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I am expecting an new UK Passport any day soon. It is possible that it will not have a letter asking for a transfer of stamps. Chiang mai Immigration supply an application form which is to be filled in by the applicant. Will this be enough, or, will I need to get a special letter from UK Embassy in Bangkok. How do I get that letter?

That's it exactly. Thank you all.

Just outside my garden wall is a big tree which is shedding fruit all over the road and sometimes over the wall into my garden.

It appears to be a type of citrus, the fruits having yellow rind and red flesh and a taste like a grapefruit. They range in size from big orange to grapefruit.

 Wife names them as Graton (กระท้อน) but I cannot find any name in English. Nor does Google Translate help. it merely gives a letter by letter transliteration.

Would any more informed member give me a name. even a scientific name would help

In the early 1980s. I travelled on Gulfair from London to Bahrain. Some few rows behind me a woman kept up a persistent coughing, sneezing and sniffling all through the flight. 3 days later I came down with severe cold and the next edition of Gulf News reported a severe respiratory epidemic had spread through the Island.

It may have been a coincidence but with hindsight maybe a mask might have prevented it.

The air inside an aircraft is recycled every few minutes and the purification systems are not designed to catch germs. Wear your mask if asked.

I visited 2 banks, PEA, a BigC, a 7Eleven and a fresh market today, all insisted that I wear a mask.

The regulations are there but the enforcement is not!

ThailandPost registered is totally reliable. If time is not a factor consider sending slowly deteriorating goods by sea mail it is much cheaper. Ignore DHL.

I thought all cars have vindscreen vipers.

This is old news. I recall working in Malaysia in the 80s and being warned that some monkeys can carry malaria.

My wife and her relatives do not like to walk anywhere. they will always call me to go to a shop or drive one of them a few hundred metres.

I bought 14 year old granddaughter a bicycle so that she could go for her own ice cream or other goodies, She ignores it and wants me or her Pa to drive her.

1 hour ago, AgentSmith said:

You can mock the man but you'd be surprised how many western politicians don't get this simple fact. Trying to combat drugs is futile. Countries would be a lot wiser to just go with the flow and legalize and control the market as they've been doing with alcohol and tobacco since forever. Accept that many people buy and use the stuff.

Seconded!

I have have tried all the suggestion without success. 

So, I dug up an old laptop with Windows 7 installed and tried again. no good, clicking verify by EMail failed to produce any response.

I then tried the same laptop using Google Chrome and it all worked , no need for verification and my order has been accepted. WIHIH.

I have a longstanding account with Lazada.

Recently, I have been trying to log-in to place an order. The site either rejects my log-in as incorrect user name or password. I AM inputing the correct details, so I try again. It then requires an identity confirmation and announces it has sent an EMail to my address. I have received no EMail

I have tried 3 different computers using Firefox on Linux Mint and Windows 10. I have also tried 2 different 3BB networks with no success.

Is any other member having difficulty with Lazada?

Can any member suggest a cure?

Stating the bleeding obvious!

9 hours ago, RedRoadRunner said:

2 of my cats died, cause (proven)  was Covid and the vets couldn't help them. Sad but true, cats can carry the Covid virus.

See my previous post about possible Covid 19 in cats. I buried 3 robust toms in 2 days.

15 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

I wonder if there were similar debates eons ago when our distant ancestors savagely dragged felines and canines from their clowders and packs, and forced them into domesticity.

 

But more importantly, did the caveman ( or indeed, the cavewoman or non-binary caveperson) have a word for virtue signaling?

Read " the Cat that walked by itself"by Rudyard Kipling. It puts a different view.

Parental guidance is inadequate.

15 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

Sorry, but how do they attribute this as a freak accident.

Definition of freak accident..."a very unusual and unexpected event or situation"

Sadly, on these roads it is neither unusual, nor unexpected. The selfish moron was driving too fast, and ploughed on with the standard "I am bigger than you, and more important than you" attitude..............

I apologise in advance if this seems like a rant. 

My sympathy to the Husband who will probably never see proper justice done.

R.I.P. Young Lady.....
 

 

Seconded

Tomatoes grow happily in large pots, approx 40cm is enough and you can move them around to take advantage of sun or shade.

If as suggested she was Chinese, could it be that she momentarily forgot that Thailand drives on the left and looked the wrong way?

On 6/10/2022 at 8:29 PM, worgeordie said:

50 years ! for only 641,000 Baht , what about those getting millions

in kickbacks from military deals, construction , and other shady

deals.

regards worgeordie

Seconded!

That is a big improvement.

The last time I needed to do this, I had to wait 28 days and collect in person. However the staff at the counter pointed me at and agent who was guaranteed to get it for me for a fee of 1000Baht.

No newsletter nor daily update receiver for three days, please rectify.