Dario

Well, apparently the Move Forward party has been disbanded and its members banned from political activities for 10 (ten) years. I'm completely speechless.

Sounds to be an expensive setup and not even for an artisan well in the middle of nowhere. That's where I am.

My wife has two lots of rice farmland next to each other totaling 7 rais. Her rice is now planted and looks nice,

We are like most of the other farmers who have to depend on mother nature to get water from the sky to get the rice to grow. I ask myself if it would be possible for her to have a water well drilled and pump the water up to her rice fields via a solar powered pump. If this is possible and would cost not too much money, she would be able to plant rice twice a year. Is there anyone in the know who could enlighten us?

I'm in the same league as my fellow members here. Yesterday I went to my local Tesco-Lotus to pay 10'000 Baht for my Citibank credit card bill. But the Lotus cashier was unable to transfer my money. No barcode nor QR code  would work. Apparently, UOB had blocked everything. The Lotus staff told me to try at a 7/11 store. I did that, but same story.

So, last night I scoured this topic and found the apparently only recently released phone number 02 285 1555. I called this morning at 06:50 and my call was quite fast answered by a UOB representative. Please note: that number might be open 24 hours. He told me that for the beginning I could make a payment to UOB with my preferred banking app which is in my case BBL. Then he said that someone from his team would call me back later to help me register on the UOB TMRW app.

Actually, I had tried several times already yesterday to register, but every time I was rejected. Now I know why. I asked the UOB rep if I could check which passport number they have on file. It appeared they have my former passport number. That pp was replaced last year.

I just tried to register with my old pp number and that worked. So now I have a UOB user name and password. I can at least now log in at the UOB TMRW app. I still have to create a pin code, I haven't done this yet.

This post may help others who are in distress.

One more thing: during the registering process you are asked for your date of birth. To put that in is a pain in the arm. I'm born in 1946, so it took me about 5 minutes and a sore arm to get there. I was told by the UOB rep that they had received many complaints about this issue and told me that UOB will soon address this problem. Good Luck everyone!

Thanks a lot, John for your message. You seem to be the only one in the know on this forum. I will give it a try. Thanks again!

There lingers a question in my mind.
When we had Truevison, we had two HD PVR boxes. They allowed us, to record TV programs. For that purpose, for paying customers ( those who had to pay for the HD PVR box), Truevision provided an external HD which was connected to the Truevision box.
We didn't pay for the boxes, but we had to buy the external HD by ourselves. I bought a 2.5 SATA 1TB HD and bought an ORICO enclosure which had the correct connectors to connect toe the HD PVR box. 
I must explain why I wanted to record programs from True. At that time, in 2019 our daughter Amy was playing tennis and trained every weekend, either in Surin or in Buriram. For that purpose I wanted to record tennis matches. Amy gave up tennis after 2½ years. Shortly after we stopped with Truevision.
Now, I still have that ORICO box and I ask myself if there is any possibility I could use it to record programs from a TV.
BTW, ever since we stopped Truevision, I never looked at the recordings as I didn't know how to view the recordings.

Maybe someone can help.

This is to inform the community.

I have received a PSI SX2 receiver box and connected to our Truevision sat dishes. And: it works! I tried to think logically in assuming that I could use my two Truevision sat dishes not in use for maybe 3 or 4 years to get reception on a PSI receiver. So, it works. For less than 1'000 Baht we have now Thai TV channels in the living room and our bedroom and never pay a monthly fee. Great solution!

12 hours ago, johng said:

 

The satellite dishes  can most likely be reused   just buy a "PSI" box from wherever and retune

Better would be a larger C band sat dish loads more channels and not so effected by the rain

All  the terrestrial channels and more are broadcast on the Thaicom satellites at  78.5°E

https://www.lyngsat.com/Thaicom-6-8.html

 

Thankfully its still alive and kicking cable tv ass  much cheaper to broadcast to a whole country or continent ( C band) with a satellite than running all that cable...ok fibre optics have the advantage

in many ways but still more pricey ( I would have thought not being an expert in any field)

 

 

As for terrestrial digital tv then check your nearest transmitter here

https://dttservicearea.nbtc.go.th/webapp

John, I thank you for your message. I completely agree with you, although I'm someone who doesn't know much about satellites and how to receive TV pictures. At past 78 I just try to think logically. Yesterday morning I already ordered the newest PSI SX2 receiver box. It's already half way to my home. I just want to try. I know the dishes will have to be realigned, of course. I will have to find someone to come and do that at my home in the sticks. I will let you know the outcome. I think it'll be OK. I attach a picture of the two dishes which are still attached at my home. God bless.

52 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

If your TV is under 10 years old you will be able to get all digital channels with a simple aerial.

 

Satellite tv is dead and gone.

Can you explain: "If your TV is under 10 years old you will be able to get all digital channels with a simple aerial."

One of my TVs is a 14-year old plasma LG, but I do use a X-96 Android box and get  a lot of channels, Youtube, etc. but I miss the Thai TV channels.

"Satellite is dead and gone" >> so how does Truevision work then nowadays with an aerial, too?

9 hours ago, BritManToo said:

What's wrong with a cheap digital aerial?

