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- Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:46 am
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: The journey to a Yellow Book in Hua Hin
- Replies: 119
- Views: 28602
Re: The journey to a Yellow Book in Hua Hin
I have been here 18 years and have never needed nor been asked for a Yellow Book or an ID card. My wife is thai and the house is in her name and I have a married visa. The yellow book is extremely handy for proving your address, which is becoming more of a requirement everywhere these days ... unle...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:40 am
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: The journey to a Yellow Book in Hua Hin
- Replies: 119
- Views: 28602
Re: The journey to a Yellow Book in Hua Hin
Can anyone recommend an agent who can apply for a yellow book on our behalf. Does anyone know about a Certificate of Residence issued by immigration and if that can be used to open a Thai bank account You could try Anna Visa Services on Soi 94, she does visas, passports, driving licenses etc, so ma...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:28 am
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Songkran 2024 Road Accidents
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1226
Re: Songkran 2024 Road Accidents
The holiday is so long this year that the "seven dangerous days" should probably be extended to "ten dangerous days" ... either way, its the same carnage we see every year, and nothing will ever change.
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:45 am
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Songkran 2024 Road Accidents
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1226
Re: Songkran 2024 Road Accidents
Police Report 60 Deaths on the First Day of Songkran’s “7 Dangerous Days” ... Nikorn Jamnong, director of the Chartthaipattana Party and president of the People’s Safety Foundation, expressed worry about an increase in accidents preceding and following the “seven dangerous days” accident period. Ac...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:25 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Thailand's dark side: why you really shouldn't visit Koh Tao
- Replies: 137
- Views: 12138
Re: Thailand's dark side: why you really shouldn't visit Koh Tao
No mention of this in Thailand's propaganda media, which is more focused on water fights and farang witch hunts ... British backpacker found dead in drain on Thailand's Death Island A British backpacker has been found dead on Koh Tao in Thailand, dubbed the "Death Island". The traveller, u...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:14 am
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: Thai police require stricter foreigner screening and monthly case reports
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3161
Re: Thai police require stricter foreigner screening and monthly case reports
I just get fed up with this stupid witch hunt. Yes, they are not nice, but it is petty crime that you'd most probably find anywhere in the world. Of course its wrong, but why is it national news here? More national news about nothing as the witch hunt continues ... real catchy headline too ... A HA...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:09 am
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: Buying Gold Thread
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3143
Re: Buying Gold Thread
Mideast jitters push gold past $2,400 Gold prices climbed to a fresh record on Friday as demand for the safe-haven asset was spurred by simmering Middle East tensions. Bullion broke the $2,400-an-ounce mark for the first time on Friday morning, climbing as much as 1.2% to $2,400.67. Thai selling pr...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:17 pm
- Forum: Digital Realm
- Topic: Looking For New Tablet
- Replies: 59
- Views: 3500
Re: Looking For New Tablet
Need the VPN on UK also, that method worked for me (not that I could ever get itvX to stream properly).
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:41 pm
- Forum: Digital Realm
- Topic: Looking For New Tablet
- Replies: 59
- Views: 3500
Re: Looking For New Tablet
Its to do with your Google account, which is a Thailand one. You need to sign in with a UK-based Google account, and the apps will show up in Play Store. I have two different regional ones on my device for that reason.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:52 am
- Forum: Digital Realm
- Topic: Which Mobile Phone?
- Replies: 741
- Views: 74511
Re: Which Mobile Phone?
Some interesting data there, 3.5 years is the average upgrade period, 75% said battery performance was the main criteria, and the older you are, the more likely you are to keep hold of it for longer.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: Digital Realm
- Topic: Which Mobile Phone?
- Replies: 741
- Views: 74511
Re: Which Mobile Phone?
No chance of that, offspring snap them up in no time. I don't actually need a new phone at the moment, but my son gets the old perfectly functional one because daddy said no to the 15k device he wanted!
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:17 am
- Forum: Digital Realm
- Topic: Which Mobile Phone?
- Replies: 741
- Views: 74511
Re: Which Mobile Phone?
The perception that Apple products are far superior to everything else is only held by those who are fanatical about them. "Apple is the world's greatest marketing company," someone once said.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 7:53 am
- Forum: Digital Realm
- Topic: Which Mobile Phone?
- Replies: 741
- Views: 74511
Re: Which Mobile Phone?
I truly am at a loss as to why anyone would pay this kind of money 75,000 baht for a phone is obscene, I wouldn't pay that for a laptop or TV. Fanatical/obsessive is a good descriptor ... the same traits apply to religion. :duck: I'm happy with a $200 phone and I'm a tech-junkie. The brand/logo is ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:49 pm
- Forum: Digital Realm
- Topic: Which Mobile Phone?
- Replies: 741
- Views: 74511
Re: Which Mobile Phone?
Too expensive for me, I thought. How could they afford it? Or, why? They can't, its on tick like everything else here. It’s not just Apple, Samsung sell phones equally expensive. True, I saw a 40k Xiaomi in MV also. Its just Apple people seem to be particularly fanatical/obsessive ... :duck:
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Top cop 'Big Joke' charged with bribery
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1053
Re: Top cop 'Big Joke' charged with bribery
The Thai Yakuza "police" look after their own ... "Deputy National Police Chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn will not be suspended from police duty, for now, said Pol Gen Kittirat "Big Tai" Phanphet, acting national police chief. Pol Gen Surachate was moved to inactive duty at ...