kimamey

10 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Heck. Look in your pp.

Here is stock pic .

It indicates where it was issued and multi or single and admitted untill date.

 Not difficult.  

 

Yes, that's what I've got.  I never looked before as I was certain it was single entry.  It was only after she mentioned it to me that I remembered getting it. It was certainly single entry before. 

Things have been a bit complicated around flights which has distracted me a bit.  I've had problems paying with my credit card as I don't seem to receive the OTP code. My Lloyd's debit card stopped working as well until I phoned them, and if I tried logging in on their website I couldn't receive the OTP from them either. Oddly Qatar, Airbnb, NHS, my wife here and my bil in the UK don't have a problem. 

Anyway, sorted now.

On 3/22/2024 at 2:57 PM, DrJack54 said:

If you end up obtaining reentry permit at airport (I assume BKK for UK) note that the counter for reentry permit is just after security check and PRIOR to passport control. Zone 2.

They have an option of 200b service fee and fill in TM8, provide photo etc

I was going to ask where to get one in the airport but my wife pointed out that I have a multiple entry, which I now remember getting. I might be wrong but I think I got that at the airport.

I need to go to immigration anyway. I had to do my 90 day report and did it online. For some reason it was rejected.

On 3/22/2024 at 3:30 PM, dick turpin said:

 

Of course he will, what can possibly wrong.

To be honest if it's serious enough to stop me getting back in time, it's probably more important than my visa. 

I've booked my flights and I'll be back in Bangkok early on the 27th May which should give me enough time. However long I have there's always the possibility something could go wrong. If it does then I'll have to come up with a plan B. I assume I'd have to leave the country and apply from there.

Sorry for the delay in replying and thanks for all the help.

It's unfortunate timing but that's out of my hands. My wife usually does all the paperwork and isn't coming with me so I'll leave that with her. She works in a government office so she's used to all this stuff and she seems to get on well with those working at immigration. Thanks for the reminder about the re-entry permit.

21 hours ago, Raindancer said:

You can apply up to 45 days before.  If you are really worried, why not call in to your immigration office and get the answer directly from them.

That was something I was looking at. Unfortunately I won't be here 45 days before.

I'm British and 69, until June, and I'm married.

My Non Imm O visa based on marriage runs out on 6th June. I'll be going to the UK on the 8th  April and returning on, probably 27th May. My wife is worried, as although Mahasarakham immigration has a shiny new office, visa applications are sent to Khon Kaen and she's concerned that may take it past the end of my visa even if we visit immigration before the 6th June. Does anyone know if the date you apply is the one that has to be before the expiry of the visa?

On 3/16/2024 at 5:44 PM, John Drake said:

 

What kind of squirrel? 

Yes I want to know as well. There seem to be quit a few different ones, some of which I've managed to take pictures. I just missed one that was a bit like a red squirrel.

Would you like to see them. 😀

4 minutes ago, nauseus said:

 

Diplomatic passport and status. You'll have to think of something else.

My earlier suggestion of sending Boris wouldn't work then. I'm not sure diplomacy is his thing.

On 3/13/2024 at 11:12 AM, superal said:

https://frozenbritishpensions.org/jeremy-corbyn-gives-labours-backing-pension-unfreezing/ 

 

Will Labour honour the pledge of the link above , if they are elected ?

Well it's an old manifesto, but I'd like to think they might continue with that policy, however I can't see the national finances being good enough for a while.

9 hours ago, Phil1964 said:

Politically beleagured UK??

More like politically corrupt and inept UK and politically inept and utterly corrupt Thailand.

Perhaps Police Chief 'Big Joke' will land a position as Minister for UK National Security in Rishi Sunak's cabinet as one of the diplomatic gifts granted to Cameron before he leaves? 🤣

Big Jokes is something we've got a surplus of already

It's amazing that he looks like the grown up in the Torys now. Sunak isn't bad and I wish he was better as he's from my home city but he's not really much of a politician, plus he's arrived at the wrong time.

I wish Cameron luck but I think he was equally enthusiastic about China when he was PM. As for green investment, didn't he want to get rid of all the green crap?

