Everything posted by digbeth
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Temu in Thailand? Your thoughts?
just looks like aliexpress, the cheap stuff and knockoff are really cheap but brand name, quality ones are more expensive than what's on Lazada or Shopee
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Condo tax in Pattaya
then the owner already has rights to the free one property where he lived, having someone on the tabien baan either blue or yellow one will incur smaller rate than the rate for unoccupied land, but not free like owner occupied one not sure if how you structured the ownership of the building and the land as a lease either usufruct or superficies would you be recognized as building owner? the property tax law provision are: sole land and building owner are entitled for tax exemption for up to 50M baht value propety sole building owner are entitled to exception for up to 10M baht value property, so they do recognize building owner, but how to satisfy that is probably up to the amphur
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Duty-free shutdown drama: Thai airports set to lose big bucks
are the custom more lenient towards arrival duty free? ie. if you've already brought in booze and cigarettes from overseas to your personal limit, and a quick stop at king power before leaving with a couple more bags of johnny walker takes you over the limit would they catch you for it? I know they have collection counter for Thais that want to buy things for duty free price before they leave for holiday but don't want to carry the items out, say a Rolex for duty free price, leave for Japan for a couple of days and come back to pick it up from arrivals
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immigration officer asked calling me - Non immigrant -O
so there's no possibility that she calls to tell you the application was successful and to come and pick up your passport?
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Cheap Charlie?
do people pay just for the access to salad bar? I thought the point is that they set the salad bar price so high it seems cheap to go for any of the 'meat' dishes with included salad bar don't they have cheaper price during weekdays monday-friday too? maybe it's just that this monday counts as a hoiday so the normal weekday discount don't apply
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apartments with an oven ?
in case for a counter top plug-in oven other issue is the plugs and wiring, is it adequate for an oven, in older houses with poor wiring the plugs and wiring can get hot from the currents
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Mask Time Again?
Some government hospitals insist on everyone wearing masks before entering still
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Something New In CNX
Here in Chiangmai buffalo is actually a delicacy
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Pattaya's Walking Street to Undergo Excavation for Underground Cable Project
how much ground is left on the 'beach' side anyway most of the building seem to be on piers already they shouldn't pour money into improvements of the area unless they can clear up the legal status of those lands
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How do I convert to a different Thai font ?
Do you know how to change the fonts used in excel in English, it's the same method, you just have to remember the name of the font select the Thai font you have to highlight the cells with the words, then select the thai fonts' name form the list of font either on the menu bar or the when you right click
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Something New In CNX
They do have beef now, but it's extra charge to go beef I know most of the beef in most corporate burger place are imported, thai beef are too variable in quality and price to use consistently, so they probably can't make the cost work
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Something New In CNX
Some Thai-Chinese really don't it used to be a thing to be able to tell how much in the boonies you are when you order a burger at McDonald's and they have to ask to confirm if you really want beef or pork, don't happen in downtown Bangkok, but out in the suburbs definitely, and never seen it asked in the past 10 years, so whomever advised Taco Bell on the opening was going by some very old playbook
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Something New In CNX
They didn't even have beef for a while when they firs opened in Bangkok
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Refusing to pay customs
there's an auction at the customs house every now and then of goods that's been 'stuck' or left by the owner refusing to pay customs/vat and possibly storage for every day it's been sitting in customs the worst outcome is your goods is destroyed, or Fedex send it back to the seller who can refund you
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Hong Kong policeman’s fatal fall from baht bus sparks safety outcry
they had routemaster bus with platform out the back like in London, if you jumped from that while the bus is moving you'll likely meet the same fate
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The 10 best cannabis dispensaries in Bangkok
it's still illegal to smoke 'indoors' cigarette included, what's the 'lounge' situation like for these place, are the seating area comfortable, well cooled and do any of them serve foods and beverage as well? plenty of stoner run shops with flashy storefront, good products but nowhere to enjoy them
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Watch shop in Krungthep
plenty of 'vintage' watch dealers in Bangkok, but watchmaker that service high-end watch tend to be a separate entity, the service guys rarely sells, while the dealers can open the caseback, they won't be able to do much While the dealers in shophouse that sells seikos and such will trade in Rolexes, plenty circulating around from pawnshops and all, they won't know their way around a patek for example
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Best places to take your friends when they visit Bangkok
Malls and Night Markets are quite beginner friendly enough, taking the ferry to iconsiam can be a spectacle itself, EmSphere always have some decent street food in their event space and various cuisines from the restaurants and well decorated enough to not be a boring western mall the street food scene like Chinatown or Chula univ area while good are just as unauthentic as malls or tourist focussed night market, most of the shops there are brand new, For day out with culture there's either a walk around Koh Kret or Bang Krachao for the 'rural' feel Malls are probably the most authentic feel to how the real Bangkokian lives, more than any floating market or elephant ride, if you want to try living like a Thai, riding the Saen Saeb canal boat in stinking sewer to 'The Mall' in Bang Kapi is probably the closest you'll get to living working/Middle class Bangkok Thai lives
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Story Of My Thai Citizenship Application
Imagine the furor if immigrants in say, the UK or Australia are allowed citizenship without being able to speak English At least the Thai citizenship don't test you on history or cultural bits
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Recriminalization of Marijuana
Where is that written?
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The New Skytrain (continued for 2019)
contract signing and detail revealed on the orange line: 3 car trains, also more trains and frequencies for the blue line ordered, but no extension to 4 cars, which is a shame with all that platform space going unused for decades, probably cheaper to just get more trains and update signaling for headway rather than refitting all the platform screen doors in all stations and mix of 3 and 4 car trains
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Chinese Tourist Dies After Falling From Songthaew In Pattaya
On the proper bus in Bangkok I've had to do a running jump to get of as they barely stop, but those are from side exit, I doubt I could jump out the back of a moving songthaew baht bus successfully
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Is it okay to drink Bangkok tap water without boiling it?
Latest update in this case is still ongoing and residents still don't have clean water and recommended that they don't put the water near their face/eyes
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Rent our land for make new 7/11
why should they rent from you, if you believe the location is sound, cough up the money for a building and franchise and bear the risks
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Best emergency pain killer
for pharmacy that sells tramadol with no questions asked, looks for the ever revolving clientele of boys on motorcycle out the front, some even sell soft drinks for the convenience too