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That is getting close to some of the more expensive UK schools. My best friends nephews are at a very expensive school in UK , 3 boys in the family, they charged two and the third was free !

Whereas this school you would get 5% discount!!

One possibility is a keeled rat snake but need to see the head !

If a "triangular" ridged body then very likely a keeled rat snake.

3 minutes ago, khongaeng said:

I have a question for those of you that have a gotten a Thai passport.  When you get your first Thai passport, how do they know where your place of birth is?  It is not shown on your ID card or House Registration.  I think I remember reading 100+ pages back that the passport office asked to see someone’s other national passport (many nationalities list place of birth on the passport).  What if you don’t bring your other nationality passport, or if your other nationality passport doesn’t list your birthplace? 

I was asked whilst doing my house reg. where my place of birth was.

2 hours ago, madmitch said:

In all seriousness, there's a lot of talk in the media about buffet restaurants being banned. Sound logical to me but will Thailand be strict enough to close its buffets, including moo gatas, indefinitely?

That could be tricky in practice because just about every group Thai meal is a buffet!; in that (eg.) you order 10 dishes between 8 of you and all dig in.

31 minutes ago, khwaibah said:

Thai Post has been saying from March 3 months by slow boat to the USA.

Supposedly starting from March 28! It would seem they started somewhat earlier!

2 parcels I sent to USA mid March have yet to still arrive !!! They should have been delivered first week of April.

Through the nationality application process, it was never required. I now have Thai nationality )posted in Royal Gazette, just need to go to "kwaeng" of Tesabahn to do house reg. (first step) and they are the ones saying I need it. Next step is to main Tesabahn for ID card. This will be based on info in house reg. So if I give in to their new name demand at the kwaeng it will be going on ID card because they follow what is on house reg. Nightmare!

Actually thinking about it, my actual name has been posted in Royal Gazette. Surely that is the person/ "name" they must follow in house reg/ID otherwise Royal Gazette and Thai ID name would not match ! ie they would have given citizenship to "different person" !!!!

PS My "kwaeng " are ...... useless !

Can anyone comment on "the need to take a Thai name" when getting Thai ID. I was told that to get a Thai ID and house reg I need to take a Thai name (not surname). Seems absolutely ridiculous and could be a can of worms when it comes to paperwork and travel. Anyone have details?

9 minutes ago, PGThompson1 said:

Anutin!! Wouldn't give me much confidence!

I don't think they are related to that Anutin!

There is a dentist just on the south side of Sompet market which I have been past a few times (in the last weeks) and it looks very much open.

I just looked it up on google

streetview

Called Anutin dental clinic.

This is the only telephone number I could find.

https://www.yellowpages.co.th/en/profile/Anutin-Dental-Clinic-93V9JPoog

I thought they were telling people to not pay until 30 April because they were adjusting the bills downwards. Huge outcry over expensive bills so they are readjusting so you only pay partial amount of any extra units. There is a thread on it somewhere.

24 minutes ago, colinneil said:

So people i hope you all looked at the video Yinn posted, taken after the fire had been brought under control.

It clearly shows how BIG the fire was, and yes it was an inferno, complete opposite to what Yinn claims.

Check out the video from 11.00 minutes onwards.

Like most "news people" he gets there after its finished !  Its huge and he doesn't get very close to it. Funny piece early on where he gets told to more a less "<deleted> off" because he's blocking the road.

A friend of mine went back on Eva Air from BKK to London about 2 weeks ago. Sorry not sure where flight originates, but apparently plane half full at the most. I think BKK is a transit pick up.

26 minutes ago, LomSak27 said:

I take a self isolation seriously. I also don't go back in the old neighborhood, live in another area of town. However you have piqued my interest. 

 

Old News ---- Soi 1 ratchadamnoen, right behind the Montri Hotel (Hotel M now) If you walk that soi north, cross by Irish Pub, up to Somphet Market. There were more than a couple, old time packer places, barely hanging on, Three were GONE. That was second half of 2018. These are bp GH, because if you walk that way, you go by three new boutique hotels, built to tap into the Chinese Gold Rush. Unfortunately as part of the massive overbuild, oversupply they were basically vacant, but staying open. 

 

BTW I used to stay at Hollanda Montri back in the day when Bik & Bong ran it (80's) . I assume Luc & Ahm were still running it until closed ... ?

 

Sad Days ...  

 

I'll do a drive by of the Montri & places listed above, with camera & lens next week..

Around Moonmuang Soi 5 seems to be "investor central"

The big new "complex" - Spice Garden I think its called. The Rama gh was sold and is being "rebuilt". There was another guesthouse just up from the Rama , maybe called the Siri (can't remember) probably sold as remains just a shell, bits knocked down. A couple of other places look like Chinese investors or for that market. That whole soi has either mistimed their investment spectacularly or maybe knows something that we don't?

Look on the bright side - it will be another couple of years before there is enough grass to cause a major disaster again!!

Geez 70 rai of grass, that is a hell of a lot of burning grass!

Glad you are OK!

A couple of days ago Rimping was really low on baking supplies. It looks like everyone must be baking !!

This morning on my desktop it took about 3hrs for the LAN connection to show as connected. It spent about 3hrs spinning "acquiring network address". The weird thing was that it didn't affect my internet connection. Normally when you switch on that thing has to connect before you can get an internet connection !

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