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Certainly for SCB, PC app is dying this month. Meanwhile in Bangkok: -

Update - Missed this earlier thread in the Pattaya forum: -

Part 1 Many of us will have received this email from SCB. So, today since I'm not in the office due to getting my Work Permit medical (which was quick and easy) I headed off to our local SCB branch with Madam in tow due to little English being spoken by the bank staff. Note, we are not in the boonies, this is still in Greater Bangkok. Showed the girlie on the door the email, she gave me a number and pointed us towards a desk with bank staff, showed him the email and he understood what was needed. So Far So Good. He then spent a while on the phone (to the call centre it turned out), then handed me the phone. I spoke to a nice gentleman at the call centre who asked what I wanted to do "I need to do the facial recognition for the app", "Ah, are you in an SCB branch (yes) I'm not sure why they called me, let me talk to the bank staff again". More talking on the phone. OK, back to my friend in the call centre: - "The staff tell me you want an exemption from the facial recognition". "No. I want to do the photo so the app will let me transact over 50k Baht please". "Ah, SCB have no mechanism to do this for foreigners! We can only offer an exemption". (see the above email!) "OK, let's do that then". "I must warn you that any illegal transactions will be your responsibility". "Fine by me". He checked my phone number was correct and asked for the last 4 digits of my ATM card, then transferred me to the automatic system where I entered my PIN. Back to my friend again: - "OK (checking my number again), headquarters will be in touch by SMS when it is approved in 2 or 3 business days". Phone hung up. "OK, thank you very much", wais exchanged all round. Exit stage left. Waited until we were in the car before showing that I was "a little miffed"! Part 2 OK, off to our local Bangkok Bank with visions of doing the same there. Note that this isn't my "home" branch, but I've got several new passbooks and changed my passport number there several times over the years. I need a new ATM card as the old one is expired (we never got to the facial recognition bit). Lots of wandering around and phone calls. Eventually, "We don't think we can do it here, you need to go to your home branch, or we can open a new account. We will call headquarters and get back to you". EDIT Not sure if it's relevant but I also have a new PP, maybe they fall over if two things need doing. Just got the call, "Have to do at home branch". Hopefully it still exists. To be Continued!!!

Yup, this issue I know, long ladders and lamps that last 1,000,000 years needed ????

This is a good point, most of us are assuming we are talking about Edison-screw lamps not fluorescent replacements!

OK. They "should" just work, but ... Are these mains (230V) or low-voltage (12V) lamps? Do your LEDs work in bedside lamp or similar? If you put a conventional lamp in place of the LED does it work? Are you using dimmers?

So it would suck, just like most politicians

If it's a fan with a capacitor then a replacement cap is a cheap and easy fix ????

No, you cannot simply add a capacitor, it needs a second winding too ????

My private pension (I'm not getting my UK state pension yet) will send life certificates by post if you want them. But, they encourage you to use their app "MyPensionID". Once it's set up (not difficult) and they want to prove you're still breathing they send you an email and the app puts up a notification. Open the app take a selfie with the app during which you blink. After a short while it tells you OK or try again. All done.

Yeah, a single-phase induction motor will sit and hum (it's actually going forwards and backwards 50 times a second) unless it gets a bump in one direction whereupon it will continue to run in that direction. What you have appears to be a ratchet / one-way device which bounces it in the right direction. I had a clock long ago which used the same idea, when it failed the clock would randomly start running backwards. You may struggle to replicate its action; I'd probably just continue to start it manually.

The oldies are the goodies! Mrs. Smith; the mother of 3 children was in the process of baking a birthday cake for her daughter, when she mistakenly used BB’s to adorn the top of the cake, instead of colored sugar beads. No one seemed to notice and the birthday cake was a big hit at the family party. Several hours later her daughter came running out of the bathroom screaming, “Mommy Mommy Mommy, I just went pee pee and BB’s came out of me. After realizing her baking blunder, Mrs. Smith asked her daughter if she was feeling ok . The little girl replied, “Yes Mommy I feel ok.”. “Well ok then go outside and play”, said Mrs. Smith. About ten minutes later her youngest son came screaming into the kitchen, “Mom, I just peed and BB’s came out.” Again the mother asked, “Are you ok?” The little son replied yes and ran off to go play outside. A while later the oldest son comes into the kitchen crying hysterically. Before he could say anything Mrs. Smith consoles him by saying, “ I know, you went to pee and BB’s came out, right?” The older son replies, “No mom! I was in my room playing with myself and I shot the dog!

Have they been replaced? An extinguisher in "poor" condition is far better than no extinguisher! Get the new ones, then swap out! 19,000 to be replaced, 10,000 ordered!

These things are available in quite long lengths if you are prepared to hunt, a bunch of 1/2" brass joiners and you're good to go. Up to 3m here: - https://www.lazada.co.th/products/zigma-home-water-bile-duct-genuine-stainless-steel-304-safe-no-bad-smell-no-rust-can-be-used-for-a-long-time-all-sizes-20-30-40-50-60-70-80-90-cm-and-1-12-15-2-25-3-m-i1952626460-s12115963315.html?

Yeah, as with all these things, YMMV.

It's doing about 30k passenger trips per day. Someone got their terminology wrong ???? Yes, the rolling stock is identical on the two lines. In fact, all the systems are identical on the two lines.

Yeah, ours isn't the SCG one, I just picked it as an example and I certainly don't recall any of that on the label. We just turn off the water when done (the one on the upstairs patio gets coiled), it still lasts far better than the regular green (which goes hard) or the clear which just falls apart.

We've had good service from the blue "PVC rubber" hose, it's much softer than the green garden hose and seems to take wear better. This kind of stuff.

Begins with a P ???? I really wish the lines had numbers as well as colours, there is forever confusion between the Light Green and Dark Green.