% of the assets and I had to pay her an additional 8K/month for 3 years, then normal CSA. She ended up about 900k better off and I ended up starting again. Painfully true story.

What country? I didn't even earn 8k a month in the UK.

What happens if you didn't earn much? Ie, could you have got a job paying minimum wage while the case went to court?

The more cases I see like yours the more I go for the rent/ lease option. I'd love to see my ex try to get 50% of a rental! 

1 hour ago, 2BOB said:

What ever you do DO NOT give centerlink any excuse to check in to your background. i have been living in Chiang Mai for over 12 years ,went back to aus at age 60 , found it hard at first (not the Australia i remember) did 60 as i thought it would be easyer to get work, this was the best dicision i made.

What ever you do do not let CL know you are married Will cut $200 per forghtnight from your pension. They have no way of checking if you are married inThailand, keep them in the dark. i was sending 20 g back every month when they inquired about this i told them it was for rent of my house and up keep.

You have  2  ways of doing you sentance

1 go back before, you can then travel back and forwards to Thailand as much as you whant.

2 Go back @ 66.5 you will get the pension BUT you cant leave for more than 6 weeks a year , they will STOP your pension and you will have to reapply .  

Sorry but they what  you to spend your money in Aus, not live a comfortable life any where else.

If I could go back to before I was married, I'd just have a village wedding to keep my wife sweet, but as not a legal marriage does not affect pension. 

However, in some countries, cohabitation over a minimum number of years is regarded as same as marriage.

3 minutes ago, Gulfsailor said:

You should watch the latest X Files episode. It exactly describes this scenario, including the tipping!

OMG you had me worried there. I thought it would be some PC wishy washy "reinvention" of the show, like the new Hawaii 5 0 is a soppy PC piece of garbage compared to the original. However, it is the original characters/ actors and hopefully a continuation of a good series.

BTW, why would anyone tip if it's only machines? Seems daft to me, but then I come from a non tipping country.

5 minutes ago, Hal65 said:

 

I do some programming and the field is actually head in the other direction. Think of it like law, everyone knows the words but at the edge of human knowledge there is still quite a bit of complexity. Programmers will still be needed to develop the things that can not be easily articulated without heavy human/machine understanding ("Give me a cream soda" vs "design this robot to shoot the bad guy, not the hostage")

I hope we never get to the stage of machines deciding about killing humans, but those humans programming machines to "give me a cream soda" should be worried.

We'll know we've arrived at that point when we can have a joke with our android companions. Humour is the hardest thing for an AI to master, as it's not logical.

18 hours ago, The manic said:

It's far safer than most cities in Europe, the UK and USA.  A few attention grabbing headlines and credulous readers with an axe to grind are not the reality of Pattaya. 

Hmmmmm. I lived in London and the bad areas were pretty obvious to avoid. Problem in Pattaya is that the bad guys are everywhere. I once saw a farang being assaulted right outside Kiss restaurant. He was able to escape into the restaurant, but had to stay there a while till the scum thugs went away.

When they can't even manage to get cars to stop for the pedestrian crossing lights ( when they actually work ) how on earth do they think they can make Pattaya safe for the disabled?

I think city hall must have an office in which they think up silly headlines to put in the media to keep people's minds off the real problems that they won't fix.

2 minutes ago, newnative said:

    I beg to differ.  Only the out of towners reference that small section of Pattaya--recall the gent who recently came to Pattaya to check if it was suitable for a convention and--confining himself to that small area--decided, no, Pattaya was not suitable for a convention.  Those of us who live here know there's a lot more on offer all over Greater Pattaya--which makes it such an enjoyable place to reside.

Make up your mind. I was referring to YOUR comment "You have to remember that your views on Pattaya are likely almost always the opposite of the views of Pattaya's tourists, who find plenty to enjoy in Pattaya and don't view it as a s**thole."

and now you are talking about residents.

On ‎2‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 9:39 AM, SooKee said:

Once in Pattaya at the North Terminal I've never had much of a problem with getting to the hotel.  I've rarely waited more than 10 - 15 mins for the 50 baht songtaew to fill up and most times the journey has taken around the same time, even when dropping others off along the beach road or near Walking Street (I usually need to get dropped off near The Avenue Mall).  If I've got just a small bag I just grab a motorbike taxi outside the bus station or, if I really just can't be asked, use the Grab app on the phone to book a taxi to pick me up for the run to the hotel - normally 100-120 baht.

