petedk

Please forgive the lack of computer knowledge from someone of the 'older' generation who really only uses his computer for Email, writing letters and saving pictures from his camera.

I understand now that all my Emails are on a server somewhere else in the world, does this mean that my Yahoo Address book was compromised at Yahoo itself and there would have been nothing I could do about it.

I understand that if I download any attachment that my Norton will scan it for virus content.

As I often see warnings not to open any emails from sources you don't know, is it possible to have your computer infected by just opening an email.

I have just received an Email from someone I have not heard from for years with just RE: in the subject line, I am reluctant to even open it, if there is a possibility it could contain a virus, even though it is from someone in my address book.

These are probably basic knowledge to someone computer literate, but for me now I'm worried about opening any Emails whether from those I know or not if in the subject line, the subject is vague

I'd rather play safe and delete them if there is no subject. Often if you open these emails there is a link to view some "super product" or "photos" or whatever. DON"T click on the link.

According to the proposal, the native speakers would each get about Bt1 million per year - a salary of Bt83,000 per month - compared to the Bt9,000 per month drawn by Thais teaching English.

What about increasing the salaries of teachers already in Thailand? Those of us working for government haven't received an increase in more than 15 years and still get an official salary of about 28,000 baht per month.

Somehow, someone has got hold of a list of email addresses, maybe from your Yahoo contacts, but most likely just from a group mail that someone has forwarded on without deleting old email information.

Once they have your email address, how ever they got it, they just send a spam email from where ever they have the spam programs (called spam BOTs - or something like that).

They don't send the spam mail from your Yahoo account.

That's why it's important to delete the previous senders email addresses when forwarding emails. I stress to my friends to do the same with my emails.

Some of the forwarded emails I receive have endless pages of previous senders' email addresses which can easily be used for spam.

Have a look at last months magazine --- and play a game --- other than some sport spot the program change!

I wrote the original posting July last year. Since then I have been able to access the program guide. I think the link I had was corrupted or something.

Do the other phones also switch off in the same place? (Chidlom).

Are they also dual sim models?

I have a Nokia E72 with a "one sim 2 numbers" sim card. One number is an AIS 1 2 call and the other is an AIS post paid. I have noticed I always get disconnected as I approach Chidlom area on the BTS Skytrain whereas other people don't have problems. I also get disconnected in other areas where other people using AIS have no problems.

I bought a new 1 2 call sim and inserted that in my phone instead of the dual number sim. Hey presto I wasn't disconnected.

In other words could it be something to do with AIS and not your phone?

I was in my local Carrefore today. I don't usually shop there, and looking around the shelves, I was reminded why. However, as my wife and I stood watching our stuff being rung up on the till, I noticed that two cold meat items that we bought at a reduced price of 66bht each were rung up at the normal price, 70bht each. My wife didn't want to mention it, but I did. The supervisor went to check, came back and apologised. Then told us (With a beaming smile) that because the store had made a mistake, we would be given the items free of charge..............and be given some free vouchers. Good job I was still holding onto the trolley as my legs felt a bit wobbly.

Would this ever happen in Tesco/Lotus.............hahahahahahaha..........NEVER!!!

It's been the policy of Carrefour for a long time to be given the item free of charge if they charge more than the price shown on the shelf.

The wife is very particular in checking prices and I think we get refunds 6 out of 10 times we shop there. The only time we didn't get a refund was when they charged 600 baht more for an office chair then they advertised. They came with all sorts of weak excuses for the mistake but refused to pay the money.

Another supermarket that is just as bad is Villa.

It's a good idea to check the prices every time.

I did exactly the same as you. Installed Windows 7 on my hard disk and lost all the photos. I made a mistake and installed on the wrong partition.

Getdataback retrieved all my photos and 90% or more of other files.

You probably clicked on a link in an email. One of those offering "great products I saw in China". That happened to me.

I had a friend who actually went to China looking for products to sell so I thought the email from him was genuine. I clicked on the link and within 2 or 3 days all the contacts disappeared, everyone received spam emails from me. I have so many email accounts I just closed that one and told all my friends not to use it.

the stands for the flowers are back in place...now with rods driven into the pavement and soldered to the stands....

this wont do much to reduce foot traffic congestion as the stands take up over 50% of the sidewalk space, and in some places reduce it to little more than 2 meters....

