John435

When you say rain most days, do you mean water gushing out of the unit, like has happened to mine last couple of nights? I use the dry setting, usually set to 23-25°C.

My Neato D3 does a good job in between the visits you mentioned. 

Presumably you’d have to stay at least 7 days in Phuket? Maybe have another COVID test before leaving for another Thai destination?

Does your daughter have a form teacher? Speak to him/her. 

Apparently, if there is lightening, Thai kids aren’t allowed to eat ice cream. 

Go to Samui or Chompon. Can’t wait. Good luck and keep us updated. 

I’ve mentioned it here before. There’s a new disc golf course just northeast of Pattaya and we have a handicap league every Saturday at 4 pm. There are prizes and a hole in one fund for anyone who grabs an ace in the league round. The ace pot is now over THB 1000 and a lot of the 18 holes are quite short!

The owners have a super friendly cafe on the course and there are discs to borrow. The normal day fee is THB 200 but if you play the league on Saturday afternoon you can practice and compete for a special price of THB 250. Members can play in the league for THB 150.

The course has plenty of shade so even if you don’t know what disc golf is, come and have a go. You’ll triple your step count in no time and have lots of fun.

https://goo.gl/maps/EGs7BB6YHGQ31NoQ8

Will this apply to people who live in Thailand and just want to get away for 4-6 weeks?

Thanks, everyone. Please spread the word as I am sure there are plenty of expats who would enjoy fitting a visit into their itinerary next time they are passing or staying nearby. Persuading Thais to have a go has been a challenge but we have a number of keen locals already, so hopefully numbers will continue to grow as the interest spreads.

Weekly tournament more likely to start at 4 pm on a Saturday but opening hours are 10 am - 6 pm all through the weekend if you just want to check it out. If you get to know the owner, he’ll probably be happy for you to play on weekdays too.

I just checked the rate for transferring a large sum to Scotland through DeeMoney and the loss seemed to be about 3.4%

I am interested to hear of alternative methods. 

The cut seems to be about 3.4% when a large sum is entered into the rate calculator. 

Is that correct and competitive?

Why not test sewage around Thailand? It’s a far easier way to get an indication of local infection, symptomatic or not.

If there was a lot of untested COVID cases, would there not be an unexplained increase in deaths?

I sent something shoebox sized to the UK from Pattaya a couple of weeks ago. Took about a week. Impressive. 

Yup. It’s awesome. Fastest Mac I have ever owned.

Set it up from fresh without an ID. It will still do most things fine. Enter the ID when you have it. 

Ripple (XRP) is so low right now, due to some bad press, it’s got to be worth a punt. 

Wake for network activity would be in the system preferences. Type wake in the search box when you open it to find out where.

Another thing you could try is to open Activity Monitor and look for any applications ’preventing sleep’. You may need to select a view option to see this column.

I like your description of golf (even if you didn’t like the comparison) and yes, disc golf is much easier to pick up. However, in order to build a range of shot types, it helps to master the flight of different disc types. While some of the putters resemble the shape of a traditional frisbee (albeit smaller and heavier), the higher speed discs are very different and making them fly 100+ metres is not easy.

I guess what I meant was that disc golf borrows the concept of hitting a target in the fewest strokes possible. Thankfully it is a bigger target!

If you know what disc golf is, you may be pleased to hear that a course has opened up north of Pattaya, about half way between route 3 and 7. It's a compact, 11 hole course set in a coconut plantation. Holes range from about 40-70 m and are a lot of fun to play. Discs are available to use. The baskets are very good quality.

If you've not heard of disc golf, you should give it a go. Look on YouTube to see what it is about (tldr: it's golf with a frisbee). You'll get started in no time and kids can play too. There is a Thai cafe and plenty of shade. The Thai owners are really friendly. They may charge to 200B for a day pass but I know they are keen to get new players to visit so don't be surprised if they let you play for free, especially if you buy a drink or snack there.

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