magmur

I would appreciate any serious hint to find some help to stop smoking, Im off it for 5 weeks now and it gets harder and harder.

Thanks for any suggestion

Tim

hi everyone, Im still not sure about this issue.

Has anyone had problems @ airport immigration leaving TH in the last 90 days - who had not reported to local Immigration after returning from abroad within 180 days before leaving?

thanks for taking care

rgds Mag

Hi all, I renewed my retirement visa in Pattaya 2 weeks ago, it was done within 25 minutes, arrived at 9.00 am, apart from the new information sheet no changes, the same great, helpful and polite service like the previous 9 years in Pattaya.

Hi all, Im a 60year old woman from germany and what happened there within the last 20years made me really think............, ladies my age appear in talk shows proudly presenting themselves as a new lesbian - after marriage and raising children, I personally know 3 of those?!?

A book written by one of the talk show guests in her sixties, where she claims to have had her first orgasm with a woman at age 63 was no 1 selling for months.

does anyone have an idea when the Immigration office starts with this regulations????

Is that a good one for fools day???????????????????????

Hi all, I would like to buy a finish sauna or maybe an infrared sauna cabin for my home near Pattaya , 2nd hand would be welcome if its maintained and technically ok, have been looking at Pattaya Pool in North Pattaya but the sales people there looked at me like I'm from heaven and gave me a booklet about Health Mate infrared saunas and I'm still waiting for the promised information(14 days,hahaha)

happy for every idea, thanks for your posts in advance

warmest regards Mike

Debt them up. Burn that fuel brother. Thais just cruisin' along in the dark. Burnin' that fuel, runnin' up that debt. Boy oh boy these Thais, they sure know how to style that thing called life. Boy oh boy these Thais, they are something else.

Hi, what are you talking about these Thais, I recall the times in the mid80ies in germany when everyone who proved some income in the last 3 months was able to get loans for furniture, cars, holidays, in Spain people got 140% financed on highly overvalued properties, the average american today does not know how much their credit card debtbalance is as they pay a fix amount per month, as John Naisbit in 'Megatrends' wrote more than a decade ago, the asian countries will do exactly the same mistakes the western world showed them, but they will do it faster and deeper.

The rest of the world ironically followed the 97 crisis in Asia perfectly. It's just they had a fancy name for it. Loan securitisation and sub prime.

germany did the same 2009, everyone who was willing to scrap his car, old or not, was receiving up to 2500Euros for a new car = 100000B, the neighbouring countries in eastern Europe couldn't believe their luck to buy well maintained cars from scrapgrounds at bargain.

@ JSixpack, thanks excellent answer and great information

warmest regards Mag

Hi everyone, I would like to get my underlids lifted and a little work around my neck, does Queen Sirikit hospital in Sattahip has a departement for that or what are your experiences and recommendations, hospitals or private clinics???

thanks for sharing your informations

mag

Hi all, don't blame it on Thailand, I'm 57 years old woman, born in a small mountain village in Austria, it was (and in some cases still is!!)very common that during the long winters daughters had to be at their male relatives and dad's pleasure, my aunt had a child from my grandfather, it's one of the most carpeted crime all over the world!!!!!!!!!!!

How many foreigners come to TH for child sex with boys/girls, there was a TV report in germany where those people where interviewed with blackened faces to keep them anonymous.

How many cases of longterm harassment and even hiding daughters and fathering their children have been come up recently in Europe???how about the recent gang-raping incidents in India which even happen there in public?In Africa a survey reports that over 80% of girl over 13years old had been abused in some kind or full by male relatives.

The scandal with a decade long child abuse ring which came up in Belgium some years ago included over 300 well educated and respected male academics all over Europe, most of them in high positions with wife and children.They were able to get their names kept secret and still live a hononrable life, who asks about the victims?

When Gandhi married his wife he was 14 she was 13.

Sad,sad,sad

I'm interested in getting a rolex datejust oyster perpetual 31mm 2nd hand with certificate, is there any reliable shop in Bangkok, Khorat or Chonburi?

actually bleach is used as a natural agent to prevent fungus etc, it's not hazardous and is used in organic gardening as well to keep water containers and pipes free from fungus, we also use it to keep our stainless steel drinking bottles and all kind of containers fresh without chemicals

answer to meatballs

you need to ask for Bayer aspirin, this is the trade name here, at every boots outlet you'll find it right in front of the cashier next to strepsils etc, in strips of 10tablets, no package, sometimes 2 or 5 strips in a clear cover, but you can ask for 1 strip its 15 or 20B

I'm an old frequent travelling lady and already more than 30years ago it was dangerous even in my homecountry germany to carry a handbag at night, I feel sorry for the victim and want to appeal to anyone - please learn your lesson whereever you are in this uncertain world.

thank you all guys for your replies, booked the Convenient resort already, great

warm regards mag

Hi all, we need to catch an early morning flight and have to arrive at Suvanarbumi airport at 4am, which hotel around there has a reliable shuttle or taxi service at this early morning hour?

thanks for yr attention

regards mag

I want to bring an amount of Euro cash from Europe higher than 10000US$, is this possible and where do I declare it or get information before travelling?

thanks for your kind answers

mac

Unfortunately this is happening all over the world, I grew up in the 60ies in a remote area btw germany/switzerland/austria alpine mountain and knew many victims my age abused in the families, the same happens all over africa where it's estimated 30% of all girls under 13 have been abused by family members.

