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Having a clear out and have unearthed a huge stack of old CD's and cassette tapes. Wonder if anyone knew a place where they could be converted to an easy playable format.

I did it last month, it took about 15mins in total , including wait at desk while processing. There was no queue wait when I went, went straight to desk, no one else waiting.

3 hours ago, mstevens said:

It's easy to post one photo of one particular event and say that it is representative of that place. Using that photo to suggest Khao San Road is busy all the time is ridiculous. It isn't busy at all and the vibe has changed massively. The Khao San Road area (whether one likes it or not and I don't particularly) does not have the vibe, nor crucially the lure, that it used to.

Last month I was in BKK and had a bit of spare time so went for a coffee in the Khaosan Road area. The whole area has decidedly lost its mojo. All the street stalls gone as well as the stalls lining some of the pavement up Samsen. The whole area was deathly quiet. The soi to the side of the temple is still fairly lively and more shops seemed to have opened up in that soi, probably escaping from Khaosan Road. If anyone is going to Khaosan Road as a destination, they will be hugely disappointed.

I have used small packet airmail and if you register it , USPS does continue the tracking. However Canada and Australia don't.

Lighter items you can send in their padded postpak envelopes - need to staple seal and not stick the flap down.

I live just south of there and saw 2 in one week a few years ago. So it would seem that there is a sustained population in the area. Also saw another in the same year near the moat. Presumably they are around the drains from the Mae Kha Canal (where it looks like your picture was )and the moat. Also from that canal they could travel from the Chang Puak area.

Gonzo , did you check on the 2 year waiver for licenses under Article 44.

Did you pay your Tesabahn taxes yet for this year? If they let you pay for the one which is a piece of harder white paper (something like Safety and Waste on title); that will mean they are ignoring the issue of license. It would be well worth checking this, it could well mean you are fine for the next 2 years at least.

I think they are black collared starlings.

2 hours ago, Airalee said:

It was supposed to drop to 1m in 2016 but it was delayed.  I wonder if the same will happen this time.

I assume the delay is coming into action, as per the photo above. Many people have been getting a leaflet through the mail in the last few days.

Bear in mind, the deposit protection in Thailand is rapidly dropping. This year it goes from 10m to 5m and next year it will be down to 1m only.

3 hours ago, geistfunke said:

The Thai Baht will destroy everything in this country and the point of no return is near if not already reality.

Presumably the strong Baht is good for those that want to take it out of the country. So maybe the country will be "milked" over the next couple of years.

9 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

Perhaps I'm wrong but I've been led to believe that even if Thailand stopped the burning the problem would still exist from other countries.  Strikes me it's an ASEAN problem and should be add dressed in that forum. 

If you sit back and pick apart the structure of companies and business; it becomes clear it is mostly a Thai and Chinese problem. The other countries (Myanmar/Laos) taking the role of only "top level benefit receivers". Just dealing with it on a Thai level , if you take into account Thai business and not just national borders would deal with enough to create vastly better air quality.

1 hour ago, OzFlyer said:

Can you explain what you mean by this? Is it a gambling syndicate of sorts? How would she be able to do from home as she rarely goes out? She isn't playing blackjack at the local den unless she is sneaking out at night and switching off the CCTV which runs 24/7.

I think they are referring to "Underground lottery" "Huay Tai Din".

Playing/selling numbers in the lottery and selling "tickets" locally. Many of these get into trouble when there are a lot of winners. Probably impossible to know numbers involved in these but have even heard of people in Chiang Mai being involved in the Lao underground lottery (miles away). Mostly the big "controllers " don't sell the tickets, they would recruit agents to do so.

He has a CMU email address here:

https://www.cmu.ac.th/en/faculty/dentistry/teacher/7660fca6-54e1-4b35-8ac0-3727cee4888a

The phone number is just a generic CMU one

Gonzo - my understanding is that there is a 2 year amnesty for those places without a hotel license. However you would need to register and complete fire safety details before September

see here:

https://f.datasrvr.com/fr1/819/87818/Amnesty_Opportunity_for_Hotel_Operators.pdf

21 minutes ago, rumak said:

is that you holding the snake ?   

No not me ! We do have a much bigger one of those snakes in our surrounding area though. Last year it had babies at the back of the garden somewhere. Snakes are very sensitive to vibration , so the morning after Loy Kratong, we found six in our kitchen !!

Ptyas carinatus - keeled rat snake

Triangular shaped body should make it a rat snake.