Mister Fixit Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said: I get Barry's tea from Ireland, with 80 bags costing me 7 Euros including postage. Each bag is so strong I can use it twice. Far, far cheaper than the tea here, even Liptons which is the tea equivalent of McDonalds - universally available but not very good. Now, cue comments of "If you're so poor you use a teabag twice go back where you came from." ???? There's a tea company in my home town which does tea just like that - Rington's. https://www.ringtons.co.uk/tea-c1/tea-bags-c2/ringtons-breakfast-tea-bags-x-100-p2 Three pint mugs of their breakfast tea in the morning is an instant hangover cure. It's £3.60 for a pack of 100. Not cheap but you get what you pay for. I don't use the bag twice because I use a pint mug. Until just a few months before she died in July, my mother would post out 6 packets every few months and did for about 12 years - she paid for the tea and the postage too. When I went over to see her a few days before she went, I went to the company who have a small shop and bought 14 packs back with me. I'm not looking forward to running out. Edited September 7, 2019 by Mister Fixit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geisha Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Warning , Do not leave any valuables in your hold suitcase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 24 minutes ago, Mister Fixit said: There's a tea company in my home town which does tea just like that - Rington's. https://www.ringtons.co.uk/tea-c1/tea-bags-c2/ringtons-breakfast-tea-bags-x-100-p2 Three pint mugs of their breakfast tea in the morning is an instant hangover cure. It's £3.60 for a pack of 100. Not cheap but you get what you pay for. I don't use the bag twice because I use a pint mug. Until just a few months before she died in July, my mother would post out 6 packets every few months and did for about 12 years - she paid for the tea and the postage too. When I went over to see her a few days before she went, I went to the company who have a small shop and bought 14 packs back with me. I'm not looking forward to running out. Well, you could get it by mail order, although I see they want to charge over 50 pounds for postage which is obviously an error. Might be worth contacting them when you get low on supplies. A friend of my wife who lives in the UK recently came to the village to visit her dying mother, and brought me a box of mixed teas from Fortnum & Mason. Can't get much better than that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Fixit Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Yes, I did ask about postage when I was over but they quoted that too-expensive 50-odd pounds. My nephew is coming out in January so I'll ask him to bring me half a dozen packs out. Then my niece is coming out in March so she's going to be another courier, then my eldest lad is coming out in April, so he's got a job to do as well. I have been weaning myself onto Tesco UK's red label tea which is in my local store. It's nothing like as good as the Rington's but it's just about acceptable. I remember having Barry's tea when I was on honeymoon in Ireland 4 years ago. It's pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Some troll posts and the replies have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 16 minutes ago, Mister Fixit said: Yes, I did ask about postage when I was over but they quoted that too-expensive 50-odd pounds. My nephew is coming out in January so I'll ask him to bring me half a dozen packs out. Then my niece is coming out in March so she's going to be another courier, then my eldest lad is coming out in April, so he's got a job to do as well. I have been weaning myself onto Tesco UK's red label tea which is in my local store. It's nothing like as good as the Rington's but it's just about acceptable. I remember having Barry's tea when I was on honeymoon in Ireland 4 years ago. It's pretty good. That Tesco tea isn't bad. I had it for a while. I used to get people to bring me Fray Bentos meat puddings, which seem to be universally unpopular with others. Villa sold them for a while, at double price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friend of siam Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 10 hours ago, Just Weird said: "Thailand" did not "bring us magic cards", some individual crooks did that. lighten up your Thai experience..no wonder why so many thais have cancer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgraham Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Wonder if the bomb detector manufacturer supplied the X-ray scanners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 1 hour ago, justin case said: so whatever you bring in will be slight radioactive ... you know what is efficient x-ray? go to singapore ... there is an x-ray machine for every GATE ... no long waiting at one point as in good old thai Check the difference between radiation and contamination. X-rays and gamma rays don't make you radioactive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, ttrd said: I did - have you ... ???? Question - We plan to bring our 15-month-old grandson to Sicily for vacation, flying a commercial airline from the Philippines. Will the radiation while flying during our 12-hour trip plus the return flight be dangerous to his health? Answer - There is no evidence to indicate that the low-level exposure that will be received on the single round-trip flight you have described will pose any harm to your grandson. The total dose from such a trip is only a few percent of the naturally occurring differences in background radiation that exist from one place to another on the Earth. People live healthy lives in areas where exposures over their entire lifetimes are differentially much greater than the in-flight exposure you have described. Source - Radiation Exposure During Commercial Airline Flights https://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/faqs/commercialflights.html Yes I have read a bit on it. Spent a few years working as an industrial radiogapher. Just one of the few books I still have ???? Edited September 7, 2019 by overherebc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpy Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 No need to import sex toys , they are openly on sale along beach roar Pattaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 2 hours ago, friend of siam said: lighten up your Thai experience..no wonder why so many thais have cancer You think I'm a Thai? