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    Planes Over Sukhumvit

    in Bangkok

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    Don Muang runways are oriented 030°/210°....prevailing winds at DonMuang are coming from the north... aircraft are landing against prevailing winds... and they fly over the Sukhumvit area.

    As easy as that.

    Passport Full And Ruined. Need Some Tips Please!

    in Chiang Mai

    Posted

    I would recommend you to contact the Consular Section of the Embassy in BKK.

    15th Floor, Abdulrahim Place

    990 Rama IV Road

    Bangrak, Bangkok 10500

    Telephone: +66 (0) 2636-0540

    Fax: +66 (0) 2636-0566

    Email: [email protected]

    and to check these websites:

    http://www.voyage.gc...seports-eng.asp and http://www.pptc.gc.c...n=international

    Your passport can be replaced in Bangkok. It generally takes some 2 to 3 weeks...

    You will see that you will NEED to provide a proof of Canadian citizenship (either a birth certificate or a Certificate of citizenship if you were born in Canada or a Certificate of Canadian citizenship, a Certificate of Naturalization in Canada, a Certificate of Retention of Canadian citizenship or a Certificate of Registration of Birth Abroad if you were born outside Canada).

    As far as Guarantor(s) are concerned, if you have none locally, a special form is available to replace "him or them" by friends or acquaintances that can certify you are Canadian.

    Is this not covered by the existing passport? If it's full, not due to expire surely all this information is still on file?

    I could very well be wrong with this as I've never been in this situation.

    As I said, just a general question.

    Thanks

    Well, the two I had replaced here, so far, were not full but were about to expire.

    On both cases, I had to submit my birth certifcate.

    And that special form replacing the Guarantor(s)...

    That's the reason I suggested you to contact the Embassy directly.

    Qualified Electrician

    in Bangkok

    Posted

    I need an experienced qualified electrician who understands earthing and home electrics. I am in the Sukhumvit area and have no problem with a travel fee.

    What I am looking for is someone who knows about RCCB's and can install them... well!

    Looked all over the forum but couldn't find anything...

    Any suggestion?

    Thanks for your help!

    Cardboard Boxes

    in Bangkok

    Posted

    If I remember well...There is a small "surplus" (but brand new) cardboard boxes shop located on Asoke, just before the bridge over Klong Sam Sen, on the left side before the Rama IX intersection going to Radchadaphisek.

    If it ain't there, it is just before the Asoke/Petchaburi intersection...

    Passport Full And Ruined. Need Some Tips Please!

    in Chiang Mai

    Posted

    I would recommend you to contact the Consular Section of the Embassy in BKK.

    15th Floor, Abdulrahim Place

    990 Rama IV Road

    Bangrak, Bangkok 10500

    Telephone: +66 (0) 2636-0540

    Fax: +66 (0) 2636-0566

    Email: [email protected]

    and to check these websites:

    http://www.voyage.gc.ca/faq/passports_passeports-eng.asp and http://www.pptc.gc.ca/cdn/section4.aspx?lang=eng&region=international

    Your passport can be replaced in Bangkok. It generally takes some 2 to 3 weeks...

    You will see that you will NEED to provide a proof of Canadian citizenship (either a birth certificate or a Certificate of citizenship if you were born in Canada or a Certificate of Canadian citizenship, a Certificate of Naturalization in Canada, a Certificate of Retention of Canadian citizenship or a Certificate of Registration of Birth Abroad if you were born outside Canada).

    As far as Guarantor(s) are concerned, if you have none locally, a special form is available to replace "him or them" by friends or acquaintances that can certify you are Canadian.

    Thai Rice Booms For All But The Growers

    in Thailand News

    Posted

    While in Europe, quite recently, I was rather shocked to see so called "fair trade" Thai rice from the rice co-operative of Surin proposed for sale at 6 euros for 1 kg.

    Fair trade?

    Six euros are worth Bt240.

    Now, let's consider the "best" selling price for paddy mentioned in the article: Bt9,400 a tonne. Quick calculation: milled in optimum conditions, this tonne of paddy will become 700 kg; of rice (I am not even considering the lost of weight due to the drying of the paddy). Meaning a price per kg of Bt13,42...

    Who is taking advantage of the difference between these two selling prices? From Bt13,4 to Bt240 means a 1.788% increase! Fair trade?

    Considering the ever increasing costs of production, wouldn't you agree that the Thai farmers cropping rice have all rights to protest?

    Knapsack Pressure Sprayers

    in Bangkok

    Posted

    I use backpack sprayers in my work in Thailand and California. I don't know where to buy in Bangkok, but in Chiang Mai they are sold at ag supply stores which also sell chemicals and/or power sprayers etc. Limasakul Chemsakate Co, and Sriyont.

    You might ask 'Opalhort' on the Plants, Pets and Vets' forum. I suspect you will be directed to Chatuchak market.

    I am writing to caution you about quality, as most cheaper ones leak or slop out the poorly sealed fill cap, and you probably don't want chemicals running down your neck and back. I have seen some, even 2000 baht imports, come apart at the seams within a year. Buy the best import you can find, from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan or Europe. And be sure to clean daily, as many ag chemicals are caustic and erode the seals and fittings.

