@ GT93 "Next time put an accountant in charge of your wars". We did and his name was Robert S McNamara and it was Vietnam and you know how that turned out! X amount of enemy dead (body count) for X amount of expended ordnance.

TJ, why don't you just buy Budweiser because obviously your taste buds are shot anyway.

I remember one morning I went to the Big C on Posri Rd just after they opened for the day. I got on the escalator at the end closest to the car park entrance driveway. I started going up on the right hand one and just about then a mid 40's aged Thai woman obviously in a hurry got on the 'down' side....

Mortiboy: "I do realise that the staff at Imm office are under rules they have to go by. If they miss something, they get a problem when the Docs sent to Bangkok"! I remember having to make the dreaded trip to Nong Khai for my 90 day report. As my retirement visa had been renewed in Pattaya (before ...

Trubrit, "old" was just a generalization. As far as I'm concerned it's only state of mind. A person can be 45, going on 95 if that's where their heads at! One foot in the grave and another on a banana peel.

Thank you gentlemen. My point was about the thread on immigration. Nowhere did I bash Thailand just their immigration/admin hoops that are all to common here. Where the money "ups and downs" and the "go homes" came from (I already left) I'm still wondering. Also, I didn't know there was restriction ...

I moved to the Philippines last Nov. after three years in Udon and nine in Thailand. I obtained a Special Resident Retirement Visa (SRRV). It cost me $1400 and I have to maintain $10,000 in the bank and have an income of at least $800 a month. With it, I have an ID card, get to use the diplomat/VIP/...

OK, thanks all.

Hi, looking for a place here in Udon where I can send a Fax to the U.S.

Sgt: Don't know of anything here but my retired Master Guns friend has had one in Pattaya for the last 10+ years including this year. Good get together with a couple retired/former MC pilots one of which flew for Air America in Laos during the "war years" in attendance. A little far to go but someth...

Dear Bangkok Consular District American Citizens, The Consular Section of the American Embassy in Bangkok is pleased to inform you of the consular outreach schedule for fiscal year 2011. Exact hours and venues will be provided in future messages. Dates are subject to change, but we intend to stay as...

PS: I would like a deposit but I'm heading for BKK tomorrow night so time is of the essence.

4 sale: SOLD! Sanyo three burner stove w/thermometer. Good condition, works great. 3,500B or best offer. Available on Nov. 12th. 0815880915 or PM.

[b] SOLD.[/b] For sale: Honda 125 Wave R, 2006. 46,500km. New air filter and spark plug at 33,000km New sprockets, chain and rear tire 10/26. Regularly maintained. 12,000B ONO. Not available until mid Nov. I hope but sale 4 sure. Just waiting for confirmation from the shipping company on moving date...

Renewed my type "O" retirement visa today for the 9th time (they were nice) and I am glad to see that the powers that be have put a test in place. I also had to draw a map from the Immigration orifice to where I live. Glad to see that map drawing skills are now required for retirees! But, I'm not su...

For sale: SOLD! Heavy duty writing desk with electrical outlets and locking drawers. 500B. 0815880915 or PM

For sale: SOLD! Black & Decker string trimmer model GL300. Good condition, lightly used. 500B ONO. 0815880915 or PM.

Thanks Sgt. Could you PM me with an E-mail address and I'll forward it on to him or would you prefer it the other way around? My friend was RAN and attached to the 135th AHC at Bearcat 67-68 and he's in touch with members of the U.S.N. Seawolf Association in the States. He's heavily involved with he...

Noddy, don't expect much from the family because their attitude will be "you have falang, he can afford it". Sorry to hear about your problem/mess.

Here's an interesting article that was in the forum section of the BKK post last week on Thai's views of "farangs" and Thai culture with some interesting comments.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/forum/viewto ... t=5707&sid