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It's a building that just collapsed at Bang Sue, Bangkok, apparantly due to the earthquake. There's no more to tell at the moment as it's only just happened but it'll be all over the news soon.

We're in Pak Thong Chai, Korat and felt nothing at all here. Is the video of the big building collapsing at Bang Sue connected to the earthquake in Myanmar, or a different reason?...OK, I read now it collapsed due to the earthquake. Jesus wept, there's bound to be many lives lost in this.

I'm in rural Korat (Pak Thong Chai) went for a morning walk today and the air is terrible, so dusty and hazy, we really need some heavy rain to clean the place up. The air irritated my sinuses this morning and brought on a lengthy sneezing attack, really horrible. Now I'm inside and will stay so for the remainder of the day.

It was an old regulation, long ago, and a pain in the butt it was too, but it's been dropped and no longer required. They may well bring it back though, the 90 day reporting thing was a dormant regulation when I first came to Thailand in the late 1970s, and nobody was required to do that, but then it was brought back in again.

There have been a few incidences of tough farang tourists fighting Thais recently, and those videos get around fast on all the Thai social media and the Thai TV channels, so they may well be more of these terrible assults on foreigners as Thai males are no doubt seething that some farang have been whacking their fellow Thais. To them it matters not who is right or wrong, or if the farangs were acting in self defence, deep down they despise us and welcome any excuse to attack. Considering this savage beating on the German in Pattaya and the death of the Englishman in BKK, all farang males should be extra cautious at the present time.

Just tell the school some BS. You have to go back your country for some reason. You're very sorry. And leave it at that. The possibility of them taking some legal action - when you aren't currently working for them and the start date isn't for 3 more months - is so remote I wouldn't worry about it.

I can't remember the last thing I ever bought that was made in the USA. Maybe a Fender guitar I bought about 25 years ago. Everything else I've bought was made in China, or elsewhere in SEA, or perhaps India and Bangladesh. When I'm in Australia everything comes from China, or was made in Australia, sometime NZ. I think in my whole life the only things I ever owned that were made in USA were Fender and Gibson guitars. Even my Levi jeans were made in some other country but not USA.

Well with that very detailed physical description of Robert everyone in Lampang can now be on the lookout for a man with short black hair and a limp, and if they get close enough, a pong.

That's it exactly. If we are required by law to get tax numbers and do tax returns and pay some tax because we are tax RESIDENTS, then we are no longer tourists, visitors or guests, we are residents. Therefore we should be issued with resident ID cards that distinguish us from tourists, so we get the Thai price at national parks and hospitals and all the other things that have dual pricing.

If a neighbor's dog is ruining your life in any way don't complain. The neighbor will not agree with you and do something about it. Instead you will become the hated one. The neighbor loves his filthy stinking noisy animal more than you, especially so if you're a farang, and the problem will continue. Then you can't do anything further because if the dog suddenly became ill and dies they will immediately suspect you and call the police as you have identified yourself by complaining. So don't ever complain, deal with it yourself.

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I actually have 2 X DTAC sims in my phone, one I've had for many years and I keep that current with some credit on it because that number is registered with bank accounts and officials and it'll be hassle to change the number. I get these 12 month sims purely for the data, though having free calls with them is a good bonus, but I rarely use the calls as about 95% of the calls I do make are done using internet apps like Messenger or Line or Whatsapp. I'm currently in Australia (go back to BKK this coming Friday) and here with Vodafone I get unlimited free calls but rarely use them, only if I make a doc appointment, all my social calls to friends are via FB and Line.

I actually have 2 X DTAC sims in my phone, one I've had for many years and I keep that current with some credit on it because that number is registered with bank accounts and officials and it'll be hassle to change the number. I get these 12 month sims purely for the data, though having free calls with them is a good bonus, but I rarely use the calls as about 95% of the calls I do make are done using internet apps like Messenger or Line or Whatsapp. I'm currently in Australia (go back to BKK this coming Friday) and here with Vodafone I get unlimited free calls but rarely use them, only if I make a doc appointment, all my social calls to friends are via FB and Line.

Are DTAC and TRUE the same now, in terms of reception and signals and speeds? In the past I've only used DTAC sims but are TRUE sims the same as DTAC now or are there some differences?

Thanks for the info Andrew, only 6 Mbps isn't much, I want at least 20 mbps, more would be better. I think I'll better get a 60gb or 100gb a month deal and get the faster speed.