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7 hours ago, FolkGuitar said:

My latest package from the US was held up in Customs at the airport. Normally I have to pick up packages, and pay import duties at the Pra Sing post office, but for some reason, this one didn't get that far. I had to take my tracking number to the Airport (it's in the building just after the main Arrivals/Departures building, first floor with 'Customs' on the door) show my passport (which they charged 4 baht to copy) and sign some forms. It took about 20 minutes, in and out.

You just gave me a great idea.

I'm going to print and staple two copies of my passport pages in my passport just to avoid any future delays in a Thai office   (banks, airports, hotels, Border crossings, immigration, utility companies,  and  {what did I leave out?}.   

Thanks..

Just now, Proboscis said:

Yeah, but try getting a taxi downtown Singapore. I waited at a taxi stand from 9 until 9.30pm - no taxi. I was not allowed to pick a taxi from the nearby streets because of bus lanes (taxis get fined for stopping on bus lanes). Eventually found a taxi stand with a large queue. Not a great town if you are disabled!

Did you try Grab car or Grab taxi?

58 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Its always the same, someone comments without digesting the information accurately.. Bicycle... 

 

That said - 8 years old is too young to be traveling alone to school... BUT, what other transport alternatives did the parents have? 

 

If they were both at work in a factory making ends meet its difficult to be judgmental. But a parent simply packed their child off from their house at that age instead of taking them to school themselves then the parents are complicit in the tragic loss of their child. 

 

 

 

I agree with your comment about the (IQ)  and reading level of some posters on TVF.        The forum rules state it's an English  language forum.   If a person is  challenged  to read and post in English, rather than make such mistakes as this poster did, I suggest they  find a forum in their native tongue

This boy was riding a push bicycle from all appearances.  

And  depending on the location, I don't find an issue with a younger person going off to school by him  or herself.   

On 5/23/2018 at 10:21 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

Try taking a photo of a ladyboy in a tourist area and see how you get on. I was threatened with a baseball bat on Walking St for that

Without your feeling the need to reply aggressively.   Please reread my post which was in fact a question with an example.    I really   wish to avoid  replies such as yours.

Thank you.

On 5/19/2018 at 11:55 AM, jippytum said:

protect your intellectual property rights by requesting legally you refrain from photographing their work at their place of business 

Amazing you can come up with this BS gem.

How does the vendor have a "legal"  right like that in public?    Can you reference any laws?

1 hour ago, BEVUP said:

That quote has completely turned my post around

They don't need immigration to increase taxes as the manufacturing industry (& others ) are a dying breed 

There aren't enough jobs for Citizens ( let alone Residents & ect are able to fill prior to Citiz )

Unemployment averaging 5% with the Gov wandering why 

 

I turned nothing "around".

I simply asked a question which has bothered a few posters it seems.

On 5/19/2018 at 5:53 PM, jenny2017 said:

Not trying to insult you, but I'd never buy a Mazda. A mechanic from Mazda told me that the engines are pretty good, but the chassis ar usually not so good.

 

  That was more about Pick up trucks, but I'd trust a Mitsubishi more when it comes to quality. 

 

  

In Thailand it's either Toyota or Honda..

2 minutes ago, simple1 said:

Yes. Current annual immigrant planned intake is 186,515 p.a.

 

https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/corporate/information/fact-sheets/20planning

"The Aussie  customs sure grills people at the airport."

24 minutes ago, jossthaifarang said:

Try burning one with a lighter and see what happens, then tell us again how good they are.

Why would anyone with a modicum of intelligence want to do such a daft thing?

17 minutes ago, BEVUP said:

So why do they need immigration for population growth if most manufacturing has gone overseas due to taxes & high energy costs

Are  you saying  Australia is actively seeking immigration?

That's news to me.

1 hour ago, seajae said:

in other words do as we say not as you want, china thinks they can do as they please, they really need to be told to stick it where the sun dont shine

Not many countries have the might and resources  to enforce that attitude towards China.

37 minutes ago, KittenKong said:

Lays has plants in Thailand and most of the potatoes they use are grown here (as of 2014).

http://www.pepsico.com/live/story/pepsico-opens-thailand-chip-plant031820141376

Lays has been owned by Pepsico since the 1960s, as far as I know. Anyone from the UK will know them better as Walkers. Also sold as Smiths in AUS, and various other much stranger names around the world.

Their tomato flavour was withdrawn as a service to humanity in general.

In another 5 decades all products  worldwide will be made by one of only 3 or 4 existing giant companies.

Amazon and Apple/Google will have fallen by the wayside.

Gone same as  MySpace.com and so many others.

40 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

https://www.google.co.th/search?q=Leys+Potato+Crisps&oq=Leys+Potato Crisps&aqs=chrome..

69i57&sourceid

=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Thanks..

A photo would help.

I always  believed  the products with the "Lay" name wre other than what I thought they were. 

 Where are  the Thailand "Lay"  products made?

2 hours ago, moe666 said:

This government has the full force of the army and the police at any time what are they so afraid of from a few protesters

Loss of control?

On 5/20/2018 at 8:59 AM, Lacessit said:

I would have thought not taking a photo of someone or something when you are asked not too would be common courtesy.

Did you happen to notice I said the vendor was selling goods on a public street?

You missed that?  

Please stay focused..

OK.

Next time you take a photo in a public place be sure to request permission of everyone in the photo before you the picture.   Thank you

On 5/18/2018 at 5:44 PM, topt said:

A group of up to 100k members - surely a slight exaggeration? Feel free to prove me wrong by the way 

How would the admin handle that..........

Ah Ha.   So TFV has a  survivable life on FaceBook?

Thanks for that..

Another vote for freedom..

On 2/17/2015 at 9:26 PM, jdubb said:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Taco-Shell-Deep-Fryer-Basket/dp/B001DNHRFO

This 8 shell one looks pretty much to me to suit the bill for most restos?

You agree?

TVF comes across as a family friendly forum and then posts something such as this.

I don't get it..?

On 5/14/2018 at 1:23 PM, Justfine said:

I drink lots of water and feel better for it. Guess I'm not crazy yet.

Don't be mislead.

4 hours ago, HooHaa said:

Jesus, how does he come up with this shit?

Stupidity?

All  real estate people in Pattaya and  Thailand are  upstanding people.

Don't believe?    Just ask them..