Bruno123

15 minutes ago, giddyup said:

It's a mystery, a chemical imbalance perhaps?

Of course that is just one aspect. 

When I was doing athletic stuff, I got used to being at the top of the tree. Whenever I stopped for any amount of time, I would feel terrible. The chemicals that my body produced and it's physiology would change; so I felt different.

If you never learn about these things then you can have no control over them. That is what is happening to you now. You have no idea as to what to do. Try jogging with the dog. A longer distance each day. That will begin to stimulate your mind and body. Encourage you to breathe more deeply. Panic attacks are characterised by shallow breathing. The exercise will force you to learn to breathe more deeply and also to encourage your body to produce different chemicals. Don't think that drinking some tea is going to have to have the desired effect on it's own.

You actually have to do something. Leave the coffee alone for now; it only increases your heart rate and will make you more nervous.

28 minutes ago, giddyup said:

What leads you to believe I'm set in my ways, because I walk the dog and have a cup of coffee everyday? I haven't resorted to medication yet and I may try a natural remedy like St John's wort before I do. Comparing what your relatives do to others is meaningless, there's no one size fits all. I'm relatively healthy at 79, others less so, some already dead.

I don't want to get into why I think that. I just think that you should listen to the general advice here to allow a change in your physiology. 

It isn't a meaningless comparison. 

Healthy is also relative. Is the pumped up guy who looks strong on the outside healthier than the slim and mildly muscular guy whose mind and body works in concert to make every day positive and buoyant?

Do you see yourself as a strong oak tree that never bends, but eventually breaks when a strong enough wind comes along or a more flexible variety that can flex with the changing conditions?

Your quality of life is relative to what you know and expect. But what if it could be much better? You won't know because your mind is closed to it or you have never experienced it. You are creating the panic attack without realising it. 

I see it in people around me all the time; I can help and coach people close to me to allow their minds and subsequently their bodies to understand that they can fix these things if they allow themselves to do the things they need to fix it.

Most people are resistant to that, as they just prefer to do what they think they know....compounding the issue.

Sometimes you just need a good kick up the butt. ???? But if you never allow anyone to do so...

It's your world. Change it or keep it as it is. Up to you. Don't be afraid to do it differently. Allow yourself to become more flexible and capable. But for that, you need to allow yourself to relax and to look inside yourself to fix what is wrong. If you don't ever learn how to do that; you aren't really living, but merely existing.

5 hours ago, BananaBandit said:

 

Painful to read, but at least the logic makes sense to me.

It might be painful to read; but it's actually not true. 

But since you didn't even bother to reply to the very first question posed to you on this thread; then this will just be another 'going nowhere' thread.

It helps to actually reply to the questions posed, in order to help you; rather than just clicking on an emoticon. What's that all about??

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9 hours ago, Adumbration said:

Here is my response to a number of posts above.  Thanks for your input.

 

Phone apps

Commonwealth bank app has 1 star reviews on playstore.  It is detested by everyone and has crashed in the last few weeks.  It requires and sms to activate it which I cannot receive.

 

Tokens or receiving OTP by email

They have a token and originally agreed to send it to my registered postbox here (I can't receive mail to where I live). This was after being put on hold for 75 minutes and then spending 2.5 hours talking with the customer service guy who it turns out was totally incompetent or just plain lying.  He told me token would take 30-45 days to arrive.  I called back the next day to check if the token had been sent and if I could have copy of tracking number and they said cannot send token to po box and that they had suspended my account and my credit card pending a security check.  They would not give me a email to contact or even a name.  The just said I would have to wait for a call from their security department.  Would not tell me when, what day or anything else.  

 

My other bank which is a small regional former credit union has no token.  They also do not do international transfers electronically only by telegram which costs $47 dollars and then not send in AUD only convert at their end to get skim on currency.

 

Both of my banks will not send OTP by email.  SMS is the only option.

 

Use Aussie Sim on Roaming

I have been here a long time.  Over a decade.  One of the reasons I stay here is that I have no family whatsoever back in Oz that I can rely upon for support.  I have a few friends but they are all flat out with their own lifes, kids, businesses and up to their necks in mortgage payments.  They simply do not have the space in their lives to be dealing with my stuff and certainly not dealing with time wasting institutional nonsense of banks.  Going back to Oz just on a SIM run is not a defensible solution.

 

Using Google voice or Skype and divert sms.

I have a skype number that I have held for a decade.  It is a hardline australian number that I use as my contact on some accounts in Oz that do not require mobile number.  It cannot receive SMS to Skype.  I understand that that service is only available to US customers.  Please correct me if I am wrong.  

 

Regarding receiving sms via Google voice I know nothing about this, if it is available if I am not an American, or how I would set it up.  If someone can elaborate on these issues I am all ears.

