AjarnMartin

The story I got is that the seller (farang) his wife's friend needed to sell the car quickly to get some cash. I think it is a farang/thai split thing, but only guessing. Car still in Thai name.

My other concern is it is only showing 4800km on odometer. Seems low but car is in good condition. I am told winding back is common here? No log book and that is a concern.

You have to ask yourself why there is no Blue Book. It could be still in the possession of either the real Thai owner or a finance company? The Blue Book is essential for showing past owners, etc. I once bought a car (early in my Thai experience) which had two owners more than was advertised and had been 'clocked' 400 kms less. It cost me the same amount I paid for the car to get it up to my standard. 'Buyer beware!' And good luck.

Mr PM (or anyone here),

What is it about the AEC next year that means Thais will need better English?

Mr Macanello (and anyone else here),

What change in the AEC will means that Thais get a shock? In what way will this happen and what specific rule or change will create the shock?

FYI - I have heard that the PM speaks English very well - but as a cautious individual, he does not want to make a mistake in public so chooses to use translators. Many of us do the same in business meetings where Thai is spoken I guess.

One reason there may be a need for Thais to improve their English skills is that the AEC decided that the "lingua franca" of their joint discussions should be ENGLISH... It was an agreement ratified by the whole community.

Yes amazing theyt are talking about VISITORS, not the ones who are resident here. maybe some posters need to learn to read before opening mouths and putting their collective foots in them.

"Foots" - you mean "feet"?

I have recently downloaded and installed the above and am mostly pleased with the changes. However, I use the calendar function incessantly and on printing monthly or weekly diary pages, the week starts on a TUESDAY and not the MONDAY which is my default choice. The screen in the program is correct, but the print shows this anomaly. I have corrected the printout by defaulting to a day earlier and then printing which work but is hardly ideal.

Is anybody else having these difficulties and HOW do we relay the problem to Apple? I can find no means of complaining other than through 'Feedback' which is not responded to...?

Thanks, Martin

Sorry if this the incorrect way to query something, but under this OP this morning there was a contribution by someone which included a video clip of five people sitting round a table with a tripod-mounted camera and the person at the head of the table speaking to camera. It was in Thai and I wanted to get a translation of what was being said. It looked really interesting.

When I came to find the post again, to show someone at work and to get a translation, the post had disappeared along with the afore-mentioned video clip. Was it the 'powers that be' at work or did the contributor 'pull' his/her comments? I'm also sorry that I didn't take a note of the poster's name.

If you recognise yourself from this brief description, I would be grateful to receive the clip via a personal email through TV.

Just on a perhaps similar topic, I tried to read an article this morning from the UK Daily Mail about a professional footballer who had attacked a bouncer outside a nightclub and, "Lo and behold", the article had been deemed as unsuitable by the Thai military and had been replaced with the big, green notice of the Thought Police???

Thanks and welcome to George Orwell's world.

When I go back to visit the UK I rent a car using my Thai License. No problems with the rental company and I think it also helps with speeding tickets.

Chris

You will hardly be issued a speeding ticket by a cop on the roads in the UK. Instead, the car rental company will get one through the mail and your credit card will be charged with the fine.

... AND an 'administration fee' by the rental company. In my case, another £30... :-(

Win attests that he saw the victims having sex and yet in previous statements made by the Thai Royal Buffoons there was no DNA found from Miller??? This case gets odder and odder and should trigger international agencies to get involved on the basis of a complete lack of justice and the human rights of the unfortunate Myanmar scapegoats. :-(

Fit a dashcam:)

Absolutely! Although within months of fitting my dashcam for only 'forward' activity, they've now brought out a DUAL dashcam system which records both 'forward and rear' activity... :-) Got to visit Australia again... 555 Perhaps a 'camera dome' on TOP of the car is the only answer for 360 degree coverage?