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/10m-5e-rg6-10-i4997924608-s21094288024.html

Why do you think you need satellite?

 

Looks good enough on my 75" tv ........

 

Yes, your picture looks good to me, too, but with a cheap aerial I can still not choose any channels. I do need a receiver to connect the aerial to. Am I right? Well, I have ordered the newest PSI receiver.

Now what ThaI tv channels can you get with that aerial, may I ask?

There is no True satellite. The satellite everybody is beaming for is a Thaicom satellite.

For many years we had Truevision and whatever was before. A couple of years ago we ditched them for TOT iptv, two boxes . Yes, they are much cheaper, but have been a complete nightmare. Mostly they didn't work. Getting the mechanics to come to our home (in the sticks, Surin province) has been another bad experience.

All we need now is Thai TV channels for the missus. The rest I get through a X96 box via Youtube. Som we need a simple sat system which brings us all the Thai Tv channels.

Now, at the time, True only collected their Truevision boxesm but left their satellite dishes, Now to my question: can I buy a sat system onlinem say via Shopee or Lazada and use the Truevision boxes? If that would be possible, I can install myself. Does anyobody know?

On 4/29/2024 at 11:56 AM, NotEinstein said:

This is obviously aimed at the huge amount of Lazada and Shopee parcels direct from China via the delivery services, not via the post office. I guess it will be up to the delivery guy to collect the tax payment upon delivery, or else how is it supposed to work?

No. Lazada and Shopee items don't come necessarily via the post office. They are forwarded to a Logistics partner like J&T or Flash Express.

On 4/10/2024 at 5:28 PM, sirineou said:

Yea , what I think I had was Heat exhaustion. I exibited all the symptoms in your list. I felt like crap . 

What is important to remember and it took me a while to realise it also that day , is that when we sweat we lose essential  electrolytes'. The bottle water we all buy is reverse osmosis or  distillation and is not replenishing these electrolytes.  I realised that when a laid down and started getting leg cramps . IN my youth when we played tennis in the hot FL sun we would take salt pills and potassium. I did not have any, so I had salt water and then ate a banana, because I remember reading some place that bananas are full of potassium. Not sure if I did the right thing , I am not a doctor. but I felt better afterwards .

I got these from the local pharmacy. can't read what the ingredients are but it got to be better than nothing , I will go online and order some electrolyte replacement pills.  

Anyway I thought I would put that out there to consider, 

I take two Royal-D every day. Excellent!

The problem now here in the Esaan is the following: when the temperature goes up to 41º or 42º the aircon works for hours to get the temperature down to let's say only 30º. Now, think about 4 aircons in our house. Before the heatwave started we only used fans and our last bill was only 2'822 Baht. But our next bill must be in the vicinity of around 8'000 Baht, I guess. This is absolutely crazy.

3 minutes ago, akda said:

you mean your account got suspended first and later you were able to withdraw all of your crypto and THB?

 

Now you are awaiting for reactivation of account?

Yes, to your first question, no to your second. I'm sick and tired of Bitkub!

21 hours ago, Conno said:

Oh brother nothing has changed with them it seems. In fact they sound worse. I don't even have the app on my phone as not a fan of phone apps with any financial product. Just seems like a breach or hack or scam waiting to happen. Keep us updated.

 

Sign up with UpBit once you get your funds out of the loonies grasp. They really are the most incompetent crypto related org I have ever encountered.

I don't like Upbit. It is in no way comparable to Bitkub. The interface is horrible. And: I have already withdrawn my balance at Bitkub. Why wait any longer? They never answer anything you send them.

I just withdrew my balance from Bitkub. The money was on my BBL account within a minute. Bitkub suspended my account yesterday, although I had sent them all documents. They never answered my messages.

This morning I wanted to register with Binance TH. I started out on their website registering my Email address and password. I was then sent a 6-digit code which I entered. I then was asked to download their app and verify my identity on their app. I was asked to log in. Then I was asked again to enter a 6-didit code, but when I entered (the same code I had gotten before) I got a message saying: Verify failed, please reload and try again later.
I tried many more times, but it's always the same. Can anyone tell me what I should do to be able to continue?

On 12/4/2023 at 6:18 PM, YaDongImproved said:

 

The SEC of Thailand can receive complaints about Bitkub.

 

You can submit a complaint at complaintATsec.or.th

 

The matter is also in front of the South Civil Court in Bangkok.

 

Thank you, I will send them a complaint.

I am not succeeding to make Bitkub happy. Contrary to last year, now we can only contact them via the mobile phone app. It doesn't work for me. I have sent Bitkub all documents they could possibly need via opening a ticket, to no avail. They never answer. A real bunch of loonies.

Today I got suspended. I cannot buy nor sell anything anymore. Everything is greyed out.

I wait another week to see if I might get a response from Bitkub. If not I will transfer my balance to my bank account. 

