MikeandDow

Who gives a rats ass?

20 green point

It is not good etiquette to use cap's and the answer is birth cert

In order to qualify for a gold card (it isn't a 30 Baht card anymore, it's free) you need to be resident on a blue tabien bahn. This means you need to have permanent residency. You do not need to be Thai.

Everyone in my family (except for me) has gold cards, and everything except for optional medications are covered at no cost as long as you go to your designated government hospital. The queues are long, and the care is basic, but it is free. There is no other requirement other than to be permanently living in Thailand to qualify.

you do not need to be a permanet residency you just need to have an address which is registed on the thai system to you ie yellow book

The 30baht card is free and also avalible to Farang Husbands who have a address you do NOT need to be on any blue book as you can not, I have used my card when i broke my wrist treatmentt was 1st class

18yr old Poker play !!~!!!!!!!! give me a break !!! just what thailand wants "The Gambler"

are you a troll, ? you want to get married then get divorce!!!! think what you are saying !!!!! and why should marrying a thai be any diffrent from marring a girl from the uk, i think you should bloody wake up, <snip>

Any good drug store, Terumo have a Thai web site I have tried Accu- Check but can not get the test strips here no problem getting the test caps for thr medi safe i use this every day this model i feel beats all the rest on the market

Medisafe Mini Made by Terumo Traded in old meter got this for free

hi to all in uttaradit.

just recently moved here and havent met too many falang.....wondering if any of you in the area looking for a drinking buddy/friend etc...

happy here but could do with 1 or 2 nites out and about.

pm me or reply on tread

see u all soon!!

Hi pablo2

Welcome to Uttaradit , well what can i say! not sure about the nights out not much happens here, think the Seeharaj hotel holds a disco on a friday night not sure about friday hotel, I go to the swiss cottage now and then the or the new york, you working here ????? you have transport ???? if so go up to "Dows" resturant very cheap thai meals its on the way to the dam on highway 1045 its right outside a big orange house with a blue roof about 2klm from Tha plat I will even give you a free beer

Hope this is the right Forum Looking for house, town house or condo to rent for a year at Samut Sakon tried looking on the Internet can not find anything so anybody know of any accommodation

I would rank Chiang Mai far above Uttaradit as place to live. Uttaradit compares extremely favorably to Chernobyl though.

this lot dont know anything about Uttaradit I have lived there for over a year and still do yes there are several bars in Uttaradit 2 golf courses, plenty to see and do. the locals are very friendly treat you with respect will not rip you off unlike chiang mia, the expat's they are a few which is the way I like it dont like the overrun tourist places like those up north.

well wife got her tourist visa today only applied for a 3 month very very easy in on monday phone call ready to pick up wedensday wife just coming over for a look 3 weeks at xmas but she seems to have the visa bug now wants to apply for the marriage visa for her self and the stepdaughter oh well there goes my retirment plan to thailand might be a good idea to retire here send the wife out to work as the way the Dollar is against the baht that is hurting!!!!!!!

Hey everyone

heading over to thailand november 8. got a one way ticket from perth (aus) to bkk. planning to stay for about 10 weeks, while my fiance's prospective marriage visa gets processed. Just filling out the form for the 2 month tourist visa (and then planning to extend it 30 days while im over there). On the form, do i put 2 months as my proposed stay, or 10 weeks; as a single tourist visa will not let me stay for 10 weeks only 60 days.

Also, I only have a one way ticket and no evidence of further travel or accomodation, i assume this is ok. Is this the best visa to get for my situation?

Also, what is the best way to submit the form for processing. My expat mate was telling me to submit it in person, but i can't find any embassy in perth, only eastern states.

Last question, when is the best time to submit it; because i realise that time starts ticking from the date of approval and not the date of entry. I heard 2 weeks before planned entry?

