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... and you have no idea what was in the container, or what I did .... so I'll return the favour and call you FULL OF SHIT There are right ways and wrong ways to do it. There are also some other requirements that can help. I was lucky enough to have a friend put me in contact with a Customs official. You can read all the publiushed BS 'till you go blue in the face, wont help (to paraphrase her words). Cheers : Admiral Ken PS what have you managed to import without any duty other than a suitcase?

Yamaha Waverunner VX Sport 2009 model. Excellent mechanical condition only 80 hours approx. Serviced and maintained as a private toy. No longer needed as selling business and moving, no large water deposits anywhere near where I'm going. Cheaper than renting from Beach Rd. Has some minor scratches and blemishes but we can arrange to fix these or leave them there so you can claim repairs from your future customers. This is the 1100cc model and it is NOT for the weak hearted. Trust me, falling off at speed BLOODY WELL HURTS. The new models are over 500K now and will not get cheap

To cut a long story short ---- dont bother. I left a Jaguar XJ40 Sovereign and a Ford Carpri soft-top in Oz due to the crazy import taxes. I also managed to import a 40' container FULL of personal item into the country with ZERO taxes, legally, so I'm no mug when it comes to working out the ways around the system. Simple fact is that car import is too hard unless you have the required contacts in customs and even with those it's still difficult as you will get nailed later on with registration/insurance etc etc etc Cheers : Admiral Ken

Send her to "The Fountain of Life" Nakluea (Soi 25 but I may be wrong. They offer free Englsh lessons and the environment is good for learning as she will be ecouraged by many others. She should also have no problems finding someone there with appropriate skills to serve as an interpreter. Cheers : Admiral Ken

Happy Birthday Paul. See you around 9 Cheers : Admiral Ken

Try this one: easy to use, does bulk conversion and free. Use the 600x800 setting for most forums. http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm Cheers : Admiral Ken

Mr T still doing business, best ways to contatct him are via email or just call him (phone) Have booked him for friends about 10 times in the last few months and everyone was happy with his service. Cheers : Admiral Ken

Wouldn't be the first AV software to cause these sorts of problems - and you can bet it wont be the last. Some friends have had lots of success with Avast (free also) and I usually recommend this as I've had no negative replies in quite a few years. Personnaly I have a lifetime corporate license for Norton's but wouldn;t use their retail version to save my own life. One of the "other" suppliers in the top 3 has a serious bloat-ware issue and having worked closely with them I am reluctant to recommend them. Essentially none of the "majors" have a perfect solution (and an obvious vested inte

Chatkeow, Did you recently do an upgrade to FF10 and an upgrade to Wundows? If so, I can confirm that there is definately an issue with this combination (and apparently the presence of some other software) but we as yet haven't narrowed it down. One of my clients (from my eCommerce business in Australia) has this problem and we are still trying to solve it. A few things to try: copy your bookmarks and any data you wish to retain to Chrome REMOVE Firefox completely. Including any addons. Do a fresh install of Firefox using the previous version (V9) Check operation without a

Love it ---- after thousands of flights I must admit to never seeing that! Qantas could learn a lot from this guy. Cheers : Admiral Ken

Try the jet-ski operators on Beach Rd, they seem to have an overabundance of them. Maybe they can get you a letter from the Mayor or Police Chief to certify their authenticity too Cheers : Admiral Ken

I'm sure that for a small fee they'll give them back .... that is how it works !? ... isn't it ??? Cheers : Admiral Ken

Shamus, as embassies tend to be constrained by a tight set of rules I can understand their inability in some cases to assist on a technical point but unfortunately most of these places are manned by people who dont really give a toss about anyone (not restricted to Norway I'm certain). Have you tried contacting one of the many Norwegian communitiy/resorts around Pattaya to see if they can offer assistance or evenjust help by putting some notices in their villages to request help. I thnk you're far more likely to get quality assistance from one of his countrymen than a group of 'dispara

