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  1. It only seem like a step up from the advance passenger information system the airlines already send when booking and checking in - people with multiple passports has reported being met with raised eyebrow and questions at arrival immigration counter when switching passports in the air now - so the system is ready - it's a matter of the 'custome facing' e-visa site that might need to be worked on

  2. 7 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

    How do I know it makes great popcorn or how do I know if it is cow's ghee? 

     

    I know it tastes great because I have eaten it.

     

    And it says on the can. If it just says pure ghee, it's vegetable. The cow always costs more. This is the brand I like:

     

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    Would vegetable ghee be the same as shortening like crisco? or does it have the ghee smell? 

  3. 8 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

    Someone was expecting a big rush on Tesla sales or hoping that the supercharger network will be open to non Tesla EV’s anytime soon !!

     

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    Thai Tesla groups are quite vocal against this partnership - in pattaya the super charger is on the top floor of the beach road mall - useless for anyone travelling long distance that needed the quick charge to drive on - you'd spend half an hour to get through traffic from the hightway, another 20 minutes to meander your way up the carpark

     

    there's only a few tesla supercharger with convenient roadside access - Central mall had hoped to attract tesla drivers to their mall by trying to be exclusive with the deal but 20-30minutes fast charge aren't really compatible with mall using behavior  

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  4. 7 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

    Thailand has a track built to F1 spec.

    Buritam's hospitality industry isn't up to F1 expectation and for it to be worthwhile economically 

    and looks like F1 will only look for street race- either sea side or thgough something spectacular like grand palace 

     

    either way the endless consultant paid to to feasibility study on this will have their payday whether or not the race went through 

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  5. 10 hours ago, LosLobo said:

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    Reminds me there is also some alternate transport at RU Pier about 10 mins walk from the OP, on the Klong San Saeb Express.
     

     

    until the orange line underground opens the boats are very fast albeit smelly way to get to the city... but it's on the opposite side of the road - MahadTha bridge pier just after RU pier is actually close to Soi 26, most thais take a motorcycle taxi

  6. 9 hours ago, LosLobo said:

    I was in staying near Rajamangala in 2011 and was prepared for the "big flood'' but as far as I can remember there was only minor flooding in isolated parts of Bangkapi, nowhere near the OP, seems most of the flooding was near Minburi.

    Reminds me there is also some alternate transport at RU Pier about 10 mins walk from the OP, on the Klong San Saeb Express.

    I was even thinking of buying an apartment in the area for investment, and my stepdaughter who will likely be attending RU in a few years.

     

    yeah, people in that area were bracing for the flood - the whole area got built as a moo-baan development in the 70s and uses groundswater that result in subsistence - leading to big flood in 83-84 that lasted months, the memories lasts a long time

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    this is on ramkamhaeng main road - the flood was so bad boat service pops up 

     

    this picture is where KFC is now - next to Foodland which is there stillspacer.png

     

    the 2011 floods didn't reach as far into Bangkok then 

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  7. orange line underground in front won't be operational until 2027 at least, the stations and tunnel are completed, the worst of traffic distuption is over, just no trains till the rest of the line is built and even then traffic is bad

     

    in the back is the airport rail link, a bit harder to get to, also easy access to the expressway and motorway to the airport 

     

    there are 2 big university, the Ramkamhaeng open university, usually full of working class students and from the south, often muslim so plenty of mulim workers and food in the area, the other is private Assumption University (ABAC) ususally rich kids so easy to rent out 

     

    during big concerts at the stadium the traffic will be unbearable

     

    ther used to be smaller 'the mall' shopping malls around the area but they demolished most of it waiting to be rebuilt after the trains start running maybe, at the moment there's a small 'the mall' on the opposite side of the road, now there's only supermarket department running, there's the big 'the mall' shopping center that's recently renovated on Bang Kapi the next big road away

     

    oh, the are around there is a low lying basin - essentially lowest area of Bangkok that's prone to flooding, there has been big flooding in the 80s 

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  8. 10 hours ago, motdaeng said:

    this short video highlights some good points: Why didn't the West see Chinese EVs coming?

