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Not fluency. Just be able to understand and converse in a reasonable manner, which someone married to a Thai could conquer in a couple of years. While PR might be a waste of time for you (it's expensive), being married to a Thai, you could pursue Thai citizenship instead. It's much cheaper and has more or less same conditions as a PR. Now, for that you will have to have a job, get reasonable income, and pay taxes. You'll also need to learn Thai, have good personality, etc. Being married to a Thai you won't have have sing the anthems. In your case, if you intend to stay here permanently, I would check that path. PR is not practical for you as it achieves less than citizenship, costs more, and isn't any easier to get. PR is a way towards staying visa-free, entered into blue book, without need of any reporting, without need to bring funds from abroad to buy a property - for those who are not married to a Thai.

At DLT Chatuchak yesterday windows were open and all the aircons switched off. Seems government offices are saving as well.

Have sleep gummies from US in the fridge, take them sometimes, but doesn't look like they have much if any effect. They taste good, though.

Both are accepted. Pink ID is also only in Thai and they have no issue with that. They'll enter your details into your system, which is searchable by phone number. So if someone is sending to you, they'll check phone number and send to address you gave them, or if it's different, update it at that time.

If that makes you happy, go ahead...

Took a cabbie today (Toyota Altis, probably about 10 years old) that just got his papers done at DLT before picking me up at their compound... noticed he had no headrests installed, and when trying to use seatbelt at the back seat, I realised that while seatbelt was there, you could not plug it anywhere... driver confirmed that I can't use it... Wonder who pays the fine if cops stop you after 5 Sep...? Passenger or driver? Also how could a car like that pass inspection??

Took MRT and BTS today. All Thais masked up. One farang just came from airport, trying to cover face with his jacket - gave him a mask and he seemed happy to wear it. There were however a bunch of westerners walking into train with no masks on. You could see disgust from Thais who started to move away from them, and looking away, trying to "breathe the other way". They must have been noticed as BTS played message that although mask mandate ended, BTS recommends wearing mask within 30 seconds of maskless foreigners coming in the train. Those of course completely ignored everything, some even coughing or showing difficulties breathing, which showed others moving away from them. When in Rome, do as Romans do, right? Except for the ultra überrasse farang visiting Thailand...

You'll need to bring some kind of ID for yourself, passport or Pink ID card, original. Then give your address and name, along with phone number, as well as receiver's name and address + phone number. They'll measure the box and tell you how much it costs. If you ship it in the morning it's same day in Bangkok and next day country-wide, but if you ship it in the afternoon, it's next day BKK and 1-2 days nationwide. You can buy insurance but need to show receipt for the item showing the price of item. They would only insure if you have original invoice. That's about it. FlashExpress has a website where you can punch in the data on size and weight, etc. and they'll issue tracking number, then come and pick it up from your home. Kerry apparently has the same but I've never used it, and prefer to send from Kerry owned shop, not just a drop point... You can just search for nearest proper shop. They are actually very good. And if you don't have a box and packaging material, they sell boxes and wrap it for you at the shop in bubble wrap. Overall a very good service.

I tried tower antenna from 25km away from Baiyoke Sky (that's where Bangkok transmitter is), mounted indoors, and it was perfectly fine. Never tried fishbone from such a distance. The image is from Samart, which makes these, as well as DTV boxes for TV sets that don't support digital signal. It's actually on the last Lazada link for a Samart fishbone.