 

Update Passport

Thanks @dsj for mentioning the passport update info issue.  I had a new passport issued about a year ago.  So the one that TRUE currently has on file will be the old number.  That would no doubt be sticking point if I want to port to AIS.  So prior to porting I will have to go to TRUE shop first to ensure they have updated my passport number....more time wasted.

 

Running two SIMS

As I stated above I have been here a long time.  Just the other day I was searching for the code to add validity to an AIS SIM.  I like that feature on the TRUE SIM, if you want to add 6 months validity there is a *number# code that you dial and the fee (just 12 baht I think) is deducted from your phone credit.  I then discovered (actually rediscovered) that AIS just has this 1 month added validity for every time you top up.  Regardless if you top up 10 or 10000 baht.  It then dawned on me that way back when I first moved here I had AIS SIMs but the constant inconvience of doing 12 10 baht tops up to get a full year validity pushed me to look for a easier solution, which is why I migrated to True.  No porting back then, just bought new sims because none of the banks were using this SMS 2FA nonsense.

 

In fact back then I had multiple sims because I was fresh off the boat and playing the field.  I had a nice house and a penthouse apartment in town for "entertaining".  Multiple SIMs where a necessity to avoid bumping into my own bulls***t. 

 

Now I just want a single SIM that receives messages from my banks and other institutions.  I am loath to port back to AIS because of the validity maintenance issue but it has become easier to deal with now because of online credit purchase options that were not available a decade ago.  I remember that I use to go into 7 eleven and ask for 12 x 20 baht top up slips.  Staff though I was mental.

 

Thank you everyone for your kind input.  Please continue to add your comments because no doubt it will be beneficial to other and not just me.

 

In the coming week I will have to venture back down to Phuket to update my passport at the TRUE office (thanks again @dsj for reminding me) and then go to AIS to port my number.  

 

I will let you all know how I go.

 

I think we might have a case of Too Many Cooks here.

There is no need to update anything with Truemove H unless they specifically request it. You don't need to see nor speak to them at all to get the moving code; as I've let you know more than once.

As for your other query; when you use the Boontherm (orange devices) outside Family Mart and 7-11, it remembers your change.

So you don't need to put small amounts in each time. Put 100 baht in and then choose 10 baht top up. It will deduct 12 baht and tell you that you have 88 baht in credit. You can now repeat that action at that on any Boontherm device; whichever one you visit will have a record of the remainder of your credit.

But actually it's better for you to just stand there and to keep repeating the 10 baht choice until you are down to 4 baht, and then continue putting small notes in 1 x 50 baht or smaller denominations, until you've done it eleven or twelve times and have a full year of validity.

Set a note in your diary to repeat, say in six months and then top up six months worth etc

AIS will get your updated details when you register.

10 hours ago, thaicookingchef said:

thank you, 20 mbps / 125 thb at AIS or Dtac ?

 

 

Cheapest method is to buy a 12 month DTAC 10 Mbps SIM for around 1390 baht. and if you can achieve 20 Mbps with them, uprate to 20 Mbps for another 120 baht with the USSD code DTAC publish(Promo until the end of this month). 125 baht per month.

30 days at a time is 299 baht.

19 hours ago, vinny41 said:

Hopefully someone will come along and say you can do better with your max budget of 26000 baht but its a starting point

It's the same TV that I mentioned earlier: https://www.dignited.com/74255/vidaa-os-hisense-smart-tv-platform/

No clear choice without being able to view the quality of the TVs with your own eyes.

On paper, the OP may need to decide on which to give priority. Maybe read a bit more about the TV operating systems involved and decide whether that is something about which his wife would be interested.

Does she use  applications on Android for videos, music and entertainment? 

If no interest in that side of things; then the HiSense might make sense. In that case I would also compare it closely with the U8G

39 minutes ago, Chivas said:

Bruno where are the "better offers" listed as such ??

They are disbursed to Independents or listed as short codes on the website of Independents. The call centres will have them; not Service Centres.

Currently unlimited 20 Mbps plans from as little a 125 per month.

Just now, lelapin said:

After several attempts I managed to contact AIS and from next month they will cancel my internet connection payment.

If it's a Prepaid SIM, it will still eat your credit, unless you turn data off as suggested.

On 10/22/2021 at 7:53 AM, Chivas said:

All the data deals on Truemove appear to have certainly gone up since last time I was in the country February 2020

I'm wondering if the short codes of the past which I've got for previous plans will still actually work

 

Back then I was getting "always on" data for a month (at lower speeds) for 199 plus Vat

 

( existing Sim from last 8 years is still active)

Likely still works; though there are better offers now and as a long standing customer they might waive the new SIM requirement to give you 4 to 10 Mbps unlimited for 200 baht or less for lower speeds. AIS do for their long term customers. Don't know about Truemove H(formerly Orange and now all CP). 

*129*1# and then press the Dial key

When you want to switch it back on; *129*2# and then press the Dial key

Alternatively you can turn Mobile/Cellular Data off via your phone settings.

