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nidnoyham

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  1. Having flown BKK/LHR on EVA with Thai.Gfrnd. have just realised how little Thai are catered for on flite. No Thai sound on movies, or music on headset, inflite mag' is 90% Chinese with some English- I know the same mag' is on all sectors,just making the point, for a 11hour+ flt it pretty bad. Because I worked for the EVA handling company, the EVA Rep at LHR asked how their flt compared to Thai. When I told her what I have thought about the service for Thais, she said "Yes a lot of people have mentioned that, perhaps we could do something about it " So, if you have the same experience, have
  2. Woody, No my daughter is only 10 years younger than my GF, but they are great shopping/ bopping mates. Now she is in England my son also likes her (a bit too much some times) but loves her cooking even more. Were off to Royal Ascot next Tuesday. One more tip, if you get a visa, buy a guide to Britain in Thai, she is in awe of our Cathederals, Windsor Castle etc, and takes the book with her, its about 450bht
  3. Gerald I got the info on the Thai 'cos I worked until yesterday for Air Canada and we handle Thai & Eva at LHR. Thai use our res' system so I just do a transaction for the flight, but only on the day of departure- Thai will give me info on future flights. Eva have their own system, but a quick call to their office will get me loads months ahead. 13 July they are going to a full 747 instead of the combi they use in winter, this will give a lot more seats in Y. When I booked 2 seats in April BKK-LHR-BKK 03 Jun/31 Jul, the agent could only book us as wait listed 31 Jul, but now we are
  4. Sabaiced, Over the last few weeks Thai has had been aprox 60-75% full, some days down to 50%, but yesterday it was oversold by 16. this can be due to large companies sending staff on free trip to Thailand for incentive schemes, sometimes up to 80 people, I am using them 28th and aprox 150 empty seats Have a good trip
  5. Got a 2 month visa for GF This i'm sure only because of contact with my daughter, proved through photos and stuff. For those considering doing the same, a few pointers. I recomend being close to embassy, Holiday Mansions hotel is opposite, and ver nice too. Embassy opens at 0730-1000 for visa application, Mon-Fri. On entrance you will be searched and given application form, as many as you need, I used 3 before I got it right, when filled in you take all relevant documents,( these should be photocopies of ur passport and bank statements etc, they keep them on file so you stil
  6. Just got a letter from LloydS TSB, telling me that in future my card will have a PIN to use with each purchase, alongside signature. Apparently this has been in use in France for 10 years and cut fraud by 80% You have to ask why it has taken 10 years to copy such a good idea. My local shopping centre has a thumprint scheme, but I have only been asked by one shop (Argos) to participate, or did it go to a central computer ?
  7. Valentino, you are right about the ones looking for love meeting the bad ones. A work mate of mine married one, once she had the British Passport she was off with a new man, leaving her husband to bring up her 2 Thai kids in England. He now as a baby by another TG who demands £200 on a regular basis, he is a smashing bloke, would never pull in U.K, But these girls seem to have an instinct for a sucker, like an animal can detect fear, they pick up on a fool and his money- strange isn't it ? Luckily in my later years, I do my thinking above the waist, thirty years too late but there you are,
  8. Chris, no candy. But a nice line in Bananas & Coconuts, perhaps it was when she was putting out the fruit she happened to put a Banana between 2 nuts and that gave her the idea of working in Pattaya. Anyway we get on fine and the ballance of power lies in the fact that we both acknowledge that she need me more than I need her. Having seen how poor her family is, I can never believe it is not my money that is number 1 and me between 2 and 10 somewhere.
  9. My GF is coming to England next monthfor 8 weeks. Anyone got any idea about health insurance for foreign visitors ? I suppose the travel agent in Pattaya where I bought the ticket could help, but just wonderd if anyone has done this before.
  10. Peteboy, Asking someone to investigate a bar girl, is like asking them to go into a lions cage to see if they bite! Asyou say you already know the answer. Asking a bar girl to wait for you, is like asking a petrol station to close when you have filled up and not open till you need more gas. they are in the business of serving the public, thats you and me son. I have a TG have known her for 18 months and now she lives at home near Pitchet- or does she? As long as she is waiting for me at the airport it doesn't matter to me, we still enjoy each others company, and she is coming to England n
  11. Captain C Good luck with te EVA U.G I work for EVA handling Co & on first name terms with the staff but did not get u.g on my trip last month, if you stand at either the Thai ( we handle them too) or EVA ticket desk for 10 mins you will get at least 1 reqest for u.g for various reasons i.e " I have a note from my doctor that I have d.v.t " Or I got one last time because you were full. The Thai has been going out somedays with 300 empty seats on the 2 flights lately. Not sure about the EVA, but my workmate went out last week and had 3 seats blocked off to himself, pehaps flying to TPE
  12. Dont know about the Aussie system mate, but I was at the Brit embassy in April and met a Thai Lady married to an Englishman, she had been refused a U.K VISA. I read the letter of refusal from the embassy. Basicaly she had no pictures of her wedding, her husbands bank statements and payslips were 6 months out of date,there was no proof of the length of their relationship; i.e letters phone bills to Thailand, and they didnt think she and he would stay together. I spoke to him on her phone and he had been to embassy in London to supply all the docs needed and they were supposed to fax them to Ban
  13. This topic has been moved to [link=http://www.freelancerbar.com/cgi-bin/yabb//YaBB.pl?board=offtopic;action=display;num=1051945746;start=0]Off Topic and General Chat[/link] by PattayaPete.
