tomazbodner

Sometimes stars align...

Right. Remove the import duty especially on luxury items and cars, then.

Why deport? If Thais do something illegal in their country, they get fined and sometimes thrown in prison. Why should foreigners be any different?

Time machine?

That was my first thought as well - reinstall and the embedded Windows license should activate Windows automatically. I'm also worried in link I shared above, where they stated that mostly the error comes from some installed malware or wrongly installed updates. That's worrying. But, maybe OP has some important software installed, so maybe worth to try salvage it, and if not, format and install from scratch from USB stick created by Media Creator is last resort.

This is a much better guide: https://windowsreport.com/windows-10-update-error-0x800705b4/ But it's for Windows 10, although mostly applicable to Windows 11 as well.

And this thing is only a few months old. Just think of what state it will be in after 10 or 20 years...

Very appropriate day to make that announcement...

OK guys, the party is OFF!

What exactly do you use Adobe Acrobat Pro for? Is online editor of any use? Like https://openpdf.com/lp/edit-pdf.html or https://www.adobe.com/th_en/acrobat/online/pdf-editor.html That's just 2 examples. If you were using Windows, I'd recommend FlexiPDF but it's not free, it's 500-1000 baht per year, depending on feature set. It's way better than Acrobat Pro.

If your passport number changed, bring old and new passport to the bank branch you opened account at. That makes it the easiest. Don't forget your bank book also. Once passport is updated, you can get ATM card at any branch. If staff is kind you can actually update passport at any branch if you have old one with you as well, else they send you to branch you opened account at.

Poster Of The Year award. Members were voting for the most appreciated member. I believe last time it was Ying from somewhere down south that won. Didn't hear of another since then. So maybe it's time to revive it. You'd surely be on shortlist of candidates for the award.

I was reading on Kicks how it works, and that's not really a hybrid. Works like a diesel electric train. There's an ICE engine inside which generates electricity, and that electricity powers an electric engine which moves the car. A "proper" hybrid uses battery power for acceleration or where less power is needed, charges the battery during braking, etc., and uses ICE engine when more power is needed, so it's switching between the 2 engines as you drive. Plug in hybrid just has a larger battery that can go electric for 50km or so before kicking in ICE engine, and can be charged from the wall socket. With this, I think hybrids are still very relevant due to charging stations not yet being as convenient as filling up gas in a minute, yet having significantly lower fuel consumption and by that also lower emissions. The catch is that you should not be buying a hybrid approaching 10 years of age as there are several parts (including battery and charging components) that are very expensive to replace. Buying new though, why not. But then the same advice could go for a used electric car - battery costs nearly as much as new car.

We really need the POTY award back!

Just wondering if OP has an option to apply for a permanent residence? Apart from foreign quota (which is rarely an issue except in very touristy areas), that should get the rest of issues out of the way. PR is not as difficult to get as some say, as long as you qualify to apply and are willing to put some effort in it.

How can someone have work permit through their spouse? Did you ever try to apply for work permit in Thailand?

There's something that bothers me... scaling of immigration operations. Every passenger on the plane has a ticket. They need to buy one before they board the plane. They already know their passport numbers, nationalities, visa requirements, etc which are all done by airlines at the checkin counters. Surely by knowing exactly how many people are on each plane, and what's an average delay of a plane, who is transiting and who is going through immigration, they could scale the force accordingly?

Could you be more specific? We're organizing a party!

Only place where Grab was excellent and cheaper than taxi that I visited was Malaysia. I used it specifically in Penang. In Singapore it was not much different from Bangkok. In Chonburi province Bolt seems to be easier to get and much cheaper than Grab.

Nope. They have taxi also. They call a regular taxi and add a (much lower) fee on top. I took it a few times, as I could rarely get someone to accept. There are also Air Asia and Robinhood that offer app-based transport. Never tried them, but I see some neighbours getting in their cars sometimes.

OK, this way - The Mall is about 5-5.5 km from me. Regular taxi would take about 70-80 THB. Grab will quote me between 160 and 250 THB. LineMan around 100-120. Bolt between 90 and 100, but that doesn't help much as mostly nobody accepts, or it gets cancelled and I eventually need to take something else anyway. For longer distances, the difference comes down to maybe 50%, so if normal taxi was about 200, Grab would be 300-400, depending on traffic. I am comparing between what Grab quoted me for "JustGrab" vs. what I actually paid for taxi hailed from the same spot to same destination at about same time. And yes, difference is quite large. But what's even more interesting is that the Grab app states that entire tip goes to driver. As driver was a bit fast to check his phone I could see that either he lost half of the fare or my tip was cut. Since then I would give drivers tip in cash. All that said - I use Grab sometimes several times in a day. Yes, it's more expensive than regular cab, but it's convenient, drivers are OK, so are cars. Looks like they do some vetting before they allow them to join the platform. A few times I was given a premium car, and once a van. Bit of an overkill for 1 person...

Grab is consistently more expensive than regular taxis. But at least it uses best way to get you to destination you choose. The actual cost of trip however depends on the traffic, weather and number of available taxis. I generally used JustGrab. It is usually 50-100% more than regular taxi meter.

There are a few things that this generation is great at, though: demanding their rights, and blaming others.

Was just going to say the same. I am not renting, but my condo bathroom also had smell, which could get quite intense. There were 2 problems, however - one was broken/missing seals under the toilet bowl, and the second, as mentioned above, was smell from the drain pipes, which silicone plugs, cheaply available in Lazada sorted. Last thing could be any mould, or residue on floor which emits smell when wet. So scrubbing floors and maybe running some disinfectant (I know Dettol has sprays that became popular during pandemic) could also fix that. Lastly, some of my neighbours complained of smelly water from showers, which was apparently addressed by replacing shower hoses.