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1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:

That really answers my question, now suppose your carry on case does not fit and is just a few Mts bigger. If you look at Lazada, they say that any case you buy could could be a little over or under the size you ask for.

If your case was just that little over their sizing and did not fit. What would they do?

Depends on if they airline staff even bother to check. If they do, and your bag is oversize, they'll force you to check it in. 

15 hours ago, sillypoint said:

I am flying from suvarnabhumi to Taipei on Thai airways next week, economy. Normally I travel light. I can't remember the last time I have checked in more than one bag for the hold. However this time, It would be convenient to check-in 2 bags (total weight around 15-20kgs). On the flight info. it has 25kg limit for my ticket. It says bag (singular). I am wondering if Thai airways strictly enforce 1 checked  bag (free) for economy, or just take into consideration weight. I would prefer to use 2 smallish bags to manage the weight while carrying them around. I'll still be taking a small carry-on bag to the plane with notebook, etc.

This flight comes under zone 1 on their website, and extra baggage can be bought in advance for just $12 / kilo. Are charges a lot higher at the time of check-in? I realise there are ways around this by redistributing things in the bags once at the airport. Just wondering how lenient Thai tend to be re. multiple bags. Thanks, in advance. 

A lot of airlines allow you carry on 2 pieces of luggage onto the cabin: 1 piece that fits into the overhead bin + 1 personal item (which can be a laptop bag, as long as it is small enough to be stored underneath the seat).

See if this works for you. Check with Thai airways to see what their cabin allowance is for your ticket. 

34 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Scabies represent, at least for me, a huge pain in the neck...and...

A huge itch on my hands.

 

Speaking of  The Itch....

Don't know if you are doing this already. You can take Cetirizine to relieve much of the itch. Cetirizine is an anti-histamine commonly taken for allergies. It's an over the counter drug, no prescription needed. 

3 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Whether freezing bedding or putting bedding in a sealed bag at any temperature, the mites will die within two or three days.  So, I think that freezing is not a help.

Putting bedding in sealed bag for 2-3 days will almost certainly kill the mites, but not 100%. One scenario is if you have some tiny bits of skin on the bedding where the mites are. Which will provide food for the mites. 

I had scabies about 10 years ago. Got rid of it with permethrin treatments (repeated a few times). If you have to go through the treatment, and the itch of the scabies themselves, you want to eliminate reinfection as much as possible. 

14 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Concerning the sheets in my house...

I plan to remove all bedding.

Send to some cleaner that can wash and dry at over 50 degrees C, or discard, in fact.

Then buy new bedding.

 

The cost of bedding is NOTHING compared to the psychological hardship of being infested with a mite that is too small to see.

 

A true hassle, is the scabies mite.

 

The life cycle of the mite is such that one could move out of the house for a few days, a few weeks, and expect that all mites might be dead before one returns.

 

There is much good info on the internet about scabies.

 

If one has a partner, then both must be treated simultaneously.

Fortunately, I live a alone.

And, must just treat myself.

(Physician, heal thyself!)

 

 

A more foolproof way to get rid of scabies on clothing and bedding is to freeze them. Bag it up, put it in the freezer, leave it there for 3 full days, and they will be dead for sure. 

17 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

The issue of course is that it 'could be' an important call that you weren't expecting. 

 

Thus, I answer and work out if its a scammer, in most cases it is.. 

Yes, not answering calls from unknown numbers isn't the answer for me either. It could be a genuine call. 

Just remember that you cannot be scammed by simply answering a call. It's only if your are dumb enough to give out banking (or other personal) information, that's when the scams happen. 

2 hours ago, Bobthegimp said:

 

I had a call last week on my Canadian phone from an Indian who claimed there were suspicious charges to my credit card. It came from a Canadian 1-800 number, so I talked to the guy for a few minutes (out of curiosity) because I lock my cards via my account to avoid such fraud.  He asked for the first 4 numbers to my credit card and I laughed.  Who gives out that information to a stranger that calls them?   I told him the cards were locked and wished him well.  An old geezer could easily be tricked by the slick approach of the scammer. 

 

"The Beekepper" is a silly movie about telephone scammers. 

A few times I got the following call:

Caller claims they are the rcmp. They have seized a rental car that was used to transport drugs from Canada to San Antonio. The US police found the car abandoned in San Antonio, and traced it to me. Allegedly because the car was a rental, and it was my credit card used to rent the car. 

