digbeth

2 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Google wallet? where?

In Bangkok, many times, but note in some branch only a few machine/till are mastercard only, whereas regular machine are visa/mastercard+others  even before they put the minimum back up to 300 baht back in the middle of last year

only time I find it didn't work is with some supermarket edc where it must be linked to the cash register and the underground trains 

I've used in 7-11s, Tops, McDonalds

looks like same mold as baht coin from the 60s

21 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How does that work? 

as you press the gear lever down between gears, the clutch is engaged, if you pull out your foot halfway, you can vary the amount of clutch that's engaged, the gear lever on these 'honda wave-type underbones' are both ways as they're designed to be able to be pressed down with sandal  

I used to hate small scooters, small unstable wheels, the belt drive needs cleaning and adjusting as much as chains, had a few from Honda Clicks to Yamaha Fino, always prefer my proper big bike (Kawasaki Ninja) over them any time of the day.... but then I discovered Honda Waves... the bigger wheels are perfect for Thai roads, handle bars narrow enough to squeeze through Bangkok traffic engine and drivetrain takes abuses fine, any shop can fix easily, even for hilly riding you can feather the clutch with your heels to engine brake

37 minutes ago, it is what it is said:

Every April in Thailand young men take part in a lottery to determine whether they will be forced to do military service. Pull out a red card and you are drafted for up to two years. A black card means you are exempt.

 

only those who haven't had the foresight to do the boy scout/cadet training thing while at school. very easy to avoid military service, no need to get involved in the lottery.

You think temple school in Nakhon Nowhere has access to the cadet program? or the parents can afford the uniforms?

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Brave young man... aged 27 with a business being forced to take a lottery dip and lose everything if he picks a red card... ludicrous Thailand. 

not the lottery red/black card pick for him, he's refusing to enlist which is straight to jail rather than serving out time in barracks

some of my powerbank double as usb hub, useful for when your computer only has usb-c and you need to plug regular usb-a things in

the only way to be sure is to charge the powerbank, and use the charged powerbank on the phone later

On 4/20/2024 at 10:36 AM, Stevey said:

...

“I don't think they go this far with foreigners yet, ...

 

Imagine what they could do if they got a hold of immigration data, say after lodging your annual extension you got a call

Going back to Australia, in cities you notice horns for what we who are accustomed to in Thailand, to be inane reason to reach for the horn, like the light turn green half a second ago? honk, cars making a u-turn in front, horn, like we both can reach for the brakes, dinging each other and spending 20 minutes exchanging insurance information is not worth it even if you're in the right. 

8 hours ago, AreYouGerman said:

 

So, she didn't add their line ID and then got hacked. She actively downloaded and installed and clicked the button "This file can harm your phone".

 

You are so clueless about things, it's hilarious. "Don't give anyone your phone number, you will get hacked' - wahahaha. The problem always sits in front of the display. Better log off, buddy if you're that clueless.

Good idea to have the banking app's PIN they ask when transferring money and such not be the same PIN as your phone unlock code, otherwise if they had remote access to your phone, they could throw up fake lockscreen while queuing up transfers in the background, the moment you try to unlock your phone, poof goes your money.

Although most Thai banking app seem to be pretty vigilant on not running on the same phone with anything suspicious like screen sharing/remote access now, the scammer could be really advance and use undetectable method

1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

 

For this to make sense, it would require that your face be scanned and matched to scan the bank has on record to complete a transfer, and I do not believe that is the case, if it were, one would only be able to complete a transfer on a device that had a facial recognition system. 

 

I think it may be for identifying people with multiple accounts under different names. 

Some banks require initial facial recognition to be at the branch or ATM,

It is mostly to deter mule accounts where some poor folks open an account and sell to scammers for 500-1000 baht, and scammers use it to receive money via phone scams or online gambling,

the facial recognition just makes it more difficult to transfer out to other accounts in bulk,  these accounts get shut down often as victims report them.