 

Same going back to the bus.  2 x songtaew trips to the bus station (if I can be bothered), motor bike taxi or Grab Taxi.

Sounds like we go to the same place, but since the police stopped the baht buses stopping anywhere, it's inconvenient with a big bag as the baht bus stop is not close to my hotel.

As I say, nothing gets better.

On ‎2‎/‎21‎/‎2018 at 11:57 PM, KneeDeep said:

That doesn't stop certain characters from spitting their dummies out because they can't just walk on as they want.

I think it has been made clear on this thread that an iPad may be available for 'just before' bookings. 

If it's a good service, support it. No need to act the prima donna.

I'll try to use it if I can. If not I'll use an alternative.

But I'm certainly not afraid to enter my credit card details on the website or to give them a call at the airport. Wow!

My CC provider will take care of any fraud on the account. No drama.

You are going to a lot of trouble to try and prove that one can get a seat on Bell Bus as a walk on, when one can't.

Anyway, I see no need to quibble as you can continue to use them and I'll continue to use the other service which actually saves me a lot of money.

20 hours ago, tropo said:

You don't know if I've ever been to T21 in Bkk? LOL. I've posted on it in the last few pages.

 

Next time you are in the vicinity of Central Mall in Pattaya, cast your eyes upward. You'll see a 34-story building. That's the Hilton Hotel Pattaya. That hotel is very successful and it's part of the shopping complex. Central Mall is not a stand-alone shopping complex. The hotel is sitting on the most prime real estate in Pattaya, exactly in the center of the bay. It's there for a reason. With the name Hilton, success is guaranteed, as will be the continued success of the shopping mall.

 

 

LOL, by dinner time I can barely remember what I had for breakfast, and I'm not going to re read an entire thread just so I know what anyone posted before.

I take the point about the Hilton, but IMO anyone that considers an hotel sitting on top of a mall as important, when talking about the mall, is in a very small group of posters.

If I'm talking about the mall, I'm not including the Hilton.

Far as hotels and malls go though, there are some malls in Pattaya that might need to convert to hotels or apartments when T21 opens. It's going to be "legendary", as Barney Stinson says.

15 hours ago, newnative said:

         The sea may be toxic to you but it is obviously not toxic to the crowds of people I see on Pattaya Beach every time I drive by.   Many just enjoy the beach itself.  You have to remember that your views on Pattaya are likely almost always the opposite of the views of Pattaya's tourists, who find plenty to enjoy in Pattaya and don't view it as a s**thole.   I think the Bangkok crowd originally came to escape the big  Bangkok floods a number of years ago and decided they liked Pattaya.  Central Festival opening and several big condo projects from Bangkok builders Sansiri, SC Asset, and Lumpini that were marketed in Bangkok also helped. 

I don't know why people think I don't like Pattaya. I love the place, but that doesn't mean I have to turn a blind eye to the many deficiencies. If everyone keeps quiet about the problems, nothing will ever get fixed. The leaning power pole only got fixed after it was exposed on social media.

As for the sea in Pattaya Bay, it's been well known as toxic since the 80s. Anyone that claims it is safe is wilfully ignorant, IMO.

I've even rented a deckchair on the beach and had a meal there so no problems on that side of things, except when the authorities decide that if something isn't broken they should break it.

I was a tourist in Pattaya for decades before I lived there, so I'm well aware of the attractions available to them, but none are actually in the area between North and South Roads and Third Rd to the beach, which most people are referring to when they talk about Pattaya.

On ‎2‎/‎27‎/‎2018 at 4:50 PM, bkk6060 said:

Went to PP today.  80% sold.  40% to Chinese.  They will open in April.

Speaking as an outsider that has only stayed for a month in a Pattaya condo, if a place is 40 % owned by people that don't live in the country, either the place is going to be very quiet most of the time and insane at holidays, or they are going to be renting to short timers that have no vested interest in behaving well. Neither scenario seems attractive.

Someone remarked that if the Chinese weren't buying, the condo market would be in strife, and while that may be true, is it just a symptom of the larger problem that LOS just isn't an attractive retirement option for farangs any longer? That is a real shame, because LOS should be the premium retirement for farangs. It has everything that a farang could want, but somewhere along the way, the train fell off the tracks.

