jaywalker2

Yes, it's so secure that even the Bank of Thailand came out and advised people to put the bulk of their money in an acccount that's can't be accessed through the app.

But internet banking isn't necessary because the mobile apps are so secure and convenient. Yeah, right.

I'd agree but then I remember that my country has Biden for president.

I've gone off the beaten track as well but outside the tourist areas they generally have no idea what do with a farang's hair. The best area I've found is bon kai on Rama 4. Several cheap salons and many of the haircutters seem to be former working girls so they have experience with farangs.

I had one bad experience after another with haircutters. I went to one place on Soi 4, 200 baht haircut. It was just okay. The next time I went, she said after finishing the cut, "Okay, now pay me 250." I paid her the 250 and never went back. Same thing happend at the Nana hotel. Price went up 50 baht second time I went. I found another place, 150 baht. The second time I went she paused in the middle of cutting my hair and said, "I'll give you a good haircut if you pay me 200." I paid her 150 and never went back. Several times I went to a place on Soi 3 even though the staff was unpleasant (I think they preferred Arabs). Then one day the barber started yelling at me because I didn't praise her haircut enough. Then there was the place over behind the Platinum Mall, 100 baht. I came out looking like Alfred E. Newman. Honestly, I feel traumatized.

Plus, it forces people to consume cheaper Thai spirits and beer. I don't know who's drinking Thai wine.

During the pandemic, I started cutting my hair myself. It looks no worse than most of the haircuts I've had over the years. It does help if you have someone who will tidy up the back for you.

At least they have a sense of humor.

You have to already have an account with a bank book and ATM card to register for SCB Easynet. It's just a different channel for accessing your funds. In that sense, the function is similar to an ATM. You don't have an ATM account. You have an account that comes with an ATM card. That said, bank books would seem to be useless now. Before, they were a way or recording every transaction that you made but now people are making so many small transactions via debit cards, QR codes, prompt pay, etc. that bank books can't accomodate them. So instead all the transactions that occurred prior to the last time you updated your passbook get consolidated into one lump sum. If you want to know your transaction history, you have to access the app. I predict bank books will be the next to fall.

I believe direct debits will continue to function in SCB easy internet banking. At least that's what they said.

Chuck Berry spent two years in jail for taking an underage girl across state lines. But, hey, Elvis was Elvis.

No, everybody knew he was a pedophile. He started going out with Priscilla when she was 14. Her parents were all for it.

Sure, but META hit 90 at one point (now 288), TESLA 100 (now 259), MSFT 213 (now 335). Cathy's ARKK is up 35 percent ytd. BTC just hit a new 52 week high, which is amazing since during the tech crash half the crypto sector was shown to be fradulent. But what it shows is the bubble is still alive and well.

Tech and crypto seem to move in tandem. Bubble in one mirrors a bubble in the other. Cathy Wood is still predicting that bitcoin will hit 1 million eventually.

Apple is now at a 3 trillion dollar market cap. Unbelievable. I never thought it would happen.

No, I've never had any problems. I did have an issue with Firefox crashing if too many video tabs were open but that was fixed in an update. This is my second AMD laptop and they've both worked flawlessly, although I don't play games so I don't need that much graphic power.

I have an ASUS Vivobook with an AMD Ryzen 7 processor and an OLED display. I only have 8mb of ram but I don't do a lot of heavy processing so it's not a big inconvenience. The display is great and I think I would have a hard time going back to an ordinary display. It cost me around 20,000.

What about the ATM? Does that have limits?

As it happened, I also had to update my new passport the other day, so I went to the SCB branch close to my house. This was not the branch where I opened the account, which has been closed, but I've used it several times before without any issues. I didn't think to bring my old passport, just my new passport. I did have a copy of the old passport on my phone so the girl said, just let me email a copy to myself here, which I let her do. She then made the hard copies of the new passport and registered it herself. I also asked her to register the SCB easy app on my mobile phone. I had downloaded and installed it but I hadn't registered it yet. She was happy to comply. Despite the fact that I had just registered the new passport, there was no problem, and she had the app up and running in a few minutes. I have to say that SCB has always provided me with excellent service. The service representatives are pleasant and their English has always been more than adequate. So I guess it's a question of where you go.

Tofu, although it is one of the few plant-based proteins to have all 9 essential amino acids, has about 1/3 the protein content of chicken. Domestic cheese in fact is available in Thailand. I buy cheddar at Foodland. It isn't aged, so it's not as good as European cheese, but it's still better than processed cheese for such things as homemade pizza or enchiladas and significantly cheaper. Domestic cream cheese is also available and since it doesn't need to be aged, it's pretty much equivalent to Western cream cheese.

I finally got around to installing the SCB mobile app and I can certainly see why the bank is forcing us to use it. It's full of ads and the offer of totally irrelevant services such as insurance, gifts, memberships. What is the obsession with insurance among the banks? I even have an add for insurance on my account page. Admittedly, the Internet banking app was crap but at least it focused on actual banking. This app is crap as well and insulting besides.

Most of those foods are impractical for the average Thai, either they're not readily available, too expensive, or Thais simply aren't familiar with them . Tofu while popular is not a complete protein.

Lactose free milk is readily available, although more expensive than regular milk. The doctor should have noted that dairy products in general are too expensive in Thailand for them to be widely consumed, prices need to be lowered.

What is also interesting is that direct debits done through internet banking will continue to function.

No, it's actually 175 centimeters for Americans but that's only a small difference.