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So my condominium fined me 6000 baht for a non-existent rule. I spoke with the management about it and they said they spoke to a lawyer already and the lawyer told them I've neither broken any rule, nor is there anything in the rules that allows them to impose fines, but they haven't withdrawn the fine stating that there is a proposed rule change at the 2023 AGM that they will use to retrospectively fine me. I'm in the process of selling the condominium and they have said they will refuse to issue a note stating everything is paid. What can I do about this? Is there an ombudsman of sorts that can be used to sort this out or do I need a lawyer?

You've been in Thailand too long! In the west your laundry doesn't get done by itself, you actually have to do it. In Thailand the missus automatically does it so I always fly in with a bag full of dirty clothes. I will even ship her dirty clothes if I'm in the west for an extended period.

Well I get charged 5 baht/kwh at my condo. I have a 25.4kwh battery, a full charge consumes about 33.9kwh = 169 baht, that goes about 75km cruising on a highway. With the ICE I get 5.5L/100km on the highway = 4.125L/75km = 142 baht. Now I'm sure a real EV that didn't have to lug around an ICE with it can achieve a little better economy, and people living in houses can get cheaper electricity, but the real-world savings are still a little overstated. But, in BKK there are heaps of free EV charging stations...

Anyone here ordered the Model Y? When is delivery expected?

Those prices are insanely cheap for Thailand. I suspect Tesla is trying to flood the market with EVs in order to attract more investment in charging stations. Might be a great time to buy, especially with the plan to cut the tax incentive in 2023.

There is no restriction for half-Thais in buying land. BUT, an alien cannot buy land without permission (section 94 of the Land Code iirc). The fact that it's in your child's name doesn't change this, this will still be considered as an alien buying land. If you want your child to have the land, you will need to gift the money to the child (and pay tax as required), then the child can purchase the property using their own funds.

There's nothing wrong with any of these things. Just people with different opinions to you. Too woke is when people try to ban books because they offend, or when they tear down statues because they remind them of past injustices, or when they fire you for failing to use the correct pronouns. People with different opinions are where all progress comes from - sometimes they are going to be <deleted>, there's nothing wrong with that - the good comes with the bad. It's when they shove those opinions down your throat that it becomes a problem.

Whatever you set in Windows is what it will use.

If that's true, then they should just ban the Republican party and have a one-party system. For best measure, they should add Democratic to the country name...

Well cache-control should be set to private for logins which means they're not *supposed* to cache it. I would be more likely to blame CGNAT. Basically, most consumer internet users are behind a CGNAT. This is basically like when you access the internet behind a router, except it's your ISPs router. This saves them from issuing public IP addresses. So, you have hundreds or even thousands of users accessing the internet on a single IP, or millions of users on a small IP range. Out of those people, a few hundred might use Vanguard. Out of those, 10-20 might've typed their password wrong in the last few days. So, we have 10-20 failed login attempts from apparently the same network, trying to access different Vanguard accounts along with a few hundred successful logins of different accounts. This looks dodgy as hell so it can be assumed that the successful logins were hackers. So, since it's clear those passwords are compromised, they should lock those accounts pending a password change.

Does Apple trade in accept foreign phones? If so, try that.

I use UOB as well. Staff are very nice and friendly (at least at the Siam Paragon branch) but a bit limited in what they can do (often they just call their call center from the branch to resolve issues). Their app used to be very unreliable, but I can't recall having any issues in at least a year so maybe the issues are fixed. Branches and ATMs are bit limited, but they don't charge me for any other-bank ATM withdrawals so it's not a major issue.

I get this regularly in my legs and shoulders from muscle release (though at a hospital). From my understanding, the spasmed muscle is irritating or compressing a nerve which is making a particular area numb. Then, when you release the spasmed muscle, you can feel that area again and it happens to hurt.

PE visa holders could apply to get ministerial approval to enter the country. It was tedious and took about 6 weeks but we could get in.

Unfortunately a security guard watching CCTV footage isn't going to cut it. Many neurological disorders can limit mobility without being overtly evident upon initial observation. Whether the driver is genuinely disabled or not, he's going to end up getting a medical certificate showing that he is. The airport will have no choice but to apologise with lots of wai'ing. Half the netizens will say he just bribed a doctor for the medical certificate, and the other half will be saying you take this as a lesson not to judge others.

Section 42.2 simply describes a type of license (foreign license from a country that's part of a mutual driving rights convention with Thailand). It doesn't permit you to actually use it, it's there for the purposes of section 42. Section 42 allows you to use you such a license, as a temporary resident, but you must possess it while driving accompanied by necessary documents dictated by the respective convention. So whether you need an IDP would depend upon the Convention that Thailand and your home country are party to. It's a safe bet that if your home country issues IDPs, that they are required by the convention.

It's an old 1 series, worth around 600k.

Given the price, it's most likely involves newer (expensive) drugs that aren't available through SS.

Not sure what you are expecting to see after the video, it ended because my camera saves in 3 minute blocks. FYI, just to settle this debate. The police saw the video of the incident, they did not care about earlier events because it wasn't related to the incident, there is no legal justification for road rage no matter what your opinions are on my driving. It was 1.6 seconds between when the motorbike entered my lane and impact, that was not sufficient time to stop and it was deemed an unsafe lane change. It was 50:50 because it was still a rear-end collision, I was very lucky to have the video footage as rear-end collisions are almost always ruled 100% the fault of the trailing vehicle. By 50/50 I meant each pays for their own damages so I didn't have to pay any settlement for the motorbike.

I didn't make the bridge comment, the police did. I didn't hit him deliberately either, motorbikes cut in all the time, I just expect them to go, I don't expect they'll suddenly brake to a stop for no reason less than a second after cutting in front. I have 1st class but I have a perfect record on this car since new so I have a substantial discount that I hadn't wanted to lose.

I showed them a bit and they told him bikes aren't allowed on the bridge but they said what happened before is irrelevant.

So I hit a brake checker today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NECucC1XefI&t=160s The video starts just before impact but you can see the incident which angered him at 2:15 (using my horn to warn him to alert him I was there as his body language indicated he would cut into my path), so he decided the clever thing to do would be to chase after me and cut less than a meter in front of a 2 tonne SUV and brake. Police at Hua Mak station said if I don't agree to do 50:50, they would hold me at fault and fine me. Thoughts? Fair judgement or a case of blame the farang?

In the end he only got a 400 baht fine for dangerous driving because he accepted civil liability for the damages so they waived the 20k fine (doubt he could've afforded it anyway). The dangerous driving fine was because he swung across two lanes suddenly which is why his load fell on my car (thankfully had a dash cam of the whole thing).

Nah it was like that before I even entered the hotel. Definitely a validation issue. They've obviously set as a requirement the day must be 3 or 4, instead of the month. I've tried submitting with the 4th, hopefully the girls at the consulate can approve my application with the wrong date on it.