I managed to find a Thai manual for our Scoopy which it turns out we bought in March 2011. It's hard work reading it using Google translate on my phone but I eventually found the right page with diagrams. I'm sure there must be English versions as according to Wikipedia it's sold as the Metropolitan in the United States, the Jazz in Canada, the Scoopy in Australia and Asia, and the Crea Scoopy in Japan. The Jazz name in Canada is confusing. The name seems to have been used for bikes, cars and SUVs at various times and places.

Anyway I managed to remove the front panel and the bulb is just a case of taking off the rubber cover, pushing down on the back of the bulb and turning anti/counter clockwise. All I need to do now is get a new bulb and fit the front panel back. That may be a  bit more difficult based on experience.

As well as the screws I showed in the pictures there's a screw on either side which goes through the front of the floor panel. I'll include a picture of that. The 2 large screws either side of the horn, which are shown holding the licence plate in the video posted here have to be removed. I was told years ago that you could get a basket, like that on the Wave, for the Scoopy. I'm guessing that might use those 2 screws.

7 hours ago, kimamey said:

 

Yes I could. Quite often I do with jobs here as I don't have the tools I had in the UK and buying them here would cost more than getting someone else to do it. I just thought I could do it myself as I have the time. 

 

Last weekend I replaced the inlet valve on one of the toilets, because I had the tools to do that.

I should clarify. I replaced the inlet valve on the toilet because it was leaking, not just because I had the tools to do it. I'm not that sad quite yet

53 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Just take it to local motorbike repair guy , he's most likely done 100's

will have it done in minutes ,and will not be more than 100 Baht inc bulb,

 

regards worgeordie

 

 

Yes I could. Quite often I do with jobs here as I don't have the tools I had in the UK and buying them here would cost more than getting someone else to do it. I just thought I could do it myself as I have the time. 

Last weekend I replaced the inlet valve on one of the toilets, because I had the tools to do that.

54 minutes ago, petermik said:

Youtube

 

Yes I've seen that one. It's so easy she doesn't actually do it. Hers is a later model as well by the looks of it. It does have the same 2 screws either side of the horn. The only reason I didn't take them out is they seemed a bit too big to just hold the front panel but maybe I'll try loosening them. I'd forgotten that her licence plate was attached there which of course we don't use  here. I've just loosened them but it doesn't seem to make a difference. It might be that it's just tight but I don't want to waste energy trying to move if there are other screws that are still holding it.

17 hours ago, RobU said:

There was an attempt by one famous lady Cynthia Payne to register her occupation as a prostitute for tax purposes. HMRC refused to accept her registration. She wrote a book about her experiences running a brothel

Yes, I'd forgotten about her. And I believe she had quite close connections with the government as well. 😉

I don't know how they pay tax but it's probably just down to using the correct job description.

19 hours ago, CG1 Blue said:

It's very hard for an asylum seeker to get kicked out of the UK. Once they arrive in the UK it's almost guaranteed they'll be there for several years if not permanently. 

That's why all those young African and Middle Eastern men are coming over on boats from France. The UK is a soft touch. 

Yes but that's down to the delays dealing with their claims which a government minister thought was a good deterrent apparently.

Well if about 70% are given asylum or some other permission to stay then that's only 30 percent who will, or should be removed. There has been a reduction of removals in recent years although the reason isn't clear. It might be down to better procedures on entry stopping people coming in, or it might be down to the normal Tory obsession for reducing funding in real terms. It's certainly the case that they are unable to keep the numbers down, although to be fair, as I said people coming over on small boats are easier to see than those hiding in lorries so part of the increase may be down to that. I don't think the numbers arriving in small boats is that large within the numbers of other legal and illegal immigrants. Not that you'd guess that from the right wing press.

I think the OBR report before the budget based some of its growth on immigration.

As for being a soft touch I think you'll find asylum seekers can work in France but almost never in the UK

I went on it recently. I can't remember when but I think it might have been a holiday and it was opened to ease traffic. The speed limit seemed very low but I assumed it was because all the barriers hadn't been fitted. I think it might have been 60kph then as well. It was very slow and although I tried to keep my speed down I couldn't go that slow. Speed limits here often don't make much sense and it's not unusual to see 2 different limits on the same road. Everybody else was speeding past me as you'd expect and the only vehicle going slower than me and not exceeding the limit was the pickup reversing along the left hand lane. No idea where he was going to though.

