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According to XE.com the low point was on October 12 2019 when the mid-market rate between GBP and THB was 37.05. The rate that you would have got buying THB would likely have been a bit lower, as is always the case, so 35 is quite likely. The chart that I have only goes back to 2013 so it is entirely possible that the rate was lower at some time before that. Apparently, the rate was around 25, sometime in the distant past.

I can relate to that!

Anyone else see a remarkable resemblance to a certain Swedish climate activist? Maybe they had those back in the 16th century too!

Better sort out the infrastructure first.

Also no way to clear notifications since the upgrade. This is actually more important than the issue with the shortcut arrow.

'Clear Notifications' has also disappeared.

We seem to have lost the 'go to top of page' shortcut arrow. Can we have it back please!

OK folks, here's an update. My problem is solved and the following info may be useful to anyone who has a similar issue. It's all a bit convoluted and I still don't understand some of it but here goes. Android 13, on the Samsung Galaxy A23, by default, randomizes the phone's MAC address - supposed to improve security. This would be no problem unless your router is set to filter MAC addresses, as mine is. Unless you disable this feature, every time that the phone reboots it presents a new MAC address to the router. In my case, trying to PING the phone from my laptop, the phone could not be found as it was, effectively, not connected to the LAN. What continues to puzzle me is that it could still get an internet connection. This is weird! Anyway, I disabled the random MAC feature, rejigged the router to use the phone's static MAC address and now everything seems to be OK. Not only does PING work but I can now connect to the phone using SSH (needed to regenerate the Hosts file). I like it this way as once the connection is made the phone just looks like another drive and I can transfer files with no problems. A lot faster than Bluetooth or by email attachment. So, maybe this will help someone. If not, it has at least taught me something.

Thanks. I'll take a look.

Well, Jomtien are certainly on the ball. My reminder was waiting in my In-Box when I booted up, this morning. Fired up the on-line reporting website and submitted. Immediate 'Success' - meaning that the data had been received. Approved in less than one hour. That's pretty good going.

I disabled my firewall but, as you say, there may be others on the route. However, the strange thing is that I never had this problem with my A12 phone and the only thing that has changed is that I now have an A23 phone. It does have a different IP address but appropriate entries have been made in the laptop firewall and router to accommodate this - but this may be irrelevant as the problem persists with the firewall disabled. I think that the problem must be somewhere in the A23 Settings. This is rather annoying but not critical. I use SSH to transfer files from my phone to my laptop - or, at least, I did but this no longer works! I can transfer using Bluetooth or as email attachments with no issues but this is far less convenient than SSH. OK for the odd file but would be a right PITA for multiple files.

IPV6 is disabled at my router. Not sure how to disable it on the phone - haven't found the option yet, probably buried several layers down in Settings.

Interesting! Yes, with the phone set as a mobile hot spot, wifi off and data service running I can PING the phone. Does this give a clue as to why i can'r ping via wifi?

Still doesn't work.

I can PING the router just fine. No idea if Android can ignore ICMP etc.

Mobile data is off. Wifi still works as I can connect to the internet with no problems.

Bit of a mystery. I have a new Samsung A23 Android phone. I cannot get it to communicate with my LAN - can't even PING it from my Linux laptop. This used to work perfectly with my previous A12 phone. Laptop and phone are on the same network and battery saving on the phone is not enabled (I know that this can cause problems). I thought that it might be a firewall issue but disabling the firewall on the laptop makes no difference. PINGing the phone from the laptop just results in 100% packet loss so it seems that the phone is not being detected. There is some discussion about this on the internet but nothing useful. The phone works normally in all other respects - can access the internet with no problems. Any ideas?

One Time PIN - works only once and is time limited.

There may be a better way. GiffGaff will happily send you a SIM with a UK phone number. Your bank can then use this number to send you OTPs, which you can access in Thailand, using your mobile phone. It helps if you have a dual SIM phone. GiffGaff is quick and easy to set up. Put 10GBP credit on the SIM and send an SMS or make a call every so often to keep the number active. <https://www.giffgaff.com/>

Stick 'em with the pointy end!

I'm not sure that removal of the 15-year limit will actually help when it comes to voting from overseas. I can only state what happened when I tried to vote in the BREXIT referendum so YMMV, as they say. The postal voting papers were sent out by snail mail and arrived in my mail box exactly one day before the voting deadline. Not even enough time to return by EMS - absolutely useless!

Thanks for all the responses. Looks as though I have a few things to try.

A bit of a puzzle. Using NORDVPN to access the BBC iPlayer works perfectly on my Linux notebook PC, running the Brave browser. Trying the same thing on my Android phone I just get the 'iPlayer only works in the UK' message. Why would this be? Same browser, same VPN server. Different hardware, of course but all else is basically the same. Any thoughts?

Oh dear, I hadn't realised that they have closed. Another COVID victim I suppose.

I went to AUA for a whole year but, sadly, didn't make a lot of progress. I just can't differentiate the tones. I would say that learning to read/write the Thai script is absolutely essential to getting a grasp on the language. Anyway, I can do the basics but as for holding a conversation, no chance! AUA Pattaya are now located here <https://vymaps.com/TH/Aua-Language-Center-Pattaya-487642217994144/>