  14. Thanks for your idea about the condo sharing Papa, I have to confess the origional idea was to get cheap digs at my freinds place, he has since bought a plot of land near the border with Burhma about the same latitude as Pattaya, but now that retirement is just around the corner, a sort of share a condo is an idea. One of my workmates who has a Thai baby is leaving in May with the idea of retiring to LOS and renting, maybe I could buy, rent to him and go there during the winter- hmmm you have got me thinking now-well done!
  15. Thanks eyenitnoy fot the websites, the Airline I work for is going tits up, so many of us LOS regulars are looking at retirement this year, with an eye to buy a gaff in the sun
  16. Have just tried the Foreign Office web site ; www,fco.gov.uk and printed out the relevant form. Has all info for visas to U.K including a guide to sponsorship. visa cost £36. Hopefully I can go well prepared, but we are talking civil servant here, so I may have to bite my tounge a bit if he/she gets a bit supercilious on me. :-X
  17. Going to have a pop at a UK visa for the girl freind, end of this month, so will need to stay in BKK fr a night or 2, anyone done it before ? Know a hotel nearby thats O.K ? Am taking letters/ photos/ etc A bank statement, proof of ownership of my house, 4 wageslips, last years P60. The pics are of me and her kids, my daughter and her kids/ her as well all of us. I know I asked before in this forum, but if anyone has done it recently, can you let me know how it was, it would be great if I could get it right first time. its a bloody long way to go back for the sake of a peice of paperwork.
  18. Yes life does start early in the country, I remember the local temple bell being rung at 4 am, this started all the dogs barking, it woke the cockerals up, the ones under the house, No wonder they sleep all day ! I am going to try to get my ladyfriend to the U.K this year, let her have a look at my neck of the woods, hope the British Embassy give her a visa. cheers
  19. Are you back Phil ? How was the trip, would you do it again ?
  20. Phill, be prepared fora bit of a culture shock, my friend lives near Pitchit 5 hrs by coach out of BKK. you will probably be the only Ferang for miles, get used to kids staring at you. My lady's housa consists of a wooden/coriogated iron shack on stilts. one big room with no furniture but T.V & fridge, at night the beds & mosie nets come out and the family kipdown together. I feel it is a test of your character to invite you to stay the night with them, you will probably have bed alone or with GF. they will not mind if you go to htel, but will be very pleased if you stay with them, yo
  21. To all who are worried about theft from their baggage by airline staff. As someone who has worked in Airline baggage handling for more years than I would like to admit, may I assure you that the largest majority of Baggage Handlers are honest, decent people who are not willing to risk their job for a few easy pounds/dollars, however I can only speak as I find in the U.K. In the far east and other places the risk is more balanced with reward for goods stolen having more value. You will have to rethink your baggage packing in future. I have said in this forum before, if you wouldnt post it do
  22. Just my oppinion as someone who has lived thru terrorist threat - Valentino, it is not easy to be impartial to terrorists when you and your family are just bomb fodder for their cause, there is no justification for mass murder, even if the killers feels justified in their actions. Madwizard - I was working in the area the Lockerby bomb Pan Am 103 was loaded on that day , we were all interviewed by Special Branch, and all our financial accounts inspected, a work mate had just taken out a new mortgage and had a second interview at his home to explain how he was going to pay off the loan. So
  23. Well done Lads, its good to hear your positive replys to my question. As a Londoner who works at Heathrow Airport, I and thousands of others, have lived under a terrorist threat from I.R.A & other outfits for over 20 years, I admit to not taking my family to London as much as I woud like to have, but with bombs at Harrods/ Pittza Hut/ Hyde park and Horsegaurds etc, I was not willing to risk it, but that is the point, this filth would happily blow my kids apart, and not even give it a second thought . Now I realise what I missed when they were young, and how these people controled my life,
  24. Our visit to LOS was a great success. Lucy got VIP treatmenr at Alkazar, use of the PR office for interview, cold drinks and an interpreter, 2 ladies gave their views on what they do and why, they posed for photos with Lucy, who had only been in the country for 11 hours and was a bit aprehensive at first. She also recieved a folder containing a programme, history of the company and other information, she was very impressed by the whole thing. A thank you to Cheshire Tom for the e-mail idea and I was on my guard not to stare, but 1 of them was 'king gorgeous- sorry chaps but she was ! Remi
  25. Thanks Ally, I'll remeber that. I'm 55 and still learning about the world, perhaps I should consider going to Uni' myself, I reckon I could handle assignments like this- piece of cake. Now lets see, theseis on the lives of Go-Go dancers, yeh sounds good to me. Cheers !
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