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I offered the figure as a comparison, that a cheap data sim plus a router could pay for itself compared to just buying add on data I just went to AIS's site, click on the 30 day add-on If there are better deals, it's not obvious how to get them on AIS's website getting a new sim with unlimited package is always better deal, but some of these sim are only sold through third party and not at the mobile phone providers own shop and not even shown on website

a 'portable' mobile hotspot or 'pocket wifi' that has battery is about the same as sharing hotspot from your phone, though you can rent them an LTE/5G router that plugs in to AC power and takes a SIM card gets better reception don't need to worry about power/charging and will generally be more reliable these starts around 1,500 baht to around 5000 baht for 5g ones that let you have speed of around 300-700mbps If you're only going for the cheap SIM that's unlimited but capped speed at around 10-30mbps, the cheaper router will do, the SIM might cost around thousand baht with unlimited data for 12 months, plus another thousand and half for the router, say you could have whole solution for 3000 baht If you were to pay for -on top- internet package on your existing pay as you go top up sim, unlimited data capped at 10mbps already costs around 1000 baht a month, so for 3 months, it's better to get these 12 months data sim to use even with your phone alone is worth it

you might still be able to access the online banking through the website (not the app) if your user is not locked out

the most 'in person' way to get netflix is probably to buy a card from 7-11, but then you have to put the code from the card into netflix online somehow, only for people not wanting to deal with credit cards

students from Thailand pay tuition way over what the locals are paying in Australia or UK, are we moaning about dual pricing there too? What are most Farangs studying in Thailand that's so in demand? Thai language? I'm sure there are a few studying decent things in International university here but those would have no problem affording their stay without working and can get a job with work permit at the end of their study should they so choose, yes, part of the appeal for Thai students to study abroad in western country is being able to work and get jobs/connection and chance at permanent residency and eventually citizenship How many here and those using student visa as means to legally stay in Thailand really wants Thai nationality in the end?

there are substance that's often found in bathroom that lowers the coefficient of friction on the surfaces they come in contact on, these substance are rarely encountered on other floor surfaces in the home

Having looked at Australia and the US, doesn't seem to be explicit prohibition against back-to-back entry/visa runner, like the one for Australia says 12 months stay in 18 months period, that means 4 visa runs, but I suspect after the 3rd re-entry immigration would have flagged the Thai person already I supposed it might count as 'unwritten' rule? I suspect at least grilling from immigration officers would be in order if a Thai person exit a western country only to immediately re-enter

Which countries allow Thai national to visit Visa-Exempt or with Tourist Visa and can circumvent the maximum stay of the visa by exiting and re-entering the country? For example, Australian Multiple Entry Visa for Thai nationals allow up to 3 months stay, presumably approaching 3 months, the Thai person wishing to stay longer could get a cheap flight to New Zealand if they also had relevant Visa, re-visit and stay another 3 months in Australia.. apart from having conditions that they can only do this up to 12 months stay in Australia within 18 months, are there any other conditions that the immigration officer won't look too kindly and refuses entry? Same with the US, they allow up to 6 months stay depending on the entry stamp, if a Thai person exit via Mexico or Canada Border only to enter again they wouldn't look too kindly and refuses entry too right? Apart from Australia's no stay longer than 12 months within 18 months period, most of these rules are unwritten too right? Suspecting that the 'tourist' is abusing the Visa system by working/not having sufficient means to support stay and refusing entry is pretty normal. For Thai nationals found abusing visa system this way they might even be hit with a multiple-year ban from entering the western country again, for expats in Thailand, a flight home and applying for a new visa is fixed easy enough So for the case of Thailand's 'No Evidence of Funds' reason stamped in after back to back border bounce we keep bitching on about, they owe nothing to us to have this 'hidden' rule written out, the Border Police might as well say F off and get a proper Visa and tourism numbers wouldn't be affected one bit

