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I don't know if this is specific to one particular Thai post office, but when I lived in Hua Hin, it was mentioned on an online forum that when a mail carrier went on vacation nobody was assigned to cover their route, so mail for customers on the route just stacked up until their return.

Even worse, on one route the carrier quit and wasn't replaced for a long time and, again, mail piled up.

On the second floor (I think it was...) of the main post office was a mountain of mail you could paw through looking for yours.

It was speculated that when mail delivery resumed (on a route where the regular carrier was either on vacation or had quit) that the stockpile of undelivered mail was never tackled.  i.e. The undelivered mail was never delivered.  Ever.

5 hours ago, Oxx said:

They are still perfectly capable of keeping their legs crossed.

There are other ports of entry while those legs are crossed.

I wonder how much international mail to/from Thailand still goes by boat?

If it makes you feel better, when I lived in Mexico in 2014 my sister "express mailed" (U. S. Postal Service) me a small package from San Diego and it took five months to get there.  I think a bicycle could have arrived more quickly.

13 hours ago, webfact said:

The bank said the service is available 24/7...

Are 7-11s now open 24/7 again?

6 hours ago, Jingthing said:

About Argentina and yes I've been there I think there are good reasons why it isn't very popular with retired expats. For examples too much bureaucracy with the visa process, overly restrictive banking regulations for foreigners, and a history of swinging between predictable financial crises.

One time I visited Argentina the financial crisis, including foreign exchange rates, was so bad I couldn't use an ATM to withdraw funds from my USA bank.  The peso was dropping so fast that a bank would lose money in the time it took to get the approval from the USA bank and the time the transaction actually cleared between the two banks.  Granted, that's not normal, but it can (and did) happen.

On 3/13/2021 at 3:20 AM, Jingthing said:

Mexico if you meant Latin America. 

 

Queretaro, Guadalajara, or too hot Merida 

Hey.  I resemble that remark.  ????

I've lived in too hot Merida twice now.  The most recent stint started last year February and this time I have permanent residency, which is a LOT easier that getting serial retirement extensions in Thailand.

Yeah, it *is* hot, but in the 15 years I lived in Jomtien I didn't have a very outdoorsy lifestyle, so the Merida heat isn't that much of a factor.  For me.  YMMV, for sure.   On the Yucatan peninsula there are beach communities (Merida is land-locked) that are cooler, but they don't have the reputation that Merida has.  it's super safe: very little violent crime.

Another thing to consider:  Even though he has an Ethernet cable plugged into his computer, is his computer actually *using* the Ethernet cable?  Something might be twitched up and he's still limited to WiFi speeds because he's actually connecting to his modem/router via WiFi.

@giddyup:  If you're game and want to see how you're actually connecting to the internet try this:

• Press the "Windows Key" -- usually between the left-hand <Ctrl> and <Alt> keys:                   
• Type in "Control Panel" and <enter>
• Click on "Network and Internet" (this step *might* not be necessary)
• Click on "Network and Sharing Center"
• Click on the name of the "Connections:"

• You should see something like this:

What does the speed say on yours?  If it says 1 Gbps, you are indeed on a Gigabit LAN connection.  But if it says something in the 100s, look at the title bar of that window and see if it says "Wi-F- Status" like mine does above.

When I used to make my annual trip from Jomtien to Hemet CA to visit my folks, my first stop after picking up a rental car at LAX would be to visit Frys in Manattan Beach.  Even as groggy as I could be after a 24 hour (or longer) trip, I'd perk right up as I wandered the aisles, filling my cart with stuff I probably didn't *need* but wanted.  They had everything from state-of-the art CPUs, obscure screws, fittings and cables, home electronics, etc.

How unfortunate that "Karen" has taken a different meaning in the contemporary vernacular.  I briefly had an entirely different meaning in mind when I read the headline.

I thought that was Kristen Stewart when I first saw that poster.

What is the projected demand for this service?  The OP says it "will go one way each day" -- does that mean service each direction every other day?  If so, an average of 2,000 passengers per week each direction seems like a lot of capacity.

Or, is the real breadwinner here cargo capacity and not passenger/vehicle capacity?

