billd766

55 minutes ago, Smokin Joe said:

 

Mobi format works fine with a Kindle. They don't need to be converted.

 

And if you do need to convert ebooks the Calibri program for PC will do batch conversion of many books at once.

Thank you.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Nope, easiest thing in the world .......

Plug kindle into pc usb port.

Open calibre, right click mouse on the book you want to transfer, choose "save to main memory"

Calibre will then convert to AZW format and load on kindle.

 

I'm currently reading  SF the Archimedes Engine by Peter F Hamilton, and the mystery series Alex McKnight omnibus by Steve Hamilton. Always use my Kindle as it's easy on my old eyes.

Firstly, I would have to buy a Kindle reader which is fine IF I only want to read books, but it is of no use if I want to do anything else on it.

Secondly I would have to convert all of my existing Ebooks to the Kindle format. As I have over 6,xxx authors and some 20,xxx books in Mobi format in My Ebook library already, It would take me months of 8 hour days, 5 days a week to do.

My pc screen is 24 inches and I can adjust the print size easily.

Thank you fot your though but I think I will stay as I am.

I am clearing down my Ebook library and only keeping Mobi format as well as deleting all the other formats and deleting duplicate books and authors. I have been doing that for the last 5 years, on and off, and I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel.

11 hours ago, RSD1 said:

Did they happen to have something called humor in your country?

I have no idea as I haven't really lived there since 1992. I believe that having a sense of humour in the UK is banned now and has replaced by wokeism.

Political jokes however are permitted, which is one reason why the Tories lost and Labour won.

6 minutes ago, RSD1 said:

 

Since you only update when your phone dies, and if you decide you'd like to update sooner than five or six years, just place your phone on the roof of a taxi when you get out and then let him drive off with your phone on the roof. Then you should be able to replace your phone right away without waiting.

Why would I bother to do that. My mobile phone is mostly used for phone calls, SMS and playing the odd game while I wait in the hospital to see the doctor.

It is also very useful using both Google Search for an item that I am trying to get from a shop or Google Translate when I can't explain something in a shop or a business. Sometimes a picture IS worth a thousand words especially in another language.

7 hours ago, johng said:

 

Neither do I  as they are often bogus,disingenuous, biased and often proven some time later to have been totally incorrect and have to retract after the damage to someone's reputation has been done...too late then eyy ? ohh well never mind  mission accomplished.

If anybody want to fact check my posts then they are welcome. If I get something wrong then please let me know and I will check it myself. If I am wrong, then I will apologise and not repeat it again.

12 minutes ago, still kicking said:

My smartphone cost me 500 baht and the reason I bought it because my phone company stopped using 3G

I have a Samsung AO4 that cost about 6,000 baht. I only bought that because my old phone died, My time between buying a new phone depends on how long they last before they die and I need another one. Usually 5 or 6 years.

22 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Way over priced rubbish. All about showing off with a phone that maybe 10% of the features will actually be used. Same as all smart phones. Consumerism at its craziest. MUST GET THE NEW ONE!!!!!!!

Over priced, certainly, over hyped, definitely, rubbish not so much. It does just the same job as an ordinary smart phone that comes in at half the price or less.

The people that rush to buy them are simply showing off, and will never use most of the functions anyway.

3 hours ago, Korat Kiwi said:

Sorry... took me a while to think outside of the box. 

 

Like a lizard!  Or a culture club song...  

 

I'll grab your hat for you as well! 

Close. Perhaps you should have looked up Boy George, here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MdOYG4SZjM

I always thought that he was a bit "different", but I did enjoy his music.

17 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

If it's taking until Monday, they will be FTTs. I did 20k THB on Wednesday, put Family & Friends. It was Instant but from Another Bank Account. Keep us informed please.

That is what I think also but I would like to be sure, not only for my sake, but for the IO when I do my next extension at the end of July next year.

I will update my post later on Monday afternoon.

27 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I cannot be any more specific, I said everything.   It can be proven by simply listening to the debate.    Can YOU prove that anything she said was true?

I don't have to prove anything.

You claimed it.

You own it.

YOU prove it, otherwise YOU are just posting lies and disinformation.

2 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

Hub of maxing out the cash advance on your final available credit card to pay the late fees on your other maxed out delinquent credit cards!

Luckily for me I got rid of all my credit cards years ago and I just have debit cards only.

If I order something using them it will be rejected if there are not enough funds available.

A brutal but effective way of staying out of debt.

I have just done 2 transfers from my Wise UK account to my Thai BBK account using my pc and the UK Wise website.

The first was using the "personal funds" code, and the 2nd was using the the "other" code. 

Both will be paid out on Monday afternoon, but until then I won't know if they were an international transfer or not.

9 hours ago, bastco said:

By any of the methods offered by Wise when you select "send" .

I use Wise from the UK and the funds for long term stay option. I have done for 5 years and it works without a problem every time. The funds arrive in my BBK account the next day unless it is sent on a Friday evening, when it arrives on a Monday just after 2pm or the next banking day if there is a Thai Bank or public holiday.

32 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

As I already posted, everything she said in the debate that wasn't fact-checked

Same old, same old tired and worn out BS from you

So in fact, you have NO facts, no proof of anything at all.

Hence the question.

Specifically what lies did Kamala Harris say and can YOU prove it was a lie?

5 hours ago, bastco said:

By any of the methods offered by Wise when you select "send" .

I use Wise from the UK and the funds for long term stay option. I have done for 5 years and it works without a problem every time. The funds arrive in my BBK account the next day unless it is sent on a Friday evening, when it arrives on a Monday just after 2pm or the next banking day if there is a Thai Bank or public holiday.

7 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

I did a Wise transfer from UK three days ago and funds for long term stay in Thailand was still there at the bottom of the list. 

I did a transfer from the UK last Friday 13 September 2024 using the funds for long term stay and it went through as normal. I will be doing 2 more tomorrow, Friday 20 September 2024 and I expect no problems.

IMHO, Wise is as reliable as ever, reasonably priced and I have been using them for over 5 years. Much cheaper than using a UK ATM or a UK bank transfer.

I use my computer and the direct connection to the UK Wise site.

On 8/28/2024 at 10:32 PM, billd766 said:

We found a cannabis shop in Kamphaeng Phet yesterday. My wife rattled off in Thai to the young guy working there. He explained in fair English that a lot of the locals in his village who also had knee problems boiled up the flowers, left them to steep then drank the stuff before they went to bed. They slept better and it seems as though thier knee joints ached less the next day.

 

My wife talked to the guys boss and they gave us 100 baht of the flowers for free.

 

This morning she made the first lot in a big mug. I strained it through a sieve and put it in a bottle in the fridge for tonight. I also made a second brew ready for tomorrow. I will try that for a day or so and see if it makes a difference to my knees and if I sleep better.

I have been making a dried cannabis flower concoction (call it tea if you wish), and I do sleep a bit better, and the pain in my arthritic knees seem to be less. I can cut the grass and scrub every second day instead of every 3rd or 4th day before I started making and drinking it.

I normally pour a small layer of honey (for flavour and colour)  in a 400 +/- ml mug, fill it with boiling water from the kettle and toss in about 4 cannabis flowers. Stir it, and then let it cool. Pour it into a small bottle using a sieve and a funnel, put it into the fridge and drink it before I go to bed.

It seems to work for me though it may not work for everybody.

If you want to try it, don't expect much in the way of results for a couple of weeks.

30 minutes ago, riclag said:

Off topic

How is it off topic?

Because it is the truth or because you don't like it?