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- Fri May 04, 2018 8:09 pm
- Forum: Feeding Time
- Topic: Thailand's imported wine crackdown
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6532
Re: Thailand's imported wine crackdown
Expensive wine........a deterrent. Then they have more issues than just Thailand's tax structure. Meetings every night somewhere.... :cheers: I don't think it is just the expensive wine, unfortunately that is just one item of many and is symptomatic of the general increase in the cost of living in ...
- Fri Apr 06, 2018 5:42 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Video: Machete drawn, shots fired - Wild West Thailand on full display!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2732
Re: Video: Machete drawn, shots fired - Wild West Thailand on full display!
Diane Abbott and Sadiq Khan are blaming "police cuts", while this may be a contributing factor the blame surely lies with the murderers Actually, I think a large part of the blames lies squarely with the PC brigade. How about we stop all the softly softly, nicely nicely nonsense. Kids and...
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:57 pm
- Forum: Science & Nature
- Topic: Physicist Stephen Hawking dies aged 76
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2092
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 5:09 pm
- Forum: Ask The Expats
- Topic: Questions on surf fishing gear rental and opening bank account on a tourist visa
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1618
Re: 2 ?s surf fishing gear rental and opening bank account on a tourist visa
Thanks. I will consider that closed closed then. I envy you guys over there. All the best and thank you sir. You shouldn't envy anything, until you've tried it for yourself to see if it suits. That green grass on the other side, can often turn out to be quite illusory in the cold light of day. :-|
- Wed Feb 14, 2018 7:11 pm
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: Immigration 24 hour address registration clampdown starts in Phuket
- Replies: 50
- Views: 7005
Re: Immigration 24 hour address registration clampdown starts in Phuket
You may consider it an excellent service, however I would categorise it as a gross and unnecessary intrusion, that is archaic and should be done away withoakdale160 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2018 11:31 am Last time I did 90 day reporting I timed it--I was in and out in 17 mins--I think that is an excellent service.
- Thu Jan 18, 2018 1:30 pm
- Forum: Ask The Expats
- Topic: Locksmith
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1785
Re: Locksmith
We had Hafele install master key security locks on the exterior doors in our villa, not cheap but very good.
- Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:34 pm
- Forum: Feeding Time
- Topic: Naebkahart Road Restaurant???
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5851
Re: Naebkahart Road Restaurant???
When directions and locations are given on this forum, does it remind anyone besides me of virgins in the pre-Internet era discussing sex? Or the accuracy with a blaster shown by Imperial Storm Troopers? :lach: Must say I was a bit bemused by the variety of responses, but it was also interesting th...
- Sun Dec 24, 2017 8:16 pm
- Forum: Accommodation
- Topic: Best walking beach / hotel?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2379
Re: Best walking beach / hotel?
and we will be forced to bite the bullet at $300 nightly for a non view room at the Marriott. Unfortunately it's a combination of it being high season and also the fact that you are booking only 2 days in advance, which means you are going to take a double whammy and get severely clipped. If you pl...
- Sat Dec 23, 2017 12:07 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Kite Surfer Dies Off Hua Hin Beach
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4304
Re: Kite Surfer Dies Off Hua Hin Beach
Whatever the cause of this unfortunate chaps sad demise, be it the weather (and if the beach was closed then he really shouldn't have been out there) or the buoys; as others have intimated, there really needs to be a separation between areas for swimmers and those for kite surfers. "The buoys w...
- Sun Dec 10, 2017 5:13 pm
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: Kasikorn Debit Card
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3146
Re: Kasikorn Debit Card
PIN numbers being extended from 4 to maybe 6 or 7 digits. Of course, not only is that a bit more difficult to remember (getting old these days) but it makes the card useless anywhere outside of Thailand What makes you think that having a 6 digit PIN would render the card useless outside of Thailand...
- Wed Nov 15, 2017 3:19 pm
- Forum: Property & Real Estate
- Topic: Renting A House In Hua Hin
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2505
Re: Renting A House In Hua Hin
Thanks PBb for some useful info.
Thanks also to PC and JJB for your input.
Some serious thought required here I think.
Thanks also to PC and JJB for your input.
Some serious thought required here I think.
- Tue Nov 14, 2017 7:15 pm
- Forum: Property & Real Estate
- Topic: Renting A House In Hua Hin
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2505
Renting A House In Hua Hin
We have our house in HH up for sale with an agent, which needless to say is progressing slower than treacle rolls down the side of a glacier. However, the agent has now come to us and said he has a couple (Brit/Indonesian) who are interested in renting the house. Never having been the landlord or te...
- Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:11 pm
- Forum: Foo
- Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
- Replies: 1698
- Views: 123612
Re: News of the Weird - this just in!
This may be the only country in the world that hypes up fog as a tourist attraction, and gives it a fancy name. :shock: :banghead: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30329365 Something similar in Oman, it's called The Khareef :wink: https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/travel/need-...
- Thu Oct 12, 2017 4:11 pm
- Forum: Foo
- Topic: £1.7 Million Mansion for £25..... If you can do Crosswords!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2205
Re: £1.7 Million Mansion for £25..... If you can do Crosswords!!
"Johnston Lodge in Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire boasts some 32 acres of grounds, four reception rooms, six en-suite bedrooms, two cloakrooms, tennis courts, a gym and a half-mile private drive with electric gates." I wonder how many thousands of pounds a year it is going to take to maintain...
- Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:01 am
- Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
- Topic: Biggest Benefit to Being Expat
- Replies: 123
- Views: 16664
Re: Biggest Benefit to Being Expat
That very much depends on what you are buying