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The male king cobra was about four metres long and weighed around seven kilograms, while the female king cobra was about 3.5m long and weighed about 5kg. 

Live and learn.  I assumed they weight more than that.

Is that Chonburi the province, or Chonburi the city?

13 hours ago, rooster59 said:

This is expanding the runway and surrounding area at a cost of 250 million baht so that the airport can handle Boeing 737s and Airbus 320s.

The airport has already had scheduled service with 737s and A320s. 

I've used Shipito for several years now with a mailing address in Hawthorne CA, and it has worked well.

As said above, such "virtual addresses" won't work for all purposes.  A friend of mine who lives in Thailand used a similar service in Illinois.   He had a VISA credit card which was not available for non-US residents and used that IL address for many years.  When he called to upgrade to a different level of VISA card, the rep on the phone said "The building at that address doesn't look like a residence, are you sure about this address?"  Apparently she was using Google Earth Street View to look. (!)

11 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

Both that and payment of normal installation fees (which are normally not charged if have contract for one year and it early).

If the user completes the first year contract but does not renew, do they get to keep the hardware?

2 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

If my reading right that would be 300/300 service for 750 baht per month so likely not much more than paying now (if at all) as long as you use it for the required year contract.

If I were in a 3BB service area with 1000/500 fibre service for B700, I think I'd rather get third-party hardware like TP-Link.  But, I'm probably more adventurous than many customers who would highly value the 3BB support setting things up and troubleshooting when things don't work right.  I'm assuming that the customer has to return the hardware if they cancel or don't renew the contract.

8 hours ago, sirineou said:

PS: concerning the above mashed WiFi. I have been reading about it and I am a bit confused. 

Do I connect it to out existing 3BB router, or does this system replaces the 3BB router,

I need it to give me seamless WiFi upstairs ,downstairs  and to my wife's sister next door , not too far away. , she now get's our WiFi by her front door,

we get adequate WiFi upstairs, but not so good downstairs and in the yard.

 

and the sisters house next door(picture from when we first build the house, now there are a few fruit trees between our house and hers)

Thank you in advance.????

I haven't yet established a mesh network, so all my "knowledge" is "theoretical."   I bought an old house to be totally gutted and renovated and it will be where I first experience meshing.  It is a small house with only two mesh routers, and I'm going to have Ethernet pre-wired to connect them.

That said, I *think* you need to keep your 3BB router and connect it to the first mesh router.  The reason I think that is that ISPs need username/password credentials to be verified and I don't think the mesh routers can do that.  If someone knows differently, *please* join this conversation and clarify that point.

Especially on the less expensive mesh systems without tri-band WiFi, you will get best throughput if you can connect the mesh nodes via Ethernet cabling.  But, even without direct cabling, a system of mesh routers will extend the range of what the single 3BB router provides.

Here's a Youtube video showing one person's anecdotal experience, and I've read other accounts that generally support his findings:  

My understanding is if you want top speed from even the farthest mesh node, you need to either hard-wire them together (Ethernet cabling) or use a more sophisticated (more expensive) system with tri-band WiFi where (if I understand it correctly) the third WiFi frequency is used solely for traffic management between nodes leaving the other two frequencies (the traditional 2.4 & 5.0 GHz channels) available exclusively for data traffic.  Also, support for 802.11ax should boost speed over 802.11ac, but again at a cost.

If your sister-in-law currently can get your WiFi signal by the front door, you could place a mesh router there and project the signal deeper into the house where yet another mesh router could distribute it.

PS:  Since you have 3BB, have you investigated their mesh product offering?

PPS:  I see that B&H Photo has that TP-Link system for US$130 now, and yes, I think that's a decent system. 

Ho, ho, ho!

12 minutes ago, connda said:

Calling this powdered milk is appalling media sensationalism. 
Highly irresponsible.

It's not the media that gave the concoction the name.  I think it's appropriate for the media to repeat that given name so that when potential users hear of it on the streets, they might make the connection with the risk because they heard about "powdered milk deaths."

7 hours ago, webfact said:

...it could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1,650 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Per day?  Per month?  Per year?  Per their expected useful life?