5 hours ago, Bruno123 said:

Yes; but then you miss out on other things. No Android TV/Google TV for example with the Hisense 55U7G. 

Not to be confused with the Hisense 55EU7G. There is little doubt that the Chinese TV brand marketing is designed to mislead. So you really have to be on the ball with them.

One might imagine they might be related, that the 55EU7G is a 55U7G with Android TV...but that is not the case.

Just now, vinny41 said:

Can you get Full Array Local Dimming on a 55" within a budget of 20K

Yes; but then you miss out on other things. No Android TV/Google TV for example with the Hisense 55U7G. 

1 hour ago, Toolong said:

'Minefield' is right, I reckon! ????

 

Thanks for links, Bruno. Trouble though for me, is that I can't easily assess the merits of these TVs when I can't even understand what the terms mean! 'Qled'....'Oled'.....' ????.....and 'Global Dimming' (Greta Thunberg hasn't mentioned that!)....wow!

 

But I'm gettin' there......thanks to kind advice from people like yourself, thanks!????

 

 

 

You want Full Array Local Dimming; not Global Dimming or Ultra Dimming. 

The Chinese TVs may have the older version of Android TV; version 10. The latest version is 11 or Google TV.

4 hours ago, Speedo1968 said:

OP - I'm in my late 70's so re-educating myself won't be easy.
Although I had one of the first commercial computers out of the box with black screen and green text I had little spare time to enjoy it for pleasure; later traveled with a laptop under my arm for business from early 90's.
Not wanting a TV was just a way of saying no add-ons such as a box.

There are free websites, such as https://webtor.io that will process Magnet links for you. They will either stream or be available for download to play on your laptop.

Another way to grab the programmes you wish to view. 

https://w41.torlook.info you can use to search for what you want. But even this is primitive. Paying a small amount for a Magnet+ processor gives you a lot more options to find and watch what you want.

No need for a box. You can use the service on any device.

But the free links above can be another string to your bow.

6 hours ago, Adumbration said:

First task is to arrange test of the AIS I have already bought.  I will test it in my girls phone also.  If it does not receive bank sms then everything else we have discussed is moot anyway.

 

If it does work, hopefully the fact that I port an old 082 number from true to ais will not also result in failure to receive messages.

Does that mean that one of the banks has agreed to take part in your test?

7 hours ago, fdsa said:

I'd give this post two likes if I could. I hate those url shorteners and treat them as malware.

 

 

ok so I've switched to AIS and ping times to european servers dropped from 250-350ms on Truemove to 190-240ms on AIS, very happy so far.

Also I was experiencing frequent disconnects with Truemove (up to 10 times daily), will report later if I will have them with AIS.

 

P.S.

However the speed is very unstable - ranging from 17mbps (tariff advertised as 10mbps!) down to <1mbps, average is 6mbps.

Possibly it has something to do with the signal quality - modem reports 19-22% but it was much better with Truemove and is much better with DTAC on my phone. Possibly there is a low coverage by AIS in my area.

Did you already mention elsewhere why you did not go with DTAC, as opposed to AIS? All networks currently have a 20 Mbps offer, with DTAC being the cheapest at just 1500 baht for the year.

Another one worth a look; according to it's spec, price point and general recommendations here is this; https://www.jd.co.th/product/_26683568.html 

Here is a very detailed review of the smaller screen version: https://www-lcdtvthailand-com.translate.goog/review/review_tcl50c725-4k-qledtv/

Compromise looks to me to be the screen quality, with Global Dimming as opposed to Local Dimming. But the HiSense doesn't have Full Array Local Dimming either; plus you'll be stuck with their limited OS. It's a minefield out there ????

4 hours ago, Adumbration said:

The girl at AIS said cannot port at mom and pop phone shop back here in the village.  But from what you have told me it might actually be possible?

That's not what I told you. Are you actually reading my posts? ????  On the day you will go to Phuket again, request a MNP PIN code before leaving in the manner I suggested earlier. You need to give that code, along with your passport, to AIS and they will give you a new SIM. The day after, the process will complete and your number will be transferred.

If you aren't going to Phuket again, then you will need to talk to the AIS call centre to tell them you cannot get to a service centre. 

The problem here is that you need to be able to pay the 50 baht for the SIM somehow ???? Maybe they can work it out over video chat(for the registration of the new SIM) and bank transfer.

1 hour ago, Adumbration said:

The girl at AIS said cannot port at mom and pop phone shop back here in the village.  But from what you have told me it might actually be possible?

I have already told you what to do. 

1 hour ago, sometimewoodworker said:

The grace period before it begins to get a bit more difficult is often 3 months past the validity date. After that talking to the AIS service centre or taking up the offer of someone like @kralledr may get you back connected.

I had two numbers that expired, both had a substantial amount of credit on them. One number was retrievable and the other was not. Since I did not have the numbers attached to any service, I chose to abandon both. AIS service centre gave me a full refund of the credit on both.