Peterw42

You can install a vpn at a router level, then all devices on the router are using the vpn, but its a lot of stuffing around, and you then need to go into router to turn on/off etc. In the case of your TV, the vpn would be installed on the tv. But lots of smart TVs are limited as to what apps/vpn setup you can have. You may be able to do something like have the vpn on a PC/laptop then share the PC internet with the TV. Or cast the PC to the TV. Not exactly legal, but there are lots of apps for getting geolocked content. Redbox, TVmob, swiftstreams etc.

Not a bad investment, but if he has been doing that twice a month, 3.8k a month. Thats getting up near half a low paid Thai's monthly wage. 46K a year, I wonder how many years he has been "investing" ?

There are several agents that sell online, and some specialize in selling outside of Thailand. The Thai agents do everything in Thai baht. This site is in english and points to the various agents https://thaiglo.org/buy-and-sell

https://thaiglo.org/buy-and-sell

I believe anyone can buy online. https://thaiglo.org/buy-and-sell

You can buy tickets from vendors or online via a website, its the same lottery, the same tickets. If you wanted more than the tickets the vendor has, then you would need to buy online. vendors dont carry an unlimited amount of every ticket.

OP, it may well have been a bit of dirt/water in fuel. Have you been filling up from the 30 baht Hong thong bottles lately ? Water in fuel can be deceptive as when you are just pottering around you don't notice it, but when you rapidly open the throttle it has a dramatic effect.

I think i would depend more on the actual neighbors than the building construction. Or whether you have some sort of kink where you want the neighbors to hear you having sex.

Yes, I am becoming a big fan. Some nights there are 3-4 drivers, the wifes food comes via grab, and my food comes via food panda., and 7/11 brings the milk, coffees from amazon. it gets a bit crowded. As I said earlier, it just didnt work in a condo

Until recently I lived in a condo, and never used food delivery, for all the reasons mentioned, drivers couldn't deliver to rooms, no keycard etc (and I wouldn't want them to able to) it meant putting on shirt shoes, find keys, lift to foyer, walk to the front gate to meet the driver etc. It wasn't much more effort to then hop on the bike and get it myself. I recently moved to a house where its delivery to front door, we now get delivery 2-3 times a week.

Why do you presume the police wont do anything, I presume they are actively looking for the pick-up driver and will charge him. What else would you have them do.

I do marrige extensions in Jomtien. Its pretty much as per UJs list, with a couple of minor things. The map, immigration to your house, must be hand drawn not from google maps, The photos cant have a selfie stick in the photo, they will do a home inspection and at that inspection you will need a witness, a Thai with ID and blue book who isn't a relative.

OP, you may want to mention the office you will be using as the document requirements can vary from office to office.

Yes, you are most likely correct, but the crossing is quiet an odd set up. As I said previously, the lights are turned off a lot of the time, when it is turned on there is no pedestrian call button (press and wait to change), so how/when the lights go red appears to be on some sort of random timer, not in response to pedestrians wanting to cross. So a drive up to get the milk, all of a sudden there is a red light where there hasn't been one for 3 months, and there is a red light with no pedestrians anywhere.

There is no mention in the OP that the lights were red. If you are familiar with that particular crossing, the lights are usually not even turned on. I live just around the corner, they are regularly turned off for months at a time.

Are Thai embassies in the UK calling the UK government to account, every time someone runs a red light or a Thai person is injured in a car accident. A person ran a red light and hit somebody, happens all over the world, usually doesn't warrant, or get, an international diplomatic response.

30 year leases are noted on the chanote. Written on the back. I think you will find it's not an official recognised lease unless noted on chanote.

What you are describing is mirroring (whatever appears on screen 1 is also on screen 2), in the case of the TV, its not a 2nd monitor (as in you can move something from screen 1 to screen 2). You could possibly put a screen mirroring app on both laptops and achieve the same image on both, but that doesn't achieve a 2nd monitor function.

If I understand your post, you want to use a 2nd laptop as a 2nd screen for the 1st laptop ? If thats the case, the answer is no. Either laptop would probably support a 2nd screen, but that has to be a screen, not another laptop. Have a look at Lazada, you can get a monitor for 500-1000 baht.

I think people watch too many hollywood movies, where Jason Bourne just has to make it to the embassy and everything will be ok. Embassies/consulates of all countries, don't arrange of pay for services for their citizens, at best they will provide a list of local accommodation, medical, legal resources, BUT, they wont be paying for the services. They dont feed you, house you, take you to the doctors, or pay any of your bills. Most will provide some sort of loan for repatriation back home, but otherwise you are on your own.

Neither will the Australian government, at best they will provide a list of local medical, legal etc, (at the woman's expense) loan the money for travel back to Australia

Their list of things they "cannot" do is pretty extensive. https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/consular-services/consular-services-charter What we can’t do Some tasks are outside the consular role. For example, we can’t: guarantee your safety and security in another country or make your travel arrangements give you legal advice, interpret or translate documents intervene in another country’s court proceedings or legal matters including employment disputes, commercial disputes, criminal cases, and family law matters or child custody disputes investigate crimes or deaths overseas, or carry out searches for missing people, which are the responsibility of local authorities get you out of prison or prevent you from being deported get you better treatment in prison than local prisoners post bail or pay your fines or legal expenses enforce an Australian or any other custody agreement overseas or compel a country to decide a custody case pay for medical or psychiatric services or medications pay your pension or social security benefits arrange visas, licences, work or residency permits for other countries intervene in immigration, customs or quarantine matters in other countries store luggage or other personal items receive or send postal items on your behalf Our assistance may be limited in some circumstances You don’t have a legal right to consular assistance and you shouldn’t assume assistance will be provided. For example, we may limit assistance where: your actions were illegal you’ve deliberately or repeatedly acted recklessly or negligently you put yourself or others at risk you’ve demonstrated a repeated pattern of behaviour requiring multiple instances of consular assistance previously

As others have said, a lot is missing from the story. People overestimate the roll of embassies, their role isn't to pay your bills, take care of your medical needs, they don't automatically step in every time one of their citizens goes to hospital. 67 year old, one legged women dont just appear in Thailand. One can presume she has somehow got herself here, has otherwise somehow been paying the bills, feeding herself etc, been responsible for her own circumstances.

OP, just an observation, but it appears you have a problem (mostly) with a US insurance company, the company that provided the insurance. I doubt a Thai attorney would have the knowledge or jurisdiction to deal with an insurance company outside Thailand. Wouldn't it make more sense to engage an attorney in the country where the insurance is based/issued. And where the insured usually lives. Its not a thai insurance policy, I presume its not a Thai company. If the insurance company will only reimburse the insured, then its not really anything to do with the hospital, and I presume any reimbursement will be in the US, in $US etc. The terms/conditions/payments etc, would all come under US law. The only thing a local attorney could do would be the local hospital documents.

I agree about the traffic, I have lived here for 8 years and the worst I have ever seen it. We were out and about at 11am and it was gridlock, took 40 minutes to get from central pattaya to over the dark side.