If the software that you have (Photoshop Elements 9) is a legal copy then you are permitted to seek out and obtain a copy. Lots of places like Piratebay and the like supply 'torrents' which will allow you to obtain copies of the software so you can re-install it later. If your copy is not legal then you are not entitled to copy the software and you would be committing a copyright infringement by doing so (along with the millions of other people who do it each day). The other alternative is to copy the files from the 'Program Files' directory and any other directory used solely by 'Elem

Just read through mine and it appears that there is no exclusion in my policy for learners, or drivers under supervision. Given the usual reaction of insurance companies iei "any way we can weasle out of paying will do", I wouldn't take the risk. I'd also make sure that the company teaching her and supplying the vehicle offer a waiver for her responsibility whilst she is under their care and instruction or you could still get stuck with the bill. As usual, remember ONLY Thai law and customs apply here and not any other countries (regarless of what some may wish). Cheers : Admiral

Another potentially good thread, fucked by the resident know it all. Give it up Joe, this time you're WAY out of your depth. You asked me before why I didn't refute your comments - reason: most of them, like usual, don't actually say anything. Your posts are the equivalent of verbal diarrhea, there is no information there other than a set of random points that frequently don't even coalesce into an idea and on many occasions express multiple points of view so you can later come back and choose which side of your own argument that you wish to support in your (self appointed) role as antagon

You can find the video clip and the words on my (new) website at http://pattayapartyboat.com The link on the site takes you to YouTube where you will also find many variants of it. (site not finished yet, should get most of it done finally in the next 3 weeks as I cant go too far ATM) Cheers : Admiral Ken

The point that everyone seems to miss here is that the cryptography is not the weak point. Joe I'm surprised that you even have an opinion, I thought Wikipaedia was off-line/on protest today. Use google instead did you? Having spent most of my working life designing and testing cryptographic systems (mostly gambling and financial transaction related) the strength of the algorithm is totally irrelevant. If someone gets hold of the appropriate key you can have 64kbit encryption and it takes a matter of microseconds to decrypt the datastream. As for online use of sensitive data, dont

Who's offering unlimited 3G data? All the packages I've seen have limits on the 3G component and the unlimited aspect refers to EDGE or WIFI only. 3G is active in my area at home with a decent signal and I can pick it up all the way to Koh Larn on the top deck (so adding an antenna would even improve that) but AIS and True move packages dont have unlimited 3G. Your suggestion is good, if it exists, and I'll be onto it myself if it does. Cheers : Admiral Ken

Try the threads on Thai Visa or Pattaya City Expats Club. Both have loads of information that should cover your situation. Cheers : Admiral Ken

You're right, it probably doesn't help anyone, but I didn't revive this thread. If I have any "agenda" it would be to see the board return to the days when, if you posted a response attempting to help, you could reasonably expect NOT to get flamed for your efforts. I have attempted to assist in a limited way in other threads but the whole truth is that you have not restored my account fully (only the removal of mod watch). As you know I'm "on the ground" in Pattaya quite a bit and encounter many more types of tourist than most BMs would. I'm happy to assist but don't feel inclined to do so wit

Welcome to the new Pattaya Talk ... this place has progressively gone to shit since Pattaya Pete had it - maybe it is time for the fork. Cheers, :gullp: Admiral Ken PS : I 100% agree, forums are to help fellow BMs, not score "brownie points". Copy this post as it will most likely disappear soon or I'll be back on "mod watch" without any warnings ...... again. Still cant use the PM system as someone must have been spying on my PMs.

They've decide to do a channel reallocation (probably to add some stuff. I'm going to wait for a day or two then just rescan the stations. Many channels still not working yet and some are duplicated. Typical Sophon (Thailand) they do this without announcement or details Cheers : Admiral Ken

Yeah but remember that in a bar the barowner will be gourging your wallet for drinks whilst with this guy in your own location there's no "bar induced surcharge". He's been absent every day I've been past for the last week though his setup is still there, maybe he's just busy. If I see him I'll verify the price again. Cheers, : Admiral Ken

Soi 17 off 3rd Rd. About 50m past Tigglebitties on the other side (left coming from 3rd Rd) Start at about 4500B and includes EVERYTHING. They deliver, cook, cut, serve and clean up. Cheers, : Admiral Ken