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4 hours ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

Actually he would technically need a work permit, but they should still force him to completely paint the stations and buy the supplies to do it.... then be arrested for working without a work permit and fined, deported and blacklisted.

Sure you don't want him hung, drawn and quartered? I think ISIS needs you.

7 hours ago, Ruffian Dick said:

Quite a challenge, but I am a fan of youtube on my smart tv. Try these:

BBC
https://www.youtube.com/user/bbcnews
ITV
https://www.youtube.com/user/ITVNews
CNN
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPI5gJZnCmnuaWI1Wq7VZVw
Al Jazeera
https://www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish
Discovery
https://www.youtube.com/user/DiscoveryNetworks
History
https://www.youtube.com/user/historychannel
Animal Planet
https://www.youtube.com/user/AnimalPlanetTV
Nat Geog
https://www.youtube.com/user/NatGeoWild
https://www.youtube.com/user/NationalGeographic

As I said: I do not have a smart tv! I now have PulseTV installed and its working fine.

Works on up to 4 devices - at once if you need to!

I've used it successfully on my 2 non-smart, fairly old TV's, my even older PC, and my pretty smart, fairly new mobile. WiFi signal is boosted for my bedroom TV using a TP-Link mains plug-in device - works a treat.

4 hours ago, giddyup said:

If you don't know what I'm talking about you haven't been here long. Have a look at the attachment for docs needed for Thai driving licence. it's called a "Certificate of Residence".

 

http://www.pattayacityexpatsclub.com/expats/docs/thai license Checklist.pdf

 

Quite right. You must have a certificate of residence to get or renew a Thai driving licence if you're not actually a Thai national. Certainly the case in CM. No certificate = No licence. End of.

40 minutes ago, Arkady said:

The most effective approach would be to offer competitive pay and conditions but guarantee jail time for bribe takers, not just transfers to inactive posts for a few weeks.  Once the first couple of dozen officials are already rotting in jail on multi year sentences, the rest will sit up and take note.  But it ain't gonna happen.

Based around a rural police constable 's basic average pay in England and extrapolating this into baht + adjusting for the differences in the average cost of living in Thailand rather than England it would cost the Thai authorities about 36 billion baht per annum to put your average Thai policeman on an equivalent salary and the fact that there are about 250,000 officers in Thailand. And this does not account for other benefits such as public housing and a salary related,  indexed pension. It won't happen so tea money will continue. If anyone is interested I can provide the basis for my calculations. 

1 hour ago, giddyup said:

No, I mean the letter supplied by immigration that is required by Motor Transport before you can get a drivers licence.

It is supposed to be free. CM Immigration now issue it free whereas previously they illegally charged 500baht.

1 hour ago, mfd101 said:

Can I take the opportunity to ask about the alternative income method?

 

I have my first-ever extension on the basis of retirement coming up in October (at Kap Choeng). For proof of income I'm planning to have (1) copies of both Oz superannuation income and superannuation & other investments, and (2) Oz Embassy letter & stat dec re my income. Is that sufficient?

 

If they want bank statement or copy of BKK Bank book, that could be a problem because I don't always transfer funds by bank transfer to my BKK Bank account. [It's cheaper to do an atm withdrawal from my Oz Citibank account using a fee-free card, particularly when I'm in BKK & can use the Citibank atms there.]

You don't need both at CM Immigration. An official letter certifying your gross income from your embassy is all you need but as others have said : each office interprets the rules independently so documentation requirements vary. Also at CM they like to see the tear off slip from the TM30 which shows you've got your place of residence recorded in their system. It also needs signing and dating every time you re-enter Thailand if you leave the country at all.

8 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

I hope they keep denying it. Their denials are informing the world of the disturbing realities of Koh Tao. Hopefully a major book and film are upcoming.

Lets hope so

1 minute ago, aslimversgwm said:

I renewed my UK driving licence, which includes m-bikes and cars, on-line, no problem and quite recently. Their system connects with the passport and tax offices to use the passport picture and to verify your UK address. If the tax people have your address here rather than the UK then that would be a problem. The new licence is sent to your UK address obviously so you'd need someone to send it registered post to your Thai address.

forgot to add: it works on-line using your passport number and NI number. you must have both of these.

1 hour ago, SpeakeasyThai said:

You must be born to be unlucky. 

I renewed my UK driving licence, which includes m-bikes and cars, on-line, no problem and quite recently. Their system connects with the passport and tax offices to use the passport picture and to verify your UK address. If the tax people have your address here rather than the UK then that would be a problem. The new licence is sent to your UK address obviously so you'd need someone to send it registered post to your Thai address.

On 6/30/2017 at 8:24 PM, Prbkk said:

Yes, without reservation and wholeheartedly....it's long overdue and equality must not be delayed any further. I'm not swayed by the biology/reproduction/sodom-Gomorrah arguments nor any appeal to what might have been the situation 2,000 years ago....

Brilliant response. Thanks for that. I am proud to be married to my male Thai husband since last November. We were married in the British Embassy in Hanoi  Well done the UK for permitting this which even countries that have legalised SSM's don't appear to have this facility.