Caller says it's probably not me who rented the car, but it doesn't matter because it's my credit card used to rent it, so as far as the police is concerned, they are looking for me. Caller says he has an arrest warrant with my name on it, and unless I take care of it, I will get arrested at the next opportunity. And to take care of it... you guessed it!... he needs my bank information. 

So I asked him whose name is on the arrest warrant. He couldn't answer obviously, just kept repeating that he has an arrest warrant. And I kept asking him whose name is on it. Eventually he hung up. 

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

The more professional call centers have already got that information 

Depends on how widely your phone number is known. I have a virtual Canadian phone number. The only ones I have shared that number with are some banks, a lawyer or 2, a few family members, 1 agent, and 1 management company. 

I have received scam calls on that number. Me asking the caller who they are looking for have always stopped them dead in their tracks. 

The only callers that know my name are callers from my banks trying to sell me a product, but those are spam (rather than scam) callers. 

Number 1 question to ask the caller is who they are looking for. If they don't know your name, it's just a random scam call. 

1 hour ago, petermik said:

This is all I am getting unfortunately deleted and downloaded qBittorrent again but still thhe same.

If you click "OK" on that popup window the torrent should be added and the download starts. I'm not sure what's the problem? 

13 minutes ago, ignis said:

most expensive Android phone available  I notice  is the Z flip Galaxy @ 59,900 baht at AIS  but at Samsung Thailand  online Galaxy Z Fold ฿65- ฿75,900.00   ??

 

My Vivo 3,200 baht phone is over 4 years old and has been perfect until about a month ago, could not  hear anything . only with the speaker on, then the beep sound for messages stopped, last weekend the speaker started missing words = went to the shop.....  They had a number of brand new phones which had not sold in the back room.....  So went with the Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro, they unpacked it and undated it so is on Android 10 + transferred everything from the old phone = total cost 2,499 baht.. 

 

Always worth asking it the have any unsold phones and get a deal

The samsung J7 pro had it last security update in the first quarter of 2021. It hasn't had any updates since. Hope you are not doing anything secure on it, like banking, or reading your email. 

2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

 

The photos clearly indicate otherwise. How did they manage to retrieve the shoe so easily? Which I might add, looks remarkably undamaged to me.

 

Witness's are notoriously unreliable. Ask any policeman. 

49 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

The images appear to show the shoelaces jammed in the comb.

Go to sanook.com, they have a video there of the woman in the photo trying to pry the shoe loose. It clearly shows the bottom of the shoe is stuck, and not the laces. Score one for the witness! 

https://www.sanook.com/news/9020310/

The monitor listed in that specs Pic is a MSI g24c4. On lazada a new one sells for right around 4k.

5 minutes ago, stevenl said:

She exited Thailand via the arrivals hall of Phuket airport?

Ah nvm, I misread the article. She was flying into Thailand. 

On 9/1/2023 at 10:11 PM, The Theory said:

Holding in her hands, both pp (in the photo). But what could be her game, that's the question ????.

She was trying to exit Thailand under someone else's pp, which means she was afraid to use her own. My guess is that she is wanted (or she herself suspects she is wanted) for some kind of crime in Thailand. 

It wouldn't have anything to do with her being wanted in China. If that's the case, she would exit Thailand with her real pp, and enter China with the illegal one. 

1 hour ago, LALes said:

Make sure its a reputable seller with lots of reviews.  I got scammed last year on a Lazada phone purchase.  Lost 10,000 baht.  Lazada will NOT back you up if you get scammed on their website unless it says Laz Mall Shop.

Yes, the issue with lazada isn't so much the platform itself. It's the individual sellers. There are scammers on lazada. For a high value item, I would only buy from a well known, well established, well reviewed Lazmall shop. 

8 minutes ago, recom273 said:

Cheers. The P5 5G (Bramble) is still on the supported list. This the one I was thinking about, but this might be another reason with the price difference, I will need to check, cheers.

 

I still might take a punt, like I say, it's more of an experiment. Im quite keen to give the OS a whirl, and its just a stop gap, when im back at my desk and not bouncing phones on the concrete then I will buy an iPhone.

