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Brick Top

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  1. I have a new TCL 18,000 btu in the bedroom, if i put it on Auto setting at 27 the temperature comes down to 28. If i put it in Cool setting at 27 the temperature comes down to 25. Not sure which setting i am supposed to use , Auto or Cool to achieve a temperature of 27.
  2. Has anyone else received an email from Santander International, they are now requiring a minimum balance of £75,000 or they will begin to charge £40 a month fee. The problem is i have had this offshore account for 20 years , i use to keep substantial sums in the account but i withdrew most of it because of there ridiculously low interest rates. They are offering a rate of 0.125% on a £75,0000 balance , I can get 4% elsewhere , surely no one is going to invest £75,000 at that low rate of interest rate and no one is going to pay the required £40 a month
  3. She would lose 25,000 if she just walked out if the bar as she would be doing herself out of her half of the 50,000 scam money .
  4. It causes a big problem for people who live abroad . I know one of my customers hasn't been to Thailand for 6 years and has to send funds via the online banking to pay her electricity and water and maintenance payments for her Condominium. She did have the app , but has changed her phone and you cant reinstall the app outside of Thailand Also if you have the app already and go back to your country for a few months and change or lose your phone , you have to go to the Thai bank in person to have the app installed back on your replacement phone. So If your in your own country and want transfer funds from your Thai bank , you wont be able to.
  5. Horse Whip the idiot , this not our country and we must respect it and the culture
  6. Almost as bad as the English guy who tried to exchange these £50 notes in Phuket at the bank
  7. Definitely Bob , i recognise those trousers
  8. The official name for that letter is called " A Bank Guarantee Letter"
  9. I left the UK in 2001 , what made me leave was , every year i would drive up to Bradford from down south to see my accountant . I would stay in the same hotel as ut wss convenient. I drove up there in the year 2000 , and went to the hotel ,this time to my shock a muslim man answered the door and informed me , " Asylum seekers only " and then rudely closed the the door in my face. That together with the fact that at the time they were coming in via the channel tunnel at that time. I realised the UK was doomed and it was best to leave while i had the chance , i was 43 at the time and the UK has done nothing but get worse since then .
  10. It took me 3 years to sort mine out , In the end I paid 17 years back at a cost of over £13,500 . I started phoning them up in 2021 , but it would take over 40 mins for them to answer the phone only to tell me to phone a different number. Eventually they told me to write in , it would take them between 4 and 6 months to reply to my 3 letters. They could never explain why the online system showed i had 15 years of full national insurance contributions and 6 further years were in being looked into which would have given me 19 years. After buggering me around for 3 years in numerous letters and phone calls and 2 complaints I had lodged that never got dealt with. I eventually paid myself right back to 2006 which was 18 years that cost me £13,642 . Then , they informed me that I still only had 32 full years and therefore would never get the full pension as you needed 35 for that. I strated collecting my pension in March 2024 at the rate of £202 a week. Makes me mad as if you spent your life on benefits like most in the UK , you would be entitled to the full pension.
  11. Were is the video clip , asking for a friend
  12. Last week , myself and a few owners made a police report about a foreign owner renting out his home which is in a complex . We got fed up with the constant stream of noisy airbnb guests useing our common area and pool and treating everything disrespectfuly . The police to our surprise took the matter very seriously after we showed them evidence of short term renting and inappropriate behaviour of these short stay renters. They have now issued an arrest warrant for the owner of the property informing us what he has been doing is total illegal.
  13. That's exactly what I was just gong to write
  14. Apparently he had a "Big Joke" silicone mask
  15. Definitely Bob's fault , i was there and saw the whole thing , Bob's not telling the whole truth. I can confirm he was doing around 10km per hour , but what he hasnt mentioned is , he had a small Leo beer in his left hand , his phone rang , probably his mate Pete and he answered it with his right hand. Exactly at the same time the Thai guy indicated to pull in and Bob with no hands on the handlebars stood on the rear brake and the Harley went down on its side.
  16. Its only happened once ,both of us sat there for 43 minutes , in the end we tossed a coin and i lost and I had to leave before the pilot
  17. If i see that ice cream vendor about , i am going to try and buy a few of those Magnum's with some monopoly money
  18. I think its because they are a lot of idiots around , i just sit there until the last one has got off , then calmly get my carry on bag and stroll off the plane
  19. I have never in 24 years been grabed by my balls , could you please please give me the location and name of the Soi Bob , asking for a friend
  20. Maybe he was in a different province than were is bank account was opened , same as the 15 baht fee if you use an ATM outside the province , for example my bank account was opened 23 years ago in Phuket, if a.make a withdrawal in say Krabi i am charged a 15 baht fee
  21. Good for you Bob , its money well spent in my opinion and much cheaper on the Pay As Go system in long run. These fools who lavish them with houses , cars and Gold , have they ever sat down and worked out how manys shags they can enjoy instead .
  22. Can anyone recommend a hospital preferably in Phuket for cataract surgery. I need a replacement lens in one eye , and i am trying to learn about the different lenses and costs. After a bit of research , i understand there are 3 different lense options, Monofocal , Multifocal and Trifocal. I saw on YouTube, a few Ophthalmologists recommend a Multifocal lens called Odyssey
  23. Why , because i sold a Condo for 18 Million and have the funds sat in my SCB EZ account. If i send the funds back to my country i will be taxed at 40% on the interest as i already way over my personal allowance . If i send the funds back overseas , when i want to transfer the funds back into Thailand to either buy another property or a car , i will be taxed again on the incoming funds into Thailand.
  24. Thats the Krungsri Mee Tae Dai account, it was paying 2.8% when i opened mine , now down to 0.90%. So about 5 years ago i opened an SCB EZ account , it as paying 2% but now still paying 1.5% with unlimited instant withdrawals, paid tax free if you like me you have the tax ID number
  25. Thank you , yes i have been watching quite a few YouTube videos about it. They all say the Monofocal has the sharpest vision and the Trifocal , dome people may have some issues with halos and nightvision.

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