Mattd

This is correct, DLT issue the numbers, so if you are getting any number rather than a special one, then DLT can issue there and then so long as all the paperwork is in place. Most of the delay from the dealer is to do with paying the money out to various entities.

on the right side of immigration as you go up the ramp.

100% agree

Illegal not to have? If you refer to insurance for 3rd party property, then unfortunately the only insurance required to legally drive or ride on the road here is the CTPL (compulsory third party liability or Por Ror Bor), there is no requirement to insure the vehicle or 3rd party property damage. Most Thais on Motorcycles (and some cars). only have this lowest cover, partly because they see no need for any other cover and mainly because they cannot afford the additional cover. They also know that generally the police will side with them, I know of several times where accidents have happened through the fault of the motorcyclist and yet the car driver has been made to pay for the damage to the motorcycle, compensate the rider and any pay hospital fees, with the police saying that the rider has no money and the car is bigger!! Hopefully one day the level of minimum cover is increased to include third party property damage. Until such time, the soundest advice is to make sure you have the best cover available. Oh and there would be no point in suing him or her, you get no blood out of stone :)

You need to clarify, when did you last enter Thailand? (I'm assuming from the post title that you left and have recently reentered) Your 90 day report will be due 89 days after that date, the 90 days resets upon entry.

And there!

This is perfectly normal and doesn't have to be cash, it can be transfer, bankers draft etc. once you decide to purchase the car then the dealer will want a non-refundable deposit placed to confirm the sale, the amount will differ from dealer to dealer and the value of the car, generally Honda, Toyota, Mazda etc. will ask for 5-10,000 Baht as the deposit, BMW, MB, Audi etc. 50,000 Baht. This deposit will be deducted from the total cost at the final payment, additional costs on top of the car price are usually a deposit for the red plate (refunded when the white plate arrives) and a registration fee (includes the road tax & polabar).

On a normal vessel, there are two means of emergency lighting, one as you say from the emergency generator and another via battery power. If the vessel did lose propulsion and therefore steering, then the emergency generator would have been of no use other than to provide a means of light to escape. With as list as bad as the pictures, it is possible that the emergency generator could not operate due to the bank angle. I do not think that those who have never worked at sea can fully appreciate the terrible predicament the sailors were in, the ship was listing very badly, with some means of egress being impossible to use due to either the angle of the vessel or water blocking the escape routes, couple this with massive disorientation and it is a nightmare situation. I've been on offshore ships that were rolling up to 50 degrees and lying in my bunk wondering if this was my last day on earth, if a ship fully capsizes and crew are inside say the engine room, what was the bottom of the ship is now the top, walking on engines and other machinery and with the escape hatches now above you not below, the way out is underwater, a truly nightmarish scenario. A Navy ship is far worse, lots of pipes in walkways etc.

Having worked in the maritime industry all my life, I feel for those sailors that are missing and their families. At the time of the incident, a vessel I am involved with was / is working in the Gulf of Thailand and was waiting on weather, they were reporting swells of 5 - 6m and winds peaking at close to 50NM per hour. Hopefully there will be a thorough investigation in to what went wrong, to sink a vessel of this nature is not as easy as some on this thread think. From what we are hearing on the grapevine the initial cause was a loss of propulsion for whatever reason, which led to the ship getting beam on to the seas causing her to roll violently (she had a narrow beam), from this water was taken on causing the eventual sinking. In heavy weather all vessel Masters will point the bow directly in to the weather, this is the only way to safely navigate rough seas. Since Titanic, all ships are made of watertight compartments, flood one and the vessel will not sink, inclination tests are also done to determine how many degrees of list is the point of no return, again, a compartment can flood and not cause the ship to capsize. This is especially true of Naval ships for damage stability / control. It is possible that one of the watertight doors below the waterline was open and the flooding was in more than one compartment, until the investigation it is only speculation. One poster mentioned free surface effect, this can be a very bad situation for a ship, however, if all of the freeing ports are doing their job it should not cause a vessel to sink. Let's hope the missing guys are found safe.

Teaching staff come under slightly different rules than other industries, TBH I am not really very knowledgeable about that side, for sure in industry that would be illegal and if it went to a labour court they would of been made to pay out 100%, this is regardless if Thai or Farang. For Crossy's OP, the company should have the rules handbook and this should state each entitlement.

Under Thai Labour Act, employees are entitled to up to 30 days paid sick leave per year, 3 days or more requires a certificate from a doctor.

Although technically there is no age limit on a Thai Citizen owning land, in reality it will depend on the Land Office if they will allow registration to a minor, they all have different views on this and it is up to their discretion. Note you cannot lease land from a minor unless authorised by a court. (Section 1574 of the Civil and Commercial Code)

I'll stand corrected on that, however, it was adamant that I had to enter the ID number and was not allowing me to register any further without it. It could have been something I did wrong initially.

Trust me, when you start actually shopping it is slow, adding items to the cart can take a while.

Am I the only one that simply cannot get on with the new Lotus's online web portal? I used to purchase quite a lot via the old Tesco Lotus website, especially the heavier, bulkier items such as water, laundry related, cat food etc. Since Tesco pulled out the website has been redone and so badly it is untrue, totally illogical and super slow. When I first tried to use it, I had to reregister all of my details, first surprise, please enter your 13 digit Thai ID card............ I tried several spurious numbers beginning with a 1 or a 3, no chance, ended up having to use my son's ID number, not a big deal, but why would they restrict Foreigners from shopping online with them? There was no option to put a Nationality or passport number. Every single time you use the site it wants to know the delivery address, I only have one entered in under my username, so use that!! Next step is where do you want your items delivering from............ I don't care, Lotus's you decide based on the delivery address!! Then when do you want it delivering, today or next day, no other choices that I can see, the delivery window has now increased to 4 hours from 2 hours as well, which is a PITA as it ties too much time up. The site is super slow, so takes ages to do the shopping, one time I fell foul as spent over one hour adding items to the cart only to find out that the max. number of items is 99, any more and you have to delete items from your cart ???? All in all, a fail as far as I'm concerned, come on Lotus's you should be able to do better than this! Before being asked, I work weekdays and divorced, so no 'her indoors' to do the shopping and weekends tend to be busy. Moan over!