j.a.farang001

19 hours ago, timendres said:

Is it possible for Thai people to be less physically active?

Yes. Take away their smartphones.

On 9/23/2021 at 3:35 PM, scubascuba3 said:

What's it good for?

Germinating legal cannabis.

22 hours ago, Niteowl45 said:

You are missing the point man... you seem to think all their harebrained schemes actually serve some kind of purpose. Problem is, they don't. They're a face saving measure at best (hey we did something to protect the country) and a way to charge foreigners with extra taxes and/or force them to stay in hotels run by their buddies at worst.

I live in HH and am waiting for my wife to return from overseas. She's been there several months, and because she already did one ASQ here, she won't do it again. She'd rather stay with the kids. I remain hopeful that this train wreck will eventually come to an end hence the more constructive attitude from this farang.

7 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

uniformed masqueraders

Or, uninformed masqueraders.

If Hua Hin is to open by October 15, then there needs to be a complete plan, protocol for accepting inbound foreign travelers. For instance, how would they transit Subvarabhumi enroute Hua Hin, or would only direct flights into Hua Hin be allowed? There isn't much time to sort out the logistics when one part of the country is open but the main arteries are closed.

Update. My DDNS seems to bounce back and forth between 100.x.x.x and 171.x.x.x addresses on its own

one or more times per day. There are brief periods when my DDNS hostname is 100.x.x.x that I can access the NVR remotely. But I can't control how or when it decides to switch, so it's pretty useless most of the time.

On 9/1/2021 at 7:31 PM, recom273 said:

PS you are in the 'gaming' forum. 

 

I know. Gamers know all about port forwarding.

I'm setting up my NVR client to be able to view the NVR remotely via my mobile phone on the AIS network.

When I hit https://whatsmyip.com, I get one IP address in the 171.x.x.x range, but if I log into the HG8145 and look at the WAN configuration page, it shows a totally different WAN IP address in the 100.x.x.x range.

My NVR client, using either address as the NVR target, can't get logged in.  I've got port forwarding set up correctly AFAIK, having done security systems professionally since NVRs were a thing.  Obviously, DDNS doesn't come into play because I'm referring to the NVR by IP first just to get it working that way. Once I figure out why I can't make the connection, I'll use the resolved name of my NVR.

Traceroute, on my mobile phone to either address times out due to a large number of hops. I sort of suspect that the router managing the "outer" IP address in the 171.x.x.x range isn't forwarding ports properly. I don't have anywhere near enough Thai language skill to talk to 3BB tech support.

Has anyone else run into this with 3BB/Huawei? If so, how'd you get it working?

Thanks!

I was talking with a HomePro sales guy about a Samsung smart TV that I'm thinking about buying. At first he told me that it comes with a 3-year warranty. But later, he slips in that well, actually the first year is a 100% purchase price warranty, the second year covers 70% of the purchase price, and the third year covers only 60% of the purchase price. Reminds me of road hazard warranty on tires. I've never heard of that for TVs. Is that prevalent here, or is it something that HomePro does?

5 hours ago, tonray said:

Maybe a better question is why in supposedly one of the most 'developed' economies in SE Asia, Thai citizens need to travel overseas to Scandinavia to work as farm laborers. 

Isn't it because the migrants from next door are cheaper labor than Thai workers?

Sorry if this is slightly off-topic but those labels you're referring to -- are they on an exterior film? I noticed a black spot near bottom center of my windscreen. I can feel it with my finger but was afraid to start picking at it just in case the thing got bigger and next thing starts to blow off while I'm driving. After a couple of washings it didn't budge or diminish. 

I got 60% all the way around and had real issues seeing the road in front of me at night. I was about to have the windscreen tint pulled off when the guy at the shop adjusted my headlights (Nissan Kicks) which helped a lot. I'm still not thrilled but then again, I don't drive a lot at night. 

Driving on rural highways with no street lamps solangs and motorbikes with no lights on is my biggest worry. I may still have the windscreen re-tinted at like 30%. I *do* think my car is a lot cooler with tinting. 

23 hours ago, Crossy said:

Personally I'd go with a proper grid-tie hybrid if you want to store energy for night use but leave the unit set to zero export, no power back to the grid, ever, but if you suddenly need 10kW then it's available without any messing about. Of course there's also the handy-dandy UPS functionality too.

This is exactly what we want for the house we're building in Chiang Rai. Do you have any points of contact in that neck of the woods?

