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Yup, the Yanks should be a slam dunk for that World Series face off.

I understand that UK passport holders are yet to be included in the Indian government eVisa scheme. Most countries were re-instated following covid restrictions but that has not, so far, included those with UK passports. https://www.thetravelmagazine.net/qa-im-a-british-citizen-why-cant-i-get-an-evisa-to-travel-to-india/ I believe that an application via VFS at Trendy in Bangkok is the only current option (is that correct?), or does anyone know of a Pattaya based travel agent that can offer this service?

This is an opinion piece on The Guardian. The comments on the article are probably of as much interest. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/23/ftx-binance-crypto-market#comment-159996703

Thanks for that info. Then it must have been possible to have it backdated as he was born in 1991. Is that the case?

Not always so black and white. My son was born at Chula hospital in Bangkok some 30 years ago. His mother is Thai. The BC noted him as 'non-Thai' and the mother, correctly, as 'Thai'. All fully signed off by the Thai officials. We needed to petition the Ministry of interior and it took them over 2 years to issue a letter confirming him as Thai and then having that noted on the reverse side of the BC, still with the front page showing him as 'non-Thai'. 'Officials', don't you just love them!!

I opened it about 4 years ago. As I noted, having a long-term SCB account may have helped but possible that the deciding factor was having a retirement extension. It may be more problematic if you only have a tourist visa or entered visa exempt. But worth a try.

I have had an SCB account in Pattaya for well over 20 years. A few years back I decided to open a Bangkok Bank account because of the advantage that gives when receiving Wise funds and provides proof for retirement extensions. Went to the BBk branch on Khao Noi and, amongst other questions, I was asked if I had another account with a Thai bank. Luckily I had my SCB bank book with me and they took a copy of the account info page and I had my new BBk account shortly thereafter. No idea if that made the difference but it certainly seemed to help.

Not my experience from a year or so back. But may have changed recently.

I pay via the SCB banking app. Works a treat. Scan the QR code and off you go. I know that Bangkok Bank app is not compatible but other banking apps may also work.

Had a 'great' dentist experience at St.Louis but this was way back in the 80's, so highly unlikely same staff but possibly same high standards. Needed a wisdom to be extracted and the female dentist made short work of the extraction process. Couple of jabs and then the crunching as the tooth gave way. Minimal pain for a couple of days and fine thereafter. Was expecting much worse so left a lasting memory of a job well done.

Seems that even the 'billionaire' Winklevoss twins are feeling the heat. It may just affect only part of their crypto empire (Genesis Earn) but this may suggest a wider issue. https://www.thestartmagazine.com/article/f0486b2e-8f99-206d-073f-2843c9f6d17d?ref=TmV0RGFuaWFfV2ViJSQldGNPSVhvWWVzb3F6bVhuYnluVnhTdVF0UlhQSDlQVHQlJCUxMzU3OTg2NDI=&category=48&language=en&recommendationId=TIME_BL

Erm, you may need to redo your calculation as each game requires two teams to participate......

The simple explanation could be that the bike is still under finance. The book is only handed over when fully paid.

Yes indeed. Looking back at my past PEA bills i can see that I was paying about 4.55 per unit back in Oct12, this for using 1,151 units. With the recent increase, my last bill, Oct22, averaged at 5.53 on a usage of 1,014 units. So, an increase over 10 years of around 22%. Not too shabby. In that time the rates have varied, for me, from 4.87 in Jul14 to 4.14 in Nov16.

Yes, unusually I had an issue with a couple of transfers yesterday. These were UK bank to Wise transfers which didn't show as being received by Wise until about 4am Thai time today. I had sent them early Monday from my UK bank but Wise were showing 'money not received' all day. A bit unfortunate given that the rate dropped by about Bt0.65 in the meantime. Was unsure if issue was with my UK bank or Wise, but seems to have been a Wise issue. No direct notification from Wise of any reason but their website did have a notice of possible delays when I looked at their 'contact' page. Oh well, no big deal and having made over 400 transactions with them over the years I can live with the odd glitch or two.

Seems that Thailand should be talking to the FIFA 'sales agent' Infront as they have the media rights for the Qatar WC. Singapore just signed up ten days back and needed to pay $22m, an increase of 10% on the 2018 deal. https://media.sportbusiness.com/2022/11/fifa-and-infront-secure-world-cup-value-increase-in-singapore/ This article also makes mention of the status of the Thailand deal and the fact that similar deals involved a high degree of brinkmanship. Interestingly, the name 'Infront' would be familiar to those who follow past FIFA deals. They were involved in the media rights for the 2018 WC and were, at that time, headed by a chap called Blatter. This being the nephew of a certain similarly named chap who headed FIFA. Hmm. Since when they have been taken over by Wanda Group, but continued with the younger Blatter as CEO of Infront. So, that's Ok then.

So, who is playing possum now?

Pump and dump?

This is a recent video from the youtuber, 'Rides 4 Kickz', with some booking info for the ferry that some may find of interest. It features his return trip from Samui to Sattahip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXCUkcpwvTw&t=248s This is his initial trip to Samui: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FggLJSWsAZo&t=17s

As I noted, I am living in Thailand and applied for the CC account from here. The CC verification process needed me to visit any UK Halifax branch with proof of ID (passport) and address (UK licence). Once I had the CC account I then applied for a bank account with same UK address - I was back in Thailand by that time. No further verification needed at this point. I was able to open the bank account based on the previous verification for the CC account. If you already have a CC account with Halifax, with UK address, I would expect you could also set up a current account with them based on same address info, even if you are in Thailand (as I did). Your expiring UK licence may not be a problem as you will already have a history with them. Of course, their checking process may have changed in the meantime. Give it a go.

I opened the current account whilst I was living in Thailand. I used a family member address in UK in the setup process (also have UK driving licence with same address, which helped with initial verification requirement - for that I had to visit a UK branch during a rare trip to UK). Once opened I changed my address details to my long term Thai address. That was about 5 years back, so requirements may have changed since then. As I noted, having a Thai address does impact on receiving new cards.

I set up a First Direct bank account a few years back with a UK address. Then changed to my Thai address / Thai mobile with no problem. I migrated from using their calculator login gizmo a couple of years back to a Digital Secure Key. Use this both for their App and online access. Works fine but I seem to recall having to call them to assist with the setup process.

If your Halifax CC has a UK address for you it should be no problem. I initially opened a Halifax CC, with a UK address a few years back and subsequently opened a bank account with them. I then changed my address to Thailand with no problem. Only issue is that Halifax will not send new cards to Thailand. Easy option is to just keep your UK address on record.

If you have a Halifax CC can you not open a bank account with Halifax? Would that not solve your problem?

Nordwind fleet info is here: https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Nordwind-Airlines?refresh=1 Their B777-300ER planes have 486 capacity with one class economy config.