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mfd101
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Currently, it depends on lifestyle choices and where you live. Here in the rural NE you'ld be very brave to make the change at the moment. But change will come, and then perhaps another. At my local PTT in Prasat there's a 2-car recharging installation right beside where we often eat brunch. It's been there about 3 months not operational. Became operational (as far as I can judge - covers removed) a week ago. Will be fascinated to see my first (ie someone else's) EV pull up for a dose ...
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Local Immigration Nightmare
mfd101 replied to Kul1's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Female officer ... Could have appealed to the boss? -
The economy is roaring. Immigration is a key reason.
mfd101 replied to placeholder's topic in US & Canada Topics and Events
A nation of former immigrants and offspring of immigrants, plus unloved new and would-be immigrants. Oh the irony! (Just like many other countries in the world actually. H. sapiens is a migratory species.) -
Wise Transfers- Caution - Fees
mfd101 replied to Raindancer's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
For Australian end of things (by contrast): I transfer AUD2K or 3K or 4K at least twice a month according to need and always noting purpose as Long-term stay in TH. The fees for $2k & $3k transfers have increased by only 2 or 3 cents in the last couple of months. -
Thai man arrested for cross-border sperm cell smuggling
mfd101 replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
I think I'ld want to keep my eye on him during the operation. -
PM Buys Oil Painting At Pattani Market For 30,000 Baht
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Symbolism is about 80% of politics. No different in The West ... -
Former RTP boss and 7 others sued for reducing Red Bull heir’s sentences
mfd101 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Over 11 years since the 'incident' ... In at least some Western countries the relevant parts of the statute of limitations could be overruled by a specific one-off law passed by the Parliament. -
Why many Thai girls go with tomboys? Your opinion
mfd101 replied to zhounan's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
It was only when I mentioned years ago to my b/f that I thought so many Thai girls but particularly older women (such as his mother) look awful with their straggly long hair hanging down that I learned that short hair on a woman in Thailand is a sure sign of a tomboy. I still got him to cut his mother's (then in her early 70s) long straggly & thin hair and give her a more Western matronly look. She looked so much better and she liked it, but it still got grown out and back to straggles ... -
Thai man arrested for cross-border sperm cell smuggling
mfd101 replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
I should have thought the obvious way to smuggle sperm across the border would be to enter on a tourist visa. Clearly his operation was premature. -
Former RTP boss and 7 others sued for reducing Red Bull heir’s sentences
mfd101 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
A job for Fidel & Che and the boys. -
Why many Thai girls go with tomboys? Your opinion
mfd101 replied to zhounan's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Yes, certainly the proportion of feckless, hopeless, drunken males I see in my village far outweighs their numbers in my former Falang life. And no-show fathers very common too. -
Taiwanese Man Stole Car Before Being Shot Dead At Suvarnabhumi Airport Road
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Expensive car. -
Thailand's Future: What do you think?
mfd101 replied to FruitPudding's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
In my 7 years of living here in little Plasat at the southern end of little ol' Sulin province, change has been uneven: (1) What was a 2- or even 1.5-lane east/west road is now a 4-lane (and in some places 6-lane) highway. And masses of vehicles pouring along them in both directions every day of the week. Local roads all improved; (2) But the price of my haircut (70B) hasn't changed and the price of a splendid brunch sitting outside at PTT hasn't changed (80B for beef larb & papaya salad & greens & rice for me plus assorted Thai chili & rice dishes for b/f). No tips; (3) Twice-weekly shopping at Lotus is twice the price of 7 years ago - used to be up to 1000B, now often over 2000B. Quality is variable. We go to Tops outside Muaeng Surin once a month for the more upmarket & 'Western' things ... -
Thailand's Future: What do you think?
mfd101 replied to FruitPudding's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Much the same as it is now - stumbling along in the semi-dark, resistant to change, xenophobic, pretending to reform in 100 different directions at once, unable to start on the basics (education + honest democracy) and work up from there ... It's a 50-year program and they haven't begun. -
Elderly Swiss cyclist killed in hit-and-run in Sattahip district
mfd101 replied to snoop1130's topic in Pattaya News
If the photo's anything to judge by, it could be quite difficult to see a cyclist at night - always depending on glare & angle of approach. -
aha .... strange that I can't ... using AIS also. I'm with AIS here and I've never had any problem with receiving OTP, including Citibank and (I think) NAB. But recently, with the NAB takeover of Citi Oz just completed, I've had 2 occasions when NAB said they sent me a secure SMS and I never received them ...
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Send GBP to THB now or wait?
mfd101 replied to nomad2019's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Hear! Hear! -
New Visa fees beginning on 19th March 2024
mfd101 replied to Kiwifarang's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
NZ200 = US123 or UK97 -
PM visits Thaksin at home in his Ban Chan Song La residence
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Just a courtesy call, as with Hun Sen. Nothing of substance was discussed. -
Power Bank Explosion Causes Panic on AirAsia Flight
mfd101 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Approximation: a Thai specialty. -
So a 15-year-old's stupid decision & its on'n on consequences are to be held against her forever? On that basis there's barely a 20-year-old anywhere in the whole world who deserves to be alive.
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Yingluck’s return has to be soon, but things can get complicated
mfd101 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
I think a very LARGE proportion of The People might be delighted to see her return, and not in manacles, even if they think she wasn't a great PM. (But of course I was forgetting: Isaan people don't count.) -
The point of the discussion however is the small Falang stream, not the wide river of State spending.