mfd101

Maximum flexibility (ie plan no further ahead than the week after next) + enjoy 2020 day-to-day.

On 5/20/2020 at 6:21 PM, rasmus5150 said:

It's awesome that they are finally thinking (and doing something) about this.

 

Let's see when the rain finally comes to Bangkok if all their efforts paid off.

 

They should do more than just ask - heavy fines, or imprisonment.

Firing squad at dawn would have more effect.

4 minutes ago, chilly07 said:

I have now done 15 mths of FTT TransferWise transfers into Bangkok Bank and collected Credit Advices for each which I then take back to my bank to produce the IO letter. No extra charge and no 7 day wait

Yes, use TW to Bangkok Bank (& tick the TW box that says 'For long stay in Thailand' or words to that effect). Works every time with 'FTT' showing in your BKK Bank book.

I wonder how they will fill up their 8-hour day.

59 minutes ago, simple1 said:

So you're saying the other member's claim is speculation.

Knowing he's there and inviting him in aren't the same thing.

I note however that the widow of the dictator who started the whole shooting match (before having his plane shot down), Habyarimana, and who herself is accused of major involvement in the genocide, is - according to yesterday's Le Monde - living cheerfully and undisturbd in Paris.

Sometimes you see a glimmer of light in Thailand, and then along comes some blithering idiot calling himself a 5* general or a Director-General or a Surgeon-General or a Secretary-General, entirely unselfaware, and the light goes out again and all is dark.

6 hours ago, CharlieH said:

"Speculation & No evidence", then why bother even mentioning it ?

Because this phenomenon has been mentioned several times in Western medical and press reports. The Thai comments are perfectly sensible in the context.

Fascinating to encounter so many people who can live only outside themselves. When there's no outside available, life becomes impossible for them ...

SURFACE mail to Oz? (as opposed to AIR mail?).

I don't suppose there's been much of that for decades. And parcels would usually go by air courier not surface mail.

(My household goods, including large library, came by ship over several weeks from Canberra/Sydney in 2017, if that's any help.)

Slolly slolly! All things will become clear in due course.

By the 5th attempt, probably. This is my hypothesis, to be tested, at some future stage.

Makes interesting browsing, particularly for Sweden enthusiasts.

Just having a Bangkok Bank atm here in Surin that actually has cash in it for withdrawal would be a great step forward for mankind. 50% of the time, having tried & failed, I have to go to another bank's atm to withdraw cash.

54 minutes ago, samran said:

Thankfully a lot less tin foil hat wearers in Australia than elsewhere. 

Just passed the 5 million mark (according to tomorrow's 'Australian' just out).

Over 4 million Aussies out of a population of 25 million have installed the relevant app so far, as urged by the Oz government. With more to follow.

So far the Oz world has not come to an end, the heavens have not fallen and there is no plague of locusts.

Just laughable.

All the worst of Thai culture on display: (1) Vague rules vaguely & inconsistently enforced (2) Thais as individuals their own worst enemy - failure to register or to change registration or address/occupation last year or 10 years ago and so not within the scope of the exercise, but still complain bitterly.

Rules don't apply to ME but I should still benefit from them!!

In a well-run society an example could always be made of one, to encourage the others.