I'm researching similar system too, There are big and small Xiaomi 'positive pressure' air purifier that looks just like their air purifier plumbed into a wall. Several sizes available, they monitor CO2 as well which their regular air purifier don't, these boxes goes for around 13,000 baht for the medium size, plus require installation by competent aircon installer as it requires big hole to the outside Due to the popularity of the Xiaomi air purifier, I hope that it'd share the filter, but these 'positive pressure' system don't use the same filters and while they're easily ordered from China enough, I'm not sure if 3-5 years down the line it'll be available , unlike the free standing air purifier, removing these machine means big gaping hole in the wall Also these setups do let in a bit of heat if you're running aircon, more expensive system that don't lose heat/cold would involve complex heat exchange

only window AC in Thailand still selling are Junk 2nd hand items from Japan or Some unknown brand from China The ones native to Thailand are last sold 30-40 yeas ago, most apartment buildings and houses don't even have window that can accommodate them even to even make alterations to the window to be able to house them you might as well drill a hole and install the normal split type, even in rented apartments, Thai people install and remove them when they move out all the time Portable types where you duct the hot air out the window are being sold a lot too, are you sure it isn't one of those

if the unit is capable of wired remote option, there's usually a solution that's a box/board you plug into where the remote's supposed to go that will give you remote access over internet and your flavor of home automation from google home to Home Assistant, this is better than the manufacturer's own solution with app that will go unsupported second to that is internet controlled remote that can blast off/on and temperature at the aircon, But these will be for individual unit, so no central control but you can control them individually from your phone or computer, is that central enough

I think in some diagram, Thailand code seem to point out that it requires exothermic welding (or other approved method) of attachment of grounding wire to the rod now, other approved method is not depicted? are clamps still ok?

How're they supposed to know or care if he's doing the border bounce, genuine tourist would love to visit Cambodia for a day or two and onwards with their travel and probably aren't on back to back and won't be caught out by this

Money cures all ails

the electric company would inspect any new builds before connection of meters and would refuses connection that's not up to code

advance election date is on 7th May, same prohibition as actual date of 14th

Do they have Christmas Holiday where you're from?

I'm surprised at the availability of 'universal' receptacle still, I though they're supposed to be gone from stores by now as they're outlawed and stores are only allowed to carry stock from 2020s and no new importation since then But then I only see 'universal' type receptacle, previously you used to be able to get pure Shuiko plug with side groundings which suits kitchen appliance better. Maybe they're declaring them as 'universal adaptor' instead of AC plug to get around the law or something

check carefully if her UK visa counts as 'Residence' Visa for the UK, otherwise she will need to apply for the Schengen Visa all the way in Thailand

Never seen it written in the standard, but heard the rationale that high powered devices are the ones that tend to have right angled plug, so the design prevents two high powered device being plugged into the same socket by choice..... but the more likely option is that it's cheaper to have rails of live, neutral and earth running along using flat metal in the same orientation rather than have the live/neutral pair be side by side means wiring them with insulated wires or complicated casting of metal instead of straight piece running along both sockets,

It was definitely a mall, not in American style but an 'arcade' with other shops on the same premises I distintly remembered I got my glasses from eyeglass store in the same mall, there were also some clothes shop It also didn't get demolished when the expressway were built, it was directly opposite the Mahatun Plaza which is now mostly office building The expressway was up around 81, Ploenchit Arcade where Foodland was in was around to at least 88-89

the short า is never used with ฤ, ฤๅ is considered a separate vowel due to infrequent use and difficulty in finding the character on the keyboard, ฤา misspelling has cropped up it's also hard to see the difference on some typeface ฤาฤๅ

Patpong is still there to this day Villa on 33 is from the same era also, they keep expanding next door hence the uneven floor

You hit the nail on the head, The half-assed gentrification really robbed the area of its charms, First the clubs in Soi 11 got turned into Condos, The price of land keeps going up, Hotels like the Hyatt and Sheraton just open next door to Ruamchit Hotel, but the street walker still ply their trade... these new hotels guest to walk out of their hotel and be greeted by quite a curious sight every night

Where else can you go for groceries and ogle at the meat on the way back