MAJORUS

Sent you a message,Regards

Planeticketdeals.org is the same website based in Poland if you try and pay by credit card you get a notice saying due to technical problems they cant accept card payments,same with paypal,try it ,their website has only been in existance for a month.

if you need to book an air ticket beware this site WWW.cheap.flight-deal.org also comes up as Flight Deal Agency.Check them out on Scambook .com or just Google the name,sorry I do not know how to post this on the main TV perhaps a Mod can help,they have scammed a lot of people,over $4000 dollars this month alone,website is very professional supposedly based in London and Riga,will not accept credit cards only bank transfers or Western Union,I nearly fell for it but got suspicious when I checked them with Google

Contact SPN Electric Company Ltd they are Provincial Electricity Authority approved contractors for this sort of work.They also have a British Consulting Electrical Engineer so no problem with language.Office 053 308326-8 or 081 882 0980 for Brit engineer.

As some of you will know Roy Kidwell passed away suddenly in Udon Thani three weeks ago,after a lot of red tape he was cremated yesterday in Udon Thani.His ashes will be brought back to Chiangmai on Sunday and we will bury them at The Chiangmai Foreign Cemetery at 3pm Wednesday 11th May.As Roy was a member of the Royal British Legion we will be having a memorial drink to his passing after the funeral at The Olde Bell.All friends welcome at the cemetery or Olde Bell .Regards MAJORUS

Thanks for all of the concern from everyone and especially to allof you acted hands on,Beth from Dokeaw will visit him soon and hope we can get a satisfactory result.Thanks again .Ron[ quote name=fearless1' timestamp='1304508170' post='4400997]

We were able to get Dr. Rebcook into Lanna hospital and I was able to contact his sister via email. Hopefully, with treatment, his condition will improve and possibly he can transition into an appropriate care facility.

Brian

Know of one place 2 rai in Sanpatong huge house with everything Jacuzzi etc approx 20 mins from airport.Dirt Cheap PM if interested

Good Advice mrmazinkle.The OP has been in touch direct from Canada,nothing will be posted thanks,MAJORUS

WHERE IS THIS GENTLEMAN AT THE MOMENT,PLEASE REPLY ASAP.MAJORUS

<br />Better contact the embassy or consulate of his country, people in his situation can (or even have the right to, depending in the country) be repatriated, organized via the embassy. But maybe he wants to stay here.<br />

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Just get the Canadian Embassy in Bkk to contact the Hon Canadian Consul in Chiang Mai and all should flow smoothly.

If it doesn't, contact the British Hon Consul in CM who is chairing a new group to help all nationalities of expats with financial and/or medical problems.

Canadian consuls number 053 850147,Do not know who he /she is.British Hon Consul is in London as we speak,if you have a problem contact me MAJORUS

To all who showed interest.The next meeting of Ageing Network is now Thursday 7th April at The Raintree Resource Centre At 5.30pm.

It has been moved as the 6th is a Thai holiday.

Try Jeff Walker at Kuma Design & Mfg,224.Moo 10 T.Banthai A. Banthai.Lamphun Tel.089 634 7878.Or Tim (same Company).084.615.7410.

They have a big sandblasting plant in their factory.

Thanks for such an apt post ,you have hit the nail right on the head.I could not agree with you more ,hopefully very soon we will be able to co-ordinate all of the various groups and interested parties into one organized operation that can deal with the various Thai departments concerned with the backing of all Embassies and Consulates to solve this problem.We have already made some very successful moves towards this.Will be delighted to meet you at our next meeting at the Raintree Resource Centre 6th April 5.30pm.Regards MAJORUS

Personally, I don't think that those of us that are living here, whether comfortably or otherwise for many years, should feel obligated to, or be asked to pay for or subsidize in any way, the bad luck or poor decisions of someone they have never met. Having said that, misfortune can strike any of us at any time, so we must never forget that we are all human beings and as such, we should maintain the ability to feel sympathy or at least some understanding, towards anyone who is in obvious need of help. Possibly many of these aging or disadvantaged people, do have the financial assets or income to enable them to live here, but for many various different reasons, they are unable to take care of themselves properly or lack the ability to do so. I personally think, that as these very same people in need here, would be a financial burden on the Government or medical institutions of their home country, were they living there, and that as the cost of living and medical expenses here are so much cheaper than it would be back home, it would not hurt the major embassies here too much and may cost whichever government less in the long run in fact, to set aside funds - perhaps all donate to a common pool - to assist anyone in dire need of assistance. One of the many things I love about Thai culture, is the way Thai families tend to take care and responsibility for the elderly. Unlike us, who in most cases, toss our elderly at some "rest home" or "Palliative care center" and try to forget them. I don't say we all do this, but do some research, the facts will shock you/or not. How hard would it be, to employ someone or some group, to keep track of these needy disadvantaged people, make sure that they are getting medical treatment, inform their families back home if any, of their situation, make sure they have made a will, liaise with the Thai family if there are any and find out any special needs the person may have, that the Thai family can not deal with. I personally know of a couple of cases where the Thai family is happily and lovingly caring for an elderly Westerner at their own expense. The mans wife in another case I know of, is still selling jewelery at a local market, to take care of her Falang husband, when she could have gotten rid of him ages ago. This guy has no income from home so is a total burden! Though I am in no position financially to help anyone else, I do speak fluent Thai(married for 8 years to Thai wife), know the medical system well and have the spare time, so I would happily take on a position like this, to give something back to the system which supported me, if it would genuinely help and make a difference to the quality of life, or especially save the life of someone like this in need.That there is obviously a need, is without a doubt if you look around most major cities.

