Jaggg88

I think you should be getting help for your very obvious drinking problem.

Yeah... anyone who drinks Chang obviously has a problem.

Anybody who drinks every day, as the OP stated, has a drink problem.

Don't meed one in Nakhon Sawan

Or just opt for Linux. A lot less expensive than OSX or Windoze.

It's true. Sony reportedly saved so much money they have cancelled the release of one of their movies they were going to use as income, all because they used Linux on their servers.

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Yes Unix (Linux runs on top of Unix) is the least secure OS. Most web servers were based on Unix but have now been over taken by other OS because of lack of security.

Linux users don't suffer with virus' and malware so much because the hackers are after making money so they target the biggest user group, Windows users. As Apple users have increased in recent years they too are starting to be targeted.

As stated before each OS has its pros and cons. In the course of my work I use them all.

Ubuntu (Linux) is ideal for charity PCs as its licence free and with Open Office loaded, also licence free, gets the kids used to a Windows style environment.

MS Windows is the worldwide choice for business' and has kept me in a job for 20+ years 'nuf said

Apple's Mac OS (the first ever windows based GUI) was always a bespoke piece of kit favoured by Publishers, Printers and Advertising companies. This was due to the fact that Apple's desktop publishing software was by far the best available in the 1980's but I'm now seeing more main stream companies introducing cross platform OS, so I've had to brush up on my Mac skills.

Very little market for gold in Thailand that is not Thai gold. They will not have any place to resell it and really don't wanna mess with it. Kinda like trying to sell baht back to banks in the US. You might find someone that will take baht but you will get a crap exchange rate as they don't wanna mess it that as well.

Not really possible to melt your US 10-18K gold and turn it into Thai gold. Thai gold is 23K (about 94% pure gold - 24K is considered pure gold) and I don't know how you would be able to get the other base metals that went into making yours the purity that it is separated away from the bullion.

IMO, 23K Thai gold is too soft for jewelry and I would never want any. Your pretty round ring will soon mostly be square if you wear it daily.

Cheers!

Thai gold is 24K. You could have problems with a gem in it but the statement that you ring will be square it utter BS.

My wedding ring is Thai gold and I stopped wearing it as it was permanently misshapen as its so soft. Looks good but impractical.

Suvarnabhumi shopping is a scam!

Been flying in/out here for the past 6 years, never shopped anything other than food.

First of all no Marlboro -> no shopping - does not matter that the shop assistant was trying to say "May pen Rai, buy something else"....

Seccond of all i found that their prices is very high - tax free my a... Saw a bottle of wine that retail in 7/11 for about 150 Baht and at Suvarnabhumi shopping they asked for 300

Bu-Humbug

I can assure you that almost all liquor is substantially cheaper at the airport then in Bangkok.

This year I paid £11 for a carton (200 cigs) of B&H at swampy which I saw on sale in Dubai for £22. BTW this costs £80 in the UK and you're only allowed 200 per person over 18

It's a tourist attraction.

Just like the prostitutes in the windows of Amsterdam - the middle aged couples come in their bus loads to gawp

There is an equation for this that has been around a long time:

Take your age, divide by 2, then add 7...

40 / 2 = 20 + 7 = 27 years old...

The gap gets wider the older the man gets...

This is a well know equation and I think it started in France where age gap relationships are more common than my home country UK

Who the hell ARE these people?

Not one correct description of a soapy in the whole <deleted>' thread.

A soapy: you lie on a wet air mattress, she covers you with a soap solution and then uses her body to massage yours.

Possibly non-sexual.

Doubtful, but possible.

If this gets removed, I quit.

I wondered when someone was going to tell it straight. Now you'll have to explain the soapy **** LOL

If it's new material it almost certainly is NOT asbestos, all the major Thai manufacturers no longer use it in their cement products.

Roofing material is amongst the safest asbestos products, provided you don't cut or break it it's not likely to cause issues. That said, if there is any doubt whatever, assume it's asbestos.

I remember when I was a nipper (long ago) there was an asbestos factory near us (Turner Brothers, Hindley Green), amazingly the place burned down.

They're still arguing about building on the old Turner Brothers site here in Rochdale, all these years since it shut down (2001). It also burnt down last year. I feel so sorry for all the poor souls who worked there and are now developing asbestosis.

Corrugated concrete asbestos is ok as long as you don't cut it or break it. As already suggested I would keep it painted and also spray sealer on the underside.

thankyou for your help and response, we didnt really want to settle in the UK , but looks like the only possible route now to carry on as we have been..

My friend is retired and lives with his Thai wife in Chang Mai. They are both keen golfers. They travel to many tournaments around the world and he has a 10 year UK visit visa for his wife just for this purpose. They return to the UK every year and can stay for up to 6 months at a time. They sometimes stay all summer. 7by7's advice is always accurate and knowledgeable but he didn't explain the main reason for a general visit visa is leisure (tourist etc) and you are obviously not visiting for leisure.

https://www.gov.uk/general-visit-visa/overview

Well after paying a very large sin sod I want to get value for money. No point having a dog and barking yourself.

.....a typical scam...

...a wife...a gf....or a friend......is in urgent need......

....yeah, right......

yeah that was my first thought

I met a nice Farang lady that volunteers at a pet shelter.

She told me she was limping because a tuktuk driver hit her while she was walking on the side of the road, then he pointed at her, laughed, and drove off.