     

    https://youtu.be/xSkOi0pUG6s?si=gKfJiQPsgJDgkwdc

     

    The Thai China FTA that has allowed 0% tariff on EV was enacted in 2018, talks and drafting were probably much earlier, 

    Western EVs in 2016-17 was quite established at that point -Tesla model S, Chevy Bolt, VW Golf and Hyundai Ionic  - in hindsight the VW e-Golf and many ICE-platformed cars that has 'EV trim' from Europe didn't fare well long term or developed into solid choice

    Only Hyundai seem to offer it for sale officially in Thailand then, and that was years after

     

    even when the first Chinese EV that came to Thailand the MG ZS EV came and didn't ripple the market too much

     

    Even the traditional Western brands that manufactures their EVs from China for sale in Thailand didn't quite know what to do with pricing their Chinese EVs look at the price of various models of BMW iX3 that they try not to cannibalise the ICE-engine sales and even the Volvo XC40 were hampered by existing ICE car that has full import tax and 'prestige' pricing still 

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  9. from your other device, does the phone shows on the 'find my' app?

    if you mark that device as lost it's practically useless for anyone

     

    better to get new sim card issued first, which will makes it easier to set up the banking apps if you kept the old number - no need to worry about banking app yet as anyone would have to geuss the pass corde, biometric to get into the phone then bank apps - hopefully you've chosen the phone pin and banking app pin to not be the same 

     

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  10. if they had use one of their mate's membership card, it'd show in the receipt which you can check

     

    I've seen the barcode taped to the register - it's for when the customers don't have membership or temporary visitor card - they even have multiple ones for the category of customer- individuals, restaurauteuer or shops I think so it's probably for their own record keeping

     

    all this is dependant on being able to read what's printed in the card taped there and on your receipt, in thai of course 

  11. On 11/5/2024 at 9:07 AM, Mr Meeseeks said:

     

    Good article on Bill Heinecke from 1990:

     

    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-21-wr-1112-story.html

     

    There was some disagreement with Pizza Hut, I remember reading about it at the time. Then he founded Pizza Company which in effect was a similar business but just their own brand. 

     

    Don't be surprised if something similar happens here with the Subway franchises. 

     

    the new subway master franchise has connections with PT petrol station, the existing franchise that was closed first were the one in PTT petrol stations, so looks like the new owners wants exclusivity for petrol stations

     

    from the existing franchise's point of view, their previous contracts remain valid so they stay open - maybe they got cut off from certain ingredients it's gonna be a big mess to sort out legally for sure

    the existing locations that are now considered-fakes did nothing wrong - they have lease to go and employee they can't suddenly afford to pay severance, the previous master franchiser has breached their contract in being unable to supply ingredients or secure exclusive rights to the brand

  12. 22 hours ago, GarryP said:

    Earlier this year when returning from the UK, my Thai passport would not work with the e-gates, despite trying several times. As a result I had to go to an immigration kiosk, where I showed my Thai passport. The officer asked whether I bought my tickets with another passport. When I replied that I did, she asked to see it. She then initialled that one (UK) and gave me back both passports. No trouble, but in future I will buy my tickets based on my Thai passport. 

    wow, good to know that the advance passenger information data is being used actively 
     

    so it seems the infrastructure is already there for them to implement ETA for visitors 

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  13. 6 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

    Pizza Hut did not "change to The Pizza Company", they are two different businesses and they are both still here.  I'd guess that the confused are confused by your confusion.   Perhaps the emoji was awarded to you by Minor International or PH Capital, the respective owners of The Pizza Co and Pizza Hut?.

    Minor Group or whatever they were called in the 80s had the franchise of Pizza Hut back then though and once they lost that franchise they rebranded all their location to 'Pizza Company'

     

    It'd be pedantic to not call that a 'change' what was a Pizza hut before in the same location is now Pizza Company 

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