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And that, is exactly what Songkran means to millions of Thais. After 4 years, surely Chadchart should know that. TBH Songkran in central Bangkok is pretty <deleted> poor IMO. Better out in the suburbs such as Khlong Luang etc. The most fun Songkrans I experienced were down in Nakhon Si Thammarat. Total chaos!

Can't anyone here see that it was a tenuous link to the location? F.F.S. "Soi Cowboy Area" does not mean it was in Soi Cowboy. In fact, as demonstrated, by other's maps above, it is 1.3 to 1.5 kms walk from Soi <deleted> Cowboy. Get it anyone? The bar (actually named a "cafe") is in a minor sub soi off of Soi 22. Opposite side of Sukhumvit and some distance away. Jeez, either you guys like bickering or are totally challenged. Get over it. The story is about someone waving a gun in a "tourist's face" in front of witnesses. No time or date given and the property was not named. I have spent many late nights at this place. Always a great time and no hint of drama (except when Rory fell off his bar stool, twice one night recently). My opinion, and it is only an opinion, is, that the "tourist" in the story must have been behaving extremely badly to upset the gun owner (who I don't know). I feel bad for the staff at the place because they are now tarnished through no fault of their own - it was never packed but often a decent late night drinking hole. Thinking need to try to find somewhere else now. Not because of fear of said gun owner but likely sanctions from authorities.

Try China. Everthing for a price. Rumour is that forced organ harvesting goes on there. Terminal for the donor though. Think maybe you should try your home country first. Not quite same and successful as a kidney transplant. From your post, it doesn't sound as if you need such a drastic procedure (yet).

Yes, been there. It's got an American name. That's all I'll say. Not difficult to figure out. The map location by @RAZZELL is fairly close.

I was suggest he likely pushed the boundaries a long way. I've spent quite a few hours in that bar in the last 2 years. It's a small bar and very chilled. Mostly expats and visitors who were recommended to go there.

Had some great late nights in that bar. Often until dawn. On a sub soi down Sukhumvit 22. Always friendly and never any drama. Can't say I know the owner, but the staff and fellow drinkers always pleasant and fun. No mention of when this event occured, however we were there at 3am on Saturday just gone. Never a good idea to <deleted> anyone off.

I use a Synology Diskstation located at my UK home as my own personal VPN. To operate, it needs to use DDNS as the ISP may change the IP address from time to time. I don't have dedicated IP address. Therefore to access the VPN I need to access *******.dscloud.biz which forwards to the home server. I was recently in Myanmar and it seemed that they had blocked access and I couldn't even access the server for files let alone use it as a VPN. When I returned to Thailand it was fine. Suspect that China may block anything they know can be used as a VPN too.

Attempted murder (20 counts). Simple as. What will his punishment be? Almost certainly nothing to match the crime.

The thing that taking City Line and BTS offers is certainty of travel times. Arriviing and finding a 30 minute queue for taxi and then encountering gridlocked roads are just unpredictable. Certainly, early morning on a weekend there should not be any traffic but taxi queues are unpredictable. Trains on the orher hand are every 15 mins on city lines and 2-3 minutes on the BTS.

Whilst the Europe, the UK and other nations strangle their economies with bans on internal combustion engines, and by imposing 15 minute cities, other countries will thrive and still won't give a damn about polluting the world's atmosphere.

Renewal can be done 3 months before expiry. At least that's what I typically do at DLT Morchit, Bangkok. My bike and car licences expire in different years, so I have to go to DLT twice each 5 years. Go now and they should renew. Be sure to get all the required paperwork; copies of passport and visa/extension, doctor's note, residency letter from either immigration or your embassy and to have watched the online video and received the required QR code.

I bought same in 2005 and on long trips was able to get 30mpg (Imperial gallons, figure I remember from the time) out of it. Amazing for such a big and powerful vehicle. Was a great truck. Ex Mrs still drives it. Surely a new truck nowadays should be equally as efficient or better than the older models!

Seems a lot of usage for 1 room. With an inverter A/C use should be lower. As others have said 20c is chilly. I keep mine on 26c and use a fan too. Is the room in direct sun for much of the day - that can have a big effect. Also, and this may seem silly, but is the OP wearing long trousers and longsleeve shirts or sweats in order to need that much cooling? First thing I do when returning home is change into T shirt and shorts. Makes a big difference. As for the rate of 8 Baht Kwh, then that's been discussed often here and nothing can be done to lower that. Just use less energy. I would also turn off everthing and check closely to see if meter is still spinning - there is chance of some rogue wiring connected where it shouldn't be ???? Hope your new place finally works out for you.

Unfortunately, justice is something he's unlikely to get in any way, shape or form. Either financially, emotionally or morally. Sad for him and his son.

Until I just looked it up I wasn't aware that liver could give obvious pain. Your naturopath's advice of "fasting for 72 hours a few times a week" could mean not eating at all f.f.s! Maybe @Sheryl has some advice.

Liver pain? Really? I'm overweight. Was 95kgs. Now down to 91.5kgs in last week. No food for 20 hours then light meal. Lots of water. Coffee (no milk or sugar) in the morning at 8am. Work. Swim 1pm. First food of yoghurt and fruit 2:30pm. Dinner (either salad or Som Tam, Gai Yang) at 6:30pm. Feel miserable in mind from 11am until eating but body more healthy and weight going down. Can't imagine no food for 72 hours. Good luck!

I did say it somewhat tongue in cheek but one never knows. When I bought my condo the floorplan was clearly printed and available before deposit paid, along with room sizes (as it is on the chanote too). Can't understand the resistance from builder unless he thinks you want the architect prints. Mine was marketed at 80sqm but actually turned out to be 78.xxsqm. I viewed before buying so was satisfied (and still am).

That's what I'd expect to pay for that journey by M/C or 50 Baht by shared Baht bus.

Maybe the builder doesn't want you to find out that the floor area is less than what you actually thought you had paid for?

Would not be so sure of that. These days data collection, sharing and matching is a big thing. CRM systems in place have notes and alerts.

Saw on one of the financial YouTube channels recently that the BRICS nations + others, including Thailand and Saudi Arabia I think, are adopting a new payment system as an alternative to SWIFT. That should keep funds flowing.

Do you have any evidence of the amounts please? It is true that most British students fees are typically no more than £9,000 per year (capped) but that's due to the government paying the balance to the university. Do you know whether the total fees (capped amount plus government contribution) for locals are less than those charged to foreign students? I'd be interested to know. Anyone here have experience in the financial side of UK universities?

Without wanting to go off topic, there is relevance to this. This only applies if the council tax discount is being claimed. I keep a flat in London, I'm the sole occupier since 2015 and claim the 25% single occupant discount off my council tax bill. Late last year, I received urgent letters from the council wanting me to refile for the discount, otherwise I would be paying 100%. I went online to complete what they asked. It seems for some reason, there was another name linked (they didn't say how, and it wasn't the landlord's name) to the address. It wasn't the previous tenant either. Ticked the box to say "I'd never heard of them" and that was that. No further action. Be aware, that if using an address for banking at a friend's or relative's house, then the council may well try to remove their sole occupancy discount if it is being claimed - they do check databases somehow, and consider false claims as fraud. There might be a case for saying your name is recorded as a mailing address only without actually being resident.

Best part of this topic. Ring the devil's doorbell. 555

They were able to call the tourist police for "rescue" but seemingly not smart enough to open Google Maps!