Regards

Nick

there is a consulate in perth open Tue and Thursdays only look in yellow pages Think your one way ticket will be a problem as the airline has a right to deny boarding with out an onward journy

Hi guys and ladys I intend to apply for a spouse visa for OZ very early next year for the thai wife dont think we will have a problem as she has been over OZ for a hoilday its just the Bl**dy paper work any how I belive i have to get Stat Dec done from friends ect form 888 ok have the form but my friends would not have a clue how to fill out what to say I know you have to State how you know the applicant and the applicant’s sponsor,and indicate how often you have been in contact with them also State whether you believe the relationship of the applicant and his/her

spouse/de facto spouse/interdependent partner to be genuine and

continuing, and give your reasons for your belief what i would like to show my friends is typical examples of what to write so anybody out there got typical examples thanks

I believe prescription drugs are allowed provided you have the appropriate documentation from the prescribing doctor and they are for personal use (ie. not commercial quantities).

I travell in and out of OZ every 3 weeks no problem with prescription drugs iam a type 2 diabetic so i normally take a bag full got stopped once did not even open bag told him i had medication as i was a type 2 diabetic no problem

Hi guys

well bit background first live in uttaradit but work in OZ here at work now, wife has just phone and told me the TOT guy has finaly arrived to set up the Internet she tell me that we are on the Internet now ????? does TOT suppy the router??? as I bought one but not set up need to run install programe wife telss me that he did not need the disc ask about the price per month 590 baht, what package is that anybody know ask what our e-mail address was she has no idea will be back home in 3 weeks can i just phone up TOT to get the email address or should the TOT guy have left it with the paper work? think we are on satellite have no experence with the satellite what speeds can i expect is it ok sending and reciving e-mails (wife did not phone for long "want to play on computor") thanks for any info

TOT dont supply a router, but a modem. It will work just fine without an actual router on the one computer it is connected to.

It looks like you got a supercyber account from TOT.

I don't recall getting any email from TOT when subscribing to their service. I think your best bet is to just sign up for a free email address at one of the online sites that provide this.

The tech should have left a piece of paper with your username and password. Usually it is:

Username: telephonenumber@supercyber

Password: telephonenumber

Thanks so TOT dont have a mail server is that right ?????? will need to sign up to hotmail or the like's my phone bill has just gone up the wife is ringing me with allsorts now how do i do this how do i do that oh boy !!!!!!!!!

Hi guys

well bit background first live in uttaradit but work in OZ here at work now, wife has just phone and told me the TOT guy has finaly arrived to set up the Internet she tell me that we are on the Internet now ????? does TOT suppy the router??? as I bought one but not set up need to run install programe wife telss me that he did not need the disc ask about the price per month 590 baht, what package is that anybody know ask what our e-mail address was she has no idea will be back home in 3 weeks can i just phone up TOT to get the email address or should the TOT guy have left it with the paper work? think we are on satellite have no experence with the satellite what speeds can i expect is it ok sending and reciving e-mails (wife did not phone for long "want to play on computor") thanks for any info

The New York steak house. It's run by a german chap in the soi directly opposite the bus station. Or there is JJ's just past the hospital, not bad either.

Damo.

P.S. I'm just to the East of Tha Pla, Hat Ngio moo bahn. Since 2003.

Nice to see more Ozzies up in Udit.

Nice to hear from you Damo, back at work today for a rest !!! sick of shifting stuff around the house, why can women not make up there minds???? back to uttaradit on 1st oct for 2 weeks would like to catch up for a beer is the any good bars in uttaradit ????

Anybody know where i can get the yellow bug lights from ???? living in Uttardadit been to tesco all the electrical shops i can find nothing !!!!

I have a friend looking for about 50 - 100 rai to retire on somewhere in Thailand, preferably in the central plains. Went to Lopburi last week to check out a distressed asset at 36,000 baht per rai. Unfortunately, it was next to a teak farm, and the residents of the village made it known in no uncertain terms that the owner of the teak farm would not allow the asset management company to sell it, and if they did, life on that land would not be enjoyable.

Needless to say, he has decided not to make an offer. At a restaurant in a village a few kms down the road, he found someone wanting to sell about 50 rai, but at a 120k per rai instead of 36k, which is really outside of the affordable range.