Could be something to do with the 'currency' of a Thai degree ultimately having no perceived value to prospective Thai employers. Does anyone on TV know of ANY university student failing to graduate because their work didn't merit the degree? Typically, for example, a Thai Marketing degree results in the graduate getting a job selling cosmetics in a store - not the aspiration of a Western graduate, surely?

I always thought books were like kryptonite to Thais, apart from comic books of course

You thought wrong - data last year said that Thais were the top readers on the planet and it still has more bookshops per head of population than any other nation on earth. Any large mall in Thailand has two or three bookstores. Try and find that in the US or the UK these days.

Which data? Where? I would love to read this... But is was probably written and researched by the Thai literary equivalent of TAT for tourist data... :-)

Having recently done the same for a new Fortuner I found the process very easy through the finance arm of Toyota. Other contributors have answered your other queries so the only thing I subsequently found out was regarding the loan period and interest contribution schedule. If you suddenly find yourself able to settle the loan, through some good fortune, the interest payable remains exactly the same. :-( There is therefore no advantage in settling early other than you being able to get your hands on the "Blue Book" and selling the vehicle on. Generally, in the UK, if you settle a loan early, the interest is only calculated up to the settlement date. I believe if you take out a bank loan to fund the purchase, one could 'negotiate' with the bank for the interest settlement? Good luck and enjoy your new 'wheels'.

The overall problem is that the people that are working illegally as teachers are not getting a TL or a provisional license.   They are off the radar.   Some are on a retirement visa, some are married to a Thai and on an O visa, some are on an Ed visa.   I know one who is simply on an extended overstay -- quite extended, I might add.  

Hi Scott. Your entry seems to intimate that all teachers need a TL to teach legally? I have been teaching here for seven years now, being properly qualified but NOT working in a government school. I have also had a WP for seven years. I don't presume to know everything about the regulations but I was led to believe that the crux of the issue regarding TLs is that one is able to work in a Government school? Is this not the case?

Thanks and regards,

Martin

Would it not be helpful to list the provinces affected or is that a 'bridge too far'?

Barn Kanitha. Two locations, Sathorn Rd near the Sukhothai Hotel and a second near Sukhumvit 21. For years it has been considered amongst the very few best of the best classic Thai restaurants in Bangkok!

You and your wife will enjoy it very much!

Their business cards say "Baan Khanitha" and yes, it's excellent... :-)

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So why does it take 10 years to bother to thank someone who was so important to your family? Call me cynic, but this is just hype press for no reason. And what??

Oz

A bit unfair Oz as both children were obviously young at the time and we're not in a position to 'thank' these people. On the other hand, their father, Nigel, has worked tirelessly to establish an orphanage on Phuket for other bereft children and has helped schools in the area. Rotary International has also helped his cause financially through the good offices of the Rotary Club in Patong.

Western media just goes to far. They are no longer journalist, but just want to do sensationalism. Only certain parts of the city of Bangkok are affected, but western journalist make it sound like the entire country is in turmoil. Leave the Thai nation to itself, it will figure out what is good for them. Democracy is certainly not looking good in the US. Thailand will do what is needed and will survive. USA is just over 200 year's, Thailand is thousands of years. Leave them alone.

I'm sorry Orientalsf but you need to research the history of Thailand... :-)

We have brought in all kinds of packaged vegetable seeds from the USA. None of them grow including a dozen varieties of tomato plants. I brought in Valencia, Honey Bell and Naval orange plants in my golf bag, The naval died and the other two produce at most one orange a season. A Thai agriculture student came out and took grafts to put on Thai orange trees to see what will happen. He also said they should not be planted in the ground but kept in pots. We have a couple of local lime trees in the ground that produce nothing. We have one lime tree in a pot and it has about 50 limes. We have a Malaysian lemon tree in a pot that produces beautiful lemons. We have a couple of patio orange trees in pots that keep us in marmalade. Probably miss good old US tomatoes the most.

