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I would be curious if you could get a re-entry permit on your single entry B visa, so you could do border runs for this year, and then get an ED visa when it expires. 

Just don't know about rentries on a single entry visa. 

I got a sliding type in Bangkok at tasautotech.com for like 10k and it has worked great for a year so far. 5 year warranty too, which I had to use for a sensor issue.

I recently was successful using online banking with Bangkok bank abroad. Just won't be able to get text message confirmations to add new bills, new transfers, etc. or install the app on a new device.

I am looking for a place to set up shop in Din Daeng, but was kind of wanting an agent to help me with negotiations. Does anyone know of anyone good? I actually already have some places in mind, just wanting someone to make some calls etc. for me.

I have the new one, and love it. The addition of apps opens up a lot of possibilities, and more in the future as more apps are released and they get better. If you get a good VPN or SmartDNS service, you should be able to watch Netflix just like any other streaming box. And apps like Plex, VLC, and Infuse let you browse a local computer on the same network and stream any media from it pretty effortlessly. It has built-in capability to stream from your iTunes, but I use Plex the most and it does a good job of organizing everything, adding metadata, and making everything pretty and easy. The games are also nice, especially if you have kids. You can use the included controller or buy 3rd party bluetooth controllers to play multiplayer and it becomes a nice little gaming system for cheap.

Mine is the same. I guess it would take running new wires for each plug to fix it? Any easier way?

It's like 3 clicks if you want to try making safari look like IE to the website.

And like i said, i havent tried it so it may not be necessary, or work, but its like a 10 second investment.

I haven't actually submitted my report, but I got past the error by enabling the "develop" menu in safari and changing the "user agent" to Windows Explorer.

I think that would work.

http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/03/enable-the-develop-menu-in-safari/

Is there a way to just get the Thailand specific info? I already have general tech sites I subscribe to for all the other stuff.

OK, thanks. I'm not sure why they told me that at immigration, but I will go the embassy just to be sure.

Since the child was born here they will not need a passport until you take them out of the country. At that time you would show their birth certificate along with their passport on departure.

When they return a visa would be needed for entry. At that time it would it would be best to get a single entry non-o visa at an embassy or consulate so you can get them an extension as your dependent.

I am going to Taiwan tomorrow in the same situation. What I keep getting conflicting answers on is if I have to go to an external embassy or not. I asked some immigration officials yesterday how to get my new daughter as my dependent and they told me that I have 2 options:

1. Visiting the external embassy

2. Just letting her enter as a tourist and then taking her by immigration and they can convert her to an non-o

But then I asked someone else there, and they said I have to visit the external embassy.

So, im not sure.

Doing the embassy thing would be really inconvenient for our trip, so if I could avoid that it would be great, but I don’t know if it is a requirement or not.

haha, sorry. I was really just sharing the method of just hunting down the spec sheets and compiling the info (screenshots since most of it seems to be in an image on company websites) of the relevant info in an excel sheet since it makes it easy to see it all together.

The stuff I learned (first time buying an a/c here) was:

1. Multiply the sqm of the room by 700-800 to get the needed BTU for the room depending on sun exposure

2. Doing the energy savings calculations will make you want to buy more efficient a/c's - here is a better calculator than that spreadsheet http://www.airinnovationsllc.com/energy-savings-calculator/ so pay attention to the EER rating

3. More efficient systems will pay for themselves in less than a year, most likely at bangkok electricity prices (about 5 baht per kilowatt hour)

I ended up with Daiken Smart Series for a 9000 and 24000 BTU units, and a Saijo Denki for the 36000 BTU unit. They are EER ratings of 18.04, 13.95, and 14.3 respectively. So, I am hoping that my electricity bill will be cut in half from my 20 yr old units that I had before.

Also, I can't believe how quiet those outside units are compared to my old ones. Almost can't hear them.

Well, I didn’t consider that brand because I don’t know anything about it, but especially when you compare that 36k BTU with the Mitsubishi that I ended up getting, it looks like it is 30-40% more efficient. That is quite a bit.

So, I may switch to that one if they will let me. The other one is sitting at my house in a box now though, so not sure they are going to allow it.

Thanks for the info

I was recently shopping for air conditioners and found it hard to just find the energy specs compared between brands, but found a decent (not elegant per-se) way to do it.

Find the spec pages

(here are the current link examples for the mitsu-daiken range I was looking):

http://www.daikin.co.th/images/en/products/detail/da9/spec-1.jpg

http://www.daikin.co.th/images/en/products/roomair/db11/specification.jpg

http://www.daikin.co.th/images/en/products/roomair/db12/specification.jpg

https://www.mitsubishi-kyw.co.th/upload_files/web_download_brochure_pdf/web_download_brochure_pdf_UAAFGleghE090127.pdf

https://www.mitsubishi-kyw.co.th/upload_files/web_product_sub_cat/web_product_sub_cat_keFJZukQiR095750.pdf

And then I just took quick screenshots of the column of the model I was interested in and pasted it in a numbers (excel) file and put the prices in a text box for easy viewing.

This significantly sped up my research, so I thought I'd share.

Its nothing special.

Here is a screenshot though. They aren't pretty because I lined up the screenshots by the EER #.)

Edit: I almost forgot the other big part. I found a spreadsheet that you plug in your info and it calculates the savings and such from Energystar in the states. It is also nothing fancy, and should be a website, but oh well, this works too

Calc_CAC.xls

I went to a bang na branch of Bangkok bank and was able to.

Actually, I got turned down a time or two, but just kept trying different tellers at different branches until one said yes. I think it took 2-3 tries.

The overstay they are talking about is past the time allowed in your visa, right? Like, the stamp you have in your passport from when you entered or what?

I assume having a 1 year visa, but missing a 90-day checkin is different, correct?

What's the punishment for that?

Here is my chart.

Hint: Things gravitate toward the bold line separating middle and low consonant rows - everything starts either high, middle, or low and heads toward this line. Some stick, some bounce off, some hug it.

So, shariq607, what kind of VPN or proxy or what do you use to get that kind of quality on Netflix? Because the ones that I have tried have not allowed me to get anywhere close to those speeds with a VPN. But my base speed without a VPN is almost 50mbps.