malt25

Thanks for that. I'll have a look.

I should have mentioned where I live. Sakon Nakhon.  No Villa up this way. But thanks anyway.

Mornin all ????   Has anyone any idea where I might purchase canned salmon ? I've tried Tops, Makro, BigC & Tesco without any luck. I've also searched Lazada. Plenty of Tuna available at all the places I've tried, but no salmon. I expect it to be expensive if at all available. It's reasonably expensive in Australia. Yes, I know I can buy "fresh" at Makro & Tops.

Cheers.....     Mal.

On 6/4/2019 at 5:16 PM, johng said:

Buy a cheap second hand car for cash..if you can't afford that then buy a Honda Wave....after 6 months trade in and go buy the "must have" brand new car on finance.

"after 6 months trade in "  I was under the impression trading in here in LOS is rare if not unknown. I might be wrong. It happened once before.

Google maps on your phone is all you need for the GPS. I find the Google travel advice is usually accurate.  https://www.google.com/search?q=drive+pattaya+to+mukdahan&oq=drive+pattaya+to+mukdahan&aqs=chrome..69i57j33.20703j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 

37 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

sounds like a typical nasty vindictive government employee bully to me

"dislikes me now and gives me a hard time because i asked her 2-3 times why i would have to watch this and waste my time if i could just pass the test."  So you agree that bullying the counter lady by insisting special treatment is ok ? We don't have to like the rules, we just have to accept them.

28 minutes ago, kekalot said:

lucky her, the videos I had to watch was more like 3 hours. I let my license expire when i didn't have a bike for a while and they forced me to watch that 3 hours of nonsense again.. there was no way they would just let me do the test without watching the video, lady at the counter quite dislikes me now and gives me a hard time because i asked her 2-3 times why i would have to watch this and waste my time if i could just pass the test.

"lady at the counter quite dislikes me now"  Sounds like a pretty smart lady to me !

3 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

Words fail me

 

 

No they didn't !

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

How could 7 Eleven sell alcohol (openly) at a petrol station when it's illegal to do so? Surely they must be the last company to break the law in that respect.

When I asked in one before the staff told me they weren't allowed to, plus I've never seen any stock at one.

Even if one maverick branch did, it would be on the itemised till receipt, leaving them open to prosecution, as it has the branch ID on it.

If & that's a BIG if, a maverick 7-11 decided to sell a few grogs on the side, you really think they'd put it through the register ?

19 hours ago, moe666 said:

He doesn't look old enough, besides never saw a old farang picking up trash

Open ya eyes !

1 hour ago, hyku1147 said:

And now for something completely different.

 

I'll go with the one on the left thanks !

"highly overpriced and packed in heavy glass bottles which themselves are a nuisance to toss."  95% of water at my local Tops, BigC, Tesco & 7-11 come in very thin walled plastic bottles. 6 X 1.5 litres @ 49 baht, that's hardly expensive, & I'm on a relatively tight budget. Leave the glass or plastic bottles at your front door-gate & they'll soon disappear.

Let Mr google be your friend.  VIP ok for over 70's.

14 hours ago, Basil B said:

Maybe the airlines should hand out sanitized wipes... or even King Power put promotional tubs of them at every scanner.

 

King Power giving something away ???

2 hours ago, outsider said:

 

It isn't a bad system but yes, they should also erect one of those hand sanitiser dispensers next to the scanner. We are talking about thousands of hands on that pad, so some concerns about hygiene should be addressed. So many of those dispensers around the city - in public toilets, restaurants, hospitals, shopping centres - you name it. I doubt it will be too expensive to install.

 

Me thinks you are a bit paranoid ! Consider the following...  Money....public toilets....street food & utensils.... public transport hand rails & grips....restaurant & bar tables & glasses....the list goes on & on. Highly unlikely you'll get any more germs from the touch pad than a hundred other daily encounters. For what it's worth, I have a small packet of a sanitizer wipes in my car, but keep forgetting to use em.

Neither ! If you want to be surrounded by other farangs, high price accommodation & rip offs, stay at a tourist region back home. Get out into the provinces & see the real Thailand. Much cheaper food, accommodation & "entertainment"

A "friend" told me about this place. There is another soapy massage parlor in Khon Kaen that only few foreigners know about. It’s called Caesar Massage and located on Sri Chant Road (or better known as Soi Khao Niao). The girls there are divided into four groups and the price is 1,300, 1,600, 1,800 or 2,000 Baht for 1.5 hours including everything.

1 hour ago, JamesBlond said:

Not to wrangle over this, but when it comes to insurance, where is the logic in differentiating between retirees on a visa and those on an extension of stay?

Maybe coz retirees have to have the nominated sum deposited in a Thai bank. Ext of stay requires no financial commitment.

Maybe I'm wrong, it happened once before.

4 hours ago, brokenbone said:

i paid 10k some 17 years ago on pattaya memorial hospital.

And ?

What a crappy topic !

4 hours ago, samuttodd said:

There is money in safety though.   Reduced expenditure in human suffering and loss of life first and foremost.

money in sales of protective gear.

money in collected revenue from fines levied via enforecement of compliance with appropriate safety measures.

 

The folks that have been lost from accidents were contributors here.  They had families, and jobs etc. They had influence and importance to those left behind.

 

  There is value to human life.  

Far beyond monetary value.

 

That whole drama of the kids trapped in the cave is an example.

 

The country pulled together,  and outsiders of the Kingdom also lent a hand.

 

those boys that were saved were saved because human life has value.

 

It is unfathomable that the same folks that went to such lenghts to save those kids wouldn't go to the lenghts of simply putting on a helmet, hanging up the cell phone and riding right when running errands on a bike.

 

 

Of course common sense can not be legislated,  but perhaps appropriate value to life and the wellbeing of others could be better than it is.

 

 

 

 

 

Read between the lines. I'm referring to brown envelope money. Bringing logic & common sense into the issue, as you have elected to do, is like water off a duck's back to Thais.

Thanks. That's exactly what I'm looking for.