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Any country will do, except Thailand Immigration themselves rarely, if ever, ask, it's the check-in person at your departure point that you have to convince. There are many "ticket rental" sites that will provide a verifiable booking to get you past check-in for a nominal fee.

The problem is FATCA and the associated paperwork, many banks just can't be bothered. I'm with the Purple Bank and, despite handing over a UK passport, still have to fill out a FATCA form every time I want to change anything "just to be safe". Unfortunately, FATCA and its brethren seem to be infecting other country's banking systems too

Nooooo! My cover is blown!

Right now, we Brits are preferable to the Swiss

Whilst this is most definitely the case, we have a fair bit of steel stock that got a very cursory lick of red-lead (I know it's not lead now but old habits die hard) that's been sitting in in the car-port out of the rain that's only showing rust where the primer was damaged. Some of it is approaching 2 years old. Hence my asking how long he intends delaying. For a few months the primer alone will likely be "ok".

Go for it Riyan. If it all goes pear-shaped you are still young enough to re-boot somewhere else, even back home. But, how do you plan to support yourself and later your parents?

The regular "red-lead" primers applied with a small roller actually do a pretty good job. Keep them off the ground and under cover (but make sure air can circulate) and you're good for a fair time. How long do you expect to be delayed?

The lost, unscreened episode: - `Hello children. It s a quarter to six. Time today. for Magic Roundabout...` `I wonder where Florence is?` ,said Dougal. `I m over here.` ,said Florence. `Hello, Florence.` ,said Dougal. `Hello, Dougal.` ,said Florence. `Boing!` `Hello, Florence and Dougal.` ,said Zebadee. `Hello, Zebadee.` ,said Dougal and Florence. `Hello, Zebadee, Florence and Dougal.` ,said Dillon. `Hello, Dillon.` ,said Zebadee, Florence and Dougal. `I say,` ,said Dillon. `What?` ,said Dougal. `Booinngg!` `Pardon?` ,said Zebadee. `Nothing.` ,Said Dougal. `I wasn't talking to you.` ,said Zebadee. `Oh.` ,Said Dougal. `Dillon.` ,said Dougal. `Yes.` ,said Dillon. `I wonder if Florence is a virgin?` `Drops 'em for certain.` ,said Dillon. `Booinngg!` `That s right enough.` ,said Zebadee. `How do you know?` ,said Dillon. `Booinngg!` `To my knowledge half of Toytown knows of her hori- zontal pleasures. Let s face it, Noddy's the biggest ram round here and he reckons he's scored.` ,said Zebadee. `I can hear you.` ,said Florence. `It s not true. Noddy and I are just good friends.` `Rubbish` ,said Dougal. `It s all over the canteen. Anyone knows about you, you brazen hussy.` `You lousy old flea-bag` ,said Florence. `Call yourself a dog? I've seen better hair on a lavatory brush!.` `Booinngg!!` `Now look here` ,said Zebadee. `Things are getting out of hand. Let's get back to the story-line!.` `It's a crummy story anyway` ,said Dillon stubbornly. `Booinngg!` `No, it's not` ,said Zebadee commandingly. `Who cares?` ,said Dillon dejectedly. `Well, I like it` ,said Florence, hopefully. `Ihat's obvious!` ,said everybody, cockily. `Booinngg!` `Now look` ,said Zebadee, `let's try and get it together.` `Well, I'm not working for that fat-bat any more` ,said Dougal. `I'm off to join the Flowerpot men.` `Good riddance` ,said Florence. `Knickers!` ,said Dougal. `Ihat's no way to talk to a lady` ,said Dillon (knowing he's on to a good thing). `Some lady!` ,said Dougal. `Oh, piss off` ,said Dillon. And Dougal did so, all over Florence. `Thank you for sticking up for me` ,said Florence. `Oh, it's nothing, really` ,said Dillon. `You know I've fancied you for a long time` ,said Florence. `I've fancied you too` ,said Dillon. `Where do we go from here?` ,said Florence. `Booinngg!!!`

I think it's dead Jim! Take the beast apart, check all the soldered joints, if feeling enthusiastic replace any electrolytic capacitors. Alternatively buy a new one.

Would it be an idea for someone to make an actual on-topic post?

Remember them appearing in Dr.Who?

And The Clangers, don't forget The Clangers. Told to "tone down the language" after the pilot episode (which didn't have the narration, just the slide-whistle intonation) ...

Yup, and Secret Service (with Stanley Unwin), TerraHawks (Windsor Davies as Sgt. Major Zero) and a bunch of other stuff. Don't forget Lady Penelope (and her dicey chauffeur "Parker"), modelled on and voiced by Sylvia Anderson, she got in a couple of tie-up situations with The Hood (he of the glowing eyes), and this was all intended for kids (and their daddies) 😛

He had a thing for Asian ladies, was that where my love of the almond-eyed sweeties came from? ... Marina - Stingray. Tin-Tin (no, not that one!) - Thunderbirds Harmony Angel - Captain Scarlet. Venus - Fireball XL-5, was definitely a blue-eyed blonde, just like my first wife. It's a conspiracy I tell you ...

That's not a fireball!! This, is a Fireball (yes, I still remember the lyrics of the closing credits including the "lost" verse), scary innit? ...

Have read of Sold - For a Spaceship by Philip E. High published in 1973. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/6062965

My dad (rest his soul) used to call me "Boo Boo" when I was small. So now I consider myself as "smarter than the average bear". Now, where's the picnic basket?

It might be better to propose a number of numbered, paid, parking spots that would be defined for a specific vehicle which wouldn't be affected by the rule. The remaining (unpaid) slots would be the standard free-for-all and face the wrath of the day counters. An increasing number of condos seem to be being constructed with less than one slot per unit! It's all about the $$$.

Indeed. But you know they were post-op how exactly??

Solar water heating is your friend, even if it's only a pre-heat in winter Have a look at @Bandersnatch threads, some great ideas in there.

Post insulting to animals removed ...

Maybe that should be "ball-eyeing"

OK quick and dirty sums. 8kWP is going to generate about 27kWh per day on average (depends upon weather some days will be a lot better others a lot worse). So that would be about 27 * 30 * 5 = 4,000 Baht's worth of juice per month at current prices! Would your dobies like A/C kennels If you can get an accurate day/night usage split it would be handy to give an estimate of your storage size, read your meter at 9AM and 5PM.

An alien space ship lands on the White House lawn. We are thrilled to find the alien is very human-like and very friendly. He asks if our president can set up a meeting of the leaders of all nations of the world, which he certainly can do. So, in a week there’s a huge meeting with the leaders of 200 nations. Each leader has a few minutes to ask whatever questions he’d like. So eventually it gets to the Pope, leader of the independent Vatican. The Pope asks the alien if he’s familiar with Jesus Christ, the saviour of the universe. “Sure, I know him!” the alien says. “He visited us only about two farges ago—that’s about six months in your time. Great guy, Jesus!” The Pope says “He visited you six months ago?” “Yes!” the alien says. “He visits us every two or three years. We’re always very happy to see him!” The Pope says “He came here two thousand years ago—that’s four thousand farges! And we’re still waiting for him to come back! Why does he visit you so often?” The alien says “Well we make this great chocolate on our planet. Dark chocolate. Jesus loves chocolate! We always send him away with ten pounds of chocolate. And we have a big party when he leaves.” “Chocolate?” the Pope says. “Sure. He loves the stuff. When he visited here last, how did you send him off?”

How big are the local tides?