4 hours ago, docshock13 said:

Two months to hit the news raises enough suspicion. Regardless of the circumstances of death, the fact that this story has seemingly been purposefully suppressed and kept out of the news warrants re-investigation. 

Funny, the foreign resident who vociferously protested the Samui Times article last week made no mention of this death (no surprise). But it should make one wonder how he could write his letter while likely knowing about (or possibly having attended the scene) of this last death. It is a small island after all and he claims he attended the Witheridge/Miller crime scene. 

Exactly so. What a piece of work he is. In cahoots with the whole rotten system.

5 hours ago, moe666 said:

Here we go again a great Thai bashing thread. Give them a chance boys it is barely out of the planning stage. When the BTS opened in 2000 many people were saying will not ride for one year too see how it works. Now it hauls thousands of people every day.

Exactly. I am looking forward to a multitude of HS  railways all across Thailand. One of the best things this government has pursued. Glad section 44 is being used in this particular regard. The Chinese have an admirable record with their own country's network so I am confident it will be both safe and reliable. Well done Thailand. 

I use any one of three - dependent on who I'm calling and what apps they are using or want to use. 

1. Skype - computer to computer is free but I also have a euro balance a/c set up so that if it falls below a fixed amount it is automatically topped up via a direct debit from my UK a/c and it's cheap anyway. Use this for calls to tax department, pension people, my bank, credit card company, lawyer, etc. 

2. Line - video or audio - totally free and pretty good quality reception most of the time.

3. WhatsApp - rarely used but it's like Line and some prefer this at the other end especially UK bods.

Good sense prevails - properly licensed Uber and Grab  - this will be a great boon to Thailand and help sideline those awful songthaews and tuk tuks, let alone the current 'metered' taxis which refuse to turn on their meters.

This is the way the world is going and in the next decade or so we will have driverless cars, which will turn the whole car industry upside down and present governments with even greater challenges.

On 6/24/2017 at 8:54 PM, VBF said:

Has a certain ring to it......

Very funny sir! Cheers!!

11 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

You need more than a marriage to get a visa here.

Same in the UK. Sham marriages have been a big issue there for a long time especially with those originating from the Indian subcontinent so a marriage certificate is no guarantee of citizenship or extended visa stay. There is now minimum salary or other income requirements background checks made vis-a-vid cohabitation etc. Thailand should look at this as a way to guard against such fraudulent relationships

2 hours ago, tracker1 said:

They were praticing to become submariners when the new subs arrive " Down Periscope " Dive Dive Dive !

love it! But seriously have theses cops and the military nothing better to do? Obviously not!

2 hours ago, darksidedog said:

They must really wants the Brits. In the list of countries we are listed twice, UK and Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

They are thinking ahead to post-Brexit when there is no longer a UK!

15 hours ago, Here It Is said:

It's a bargain.  Have the last word but I provided the comparison to a London taxi so, therefore, it's an absolute bargain for a fifty minute trip.

No it's not - this is Thailand where the cost of living is about one quarter to one third the cost of living in England - even comparing BKK with London and the current poor RofE. A limousine service or even a cab from LHR to the centre of London will cost you about 60 pounds - about the same distance/time as from BKK to BKK centre so that's equivalent here to about 20 pounds max - certainly not 38 pounds!

6 hours ago, stanleycoin said:

One more Big Welcome to Thailand, advertisement for TAT.

Truly a nasty attack,  on one of  it's valued tourists.

Hope he wins.

Me too. Awful attack.

4 hours ago, bangkokairportlink said:

 

Lights should not  flash and no beep should be heard.

 

 

My Ford Fiesta S wing mirrors fold  inwards if locking is successful so very easy to see if it works 

Well done young lady and very best wishes for the competition. 

18 hours ago, sanukjim said:

Sounds like an European that is not from "Jolly Ole" and is a bit envious.

Wrong. I was born in Oakham, Rutland the smallest county in England and served 9 years in the RAF.

You small minded bigots who fail to embrace the modern global village are without sympathy or respect. 

17 minutes ago, oxo1947 said:

Yer---lets see "JUST A FEW" of the people that have enjoyed Tea & Cucumber sandwiches with HRH over the last few years.

 

President SUHARTO of Indonesia

 

Romanian President NICOLAE CEAUSESCU

 

President ROBERT MUGABE of Zimbabwe

 

President XI JINPING of China

 

VLADIMIR PUTIN

 

President BASHAR AL-ASSAD of Syria

 

President MOBUTO SESE SEKO of Zaire

 

 

 

Anyway the Queen  has been married to the Duke of Edinburgh for about two hundred years, so I am sure 1 hour with Trump wont be to difficult...................

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very funny conclusion. Love it to bits!

15 hours ago, mikiea said:

no one ever accused you of having knowledge of any thing world wide before , we only  have your word on that ........

When I tour my estates in Scotland and Ireland I always acknowledge my labourers as they touch their forlocks but I absolutely forbid them to prostrate themselves. So demeaning I feel in this day and age.