If the app lets the user do the initial scan themselves there's no protection against the scammer in control of the accounts scanning their own face instead of the account holder's name on the book, unless the banks has access to the Thai ID database they can compare against

It also protects in case of compromised phone to prevent hackers from emptying accounts

25 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

Planning on switching out 12,000 BTU to 18,000 BTU   there is 30 amp box dedicated to the 12,000 BTU.  My Thai friend wants to install the old 12,000 BTU in the back of the rental    I said I don't think you have enough electric power   

 "Listen to me darling we have plenty (electricity )  I know   . 14 M's           WTH is a M?    TIA

Probbaly amps, best to look at your meter to be sure

1 hour ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Goodness gracious what bank forces you to get face scans?

I put my card in the ATM enter my pin press ENGLISH and then Withdrawal.

Boom.

No face scan required.  Rubbish. 🤣

Look closely on top of the ATM - multiple cameras now

UOB seems to be one of the last bank to still has online banking through webpage

Looking through the news there were article about storms blowing house away earlier this month, but not this week

what's funny is that there's a lightning strike yesterday that kills 6 buffaloes... actual news that gonna be hard to explain if that family's ever got a sponsor down in Pattaya 

while you can switch passport in the air or airport border, can you do at land border? does Thai immigration expect to see Lao or Cambodian exit stamp for the same day coming in on the same passport? 

if yes those with multiple nationalities can double their stay in Thailand without appearing to have 'stayed' in the country that much, or will the system flag up the date of birth and name? if you could change your name in one country enough would they still notice? 

13 minutes ago, NativeBob said:

what do you mean?

if you came in on one country's passport, switched while in Thailand, when you try to leave on the other passport, there won't be records of this 'new' passport coming in to Thailand 

3 hours ago, NativeBob said:

Thanks! That confused me long time. I mean I know people with dual and even triple citizenship but how do they cross borders - that was a question.

Leaving the country's gonna be a problem if you switch passport and they have no record of how your identity in the other passport got in

3 hours ago, rexpotter said:

Thanks, plus the obvious exhaust smell. These people will endure without complaining about anything to an absurd degree.

These vans are likely running LPG, you won't smell the exhaust like diesel 

looks like Tesla has managed to get locations outside of malls and be near the road/highways for once

the supercharger in Central like Pattaya is ridiculous, making it to the top floor of the carpark in a destination where most hotels have AC chargers to use overnight and not worth a detour through traffic and up the carpark if you're heading out further like Rayong

The one in Huahin while in a mall is right on the entrance, The Chumporn Garage is interesting, being a new player, not existing petrol station operator or mall now what's to be seen if he can build a business (rent) around the charger

It's understandable that Tesla can't get permit from the electric company for stand alone connection and it's easier to go piggybacking off existing supply like malls, but other operator manage to get DC charger in petrol stations fine, 

There are many Thai roadside business from coach stops restaurants to souvenir shops that has the location suitable for DC charger that don't need to be in petrol stations

On 4/14/2024 at 7:53 PM, josephbloggs said:

It seems the Ethiopian system fell in to disrepair once the original contracts with the Chinese expired and the maintenance was taken back "in house" to save money. I don't think anyone can blame the Chinese or the rolling stock for that. As you alluded, Thailand has been running Chinese rolling stock for a long time (since 2010) with no incident as they are well maintained.

The maintenance problem in Thailand is defendant on if it's the private sector or government running the line, when SRT ran the Airport Link it fell into disrepair pretty badly and they couldn't commercialize the stations and that was Siemens rolling stock built in Germany, 

The Redline is Japanese system throughout, the Japanese probably won't let it fall into disrepair much as a lot is riding on becoming the standard suburban rail for Thailand, but the sorry state of the stations are showing - escalator that broke barely a year into service because they can't procure maintenance contracts to dirty toilets 

cremation only should be around 30-40,000 at the most expensive Bangkok temples, what's expensive is the nightly service with the sala rental, the monk fees, flowers, catering

there are Christian denominated cremation site but most Christian churches just move the body to Buddhist crematorium after the service at their church