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I, for one, does that, regardless of what "most folk" do. Has served me well over 'bout a quarter million kilometers of riding in Thailand and China and Vietnam and Malaysia and Singapore and Myanmar and Laos and...... ....and nearly as much in Australia and US and New Zealand and Germany and Czechoslovakia and Austria and France..... and even in Italy, despite what "most people" did....

I was under the impression it allowed the driver to drink more, and then claim he was sober during the accident, being so scared that he needed a half bottle of whiskey to calm his nerves. The idea being it's now impossible to prove he was drunk BEFORE he ran off and hid in mom's basement.

12,000 KM is nothing. When touring, I cycle 100-150 KM/day at 20-25 kmh. My longest tour lasted one year, 4 bags and trailer, included the entire perimeter of Australia (excluding NT). Add in rides to Alice Springs and Tasmania, that's over 40,000 KM. 33 KM on an unladen road bike takes about an hour, an easy daily training ride. Edit: Misteakenly used the coastline of WESTERN Australia as the perimeter of Australia. 60k, not 20K. Oops!

You can reset the individual transaction and daily limits in the app. If you have withdrawal limit set at 50K, you likely also have transfer limit set at 50K. I suspect that's the default limit applied when you set up online banking. You can increase the limit, then reset it lower afterwards. Or just go into the bank with your passport and bankbook and collect the full amount..

Surrounding countries like Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia will continue to progress, while Thailand will sink further into irrelevance. From another thread:

Amazing.

This isn't just the Thais being mean to westernfolk, while granting visa free entry or reduced price visas to Chinese and Russians. The fees are reciprocal and mutually negotiated.

Apparently tourist numbers are down, so best way to make up the difference, shirley, is by raising the rates. Somehow I'm not certain how raising the price to more than double that of a Chinese visa ($140/$210 single/double, $280 6-month multiple entry) will draw more visitors. Elephant pants are even cheaper in China! Oh, wait! China is reducing fees? Tourist visa prices will be single/double $105/$160 or $210 for 6-month multiple entry. Now who's amazing, Thailand!

Well, there's the problem!

I feel perfectly safe here. I, for one, welcome our new overlords from the Middle Kingdom!

From your link: Your chart shows radiation measured over 48 hours, measurement appears to have continued to at least 216 hours. But why extend the chart past 48 hours when That would merely condense all the pertinent data into a tiny margin on the left side of the chart, leading to conspiracy theorists claiming the scientists were trying to hide something. Note that charts 4.3 and 4.5 indicate measurements continued at least to day 9.

Allow me to add my anecdote. My wife and I were living in China, Hainan Island, during the first two years of the covids. Unable to renew my retirement extension as international travel was prohibited. Hainan has a population of 10 million, had required masking and social distancing, and some locations had limited lockdowns. In the beginning, public transport was shut down for two weeks. During that time we were restricted to our condo, one person allowed out once per day to forage for vittles. The entire population was tested several times. Positive tests resulted in entire housing complexes being thoroughly sanitized, with all public contacts of the infected individual tracked via cellphone app. Over the first two years of the covids, there were about 200 symptomatic cases and six deaths on the island. Most of those cases were brought in by persons returning from the mainland. Domestic restrictions were loosened in 2022, coinciding with thousands of cases during the latter half of the year. We left in July of that year before the outbreak in Sanya in August.

This is a recent change. I had used them past 6 years, in Thailand and in China.

THANKS!!!!!!!!! 30 minutes to file. Sent, accepted by the bad people about half an hour later.

Looking over the options at the IRS website, the system offered two options. FreeTaxUS The final option is TaxSlayer. Gosh, you'd expect a terrorist organization that demands tribute from any and all income galaxy-wide, regardless of physical location, would make it possible to e-file......

Hello, American expats! Looking forward to paying your tribute for 2023? Have you been using freefilefillableforms.com for online electronic filing? Ha! Not anymore ya ain't! Now searching for online alternative for electronic submission to avoid printing and mailing hardcopy. Any suggestions?

Hub of pending potential intended projected announcements.

I can imagine the promotional slogans.... "Thailand, hub of durable bags made from leftover fabric"

Multimeters aren't terribly expensive. You might want to buy a new one with digital readout. Are you cutting power at the main breaker or the light switch when you're fiddling with your wires? Could be the installer put the fixture upstream of the switch. Live goes into the light, then the switch is on the neutral. That breaks the circuit, but there's still always juice at the light. You have an LED voltage pencil tester?

Hahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't care.

The tenant having entered into a contract, means that he will pay rent for the stated period. Oh, wait!

DoHome/HomePro/Global has the small consumer units starting around 800-1000 baht, many with 4 breakers. I believe they also have DIY boxes without breakers, but cost of buying individual main and 2 breakers would be about the same as the complete set.

Bingo! PEA won't hook up power to illegal dwellings, and builders don't get the lower residential rates. How much would it cost to get a pole with meters planted on your side of the road where you can control access?

Will the newspaper that ran the article publishing the name of the resort face charges when this gets picked up by the western press?

Yes. You signed a contract. You paid a deposit. You broke the contract. You lost your deposit. Perfectly legal and moral and ethical.