He asked me for advice on where to go, and I don't really have an answer, so I thought I'd ask the group. Let's say you have about 5 million baht or so, and want to purchase 50 - 100 rai in an area with good, black soil, decent rain and water, then build a comfortable house, and retire in a nice community with good people, where in Thailand would you go? A chanote is required in this instance.

The land needs to be priced reasonably for farming, not for speculation. Off the beaten path away from main roads would be preferred. Just a typical Thai village with a wat.

Anybody have any advice?

just bought 50 rai paid 1 mill going to farm it not sure what yet was a banna plantation has an old house on it, this is up in "thai plat Uttaradit" plenty of land for sale up that way

Looks good mate.Cant make your party stuck scotland getting stuff sorted out mainly wifes settlement visa .need this need that .give you shout when go back.Cat my wife village is called bannanokok near lablea,about half hour from uttaradit on way to dam.Cats sister marries man from england this weekend in her village.Hope he has better luck renting wedding costume than i did (beer belly).good luck with house mate.

Scotcol, well back at bloody work for another 3 weeks we have now moved into the house due back home 19th aug I think i know where your wifes village is go there to eat noodles with my wife bloody best noodle i have eaten and bloody cheap Iam further up hwy 1045 past Tha plat on 1045 about 20klm from the dam, we got married in bangkok so no prolems wife does not want a village wedding Lucky me, have you tried the swiss cottage in uttaradit bloody hard to find but what a great steak !!! well give me a shout when you are back and we can have a beer Iam originally from the north east of the UK South shields but been in OZ for 30 yrs now just work there like the quite life now well hope to see you soon

Well Just phoned the boss (wife) the house is Finished !!!!! move in date the 10 of this month, its been a hard 8 months but we have done it !!! I think she has done a bloody good job, its been easy for me working in OZ and just going back on my R&R I know I could not have done it, handling all the contractors ect, Sorry I dont have the latest photo's so if anybody is intrested in hiring the wife as project manager let me know (I dont think she would want to do it again) well just got to get all the furniture now I think the wife will like that part. I have heard that you can see my house from space (Love the colour better not tell her that or i wont be sleeping in the house)

tasted good for the price 50b one litre. mind you im a scot drink anything.and know one told me had too sip and pass around the first time i tried it.i got a few puzzled looks. was uttaradit 2 months not long ago,wife still there shes giving birth soon.

Thats good news scotcol about the wife when you going back if Iam there will have to wet the babys head with a few Thai whiskeys you live in Uttaradit Iam about 30 min by car on the outskirts (Thai Plat) having a party on the evening of the 10th this month moving into new house so if you are there you are more than welcome to drop in

Be careful 'MaD', drinking beer chang in a motorbike has been known to be harmful to health.

Why not try it in a glass like evryone else?????

dont have any glasses yet still trying to buy the bed tv fridge ect told the boss to go out and buy the stuff buts "we wait till i come over" will be over on the 8th but will be knackered 7 hr flight from perth then a bloody 7 hr wait til flight out to phisanluk then 1hr 30 min drive to home so i wont be in any mood to go shopping this is a bit off topic but this is the first house we built i work in OZ mine site normally the wife stays with her sister in the village our house not far from sister so not sure how she will go sleeping in the house on her own when i go back to work any advise would be gladly recived its just we had trouble with the next door neighbor right trouble maker

Ahhh, the famous tree bark, now I know what it is, the father-in-law offered me a sip a few years ago, god it was rough. It is supposedly therapeutic however I found it almost instant "puke".

Who can forget the Issan tree bark malt, matured in a glass jar for a fortnight.

Last time i tried it was about a couple of months ago just before the old man in the village next to the wife's sister ( visting sister) started killing 3 pigs at the same time we were drinking luckly had nothing to eat so was ok but can not drink it like the thai's do they sip it, noo nooo can not, has to go down in one, going back on my R&R on the 8th, we are moving into the new house we built on the 10th, wife has booked the monks for the morning, bloody 7am, and she is starting to get the party organized ,asked her if we are getting some thai w"hisky all i got was silence on the phone (wife does not drink) so think i will be drinking beer chang" but going to try it in the motorbike.