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@Mickeymaus I am curious about the data shown on the TV screen - is that generated by a specific app or ? Thanks

Windscribe limited download total free VPN is different to their unlimited VPN offering.......? Tunnel Bear and others who have a lower tier free offering? Not from my reading. Yes I appreciate if you want to regularly stream content then a free "limited" offering isn't going to be enough.

Businesses were already there catering almost exclusively to Chinese coach loads of tourists pre covid. I live just around the corner. Used to be a problem getting out of the moo baan some evenings due to the numbers of coaches coming and going. The pic of the outside in the linked article shows what was the moo kata bit now boarded up and presumably the outside of the casino. I had wondered why security had returned to the entrance to the complex in the last month or so.

In case you did not read all the previous posts this is true for all UK based banks including Starling and has been for a while. Whether the OP is resident or not (up to him and HMRC ) he has successfully opened an account with Starling so it can be done if you have the requisite UK "connections".

I paid 34.96 per litre this morning which is what it has been in Pattaya for months at the garage I use - and which I thought was also the govt. frozen rate?

Can you not do it online? https://www.gov.uk/renew-driving-licence I renewed mine a few years ago using the online process........

Yes and what has happened - I remember the news but no follow up - hence the dream state

Order a PAYG UK sim from Giff Gaff or Asda or whoever. I think Giff Gaff deliver to Thailand or just get your son to post. Put £5/10 on it should last forever as SMS are free to receive. Just normally need to make na chargeable event every 6 months. Use that no. to open a new UK account. Most phones these days have slots for 2 sims or use a cheap phone purely for that. Otherwise you may struggle with a Thai no. for a new UK account.

There is what HMRC call the residency test - here is part of it https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/residence-domicile-and-remittance-basis/rdrm11040 However if you have not told them you have left and that you want to be considered as non resident, are still paying taxes that you would not have to pay as a non-resident, have a UK address and are paying council tax as you say then you should be able to get hold of a UK bank account - not sure if they ask for utility bill in your name however? First Direct (as mentioned by Kwasaki) always get's good reviews as an online bank. I use Lloyds and have had no issues with using onlne banking but I always go via a vpn to the UK.

If you knew nothing about the geography of the Philippines and you read that most would not look any further at all Do you mean in the area of the EDSA Entertainment Complex as EDSA itself is a long road? I was there mid late 90s and out to the small hours in many parts of Manila including there and don't remember feeling threatened. I didn't consider getting in cars with strangers however..........

Thanks for posting that link but it is unfortunate that the article makes that error which also makes me question some of the other items. If you have made a will why do you need - If they have already passed away how likely is it you will be able to find a copy of either the passport or ID card? Contradiction here. In the main body of the article - Then the information you must provide they say - No problem I guess if the executor is also the beneficiary and there are no others..... Thanks for taking the time to post what you found out especially regarding the court Is the court the one on Sukhumvit by the main junction after the Floating Market (other side of road)?

When did you dream that? ???? Even if someone suggested it, the likelihood of it happening would be miniscule.

Yes I have downloaded and sideloaded a few apks from there. The only thing is you may need to also download their "helper" to load it. I use another app called Sai for their Xapks

But what was the quoted expected time for that service? I'm genuinely curious as I have not sent anything express for a while?

You have a balance of less than 2k baht and no activity for a while? No - then doesn't apply to you.

12 days seems very reasonable to me - unless you paid for express service with an "expected" shorter lead time?

I had vaguely wondered what had happened to Dan........I thought he had moved to HH....... Not sure about the new barnet............

No. Other than being able to leave the box connected to the TV and use the laptop elsewhere no.

Did they mean 6 story's or 6 rooms?

Was this based on Chuwit's dossier.........

Generally I sideload. Options could include downloading from the actual company (Eg. Line) or searching F-Droid, XDA, APKPure/Mirror, UptoDown or others. Either directly to my phone or to laptop and copy over by cable. I don't use APK's or F-Droids installers as I am happy to check for updates manually where necessary. I sideload my Android Box as well. Google Play store does not exist on my phone (custom ROM) and is disabled on my Android Box.

Actually that is not 100% correct. I have no Google products on either my Android phone or my laptops and don't miss them. Yes of course they still get info via third parties but if one wants to make the effort you can reduce the data they take quite considerably. As others have said MFA in whatever form isn't going away. Even using a vpn nearly every time I log into my UK financial providers they have to send me an OTP.

Why would anyone go there for tourism - if that is what he was?

So what about the rest of them? From an earlier report - https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/10/27/chinese-links-to-nightlife-underworld-probed/

He may well have done hence my question. However did he mention Wahl...........(of whom I am aware)?