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A better headline might be.... Bangkok to bury all currently existing overhead cables underground within 3 years, to make space for lots of new overhead cables

Actually, I think it makes a lot of sense to invest in infrastructure projects now, when there aren't any/many tourists. It adds some jobs and helps the economy now and makes things safer for tourists when they do finally come back. The only thing that doesn't make sense to me is the water issue. Can't really tell from the photo but it looks like it's at ground level, or perhaps just a single step up from the ground. That could be a problem even if they have drains and pumps at the bottom of the escalator.

Thank you for that. There are certain places where I wish I could walk through the station without having to pay. When it's raining hard, it's nice to be able to walk all the way from Phloen Chit BTS to National Stadium BTS. It would be completely walkable through malls or the elevated walkway if not for the Chit Lom stop. But now that I know it's refundable, I'll have to get a single fare card to give it a try. Wish it worked with Rabbit cards, but I know from experience it doesn't.

Yeah, it sounds pretty stupid, though I also have to admit that it also sounds a bit silly to me to be living here for 14 years and not have a Rabbit card.

Sounds like what a lot of people have reported in the past. It's the "last time" until it isn't, because the government extends the extensions again. Of course, one day they won't extend the extensions, but I'm not sure that day has arrived. Were I to guess, I'd say they'll probably extend the extensions at least one more time.

The two great parks I write about below are in the east part of Bangkok and have a lot less air pollution than parks in central Bangkok. Each park by itself is (I think) bigger than either Lumpini or Benjakitti parks. They're circled in red in this map: Here's a closer view: King's Park is fantastic. (Suan Luang Rama IX). Plenty of parking. Fee is 10 baht per person before 5pm (free after 5pm). I don't know what parking costs. There's a nice little dense tree area, ponds, plenty of monitor lizards/turtles/birds, paddle boats, gardens (including a cactus garden, which closes at 5pm I think) and, well, enough for a really nice afternoon. The park is open from 5am to 7pm, seven days a week. Right next to it (though not connected) is Nong Bon Water Sports Center which has a large reservoir with a long walking/jogging/cycling path that goes around the whole thing. You can even get some kayaking lessons. There's a bike shop - Happy Bike - right at the entrance that rents bikes for 50 baht for 2 hours. They rent out fast on weekends.) I think the park closes at 6pm (might be 6:30pm). As I mentioned, these two parks are NOT connected, even though they are right next to each other. Something they could easily fix but I guess they're operated by different agencies and each has to have their own little fiefdom, or something. Both parks have bathroom facilities and outdoor public exercise areas/equipment. One really nice thing about both of these places parks is that they aren't far from a great night market. Go on a Friday or Saturday afternoon, spend the day at the park, then head to the Srinagarindra Train Night Market (aka Rot Fai Train Night Market) nearby. It's the best night market in Bangkok IMO. (Park on the west side of Kings Park if you want to have a short drive to the night market. Parking on the east side of the park, or at Nong Bong, will make for a long drive as there are no roads that go through. I don't think you can drive through Kings Park from one side to another.) Oh, and late next year there's a new MRT line opening that will have a stop right by the Paradise and Seacon Square shopping malls - about a 10-15 minute walk to Kings Park. So driving won't be the only way to access this great area. Hope you'll post here if you go, and share what you think about the parks. Arrows on this map point to parking lot entrances....

Suggestion as a place to start: Start by opening Task Manager (type taskman in start search bar or Ctrl-Alt-Delete and select it from the list). Then look to if something's using a large percentage of your processor (or memory) on the Processes tab.... ( If you don't see all those tabs, click on "More details" Windows 10 automatically defrags drives (HDs), so there's not much point in running defrag these days. And SSDs don't need defragging.

According to Microsoft, it can't be done. If I were to guess (and this is only a guess) I'd say this is likely an issue created by Apple as they are notoriously bad about opening up. But hey, it could be Microsoft's fault! Microsoft - Back up and recover account credentials in the Authenticator app

I was shocked by how much cheese variety Makro has started to carry. They had most of the cheeses on the list below, and a bunch more that were NOT on the list. (This list just seems to be the cheeses supplied by https://www.jagota.com/)