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On 8/30/2019 at 3:36 AM, luckyluke said:

I got a letter from my embassy (Belgium) that the Consul will contact the Thai authorities in charge of Immigration, and "complain" about the TM30. 

Now I don't expect that Thailand will be highly impressed by this. 

I even suppose some/most will have to check what/where Belgium is. 

 

 

If memory serves, isn't that a small place on the north coast of europe where the eu mafia hang out?

Don't take life too seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway

4 hours ago, kotsak said:

 

Till next September ????

One can only assume you mean 2019

Analysis!!!! to tackle national poverty??? Take a look in any village and poverty is staring at you from almost every door. Make a start with a decent education where a child is encouraged to ask questions. Every Thai teacher in the land would have 40 fits if they had to teach, instead of forcing their will.

Like so many other laws in LOS, they are soon forgotten.

In my country the law is termed an ASS on many occasions. Here it seems, the law is a permanent ASS.

Don't take life too seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway.

I've said before and will say again. It has nothing to do with national security and everything to do with control.

Don't bring cash. Get yourself a Revolut card and load it up from your UK bank. The exchange rate is at the point of sale. The only downside are the ATM charges. However, Aeon bank only charge 150฿ per withdrawal up to 20,000฿. www.revolut.com

6 hours ago, darksidedog said:

I am back in England right now and the difference on the roads is amazing. People drive sensibly, show courtesy towards other road users, and give way to each other, with an acknowledgement of each others actions mutually acknowledged. Thailand however is just a frenzied chaos, with no manners, no respect for other road users, selfish behaviour to carve up other vehicles to save three seconds, and no enforcement of law. 

Trying to see Thailand bridge the gap between the right way to drive safely, with the stupidity, recklessness and rudeness we have currently, is a very tall order. Put simply, they haven't got the first clue, and the carnage is going to continue for a very long time to come.

I agree 100% with this post. I was in the UK last year at this time, I hadn't driven a vehicle of any kind in almost 4 years. I hired a car at Heathrow and felt totally at home on the roads for the drive to Gloucestershire, not all motorway. I spent 2 weeks driving around various places and it was almost a joy to be able to anticipate the intentions of other road users. and feel really in control. Returning to Thailand and its like being on the dodgems at the fun fair, but it ain't no fun. 

Now, where did I put that chocolate tea-pot?

2 hours ago, Jane Dough said:

I propose that all Britons in Thailand club together to pay for a new plaque. 

 

It can go where the embassy once stood with the inscription:

 

"British Embassy woz 'ere. We did <deleted> all for anybody".

 

Rooster

 

 

I want to know wot the deleted word woz????

How do you prove the purchase of lottery tickets, when no receipt is issued at point of sale?

22 hours ago, eyecatcher said:

Did you at some point accidentaly press the timer button to an off time,locking the system out.

 

I didnt think using other remotes would make a difference, they are programmed to each unit

We have five LG units all bought at the same time. If one goes down for some reason, another remote is used to check. They are all interchangeable.

4 hours ago, gunderhill said:

$- £  if  you want to use that no value £  up to you????

Worthless £ ??? still 6 baht better then the $, which will you take?

17 hours ago, sumrit said:

Of course the Thai authorities have set up a system for foreigners to prove their permanent address to allow them to complete certain tasks and that is applying for a residence certificate each and every time they need to plus carry/produce your passport each time as well

 

OR

 

you can get a Yellow Book and Pink ID Card and use them instead in the same way as a Thai National does to get a Driving Licence, register a sim card, proof of address for extensions, open a bank account, registering for TM30's, register a vehicle, proof when sending EMS mail etc and proving address for various different official functions.

 

It's called CONVENIENCE.

It's also called control

6 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Ive got a good idea, you can only buy ciggies at the same time as booze

Careful, careful. Next thing you know they'll be telling you where you can drink you're booze. And its not likely to be with your ciggie.

6 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

They've mixt it up with the traffic death numbers. 

They have to keep the masses down somehow, but like the deaths on the roads its all meaningless. Just another law that will be ignored.

4 hours ago, andre47 said:

There are priority lanes processing people aged?

I never saw them. How old you have to be to use them and are they also for farang?

Yes they are. I have used them a few times.

19 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Back in 2017 someone said he was going to reduce accident by 80%, How's it going?

It got up and went!

21 hours ago, Vacuum said:

This has nothing to do with the accidents. It's almost always the drivers fault.  Had they checked the brakes, tires, if the steering wheel was fastened properly, and not falling asleep, there wouldn't so much accidents. But these are Thai drivers and you can't expect too much. Maybe after 100 years or so, one can expect some kind of improvement.

Has it changed over the last hundred years? Very doubtful.

22 hours ago, Filipplenoir said:

Visa renewal

Yes, a visa renewal. They have to do it every month. Makes our 90 day like walk in the park.

Just as a matter of interest, Why do you have to wait for a password? Surely a password is of your own making, unique to you? Or it this another way of control?

18 hours ago, mrfill said:

It is illegal to have cold water supplied from a tank in the uk. The tank is for hot water.

Since when? 5 houses I lived in, in the UK had cold water feeds to bathrooms and other utilities, from a cold water storage tank in the loft. Obviously water to the kitchen was from the mains.

I also had hot water in a tank and the feed was from the cold water tank.

2 hours ago, lust said:

I used to use tissue to clean myself. Now, it’s the bum gun for cleaning, and tissue paper is to confirm that I did a good job cleaning. If I see any color on the tissue paper, it’s back to the gun for me. Repeat until tissue has nothing on it. Love my bum gun. The only thing better than a bum gun is a bidet.

So, a possible case of rinse and repeat then?