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1 million baht per person because they are not Thai nationals.

Just keep their passports . They won't go anywhere, but we often see the rich Thais skipping bail.

I often buy 500 gm minced beef at two different supermarkets

One is a BIG Chain store and when I cook the beef a lot of it disappears . Beef from the other Food supermarket yields much more when cooked.

I can also see that beef from the first mentioned is very very wet. I am sure they pump it with water.

Just go to Thong Lor and see the motorcycle queue near the BTS or the one at Klong Saen Saeb.

Both have guys sitting at a "discrete" distance watching what is going on and to prevent drivers from other gangs from picking up passengers.

Do I have to ask why?

Well, today is Thursday.

Let's see what the OP has to say after his visit to the police.

I am surprised they don't form a " hub of selfies"

My deepest sympathy and I really hope you live longer than the prognosis.

I often think about this ( I am now 61 and in pretty much the same relationship as you are). My wife is almost the same age as me so I think I would take her to my home and spend time together with my kid and then if time and health permits bring them here for a while.

Don't give up. Try to talk with as many doctors and healthcare people (even alternative therapies) as possible .

I take my hat off to Thai Visa and all those involved in this case.

Sadly, these things happen sometimes in Thailand . I personally know of three similar cases and one of them ended the wrong way.

I am really glad that this ended happily and now I know that should I have any serious problems, I wouldn't hesitate to post here for help (even though I have a wonderful loving Thai girlfriend).

Thanks to everyone for helping this poor guy.

Well, I want HBO and all that, Discovery, all the normal stuff. I don't mind paying for it but it didn't seem like those packages were all too legal.

Yeah, well I'm actually getting fiber soon in the Philippines so I'm hoping that it would be useful but I'm not going to hold my breath. If it sucks, I'll just use it here in Thailand.

Hi JThai, ilikeHD will not work outside Thailand, you could try these

sites cucirca.eu stream-tv.me watchseries.it solarmovies.is, they

work well for me and are free.

The Internet in Thailand does go up and down, the kids been off

school does not help,playing games and facebook all day.

Just had a letter from TOT today, which i use, offering to up the

bandwidth for the same price,I don't know if they just pull numbers

from the air*,or if you actually will get a better service? maybe for

the first month,then it starts dropping down. * or somewhere else

beginning with an A.

regards worgeordie

PS if using the first 3 sites above, use either vidbull,gorillavid,sockshare or firedrive to stream from.

cucirca.eu stream-tv.me watchseries.it solarmovies.is maybe free but they require you to register a credit card.

Why do they do that? I don't trust them.

elliottm, on 04 Nov 2014 - 14:57, said:

May I ask a question about use of the bum gun and how you gargle without using your hand. I've tried the gun and then paper but end up using more having to dry first then clean. Any direction appreciated.

It was tongue in cheek expression. If you hold the bum gun to far away it splashes and has no effect at cleaning. Hold it to close and I feel I'm going to start gargling soon, as I do with the Listerine. (Gargle that is, not wash my backside).

I have one western, one squat toilet at home. I use either to urinate, but only the western to defecate. I take a shower after the latter.

On a trip, I carry a pack of the moistened baby wipes. Cleans without leaving your backside wet through or feeling chapped.

Thanks Faz, do you manage to clean with the gun entirely without using your hand?

Surely that depends on the pressure of the water.

Some nearly blast the hemorrhoids away while others hardly have enough pressure to wet the bum. Tip: Always check the pressure first!

Dealing with these companies is frustrating to no end. I've yet to contact anyone at any of em that can communicate in English to the point that I would trust any transaction between us is going to go down the way I think it will. Save yourself the headache and recruit a Thai friend to set everything up for you.

I disagree with you about their English skills.

I call True quite often and fine that the staff at the call center speak excellent English.

I am at my wits end with True.

I posted earlier about the Ultra High Speed Cable Internet not working. There were all sorts of excuses. Undersea cable break, new surveillance system and God knows what.

Recently True seemed to work better in the mornings , although at night it came to a standstill.

I just tried a speed test again and received a speed of 0.83Mbps. (I pay for 16 Mbps). I tried to call True only to be met with a recording talking about a maintenance. (I actually hung up before the message finished).

Is this going to go on forever?

What decent alternatives are there to True?