Some places (for example the corner opposite MBK) there is probably less than 1/2 meter to walk on and now the vendors just hang their wares over the flowers making it almost impossible to get through in places.

Amusing Thailand

I realize weather is basically the same in Thailand -except for the dry and wet season and the temperatures varying within a range of 10 degrees, but in other parts of the world, one day you can be wearing summer wear and the next thing you know, you need to wear a jacket for a couple days. Just because Thailand gets a couple days of "cooler" weather doesn't mean that it is due to global warming. If it lasts a month, then maybe. Here, I thought the rainy season had arrived a month earlier. Why doesn't the Thai weather men (scientists??) blame it on the earthquake in Japan. Blame it on the earth's axis being wobbled.

I watched the weather forecast from BBC World News last Saturday morning and already at that point the forecaster said something like "it's now 30 degrees in Bangkok but Wednesday will see record low temperatures for March" and blamed it on a cold front from China.

I told several friends and we all had a good laugh on Monday when it was so hot.

For once the weather men were spot on (ok maybe a day off).

Before anyone starts knocking me .. No, I don't believe a word of it but it seems a huge number of Thais do.

Apparently there is an email circulating warning people not to go out in the rain as it contains radiation from the nuclear reactor in Japan. I have had 4 or 5 phone calls telling to me stay indoors and I have noticed that the streets around here are very very quiet. I also took the boat on Klong Saen Saep which is normally packed and today there were several seats available.

Is there another reason Thai people are not going out this evening or are they really afraid of the fallout?

I tried to convince everyone that there is no danger but they don't believe me as the email came from "an official organization". Whatever that is.

Gmail OK but cannot open The Nation in Firefox 3.6.15. No problem when using IE 8.

Maybe it's a problem with the Nation.

I managed to open Gmail today.

I haven't had problems with other sites.

I would guess your cache was corrupted, but you say you already deleted the cache, so the next obvious step would perhaps be to reinstall it. Or just use Chrome, regardless of what some websites "recommend"

I see your point and would gladly do that but without going into detail the sites I am talking about use statistics that "could be distorted" by Chrome as they are optimised for Firefox. Actually I am beginning to use Chrome more and more.

I see Microsoft has released a new IE but I'll probably stay far away from that.

Can anyone help me?

I don't know what has happened but when I try to open the Nation, the page will open for about 2 seconds and then i get a blank white page. In the lower left hand corner it says "read lvs.truehits.in.th" and then nothing.

When I try to open Gmail I enter User name and password and then enter. I am redirected to a blank white page. It says "done" in the lower left hand corner.

I have deleted all cookies, history and everything. This has been going for 2 days now. Does anyone else have similar problems?

If I use Chrome there aren't any problems. I think Firefox was updated recently to version 3.6.15

I don't really want to use Chrome as several of the websites I use regularly recommend Firefox.

Should I delete Firefox and reinstall?

Only a few weeks ago my students were discussing cultural differences between Westerners and Thais.

One of the comments they came up with was that Westerners went against Thai culture by "wearing flip flops and shorts in public" and that Thais would never do this.

I disagree completely as I daily see Thai (males, females and third gender) wearing shorts, flip flops and pyjamas on the streets.

It's just a matter of convenience, comfort and I guess for many it's a question of economy.

Personally I don't like to wear shorts in shopping centres or when going out although I admit I do it sometimes.

Normal

5000 for no notification @ airport

4000 for no notification @ street

2000 for no notification @ immigration

Not 100 % on airport one, but others are advertised in immigration

Thanks for the info.

I have never been late so far as I always send by post to the immigration. I've just never noticed the 5000 baht before.

Quite a few people I know can't be bothered going through the motions of renewing and just pay the fine at the airport.

I have just received m new "Receipt of Notification" from the Immigration Bureau after having sent it in by mail.

Stamped on the receipt it says" The fine of Overdue Notification is not exceeding 5,000 Baht".

Is that the new rate? I am sure it used to be 2000 Baht?

We have to be even more alert now.

