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Us too, where they cut the meat freshly in front of you. We eat pork and chicken (Mrs no beef) so fresh markets are best. We do shop at Villa Market sometimes but chicken breast meat there is nearly 3 times more than the local market at the end of the soi.

A political situation, so long as no violent protest or threat, will be last in the thoughts of virtually all genuine "tourists". What will shape their travel plans are costs, such as airfares and hotels and also seasonal weather. For some nationalities, it will even be the possibility of being issued a passport and being granted exit from their home country.

Windmill, Pin-up, Kink, Kinnaree and to the beach?

The free bus travel around the Heathrow airport perimeter was removed in June 2021 (cost saving). Good thing is that fares are only £1.65 for London bus travel (can change to other routes within 1 hour at no extra cost - still need to tap the card - any contactless debit or credit card). Travel between airport terminals on any of the trains - underground, Heathrow Express or Elizabeth line - is still free. If using a combination of buses, underground or Elizabeth line, once the maximum daily fare (about £10.50 IIRC) is reached, then all other journeies that day are free. Can be very good value for a visitor.

I agree with your thinking. I do, however, really beleive that they don't want us at any of these places and don't care. They will still get their salaries.

He just "Waved" goodbye to his pride and joy race bike.

That was after boarded. Same price as when selecting those seats on booking ticket.

What a total d**k. No way to behave. I know that economy is not that spacious but one must have respect for crew and other passengers. No excuse. THAI have only been charging for those exit row/bulkhead seats since the pandemic. Seeing them empty and unused, he probably thought fair game. As we know Thai people love to enforce rules - No pay No sit Sir! Last year my mother and family flew home to the UK with THAI and they paid about £70 each to move to the exit row seats. For all the flights I've done back and forth UK/Thailand with THAI over the last 25 years I have only seen any passenger related trouble on one occassion and that was a farang totally drunk stumbling around the cabin. The crew handled him very well and avoided escalation or incident. They placed him in a row and he quickly fell asleep. He was still asleep as everyone else disembarked in Bangkok. Generally THAI flights are very calm in my experience.

Very topical. At our recent condo AGM there was a proposal regarding installing chargers for EVs in our underground car park. Should an EV fire occur, it would be impossible to get a fire truck in there. If the fire was to spread to other vehicles, the inferno could quite possibly result in structural collapse of the whole building. I haven't heard the result of the AGM but suspect that my written objections as a co-owner (on these fire grounds) may not have made a difference. I'll find out when returning in a few months.

There is only one Mustard, and that is Colman's English Mustard. I bring it in powder from the UK. Lasts forever. Mix with a little milk for creaminess. Not to Thai tastes IMO. But sure as heck goes great with Pork and Chicken. Ps. Took an American GF to Beigel Bake, Brick Lane, London for Salt Beef on Rye bread. Laced with English mustard. Lovely dish but nearly blew her head off with the hotness of the mustard. Fantastic!

What's FaceBook? Do I need it to get friends?

My experience too. The Thai people are very helpful in their community. My ex-wife's family seemed to feed (and water with alcohol), the local community each day. Sister in-law would cook up huge pots of food each afternoon. Would feed for 3 meals. All nearby were welcomed to come and eat. Kin Khao Ru Yang? Is something we hear often

China is already falling. Next?

Just use Skype out. Can call all numbers and 0800 numbers are free too.

Outgoing since 2014. A real shame for Thailand that Prayut wasn't gone a long time ago.

Agreed. In the UK the police will rarely ever pursue illegal motorcycle riders or criminals on motorbikes. Supposedly for the safety of the criminal. Due to this, the criminals learned that they can almost certainly evade the law by riding a motorbike. Totally wrong IMO. If they run from the cops they deserve their fate. In the USA they'd probably be shot.

How about a picture too?

How did these senators get the power they have?

Why avoid? I would have gone to support.

I've had Kasikornbank since 2004 (when it was Thai Farmers - remember that?). I have always found their contact centre - English language - very helpful on the rare occasions needed to call. Always better by calling the contact centre rather than going into any branch - I was told by one branch that I had to go into the account holding branch 780kms away to update - Wrong!). I was able to change address and update new passport info by phone (and email copy of new passport) in 2019. Very pleased with service and support from Kbank support.

Not sure about PEA, but I got my meter refund from MEA in 2020. There was an online web form at the time. Why not take the text to your local PEA office and ask them?

But neither of those featured on the list on connected incidents that @ezzra provided. Always nice to see the golf course when landing or taking off. Ahh Thailand. Or maybe the risk lies with a pilots checking out the golf caddies rather than concentrationg on flight manouvres?

The state of electrical safety in Thailand is shocking.

Lack of reason given as to why DMK is ranked as it is. Two long runways, no altitude issues, winds never normally an issue, sure there can be heavy rains but that's same in any SE Asian airport. Can be a bit misty early mornings though. It has full ILS and tech etc. Would have been nice to know why it got the ranking it did. Only crash there that I can recall was the Qantas 747 that went off the end of the runway in 1999.

The British Embassy stopped issuing "affirmation of residence" in December 2022 and it has been removed as a service from their website. I got mine from them at beginning of November 2022 after booking online. I expect they they will no longer issue such letter under any circumstances. Still worth contacting them just in case they will.