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3 minutes ago, maxisrael said:

 Get a digital TV and use the simply small digital antenna and you're wife can watch the Thai channels in HD

It will depend on where in the country you are as to how big an antenna you need for Digital Terrestrial TV

some places are still not really covered and never will be.

there is a web site to help find your nearest transmitter location,frequencies in use antenna pointing direction.

https://dtvservicearea.nbtc.go.th/webpeople/

30 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

It isn't normal for power to go out this much, and I've tried telling them that when I lived in the US the power maybe goes out 3 times a year,

In London England the power would be up for years without fail..here in my Thai (man)cave the frequent power glitches/brown/black outs play havoc  with  all the "IOT"  and computer equipment  not to mention  the ants that love making nests in anything electronic that are on 24/7 (except during power outs)

Thailand 4.0 ????

You said

3 hours ago, giddyup said:

Bought a new one, didn't make any difference. The PC and the laptop both recognise the WD My Passport in the USB port though, just can't access the files.

so what do you mean by recognise ?.. anyway if disk management doesn't see it on 2 different systems then its probably kaput..so take it out of the plastic case and have a look at separating the actual hard drive from the USB portion  before buying any SATA/USB adaptor, they aren't that expensive  about 500 baht but no point  buying something you can't use.

14 minutes ago, Why Me said:

once enough people are vaccinated and virus free for even a few months (in fact, just more than the incubation period of a few weeks) then bye bye pandemic.

There will be another one along soon enough.

It will check the disk for errors   that can lead to  files not being "seen" by windows

the full command to run from command prompt  would be chkdsk /f  Z:    substitute the Z: for whatever

drive letter has been assigned to the My Passport  drive.

5 minutes ago, stevenl said:

According to bangladeshis authorities she is not a Bangladesh citizen

Well apparently she is until 21 years of age.

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Lawyers have told the BBC that under Bangladesh law, a UK national born to a Bangladeshi parent is automatically a Bangladeshi citizen - a dual national - but the Bangladeshi authorities assert that's not the case for Ms Begum.

Under this "blood line" law, Bangladeshi nationality and citizenship lapse when a person reaches the age of 21, unless they make active efforts to retain it.

3 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Every chair vendor space is empty.  No one around now.

They all went back to Bangkok  after the long 4 day holiday...another one planed for later this month will probably see them all back again.

6 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

Will someone please complete that ugly wreck next to Pattaya City sign or tear it down?

I think "someone" will complete it eventually  like most of the post 97 crash buildings eventually where finished and are in use.

13 minutes ago, samran said:

um, cause she isn't a citizen there. The British government have just assumed she is.

I thought it was because they didn't want her either ?

4 minutes ago, Morch said:

As far as I understand Bangladesh declined already. Similarly, it would be nigh impossible deporting her to Syria, Iraq or similar destinations.

Nobody wants her !  and after watching the video interview   where she says seeing decapitated heads thrown in a dustbin  didn't phase her  is anyone surprised ?

From the BBC website

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How do you lose your citizenship?

In the UK, someone can have their citizenship stripped by the home secretary, for the following reasons:

• It is "for the public good" and would not make them stateless
• The person obtained citizenship through fraud
• Their actions could harm UK interests and they can claim citizenship elsewhere

Ms Begum was stripped of her citizenship for the public good reason.

Under international law, it is legal to remove someone's citizenship if they are entitled to citizenship of another country.

In February, a tribunal ruled that removing Ms Begum's citizenship was lawful because she was "a citizen of Bangladesh by descent".

So why has she not gone to Bangladesh ?

On 7/13/2020 at 8:28 PM, Susco said:

Redmi 8 can have had even cheaper

 

Any good?

My wife is very happy with her Redmi Note 8  no problems with it in the past 7 months.

21 minutes ago, webfact said:

places where the insects breed are being cleaned up.

They breed in even a tiny upturned bottle top,  it would be a good idea to try and instil in the kids a 100%

no litter policy ,empty bins every day and spray ( maybe at weekends)  during the rainy season.

If one of those riders where not wearing a crash helmet and hit their head on the kerb  they could have been killed..in the video they mention that there was an incident last year at the same spot involving police and a "big bike"   there where other incidents when the police kicked riders from their bikes causing serious injury and I'm pretty sure at least one death.

And again because I answered  a similar question in another thread

the documents  Vehicle_Transfer_2.zip

Ohh dear !!  but don't worry  "if you did nothing wrong  you got nothing to hide"

42 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Bought a new one, didn't make any difference. The PC and the laptop both recognise the WD My Passport in the USB port though, just can't access the files.

Have you run chkdsk /f  yet ?

6 minutes ago, fdsa said:

It's easier than it sounds. Open the WD enclosure

Getting the drive out of the plastic case is the easy bit, like I said before the WD "Mypassport" drives (reportedly) use a proprietary USB to SATA bridge built right onto the harddrive control board so it would not interface to a normal SATA/USB enclosure....take it apart and see  take some photos and post here, before buying any new enclosure or docking station.

4 hours ago, zyphodb said:

Yep, it's called Agenda 21, google it...

Google says

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Agenda 21 is a non-binding action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development. It is a product of the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro,

 

Is there some other Agenda 21 ?

Maybe get some A3  and cut it to size

On 7/15/2020 at 2:40 PM, webfact said:

Bang Saen municipality officials, Pornsiri Thongwichien

Pornsiri   got some  "freeporn"

has our resident @samran   been informed  so he can deny being  “Uncle Samran”  ????

11 minutes ago, transam said:

the greenery one is an 'orrible colour green.

I noticed after the last military coup that  "orrible colour green"  offered on more and more of things ????