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If using windows 10:

Right click on the time / date in the taskbar.

Left click adjust time / date

Chose your preferred settings 

Anyone remember Dan-Air?

I  was on a holiday flight returning to Stansted from Corfu after a 5 hour delay, when the plane landed at Sofia and the captain said he had to refuel (using his personal credit card). He apologised for the delay, also the unscheduled stop and said all drinks were now free on the flight until the plane was drunk empty! 

If I remember correctly, Dan-Air was sold to British Airways for a £1 nominal fee shortly afterwards.

Dan-Air: affectionally known as Dan-Dare as you had to be mad to fly with them!

Exact!   

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Works for me!  

Bridget The Midget by Ray Stevens … 1970 I think!

24 minutes ago, Max69xl said:

You seem a bit paranoid. I have used dtac for years and there's been no update draining the battery. And thinking the government is tracing you is ridiculous. If using a phone incl. sim-card which is made for tracing the user,that's another story. That's what the government proposed a while ago to keep track of tourists from high risk countries when entering Thailand. It doesn't apply to you,though. Regarding the messages you received by sms, it doesn't matter if both Wi-Fi and Mobile data are turned off, sending/receiving messages still works as it should. Using the dtac app, check usage under "Usage history", especially the tab "content". It should say "Data not found" if everything is ok. 

It will also say that your provider might not say the same as your phone!

I have my phone switched to Wi-Fi only. It's a pre-pay sim that I top up every month or so 100฿.

The only time I switch data on is when I have purchased a promotional package for a few days if I go travelling. 

It 'leaks' about 50฿ a month so I can concur with the op. The phone (dtac app.) clearly states that there has been no data usage. 

On 4/22/2020 at 12:08 PM, petermik said:

Suzuki Swift is the way to go.....with special alloy wheels it makes it a real "fanny magnet" and a huge saving 

Like my one? 2013 

I got so p!55ed off with that video obscuring text in posts (bottom right hand corner) on every new page I installed Adblocker Plus for the very first time. It works a treat! In fact, it works well on the 'free' movie sites as well.

Thank you 'The Nation' for forcing this to my attention.  Well done! 

8 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Whereas a full stop (period) should .

There should be no space between a sentence and its ending punctuation, whether that's a period, a question mark, or an exclamation mark. There should also be no space before a colon, semicolon, or comma. The only ending punctuation mark that sometimes needs to be preceded by a space is a dash.

Unless you're French of course!

My step-sons old Honda Click had been standing idle for several months.

Kick start was useless so jump-started from missus's Honda Click with some old electric cable. Slowly rode it up to the local PTT garage to fill the flat tyres, (left it on tick-over) and hammered it home. Has started every time since.

12 hours ago, jeffandgop said:

I use the Fixed Account method to "season" my funds.  This means once deposited I don't touch it. So it doesn't prove at all whether I'm spending money or not....did the IO tell you that they want a 12 month statement to check if your spending money?

I also use a 12 month fixed acct which I have had 'rolled over' automatically for the last 7 years with no problem. 

Immigration wanted the standard letter + 3 month statement (fixed acct).

+ 12 month statement for my standard savings acct (debit card). 

I haven't got a problem with this but it would be nice to know in advance. 

I actually play badminton with one of the IO's and he did (sort of) apologise to me about the hassle involved . According to him the instructions come from the area office in Khon Kaen. 

In another thread a forumite said his local IO wanted every document on a separate sheet of paper, for the first time so did mine!  

Very little consistency amongst the different immigration offices makes it confusing to compile an accurate list of requirements.

It's virtually impossible to get any similarities even at the same office! Such is immigration in Thailand, never a dull moment.

I've taken the attitude of just laughing about the stupidity of it all!  Oh the joys of living in Thailand. 

1 hour ago, jesimps said:

I can maybe see why they demand 12 months statements for the retirement visa with not letting the account drop below 400,000 for the whole year, but I can't for the life of me work out why they need it for a marriage visa application.

I use the 400k method for my marriage extension and was asked for a 12 month statement for the first time this year!

Apparently, it's to check that you are spending YOUR money in their wonderful country and not working illegally.

I can understand that but make it a legal requirement so that we can prepare for it and not just at an I.O's whim!

I 'rescued' a young soi dog about 18 months ago. He has become quite a celebrity amongst the extended family and the people who have got to know him. Not one ounce of aggression in him towards humans and tends to 'hug' people with his long legs!

We have neighbours who hate dogs! Why I don't know because our soi is very quiet concerning dogs.

Only this evening I was out walking my hound around one of the local lakes and came across a 'dumped' old golden retriever that had a serious wound on its hind leg. Apparently someone was seen letting him out of an old pick-up which drove away and what does anyone do …… Nothing!  The last I see of it, he was running up and down the track looking for its owner. I'll be going back at first light to see if I can find it. 

Sorry @Yinn, from my few years experience in N-E Thailand, most Thais do not know how to care for animals correctly. 

I asked my friend who knows about these matters   (Google)

This article explains why and how to remedy.

https://www.easefab.com/topic-avi/play-avi-on-samsung-tv.html

9 hours ago, Pib said:

Did you old Visa card have a chip?

No.

It was the old style with a magnetic strip, issued to me over 6 years ago.

I forgot to mention, if you have renewed your passport during this time, they require your old and new passport to waste a tree with.

I got a letter from BB last week stating that my old 4 pin visa debit would be defunct as from Jan 15th.

Took the letter with my old card to the local branch and they gave me a new 6 pin Mastercard debit card as a replacement.

Note:

The new card is linked to my standard account along with online banking and a slightly lower SMS notice when spending 400฿ or more. Also the SMS is more detailed giving the name of the recipient. Obviously the card number is different.

It took about 30 mins to complete the trade in along with the usual 'tree of paper' used.

The old visa card still had 3 more years to run before expiry.

From the Thunderbirds Series.

Never liked the movie version.

The most important evidence that you will be required to show is …………. your wife! 

7 hours ago, wotsdermatter said:

 

 

Hate to correct you all but in fact she is a Barquentine.  Before joining the RN I collected paintings and photographs of Tall Ships and when in the RN we saw many of them and my collection of photographs still continues today.  Whenever they come to Toronto I visit and try to add to my collection.  One of the saddest memories was when the British square-rigged barque Marques went down crossing the Atlantic in 1984.

'nuf sed.

A barquentine or schooner barque is a sailing vessel with three or more masts; with a square rigged foremast and fore-and-aft rigged main, mizzen and any other masts. Wikipedia

This ship clearly has more than one square rigged mast.

Just saying ………..I'm no expert.

A bark rigged ship?

Brigantine only has two masts (I think)

JFI. A couple of my friends have had the same or similar problems recently and both have low end laptops.

I suggested checking for the latest windows updates and ……. yep! 

After manually downloading the latest versions they now have rocket <deleted> ship laptops compared to the previous!

Just an idea. 

On the outskirts of Roiet, 5 mins from the centre.

Roiet got hit hard!