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- Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:43 am
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: UK State Retirement Pension changes
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1210
I think there has been some wishful thinking rather than actual facts used in some early reports (some of the media never knowingly let the facts interfere with a good story) this extract from a BBC Business News article yesterday gives a reasonable representation of what I have heard and read (no g...
- Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:58 pm
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: GBP vs THB
- Replies: 1772
- Views: 158005
- Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:26 pm
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: GBP vs THB
- Replies: 1772
- Views: 158005
Trying to put it simply - going back in time before the meltdown, the initial transaction was: UK banks (the buyer) used real money to purchase (as an investment) US “paper”. US banks (the seller) received real money for their “paper”. Net result: The US banks (the seller) now has real money from it...
- Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:25 am
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: GBP vs THB
- Replies: 1772
- Views: 158005
- Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:20 am
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: Bank Charges??
- Replies: 10
- Views: 868
- Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:47 am
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: Keeping currency conversion charges down
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1049
Re: Keeping currency conversion charges down
......... and generally with the further advantage of a more favourable exchange rate.BaaBaa. wrote:uncle tom wrote: As Sarge says, Nationwide do not charge a penny for withdrawals either.
- Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:11 am
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: Sterling Exchange Rate
- Replies: 6
- Views: 908
Re: Sterling Exchange Rate
http://www.huahinafterdark.com/forum/userpix/2105_untitled_1.jpg . The graph in the OP is rather misleading as the early part of it is using the offshore rates. Below is one of my graphs based on the daily closing "onshore" rates in Thailand from 1st Jan this year to close of business on ...
- Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:20 am
- Forum: Digital Realm
- Topic: calls from uk to thailand
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1143
These sites at Niftylist give the rates for a number of operators for either: 1. Directly dialled numbers using an access number, billing is added to your phone bill. 2. Dialling with a prepaid account. 3. Calling through your computer. Costs are from 0.5p per minute but can be plus access charges f...
- Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:29 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Statistics underline new tourism trends
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1215
These figures are largely propaganda and BS, the TAT make them up as they go along and include visa runners and other erroneous stats, speak to anyone with a tourism based business and any hotelier and they'll tell you the truth about this season. :agree: Having spent a fair bit of time in Udon Tha...
- Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:15 pm
- Forum: Health Issues
- Topic: Cleaning Clothing with Compressed Air--- -A Real Hazard
- Replies: 1
- Views: 749
- Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:33 pm
- Forum: On The Road
- Topic: Eva Air
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1666
As Thai has been getting away with decreasing levels of service while continuing to use ever older aircraft EVA may have decided to compete on a head to head basis. However, it makes no long-term commercial sense, you can only stretch loyalty so far before it breaks, and once it is lost it takes a b...
- Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:41 pm
- Forum: Entertainment Zone
- Topic: Pavarotti dies at 71
- Replies: 2
- Views: 607
Pavarotti dies at 71
A real giant and star of the entertainment world and (IMHO) the best of "The Three Tenors". From BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6981032.stm Opera legend Pavarotti dies at 71 World renowned tenor Luciano Pavarotti has died at his home in the northern Italian city of Mode...
- Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:16 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Thai Hotels feeling the squeeze
- Replies: 1
- Views: 601
Thai Hotels feeling the squeeze
From The Nation: Hotels feeling the squeeze Occupancy rates fall as operators blame politics and currency Published on September 6, 2007 Hotel operators around the country are reporting declining average occupancy rates and blaming the country's political problems and currency fluctuations. Thai Hot...
- Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:31 am
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: Bank Card Skimmed - probably in Hua Hin
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1369
Came across this link to Phuket Gazette which has pictures of an ATM scanner that has just been found there.
http://phuketgazette.com/news/index.asp?id=5914
http://phuketgazette.com/news/index.asp?id=5914
- Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:48 am
- Forum: Health Issues
- Topic: Dengue Fever
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3314
Editorial from The Nation: Battling against deadly diseases The government must prioritise resources to deal with preventable, seasonal viruses that kill thousands Published on August 28, 2007 Public health authorities must strike a delicate balance between prevention of an epochal flu pandemic that...