orchidfan

I'm firmly against casinos. My Thai wife is, given the chance, a fanatical gambler . Out of control with no thought of the consequences (fairly common here I've noticed !). But every so often , the casino(s) let the occasional punter win ...or even the whole table, and the craving is renewed. Win back what they've lost at any cost, usually resulting in any rare "winnings" all being given back. Trippy might agree. I draw only from my observations after 20yrs working in Hong Kong and many trips to Macau . ..for a couple of great restaurants , pretty girls of all nationalities , and a small flutter in one of the now dozens of the elaborate casinos . Yes, they may prevent some locals playing but we all know how rules,regulations and laws flip flop here.....or are totally ignored ! NO TO CASINOS !

Slightly off topic, but I started using 'Surfshark' VPN ( VPN (subscribed to one of their deals) some years ago for the above reasons . ISP is TOT (NT~TOT?). originally came with the house phone* line. * rarely used these days. Then they installed fibre line free and new wireless router & modem. Anyway , the VPN on notebook and android phone worked well for years....can get any website! BUT recently, Online banking both here and whilst in Hong Kong does not allow me to use several functions ("secure line cannot be accessed ". .or something like that ) unless I Pause the VPN . then it connects normally . Banking security /privacy is one of the main advertised virtues of using a VPN . ..But it won't work. Same with downloading updates to various apps like Wise systems and Registry cleaners. Won't connect unless the VPN is paused ! Maybe I need to try a different VPN or are banks now wised up to VPNs and so block some functions if using one ?? Any comments welcome (am 75, so keep it simple. started using computers back in the MS DOS days!)

We use the Pathum Thani Immigration office too....for the lasts 15+yrs and, likewise always got the home visit every year. But like you, last December , out of the blue......"no house visit this year"!!!! Great, says my wife, 'don't have to arrange neighbors (many of whom work) and can get back to my own work faster !" Let's see what happens this Dec!

I came back from Hong Kong about a week ago to DMK (close to home, Swamy is a long taxi drive and B600+ fare). My AIS roaming package had run out a few days before departure , so only had computer and WIFI . Completed the form online, but no way to get any email reply or QR code. Nice lady IO looked up from her screen when I said "no email, no QR code ", smiled and said "no problem, I know everything here". So it seems from this and the other replies above, it was totally unnecessary to have either , so long as the form is filled in and submitted online within their time frame.

Thanks. I guess that my point in my posting this is that something has changed. At least for me! After many dozens of transfers, which used to be almost instantaneous, they are now arriving the next day at 2.13pm, no matter when I send it!?! Maybe it's the "personal expenses" reason which is drawing extra scrutiny. It's no big deal. Am not living 'hand to mouth ' in my 2 storey, 4br, 3 bathroom house in a gated Moo Baan located in Pathum Thani. Just curious !

Thanks but my bank is in AUSTRALIA. "Westpac"

Thamks. Very helpful. Normally a day earlier and my pension hasn't aderived in my Oz bank!

I have recently (this week) used WISE to transfer AUD, which I first deposit into my Wise AUD account. In the past, over dozens of transfers. it took seconds to be in my THB, Bangkok Bank account. BUT, this week, without explanation,it is taking until 2..13pm (exactly each time) the next day to arrive!! WEIRD. Have always used "Personal Expenses " as the reason. So something has happened at the thai end, I'm assuming . No changes to accounts, banks or reasons whatsoever So, for me anyway, the 1 minute transfers seem to have stopped !

I was in the same.position as you UNTIL BBL mobile App suddenly would not work on my "old" phone operating system. It now requires android 10 or above. (Yes, can buy a new phone!) ** had been using this mobile number for about 15yrs, so known to many people and agencies (Immigration ,hospitals, airlines etc) So, in the interim , I decided to 'install' BBL Internet banking (iBanking) and use that..... The sim card /billing was all still in my wife's name. So very nice BBL staff pointed.out that due to the new law, the sim card (and same number) must be in my name (as per my bank acc) or no go with the mobile app OR ibanking ! I did ask,pointlessly, why I had not recieved any notification to this effect from the bank? Shrugged shoulders ! Luckily AIS shop is opposite this BBL Branch in Future Park. So over I go. After a long time they came up with a plan to clear any outstanding bill to that date, and pay them B100. BUT, then the new bill would not show my name until the next billing cycle! Finally it was agreed.that they (AIS)would issue the B100 receipt in my name and showing the original mobile sim card number. Back over to BBL (no new queue number or waiting) who were satisfied and corrected their records and set up the ibanking! All in all about 4hrs+ to complete. Be warned!!!

I'm the last clip, just before vertical impact the RH engine appears to be turning? Definitely not feathered ? Low altitude, no time to do anything really. Horizontal stabilizer "appears" to be in full, nose up position? Desperate final actions? A good accident investigation team will piece it together quickly, given the wreckage and photos/videos.

Wonder what height abve the water he was? Am guessinga few hundred feet? (100m?)

That's the case when everything (except the engine maybe) is functioning normally! DCH Twin Otters ars very robust and quite difficult to stall, but not impossible, especially if there are control problems and/or malfunction. The vertical dive into the water certainly appears ti be from an out of control spiral dive / stall. And WHY so many people on a "test" flight in an aircraft with reported "technical problems"?? #commercial pilot and,one time, aircraft owner.

I think that the Swede saying Ya Ya Ya over and over was mistaken for being "uncooperative " 😅

Thanks for that (google or Wikipedia I guess). Still a misnomer. Perhaps there should be a "Seismic and Natural Earthly Disasters" Department, dedicated and separated from the Met Dept. "Jack of all trades, master of none ?

What has the Meteorological Dept got to do with earthquakes? As if a meteorologist as any knowledge or training about earthquakes ! (Except feeling their effects like the rest of us) ....or perhaps access to early warning systems based on weather events. No wonder my Thai neighbors were all out in the street staring up into the sky!!?!