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5 hours ago, islandguy said:

Sawang Optical is owned by a qualified optometrist who speaks English. Not cheap.

Where is this please ?

The UK Government would probably extract a large fee to do the same.

Allez les Bleus !

9 hours ago, Thailand said:

I expect the UK will soonbe offering the same service to British expats over the age of 97.

9 hours ago, Thailand said:

I expect the UK will soonbe offering the same service to British expats over the age of 97.

9 hours ago, Denim said:

 

Only until they discover there are two 98 year old Brits here.

Then the bar will be adjusted to 99.

I have half a dozen Noi Na (sorry, I do not know the name in English, maybe there is not one) trees in my garden, at least two are bird sown. They are all now coming into fruit, but, approx. half the fruit on each tree is much smaller than the rest. Are these fruits likely to develop to full size, or should I cull them to give the bigger ones a better chance ?

I need new spectacles. So far I have only found outlets of large optical chains e.g. Top Charoen etc. These outlets are staffed by sales people who only know how to operate a machine which assesses the eye.  I want a properly qualified optician.

Recommendations please for such in Chiangmai, preferable to the south side, Mae Hia, Hang Dong, Sanpatong direction.

Thank you.

The central government has taken on responsibility for supply of the vaccines.

The local authorities who are trying to arrange the jags are being left to take the blame when the promised doses fail to be delivered.

I applied in Chiangmai 35 days before my expiry and was told I could not reduce my bank deposit below the minimum until my extension had been stamped in my passport. New rule, I was told. I was also instructed to bring my bank book for inspection when returning at the end of the "under Consideration" period. I returned on the due date and presented my bank book along with my passport and receipt. The bank book was declined, "what is that for ? " asked the clerk and my passport only was taken and returned stamped.

Whitewash it, it can be scraped off easily when no longer needed.

This topic can now be closed.

Grand daughter, clever girl, aware that Grandpa was querying the necessity for an IPad, contacted her university IT dept. and was informed that the university was using software for its   on line instruction programme which had bee obtained from Apple. Therefore it could not be guaranteed to work fully on a non-Apple tablet and a proper IPad was highly recommended. Furthermore, Grandma (she who must be obeyed) pointed out that  grand niece, a second cousin, already had an IPad (supplied by an uncle) and No Way could grand daughter be palmed off with anything inferior. It had to be an IPad of equal value or better.

Grand daughter, who says very little, ( but was totally aware of Grandpa's objections) quietly and without prompting, went on line and secured an updated version of her cousin's device minus some of the accessories,  (which she herself says are overpriced and can be bought on line for a fraction of Apple's price ) with a student discount and a monthly payment scheme. Also she has ensured that the payments will come from her account with Grandpa topping up monthly, thus ensuring a future credit history.

Background, Grand daughter's parents' business has been badly affected by Covid 19 and Pensioner Grandpa has had to take over the funding of education for TWO grandchildren.

Granddaughter has just shown me a photo of a bird which she claims knocked on her bedroom window this morning. Its a Hoopoe ! I thought Hoopoes were a rare European bird and unknown in Thailand. Our house is in a village which is surrounded by rice paddies and about 20km south of Chiangmai.

I will post the photo when I can download it from her phone.

Granddaughter is adamant that some programmes from her university (Mae Fah Luang) will work only on IPad and she needs a writing facility to reply to the teacher. I think I am stuck.

Please excuse my ignorance. What do you mean by "looping"

Can any member recommend any shops in Chiangmai where I can buy a second hand IPad type computer ?

I am in Ampeu Sanpatong, Health officials came to our village health centre at the beginning of the month and Paw Luang in his morning diatribe urged all villagers to go and register, I did on the second day  and I now have an appointment at Sanpatong Hospital on 2nd July

Burns' country.

I suggest using plastic water pipe of a suitable diameter. t usually comes in 4 metre lengths and joining pieces are available.  Plastic clip on clamps can be screwed to any nearby wall or railing.

I am concerned by their silence. Already been nearly mown down by very quiet cars while cycling. Some form of noise generator is a must.

In the first half of last century Glasgow had electric trams which rattled and the local pedestrians did not bother to look because they could hear them a long way off. Then in the 1960s, Glasgow replaced its trams with silent trolley busses. This caused a huge spike in pedestrian deaths and injuries.

If you can arrange to fly into a UK airport other than LHR, do so. It has always been difficult. I have avoided it for 30 years.

Paw Luang announced that the village health centre would be open for registration of ALL village residents front Mon 10 May to Fri 14. I registered on 15th and on Thursday 20th at approx 5pm a motorcycle messenger came to my gate with an appointment card for me to attend Sanpatong Hospital on 2nd July at 9am to receive my first injection. The registration staff were not 100% sure but believed that I would receive the AZ vaccine.

As I understand this, it appears that the hospitals are charging patients for treatment that they can be reimbursed for by the government.

The scanner is now working. I made one last attempt intending to record exactly what commands I was using and their effect. I had originally got the printer to work using the Easy Linux Tips site in preference to Brother's own site (which did not work).

I started using Brother's own installation guide and to my surprise, it worked.

Alles in ordnung ist !

The topic is now redundant.Thanks to all who tried to help

Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon, Brother DCP-T300 printer/scanner.

I have got the printer working without much trouble using drivers downloaded from Brother website and instructions from Easy Linux tips project..

I have tried without success many times to make the scanner work using instructions from both the Brother website and the Easy Linux tips project . Each attempt ends after about 4 commands in "invalid command" or "command not recognised".

Has any expert any advice to offer? I do not want to lug the equipment into Chiangmai to find a Linux specialist