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Andrew Dwyer

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  1. I saw a robbery at the new Apple store in Icon Siam.  Police called me in as an iWitness.

    I was at the opening day of that store and interested to see Apple showing off some of their latest ventures :

    Apple makeup - iShadow, iBrow and iLash
    Apple kitchen appliances - iLevel
    Apple frozen desserts - iScream

    It was a kind of Motor Show affair with lots of pretties around - iCandy and iFull
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  2. And one more.   Everyone knows Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good (or should know [emoji6] )  

    But do you know the original ??

     

     

     

     

     

    I thought this version from Cookies had a real Beach Boys sound to it, googled to see if they had ever recorded it ?Nearly but not quite [emoji51] 

     

     

     

    From Wikipedia:

     

    Carole King has said that in writing the song she was inspired by Brian Wilson: "I make no bones about it, that song was influenced by Brian's music".[5]

     

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  3. I got this answer to my question - If I could use a Thai medical certificate - I asked last week.
     

    Dear Sir/Madam,

    Yes, you can contact a doctor in Thailand by using this form.  However, please make sure there is a doctor or hospital stamp on it. 


    Kind Regards,

    Visa Officer

    Royal Thai Embassy
    29-30 Queen's Gate,
    London,
    SW7 5JB

    Thanks Spambot, that’s good news !
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  4. The Orville (Sci-Fi US comedy series)
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    When I first watched the Orville episode 1 I thought it was a direct rip off from Star Trek.
     
    Boy was I wrong, the Orville is 100 times better, it’s funny and the plot is unpredictable.
     
    In Star Trek during video chat in the bridge command you will never see a dog licking its balls in the background.
     
    In Star Trek you will never see gay male alien couples, and then they lay eggs and sit on like a big chicken.
     
    In Star Trek there’s no way you will see a green jelly blob alien having sex with a human.
     
    There’s also one of the hottest chicks, Kelly Grayson on the TV show or Adrianne Policki in real life. I can stare at her beautiful face all day, she’s gorgeous.
     
    Oh yeah Kelly shags a blue alien that has skin like a lizard and a head like a grass hopper, and when the alien is frightened he spurts blue ink out of his forehead.
     
     

    Yes, I must admit I dl’d season 1 and watched it not really knowing if I liked it or not !!, I struggled through ( with the hope it would improve ).

    But when season 2 was announced I got straight on dl’ ing .
    Half way through season 2 and I have to agree while it is an unashamed rip off of Star Trek it is compelling viewing and around 9.30 pm I leave the gf watching some Thai tv and retire to the room to watch an episode, or maybe 2 !!

    After that I have 2 seasons of Sneaky Pete to binge !!
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  5. I too am interested Andrew. I have just obtained my final extension of stay (Retirement), based on my British Embassy income letter. I intend to get an OA in the UK next time but not until September 2020. The new process should have settled down by then. Let me know how you get on and also confirm please if the medical form will be accepted if completed in Thailand, which makes things so much easier.

    I’m hoping not to be the guinea pig on this one Jim [emoji51] hopefully others will use it and post their experience on here.

    I was fully prepared to go in September and visit in person as I did 3 years ago but now I’m gonna wait and see what they are cooking up !!

    The delayed start of the online process suggests, to me that they might be reviewing this visa !!

     

    Regarding, the medical certificate, it certainly worked for me ( Oct 2016 ) but who knows.

    I’m definitely going to get another medical certificate done in LOS before I go over as a backup and probably look into another in the uk also depending on availability and cost.

    Last time I got a letter from my gp and it WASNT accepted so the Thai one saved my bacon.

    As the OA obviously causes some expense I feel it prudent to dot the i’s and cross the t’s ....... several times !!

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  6. My thoughts on "intermittent faults" are they generally come back and bite you in the bottom at the most inconvenient time :sad:

    I’m thinking lightening doesn’t strike twice in the same place [emoji51]
  7. i noted from another thread that you fixed the problem. how did you do this?
     

    Actually I didn’t do anything, went away for a couple of days over Songkran and when I came back noticed that it was back to how it was before ( pump running constantly when toilet flushes or tap/shower opened ). This was 14 days after the “ problem “ appeared !!

    I did notice that the pump was a lot louder during the two weeks it was cycling ( or maybe just appeared so ? ) but now is quiet as before.

    I put this down to air in the system ?

    Steve 73 suggested it was dirt ( sludge ) trapped in the pump and could well have been although I did clean out the tank while it was down and on cleaning the shower heads found nothing but the usual limescale buildup on the nozzles.
  8. Has no one in Thailand heard of the presumption of innocence? To spend ten days in gaol as a presumed innocent man is odd justice isn't it? To commit a crime in civilised countries, like Thailand, one must do so with "intention" (to commit the unlawful act). No one, in a civilised country, would go to gaol for unintentionally committing a crime.
     
    Perhaps it was because he refused to sign a document admitting guilt? Another odd facet of Thai  "justice."

    Do you think he unintentionally removed the sim card, deleted all the data and changed the language to English ??
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