It is risk takers like Branson and all those before him that made it possible for ordinary folk like us to benefit. The idea that he is just attention seeking is a ridiculous comment. He is innovating and pushing boundaries. People like him and his team don't give up and thank God for that.

Branson is an entrepreneur, and a very successful one to boot. I have no qualms with that, but he has a tendency to overpromote himself. I never saw Bill Gates dressed up as a high heeled trolley dolly complete with wig and make-up, did you?

At least he had the guts to carry out his promise.

He had a bet with Tony Fernandes about which team would finish highest in the 2010 Formula 1 Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi.

Do you think Fernandes would have kept his part of the bargain if he lost?

Anyway, back to topic. This is a sad development and together with the rocket, that exploded, while carrying supplies to the space station is a serious setback for private space travel. I think NASA were relying on private enterprises to take over a lot of the space travel, but it takes time and a lot of money for the companies to reach that stage.

I wish Virgin all the best as Richard Branson has always been one of my idols since he started Virgin Records.

Be happy to be out in a day.

There have been reports from other immigration offices, where people had to come back a couple of days later.

Likely for the same reason.

For Bangkok this surprises me.

They should really have more than one competent/authorized officer.

I am at Chaeng Wattana now (15.12) and have been here since 9.30 this morning to renew my visa.

Judging by the number being served I'll be here for another hour at least.

So they are not that fast here.

Was the suspect Thai or from Myanma?

In defense of Thai cabbies - I have lived in Thailand for coming up on 20 years and can count on one hand the bad experiences involving Taxis and Motorcycle taxis. This is including travel to and from the airport on too many occasions to count (from Sukhumvit area to both DM and Swampy). When I arrived, in 1994 the starting rate in a cab was the same 35 Baht - at 25 Baht to the Dollar so the increase to today is negligible, if anything in real terms. Does anyone really begrudge giving a cabbie a tenner for a 30 KM trip ? Try that at Heathrow. Or Tokyo. Good Luck. It wont get you in the cab, let alone out of the airport. One can even get from Pattaya to Bangkok for twenty quid - that's 100 miles in a decent car, whaddyawantferchrissakes ?

Would you drive an hour away from home, in the rain, knowing it would now take you two hours to get home at the end of ten hours in Bangkok traffic for 2 quid ? Let them choose, there are enough of them and as previously noted the BTS and underground are excellent. Neither existed when I got here.

Increase choice - Introduce decent cars with higher pricing like Jakarta ?

Lastly, always give an extra tip if the photo on the permit matches the boat race of the driver. You wont have to do this too often.

I don't know any taxi driver who will accept two quid or even a tenner as you mention.

This is Thailand and the currency is Thai Baht.

Why compare with what a taxi costs in London? This is Thailand.

Fried pork with basil costs 30 baht here. How much does it cost in London?

Last week I took a taxi and the driver spoke excellent English (even though I spoke Thai to him.)

He told me that he used to own a furniture export business and had been to USA and UK many times.

His business went bankrupt when the Thai Baht appreciated against the dollar.

He told me that he never refuses a fare and makes enough money driving a taxi.

Having said that I believe they deserve an increase.

Is there a cover up going on here?

Just read in the Bangkok Post today that the victim's room has been disinfected and that 21 people he came into contact with are being closely monitored for 21 days.

Why all this if it wasn't Ebola?

I am running Chrome 64 bit on a 64 bit Inspiron.

Chrome used to work but suddenly stopped. I hadn't installed any new software or add-ons.

Actually I don't use Chrome much for browsing but I use it a lot for splitting PDF files. It is so easy to that on Chrome.

I have turned off anti virus and firewall but doesn't help.

Interesting!

I am using a Dell Inspiron and my Chrome has stopped working.

I use Chrome on 3 other computers and have pretty much the same set up and software on each computer.

I have tried removing all add ons, uninstall and reinstall.

Still just doesn'twork on my Inspiron.

Big C. Rama 4 today:

Saw two female staff sitting in a garden swing chair. I should say one was sitting and the other had her head on the first ones lap. She was fast asleep. The girlfriend told me take a photo and send to the store manager.

Needless to say I didn't bother.

What often annoys me in these big stores and department stores is in the electronic departments. The staff are always deeply engrossed in the computers or watching movies on TV. No time to serve customers.

They also gave him a free Truevisions box for the cheapest package.

Anyone else got that?