No, TV set does not have a built-in antenna. But you can buy one from PowerBuy/PowerMall/Shopee/Lazada/,,, for peanuts. What you need will depend on where you are located. If you are near a transmitter, then a small plate or stick type antenna will suffice, else you might need a tower antenna or a fishbone antenna. Some examples from Lazada: Plate type: https://www.lazada.co.th/products/hd-50-1080p-hdtv-37-amplified-hd-digital-tv-antenna-i930396204.html Stick type: https://www.lazada.co.th/products/digital-tv-antenna-dvb-t2-i2719500685.html Tower type: https://www.lazada.co.th/products/d1a-indoor-antenna-i950924994.html, https://www.lazada.co.th/products/samart-d1a-digital-indoor-antenna-hd-268-i132933339-s144071611.html And then outdoor fishbone type (the higher the number, the more gain it has (gain is amplification of signal, and the number on it states how many db it raises the signal). https://www.lazada.co.th/products/thaisat-antenna-wing-14e-ninety9watch-i108536715.html https://www.lazada.co.th/products/family-antenna-digital-tv-sg-607-v2-i142531650.html https://www.lazada.co.th/products/beta-digital-tv-antenna-hd-37e-hd-37e-i116005372.html https://www.lazada.co.th/products/samart-5e-10-m-dvb-t2-antenna-outdoor-i120770965.html These are the types of antennas you could use depending on the distance from transmitter. And these are the channels you should be able to receive: I hope this helps.

Not. I can only guess: very few, if any. But I don't know for a fact.

Nice attempt at a redirect... That's exactly what the mindset of majority of voters around the World is... It's OK that our guys are crooks, because the other side are crooks as well. Doesn't anyone demand any accountancy from anyone anymore?

A wanted fugitive criminal for 15 years talking about damaging judiciary... amazing.

Yes, AI CCTV cameras in all entertainment zones, live streamed on the internet is a great idea. Doubt many members here would agree...

There are sellers that offer 89 or 99 baht stolen keys, which probably work fine. There are also 500-1200 baht offers of genuine packs, where DVDs are obviously cheaper than those with USB stick inside. Some examples: https://www.lazada.co.th/products/windows-10-pro-64bit-oei-dvd-i1092924211.html https://www.lazada.co.th/products/windows-10-pro-3264bit-fpp-full-box-i1474640349.html https://www.lazada.co.th/products/windows-10-pro-fpp-hav-00060-10-i2605084559.html You can see the reviews, but 5star review by many doesn't mean that keys will work in the future. Generally, those keys, even 89 baht ones, don't expire after 6 months.

Last night I couldn't sleep at all... Why's that? I was thinking all night who I could borrow 100,000 baht from... Why did you not call me?! Oh, you have it?? I could give you sleeping pills....

Oh, look at that. Phuket indeed is back to same old, same old.

How about letting the operator who coughed up the money to build the tracks dictate what using of the trains costs instead of controlling the price like a communist country? If the price is too high, people can't afford it, they stop using it. BTSC re-evaluates and puts up promotions or lowers the ticket costs. Or stops the service. It's up to them, it's their track and their trains.

He was known to flush confidential documents down the White House toilet, several times blocking it.

Certainly I am not. Link 1: By Gerrard Kaonga On 6/1/22 at 4:53 AM EDT Link 2: Liam James Tuesday 31 May 2022 19:52 Got anything more current?

I just went up and down RT, and there's 0 mentioning of anything OP says. With my broken Russian I can't find it on any of the other Russian media sites either. Where's the link to original reporting? Hopefully not theonion.com...

Hope he now comes to court in person to celebrate...

I am buying from UnderArmor for most casual clothes and sizes are exact same as in Macy's in the US. Maybe try their online shop in Lazada, at least for polos, so you don't run around naked ????

And that's just a couple of days after that u-turn bridge collapsed in Samut Sakhorn, killing a few. It really makes it clear why Thais just do not enter into any building under renovation or such - they can just see disaster looming. But... for some reason they have no such fear on the roads or when in long abandoned building that could collapse at any moment... Strange people.

If you load this in Chrome and translate to English, you'll see what China is actually doing in the military exercise - and it is to choke Taiwan. https://news.haiwainet.cn/n/2022/0803/c3541083-32465935.html Marked areas are those that exercises are at. All around TW. In article you have explanation why each of them matter and how they cripple Taiwan.