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One of the blokes is doing a two handed "point". That's got to be a first, surely! ????????
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The real story here is that the Highway BIB's bothered to stop anybody at all.
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About that opening paragraph. Don't ever have a conversation with a Thai (in English or Thai) about three people doing three things at three places, on three occasions. It will do your head in.
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My M-Pass battery conked out 6 months ago. I assumed a battery change would fix it. Missus advises me that battery cannot be changed and she took the device to wherever she originally got it and was issued with a new device.
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This clearly explains the game to all those that don't come from a Commonwealth country.
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Not very clear in the photo, but it appears somebody may be
teasingfeeding them dangling food from a bamboo pole. Probably a de-meeted chicken carcass, same fare as the crocodiles get.-
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Word Salad - pass the mayo.
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China has hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of EV's mothballed in fields all over the country, Produced to receive subsidies and prove how green they are to the WEF.
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SangSom rum is cheap and cheerful. Every bar has it and it's 60-70 baht at the average Bar Beer. Sure, it's a quaffing rum. Taken neat, it's a bit rough IMHO.
If you want a local gut-rot whisky, try Blend 285. Blended from imported whisky barrel dregs and ethanol. 285 refers to the octane.
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The real issue is which gender the eventual universal AI identifies as. If it decides it's feminine, we're screwed.
If it decides it's masculine, it will probably give the world a dose of actual reality where facts don't care about your feelings.
Let's face it....we're screwed.
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9 minutes ago, bogs smith said:I shower at least twice a day and wear the finest cologne. its not enough??
Maybe it's the cologne?
All jokes aside, I have never experienced anything like the OP describes. Quite the opposite, I find Thais very open and welcoming, and always up for a laugh or a joke. Not to say that they drive me mental sometimes.
However, on entering bars, restaurants and song-taows, I am often in the position of having to be very selective of where I sit because of the look/dress/demeanour of some Europeans.
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From the full article. "In an interview with an eyewitness, 38-year-old Ms. Prinya Kamphaengphet, she said she was out for a walk when she noticed the injured victim racing side by side with a vehicle that resembled a baht bus."
The dude was allegedly racing what "resembled" a baht bus. And ironically, she was just out for a walk at 3:30am.
So...was it actually a baht bus, were they racing, and was she really just out for her morning constitutional?
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Just one step closer to soylent-green.
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Just a thought - are any LED's lighting up when you hold the on/off switch in for 6 to 10 seconds?
Maybe it's just the screen that's died.
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What he's really saying is that the juice isn't worth the squeeze. Welcome to Thailand.
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Storm in a teacup....or a bowl of rice soup.
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The size the OP wants is about the width of a Pringles container.
That would make a Thai girl's hand look very small. Just sayin'.
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Sell the fridge with mangos in situ.
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I think a turned up collar on a polo shirt is probably only a minor fashion crime.
A real fashion crime is the dude I see wearing a Rodger the Dodger (red and black) striped t-shirt tucked into green/blue/red tartan shorts, with a white belt, black socks up to the knees, and sporting platform soled roman sandals.
This could be considered a crime against humanity - or at the very least a potential hazard to passing traffic.
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21 hours ago, fulhamster said:
Sounds like you are near Pattaya -- which agency please as my situation is very similar
Cambodia Travel. On Soi Buakhaow opposite Holiday Inn. But shop around - any agent can do it and you might find a better rate. Try not to deal with the 30 something woman there - tends to be rude and lacks knowledge.
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19 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said:
My wife renewed my passport. I never went to Bangkok. No agent to pay.
I did that last time, but never again. After the travel costs, accommodation and food costs, and the inevitable "I meet some friends and go shopping costs", the exercise cost a freaking fortune.
The only advantage for me was that I didn't have to breathe in 98 octane atmosphere for 2 days.
An agent for me next time.
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I suspect the real threat to crypto is the soon to be introduced Central Bank Digital Currency. My take is that the next major financial crisis (which is just around the corner) will trigger every major currency to wipe out paper money and traditional "banking", and introduce CBDC's. This is the WEF's wet dream coming true.
The technology already exists and could be introduced over a long weekend. All it needs is a big enough financial crisis to convince the proletariat that CBDC's are the only lifebelt available. Paper money and your traditional bank account become valueless overnight.
Putting aside the Orwellian ramifications of a government controlled and traceable CBDC (which will be the biggest impact on society since the internet and associated social platforms), the threat to crypto is that governments can restrict/limit/prevent/trace conversion of crypto to the currency du jour, being CBDC's.
Essentially this means that converting crypto to a CBDC is totally at the discretion of the government. Unless of course crypto transactions become a million times more acceptable and transactional. But even then, if a government decrees that you cannot buy or sell crypto with a CBDC, it makes the market very restrictive.
And of course we all trust our governments. Am I right, or am I right?
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The institution known as the BIB are not a governmental organisation. They are a profit oriented business. All businesses reward the highest performers, and/or those that can suck (up to) the boss. I suspect in this case, it may be the latter.
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My missus used to get a multitude of calls from some legitimate companies (insurance, car companies, retail companies etc) and also what were obviously scammer calls from dodgy lenders or some pyramid scheme.
I would listen to her repeatedly say she didn't want the product or service, and often the phone calls lasted 10 minutes or more, with her occasionally almost giving in to whatever their pitch was. I mean, she even listened to the pre-recorded type of calls, FGS!
After one particularly tedious call from an insurance company, I asked her why she didn't just end the call. Her answer - that would be rude and impolite. The next 4 or 5 times she got calls, I grabbed her phone and ended the call, after saying FO to the caller.
I think It may be possible that the Thai class and hierarchical system system that enforces "respect" is the reason so many Thais are sucked in. They find it difficult to say no, or be so rude as to end the call. And then because they actually listen to the pitch, that's when they get brain fade and see the chance to make a fortune, and go all-in!
Missus now automatically ends any call, and she gets very few now. I suspect her number is being deleted from their databases.
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UK Bank Self-Certification Tax Request
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It's all to do with the international bank compliance on money laundering. Banks and governments want to know which countries you are earning and paying tax. Each country can issue you with a TIN.
I wouldn't go haphazardly obtaining a TIN in Thailand, as that means you have to declare potentially having multi tax residency to your bank- and subject to scrutiny by your friendly tax officials.
Second hand information - a Brit told me that if you don't have a UK TIN number, you can apply for one online, or use your National Insurance number instead.