JayClay

I think the problem is that you originally claimed that all you have to do is accept a Line contact and then they start taking money from your bank. You then say that the victim clicked a link, downloaded an APK, ignored a warning, installed and launched an app. That it a completely different claim than your original one. And while I am more sympathetic to your friend's plight than others on the forum (it's easier than some people think to get duped into doing something like that) it does make your original claim, and presumably the whole reason for starting this thread, invalid: Leaving your phone number lying aroud and subsequently accepting a Line contact alone is not enough to get scammed. For anybody who is worried about the possibility of one of their loved ones being taken in by one of these scammers, there is an option in Line which says something like "allow people to find me by my phone number". Disable it. Now nobody can find you unless they know your LineID. This unfortunately isn't helpful, of course, for people who use their phone number as their LineID.

Never toot to say thank you! How would you ever expect anybody to understand that gesture??? As for all these machete duals and punch ups you seem to be getting into.... All I can say is it's never happened to me. Are you just giving a gentle 'bip' to let somebody know you're there? Or are you holding the horn down for a great big long 'beeeeeeeeeep'?

I think you can only buy it by the pouch or jar, not in a glass.

The crown

Until the date on the packaging. After being opened I keep it for up to 3 days, or until the date on the packaging - whichever comes sooner. As others have suggested, if you want to keep it longer, put it in the freezer. Also... your story about regretting cooking a piece of meat is cute but, assuming that you're referring to food poisoning, then you really have no way to be sure it was the meat that triggered it unless it was the only thing you ate within 48+ hours.

I know a couple of people who may be interested. Are they full time or part time positions?

Ergo, nobody ever suffers stomach problems in Thailand.

The reverse is also true.

Are you sure that you're definitely using the official Agoda website and not some scammy replica that is just trying to farm your card details?

Put an @ symbol in front of their name

In what way? ((edit)never mind. I just saw that you don't have a Thai bank account, so Wise isn't really for you anyway...)

The current year is 2024. I'm not going out of my way to give a business my money if they aren't going to offer the service online. But yes... it does appear, from the content of the thread so far at least, that your analysis is correct.

Obviously when there's "not much difference" in price, you'd always choose business. What's your point? Generally, however, premium economy is less than double the price of an economy seat, where as business class is often 3 or 4 times the cost of an economy seat. In which case, there's a much bigger decision to be made.

Do you have any evidence to suggest that the perpetrators of this crime came in visa exempt?

I don't think it's much to do with farang vs Thai. This is a religious exemption, not a race based one. If a farang was following this (what appears to be well-established) procedure in order to make merit, I doubt there'd be much fuss, so long as there was evidence of them actually being buddhist. Similarly, should a Thai strip off and run around a 7/11 store, I imagine there would indeed be a bunch of angry netzines kicking up a fuss.

I didn't get anybody. I booked online. I wasn't searching for comfort seats with Ethihad, anyway. I was offered the chance to bid for one a couple of weeks before the flight was due, and was granted one for 2000bt on a London to Bangkok flight which was a pretty sweet deal. Following on from that I tried to actually specifically book a second seat with a couple of different airlines, but I didn't find an option on the websites at the times.

How could the OP know that? He didn't have a pair of suitable glasses 🤓.

Most airlines certainly do not offer this service. Certainly none of the ones I tried. Etihad offered me the option to bid for a "comfort seat" once, but this option was only available as an after-purchase service. I guess they only do it close to the departure date, and if they're sure the seat won't be sold. And you don't need to be even remotely fat, let alone a bloater, to feel uncomfortable in the ridiculously narrow seats on the average long-haul flights.

It doesn't matter how many years he's been active. @TorquayFan very well may have had better things to do with his time than browsing AseanNOW when that particular story developed. I don't understand how this forum can generate so many nasty, cynical, smart-ass replies to such a simple question from a fellow member!

At a temple it's called making merit. Anywhere else, it's called indecent exposure 🤷🏻‍♂️.

Okay. Thanks for the clarification.

There seems to be, yes. I think it all started just after the story of a Thai doctor being thumped in the back.

in what way?

Because you named the thread "Question for English teachers".

...Asean Now and YouTube are a subset of the internet. @dingdongrb's comment was fine.