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  1. Bank transfers are at the hands of the banks. U have little input. I have been using OFX for years, they are better than the Bank to bank fees and tell u up front what the expenses are. However, Wise has quoted some very attractive transfer rates lately. Last transfer was a difference of 5600 thb between OFX and Wise. i have been looking into the Super Rich ATM/ Cash card. Attractive, but only 150,000 thb , however it is rechargeable
  2. Can help locate, repair or just chat about a potential bike purchase. Retired bike shop owner P-bike at asia dot com
  3. As an avid cyclist who owns four different bikes and bikes daily after selling the ex and letting her take the car. Be aware, u get what u pay. Cheap bike, cheap equipment. New bikes will lose 40-60% when u take them out of the shop.. Most new bikes are using lower cost components to be competitive. Many seasonal farang bikers try to sell their bike before they go back their country. There are some good buys there as they are left with little choice as their departure date nears. if your in the CNX area and you need a retired bike engineer and former bike shop owner to inspect a bike for you or even chat about a bike u have located, contact P-bike AT asia.com.
  4. present his Residence Certificate to the competent official…………………………..oxymoron
  5. American male. Which of the 37 Countries in the Americas was he from?
  6. Just as long as he doesn't honk his horn at a motorcade.
  7. I have ridden my bike both ways VTE to Udon and back. Ship your bike from Bang Sue to Udon or Nong Khai. Do yourself a favor and print the Lao immigration visa form, fill it out, paste a photo on it and have 40 USD , or same in THB or Euro. I have ridden the bike through the motorbike lanes both sides. Might need to park the bike with motorbikes and clear as they do. Never had an issue.
  8. Yep, Stu at Mong Bikes. Mong ran off and he closed the shop. He is still in CNX. Not really in the bike business anymore, but has many local connections. He does excellent work, but wont scab something together for a cheap charlie. Either done top-notch to his standards or wont take it on. I store my touring bike there and he maintains it. Has expat bikers stop in on their tours. But he WILL NOT scab things together. Done right or not at all. Most of all, he is straight up, won’t hose you over. Stuart Smith on FB.
  9. Yep, Stu at Mong Bikes. Mong ran off and he closed the shop. He is still in CNX. Not really in the bike business anymore, but has many local connections. He does excellent work, but wont scab something together for a cheap charlie. Either done top-notch to his standards or wont take it on. I store my touring bike there and he maintains it. Has expat bikers stop in on their tours. But he WILL NOT scab things together. Done right or not at all. Stuart Smith on FB.
  10. As a retired flight deck member, I’ve often wondered why the airline doesn’t restrict the size of a pax or crew member to a size that can readily negotiate an evac through the smallest emergency exit. This would also correlate to weight in some, but not all cases. Imagine an accelerated evac procedure with screaming and yelling people in a very dimly light cabin trying to make it out the wing exit window. Some windows are of the plug type and must be pulled inward, turned and shoved outward. Some you just drop on the floor and crawl over. The newer aircraft actually use a gull wing design that un locks several door pins and allows the window open outward and up. Now imagine you are the fourth or fifth person trying to get out the window when an oversized person can not fit through it and it plugging up the exit. Average passenger weights have bee used by carriers for a long time. Their are many variables due human physical sizes from different geographical areas. As well, winter clothing and tropical clothing. Carry-ons are another issue. Iv’e often thought the carriers should charge by the Kg per KM concept as in frieght.
  11. I’ve been to five other Dental facilities in Thailand with unpleasant to extremely horrible results. After a very expensive hose job last year with a piano dentist, I returned to BKK dental hospital with pleasant results. I have been going there for ten years, thought Id try others to see if less expensive. That was big and expensive mistake. Went back to BKK dental to fix the mess Piano man made.
  12. For Apple stuff Houk and Bank now relocated to MBK
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