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PMQs today was so different. First day in office and all that but she didn't really have an answer for Starmer regarding Windfall taxes for the oil/gas companies. Seems like she has assembled a good team. Will it hold together and prevail or collapse? Only time will tell but I would like to see the country rise up for the good of the people in economic adversity.

Agreed. By December, the Tory party membership will be begging Boris to come back. Unlikely he would though as he'll be probably be earning £££ millions elsewhere by then.

I agree to a degree however often there is a lack of communication. It should never have come to this. Surely only write a bad review if the business owner refuses to remedy the situation by either replacing the dish or discounting it from the bill. I still own a business in London. Any hint of a genuine issue that could lead to a negative review then we will either correct it immediately or refund the customer in full. Quite simple really but the many Thai businesses don't understand customer satisfaction. Just look at Thai Credit Card receipts that always state "NO REFUND". Well, that changes when a chargeback is claimed by a foreign issuing bank. Just ask Thai Airways!

Surely you meant they are being teenagers in a country for dinosaurs no? Looks like a fun place. I wonder if old farangs in their 50's allowed in? @BritManToo how was it?

If using an iPhone then Airtags. If using Samsung then GalaxyTags. Buy from home on Amazon to save money, time and hassle. Galaxy tags "may" give better location finding as there are more Samsung users in Thailand than Apple users (so more likely and accurate location discovery).

Just ensure you get a receipt for the deposit. It's not just places that have minibars. They want to make sure they get the room key back too. I've never had any problems with return of the deposit.

Check our ARUNOTHAI some very lovely experiences up there. Quite amazing actually. Was there in October 2020 for their festival (lanterns etc.). Really friendly too.

My ex-wife had a Thai credit card in year 2000 just before I met her. A "friend" of hers asked to borrow 20,000 Baht which she drew as a cash advance to lend to the friend. Surprise, surprise the so called friend never paid her back and disappeared. About 6 years later the debt collectors caught up with the ex on a visit to Thailand (we were then living in the UK) and we settled at a discount as by then she had acquired land. From how I see it; the Thais beleive that if anyone (banks or friends or family) has money to lend then they clearly don't need it and it never needs to be repaid. This could be why it is now quite difficult to get a credit card in Thailand (although a friendly bank manager can pull strings).

I kept my DTAC prepaid SIM active from 2004 to 2020 and it sat on my desk in the UK most of that time. I needed it for receiving OTPs and for use when in Thailand. No cost to activate international roaming or for receiving SMS whilst overseas. I did receive the occasional call and cost was not too bad if kept short. Using it for outgoing calls or internet would have been expensive although nowadays they will sell an inclusive package which varies in price depending on regions or countries to be visited. Just need to ensure that roaming is active before departing Thailand.

There were many divers including Thais. Only a few made the journey accompanying the sedated boys out. Highly recommend you watch the film. It's on Amazon Prime and other channels.

Thankfully no. FWIW: I was seated in front of Vernon Unsworth on a flight last year. Had a good chat with him. Was surprised that he didn't get more mention in the film. We didn't talk about his case against that <deleted> Musk who got away with defamation on a technicality.

Friend of mine shipped over household and personal items when he and his Thai wife retired here in 2018. With all their experience and her hard work they said it was more hassle and cost than it was worth and wouldn't have done it if they had known the final cost and difficulty. For your situation, I would pack up the music gear really well and suffer the excess baggage charges and bring it with you when you travel. Be prepared to justify and negotiate with customs on arrival if you get stopped. At least this way it would be done with no waiting or visits to ports etc.

I flew TG911 two days ago and yes, the seat plan on Thai Airways' website was different to Seat Guru. It seems that Seat Guru have some out of date info. The plane I was on was one of the three new B777s (HS-TTC) that has a first class cabin. Unusually there is separate cabin of just two rows of economy seats. That would be the place to sit however they charge extra £80+ to sit there (they offered it to someone and they moved there). Thai are also selling bulkhead seats for same. I was in standard seat 36H which was perfectly fine. These new planes not much different in economy or business from the old 777s however the IFE was newer but seriously lacked choice of films. Looking back on Flight Radar24 Thai have been exclusively running HS-TTA, HS-TTB and HS-TTC as TG910/TG911 on the BKK/LHR/BKK route since May this year. The food on board in economy has taken a dive though sice April (Sweet and Sour chicken and rice). Breakfast was better but seems Thai has changed caterers out of LHR. No more Thai Signature dishes (or whatever they called it).

You forgot to mention the added disinfectant ????

Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Prawit supposedly as interim PM and Anutin certainly waiting in the wings to take control. This could be truly as bad as a Thai soap opera!

It's not about just money other than "sufficient funds for the visit". Most importantly is the evidence that the visitor will depart the UK at the end of their visit. I have had 3 girlfriends who got visas to come to visit me in the UK and none of them had any real money. Was able to satisfy the UK Visas people that they would return to Thailand such as a job, family or business.