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Link to Promenada SF Cinema Showtimes. No online booking or reservations as far as I could see, though.

Both SF Cinema and Major have apps for reserving and booking tickets if you have a smart phone or tablet

The Major app is typically Thai in that it only shows the times for today so you can't book in advance

... On 1st July according to an advert on Movie 2

If you do need a certificate of residence, allow at least a week extra. CM Immigration are issuing them but they only do 10 a day and they have to be signed by the Director of Immigration now. There is already a backlog. Perhaps you can get by with the work permit ..... I would give it a go. Please come back and report your experience.

Just got back from the licence centre and a work permit is fine just as onthedarkside said

Don't forget you need to bring a certificate of residence. If you use your U K licence you will not have to look at 2 hour video or do the written test or driving test. You will however have to do 2 second colour blindness test and 2 second brake reflex test. Don't know if piccies mean pictures but if it does you do not have to bring pictures they take them there and laminate it to the licence. Don't forget you have to be there between 8.10 and 8.50

Rats - I was hoping that my work permit would let me off having to have a certificate of residence

Medical certificate can be obtained from Klaimor Hospital, just before Tesco Hang Dong Rd on your way there.

They just take your BP and ask you if you're breathing......I think 100 Baht now.

Thanks for the info - BP should be fine - just have to remember to keep breathing

Can you just turn up ordoyouhave to book in advance?

You can just show up. I'd recommend getting there at 830 if you're going to take the tests and get the license. It will take all day. If you only want to see the other people drive to get a feel of what the driving test is like, just show up at 1030 or 1PM and watch.

Actually there is a time connected to the process. They open at 8.10 and close the area to start putting everything into gear at 8.50. When I was there 2 days ago people arriving after 8.50 were told to come back the next day.

OK, thanks for the correction.

Thanks guys

I'm not sure if I'll have to take the full test - my international driving licence is still valid so I'm hoping I can skip some parts of the test

I just need to get my arse in gear and get a medical done - I think that's the last thing I need - I've got my work permit, my international driving licence, my Uk driving licence and some piccies - have I forgotten anything?

Can you just turn up ordoyouhave to book in advance?

It could be worse - it could be the 'magic' roundabout in Swindon

Another vote for the dim sum at Fujian here - and their Peking duck

Ok from further research it appears that the LCD screen on my laptop will only support 1280 x 800 (it's an old machine ) hence ubuntu is quite logically only supporting 1280 x 800

My main laptop runs 1920 x 1080 and currently dual boots ubuntu and windows 7 so I will install virtualbox and windows 7 in the Ubuntu boot and see what resolution I get in there

Typical - I got a reply recommending that I create a custom resolution just as I'm heading out the door - fortunately the 12.04 download is still running so I will try this suggestion this evening when I get back home

Thanks again Pysch - I've posted the question on askunbuntu

While I'm waiting I'm going to install 12.04 and see if it works there

Thanks for the suggestion Psych - I followed all the steps and installed the recommended driver but still no joy - I guess I'm going to be stuck with the crummy resolution for the time being

Time to break out google search

Thanks for all your help with this guys - finally back from my travels and I got this set up and working in a few hours

Downloaded Ubuntu 13.04 and installed it on an old laptop

Downloaded virtual box and installed it

Downloaded a trial iso of windows 7

Setup a windows 7 machine in virtual box with a bridged network

Downloaded iTunes 11 in windows 7, authenticated the new computer, downloaded a track from the cloud, switched on home sharing and the Apple TV picked up the track and played it

The only issue I'm having is that Ubuntu isn't giving me the correct graphics resolutions

In Ubuntu I can't go beyond 1280 x 800 but in windows I can go to 1600 x 1200 so I'm guessing its a driver issue in Ubuntu

I'm running an nvidia g84m - does anyone know where I can get the correct driver from?

Cheers

Taking this topic in a slightly different direction (apologies) an old 8 bit strategy game that some might remember - Lords of Midnight - has been converted to the iPad and android and PC and mac versions are in the works

Once I'm back from my holidays I will unrest ire an old laptop and have a dabble - hopefully it's up to the task

Thanks for the suggestions guys - I guess I've got some googling ahead of me

I've worked out that pretty much all I need windows 7 for these days is iTunes as I use it to stream music and films to my Apple TV

Can I install Ubuntu on my laptop and then create a virtual machine running Windows 7 that I can use to iTunes?

The windows 7 virtual machine would need access to my wireless network so that it can stream to my Apple TV and access the Internet to grab the content I have stored in the iCloud - can the virtual machine share the Internet connection with the Ubuntu desktop?

Thanks in advance

Get off of my lawn

After tonight's scientific test the reality didn't match up to the memory (but the memory may have been biased )

But all in all I had a fun time, met some interesting people and came home with a smile on my face

In conclusion - Loi Kroh, not as good as the memory but still a fun time

Hmm - in the interests of science maybe I should venture out this way tonight and do a comparison with the memories of the days when I was still single

I just hope that the missus understands that this is a scientific experiment - comparing reality to rosé-tinted memories - and doesn't decide to introduce me to Mr Knife and Mr Duck

Thaivisa Bar Crawl Friday Night!!

Tonight I have an excuse as its my mates last night in CM so I'm blaming him (which again reminds me of my single days when I took the blame for all the lads nights out - I swear my mates' wives and girlfriends thought my surname was Mademedoit)

Hmm - in the interests of science maybe I should venture out this way tonight and do a comparison with the memories of the days when I was still single

I just hope that the missus understands that this is a scientific experiment - comparing reality to rosé-tinted memories - and doesn't decide to introduce me to Mr Knife and Mr Duck

You are working on the assumption that the old farts on this forum will actually be alive in 20 years, Winnie.

No, the working assumption is that there will be new old farts (including myself in this) ranting about how everything was better in the old days. (i.e. today).

Does that mean that the current old farts will become the old old farts?