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Batteries were nver really a viable option for the aviation industry so they are researching alternative fuels. The motor industry being a much more fragmented sector saw different entities fighting over the fastest possible solution. Trying to store electricity has the potential to be instantaneously disastrous, only time will tell if they all shot off in the wrong direction or not. When the aviation sector has resolved the fuel issue, every chance there will be a change in direction for the motor industry, leaving a disposal problem for taxpayers around the globe.

A great deal of development around here started during covid, many came home from wherever and never went back. It is not all one way and through out history technical progress has always made things smaller. " Interestingly, while large-scale factories are experiencing a higher closure rate, smaller factories are witnessing an increase in new openings." https://criterionasia.com/thailands-industrial-landscape/

Thanks for the info, I don't go to BK very often so doubt it's worth it, unless as been suggested you can't get the reduction without a card. See what happens next time I am there.

Been getting the discount since MRT started and never had a card. The reduced fare wasn't available at the machines so a question of going to the counter, ID never been required. Even the other week no mention of a card.

I think there is some validity in that women have contributed to the decline, but a bit harsh to put it down to laziness. As time has gone by woman took to trying to contribute to the family budget and in doing so lost the time that would have been available to pass on kitchen skills to their offspring. Girls wouldn't have any idea about "taste checking" if they hadn't been taught. When I went to school girls were taught cookery but that was dropped from the syllabus, leaving it all to "mum". The problem was that mum having been at work just wanted to do something as quick as possible. I was an RAF apprentice in the early 60s and on a Sunday used to visit my aunt in London. She would sit by the oven door for 3 hours basting the meat while I went to the pub with my uncle. When we came back, there was the most succulent roast beef on the table that you could come across, just melted in the mouth. Food is just like anything else, results are proportional to skill, technique and effort.

Google has 2 different facilities, Google Pay and Google Wallet. I don't know much about the wallet but believe it can make your phone act like a card like in contactless payments. I use Google Pay and that requires a card, you add the card to your account and when making a transaction Google will confirm the payment without the vendor seeing the card details.

You mean like "Fish and Potato Chips" instead of "Fish and Chips". Nothing to do with terminology, it is a lack of context appreciation that gets some confused. Context has never been a strong point on this forum, sometimes deliberately distorted by some.

You can hold THB in your account that has been exchanged at the Wise rate a time of your choosing so when you use the card you are spending Thai baht. With foreign cards the transaction will be converted at an exchange rate determined by the card issuer at the time, and in some cases like the UK, there is also a Non Sterling Transaction Fee on top. I have found it much more useful than my UK bank card, a real godsend when travelling. I went to Germany a few weeks back, just loaded the card with some Euros and used contactless, saves a great deal of the hassle with physical currency. You have to bear in mind however it is a debit card as opposed to a credit card.

Take it you have a link to the official announcement.

I got the senior fare several times when In BKK a couple of weeks ago. Just asked at the counter and nothing said.

When people make enquires about Wise they should clarify what they are trying to do and where. Regulations vary from country to country and can be subject to change. I had to provide photo ID to open my account in the UK, it is a card bearing account rather than just money transfer. An article I noticed recently. https://wise.com/help/articles/2932335/guide-to-thb-transfers

My wife had a good job but when her father died in 2013 she decided to retire about a year later. He had been looking after his grandaughter who was still at school and the immediate solution was that her sister who lived in Bangkok came home during the week, returning home at the weekends, She had a hair dressing business that she just shut down, she sold up and moved to the family home. With not much to do during the day the pair of them set up a voluntary refuge for unwanted cats and for the last 7 to 8 years have had about 60 inmates. No income, only outgoings, but as you say self respect and Bhudda brownie points.

"Bangkok’s cumulative risk score stood at 53.34, driven significantly by crime and health security concerns," Should have read "driven signiicantly by the views of misinformed foreigners."

I believe over 30 million people participated in the last digital wallet scheme, those that didn't have a smartphone, or didn't want to use a smartphone were given a card to show to the vendor. Not that complicated, the vast majority were more than happy to use their phone, we now pay the price of previous initiatives in supermarket queues.

You are perfectly free to believe there has never been any previous digital wallet schemes. Just because you have never participated doesn't mean they haven't existed, or been successful. I think there has been 4 previous schemes, each one being more successful than the previous. Only the ignorant falangs think this is something new.

Thai Immigration do no such thing, they refer to them as the Ban Laem and Ban Pakkard Border Check Points, because they both use the same stamp. I am sure I used to see a building near the traffic lights on the 317 that also said "Immigration". I think Pong Nam Ron is the only jurisdiction that has 2 land borders.

Struck me as being a bit like a storyline from the TV political drama series "Scandal".

You think Madoff Investments a better bet.

I can only assume you are of the opinion loan sharks are a species unique to Thailand. Time to broaden your horizons.

It is always a matter of opinion whether concept of implication is wrong or not, but certainly not up to anyone on this forum, moderator or otherwise, to pass judgement. On the basis that the majority of visas become "used" on entry with people being granted visa status, it is perfectly acceptable in the English language for the word "status" to become implied. Non native speakers may find it unacceptable but you are not going to teach old English dogs new tricks. When someone makes a post, wouldn't it be better to try and understand the context or ask for clarification, than to start picking holes in what has been said. The terminology brigade on this forum was wiped out some years ago and the last thing we need is a resurrection.

You are wrong to respond in such a manner. The poster plans to extend his visa status which will be based on the visa used to enter the country.

There never really was a replacement for the one on 2nd Road. Went in the Walking Street one a couple of times but once was enough for Pattaya Tai.

And you obviously have difficulty understanding English.

Please let us know in what countries people would do any different. Delusional to think that when people get their Winter Fuel allowance they are not straight down the pub. Appears that handouts are perfectly acceptable elsewhere, just not in Thailand.