"It is my firm belief that it is a mistake to hold firm beliefs."
Sorry, I don't remember where I heard this.
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- July 5, 2007, 2:29 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Thought/s for the Day
- Replies: 531
- Views: 69825
- July 5, 2007, 2:02 pm
- Forum: Money, Finance & Investing
- Topic: Baht What up with Dat?????
- Replies: 4613
- Views: 495169
My thoughts on this today. The dollar is weaker against nearly all currencies and it doesn't look like that is going to change while Bush is in power. He has steadfastly failed to defend the dollar against other currencies. The US public hasn't really felt the effects of the decline in the dollar ex...
- July 3, 2007, 6:51 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Thought/s for the Day
- Replies: 531
- Views: 69825
- June 28, 2007, 10:18 pm
- Forum: Thailand Visas & Migration to other countries
- Topic: Guenter has visa problems .....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3069
Here's what the immigration department says is needed:
http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/en ... ge=service#
Click on visa extension and then the third choice on the page that comes up.
As usual things are about as clear as mud. I'd try a different immigration office.
http://www.immigration.go.th/nov2004/en ... ge=service#
Click on visa extension and then the third choice on the page that comes up.
As usual things are about as clear as mud. I'd try a different immigration office.
- June 28, 2007, 10:00 pm
- Forum: General Udon Thani Forum
- Topic: Driving licence test
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2329
I took the computerized test in Udon a couple of weeks ago. Got 25 of 30 for a pass (minimum of 23 to pass). I highly recommend using the review function on the computer to check your answers, as a couple were different than I had thought I answered them. In Thailand, at an unmarked intersection the...
- June 22, 2007, 7:23 am
- Forum: Computers, IT & Electronics
- Topic: System Restore
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4787
System restore will not "catch up". Basically, it restored your computer to a state that existed at the time and date you used, although it did not alter some files created since that time. For example any documents you created, or backup files you did after that time. Since you have system restore ...
- June 21, 2007, 11:13 am
- Forum: Money, Finance & Investing
- Topic: Residency requirement for US Social Security benefits
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1944
An interesting a side is that many illegal aliens in the US use fake and/or someone else's social security account number, and consequently, they are paying into the system and will never derive any benefit from it. If they are using someone else's number that person may get a larger benefit when th...
- June 21, 2007, 7:56 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Consolidated Joke Thread
- Replies: 5676
- Views: 483798
TEXAS CHILI COOK OFF Note: Please take time to read this slowly. If you pay attention to the first two judges, the reaction of the third judge is even better. For those of you who have lived in Texas, you know how true this is. They actually have a Chili Cook-off about the time Halloween comes aroun...
- June 20, 2007, 9:27 pm
- Forum: Money, Finance & Investing
- Topic: Residency requirement for US Social Security benefits
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1944
Too bad that the rule of law offends you SanBorn. Perhaps you'd like to work to change the law so that it is more to your liking. In our particular situation no non-US citizen will get any benefits, but as Pop's noted many non-US citizens (some of them even illegal) pay taxes and help support the sy...
- June 19, 2007, 11:05 am
- Forum: Money, Finance & Investing
- Topic: Residency requirement for US Social Security benefits
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1944
Residency requirement for US Social Security benefits
Someone recently told me my wife would need to have resided in the US for at least 5 years to get survivor benefits when she is 60, and I have passed on (we have no children). This is true if she is not a US Citizen, but since she is there is no residency requirement. Under current naturalization re...
- June 19, 2007, 8:32 am
- Forum: Thailand News
- Topic: 50,000 websites blocked by Thai censors
- Replies: 9
- Views: 852
Any Thai surfer worth her/his salt knows that the blocking of websites is an exercise in futility. There are numerous free downloads that hide your true IP address and provide an IP address from somewhere else in the world that doesn't block websites, and off you go. Admittedly some surfers will not...
- June 17, 2007, 8:39 am
- Forum: Udon Thani Restaurants
- Topic: Non Smoking Restaurants
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4684
Thanks all for the info on non-smoking venues. The only smoke-free restaurants I know of: Meh-Yah, 042-223-889 TJ's, 042-247-293 All the eating establishments at Charoensri Complex. Briefly - any restaurant in any of the malls - Robinson's, Big C and Tesco are non-smoking. TJ's Resaurant is non-smok...
- June 16, 2007, 3:27 pm
- Forum: Udon Thani Restaurants
- Topic: Non Smoking Restaurants
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4684
It certainly would be a good public service if UdonMap included the smoking/non-smoking info for all the restaurants that advertise with them, and if persons posting here would include the info if they know it. My wife and I sometimes change tables to escape smokers. Last night we ate at a relative'...
- June 16, 2007, 7:43 am
- Forum: Money, Finance & Investing
- Topic: Baht What up with Dat?????
- Replies: 4613
- Views: 495169
Baht and Sold Andrew T. Foster, Director of Research, Portfolio Manager Matthews International Capital Management, LLC Toward the end of February 1997, a small article was carried in financial newspapers across the Asian region. The headline announced that a Thai company called Somprasong Land1 was ...
- June 14, 2007, 10:00 am
- Forum: Thailand News
- Topic: Quits on principles
- Replies: 1
- Views: 318
- June 14, 2007, 9:51 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Is it Better to lied than to hurt someone you love or not?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5635
Yes, Val, very well said. =D> If we are dong things that need to be lied about, what does it say about ourselves? Our actions may be different than another person would want, but if we are comfortable with the rightness of our actions, then the other will just have to deal with it if they become awa...
- June 14, 2007, 9:26 am
- Forum: House & Land
- Topic: Looking for Builder/Remodeler
- Replies: 1
- Views: 979
Looking for Builder/Remodeler
I'm in the process of buying a house in Udon city and I want to do some remodeling when the deal is completed. If you have worked with a builder/remodeler that you were satisfied with the outcome, I would appreciate a name and phone number so I could interview him and see if we can work together. #-o
- June 13, 2007, 8:41 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Consolidated Joke Thread
- Replies: 5676
- Views: 483798
Those of you who ever served in Japan or had liberty there will love this... Subject: Technology secret revealed The Japanese have finally revealed a mystery for you. How does the small arrow on your computer monitor work when we move the mouse? Haven't you ever wondered how it works? Now, through t...
- June 13, 2007, 8:32 am
- Forum: Thailand News
- Topic: Poll:Rising gloom over jobs and finances
- Replies: 10
- Views: 809
I think the internet users are most likely to be from the emerging middle class in Thailand and they will have a different mind set about money than the villagers who are more likely to come from a poverty mind set. The middle class tends to value money, things, systems, jobs, banks, the future, etc...
- June 12, 2007, 5:17 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Consolidated Joke Thread
- Replies: 5676
- Views: 483798
A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa , taking her faithful aged poodle named Cuddles, along for the company. One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that he's lost .. Wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his directi...