I'm glad that more victims come forward, maybe it helps, I'm quite skeptical

Hi all, we are coming to Thailand for 15years now, living on retirement near Pattaya for 4years now, uncountable flights into TH for many years.

Date 1.2.2012 we arrived at 16.00 and it didn't seem more people as usual during this season, anyway it took us almost 2 hours waiting at the Immigration, does anyone have an idea what happened or do we need to get used on that?

It never,never happened before in 15 years

warm regards, thanks for your answers

Mag

Hi all, thanks for your posting and thanks to the admin of TV, this is the only reliable english source, does anyone know how the situation is at Rama II and further down Samut Sakhon and Mahachai?

thanks Mag

news flash

norh east

number 9 road going north towards ransit toll just got closed

i went home this afternoon , all traffic having to come off at lam luk ka

traffic is terrible

ps ok for me on the super scooter,

now back at work and will report tonight

thanks scott for your updates, its a big help

regards mag

I drove from central Bangkok to Chiang Mai yesterday. Thought the following might be helpful for anybody considering heading North.

- Overall trip took 8.5 hrs door to door including a couple of brief stops via Asian Highway which is open and passable all the way. Route details as follows

- Left Central Sukhumvit at 8am and took elevated tollway at Din Daeng past Don Mueang.

- Reached end of elevated tollway by 9am. Traffic here busy and Northbound traffic is divided into a left hand lane and right hand lane. Right hand lane is diverted to Southbound carriageway which is dry. All large vehicles must use this side. Left hand lane travels on Northbound carriageway which remains flooded but is passable slowly. In places, they have brought in gravel to raise the level of the road which I assume is why they do not alow buses and lorries to use this side

- The next 30km was slow going but traffic was moving and by 10am I had covered around 120km

- After this, the road was clear and dry and I took the Asian highway past Ayyuthaya. Traffic was light and road condition generally OK.

- At Nakhon Sawon, I took the bypass road. Northbound carriageway flooded for about 5km and road is in poor condition but passable. There are potholes. At some points, you are also diverted onto Southern carriageway which is clear. I don't know if staying on the 1 and not using the bypass is a better option

- From Nakhon Sawon, the road is bumpy with many potholes but traffic is light and speed is good

- Stopped at a couple of services/7-11s on the way up North of Ayyuthaya and although they had limited supplies, most things were in stock

Good report and it looks like the water is receding on the eastern side of Bangkok. The West and Rama II, well that is a different story.

Hello, would you mind giving the source of this map, we have to go from Pattaya to Sukothai the day after tomorrow and the reports are very mixed, we don't have a clear picture, thanks

mag&Uli

http://maps.google.f...405955,0.727158

http://203.150.230.2...9852.1893735975

thanks a million for the maps

mag

I drove from central Bangkok to Chiang Mai yesterday. Thought the following might be helpful for anybody considering heading North.

- Overall trip took 8.5 hrs door to door including a couple of brief stops via Asian Highway which is open and passable all the way. Route details as follows

- Left Central Sukhumvit at 8am and took elevated tollway at Din Daeng past Don Mueang.

- Reached end of elevated tollway by 9am. Traffic here busy and Northbound traffic is divided into a left hand lane and right hand lane. Right hand lane is diverted to Southbound carriageway which is dry. All large vehicles must use this side. Left hand lane travels on Northbound carriageway which remains flooded but is passable slowly. In places, they have brought in gravel to raise the level of the road which I assume is why they do not alow buses and lorries to use this side

- The next 30km was slow going but traffic was moving and by 10am I had covered around 120km

- After this, the road was clear and dry and I took the Asian highway past Ayyuthaya. Traffic was light and road condition generally OK.

- At Nakhon Sawon, I took the bypass road. Northbound carriageway flooded for about 5km and road is in poor condition but passable. There are potholes. At some points, you are also diverted onto Southern carriageway which is clear. I don't know if staying on the 1 and not using the bypass is a better option

- From Nakhon Sawon, the road is bumpy with many potholes but traffic is light and speed is good

- Stopped at a couple of services/7-11s on the way up North of Ayyuthaya and although they had limited supplies, most things were in stock

Good report and it looks like the water is receding on the eastern side on Bangkok. The West and Rama II, well that is a different story.

Hello, would you mind giving the source of this map, we have to go from Pattaya to Sukothai the day after tomorrow and the reports are very mixed, we don't have a clear picture, thanks

mag&Uli