AjarnMartin

I agree, Beachboy! Certainly saves the hassle of Thai ATMs at 220 ThB a time for 25000 ThB withdrawal AND the £13 per month my bank charges for the NO FEE ATM usage which I will be cancelling very soon. TransferWise is a brilliant service! ?

8 hours ago, cnx355 said:

Not everyone !  I did reply about my debit card ! 

Sorry CNX, it was a figure of speech and not meant to be literal... ?

Rooster, you always make for good reading and today had me positively chuckling, nay, guffawing. The downside is that I am in Starbucks enjoying a coffee and a ‘Crock Messer’ and the other patrons think I’m slightly ‘touched’! Thanks for a joyful start to the day. ?

I’m a Mac devotee with various devices, including a MacBook Pro. Bearing in mind that Apple are going to open their own store in Bangkok later this year, I would definitely order direct from Apple WITH the extended warranty.

The major preferred Apple supplier in Thailand (Com7) are already feeling the effect of the imminent Apple presence and have already laid off a great number of staff. They were pretty useless on all fronts like repairs, which had to go to Singapore so Apple BKK is like a breath of fresh air.

I thought that Hong Kong pipped it to the post?

Rooster, well observed and humourously written as always. Thank you! What people back home make of such stories, cannot be fathomed. ?

3 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

You only need to be hit once by an 11 meter bullet to die.....

11 meter? That’s some bullet... duh!!!

Apple have already announced that they are opening an Apple Store in Bangkok. They have not yet divulged the site or when, but have advertised for a plethora of technical and admin staff so it could be imminent.

There are currently only Apple franchises, Com7, etc which are a total waste of space and their cards are well and truly marked.

1 hour ago, klauskunkel said:

Superior Officer

I would have thought: “Significant Other”?

Don’t get your hopes up Crossy, I was doing the same thing last Friday at CW and got nothing... short-lived indeed ?

Another unnecessary and useless piece of Thai legislation when so many of the current laws have fallen into disrepair. It might be more helpful if the police were able to (or had more incentive) to address these and then Thailand would be a much safer place to live? Of course, one reads every day in TV about farangs firing off guns and killing people whereas no Thais with guns are involved... NOT!!! As other posters have observed, a more stringent approach to driving and the issuing of licences would result in far fewer deaths than new gun legislation. But what do we know, we’re only ‘aliens’ and treated as such...???

RTP could attend Malaysian F1 Grand Prix today and probably catch up with him? But, no will, no way... ?

Spetersen, I have the same model Toyota Fortuner and some time after delivery, I noticed that the Map was way out of date - a 2013 Micro SD! I contacted Toyota directly and they told me that their ‘Navigator’ system was not a Toyota product and that the 3rd party supplier charged exorbitant Licence fees to upgrade. After much negotiating and telephoning, I managed to get an upgrade to 2015 FREE! However, it was still a year out of date when I obtained it in 2016 and there isn’t another upgrade until 2018.

For a worldwide manufacturer like Toyota to have such a poorly managed navigator system is beyond belief and I will certainly not be buying another Toyota product.

Try phoning 023862000 to explain your situation. It’s the number for Toyota Motors Thailand.

For your information, there is a part number for the Micro SD Card - 8627160382 and the 2015 Update was listed at 20,955 ThB.

I did think of writing to the Japanese President of Toyota who had such a big profile in Thailand last year but felt that it would just fall on deaf ears...

On buying any new car in Thailand I will now check the software version of any GPS system that may be installed.

Good luck and let me know how you get on.

Martin

NanLaew, thank you so much for your response. However, what do you mean by the first two pages of this forum? The Motoring Forum? This is all new to me so sorry to be a pain. ?

On 18/09/2017 at 11:49 AM, petermik said:

Same here geordie,5% was what I was given also.....and I had to send a couple of pics off as proof it was fitted

Wai Aye, hennie! Unfortunately, only 5% with AA Insurance in Pattaya but with proof of purchase!

I would be extremely grateful if someone could please recommend a company or individual to professionally install a Blackvue DR650S-2CH Dashcam with Power Magic Pro for direct connection to the battery of a 2014 Toyota Fortuner. Ideally, I would like the wiring to be hidden in the roof lining, particularly for the rear camera.

At present I have the front camera properly mounted on the windshield but connected to the cigarette lighter which is not ideal, as when the ignition is switched off the camera does NOT record whilst parked.

I live and work around the Bang Khae area but for the right service, I am willing to travel to the source of help.

Thank you so much! ?

The WHO death statistics have little or no relationship with inner city speed regulations... 

What on Earth does the headline mean? It's gobbledegook!! ?

10 hours ago, William C F Pierce said:

Wrong! The muslim religion bans the buying of alcohol completely.

I think you missed the joke, William? Jai yen yen! ?

It may help others if the shopping centre were to be mentioned? ?

On 28/05/2017 at 6:41 PM, Dexlowe said:

As an ex-compositor, you should appreciate the "weight" of words. Especially if you have failed to lock down a galley (yes, I'm from that era - I could read linotype back to front and upside down). :)

 

I regret to say that I agree with the critics - the author does seem to like the sound of his own voice, so to speak. 

Maybe we could get a 'chapel' going in Thailand??? ?

I've been using Hot Spot Shield (HSS) for some years, predominantly to download BBC programmes from iPlayer. Since January, accessing BBC has been firstly impossible and now just annoying. I reported the issue to HSS and they told me that the BBC was effectively jamming VPN signals. I used an alternative VPN (TunnelBear) and found that downloading worked absolutely fine.

In the meantime, HSS have released a number of upgrades but it's still not perfect. One advantage of downloading from iPlayer is that I can do it overnight but the signal keeps cutting out necessitating a restart which I am unable to activate until the next morning!

HSS tell me they're still working on the problem but in the meantime I'm going to try the canny trick of changing the clock to see if it works. Thanks for the hint! Happy viewing!

1 hour ago, smotherb said:

You need an executive summary

Executive Summary, my hat! I always find Rooster59's weekly digest an enjoyable read which is well written, humorous and insightful. It also acts as a brilliant executive summary because it negates the necessity to read all the other drivel which is made available for and by the poorly read and generally illiterate audience.

As an ex-hotmetal, print compositor (a WHAT???) one can forgive the odd literal... 'SEEM THAT COMING' but I question the spelling of 'sabre' without being aware of an alternative, 'saber' spelling.

Keep them coming, Rooster59... ?

6 hours ago, Fulwell53 said:

Why do so many believe 'of' is an acceptable alternative to ' have'?

Of is not and never has been a verb.

Fulwell53 - Next thing you'll expect is for everybody to understand the correct use of modal auxiliary verbs and the present perfect tense... you're floggin' 'un cheval mort' my chap, but it was a good try... ? ???