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It seems the police have their instructions from the ministerial level and now proceeding like chickens with their heads cut off. This shows that many immigration offices do not know who lives where, that is, whether American or Irani. Pathetic.

Two police visits in the past few years. We arrived in 2008. A Captain and two sergeants asked to see my passport and driver's license. Second visit I call the "music police". They were in civvies, plainclothes, and no ID produced when asked. They were selling tickets to a Carabao show near Hua Hin. My wife told them we were well past caring about music. They finally left.

Also, as a confused adult, Boo Radley, in the movie To Kill a Mockingbird. Please see: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056592/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_to%2520kill%2520a%2520mock

This is still true 13 or so hours later. There is an unformatted link at the beginning that is somewhat faint. Terry just south of Hua Hin...

In 1982 I worked a communications center in Panama. My 12 hour shifts became easily 15 hours after the Argentine invasion. Many teletypes to Whitehall. I saw the British freighter Atlantic Conveyor transit the Panama Canal on its way for modification to be a helicopter carrier. Our back channel intelligence activities skyrocketed in volume. I heard several Latino born American soldiers refer to the Malvinas. A previous assignment for us was to the NATO/OTAN communications center in Naples, Italy, that is, Allied Forces South. I learned that France was intensely involved in the military exercises. One customer was the French Military Mission. The French tried to game the system in which they used the Italian Post and Telegraph to send and receive telegrams. Distant end was a French Navy activity in Marseilles. They sent a service message in French stating the circuit was out of service. I pasted that to a sheet of A4 paper and added my own simple translation. I heard the French admiral was chewed out by Admiral Shear. I'm just reminiscing here.

Nothing on my iPhone I bought in the U.S. I recall getting some kind of alert several months ago.

Yes, the dial pad to make outgoing calls does not work for me. I did activate my account recently. I will try again. Thank you for your help.

Thanks for your reply. That Skype web site will not allow me to call. H.?.? Terry

I only had Credit, therefore no Paid Products. Can one get reimbursed? Terry in Thailand...

Skype had a web site where you supposedly could use your credit to make calls. I call my U.S. bank from time to time.

Yes, indeed a travesty as Cambodian media says they want peace while Hun Sen and his son Hun Manet wage war.

I've used HHIO, Hua Hin Immigration Office, since 2008. There is only minor corruption such as a fee for Proof of Residence (driver's license renewal) and for transferring first and last visa stamps when getting a new passport. It has changed locations several times, about six or seven in all those years. Terry ( a few miles south of Hua Hin )...

Mr. Nawat was on that cooking show with three others and did well. Then he has Wuhan virus (COVID 19) and went to hospital. He wanted to have a longer stay in the hospital. The doctor asked him to leave. Maybe he has long COVID.

Yes, see a doctor to make sure no other issues. Omeprazole and its previous drug has worked for me for 35 years. Here is a bit of history, a story from Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Marshall

I noticed that IMDB dot com was not answering a query. It is OK today.

This product is made in the USA. Only Thailand is a user although the U.S. military and other countries have shown an interest. No, made in the USA. Please see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_light_tank

No, made in the USA. Please see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_light_tank

It seems that idealists and Communist sympathizers conjure up what if scenarios. One TLAM-N (nuclear warhead) hitting Moscow would not incur an immediate nuclear reply. Now TLAMs with conventional warheads hitting oil refineries, airfields, drone and other weapons plants might give Putin a change of heart. During my NATO communications tour of duty in Naples, Italy (1977-80) during war games we stopped the Soviet tank armies entering the Ruhr in Germany and the Po River valley in Italy by using tactical nukes. This was simulated in message traffic (teletype and Hollerith card messages). I now realize that was naive simulation. The Soviets and their Warsaw Pact allies threw up their hands and went home. I think not. Tactical, theater, and strategic nuclear exchange would have ensued. Yes, Armageddon.

The U.S. military gives their oaths of service to support and defend the U.S. Constitution. During my service 1970-1990, the President is only the Commander-in-Chief. President Trump is torqued from the buddy-buddy celebration and the military parade in China.

Update on Petchaburi DLT. It seems they are requiring DL renewals be done in the province where you live. I am a few miles south of Hua Hin. I did the video and got the QR code. However, when attempting to make an appt. the popup says Unknown ID. Going Thursday to check on the NEW DLT in Hua Hin and Bluport to get my proof of address (CoR). Yes, changes in the last five years.

Yes, we were heavily involved in monitoring drugs during my tour of duty in Panama 1981-84. I worked the NARC (a type of message relay) and the U.S. Southern Command communications center at Quarry Heights. Noriega's drug dealing led to the 20 December 1989, invasion. Our facility always receiving and sending messages but we shift supervisors would read the daily reports on Noriega's whereabouts, which mistress he was with, who he was fishing with, etc. We saw the back channel Contras messages from/to Lt. Col. Oliver North, Admiral Moreau, Admiral Poindexter, Henry Kissinger as a contractor, and others. Next door in Honduras we were preparing for the invasion of Nicaragua. I still have dreams of those days. The Falklands War kept us very busy. Messages to Whitehall dealing with logistics support, intelligence efforts, and much more.

Also, the previous copper wire phone system gave poor service without a true modulated volume, booster relays too few, and poor maintenance. We saw this in the 1970s and later when calling to Bangkok from the USA. My tour of duty at Phu Mu Signal Site near Mukdahan, Thailand and across the Mekong River at Savannakhet, Laos including daily phone calls to give a status report. I used a field phone and went through three switchboards to reach Intelligence and Security in Bangkok.

My maternal grandfather went to France in 1917. He served with the 42nd Infantry (Rainbow) Division. My father served in the Pacific Theater in the U.S. Navy. Two of my maternal uncles served in the European Theater in the U.S. Army. Uncle Russel in the Transportation Corps and Uncle Gerald in the Signal Corps.

Got it! That is the one in Petchaburi which includes Cha-Am, Hua Hin and adjacent territory. Thank you for your help.

What exactly are Airpods? I could search but I'm easily led down rabbit holes.