 

With regard to iPhone, my whole house is setup around the whole ecosphere, so inevitably buy another, price per month isnt really too much concern - The biggest thing stopping me from going to a privacy based android OS for a mobile phone is CarPlay, I hate android car, my navidrome streaming app is perfect for my needs, im reluctant to change - My first phone was a 3GS and the second one an iPhone 11. So cant grumble at that, the 3GS served its purpose although was unsupported towards the end.

This bring back memories. I had a iphone 3G waaaaaay back. Bought it used for around 100 usd. It was a good phone, but cannot imagine using it for 8 (!) years. 

I moved onto a Samsung Note 2 a couple years later, because I needed to keep 2 sims active, and that phone was one of the few higher end phones that did that then. Paid a whopping 930 usd for it, kept it for 5 years, until I sat on it and the screen bent and cracked. 

1 hour ago, recom273 said:

Cheers, I’m not too serious about it, like I mentioned, this is more of an experiment with GrapheneOS.

 

But that is rather bad, posters in this forum are so quick to come down on apple products but a 2 year old android phone isn’t worth buying because it doesn’t receive security updates?? My iPhone 11 is from 2019 and still a good phone, it’s just hasn’t survived the construction of my house, the screen is cracked and sometimes has a life of its own, which is really embarrassing when trying to pay contractors or the building merchant. 
 

As strange as it sounds, your info might actually persuade me to take the plunge, it may explain why the Chinese phone is 5K and yet Thai sellers are still trying to get 11K, the same price as a pixel 6. With GrapheneOS, I might get a year or two udates or extended support. 

I will probably end up buying a new iPhone in the future, just not when it’s being dropped out my pocket on a regular basis. Cheers for the tip!

 

The grapheneOS website says about the pixel 4a (non 5G version) :

The following devices are end-of-life, no longer receive full security updates and are supported via extended support releases of GrapheneOS:

• Pixel 4a (sunfish)
• Pixel 4 XL (coral)
• Pixel 4 (flame)

We provide extended support releases as a stopgap for users to transition to the far more secure current generation devices.

That really doesn't sound like you can squeeze another 1-2 years out if it. 

Low to mid range Android phones used to get only 3 years of software support and security updates. That is starting to change now for mid range phones, many are getting 4 years now. The high end, flagship phones get a lot more. 

As to whether it's "bad", it depends on how you look at it. My current phone is a xiaomi 11 lite 5g ne. It was released in August 2021, I bought it in May 2022. Last security update slated for Aug 2025. So I can probably safely use in until around Feb 2026. That's 3 years and 9 months. I'm not sure I will even keep it that long. 

I got my for 8700 baht (on a sale) = 250 usd.  My strategy is to buy a mid range phone for around 250 usd, and use it for around 2.5 years. Which works out to 100 usd per year.  If you buy a new iPhone, it will be around 1000 usd, and you'll need to use it for 10 years to get the same 100 usd per year rate.

Then there is the possibilities of you losing the phone, it getting stolen, dropping it and cracking the screen, battery degrading after some years. Which will hurt a lot more for an expensive phone. 

My phone has a snapdragon 778G chip, 8 gb memory, 256 gb storage. While a new iPhone is theoretically superior in performance, I don't feel like I'm missing out at all. And once an iPhone hits the 3 year mark, you'll feel that you are missing out on new features that the phone industry has come up with in the that time. 

Software support (updated versions of Android) and security updates for the Pixel 4a ended on Aug 19, 2023.  So I wouldn't buy the pixel 4a at all. 

https://endoflife.date/pixel

Last column = guaranteed security update

Second last column = active support 

11 hours ago, jacko45k said:

I do not hear of people getting bans outside of overstay or criminal behaviour.

I have seen it happen to a friend in the Philippines. He was past immigration, customs officer went through his bags in a way he didn't like, so he mouthed off. Now, he is American, and a mouthy one even by American standards. 

Customs guy calls over immigration. Immigration denies him entry into the country, he had to wait in a holding area until the next flight out. They blacklisted him too for good measure. 

13 hours ago, jacko45k said:

On what basis is the 5 year entry ban.......? They were not on overstay that I know of. I have no problem with the concept of banning them, but would it not need some criminal conviction first? From what I hear (toy policeman pal) , they usually all go to the police station, hand money around, a few handshakes and wai's, and are released to go about their business. 

No, they don't need a criminal conviction.  Entering a country is a right, not a privilege. They can simply not grant you that privilege, and you can't complain about your rights.