There is already an organization formed to deal with this problem,it is being co-ordinated by the British Hon Consul Ben Svasti Thompson.

Most Consuls are already on board along with other interested parties.Our next meeting will be at the Raintree Resource Centre on 6th April.

It is now becoming a serious problem in Chiangmai and requires serious responses not stupid comments,if you have a serious will to help please feel free to join us.

Sorry thought my initial post did not get through.

Thanks for the concern,There is already an operation underway in Chiangmai to address this problem,most Consuls and other groups are already on board.

It is still in its very early days,if you are interested in helping contact the British Consul.Ben Thompson who is co-ordinating the effort our next meeting will be at the Raintree Resource Centre on 6th April.This is becoming a serious problem in Chiangmai and requires urgent attention,not stupid comments .

Sign me up thanks MAJORUS

It was opened in 1884 as the British consulate.as there was already a large British presence here.

Suggest you get a copy of De Mortuis from the Foreign Cemetery 200 baht. Full of interesting Chiangmai history.

Regards MAJORUS

Anyone know if Elecrolux have a service centre in Chiangmai that can fix my microwave.Thanks

Thanks all for your interest,a quick update.I have information on Bill Bleakley and it is in the 6th Edition which is now available

at the cemetery and also The Old Bell Pub and some other watering holes.I also have information on Francis Hamlin

as her late husbands ashes will be interred beside her at the end of this month when the arrive from USA

I still want info on Yves Miniot 2.11.2006 he has a daughter called Natalie Fabry who lives in France thats all I can find out.

David Poulson.5.9.2005 and David George Grant.14.8.2007 I still can't trace relatives.If WhiteRussian can help I will be extremely

gratefull.I have records going back to around 1890 at present plus other interesting stuff like the 16 men who went off to france in WW1

and the three who made it back to Chiangmai,also the comings and goings of many people between 1895 and 1920 in a diary

kept by a missionary here in that period might be worth putting them in the 7th edition if I am not in it myself.MAJORUS

I read some time ago about people looking for an hospice for a terminally ill person

Here is up to date info on Dokkaew Gardens at the McKean Rehabilitation Center Chiangmai

Perhaps a MOD could pin it to the pages of remembrance thread as it may be helpful to someone.

DOKKAEW GARDENS

McKEAN REHABILITATION CENTER

PO BOX 53 CHIANGMAI THAILAND 50000.

CONTACT BETH ROADARMEL,,PROJECT MANAGER

DOKKAEW GARDENS

053 124430-124263. EXT139 , FAX 053 124264

Email //e-mail removed as per forum rules//

Rates are 1000baht per day at time of this notice

I met him a few times at British Council garden parties a few years ago, and he was always affable and self effacing. I believe he used to play a large part in the management of the farang cemetery and thanks mainly to him there's an excellent record of the farang community who never left Thailand after their deaths.

Hi loaded he did indeed do a lot of good works for the Foreign Cemetery but you are mixing him up with Major Dick Wood MC who wrote the cemetery book De Mortuis.The current committee has just published the 6th Edition with a further 60 entries.Youn can get a copy from the caretaker 200 baht which goes to the upkeep of the cemetery.Dick Wood is buried in the cemetery in plot A11A.He died on 2nd Dec 2002 and has a big obituary in his book,All the best Majorus

QBI insurance(Australian company) opposite Suan Prung gate soth side of the moat I've been with them for years and no problems.Majorus

Hall of Opium between Maesai and Golden Triangle is a must see,allow at least 4 hours to go around it,longer if possible

A mate of mine did it last week,3months is correct also make sure the bank letter is on or very near the day you apply or they may ask for another one.