I could see she was seriously hurt and did not get any impression she was making up this story.

At Rama 4 in front of the big railway station, I've seen the tuktuk drivers drinking beers.

I wouldn't doubt if many were on drugs too.

Sadly tourists feed these overpriced tutktuks all over the region.

A 200 baht ride is nothing to a Westerner, but they don't know you can take an air conditioned metered taxi for 50 baht.

Even I was a sucker once.

My Thai GF avoids tutktuks too.

For fun, when the tuk tuk driver asks me if I want a ride I will ask how much. Then when he says 200% more than an air conditioned taxi, I stop walking and ask why I would pay that when I could ride in comfort for less. Then I wait for an answer. Then they typically start walking away, mumbling insults in Thai, while me and the GF cool off in a taxi. Ahh the simple pleasures in life....

I've done that too in BKK - great fun. They need to replace the stinking, noisy, polluting tuk tuks with electric ones.

You get paid, you pass them all.

It's an easy system to work with.

also soul destroying if you care even a vague amount about the students and your own work standards.

and this is why degrees from Thai universities are not highly thought of internationally

Strangely enough, this summer, the Spanish were offering tourists an official - police copy of their passport so they can carry that and avoid having the real one stolen. I didn't check on the cost and don't know if the service is still available.

Perhaps it would be nice if the RTP could offer that?

Also make it about credit card size so it fits in the pocket easily?

It is law in many countries that visitors must carry their passport at all times.

If carrying your actual passport,wrap it in something waterproof because it only needs a little wetting to render the passport useless!

Then you are into the additional waste of time and extra cost of an emergency passport, a replacement once you get home etc.

A royal pain in the bum!

Many photo shops already offer this service - a reduced size laminated copy of your passport info page and visa on the back. I don't know if the RTP will accept that tho'

The Immigration Bangkok will never accept any mutual or stock fund abroad, even you have a huge amount of fund. Even Australian Embassy can verified your fund, the officer will reject your application.

Unless you have a salary from abroad, you need to bring your documents (income and personal tax, must be equivalent to 40,000 baht/per month) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at your home country to verified it. Then bring your certified documents to your embassy in Bangkok to issue a letter to the Immigration Bangkok. Then you will get the Non-Imm O Visa.

Otherwise you must show your Thai bank account have 400,000 baht for 2 months (cannot use the 400,000 baht). Then you go and update your bank book and show the officer that today, you have the amount money to meet the requirement. Then you will get Non-Imm O Visa.

Immigration in Bangkok seldom if ever ask for back up proof for a income letter, stat declaration. affidavit and etc.

If you could show a bank book with fund coming into the country they will accept that for back up proof.

All the the things you mentioned would not be needed.

Yes, I agreed! Showing the proof of fund coming inside Thailand. This is what I said. However, when I was dealing with the Bangkok Immigration Officer, they told me that I need to get a letter from my embassy for the proof of income. I contacted my embassy, they told me that I need to get a clearance from my home, Ministry of Foreign Affairs first, then they will issue a letter to the Immigration Bangkok. The home Ministry of Foreign Affairs also told me that I need to bring the income or salary or employment letter from my employer + personal tax declaration, then they will certified the proof of income.

This is the conditions.

Different embassies have different rules. The UK Embassy requires you to provide documented evidence of income whereas the USA and Australian Embassies just require their citizens to swear an affidavit (declaration) of their earning - no proof required. I've never had mine ratified by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (although you are supposed to) and never been asked for back up evidence

The guns are BB guns and you can buy them in the UK I checked it out on Google a few company sellers came up in the UK. As for Tazzers no way very illegal. Swords and knives ok just declare them at customs, you collect knives and swords tell them you should be ok.

Britain does not have BB guns. We do have air pistols. Swords and daggers are illegal unless they are designated antiques or you have a collectors license of some sort. They would be confiscated at customs.

I've got a BB gun at my home in the UK - I bought it on Ebay - and it is legal.

For home use only.

They're not illegal to own if you keep them at home and you'd probably get away with using them on intruders.

Don't eat yellow snow.

or brown snow

F the sin sot , it's out of date old fashion a waste of my hard earned money, which I could be using for the future . Why Thais think that money grows on trees in western country's is beyond me...

It has nothing to do with "western countries", it's a Thai tradition. No one is forced to pay, but quite why someone would want to marry a Thai, in Thailand and then not respect their traditions I have no idea.

I like following traditional Thai culture and that's why I will only pay a sin sod if my wife has never been married before, has no children, and is a virgin.

a menacing-looking matte black

All the guys with little todgers will be snapping them up!

How do you know? have you got one?

I am not certain of the answer, but will have an educated guess... the audio file format is not supported by your player.

Try this; it supports a large number of formats:

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html

I've never used VLC player on an android device but on my PC it plays every format I ever tried. Your problem maybe flashplayer based tho'

Fox man is correct. Explain that you made honest mistake and very sorry of their trouble. At worst you get negative feedback

In the UK sellers cannot give buyer negative feed back.

You could look at Hargreaves Landsdown's 'fund of funds' where they invest in the top performing funds in many investment sectors which waters the risk down to almost nil.

15 years? Follow Neil Woodford ( CF Woodford Equity Income Fund).

Purchase the accumulation fund as the income is re-invested. Past performance is no guarantee but this guy is highly thought of in the investment community. A steady pair of hands.