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The office is wrong. You absolutely can pay by yourself. You will need to go there in person to sort it out. I had this problem once when I was between jobs. In the end, I had to get someone on the phone from the main bkk office to tell them to do it. Some of the employees are clueless.

Main office in bkk has English speaking staff you can talk to. Good luck!

I've noticed this. The shops put the larger bags of crisps in the prominent position and the standard size on the bottom shelf hoping that people will just pick the bigger bag and spend more. Also, they are selling bags of Lays for 22 baht for 42 grams where they used to be 50g. If you buy two of the smaller 10 baht bags, you will get 50g for 20 baht. I've seen this in different shops. Not sure how long this will last as they will inevitably shrink the cheaper bags too. 

2 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

The truth is that Biden explicitly supported sick leave for the workers. Your claim that his motive was to deny them sick leave is false.

 

I clearly didn't say that was his motive. It was the end result of his actions though.

11 hours ago, webfact said:

Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput has emphasised, for instance, that the central bank does not approve of using digital assets to pay for goods and services

It would appear that he's talking out a certain orifice. He's part of the Davos WEF crowd, so it's to be expected

https://www.ledgerinsights.com/thailand-digital-baht-cbdc-pilot-underway/

I made a new card for an SCB account recently. It was in a different province from where I opened the account. No problem, just show passport and bank book. Fee was 100 baht. I didn't have cash on me and asked if I could use the app to pay.  I was pointed to the ATM outside. Go figure. 

On Tuesday I went to immigration, the post office and Makro. I didn't wear a mask and nobody said anything. Those in charge are forcing the employees to mask up, but not members of the public. Doesn't make sense at all.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1032859/Vaccine_surveillance_report_-_week_45.pdf

Table on page 18 for cases and page 20 for deaths

My  credit card was used twice on the night of 10th October. I woke up in the morning to see messages from the KTC app telling me of two transactions. One was for 1 dollar from Delta Airlines and another one for about 5000 baht from a hotel website in Taiwan. I called the card company immediately and they cancelled the card and got the transactions removed  within 24 hours.  I'm not sure how the card information was obtained, but I rarely use the card and the places I have used it can be counted on one hand.  First time I've ever had a problem like this.

I ran the water for a while yesterday and it looked ok. I checked the water in the cistern this morning and it was a bit brown, but better than before. I'm running it again now and see if it fixes it 100% 

The water runs clear, but if you let it sit for a while it turns a bit brown with a very thin oily film in places.

I think I have missed out an important detail. I don't live in the house all the time. The last time the water was used was January.

I have spoken to the local builder/handyman and he suggested just turning on all the taps and see if it clears. I've already used a fair bit of water, so I'm not convinced that will help, but I'll give it a go.

It's about the same as my neighbours and they don't have a problem. I had the bore hole because when the house was built the government water was too far away and would have cost too much to put in at the time. If the worst comes to the worst I can get the government water put in as they made a connection near the front of my house a few years ago. Obviously I'd rather fix what I have if it's possible.

Maybe try another hole on the other side of the house??

Not sure exactly, but about roughly 10 metres

Nothing changed apart from the pump. I don't understand how I could have clean water for so long and suddenly it has gone bad.

I have been using a bore hole for water in my house for about 15 years. The water had always been clean until about six months ago when I changed the pump. Since then it has had iron in the water which causes stains to appear on everything. Is there any solution  to this problem? It is now so bad I don't want to use the water anymore. Any help appreciated.

The Thai social security won't pay for a test,. but will cover your treatment if you test positive. This was the case last year and as far as I know hasn't changed

The online 90 day reporitng website is down and when I try to log into the app, it locks up. I'm not too worried about any tracking app. The people involved in Governmrnt related IT are clearly utter spastics. Looks like a trip to immigration is needed

Since the taxpayer funded the factory modifications, they should make the contract public. Let's see how much Siam Bioscience is making. I'm dreaming of course.