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  1. I have used Residence Certificate for driving licence application, buying and /or selling motorbikes, opening bank accounts, and recently as part of a KYC request for proof of address.
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    Covid 4th shot?

    I think you can only get a Moderna booster by going private nowadays. I have seen Both Bumrungrad and Dr. Donna advertising Moderna booster shots. i wouldn't mind another Pfizer booster myself as I am going back to the UK in a few weeks and the infection numbers are increasing there. I might try a get a bivalent shot while there. .
  3. There might be a few Russian oligarchs willing to take them up on their offer. So they can moor their yachts on the Chaophraya.
  4. I noticed that one of my girlfriend's roses has these weird white things on them. Can't tell if they are some sort of white lice, a form of fungus, or other infestation. See photo below. Do any of the gardeners among you know what they are? Also what do we need to do to get rid of them before they infect the other plants. I tried spraying them with alcohol hand sanitiser, but they did not move. Which I thought they might have done if insects.
  5. The one thing that I have noticed our youngster picking up from Youtube, is that US propensity to use the word like in almost every sentence. I am trying to drum it out of her, explaining that when she makes a statement, it is, or it isn't. It's not like. This video of Miriam Margolyes explaining to Will.i.am shows what I mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLOi5p59O_A
  6. I know nothing about tailoring, so this is just a suggestion. What about trying one of the fashion schools? You might be able to find someone there that could do such work.
  7. There was an article here a few weeks ago saying that bivalent vaccines would not be available in Thailand until next year.
  8. I often wonder how all those people that live to be over 100 feel. They may still have family, but looking back, must have lost all their friends through life.
  9. I tell you. All these transfers and moves to inactive posts that are coming up. It's starting to look like musical chairs.
  10. Yes. First the supermarkets. Now the mobile communications. Wasn't there also talk of AIS taking over 3BB? Lack of competition is never good for the consumer.
  11. I sympathise with you. I had a neighbour in the apartment above me back in the UK that used to do come back late at night with his friends and play loud music all night. In the end I got the local council's Noise Abatement Officer to deal with it. Maybe the local authorities for your area have something similar. I know near where I now live, people complain to the police if the nearby bars are playing too loud, too late. Then they usually get a visit and told to turn down or turn off.
  12. Money which they save by closing branches and cutting staff. Let's put it another way. And I am talking about them charging you to make an in-bank deposit into your account. You are paying them for you to lend them money. Do you think it really just sits there in an account? Of course not. The banks take it and lend it out for interest, or invest it. If it's a savings account, they might even give you a paltry share of what they earn as an interest payment. Try getting your money back if there is a run on your bank. If it goes under, you may only get a certain amount back of what you deposited. Depending on the limit at the time. I also predict that the banks will also soon start charging everyone for doing online transfers. They used to charge, but dropped it for the Covid lockdown. That's also a service they provide. They won't miss an opportunity to make more profit.
  13. Government have already stated that the new bivalent vaccines won't be available here until next year.
  14. It does seem lax. But there is a limit on how many notes one can deposit at any one time, and the process is very slow. Unless there were many people all paying into the same account at different ATM's, many times a day, I don't see how they could launder large amounts. But launder they could I suppose. But if one doesn't need a card to deposit. How does the bank know which account to put the money in?
  15. So now the banks will charge you to give them money? Amazing!
  16. Definitely not Swiftlets. i thought these were Eagles at first. They were that big, but then noticed curves in the back of the wings and the small hand like appendages on the front. I often see small bats in the evening after dark, but this was 6pm and still daylight, and these were much, much bigger. i wonder if they might have got blown here from the mainland in the recent storms.
  17. Was watching what I thought were Eagles flying about this evening around 6pm, over the big white development on the hill near SeaTran Pier. On closer look, they were large bats. Flying Foxes I think. I know they are around Thailand, but it's the first time I have ever seen them here.
  18. Porsche red plate no. 9999 is quite infamous now. If it was mine, I wouldn't feel safe parking that anywhere. Or indeed be seen to be getting out of it. Probably quite a few Thais thinking to themselves that they wouldn't mind having a pop at these two.
  19. This could still get a lot worse for them.. The poor Thai guy is in an extremely serious condition. Hopefully not, but this could still yet turn into a murder charge.
  20. Couldn't you try and find another dictionary that doesn't try to serve you ads?
  21. You still might be lucky to get them changed here, but better get a move on. Be aware that exchanges won't accept bank notes with any marks on them. I had a few £50's refused last year because they had ink writing or stamps on them. I tried everything to remove them without success. Also last month had several 100 Euro notes refused because they have marks on them. These had been locked away at home and believe it or not, had got brown mould stains on them. SuperRich told me their clients wouldn't accept them. Couldn't remove those marks either, so will change them when I return to Europe.

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