Any other "fines" or "services" increasing in cost?

I kende a girl Nim in Bangkok men jeg tror ikke you know her. She kommer ikke fra Nakhon Sawan.

I think you've had a few Carlsberg's mate. Give up looking for her and take it as a lesson learnt.

Funny enough I was talking to a girl some time ago that had her laptop stolen by a Dutch guy. Apparently he was going to transfer some money to her account but had to use wifi in an Internet cafe. She went to the toilet and when she came back he was gone. Maybe it's her getting revenge. I'll ask her next time I see her.

Just walked from MBK to Siam Square. What a pleasure.

I usually have to walk on the road to get by the vendors and people.

Personally I think it's ok to have the vendors in some places but on that particular stretch of footpath there were vendors on both sides leaving very little room to walk.

They have all what you're looking for:

http://www.choco-sch...idt_bangkok.php

Send me a piece please

Is the shop still there?

The "recipe of the month" hasn't been updated since 2007 and other pages are "coming soon"

Doesn't look very professional to me.

Apart from that UFM Bakery behind UFM Supermarket Sukhumvit Soi 33/1

I'm not sure who provoked the latest outbreak. When considering the crackdowns on demonstrators during the last rallies I'd be not surprised if that repeats itself just on another level.

It just needs a few bad apples within the armed forces to create a situation which so many desperatly seek. The more I read the more I believe that the explosion in Bangkok this afternoon was a form of intimitation too. First I thought someone was dynamite fishing in the ponds there. But now ...

I heard the explosions this afternoon shortly after 3 pm.but no one seemed to believe me.

Any idea what they were?

are you serious? if you are serious i suggest you check ajarn.com or even try the local schools but it is difficult to find such a position are you interested in teaching writing? i surely hope not.i mean it's not easy to read your posting here if you know what i mean.but if you want to teach speaking i guess you might stand a chance.

Sorry I couldn't resist it.

Seriously, you'll never get a job teaching if you write like that.

www.hondacitythailand.com/club/thread-5778-1-1.html

I typed this manually so I hope it works. By the way it's in Thai.

Not only may she be 18 years old but according to another website the car belonged to her. She posted a picture on June 23 showing the car and saying how proud she was of it.

I have no idea if this page is fake or real.

Let me guess, you saw the picture with wrong car on a Facebook account called 'anti-preawa'?

Yeah, that'll be an objective source.

No. It's not that Facebook account. I don't know if i am allowed to post the source here or not but it was taken from her own Facebook account as I mentioned on 23 June 2010.

Quote from the OP: " They said persons of that age were not entitled to a driver's licence, nor could they be fully subject to criminal and civil liability for deaths and damage." By this logic anyone who is underage for a firearms licence can illegally get a gun and cause untold damage but not be fully responsible

This basically, is the law, to protect minors. Many Thai hate that rediculous law. One of the wife's customers came in last night just before we closed at 10:30pm, and on the wife's pc, showed this girls facebook page. She is indeed 18, going to a university, and family is concealing best as they can, her true age, just to protect her from prosecution. Also, she posted in her facebook, a picture of the accident, and a shot of herself with a macho stance and expression, as if proud of her power. This morning, her facebook acct has been closed so no one can access it. I suppose someone smarter than her, told her she better shut it down. This drama will continue I think.

Not only may she be 18 years old but according to another website the car belonged to her. She posted a picture on June 23 showing the car and saying how proud she was of it.

I have no idea if this page is fake or real.

You could always setup a Thai Paypal account and link to your thai bank account.

Then send them money via Paypal. Would cost about $2 per $50 transfer.

I realise this is an old thread but I'd like to add the following comment.

I have lived in Thailand for 10 years and for the first few years I transferred money from my Thai bank account to my daughter's Danish bank account without any problems.

Last month I went to the bank and tried to transfer and was told that I need to produce wage slips for the past 3 months. In the 10 years I have lived here I have never received a wage slip. I deposit the check in the bank every month and they can see in my bank book but they refused to accept that. I went to Western Union and transferred 18,000 Baht and the fee was 1300 Baht. Maybe a little more expensive but was completely hassle free. All I needed was my passport.