Lorry

There are several reports here of people who were not let onto the plain without a TDAC

Francd did that almost 100 years before the US

That the exchange of gases works is measured by the diffusion capacity. But the mucus will obstruct the bronchi, so one would expect signs of obstruction. (Furthermore, non-CF bronchiectasis is often caused by COPD - and you don't have CF, you would be dead already) Later, the chronic inflammation leads to fibrosis, so one expects signs of restriction (the lungs are not that elastic anymore) and impaired exchange of gases. Pulmonary function tests can be helpful for documenting baseline function and for monitoring disease progression. Bronchiectasis causes airflow limitation (reduced forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1] with reduction in the FEV1/FVC ratio); the FEV1 may improve in response to beta-agonist bronchodilators. In more advanced cases, progressive fibrosis may result in decreases in forced vital capacity (FVC), evidence of a restrictive defect on lung volume measurements, and a decreased diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO). BTW I looked what Google (specifically Wikipedia) says about bronchiectasis, and I wouldn't think it's that clear-cut if I read that. It says clubbing is a rare symptom - and when you look up clubbing, they give you 20 conditions that can cause it. Anyway, your therapeutic consequences (NAC, clean air, etc) are certainly good. Don't forget vaccinations against pneumococcus (once) and influenza (every year). (A CT scan would tell you if you really have bronchiectasis, but even if you don't, these are good therapeutic measures) PS I just see @PPMMUU was faster

Best answer. Same here.

Your complete post could have been written by me. Plus: friends had S20 and S22 and I had to listen to their complaints for months, endless. Another one had S23, "upgrade" to S24 and says the cam is worse than S23. So I just bought an A55, first time I didn't buy top of the line. I might still buy a more expensive phone because I use the S pen a lot

Same here. Kbank now recommends that the SIM you registered with the bank is inside the phone, even if you use Wifi and you don't use a 4G connection with any SIM

Same question as OP: has anybody personal experience with a phone repair shop, Samsung, preferably around Phrakhanong or Onnut? Samsung service center in MBK didn't want to touch it (7 years old Note FE), neither did 2 no-name booths (1 in MBK, 1 in BigC Onnut)

Thx for posting this. After careful consideration (and from experience), I just forgot all these "automated" methods and started manually from the beginning, slowly, like 5 apps per day. (Today is day 3) Your post makes me feel less of an idiot.

It seems we didn't meet the same people. I met the same people as @Cameroni

In theory, I agree with OP. In practice: Thai bank branches are plentiful - and quite useless. In my home country, my trust in the few remaining branches was a bit diminished when I had to teach the housewife sitting in front of a screen, masquerading as a banker, how to do her job. That was 10 years ago, things have gotten much worse since then. The last time I had a question, my branch called me. 20 years ago, it would have been the branch manager. 10 years ago, regular staff, but he knew more about banking than I. 5 years ago, a housewife. Last month, a very sweet young female voice that made me feel like a pederast. But maybe she was 15 already, certainly didn't sound older than that.

Maybe sometimes you should read some posts here. Many posters have written how economically important the retirees are for Thailand (sorry, they are not important at all). And as for speaking English, for the vast majority of posters it is an important point if Thais - staff, girls, bureaucrats, whoever - can (or cannot) speak English. Just because they are monolingual (or less than that)

Kbank: if you use their web banking (on a PC) (they call it K Biz) they will send you an OTP for every single transaction. Bangkok Bank doesn't do that, but they will send you an OTP in a variety of situations (eg if you want to add a new payee to the payees' list)

Not only tourists... Many posters have posted things in the line of "my money builds your country". And most posters here seem to think that a person who doesn't speak English is something subhuman

People who complain double pricing in Thailand should go to Vietnam. No double pricing there. 5-times pricing

Kbank told me it wouldn't help if I wouldn't do mobile banking: They still need a phone number to send me OTP whenever necessary - and this phone number has to have the same registration as my bank account.

1. You are a little baby who can't even speak. They try to be nice and help you. 2. Here, language is not just a means to convey the absolute minimum of definitely necessary information. All this talking in circles serves to establish a common base on which to communicate. It may not always work. Example: after years in Thailand, I once asked a nurse in a hospital in my country for the way to a ward. "Over there, turn left" she said and continued walking on her way. I was flabbergasted. Of course, there wasn't anything more to be said - but Thais would have talked several minutes. Hint: next time, go alone. Especially for important things.

There was a very informative podcast in the Economist recently, "Scam Inc.", about the scam factories. One of the most important lessons: anybody can fall for it, a CEO, an IT specialist, a banker... A famous case (reported all over the media) was an experienced American banker who got scammed out of 40 million USD. Industrial scam is like a weapon. And like you have no chance of defense against a gun, you are defenseless against professional scammers. Don't think you are too smart. I know it's hard to acknowledge, but you are not.

I would think the hammer is good to destroy the data. And that's the way my last laptop ended. Hammer and sickle, then the bin. Now, gf started talking about electronic waste. It makes me feel bad if I, from a rich country, am less environmentally conscious than she. But, of course, she has no idea what to do...

You are right that double-pricing in Thailand is not nationality- based. It's race-based, as the example of the Filipino in Wat Phra Kaeo beautifully shows. Been there, done that. And many Filipinos, Laotians, Southern Chinese etc know this. BTW it cuts 2 ways. A farang of caucasian race has many advantages here, whereas a Swede, born to Thai parents, has a hard time convincing anybody that he is a farang. This has been discussed on TV roughly twice per year, for the last 20 years.

Are Australian banks working on a royal holiday? (It's still a kingdom, or did I miss something? )

It's the TRD who says that. Yes, they are conttravening the law. Good luck fighting the TRD. Anybody who has followed the multiple tax threads knows your views and your style of discussion, and I would not normally answer to your post. In this case, though, your viewpoint "I don't care what the TRD writes and says" is quite dangerous. 'nuff said

(I found a thread from 2018.) Where do I dispose of old mobile phones? They do have all the apps loaded, including banking apps. They cannot be started anymore (they are bricked), so it is not possible to delete any data.

Right now, as the Chinese don't come as much as they used to and the Indians are a bit frugal, the Thai government wants more Europeans again, as they spend more (and there are no zero-dollar tours from Germany, neither Danish tour guides).

Yes and yes

This is wrong. The guy who explained it many times was @ukrules, I think. Others explained it too, including the TRD (in their Q&A, and in talks with the Big4 reported here). It really should be common knowledge by now