    In the US a good professional one, like Birchmeyer, sells for about $300. But I haven't seen anything approaching that quality in Thailand, even the imports. In Thailand you can buy one with a Honda motor for that price.

    Thanks for the info and advise drtreelove.

    I contacted a company calles Nakarin Bangkok that distributes such sprayers. They suggested I should go and have a look at Yaowarat Road. Can't go today, but will tomorrow....and on Sunday, many Chinese shops are closed!

    Knapsack Pressure Sprayers

    in Bangkok

    Posted

    For cleaning or for agriculture? Since you're in BKK would assume cleaning but thought I'd ask.

    Oops. Good point Buckaroo. I guess I should have asked that.

    I assumed you meant a powered sprayer for cleaning. Do you mean one of those hand-pumped plastic reservoir sprayers filled with a solution of insecticide or fertilizer? I used to use one to spray insecticide on my cherry trees and other fruit bearing plants.

    Oops! Indeed, I did not mention it but it is for...agriculture!

    And, yes, I mean one of these " hand-pumped plastic reservoir sprayers filled with a solution of insecticide or fertilizer"!

    Many thanks for your help!

    Abhisit's Dual Citizenship Issue Much Ado About Nothing

    in Thailand News

    Posted

    I do believe that you are right, and you are wrong.

    You are right when you state that birth on UK soil prior to 1983 automatically makes you a British Citizen. Yes, but in the eyes of the British only. If it happened that you were born in the UK but that your parents happen to be nationals of a country where " jus sanguinis" applies, you will automatically have their nationality too. And, as is the case with Abhisit, the nationality of the parents will prime in the eyes of the officials of their country.

    So, for the Thaïs, Abhisit has to be only but Thaï as he never exercised his British citizenship rights.

    He may be British by birth, but contrary to what you claim, he does not really enjoy a dual citizenship, and he will not up to such point in time he claims his rights to be British...

    the article is also wrong - there is no compulsion under Thai law for someone who gets foreign nationality from a from a foreign father (or mother since 2008) to renounce Thai nationality.

    Law only provides the option for one to do so, and only then, between ages 20 and 21.

    Actually Abhisit is not a dual national, it appears he has the right to be dual national but has never excercised that right, therefore there is nothing to "give up", unlike another certain gentleman who has multiple passports and actually has used the "other" passports

    I get your point, and I do like Abhisit, but I think if he claims this, he is either outright wrong or being disingenuous.

    Birth on UK soil prior to 1983 automatically makes you a British Citizen (unless a child of diplomats). Similar to me, born on Australian soil prior to 20 August 1986 makes me an Australian citizen.

    The UK would recognize him as a British citizen, and I dare say every British Ambassador since his return to Thailand would have quietly joked about this with him.

    That he has never exercised his British citizenship is another matter, but that does not diminish the fact that he is actually British by birth (as well as being Thai by birth).I bet if he went to Britain and decided to stay there (even if he entered on his Thai passport using a tourist visa), no court would have the power to deport him, due to his citizenship gained at birth.

    Somali Pirates Seize Thai Vessel, 27 Crewmen

    in Thailand News

    Posted

    Years ago, pirates from Asia , USA and Europ stol millions of tons fish from Somalia. Now the Somali Fisherman take some stolen money back from the thiefs.

    Also for dropping thousand of tons of nuke waste in the Somali water the Gangster must pay back.

    Cause/Effect?

    There is a cause and effect connection or relationship between neglect of the very poor human conditions in Somalia. There are very extreme hardships and sufferings which persist in Somalia. There is a connection between the criminal enterprises of toxic wastes dumping and overfishing which is inflicted upon Somalis by other nations. Why is the world’s complaint about Somalia singularly focused on ensuing piracy? What if, instead, we seek the causes of the Somali condition, which have manifested itself into effect and what a surprise? There is surely Cause/Effect?

    American and European nations have been dumping toxic waste off the coast of Somalia and illegally fishing in Somali waters; an effective Somali government might. Nobody seem to think, maybe Somalis resent Americans and Europeans for dumping toxic wastes on their lands! Some nations have been cashing in, on Somalis internal crises and instability. While these nations pretend that Somali crises are insoluble.

    In a 45-minute interview, Mr. Sugule spoke on everything from what the pirates wanted (“just money”) to why they were doing this (“to stop illegal fishing and dumping in our waters”) to what they had to eat on board (rice, meat, bread, spaghetti, “you know, normal human-being food”).

    He said that so far, in the eyes of the world, the pirates had been misunderstood. “We don’t consider ourselves sea bandits,” he said. “We consider sea bandits those who illegally fish in our seas and dump waste in our seas and carry weapons in our seas. We are simply patrolling our seas. Think of us like a coast guard.”

    http://www.nigeriavi...er-fishing.html

    I did not know that Thailand was sending its boat dumping toxic waste and fishing illegally in Somalia national waters...

    Africans are very good at blaming "the others" when their own governments prove to be totally useless...

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