Moonlover

The Shinawatra era is well before my time here, but from what I've learned over the last 10 years this comes as no surprise to me. I guess it will be Yingluck's turn next. Safe journey.

Do you have a problem with that?

Skin deterioration probably.

My wife's son chose to join the RTA following his 1 year's conscription and he is very happy with his choice. After 10 years service he is now a Master Sergeant 1st class artillery specialist. There are 2 advantages as far as we're concerned as well. He has a secure profession and so he's off mama's hands and my wife benefits from the government medical insurance. This paid off last year when she contracted appendicitis.

Yes, diving into buckets of alcohol it would seem!

Interesting stuff. I wonder whether HSBC recognized the challenge from Wise (and others) and dropped their fees. Nationwide charge £20 for a SWIFT transfer, so I'll stick with Wise.

And their cities also have excellent and safe pedestrian sidewalks. Their input here would be useful.

@giddyup Next time you visit the hospital take your BM monitor with you and check your reading against the hospital's. You will then know for sure whether there is any discrepancy. It is quite normal for there to be a difference between 'at home' readings and those taken in a medical facility. One always likes to create the ideal relaxed conditions when you check yourself at home. I certainly do. That simply isn't possible, for a variety of reasons to recreate those conditions in a hospital. @Tropicalevo's tale above is a classic example. Since you asked, I use an Ormon HEM-7120-L. I'm assuming it's accurate, but I've never done a comparison because I never visit hospitals.

I did similar but I use Wise to make the transfer to Thailand. It saves me having to go to the bank to collect FETs. It's quite a trek as I live out of town. That's a quite a low fee that HSBC are charging, but what exchange rate are you getting?

Yes a typo. British National Crime Agency BNCA. https://interpollawfirm.com/faq/international-eu-arrest-warrant/

What's interesting about it is that the police were waiting for him on arrival at Heathrow. The full article says: 'British National Crime Agency claim they had tracked ‘Peter Smith’s’ movements and prearranged his arrest upon entering the UK', which is exactly what happened. So let's suppose that a liaison officer from BNRA in Thailand paid Burrows a visit and whispered in his ear something along these lines. "We know who you are Mr. Burrows and we shall be seeking your arrest via an International Arrest Warrant. When that happens, you shall arrested by the Thai police and will end up one of their, rather less than pleasant detention centres awaiting extradition proceedings. ''Your choice Burrows, fly home now and surrender to the police there, or await arrest here and take the hard route home''. I know which option I would take.

Yes it is. But not when you've been indicted on serious criminal charges and are due in court!

I wasn't talking about the state pension, note that I said 'pension pots' (plural) You comment is meaningless anyway in the context of Burrows. You didn't quote my full post which said:

This has always been the case, holidays or not. And it's easy to see why. Most of the accidents involve motorcycles and took place between 4pm and 5pm. The commute home for both workers and school kids. It has little to do with holidays, it's the same all year round.

Same in UK as well. They dropped the 'in country' tracking a few years ago.

When he left the UK he was 53. It is highly unlikely that that he would have amassed any meaningful pension pots at that age. And how on Earth would he lay claim to them anyway, living as he was, a fugitive from justice living under an assumed name? From the O/P's account it seems that he launched himself into business here from the get go and that's what he survived on.

And neither is it a 3rd country.

Didn't you read the full story? The passport Burrows used was that of one of his victim's father. He was hardly likely to aid and abet Burrow's flight from justice was he.

I certainly hope I don't look that rough at 80.

You need to do a bit of homework on that one. https://www.egat.co.th/home/en/the-worlds-largest-hydro-floating-solar-hybrid/

The distance is no problem. I've done that and more on my Earox 155cc quite a few times. But I don't know the roads down that way, however I see you've have plenty of local advice regarding the routes.

I have never had to have anyone to sign to say they have known me for several years and I've lost count of how many passports that is. A passport that has been reported stolen would immediately be cancelled so you're right, it does seem somewhat incredulous. But there is one possible explanation, that the real 'Peter Smith' never reported it missing in the first place. If he wasn't much of a travelling man he may never have noticed.

Yes you are right regarding the level in the USA, but he isn't in the USA is he, he's in Thailand. The only sensible amount of alcohol to drink when driving is none. It's not a matter of how 'drunk' one is, it's about the negative impact that alcohol has on ones ability to drive safely. And that is much higher than people think.

The one drink to avoid is alcohol! 'Alcoholic drinks make you lose up to four times more water than they provide, leading to dehydration in a hurry'.

Your wife obtain one at any Amphur. All she needs is her Thai ID card.