MESmith

Any Rimping Supermarket, not the small Rimping Grocery stores, has a small selection. If you want Laphroaig your best bet is the small liquor store on Charoenphratet, about 400 metres from Thapae Rd or the one on the corner of Huay Keaw and Canal Road. Jameson is much easier to find, being an Irish whiskey that is much less expensive.

It'll probably end up being Jameson, after I see the prices of single malts.

Tachileck..

Used to enjoy my border runs before converting to 1 year extension of stay. Great for booze & prezzies for the kids.

Weather is normal for this time of year. At least in the countryside. Who gives a f... about city folk.

Whatever else it does, Bike for Dad essentially gives royal endorsement and validation to biking, which in the long run can only be a good thing.

Agreed.

The more bikes on the road the better. It doesn't matter whether it's racers out training, kids on fixies, or grandma going shopping.the only disappointing part about Bike For Dad was how few of the serious Thai riders and how few farang showed up for the ride in CM.

I ain't a sheep.

Looking for a first smart phone for my 12 year old.

http://www.lazada.co.th/dtac-joey-jet-40-4gb-black-2743356.html

This seems good value & a decent camera. Anyone have?

Similar price is wiko sunset 2 http://www.lazada.co.th/wiko-sunset-2-4gb-black-1805111.html but camera not s high spec.

Fancy treating myself to a decent bottle of Whisky this Xmas. Where to buy? Laphroaig is my favourite, but if prices are silly here, might settle for Jameson's....

Cut your fingernails!

IMHO, do you live in Isaan, or deal with these folk...?

I do, they don't give a toss about market share and all that stuff. They care about a wow phone and drive a Toyota or Isuzu....The rest are has beens, if they go down other routes like me with my ancient Nokia phone, BUT, my old 4x4 Vigo is wai'd at at every intersection...Of course I wave and nod, which is only expected from a non Ford owner..

"wai'd or Why'd"?

Hope my kids buy me a new truck when they've got some cash

I'd even accept a Toyota if they insisted

Hope my kids buy me a new truck when they've got some cash

So that is one success after the lottery prices. Is it too much to ask for some more when it comes to important issues?

Reduced pollution & RTAs in central BKK for half a day?

here ya go ... some pics of todays event

one fella did part of it on an electric skateboard and another

on a battery powered disabled trike and there were a lot of these

fat tyred bikes in the pack !

dave2

Well it is a bit nippy this time of year, Might've snowed

bangmai sez: "I mailed mine in a week ago, It still didn't come back today."

Same here. EMS received at im Dec 2. I hope it is due to the holiday.

Mine received on 4th, morning. Nowt back yet....

Bike for Dad: Saphan Taksin closed in preparation for the cycling event

Still closed... Wonder why because this was not mentioned on the bike for dad map??

It's in the map shown in the OP of this topic, the green route. At the moment, not even the odd motorcycle is allowed through. The half-hour break at Chulalongkorn seems to have ended.

30 minute break!!!

From reports there was not to many T Shirts sold and i dealt they have interest. Personally I feel there selling the colour not the event

Great marketing Mr Prayuth

Tee shirts sold ???? Not Tee Shirts BUT what looks to be very good quality Polo Shirts. Within our Tambon, here in the rice paddies, they were given away by the 'Or Bor Tor' to ALL participants including young children. (I have one, a very small XL ((Largest)) which I'll never fit into 55555).

We had a big attendance ride the 11 km course around our area.

Plenty of shops selling the shirts. No idea if they're just trying to cash in with copies.

The BiBs, searching for corruption, perhaps ?

Pocket torch will suffice

Taking a whole lane going super slow. Don't know who i dislike the most in this video

I was cycling at 40Km/hr, which is the legal maximum speed in CM.

Not to mention, she was entering a main road from a side road, a cement lorry would have wasted her.

Her drivers window was in clear line of sight of my camera the whole time.

Two m/cs driving behind me also nearly hit her.

What's wrong with you, is the big question?

You should've got off & climbed over her bonnet with your bike

Rain would be nice

Is there a sticky that tells folks exactly what is needed to extend a retirement visa? Why the confusion about not having the right documents?

Only a small percentage of expats in CM read tv?

Don't forget, they take your photo, digitally, anyway!

Rubber tappers, fruit pickers, tea pickers often wear thick rubber boots fruit pickers sometimes get tagged by green tree vipers, caution on trails where foliage or branches make a narrow passage, use a long stick to disturb the forward foliage, look down for ground snakes and maybe, just maybe you will get out of the park alive.

to get run down by a minibus

With pics, I am using the size as per the official application form. There is a rectangular box showing the required size.

As already posted on this and other threads, the box on the forms are probably not the correct size. The correct size in 4 cm x 6 cm and that is written on the form, but in Thai script. There have been reports that they have sent people to have new photos made at the copy shop next to Imm. when they submitted forms with photos the size of the box on the form, not 4 cm x 6 cm on blue background.

You've been warned.

I've been aware of the 4 x 6 cm photo requirement (through this thread, so thanks!) BUT now I see that is has to be ON A BLUE BACKGROUND - which I haven't seen mentioned before. Is this another NEW requirement or possibly just 'forgotten' information? Certainly not complaining - only asking!

Thanks

The colour of background will probably change daily, but, rest assured, the photoshop next door will have the necessary colour de jour...

What if, the child's expired passport shows the child as a baby or 1 year old, & now the child is say 10 years old? How do you prove the child is the same as in the passport?

The name in the Thai passport will be the same.

Doh!

Also, the UK only issues kids passports with a maximum validity of 5 years (versus 10 years for adults) due to the fact that infants and kids grow up and change more rapidly.

(Boy... do they ever!)

I know that, but my son's passport expired when he was 6. Have only just renewed it. He hasn't needed a UK passport for a few years. Interesting to know, he could've travelled to UK, before renewal.

I didn't see anything in the article that says the garbage was on the ground. For all we know, this collection was from the garbage bins provided.

Garbage needs to be picked up on a regular basis, right? Most people don't just dump it on the ground. If there is a bin nearby, most will use it.

I wonder why TV members always assume the worst?

It's "non story", unless they dumped in ravine out of sight.

I've bought the locally "home made" before from Rimping. Can't remember the brand, but was excellent. Fortunately, my Thai wife & the kids didn't like it, so I ate it all (1kg) over a few days