Polar Bear

That's a curious argument. Some women lie about sexual assault, therefore they have no credibility and we should assume all women are lying when they say they've been assaulted and not believe any of their accusations. But equally, some men do rape/sexually assault women, and they almost always lie about it. So by the same argument, they have no credibility and we should assume all men are lying when they say they haven't raped anyone and not believe any of their denials. So by your logic, we should assume that all men are rapists, but that no woman has ever been raped. Are you basing this on first-hand prison experience by any chance?

That's a pretty gross misrepresentation. The actual allegation: A receptionist from a company that happened to be based in the same building as the BBC went into a bathroom to get a first aid kit, she was kneeling down to reach into the cupboard. Brand followed her into the bathroom, got his d*ick out and started playing with himself. When she closed the cupboard, he was right next to her with his groin in her face and told her he was going to <deleted> her. Luckily for her, he got his call for his recording session right then, so he left. She reported him to BBC staff and was told they already knew because he was boasting about it on air. The BBC did nothing about it. As far as I'm aware, it's still only an allegation, even though they have the audio footage of him laughing and boasting about it on the radio. But it's hardly the same as her intentionally going into a bathroom with him.

Not the original commentor, but Natwest closed my account years ago (8? I'm not sure exactly) when I stupidly told them I was living overseas.

My husband opened his Starling account (from Thailand, with a UK phone number), last year. He's not on the electoral roll anywhere in the UK, so whatever checks they are running, that's not a critical one.

You suspect wrong, I opened it overseas and I dislike you accusing me of lying when you have absolutely no basis for it. You are always extremely confident that you are correct, even though you have little to no information about people and just invent scenarios based solely on your own biased assumptions. I have a UK phone number. I am not sure what Thai details you think I would need to include. You don't even need to provide an address for Starling unless you want a card. And I was specifically talking about Wise in the post you chose to 'correct' me about. You are being incredibly rude, and I'm not interested in discussing anything with someone who cannot be civil, so I won't be replying to you again.

I still have a UK correspondence address, and I've opened accounts with Starling and Wise as an expat. Neither required any proof that I lived in the UK, only that I was British (passport). If my main bank started poking around they would very quickly realise I'm not resident anymore. I'm not on the electoral roll and I've been non-dom for years. There's nothing I can do about that, other than keep my head down and not draw attention to myself so they have no reason to look.

I've been worried about this since the Natwest closed my account. Now I have a 'main' account, that money gets paid into, and which I pay things like UK credit cards out of. I have another account with Starling (but Monzo, Revolut, Wise, would probably work just as well.) I transfer money into there, and any overseas spending or international transfers comes out of that account. There are few if any foreign transactions on my main account. If Starling decide they aren't happy about it and close the account, it will be inconvenient, but not a major hassle. I'll just switch to another one. It's also more secure if my spending account gets compromised. (My card was cloned here not long ago.)

Sorry I forgot passport & copy was also on the list, but they didn't ask for it on the day.

Did this in Bangkok recently. This is the list DLT said they wanted: Police report Residence certificate Details of lost licence (photocopy, or other info) What they actually wanted: To see the digital copy on the phone A couple of hundred Baht for the replacement (200? 300? I can't remember). The whole thing took about 5 minutes and most of that was waiting for it to print.

Click on the 3 dots to the right of the post.

The dengue infection cycle is primarily mosquito>human>mosquito>human etc. It is zoonotic, but as far as I know, bats are the only other animals to get acute infections. We are the main hosts. https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/dengue-transmission-22399758/ Also, first infections with dengue are often mild. A lot of people don't even know they had it (which is why you need a blood test before getting Dengvaxia). The vast majority will not end up in hospital. Subsequent infections are a different matter.

The Qdenga vaccine was developed here in Thailand at Mahidol.

Perhaps we are just talking past each other ???? Malaria and dengue are both transmitted by mosquitoes. You get malaria after being bitten by a parasite infected female Anopheles mosquito. While they are biting you, they also transmit the parasite (Plasmodium) into your blood. You get dengue after being bitten by a virus infected Aedes mosquito. The dengue virus is present in the mosquitoes saliva, and gets injected into your blood when they bite you. It's a two-way street. If you are infected with either malaria or dengue and the right species of mosquito bites you, you can infect the mosquito, allowing it to infect other people later on.

Malaria is a parasite not a virus. Dengue is a virus. They are not related, and it's possible to be infected with both, even simultaneously. There's no real treatment for dengue, just treating the symptoms while you suffer through it.

I'm not sure what you mean. There are 5 (or 6 depending how you split them) strains of malaria parasites, and 2 of them are responsible for most of the infections in humans. There are 4 strains of the dengue virus (DenV-1 to DenV-4). DenV-2 used to be the most common and also the most serious, but 3 & 4 infections have been increasing. Infection with one strain of dengue offers little or no protection against the others, so you can catch it naturally 4 times. Subsequent infections are always a higher risk than the first, regardless of which strains are mixed. The Qdenga was initially based on DenV-2. It offers the best protection against that strain, but has reasonable protection against the others as well.

Reinfection with a different strain significantly increases the risk of the most serious effects (haemorrhagic fever, organ failure, death). If I'd had it before, I'd get the vaccine.

As far as I can see, it's not licenced for over 60s because there's no data, not because it's contraindicated. There's also no data on people with chronic illnesses. But then, they don't even have data on boosters yet, so I suppose it will all come through eventually.

That was the Dengvaxia vaccine, which was for kids that had been previously infected. This will be the Qdenga, which is for adults whether they have been previously infected or not. I don't know enough about it to say whether it's a good idea, but there does seem to be a lot of people going down with Dengue in Bangkok at the moment.

I've used Mr Bag Fix for repairs. Probably not the cheapest option but it was convenient and the work was good. You can get email them for an estimate. I'd try @LS24's DIY options first though. Also, sometimes the telescopic tubes get slightly crushed during baggage handling, which stops the inner tube sliding freely. You can sometimes just squeeze it with pliers on the opposite sides and pop it back into shape.

Maybe this is what the app update is about. How does facial rec work on web platforms instead of phone apps? Does it rely on a webcam?

http://fixchair.com/index.php/office-chair-price If you are in Bangkok, Fix Chair will recover it for about 1,000 THB. I've used them for a few repairs.

You would be better looking for a therapist that offers CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy). There are a lot who work online over Zoom or whatever now. Most people with mild anxiety can get a handle on it after about 6 x 30 min sessions, but you usually see improvement before that.

SCB already has a 50k limit for transactions without face recognition. As far as I know, it just means they are just improving the facial rec abilities of the app. I haven't been to the branch to sign up for facial rec, so I have to keep transactions below 50k now. Maybe the update will let us self-register, though I probably still won't. I thought that was a Thai requirement. Is it actually just something SCB has implemented?

Taiwan may be an option for DIY. A short flight, the quarantine isn't too onerous (a week or so I think), and it's generally quite dog-friendly. But it would need a lot of research to be sure.

I haven't used them myself, but https://relo4paws.com/ often gets recommended. I believe there are also companies that specialise in this based in Singapore. FWIW a year or so ago, a colleague took her dog back to Australia and the best quote she got was $15,000 AUD. She did it herself instead, going from Thailand to Malaysia. But I don't think Malaysia is on the list anymore.