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Andrew Dwyer

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  1. See if Larry David is working there ( Curb Your Enthusiasm ) ?
  2. Give the main screen a reboot and: Yey, full cel signal !! Press to another screen: Boo, tricked me into thinking it was back ! Meanwhile the app continues to say 09.24 am yesterday ( probably the last time I checked if OTA was available ) So no Spotify for her ladyship but my CarPlay 70’s rock will still play …… every cloud and all that !!
  3. Cats keep the other critters at bay, and learn at an early age !! IMG_4211.mov
  4. Yes , went down at 9.24 am according to my app. Seems like it came back recently but my BYD app is still offline. Tried a couple of resets on the main screen as instructed by clicking on the no signal emoji But, still no joy 🥹
  5. I think OTA will download without WiFi but possibly more slowly, having only done OTA’s on home WiFi but did see it uploading on cellular signal once ( red dot on the bell symbol notification before it moved to the car symbol) and appeared very slow, but that was the previous SIM. My current situation is True cellular signal is down, car and phones, only found out when leaving the house around 10.30 am and the wife’s persistent prodding on the Spotify app alerted me !! Now back home with WiFi but no cellular signal in car/phones or on the app and no sign of any OTA ( of course just might not be my turn yet ). Suspect an OTA needs the SIM card active but would choose WiFi if that was the stronger of the two signals ?? Anyway, see what happens when the True cellular signal shows its face again. ……… and before you ask ……. no, I don’t have anything better to do !!
  6. Seems like it has hit Thai shores ( not for me though ) from a FB post.
  7. Talking about Nissan ? It appears they aren’t giving up without a fight and have announced the Nissan Micra ( March over here ) EV. Initially launched in Europe but with a right hand version destined for the UK i wonder if we will see it on Thai roads ?? https://autolifethailand.tv/all-new-nissan-micra-march-ev-bev/
  8. As stated above Nissan’s days are probably numbered. If prepared to go EV route I should look at BYD Dolphin, very affordable. Or if in no particular rush you might want to check out the Atto 2. https://autolifethailand.tv/byd-atto2-suv-ev-motor-show-2025-thailand/
  9. Bought a book about a year ago ( a Richard Osman book, part of the Thursday Murder Club series ) , spurred on by the 70 baht price it remains unopened on my bedside table. First book i had bought in years, prior to this i had read many ebooks on long flights or waiting at airports but a movie or series seems to have made that pastime redundant.
  10. But but but …. Transman said there was 🥹
  11. Nope ! Couldn’t get the last OTA number to appear this time, got tired of pressing the button, but think am on V1.3.0 still. Last update i got was around Dec 2024 at the dealer on 1 yr service.
  12. Think you will find that is Japanese .
  13. Another form of id, can’t see there being any disadvantages, the advantages vary from who you speak to. Is it worth getting ? I would say yes, it might save you a few hundred baht getting into a National Park or means you can leave your passport back in the safe. Many topics on here ending up in the usual bickering about it’s usefulness. As also stated, the ease of obtaining the yellow house book ( the pink id comes easily after that ) varies greatly between Amphurs and can be anything from presenting your passport to an outright refusal with several different stages of hoops to jump through in between. To sum it up: The yellow book and pink id are useful but not a necessity. Depending on your Amphur’s requirements will determine whether you go for them or not.
  14. Don’t forget Midland Road and the various fields !!
  15. I’m watching it now, the police tapes talking to Fred and the clandestine audio and video of Rose are interesting. Fred’s calm and matter of fact attitude when admitting to the various murders is quite amazing.
  16. Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story ( 2025 crime documentary 3 eps ) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36590949/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Some might argue that we have seen all we need to see about this multiple murder enquiry, along with The Yorkshire Ripper !, but this new 3 part mini series promises to provide some recently discovered police recordings and first- person accounts. Fred and Rose , as much a part of British culture as fish and chips …….. unfortunately .
  17. Bad Thoughts ( 2025 comedy series 6eps ) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32082636/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Quirky and wacky certainly aren’t the right words to describe this sketch show from Tom Segura, sick and twisted is probably closer to the truth !! 2 or 3 sketches in each episode usually starting off quite sedate but with a twist into some demented and sordid story !! Watch the trailer to decide if its for you, some will like it but some definitely won’t ! I loved it !!!
  18. Also EP 01 streaming on fmovies.
  19. Don’t remember the last time i spoke with a foreigner but i am an antisocial tw#t. Used to chat once a month with Bob ( not Smith ) as he was a fellow Brit, but he left for New Zealand a few years ago and never came back …… i have that effect on people. John, another Brit, lives near me and i maybe see him in the local market every six months, i turned down his offer to go drink some beers so our conversations are limited to a nod of the head and a half smile ……. he has cottoned on to my level of tw#tiness !! Don’t get me wrong i will help out anyone who genuinely requires help, Thai or foreigner, but i don’t make friends to hear their life story as it is usually unfeasibly dull or full of BS. I will chat to the Thai next door over the wall occasionally but we are neither proficient in each other’s languages so it is usually just to be polite and neither of us gets much from the conversation. In fact I would say I speak more to the cat than anyone else and he can’t be bothered to answer back …… tw#t !!
  20. Anything to add on the gpack setup @Pib or is it comparable with gbox ? Anything mention of a system update ? Seeing talk about an update to enable the car to start when unlocking ( ala MG4 ? ) and a 4 digit code required before driving away ( both optional I think ) in the UK/Europe posts. From what i can gather the code is a mandatory security step if auto start enabled, okay so makes driving away more time consuming than pressing start button but is a security step that has been requested by many. Only seen on Seal groups as don’t follow the Atto groups anymore but don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t be implemented on Atto also, you seen anything ? Of course it could be country dependent and not destined for Thailand anyway. And yes i would feel like Jason Statham in the Transporter movies dialling a security code in before speeding off ….. i already have the JS haircut !!
  21. Well, the main thing is you got it sorted …… let’s hope you don’t want a £ symbol anytime soon !! Seriously though. Your keyboard layout is English (United States ) but was set to English ( United Kingdom ) in settings. Your Scottish IT guy just changed the settings back to English (US). You might not be able to find where he changed it but believe me it is there ! Here’s a generic example of difference between UK and US keyboard, while you can choose to change the keyboard layout in settings it will give you some strange results, like you experienced.
  22. I visited in around 2016, don’t remember the price but thought it was worth while . The detail in the carving is very impressive.
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