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One dead, 30 injured in Singapore Airlines emergency landing
nrasmussen replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
This is all true. No argument from me. My comment was in response to a general observation and not specifically to this incident. -
One dead, 30 injured in Singapore Airlines emergency landing
nrasmussen replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Yes, I find that annoying too. Of course, whenever you hear "Cabin crew take your seats!" you know when you should definitely not go to the lavatory. -
Payment QR Codes
nrasmussen replied to WalsallRobbo's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
To each their own; however, I'm quite happy using my watch. -
Payment QR Codes
nrasmussen replied to WalsallRobbo's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Yes, they do indeed. And the best thing about those (i.e., contactless payment terminals) is that there's even no need for fumbling with a card. I just hold my watch to the terminal and payment is done. I don't think it can be any easier than that. -
Payment QR Codes
nrasmussen replied to WalsallRobbo's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
My guess is that it's because there are too few customers insisting on paying with cash for the vendors to bother with the hassle and expenses of handling cash. -
Payment QR Codes
nrasmussen replied to WalsallRobbo's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Apparently too few for the vendors to bother. -
Yeah, that's certainly unacceptable. I guess I should count myself lucky that I live where I only have to waste one hour total.
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My point was that I wasted an hour doing what normally can be done at leisure in a few minutes. I apologise that that wasn't clear.
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For the first time since online reporting was introduced I got my submission rejected. I thought it might be a mistake and tried again a few days later with the same result. So, as instructed, I went to the immigration office (Songkhla Immigration, Hat Yai) in person, where naturally I asked why I couldn't do the reporting online and the answer I got was that the system wasn't working. Photocopies required where of: passport picture page, extension of permission to stay, and entry stamp. Total time spent (driving home-immigration-home included): about one hour.
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Thai Airways records recovery with US$782 million profit in 2023
nrasmussen replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
I don't know anything about that. What I do know, however, is that with the huge order backlogs that both Airbus and Boeing have, when ordering new planes, expected deliveries are many years in the future; hence the need for (very) long time planning. -
Thai Airways records recovery with US$782 million profit in 2023
nrasmussen replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Ordering 45 Boeing 787s to be delivered over ten years starting from 2027 seems like long term planning to me: https://www.thaiairways.com/sites/en/news/news_announcement/news_detail/tg-boeing-joint.page#:~:text=Singapore%2C 20 February%2C 2024 -,up to 80 Dreamliners%2C at -
Flying short domestic flights (usually between Bangkok and Hat Yai), I don't really care much which airline; most important is price/schedule. I did have a preference, though, for Thai Smile, because everything was included without having to pay extra fees - and they even had a senior's discount 😉 - so I'm sad to see them go. Most recently I used Thai Vietjet Air and Thai Lion Air - both without any issues.
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The "server" is most likely a mainframe located in the bank's data center. These are so reliable that unscheduled downtime is typically just a few minutes per year, so my guess is that in this case it was the branch's data communication link to the data center that was down.
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Immigration house check
nrasmussen replied to James76's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
For my very first extension of permission to stay based on retirement I got a house visit. A few years later, for the first extension after moving to another house on the same street, I also got a house visit. So apparently they just want to check that I really live where I claim I do. -
The demise of the village ATM.
nrasmussen replied to Crossy's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
That's kind of moot, isn't it, since the till wouldn't work at all, so no way to register the sale, even if paying with cash. -
The demise of the village ATM.
nrasmussen replied to Crossy's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
1. No electricity needed to scan a QR code. 2. LOL -
The demise of the village ATM.
nrasmussen replied to Crossy's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
I don't know if it's because the cashier cannot read English, but whenever this happens to me I just point to the English text and say "อ่านว่าไม่ต้องเซ็น". -
The demise of the village ATM.
nrasmussen replied to Crossy's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Just need cellphone coverage, which usually works even during blackouts. By the way, how would you obtain cash if there's no electricity? -
Public advised to protect themselves as COVID-19 cases surge
nrasmussen replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
So much misinformation and fear mongering have been going on since the beginning of the pandemic that people, as evidenced in this thread, still after three years and the pandemic effectively being over, hotly debates the pros and cons of vaccines and mask wearing. I'm from a generation before conspiracy theories, where vaccines unquestionably were considered a good thing. Some vaccines are more effective than others, some require boosters, some don't; nothing new here. I, personally, am very happy that it was possible to develop COVID-19 vaccines as quickly as it was (anyone remember that in the beginning it was said that it might take five to 10 years to do it?). I've had four shots until now and I intend to keep having one together with my yearly influenza shot; that will probably continue for the rest of my life, since SARS-CoV-2 most likely is here to stay. Regarding masks, I hate wearing one and I only do it when I must. If it's compulsory I don a mask, if it's not, I don't. It's no big deal as far as I'm concerned, and what others do or don't, well, up to them, I don't care. -
Thai schools to re-introduce disease precautions as Covid cases rise
nrasmussen replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
That was relevant during the pandemic. All it will accomplish now is possibly reducing an already minuscule risk slightly. -
As a Hat Yai resident I do hope that you haven't completely abandoned all plans for a route to Songkhla. Please? ????
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Car: THB 2000 VIP seat: THB 2800
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Rule on running engine while refueling
nrasmussen replied to itsari's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
Back in the days of the infancy of mobile phones I worked at a company manufacturing petrol station equipment, including pumps. I seem to remember that at the time there was some concern that mobile phones might interfere with the electronics in the pumps, potentially causing wrong measurements of the amount of dispensed fuel. It's possible that that's the real reason why mobile phone use was discouraged during filling and that it was just found easier to attain compliance if the public instead was told that there would be danger of explosion.