sometimewoodworker

Just a FWIW. I’m now 5 days post opp from a laparoscopic umbilical hernia . The total cost with 5 days stay was 124,000 or roughly ½ the Bangkok Hospital quote. I highly recommend the Srinagarind Hospital for professionalism, though checks for blood pressure at about 2 hour intervals didn’t allow a very restful night (my blood pressure was all over the place so the checks were understandable) The food was a good effort, though not fine dining. I will be happy to elaborate if there are any questions

It was easy to do where I live, it just took a bit of time.

The near perfect counterfeit product is extremely unlikely to test in real world conditions as the genuine product, the near perfect description doesn’t include the actual performance of the chips. If it did there would be no benefit to the seller to discount it by such a large margin. Were they selling product that was actually virtually the same they could economise on the guarantee, this would allow a moderately reduced price, you mention that RAM has a low failure rate, this is QC checked ram in answer to your question running ½ price ram is not worth the savings

Do note that the Aqara devices have at least 2 versions, if you have a Chinese version rather than a non Chinese, international, version (I know they all come from China)you may not be able to update the SW. it is quite possible to buy the domestic Chinese version from aliexpress

I have, but they were glass and metal syringes

My Thai drivers licenses do not have my passport number

Having received about 30 visas from the Thai consulate in Tokyo, from 3 different locations, they moved the consular section, I have never been refused. This does mean that I have spent many hours in those offices and have witnessed people being refused, on a couple of those occasions I was asked to help by an embassy officer, so I do have personal knowledge of the refusals and reasons for them. Most were because they didn’t have the section 10 requirement “One copy of residence card or certificate of alien registration”that means nobody who is just visiting Japan can get a tourist (or almost any) visa FWIW I have never had a visa application refused for any country. The conditions were more free in the past, not so now.

No you should not have said almost all embassies. I gave examples of 2 countries where you must be either a native of the country or have long term residency, I am totally sure of my facts. you have given examples of about 3/5 countries where you can get a visa if you are visiting. just because you know of 3/5 and I know of 2 makes no difference. Just because some countries require in person and other countries allow/require online doesn’t change the policy. Just because an option is or is not in the online system doesn’t mean that it isn’t available. Just because you can apply through the online system doesn’t mean you will be successful. Thai embassies and consulates make their own rules, they also change their rules, this means that you can not generalise. The only safe point is from recent firsthand reports of successful or unsuccessful applications.

Some of the numbers that auto disconnect are U.K. ones so no he is not talking nonsense

There are a very few numbers that automatically disconnect if they detect it’s a Skype call

RBoS will send the required SMS to my Thai number that I have registered with them, so that is one U.K. bank group that has no problem.

Since it will be some months from now I probably won’t remember.

You were unlucky the DLT in Nong Hang did

The news report is that it is over! That may be true, that maybe like so many other “requirements” in name only and actually be business as usual, I will discover next time I fly if it is actually going to be required or not.

It is likely that they can refuse, however personal experience shows that in my case they seldom do, I do however have both of my Thai DLs if required, I sometimes have my passport but it has never been asked for.

Does your son have an ID card, as a Thai national it is usually given at about age 7 (according to SWMBO), but in any event rules for children are rather more strict and specific than for adults, comments here are generally talking about adults personally going on domestic flights.

No I didn’t, I have had a Thai DL for years before coming to live here permanently, so I never flew domestically during my tourist stays.

What are you smoking? I have never shown my passport, flying domestically, pink card or DL only FWIW 2 flights last month,

That is untrue. There are many embassies where you can only apply if you are either a national of the country or a resident, if you are just visiting you can not apply for a visa from that country. Two that I know of are the embassy and consulate in Japan and the Singapore embassy. This has been becoming more and more strict over the years. There are still countries where visitors can get a visa, so just because you are in a country that allows it doesn’t mean others are the same.

Correction, you can’t see the micro scratches it is leaving but they are there, for proof just try it in a window.

In the U.K. I have never had rubber or foam pads disintegrating after a couple of years. In Thailand they do. The takeaway is just because items function perfectly in one climate doesn’t mean they will function in the same way in Thailand. I have no idea why the Thai climate can do the things it does, but I am totally sure it is the climate and not the products. Certainly there are c*ra*p products available here that will fail but the items I am talking about are not those.

I think you will find that the Mac will prioritise the connection with the highest data throughput, it is quite comfortable using both wired and wireless connections at the same time. Most of my security cameras are wired, 2 are wireless only, the Mac sees both.

So true, [irony] but there maybe some special supper secret Ausie wiring that shows that the rest of the world is wrong!![/irony] NB @Fruit Trader that remark is of course not pointed your way. That will rather depend on the ground rod and sq mm of the conductor, it can deal with as much current as the conductor allows (though the cable supplied wit the fridge is rather small) A fault loop test is a really good idea, but just over engineer it by lots, make sure you add an RCCB and you are probably good to go.

Which will do sweet f/a. Do please explain exactly how running an earth, as described above, will not provide a functional earth to the refrigerator. NB the word stake is shorthand for earth stake if this is not self evident. (NOTE we already know that this is not a practical solution for the OP but that is not the point of the question to you as your claim is incredible but probably makes assumptions that are not explained).

Mine does! Virtually none, as long as you are not talking about USB when the answer is the opposite, but you are not following the thread as I never suggested that they do. That is essentially what I said here is my answer, I did assume a degree of independent thought.