Stocky

5 hours ago, Jip99 said:

laughingly called ‘self-insured’

Well yes, if you have the finances readily available to cover yourself you're laughing.

However, should you opt not to take the insurance, and you don't have money enough to cover yourself, then that would be no laughing matter.

55 minutes ago, KneeDeep said:

A gambling man I see....

Or just a careful driver.

I've been driving for over 40 years, I've been fortunate that apart from a few incidents in my youth I've been lucky. I've not had any sort of accident or damage in the last 35 years. Renting vehicles I have the finances to cover the excess if necessary and over the years the money I've saved will more than cover the costs should the worst happen.

I don't consider it a gamble.

I don't bothered with excess insurance.

I'm here in the UK for five weeks. I have a car from Keddy, part of Europcar, the hire for 36 days works out at £18.95 per day, that's for an economy model Vauxhall Corsa 5 door manual.  I booked it via Rental Cars rather than directly through Europcar, the difference in the cost of the hire was significant - about 25% cheaper via Rental Cars. So would strongly recommend you check the consolidator sites in addition to going directly to car hire companies.

https://www.rentalcars.com/

https://www.travelsupermarket.com/en-gb/car-hire/united-kingdom/

https://www.carrentals.co.uk/

https://www.kayak.co.uk/cars

On 20/02/2018 at 9:59 AM, sandyf said:

It is very quick by post

Indeed it was.

Posted it at the weekend so as to arrive Monday morning in London, I got my passport back with my multi-O yesterday, Wednesday.

13 hours ago, phetphet said:

I don't have enough knowledge about Kodi to make my own build.

Also wouldn't have the time, or know where to start to find the best addons and keep constantly updating them as they disappear or new ones appear.

You don't need to make your own build, just make use of sites like Wireless Shack and the details of best current working addons

http://www.wirelesshack.org/top-best-working-kodi-video-add-ons.html

It's easy enough to follow the instructions on locating the repositories and installing the addons.

On 24/04/2018 at 6:30 AM, rak sa_ngop said:

to encourage you to fly with the more expensive AF flights

But who in their right minds would want to fly via Paris CDG - the worst airport in the world, and the pre-eminent example of the French pursuit of style over function.

4 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Surely the food cannot be worse than British Airways.

I've not flown with BA in over 25 years so can't say.

19 hours ago, Reluctant Traveller said:

Surley the baggage weight needs to be accurate? 
How can I choose a seat?

KLM economy baggage allowance is 1 piece checked luggage maximum weight 23kg, 1 piece hand luggage, + 1 accessory (laptop/handbag), maximum total weight 12kg. They weigh your checked baggage but generally only look at the size of your carry on bag.

You can choose seats on-line but there's an additional charge of around Bht650, if you pick a seat at check-in it's free but there's no guarantee you won't find yourself with a choice of the middle seat only. As suggested check-in early to avoid disappointment.

21 hours ago, mommysboy said:

You should get 20 years for that!

You should get 20 years for requesting a 'veggie' breakfast - what sort of abomination is that!!

23 hours ago, janclaes47 said:

So to conclude,if you want to use Kodi, TOT is certainly not the ISP you want to have, as they very obviously block streaming.

The one thing I do know about TOT is that results vary. Individual experiences across Thailand can be very, very, different. So whilst your connection speeds are slow and you have issues streaming via Kodi, my experience is the opposite.

The important thing when selecting your ISP is to ask around locally, what works fine in one area might not work at all somewhere else. Generalisations aren't greatly helpful, you need to do local research.

20 hours ago, janclaes47 said:

TOT is certainly not the ISP you want to have, as they very obviously block streaming.

Kodi works fine for me on TOT.

7 hours ago, Maestro said:

You said immigration went through your phone. Do you think they installed something on it to monitor your activity on the phone, including your posts here? 

Strewth, that would be a stretch.

TOT Fibre 2 U 100/50 package (700Bht)

Testmy.net  UK server

Download :: 33.7 Mbps 4.2 MB/s (200MB file)
Upload :: 16.8 Mbps 2.1 MB/s (50MB file)

Testmy.net  Singapore server

Download :: 109.9 Mbps 13.7 MB/s (200MB file)

Upload :: 47.8 Mbps 6 MB/s (50MB file)

They just upgraded my connection from 50/20 to 100/50.

On 08/04/2018 at 2:21 AM, wpcoe said:

Did the public taxi queue get rid of the ticket machines?

The 'Regular' taxi queue leads to 3 of the ticket machines, the 'Large' taxi queue is allocated 1 ticket machine that only dispenses tickets for station wagon/SUV/people carrier vehicles.

On 08/04/2018 at 2:21 AM, wpcoe said:

Three sections?  Booking desk?  Did the public taxi queue get rid of the ticket machines?

No, the ticket machines are there for 'Regular' and 'Large' taxi queues, the 'Local' taxi queue goes to a desk.

18 hours ago, Crossy said:

This is certainly something relatively new having categories of ride and vehicle.

It's been like that for a few months now. The line moves quickly enough; Swampy is a well oiled machine compared to Don Quixote!

So many new eating and drinking spots in Hat Yai.

The Barrel - (Phone: 084-6934896) (7.004693, 100.479537)

Beer garden on the soi running parallel to Thamnoonvithi about 400m east of Saengthong Vittaya Catholic School. Pleasant setting, there's a roll on roof if the weather turns nasty. Bar restaurant, mix of western (German meets TexMex) and Thai, wide selection of beers Thai, German & Belgian, plus Brothers Somerset cider. Menu has all the usual Thai favourites, plus steaks, German sausages, ribs, burgers, nachos, even spaghetti & meat balls. Prices are reasonable, Thai dishes from 100 to 250Bht, Western as high as 599 Bht for an Aussy rib-eye steak. Beers are 80-120 for local and up to 250 for the high alcohol Belgian beers. We were only there for the beer, so only had a couple of Thai snacks to go with some weizenbier and a couple of ciders. Will go again and take the family for a meal, nice place.

53 minutes ago, janclaes47 said:

100/50 Package at 700 Baht

They've changed the packages again. 700 Baht was the rate for 50/20, that has dropped to 590 Baht. The new promo Fibre 2 U - 'Net Revo', whatever that's supposed to mean, is below.

Just requested they upgrade me to 100/50 from my current 50/20 for 700Bht.

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21 hours ago, AJBangkok said:

I use intel nuc’s for Kodi in Bangkok and Hua Hin and have no problem recommending them.

Are you running with Linux or Windows?

9 minutes ago, janclaes47 said:

problem solved

What was the solution for future reference?

Have you tried from a different device? Is the issue with Firefox or the Plugin?

I've used Raja's Fashions at 160 Sukhumvit Road. Very happy with the quality of their work and the price is reasonable too.

26 minutes ago, janclaes47 said:

all my saved logins were removed

You've no backup of the Firefox profile?

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Tourist and Pattaya police on Thursday arrested a Thai woman for having allegedly stolen Bt60,000 worth of foreign currency from an Australian tourist in a Pattaya condominium....

 

 

....Albert Ayoubdel filed a complaint with Pattaya police that a Thai woman stole 4,900 Australian dollars and US$700 from his room.

5 hours ago, a977 said:

Must have been one hell of a party, at yesterdays exchange rate $4900 comes to 116,620thb and she only had 810thb left. me think someone telling porkies

Someone read A 900 as 4,900 -- 900 AUD does equal 700 USD

None of the numbers make sense.