13 hours ago, duanebigsby said:

Yeah that's the scary scenario, AI will replace the programmers.. Stephen Hawking is warning about that very situation. I hope it doesn't happen and I think not for a long time, and I don;t think it will be reality, but the idea is indeed scary and I admit the possibility.

Yes, a few respected people have been saying similar, but no one that can actually do something is taking any notice.

It's not so much that AI will replace the programmers, in a Terminator sort of way, but programming will become unnecessary as a human will tell the AI what it wants the computer/ robot to do and the AI will make it happen instantaneously.

Eg. If I want a table in a particular design, I draw it on a piece of paper, show it to the AI that produces a proper picture in seconds, I approve it and the AI orders it from the 3D printer factory, where it is manufactured. Then it is delivered to my front door by an unmanned delivery vehicle, and payment is automatically made. No human will be involved in the manufacture and delivery of my table.

On ‎3‎/‎3‎/‎2018 at 8:58 AM, johng said:

by DVD recorder  I mean something like this   maybe called a PVR

 

It has scart/ phono  SVHS   ++  connections on the back   

you plug your VCR or camcorder into those inputs

the DVD recorder   converts "on the fly"  to DVD format either straight to DVD disc or  onto a hard drive inside the recorder for later transfer to DVD disc.

 

with one of those you don't have to fiddle around for hours with a PC video capture card trying to find the best settings  just hook up VCR  press record on the PVR  and play on the VCR.....wait till you recorded what you want or the end of the tape...

I think I have one of those back home. It's not necessary to have the hard drive though, as one can record straight to disk with a simple recorder. The advantage of the hard drive is that one can edit the recording, change it around, get rid of ads, add things like music. A hard drive model is significantly more expensive and heavier than a simple recorder.

On ‎3‎/‎3‎/‎2018 at 8:32 AM, FolkGuitar said:

 

Computer Plaza, second floor rear, just next to the stairs. They sell DVD recorders that are simply USB plug ins... 300 or 400 baht... can't remember. Bought one there last year to use on a friend's laptop that didn't have a DVD drive. You can even buy USB diskette drives in that shop!

 

I know what you are talking about, but video players don't normally have USB plug in facility. What you are talking about, IMO, are external DVD player/ recorders to use with computers that don't include a disk drive, as many don't now. 

19 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

A possible explanation.

I had my 800,000 in a Lamphun a/c and got the letter from Promenada within 10 minutes.

Of course it may depend on which bank it is.

On ‎2‎/‎18‎/‎2018 at 7:05 PM, FolkGuitar said:

 

Oddly enough, it was a Capital One card that I had the problem with as well. But once I called, I haven't had a problem since, and the silly people just keep increasing and increasing my credit line, despite living on a fixed income.

 

Increasing credit limit is just an old scheme that scum bankers employ to suck people into paying more interest. They did that to me back in the 80s, and I paid a lot in interest before I was paid off and able to cut up my card.

On ‎3‎/‎2‎/‎2018 at 5:42 PM, THAIJAMES said:

Link is from July 2012 and nothing ever happened.   Too many big wigs are involved in Real Estate Projects.  Such laws would only hurt their interests.

Big wigs conning gullible people in dodgy schemes to enrich themselves are nothing new in any country, but it doesn't mean that farangs can own land at all, no matter what legalese they may employ.

I wonder how many have to get screwed over before all see the light.

Regardless, other than those buying property through the imperative of the small head, I just don't understand why so many farangs want to invest large sums of money into any property under less than cast iron ownership rights.

On ‎3‎/‎2‎/‎2018 at 5:08 PM, xylophone said:

Under Thai laws, foreign nationals are not allowed to own residential land. They can, however, buy apartments so long as no more than 49 per cent of a development is owned by foreigners. They can also purchase detached villas, but while they can own the house, they cannot own the land the house is on and are only able to lease it for 30 years at a time.

Thank you for confirming my belief that farangs can indeed own houses as well as condos.

There have been a few on TVF discussions claiming that farangs can not own a house, only condos, though not the land in the case of a house, of course.

I wish my own country had been as bent on keeping the land for the citizens, as opposed to foreigners, as families might not be living in cars, as they do now.

I hope LOS does not change that rule.

All that remains is for farangs to accept that buying property in LOS is indeed risky business.

On ‎2‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 8:30 AM, MaeJoMTB said:

 

I think 'Dating' means you don't hand her cash after having sex, and she hasn't moved in.

If I'd known that 40 years ago I would have just "dated" my ex and I'd be a rich man today.