Hi Akentryan. Sounds good! What did you put in the pots to have such good growth? Did you buy bags of special soil? If so, which? Thanks...

On what grounds are you applying for a non-O, if for retirement reason, labour will not issue a work permit.

You can only get work permit if you get your non-O based on Marriage, Thai children or volunteering.

Hi PoorSucker, I know the rules surrounding the issue of Work Permits is fraught with "Thainess" but I have been here for seven years now on a "Non O" and have a Work Permit to teach English since I arrived. I am not married, am not volunteering (although the salary might call that into question) and as far as I know, don't have any Thai children. Who knows what the rules are :-)??????

I agree that some non-native speakers with very heavy accents shouldn´t be teaching, but there are a lot of foreigners (like myself) who have trained and achieved a near perfect accent and are therefore very much qualified to teach if we have the linguistic knowledge.

Accents aside, I believe that non-natives often have much greater knowledge of English than natives, since the natives simply have acquired the language, and not really learned it.

Linguistic knowledge? How about knowing that the adverb comes before the verb and splits 'have' and the past participle in your text?: "natives have simply acquired..." :-)

No doubt it would do serious damage to their profit margins.

I can only hope they do not go out of business

I realise you are saying this somewhat tongue-in-cheek but the truth of the matter is that Tesco ARE already losing marketshare and therefore profit to their competition - even in their home base of the UK. As a former leader in the marketplace they have become complacent and it is because of this sort of experience by their once-loyal customers that they are losing ground. Whereas before, their shelves were always well stocked, they now resemble a mouthful of missing teeth and blame 'deliveries from Bangkok' as being inadequate. They have also dropped a number of 'quality suppliers' in favour of lower-priced products which is a great shame and they can no longer claim to be a 'value for money' supermarket.

Thanks everyone for the information it has been helpful as this is an expat forum.

Hi There!

Just a thought, but if it is easy for you to get a Laos Passport by virtue of your parental link, then with the impending AEC which will allow freedom of movement within the pact countries, you would be able to live in Thailand with no problem. I am, however, unsure as to the future requirements for the citizens of the area regarding visas. You'll have to refer to the AEC documents to gain this information.

Bad info. I hope you aren't a real teacher.

Sorry, just trying to suggest that the OP looks at the AEC regulations. I was wrong, of course, in suggesting that there will be freedom of movement. Didn't think my post merited quite such vitriol, though - and yes, I am a teacher of English with a Masters Degree from a UK university.

"A Thai who wants to visit 10 Schengen countries in seven days"

only 10 different countries in one week

plenty of tripoints in europe so doable and exactly the kind of travels Thais love:

rushing from place a to b, take some pictures, eat thai food and head on to next "adventures".

average hours of sleep per night 6. average meals per day 6. average pictures taken per day 60. average km per day/night 600.

Yes sure UK & France in one day. And then Germany and Italy the next day

Sorry, but the Schengen Visa does NOT cover the UK. A separate UK Visitor Visa is necessary.

Thanks everyone for the information it has been helpful as this is an expat forum.

Hi There!

Just a thought, but if it is easy for you to get a Laos Passport by virtue of your parental link, then with the impending AEC which will allow freedom of movement within the pact countries, you would be able to live in Thailand with no problem. I am, however, unsure as to the future requirements for the citizens of the area regarding visas. You'll have to refer to the AEC documents to gain this information.

Under Thai law, as I understand it, both spouses are responsible for one another's debt. If your wife reneged on payments, you would be liable. Once divorced, your liability for any previous debts incurred by your ex-wife would end. Worth checking with a lawyer - plenty of them give free advice, including one firm on this website.

Krataiboy - of course you're right to suggest professional opinion but the "free" service here reflects, like other things in Thailand, "you get what you pay for". The legal responses to TV questions is cursory at best, incomplete and erroneous on occasion. Buyer beware!

Sorry to piggy-back on the OP but does anyone know the same for Muang Phitsanulok? Thanks.