Probably be better when it's finished though. Assuming they don't think it's good enough as it is and they've run out of money anyway.

On 2/29/2024 at 1:32 PM, Guderian said:

 

Me too, but having been out of the UK for 20 years I no longer have an MP as my Overseas Voter registration ended two years ago (after 15 years, but somehow the ERO didn't realise I'd left until 2007, rather than 2004 when I told the council I was offski). Now, of course, the system has just been changed and we can register to vote in general elections and referendums for life, and get an MP with ears to bend once again.

 

Which makes me wonder, if any reason were needed, whether the UK government has a clue what it's actually doing? On the one hand, it's desperately trying to win the votes of pensioners by refusing to abandon the unaffordable triple lock, yet at the same time with this careless and offhand message it's deliberately alienating hundreds of thousands, and perhaps millions, I'm not sure, of potential expat voters, if they can be bothered to sign up as Overseas Voters. Perhaps this is what counts as "joined-up" policy-making in the UK nowadays, lol.

I think the number whose state pension are frozen is about 500,000 so probably not enough to make a difference. There is cross party support to end this but it does cost money. I'm hopeful that a new government might see how this is unfair but I also realise that finances aren't good at the moment in the UK.

We've got a Scoopy i which actually belongs to my step daughter, but she lives in Bangkok now. It's rarely used apart from if the wife's sister visits, also from Bangkok. The only other times are to get fuel and just keep it running. We had to take it to get it tested which took only minutes and it passed even though the headlamp bulb was blown. Haven't used it at night so never noticed. I don't understand why it should pass in this condition but, hey, this is Thailand, where driving tests aren't conducted on the road as it would be too dangerous, apparently.

We could just take it to the Honda dealership or probably even the local village repair guy. I wouldn't trust him with anything much after I checked the tyres after he had pumped them up. I can't remember the psi but it was a lot and at the top end of my gauge. I don't think he has one.

As I don't have much of a life I thought I might as well do it. I may well have to go to the dealership to get the actual bulb but at least I'll have that sense of achievement. I know the front panel has to be removed and I've seen descriptions of the screws that need to be taken out but it isn't always clear and all the videos I've seen seem unable to show them, choosing instead to have long shots showing me what a bulb looks like.

I'm not sure of the year of the bike but my stepdaughter is 29 now and she was just finishing school at the time and would have been 17 or 18 according to my wife. I think she was the first person at her school to have a Scoopy i. 

I've removed the 3 screws on each side behind the edge of the fairing and 1 each side at the front, behind the wheel. There are 2 more just below the handle bars which seem to secure the panel above the lamp. I'm not sure if they need to come out or not but it's one less thing to hold it. At the moment the front panel doesn't seem to be loose but I don't know if that's because these things are always difficult to get off or if there are other fixings that need to be removed. There are 2 big screws on the front between the lamp and the mudguard on either side of what I assume is the horn. They look different and much bigger, so I'm thinking they perhaps shouldn't be removed. I've taken some pictures of the bike to identify it and the screws I've removed and the two I haven't. It's years since I've added pictures on here so it might not work.

I'm sure there's lots of people who've done this who can put me straight. Thanks in advance.

On 2/8/2024 at 1:05 PM, quake said:

 

Or the Op,  could push the boat right out,  and just slow down when the speed bumps come. 

I do wonder when I see these sort of threads. 

 

The clue is sort of in the name isn't it. Unless people think the idea is to speed over them.

Here in Isaan it's not only the speed bumps but all the other holes and and then the bumps when they fill them in but don't level them. It's bad in a car, although I suppose it's easier to avoid on a bike

20 minutes ago, Lopburikid said:

I was thinking the same myself. My wife's dashcam records front and rear. Something she doesn't want people to see. Plus, the first officer classed it as 50/50. It's the trend now since the 2 incidents with the Swiss guys.

I think it's from a phone not a dashcam.

Nevertheless, the police declined to acknowledge her account, citing the absence of dash camera footage as substantiating evidence.
 

Angkana showed the video from her phone, displaying Agamom’s aggressive behaviour