On 2/26/2024 at 6:59 AM, Dario said:

I'm a diabetic since probably about 2 decades and among all the medication I take I have been given one omeprazole 20 mg per day for as long as I can remember. At my last check-up on JAN 26 my doctor took me off omeprazole.
Not a good idea. A few days later I developed acid reflux which has persisted to this day. I relieve it a bit by taking half a tsp of baking soda diluted in some cold 7-up once a day.
Then I came across (video link removed by Moderation) of a doctor that prescribes her patients Magnesium. When I further researched I found that one specific type of magnesium to take is magnesium glycinate. Google it, there are many videos about it. I looked on Lazada and found (name removed by Moderation) product which I ordered. It arrived yesterday, so last night I took my first capsule. Apparently there are some fake capsules on the market and I do hope the product I bought is not one of them, since the website mentioned on the container is offline. I'll let you know in about one month if my condition has improved or not.

Who knows that this post might help others as apparently many people suffer from acid reflux.
 

A quick update. Well, I have taken these magnesium capsules now for 17 straight days, but I noticed absolutely no change. Nothing. The muscle cramps I have when I'm in bed and get up are still here. That is an indication that there is something wrong with this product. Also: there is no website, or the website is always down. I have ordered today another brand which has good ratings on Amazon. Reviews say that users sleep much better and experience no more cramps. Let's see.

And yes, I no longer suffer from acid reflux. I'm back on Omeprazole and Aspirin 81. I'm very happy about this. I must thank Sheryl for her wise advice!

1 hour ago, Sheryl said:

 

Pharmacies are not banned from selling aspirin.  Just required to have a full fledged pharmacist in hand at all times if selling it (rarer than one might think) and also to keep records of sales. Some do not meet that criteria or want to bother.

 

It is easily gotten from online pharmacies such as Medisafe and https://bangkokdrugstore.com/?s=aspirin

if  hard to get at the pharmacies near you.

 

When used to prevent reduce the risk of stroke in cases like yours aspirin dose needs to be daily, not every other day.

 

Aspirin does not cause GERD but it can cause gastritis. Clopigrel is an alternative drug in cases like yours if the aspirin is too irritating to the stomach. (You would know that by symptoms other than reflux, aspirin does not cause reflux).

 

Which government hospital do you attend/where are you located? Small community hospitals and even some provinicial hospitals will not have cardiologists but you do nto need a referral to go to a higher level government hospital which does.

 

 

The government hospital I attend is located in Tha Tum, northern Surin province.

2 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

 

History of heart attacks, valvular disease and angina:

 

You do have a need for ongoing, periodic  supervision by a cardiologist, and most importantly. you should not go off aspirin unless advised by a cardiologist familiar with your history that it is safe to do so or (likely best option) given an alternative medication such as clopigrel.

 

Your GERD is not likely caused by any of the meds you are one. Are you overweight? Do you drink coffee? Tend to eat close to bedtime?

Thank you so much, Sheryl, your advice is very much appreciated. "you should not go off aspirin"  You wouldn't believe, but my wife got 50 baby aspirins today which will help me a bit until May 3 when I have my next appointment. My pharmacist had some over and she said she only gives them to us, you know that pharmacies have been banned from selling Aspirin OTC. I will take one every two days together with an omeprazole.

For a periodic supervision by a cardiologist I will talk to my doctor and ask her advice when I have my next appointment, and of course: ask her to reinstate me on aspirin.

12 minutes ago, Crazy Noobie said:

I believe taking Omeprazole once a day is the route to go. If you eat some of the wrong foods that day that will cause more acid to be produced, then maybe take an extra Omeprazole in the evening. I have been taking Omeprazole since 1990 and it works perfectly for reducing stomach acid. To help with acid reflux, taking Omeprazole and watch your diet helps a lot. I do not understand why the Doctor took you off of it? Here in Thailand I buy the brand Meracid (green box) and it is not expensive at all. I believe you said you were 78 years old, so to actually go and fix the root of the problem, you would have to have an operation. Which is out of the question for your age. As the operation is not a simple one. But the biggest advice I could give you, is you do not want to have acid reflux. So control your acid production by taking Omeprazole and watch what you eat. Of course I am not a Doctor, but I have experienced all of this. Years a go I had acid reflux and I didn't take care of it. I had to have an operation to fix my stomach value to try and stop my acid reflux. But it was too late for me, as the harm from the acid reflux already caused too much damage. When you have acid reflux, which means the acid from your stomach goes up into your esophagus. Your stomach has special lining to protect it from the acid, your esophagus does not. So when the acid goes up into your esophagus, your body tries to fight it, which causes the cells to become abnormal. Bingo you now have cancer of the esophagus. And the odds of making it is like 97% against you. In 1990 I had cancer of the esophagus and they had to remove it. Then they removed my stomach and relocated it to rest above my right lung and of course reconnected everything. Back then this type of operation only had a survival rate of 3%. Out of the 3%, only 1% lived past the first year. I am the only person that has beat all of the odds and have lived 34 years past the operation so far. I am blessed that I am a live and so grateful. I am 73 years old now. When I looked back at everything, I wish I would of taken my acid reflux more serious. Sorry for writing a book.

Thank you for your contribution. You weren't writing a book. I read everything in awe. AMAZING what you have gone through and how you have beaten all odds. I wish you many more years and I hope you have someone beside you when life becomes too difficult. God bless!