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Yes, first learn the alphabet and then the tone rules. Otherwise, getting the pronunciation correct will be difficult.

Could be that it just means removal of something like the requirement for police record and doctor's certificate currently needed when applying for an O-A.

This is all true. No argument from me. My comment was in response to a general observation and not specifically to this incident.

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.

To each their own; however, I'm quite happy using my watch.

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.

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.

Here is the application form. Once filled out it can be sent by regular e-mail as stated on page 5. I'd also assume that if you have any questions you can send them to the same e-mail address. Ansoegning_folkepension_i_udlandetpdf.pdf

Apparently too few for the vendors to bother.

The answer is that it depends on several factors. You can read about the rules here (official government website in Danish): https://www.borger.dk/pension-og-efterloen/International-pension/Dansk-pension-i-udlandet/International-pension-soege

Yeah, that's certainly unacceptable. I guess I should count myself lucky that I live where I only have to waste one hour total.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1. No electricity needed to scan a QR code. 2. LOL

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".

Just need cellphone coverage, which usually works even during blackouts. By the way, how would you obtain cash if there's no electricity?

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.

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? ????