jacko

No, as the post above suggests, if you have your own bank account use a statement. If you don't get a statement mailed, show the bankbook itself. I deliberately had the utilities put in my name when I got the house..... relationships can fail and you are left with an awkward problem.

I was thinking it might be that there were multiple requests for heavily pictorial threads. And obviously I am seeing it around this time too. But you are right, I have experienced interminable issues later in the Thai day.... It must be taking longer for the NSA to check things over and we can't blame you for that.

The Graduate

I am getting a lot of instances of waiting and waiting for the Pattayatalk server. Seems random, sometimes it hangs up for 10-60 seconds. Others it just never finishes the operation. Then it is okay for a while. I don't think it is high load due to the time I am on-line. It sometimes seems to be going back-and-forth to www.gravatar.com/

Great Expectations.

A day at Nong Nooch. The cinema... 10 pin bowling. Water world. Shooting Pool.

I thought we were replacing them because there was a problem!

Iron Man

What happened to the posts Robin Wright and the Singing Detective!!! Someone isn't refreshing their display!!!! The Singing Detective.!

I actually watched this yesterday....... The Singing Detective.

Perhaps disabling the Norton 360 temporarily to see how things behave is an idea. I know I have problems with some web pages...... it hogs all my resources and I can't do anything for 20-30 seconds, all I see is the HD access hard on. Someone told me that was likely my McAffee. Pages like Pattaya One are typical.

Unbreakable.

A Time To Kill.

I have never had that problem with them. In the UK , as I was renting from them on a UK licence, they sure required a lot of proof of address items from me. Copies of bank statements/ utility bills etc. They said renting from the town offices this was standard, at the airport it was not required. I am thinking the USA will be more liberal as they don't have the East Europeans stealing rental cars. I know that insurance in the USA was different, apparently many people use their personal insurance as extra cover there which I did not have and I took supplementary from them.

Yes to question 1 and no to question 2.. I never once had a USA licence and rented often based on my UK one. I used to carry the International one, but I don't think I was ever asked for it. (Kalifornia included). Bear in mind the last time I did this is nearly 9 years ago. But of course there is no 'special relationship' to rent a car!

Well the disc is actually rectangular and the annual tax/registration. To renew it you do need a current and recent insurance certificate and there is a tear off bit at the bottom they keep. Most people renew their compulsory (CTPL) insurance at the driving licence centre so they often expire about the same time. So perhaps you had 3 violations, no licence, no registration and no insurance..... The 'tax disc' for a car must be displayed, so you can see when it is due. The motorcycle one, under the seat maybe, sure it gets forgotten. I plug a reminder into my phone. Most Thais girls are airheads when it comes to things like this! But you try forgetting to pay them!!! It was all quite fair.... but beware as the same guy or his friend will be looking out for you now. Paying the fine 'directly' is cheaper and expedient of course. I was watching a Thai guy slipping some notes from his pocket to a discrete hand only the other day as my licence was checked. He got off cheaply (200 baht). My policeman was disturbed I had a Thai licence as farangs are normally a good bet! I am sure many people get away with no licence for years on end just paying up the odd bit of money and taking detours. All part of the fun of the place! PS What/where is mimosa?

Arnold Swh...shw... shawaddywaddy..... You know who I mean........!

Big Fish

Trainspotting.

Why has your bike got no insurance? Or is that a secondary consequence of you not having a driving licence? Don't you have an International Driving Permit? They set up on Sukhumvit, heading South between Klang and Tai very frequently.... although you 'just got caught'...on a Sunday? That would be unusual, I am more used to weekday mornings.

Eat Pray Love. (On Sophon a few days ago)

No Country For Old Men.

That is surprising. I was at the back of the Mercure last week and there was an infernal amount of noise on a Sunday morning. It was construction towards the Areca.

Any particular one.... there are quite a few.

Train Spotting