BKKdreaming

this is to help the students have an easier time in NZ ,   so who would be giving them a bad time ?  ummmm NZ boys and girls at school , and you know how kids can be ,

So I think its a good idea ,  the Thai students have enough problems being in another country , why start them off on the wrong foot getting picked on ?

If you given name  translated into Thai  as  "dirty dog"  would you use another name ?

On 9/23/2016 at 11:07 PM, Thanyaburi Mac said:

Re the TRUE baht 90 phone, picked one up an hour ago, used my Thai non-ID card, no problem.  Locked to TRUE so can't use it for Lao travel with a Lao SIM, but fine for Thailand as a loaner.  Has the essentials, phone and camera.

 

Mac

was it 90 baht out the door or did you have to put phone credit on it too ?

Hi

any idea on the cost of a full eye exam at Rutnin ?

Thanks

there are tons of metal shops at the  start of Chinatown , selling metal and making stuff

go to the start of Yaowarat Rd , where the traffic circle is ,  go on the left side of the circle and walk down some of those side streets,  dozens of shops on each street , plus nuts and bolts , bearings , pullys etc

Go to Google street view and have a look :)   Talat  Noi on Google map

good luck , let us know how it works out

I was thinking of taking China southern from LAX , with the idea of "how bad can it be " , but some of these posts have pushed "how bad" farther than I think I want to go ,

Going thru Taiwan is OK ,  but sometimes you need to walk a long way to another terminal for transfer ,  and no one tells you that ( I know now)

the other cheaper flights are China Eastern and Air China , but only $100 more for EVA

But all these flights are so much cheaper than 2 years ago ......

good start  ,  how young  can the baby be and not have to wear a tiny helmet ?

is there a maximum number of Helmets required  per motorbike  since some have 3 passengers and the family dog :)

And what is an "official" helmet  ?

Hi

how do you "plan" for street floods ?

simple things like keeping your shoes dry   without fisherman waders / Wellies ?  

what  about all the nasties in the rain water ?   

or the swarms of electric wires and getting zapped  !   

It seems this year there are more street floods than the last few years ( or more airtime )  and the cars and trucks are not slowing down so the water wave they create makes it worse !

anyway I would like to hear what you do ,  or if you just do not go outside !

would the 1-2 call phone have to be turned on ?  

If you take the phone and sim out of Thailand , does the number still get text messages ?

I know when I come back into Thailand , turn the phone on for the first time , I do not get a pile of old text messages

4 hours ago, chubby said:

Is there a suggested Best method to get from the end of the MRT in Bang Sue  to the start of  the   PURPLE line ? 

and how long does it take ?

I would like to be a house sitter too ,

I can offer 2 suitcases full of  food  from the USA ,

all I ask is an economy class RT ticket ,  Ohhh and I do not wash windows :)

I can also make sure your car gets  started and used carefully so the tires do not develop flat spots ,

And I will not Air BnB  your place for pocket money ,  you can even have a WiFi camera to check up on me  !

But must be within walking distance od BTS - MRT and 7-11 ......

is it the same for a car drivers license ?

and it for 1 year or 5 ?

thanks

umm  23 baht........what kind of phone was it ?  and all Big Cs or ?????

here is a good show about start-ups on NHK Japanese TV in English

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/vod/lens/20160919/

link good for a couple weeks

You can see how the shared office space and maker space helps things get done ,

They need to make a few of those places and forget the submarines !

25 minutes ago, JeffreyO said:

I don't want to sound rude so please don't misunderstand... but why do you request a "dumb" phone?  As they age they're almost more expensive than low level smart phones.  Is there a particular reason you want something downgraded?

For me......  I want one I can drop many times like my old Motorola flip phone ,  I want one with buttons to push ,

I want it to close so i do not "butt call" , and when I open it after it rings I am connected , no more buttons to push !

I want long battery life if I am not talking ,

I do have another phone / tablet to use for internet stuff  ,  but  most of the time I have my flip phone  for calls and texts,

and I doubt I do 50 texts in a month......

And yes I still have  my landline at home too   

There was a simpsons episode where when you visited Crustyland , you had to buy Crusty dollars only good there ......well  not good at half the places there either

So 1000 baht a day is great IF its Thai cash they have to spend and cannot turn it in when they leave

I am sure the Hotel , Tour Bus . food etc costs much more than 1000 baht a day ,  but that does not go into the into the local Thai economy

So just hand them 1000 baht cash when they get off the bus in Chinatown , Emporium, MBK , JJ market and let them roam like "free range" chickens !  spending it how they want

Hui

it looks like my old 2G Motorola flip phone  will not be working soon ,

So what is the cheapest unlocked 3G   "dumb" phone I can buy ?

it just needs to call and text ,    I will use it in other countries so it needs to be carrier unlocked

I have a larger Phone-tablet  but it is  really too big sometimes to carry around and not look stupid  ( other times I do not care )

thanks for your ideas

I will throw this in for other cars , normally you can get to the starter from under the car , 

jump the hot lead cable of the starter to the + on the battery or a battery charger , and ground the other negative side to the chassis

I have charged my car battery this way before when I could not get the front hood open to get to the cars battery

you seem to think that throwing this young girl  into a Thai school will teach her instantly ,

what about the months she just sits there and does not understand 90% of whats happening ,

If you are taking her to Thailand  for years , put her in an International school and let her learn Thai after school or in the outside world ,

it is going to be tough on her anyway moving , why make it harder on her , plus the international school will give her a better future in both Thailand and back in the UK

I know , easy to say , as I am not paying for it , and  do not know the full story...... 

Good luck on whatever you decide.....

and will there be  2 or 3 price levels for the same service ?

I can see it will be a busy place

If you are  only going after the Thai market , you have a population of 67 million ,

so 1/10th of 1% is still 67,000 ,  still not a bad number ....

But if its a good idea , then language will not matter because that can be changed ,

But  the Thai way of copying anything  and not caring will be more of a problem.

It shows you that you can make good money with an idea and a low price like 60 baht ,

That is the beauty of the Internet , things like this make no sense , but make big $$$$$

Now to think of what to draw .......

yeah , the only thing I can think of is ESET virus protector , it  Updates  around the time the WiFi stopped working

The Windows 10 deal is scary ,  not so bad if you have other devices that you can look at to figure out a fix , but what if that is the only Internet device in the house ,

Microsoft really pushed everyone into W 10 and they became crash test dummies !

First problem is language ,  and Google is very bad if that is how you are going to translate English , no idea if Chinese + Japanese are as bad

Then they need to have more places like Japan where you have shared office space / maker spaces with lots of equipment everyone can use , and you hang around with like minded people trying to get ahead and make things ,

I think the talent is there ,  it needs some direction  and some funding

Watch some of the shows on Japans NHK World and see what can be done by small companies ,

can you use a kids small rubber ball for the sink ?

is anyone going to be in your condo that 4 months ?  cleaning lady etc ?

Call the UK or Australia Thai air offices and I am pretty sure you will get an English speaker.

its a pity they stopped all the USA flights , I  flew out of LAX to Bangkok on Thai air many times