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Some baht buses will reverse their route at Soi Chiyaphreuk where the one-way restriction terminates. They often do this when they have no or very few ongoing passengers.

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Not true. You can draw up to 400,000 baht off your deposit 90 days after issuance of the extension. It must be fully replenished at least 60 days prior to next renewal.

One of the benefits of Jomtien is it has enough undeveloped open ground to absorb a lot of torrential rain water, thus floods are rare. Pattaya is so overdeveloped and paved over that there is no place for water to go except as run-off into the streets.

May I suggest you try the REDDIT "Oneplus" forum. It has 250,000 members so answers to your issues should be available. https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/

More than 15 years ago, I bought a small TOSHIBA 6.5kg top load automatic washer. B5999. Probably 4 or 5 loads a week. In those 15 years, one B500 repair. I finally had to replace it a few months ago, not because anything wrong mechanically but the plastic control panel on the top had deteriorated from direct sunlight on the balcony and was becoming unusable. I replaced it with the updated but nearly identical TOSHIBA model, still B5999.

When I had to wear elastic bandages on my leg after an infection, I found that using double stick tape between winds of the bandage at slippage points like the knee worked very well and kept the bandage in place even while walking.

Anybody know if the Bangkok branch of Amorn in Fortune Tower is still open? It's always been in a location pretty far apart from the other electronic shops, far down the hallway. I forget 3rd or 4th floor. I used to browse there often, buying odds and ends but over the last 10 years the quality of what they sold started going downhill and became mostly cheap Chinese junk. I would guess that the fairly sudden emergence of "Mr. DIY" stores everywhere, which carry a lot of the same stuff was the final nail.

Not really. Lazada gives you 7 days to return which is not much time. Once the return window is past, there is not a lot of recourse. I had a problem with the WINDOWS-11 version on a GENMACHINE I purchased. GENMACHINE customer service was very responsive sending me a new WIN-11 key immediately. Often, Lazada products will say "30 Day Warranty" but making good on that can lead to a run-around. Lazada says to contact seller, seller says to contact Lazada....

Indian gangs have been present in Thailand for hundreds of years. Bangkok has seen any number of high-profile murders between Indian gangs over the years. Old line Indian families control almost all the land of Lower Sukhumvit in Bangkok, including Nana Plaza.

The majority of suit guys are Bangladeshi's

A friend who made two business trips to Brazil every year would usually take his Thai GF as well. She loved it and fit right in there. Most of their time spent in the provinces as his business involved the pulp-paper industry. She especially loved the variety of fruit but he would always have to buy a little portable gas stove and a wok because she found local food boring and distasteful.

They recently opened a "Raffles Hotel" in Boston of all places. Super high end in a city legendary for high room prices. A local reviewer noted the same as you: Singapore Slings out of a jug, poured 10 at a time at over $25 a pop.

It appears that the most successful beer bars around Jomtien are targeted at a specific nationality and serve as a local base for visitors from that country.

Many years ago, I bought into a piece of a NanaPlaza bar. When going over the financials with the owner, I noted there was no notation about local "Public Relations":, ie, greasing police and other's palms. I was honestly shocked when he told me in his three years of operating the bar, he had never once been asked for any kind of bribe. The local cop who patrolled Nana Plaza at the time would stop by from time to time and perhaps sip a complimentary drink or two, but that was it. Same with two person's I knew who had Pattaya bars, one near soi Buakhao and one in Jomtien. Both told me they had never been asked for any kind of bribe. Again, maybe a few free drinks when officials stopped by, but never a brown envelope.

ASUS 2024 Laptop ต้นฉบับใหม่ RAM 16GB + 1TB SSD 15.6 นิ้วแล็ปท็อปโลหะ Ultrabook Intel Core i7 Windows 11 แล็ปท็อปการเล่นเกม 5G WiFi

"A Rose by any other name would smell as sweet" "Rose" is a popular name used by many local women. OP will perhaps need to narrow it down a bit more.

This looks like a pretty good buy. ASUS with excellent specs. I don't know the seller but it's ratings are not too bad. Always with a grain of salt, though. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/asus-2024-laptop-ram-16gb-1tb-ssd-156-ultrabook-intel-core-i7-windows-11-5g-wifi-i3947737144-s16793357864.html

Hard to tell from the front view but it looks like it might be one of the mini-buses running the fairly new Jomtien-Bangkok route. Some also run from S. Pattaya Rd to Bangkok, not stopping in Jomtien. I've taken it once each way: Jomtien-Bangkok and both times the drivers were pretty smooth, not speeding or changing lanes often.

Pretty much every brand has it's fans and detractors. Locally, ASUS seems to have a good reputation for build quality. If you are an older person, then display size may be more important to you than portability. The cheapest laptops have Intel Celeron processors which are their lowest end processors. They will do what you describe pretty well but for not too much more money, a laptop with a 7th or 9th generation Ryzen or Intel I-3 or I-5 will give far better performance in the long run. For now, 8gb of RAM is sufficient but may not be 3 or 4 years from now as applications get hungrier and hungrier for memory. 16gb of memory would be a good investment. If you like to download torrents, then a 512gb SSD is ok but if you download anything 4K, it can use a lot of space so a 1 terabyte SSD will again, make you more future proof. A 15" laptop with a Celeron processor 8gb Ram and 512SSD will be between B12,000-B16,000. Upgrading to a Ryzen-7 or Intel I-5 with 16gb ram and 1TB SSD will be 20,000+ Both Banana and Advice computer stores in many malls have decent reputations. If you want to shop at a very reputable online store who will give you excellent advice if you ask, I personally recommend: www.invadeit.co.th LAZADA sells a lot of laptops but beware as many of the lower priced units are refurbished corporate machines, often 6 or 7 years old. They would actually do what OP wants but may not be very dependable in the long run.

SIGNAL has always been noted for it's tight encryption. Problem is, very few use it. You'd have to convince your frequent correspondents to download it. Viber is very popular in the Philippines.

When my friend was hit by a car in Pattaya and later died of his injuries, his family in the US and I used a agency specializing in overseas deaths to handle everything. The agency took care of all the paperwork, transportation and care of the body and arranged and paid for a very respectful funeral and cremation. Their fee for everything was B40,000. Very reasonable considering the level of service and the stress it saved his family.

I opted out of "Plan-B" when I started receiving SSI in 2009. I was living full time in Thailand and had VA Hospital eligibility if needed in the US. I have pretty severe osteoarthritis in both knees. While the VA was willing to perform knee replacement, the waiting list was long and the procedure was not the latest. Since I had Medicare, I started checking with local orthopedic hospitals in Boston. What I found out was that without "Part-B", no hospital would touch me. It was explained that medical billing has become so complex that there is no way that they would receive full compensation without the availability of Part-B. Apparently, the lines between Part "A" and "B" has become blurred and interdependent. That is definitely something OP should consider. Should the need for surgery or complex treatment arise, he could find himself locked out by the reality that both "A" & "B" are equally necessary.

There are some models of halogen oven in both BigC and Lotus's with a stainless steel bowl rather than glass, thus no light pollution. Also much lighter and easy to handle.