Spoonman

Sure you can, no problems at all.

Skippy, what brand of laptop did you clone and did you plug in the cloned HDD to check the clone was successful.

FWIW, im another Acronis true image fan, although i suspect the copy i bought for 100b may not be legit.

CsLox here in Laem Chabang is working just fine.

1711

www.mcthai.co.th

Before i bid, will the leathers fit someone who is 5.5ft tall and approx 3.3ft wide ??

Amusing to see so many people cant see a pisstake when one is handed to em on a silver platter.

As for the varities mentioned here, they all seem to disappoint.

Ive had CAT for more than 12 months and it has been very very reliable, i now also have True, it too has been very reliable, download speeds have been a bit sketchy but reliable none the less.

The Reds appear to be setting up something on the corner of Suk road and Soi Khao Talo (Pattaya), well according to my missus they was red shirts, but then she doesnt know who Taksin is so maybe this is not accurate either.

If you collect 100 empty sprite cans from the various bins around the place you can then sell the cans to the local recycler you will have enough to buy a full one.... Win, win, everyone likes free sprite.

60 baht

I thought L&M was 58 baht.

cable/BB/adsl

What is BB ??

To my knowledge all fixed line internet in Pattaya comes through the telephone line, CAT which is advertised as cable also comes through the telephone line, whilst that may well be "cable" its not the same as the Telstra "cable" i had back in OZ.

True is ADSL2+ i believe.

Both CAT and True install (in Pattaya) with no need for an actual telephone connection though, i have both here and they both ran a fresh wire in from the pole out front. (i have no landline phone here).

Im on the same true package, for some reason i can download a youtube clip quicker than i can stream it, infact stream is a loose word as it pauses constantly......

My actual downloads have dropped off slightly as well i used to pull 4 continuous rar files at more than 500kb each, now i hover round 300kb/400kb

Forget what the others are saying, Caboolture is where the romance is at.

This shit happens everyday at every intersection, luckily your on a bike, gets interesting in the car,Iwont giveway and will happily sit there waiting for them to negotiate their way round me.

Beach Road at the entrance to Mikes shopping arcade (not mikes shopping mall), dude selling assorted shit there had more than a dozen various pistols for sale on saturday just gone, had spare cans of air/pellets as well.

Can also buy it a Wattana computers on Pattaya Klang (opposite Foodland).

You don't necessarily need the International Driving Permit, as basically it's just an English translation of whatever language your original licence is in. It that original licence language is already English, ....

I simply showed my Canadian driver's licence (English) along with passport, visa, embassy confirmation of address and signed photocopies of everything. Did the colour dots test, reaction test, waited around for a while, had my pic taken and out popped my one year motorbike licence.

Could just be the helpful staff in Rayong, but it just took a bit of time. Didn't even bother that my Canuck licence was for a car and I was getting a motorbike licence here. Didn't notice? didn't care? didn't want to try explaining to me? didn't want to try putting me through some mangled-language testing procedure? No idea, but it was really very simple.

Intersting, My australian licence is also in English, I had to do the theory as i did not have an IDP, same as my work mate who holds a Michigan licence, this was at Sriracha though, maybe they are more lenient at Rayong.

Im going to Rayong for my bike licence whilst iam on Annual leave, hopefully i have an easy ordeal like yourself, hopefully they also overlook the fact i dont have an existing bike licence.

Maybe next time you will supervise the installation and get any faults corrected on the spot.

There's a multi storey behind Tuk.Com but I don't know if it would be secure for an overnight / long stay.

Never seen any security gurads about.

Regardless of guards or not i would only ever park my car there overnight if i really hated the car and wanted it goooooone.

Can i pay the bill at 7/11, its all in Thai and my missus is like a deaf mute sometimes when i ask questions.

you need it to expire before you get your 5 year license, so don't worry about it expiring and just get it renewed when you return and presto 5 or maybe 6 depending when your birthday is.

As long as the renewal is done within 12 months from the 1yr expiry, if not, best bring an IDP or be prepard to sit the thoery test, either result will be a 5yr licence though.

It looks more like a painting than a photo.

Depends on what games he likes but if they are graphics intensive the laptop you mention will not be up to the job, if likes those sort of game you will need to spend 50,000 plus. Wireless N will give better range than the cheap wireless G modem/routers too.

I agree, the cheap laptops only come with shared graphical memory chipsets, not a proper graphical card. The recent games would require at least 250MB of dedicated memory but 512MB to have decent resolution settings.

Laptops are usually not intended for video game players.

I disagree, my acer lappy came with a separate GPU (512mb), cost was about 25k (albeit 2 yrs ago).

Not so. Immigration will require a copy of your lease to issue a letter. On the other hand your local consulate will write down what you tell them to.

The difference is 500 baht for immigration, and 2000 baht plus from your consulate

Syntax

Jebus, 500baht at immi now for a residence cert, fookin more than doubled within in 12 months, thieving coonts.

It's 2.45% per year.

This still does not answer all the outstanding questions though I thank rainman for his posts. Perhaps he could add some more details.

Whose name is the vehicle in ?

Does his wife own any land or property ?

Does he know if he could have gotten this deal if he'd been a single guy without any relationship to a Thai ?

I suspect that the single guy would not get the deal and it is down to the Thai wife owning some land, whether pledged or not. I hope I am wrong !

If that interest rate is 2.45% per month, then at 30% per year, I am sure they would lend to anyone regardless of WP.

Reading not your strong point Saorsa ???