4 hours ago, Crossy said:

I'm 99% sure that the "smarts" in a Thai ID card doesn't have contactless communications, so maybe he should have the gold contacts on the card actually in the reader slot

 

Good catch @Crossy!

I opened up an account with a different bank (KBank, actually) and moved about half my savings there. The silver lining is that KBank has easy mobile payments for my utilities - PEA and PWA. Bangkok Bank doesn't have a payment option for those guys.

On 7/28/2021 at 3:44 PM, Artisi said:

how many injections are allowed each month????

No more than once per 24 hrs and on alternate arms.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

No woman wants a man whose balls she carries in her purse.

This one sleeps with her fingers curled around them. Wakes me up for service at 8 AM every day. I couldn't ask for a better client. There is nothing like a beautiful Thai woman with a libido that exceeds mine and the hips to back it up.

3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Let me guess, you had to apologize and promise her you will never do it again (whatever it was in her mind). And then, maybe after a nice present, she will forgive you. But obviously she will keep your bad behavior in mind and will mention it often in the future.

We got to the crux of what triggered her, which was my apparent dismissal of a request to check my spam folder for a possible email from Korean Air. My lack of timely "jumping right on it" when she asked me was interpreted as "I don't give a flat damn about her wants and needs." Nothing could be further from the truth. I was intently focused on the 15-hour drive on the wrong side of the road, not my spam folder. 

And then we <deleted>.  For hours.

Tasty

Good story, hope it works out for you. 

Reminds me of a couple weeks ago when my Thai wife and I made a mad dash from our home in Khao Kalok beach to Chiang Rai to see her parents and pick up my dog that was staying there. I'm really new, not here even 6 months yet, so I can't utter a Thai sound that any Thai understands. 

We got into a big blowout somewhere before Phaya and she stopped talking to me.  About 30 minutes later we hit a checkpoint. I roll the window down and the cop asks me something in Thai. I assumed he was asking where I was going and where I was headed, so I told him in English. Well, he didn't understand me at all but he sees my wife sitting in the passenger seat. He asks in broken English does she speak Thai. She doesn't answer, so I tell him, yeah, she speaks Thai. He and his buddies all laughed and asked us to get out of the car and go over to some COVID monitoring people under the tent.

I whip out my J&J vaccine card that I snagged on my mad dash to the USA last month and, of course, she isn't vaccinated and was carrying on a conversation with some other folks there. They sent us on our way. Still, we hadn't spoken a word to each other.

I drive another 2 or 3 hours after nightfall and finally make it to Ban Mae Tam which is about 50 KM east of Chiang Rai.  The roads are unlighted and I can't see sh*t. And, because it's supposed to be a surprise, the house lights aren't on. They live off the main road but the address isn't on Google, so I always plug in "Dr Witts" house, which *is* on Google. I managed to get us into the ballpark and still she isn't talking so is of no help in me finding the place in the dark. Circled the block twice before I finally located it and pulled into the driveway where my dog awaited on the other side of the gate. 

Long story short, I left her there and go back to Khao Kalok with my dog, when she called me and reminded me we have a 9 PM curfew. So returned to her parents' house and eventually we talked it out and, well, you can figure out the rest.

2 hours ago, swissie said:

A country, that has fundamentally no use for "strangers", outside of monetary implications.

You answered your own question.

19 minutes ago, ThaiVisaCentre said:

Here is a list of 8 hotels with a washing machine, and a balcony.

https://asq.in.th/?selectedFeaturesFilter=Washing Machine_Balcony

That's a good point. In a country of over 60 million with 26k known infections of an airborne disease over 12 months, I'm willing to accept the risk of getting infected by someone handling my clothing. Most likely the workers are wearing facial coverings for their own protection which adds to my own protections.

On 3/5/2021 at 8:12 PM, Pib said:

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Anyway, my fastest federal return refund in all my decades of filing my tax returns.  Was expecting COVID to slow things down, but it didn't.

550,000 less filers this year.

On 2/1/2021 at 2:49 AM, TC17 said:

Be sure to read reviews before you book.  The ASQ my wife stayed at served food similar to a prison.  It was <deleted> 3 times a day.  And they charged through the nose for laundry.  

At least you had laundry service. My ASQ hotel (name withheld) closed the laundry months ago and didn't think to compile and maintain a list of local services that can pick up and deliver. And, of course, they didn't advise guests. Imagine being fresh off the plane, first time in Thailand, trying to schedule a laundry service pickup at an ASQ hotel without speaking Thai.