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Why don't they just have a proper bike test in the first place?

My bike test (Thai) consisted of answering nonsensical multiple choice questions, and then having someone looking out of a window, watching me drive round a tiny car park..... while they were also busy doing another job.

Wow 11 months is great going! Seriously...Well done!

I assume by now you have stopped dreaming about smoking?  That bit lasted 5 months with me (1999-2000). I would wake up panicking, because I would be smoking in a dream, and then realise I had given up. Not touched tobacco since.

What part of the island are you going to be staying at? There are so many places to rent from, it would help to narrow a place down for you.

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Seriously?

 

The 100 baht charge was shown on Airasia's payment page for counter payment last time I booked. I cant read my receipt from Family Mart as it is in Thai, and may include something I bought? Anyway, I cant load Air Asia's payment page on Explorer at the moment, to show you what comes up for a fake booking. However on my mobile, a fake 1 way booking shows a 70baht  processing fee for Counter payment and a note saying that an ADDITIONAL fee will be charged by the merchant.

So maybe nothing has changed, other than wording on the payment page?

UPDATE. The Air Asia fee is not 30baht at 7/11or Family Mart any more -  It is 100baht.

I booked a couple of flights 2 weeks ago on Air Asia's site, and I noticed the new insane charge for using my Kasikorn virtual Credit card. It was way more than it has ever been in the past, so I choose to pay at Family Mart, and that was up from 30 baht to 100 baht!

On ‎5‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 4:36 PM, FracturedRabbit said:

Illegal, pirated software? Why bother when the originals are so cheap and you can support the people who invested years of their lives to create them?

Funny you should say that. I just bought Half Life 2 from steam for 18.9 Bhat (updated version) + other related titles for 15.9 Baht. I bought a pirate version of it when it first came out and paid £10 for it.

12 hours ago, SOTIRIOS said:

...don't see them steal anything....

 

...guilty by looks alone...???

 

 

...gotta wonder about exchange booths too....

 

...do they give the customer a copy of the serial numbers...???

Go to 1.24 and look at the guy in the Hat Yai t-shirt's right hand.... Watch him pick up the stolen item shown in the police photo.

Seriously, what a waste of time.

Why not just do what they do in Hong Kong, and have betting shops that are legal and taxed. At least if its legal and taxed, there is government money available to assist with any social problems caused by this behavior (that will occur anyway). I used to have a brother in law that would spend his entire wages on football gambling and take zero home to my sister in law.  

Oh the hypocrisy …..Don't forget that it is OK to go to Bangkok and bet on horses [source: http://www.bangkok.com/sport-horse-racing.htm] 

Don't forget to have a look in Sampet Nathon. I noticed some Doi coffee beans, and some other brand in there the other day.

There is not going to be a lot of difference in the end result, unless you are taking professional shots.. I think you will get more out of the S9+ if you have enough memory. The slow motion capture on the S9+ is really cool too.

18 minutes ago, teatree said:

Until they realise how much money can be made legally and choose to legalise weed and give out licenses to themselves to grow and sell it.

Maybe they could use some of the money to pay the police a proper wage in the first place.

I noticed a link on MSN to an interesting article about medical marijuana earlier this morning. http://ushealthmagz.com/2018/05/04/cancer-institute-finally-admits-marijuana-kills-cancer/ 

Have you tried the employment office - Facing the police station in Nathon?

7 hours ago, jvs said:

Do you think they need any people to test those skills?

I could handle a part time job.

 

3 hours ago, jenny2017 said:

You are hired. 

Don't forget that you have to work a week in hand!

On ‎4‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 3:55 PM, free123 said:

22 hours ago, ElGeneraliDeGoofo said:

Fake cover over the card slot of an ATM that reads the card info combined with a small camera and/or a DTMF reader to capture the pin code. All info is then relayed usually via Bluetooth or WiFi meaning the criminals need to be fairly close at all times....like this 

 

i always think atm need code..???? how he can get code...??? and if get the code from observe victim how he can get card details....

Part of the problem is the false sense of security people have. I have yet to see a Thai cover their fingers up whilst typing in their pin number.

I caught a middle aged Thai women in a Tesco Bangkok looking over my shoulder while I was using an ATM once. Who knows what she was up to?

I came in mid day on the 27th of March from Macau, and it took me 40 minutes to get through immigration (I was first to join the queue out of everyone on my flight). I have to give immigration staff credit, for taking the Chinese tour groups to separate booths that they set up on the fly, otherwise I could of missed my connection in the 2nd terminal.

UPDATE:

Ok. The powered external drive I have (WD MyBook) Flashes and stuff, but the phone I tried can not read it (galaxy s7 edge).

S9 Plus 128 Gb 26000 baht (6450 HK$) in Macau 2 days ago. From the CTM shop next to the post office, just up from Lesboa.

I use a normal USB stick with an adapter USB/micro (10 baht shop sell them), because cables can be dodgey on my USB port.

BTW...An unpowered external HD won't work on any phone I have tried, but a powered one might - like the one Johng mentioned? I will try when I get home though, as I have one for my TV, and will let you know.