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That description was incomplete but you are free to believe what suits.

Of course you can register with your passport. When the wife of another foreigner that goes to the same hospital as me found out what the hospital had done, she rung them up and asked why her husband hadn;t been treated in the same way. Hospital told her it was because he had registered with a passport. Wouldn't touch pfizer with a barge pole, had 4 doses of AZ, the last one over a year ago. Friend of mine developed an autoimmune disorder and became suicidal, fortunately held on and after about 2 years getting on top of it. Studies from the US would indicate it was a result of the pfizer vaccine.

The Cancer hospital at Chonburi does a check up package for 1600 baht, 1300 for those without a prostate. Includes full bloods, urine and stool analysis, X-ray and ECG. Downside, need to make appointment and results take about a month.

Hasn't been that price for a long time, unless they brought it down again. We used to go as club members and they stopped that. Last time we went, a while before the pandemic, didn't realise it had gone up to 499 but they gave us a discount as a party of 6. Not been back since. Pity really as I thought it was better than the Dusit.

Still closed as far as I am aware, same with the Lek. I think all the old budget buffets have gone. Stayed at the Apex in my early days, got a paper and spent most of the morning in the buffet. Room 235 Apex Hotel was the address on my first bank account.

There was no confusion during the pandemic. I am registered at the hospital with the pink card and the hospital put me on Mor Phrom. Almost front of the queue when the vaccine rollout started.

Quite right. My number starts 6-2001 and my wife is 3-2001. The 2001 is the main amphur in Chonburi, nothing in the 13 digits that relate to nationality.

You have only addressed mobile data. Mobile data and data roaming are normally 2 different settings. Using a UK sim in Thailand would be a case of data roaming. If your phone does not address data roaming then you may well have to look at something else.

Yes it is Giffgaff. Only need to make a call or text every 6 months to keep account active. When I go to the UK I buy a 30 day data package, several options to choose from. I had Lebara before and lost 2 sims as they are ony 12 weeks allowance on useage.

Yes, I got a new credit card in Oct and that is similar but unlike Wise has the card number on the back. My debit card which I got sometime after the Wise card was still the old embossed format, change is in the air. Only come across one problem with the Wise card and that was in Wetherspoons. Their app wanted to scan the card and to do so needs to see the card number, real money saved the day.

A bit strange. My phone is a budget dual sim android and most of the time I have had a sim and micro SD. Since I came back from the UK last Aug the UK sim is still in the phone and enabled, not seen any difference in battery usage which is generally quite low, about 20% a day. Maybe Iphones are a bit different.

Nobody ever knew what the referendum was about, there was never any comprehensive white paper published before the vote, every Tom, Dick and Harry had nothing but an opinion. The NI issue was brought up well before the vote but DC was so convinced he would win it, along with other issues, were never brought to the public's attention. Had there been a white paper there would never have been a protocol to try and fix.

Bit of a frustrating way to learn. First time I went to the UK with dual sim phone I got a bit confused. Had to go through the user manual to check out the settings to find out what was going on. First thing I do now when I get a new phone. Nobody is born knowlegeable, and knowledge, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

Quite, should have said wrong approach, but certainly the wrong attitude.

Most people pick up the nutcracker, not the sledgehammer. But then they may never have heard of a nutcracker.

You are wrong.There is no need to do anything with the sim cards, it is all about settings on the phone.

Bit of a stupid opinion. Of course Thai law applies to everyone, but Thais cannot be deported or refused entry. Only the delusional would prefer the Bangkok Hilton to a red card.

Data is to do with the phone rather than the sim. I do exactly what you say with a dual sim phone. In Thailand I always have Mobile data switched off but when I go to the UK I buy a data package and turn Mobile data on, you then get the option to choose which sim card to use for mobile data.

Are you absolutely sure it is a drain pipe. If it was a glued cap it may possibly part of some pest control pipework. The other possibility it is a soakaway, rather than part of the water system, and the other end needs clearing. If not on main drainage a normal drain would go to the grey water tank. You could pour some milk down the pipe and have a look in the grey water tank and see if it is coming through or not. Some years ago I had a similar problem. That was down to the builder not putting enough fall on the pipe and sediment built up restricting flow. That is unlikely on a pipe that has never been used, unless the pipe feeds into another pipe where the restriction is not so evident. I became aware of the washing machine problem when water started to come up the shower drain. I designed my house so I knew where to dig down and correct the problem, may not be so easy if that is the problem. Good luck.

There seems to be a compulsion on this forum to distort the context. This was the point in question. "Thailand does not want any involvement from foreign countries in the past, present, and future...." Are you trying to make a point that Thailand has never had any involvement with China? As far as the language is concerned there is a historical reason why Chinese dialects are not widely spoken. "The Primary Education Act of 1932 made the Thai language the compulsory medium of education, but, as a result of protests from the Chinese community, by 1939 students were allowed two hours of mandarin instruction per week. State corporations took over commodities such as rice, tobacco, and petroleum and Chinese businesses found themselves subject to a range of new taxes and controls." https://www.mychinaroots.com/places/651547/thailand A change in attitude towards the Chinese came about in 1975. BTW my Thai niece speaks fluent Cantonese.

Just some catchup on the website, colour been there for a while. I got my card early 2021 and it is green, when they changed from mastercard. Bit strange when I first saw it, no card No and only name & CVC on the back. Been viewed with suspicion a few times.

People are hung up on transfers to Thailand but Wise is an international company. I have been using Wise for a couple of years now and make regular payments to companies in the EU and Canada. Europe has always been almost instant but Canada very unpredictable, from a few minutes to a few days. Last payment to Canada in Dec was only about $50 and just on 5 days. Generally speaking the service is excellent.

In a nutshell, NO.

In the 30s about 12% of the population of Thailand were Chinese nationals, I would doubt any occupation has reached that level of involvement. Yet expats still question the affinity between Thailand and China.

Gary Glitter didn't think so.