DiDiChok

I use Yolla - https://yollacalls.com/en/ and it displays your phone number to the recipient too. Really cheap and easy to buy top-ups.

It's all about arithmetic. In farangland during your first year you are 0 years old. When you've had your first birthday you say you are 1 year old but in reality to Thais you are then in your second year of life and so on. So farang count birthdays and use that number but Thais want to know which year you are in. So when you have had 49 birthdays you are in your 50th year. They use the same system for which decade you are in as well except they call decades cycles. As this is Thailand, of course Immigration uses the birthday count as that's what we're used to.

Yes, St Peter Eye Hospital did both mine and I was really pleased with the result and pleased to be able to read afterwards as I did before when I was in my 40's.

Er, I hadn't realised that it was possible to twist the point that I was trying to make about "restoration", which I meant as using material of the same colour that bonds to the tooth that's left, so building it up again. It seems to involve something that can then be shaped and sets on exposure to some kind of light. I really don't know how it's done, but I can tell you that where I've had it done I find it is excellent. Maybe wrongly, but I regard fillings, crowns, bridges and implants effectively as replacements of tooth parts, whether in part or in whole. Should I have used the word "rebuilding" instead maybe? Is my attempt at improving your treatment hanging on a single word? The point I was trying to make was that if I was asking your Dentist about treatment, I would ask about his knowledge of the latest developments in tooth rebuilding rather than piecemeal part replacements. Technology and materials are moving things along really rapidly these days. To me you do not seem to be taking advantage of recent developments and are stuck in the replacement era ideas, good though they are.

The replies so far have all failed to point out a neglected area of Dentistry called "Tooth Restoration". What Mr JingThing needs is someone who is an expert in this area. My Dentist says he is an expert in this area and has rebuilt many teeth for me and I have benefitted from his treatment. Yes, crowns have their place as do many other treatments that they offer. It does seem that because crowns are a good and a cheaper option, that is what expense averse people want. As ever, you get what you pay for. I only have treatment from BDS qualified Dentists as I am not expense averse. There are lots of them in Thailand who were trained in the UK but you should ask the additional question about the Dentist's experience in tooth restoration. If they haven't got any, then either move on or find alternatives. Up to you, as they say here.

I have two real SIM cards and an e-SIM with 1-2-Call and the procedure is identical. All are registered in the "My AIS" app anyway where you can top them up and see service and call balances for each, date of validity and the date each was acquired.

I'm amazed by this thread. Obviously, nobody has ever actually thought to read the help documentation about Google Accounts and different countries. All you need to do is to register one or more additional payment methods in the countries whose "Play Store" etc., you wish to access. I simply assumed this before I read the help and before I even knew people were having "problems" concerning "country" and the 12 month thingy. Does nobody move around to live in other countries and not just stay in one of them any more? RTFM please.

Can you tell me what this new "Maow Visa" is please? I've done a search on Google but nothing comes up other than chatter about "O" visas.

Yes, I used to pay around that for variable power spectacles but not any longer as I had the cataract "Supersight" surgery to replace my eye lenses with ones that allow reading as well. But I can also tell you not to go to shops in malls or large department stores becaise they have to charge that price to pay their rent. You are always best advised to visit small family street shops as they haven't got the overheads of the big chains of optometrists. The price quoted at the chain shops can usually be halved in this way. Like everything, always get at least three quotations.

I think the best replacement app for international calls from Thailand and from the UK is "Yolla". I use it from both and top up from both using local Bank cards. Charges are easy to understand, it just works and for SMS as well. See: https://yollacalls.com/en/

To me it looks like some drunken wag has gone along the road and twisted the signs through 180 degrees and I've thought that from the beginning. But this being Thailand, maybe the sign installers had just run out of left chevrons. We're in the land of smiles.

Yes, Yolla is the best & is what I've swapped to now Skype is dying.

Well, I had the lens replacement surgery a.k.a. "Supersight" and can now see near AND far. Only the bankrupt NHS in the UK still insert the fixed focus replacement lenses just to save a few pence. You simply do not have to "choose". I agree with other posters that the reading is not very good in poor light, but that's a small drawback. My vision is now 50/20 which is above 20/20 and what they call "super" sight. I had glasses from the age of seven and bad astigmatism. All gone now, lovely clear vision and no glasses any more.

I sometimes pay electricity bills for people I know who get stuck. If you have a Kasikorn Account all you need is a bill showing the "CA Ref No 1" number that's also on the actual Electricity Meter. Then you simply try to pay the Bill using "Payments" in the app and it tells you about the latest bill. If there's arrears, you simply try to pay again and pay whatever's owing. When it finally says there is no bill, you've finished. No other app, passport or any hassle from officials is necessary. This repeated payment process also works for MEA & water bills and for post paid mobile phone bills. I've even paid outstanding AXA life insurance bills for Thais using their Customer Number (Ref No, 1). The number 2 Ref is usually the payment date but it's sometimes in American format. Most of the time you can put a mobile phone number there instead of the proper Ref No. 2. It really is so easy. I can't understand why anyone has any problems paying anything. At worst you could use the QR code on the bill to pay or even a person by PromptPay or receive money by using your own QR code in the K+ app.

Mine is 18 inches when I measure it from the back of the settee. Does that count?