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert bloggs Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Well i usually bring 3 months supply of various medications ,wonder how that will work out , nothing you cant buy here i add ,but get them free in the uk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolgeoff Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 i assumed most luggage was xrayed before you pick it up.in uk airports they do it and they wait to check you.they have caught so many cigs coming in.so i imagined swampy did the same before it reached u in the terminal.maybe they will have the signs around and hope to catch something.cigs and brooze maybe,but cigs are cheap and imported brooze so so with tax and police checks in bars.you need the tax code on the bottle.unless the thais try to bring in things that the government want tax from.also if you do go thru the green line at swampy u have to put your bags thru the xray machine anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Does this mean I need to keep the diamonds in my pocket from now on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 10 minutes ago, ukrules said: Does this mean I need to keep the diamonds in my pocket from now on? Well difficult to secret them anywhere even internally with those pesky body scanners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youlike Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 19 hours ago, SMEinBangkok said: "Thailand customs allows visitors to enter Thailand with personal effects, the value of which does not exceed 80,000 Baht, without paying import fees as long as: 1) the items are specifically for personal or professional use; 2) the amount of goods are reasonable; and 3) the items are not subject to restriction or prohibition." This is the next TM30-style debacle. Personal effects means clothing, toiletries, phones, tablets, computers, etc. 80,000 baht is $2700 USD, roughly. And notice the wording....essentially every single person they stop for a 'customs' inspection will end up owing money for bringing in their used computers, suits, etc. for use while visiting Thailand. Yup, my computer already goes above the 80k baht....my clothes as well..... My wife got caught last week, she had a new expensive watch and was wearing it. They looked at it and said it was a cheap model and let her pass. She was lucky that they didn't tell her to open the suitcase. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youlike Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 18 hours ago, Jaxxper said: If they are scanning baggage then there should be no need to open it. I agree locked bags are no real deterrent but I’ve found that if you put a small cable tie in addition to the lock it’s impossible to open the bag without cutting the tie and thus leaving the evidence that the bag was tampered with. Just one more deterrent. You should watch youtube and see how they can open the zipper and close it again without any traces... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) On 9/6/2019 at 3:16 PM, 4675636b596f75 said: Most lemmings and that includes most travelers allow them to full body xray them. XRAY. I always opt out. But then I also travel with a child. They don't let you get go through the full body scanner with a child. Do you know why? Because... because... because you're not a lemming? Edited September 8, 2019 by NanLaew sp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 A troll post has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephbloggs Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 6 hours ago, bristolgeoff said: i assumed most luggage was xrayed before you pick it up.in uk airports they do it and they wait to check you... Another nail in the coffin of the UK tourist industry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, josephbloggs said: Another nail in the coffin of the UK tourist industry! Only a reduction of smugglers. Edited September 8, 2019 by Artisi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timebandit Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 As they don't allow my wife to bring her small bottle of contact lens cleaner, just how much fuel oil would one be able to smuggle? This is getting really, really stupid. Good I moved to Phnom Penh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 I guess a lot of people will remember the old customs declaration form you used to have to fill out every time you arrived. You needed to list the more expensive items like cameras, laptops, etc, and hand it to a customs officer every time you came in! I wonder if they will bring this back again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephbloggs Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 10 hours ago, Artisi said: Only a reduction of smugglers. I think you missed my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephbloggs Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Timebandit said: As they don't allow my wife to bring her small bottle of contact lens cleaner, just how much fuel oil would one be able to smuggle? This is getting really, really stupid. Good I moved to Phnom Penh. Explain how the international security rules on carry-on liquids has anything to do with arrival baggage being checked for contraband (again, a pretty standard thing, not unusual at all). Glad you're enjoying Phnom Penh though, that's nice for you. Do they let you carry any liquids on board then? Certainly didn't last time I was there a month or so ago, and nor should they if they want international certification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 13 minutes ago, josephbloggs said: I think you missed my point. Seems you missed my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 On 9/6/2019 at 2:35 PM, overherebc said: Palm oil in your suitcase? In a few flasks, next to the ones containing fuel oil, schhhhhhhhush! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo 2 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 They sure are trying very hard to discourage travelers to visit the Land of Smile, what's next? Strip search?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiBunny Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, Moo 2 said: Strip search?! Once they reach the bars, certainly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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