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On 12/25/2021 at 2:43 PM, brommers said:

If I am not mistaken it was built well over a decade ago as a condo, but exceeded its approved height because it is under the flight path to the airport. So it was never completed. I drove past it weekly for years when it was up for sale & eventually it was bought and renovations began, only to stop suddenly. It is likely that it will eventually be torn down as it must have deteriorated a lot over the decades.

A friend purchased an apartment in it in the early 1997 and it was barely completed, that was just before the Asian crash. Still struggling to get rid of it...

12 hours ago, simon43 said:

Why does Thailand Post postal rates have an entry for McDonald's? !!  ????

 

As surprising as it gets, it does exist and I just discovered it. On this very same Thai postal page it is writen as "Heard Island and McDonald Islands" on my screen. It's an Australian territory in the very south of the Atlantic Ocean: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands.

What is most surprising is that your mail has absolutely no reason to go there; it is uninhabited !!

Watched recently "The Hill" a 1965 movie in which is stared, while he was on vacation from being Bond. Lot of charisma, a great actor indeed. And the film is still very watchable, not old-fashioned at all. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/The_Hill_(film) 

The very same traffic light at that very same intersection were demolished by a thoughtless farang a few months back... 

Leo island does not seem to exist (officially, with this spelling). Not even in the Similian archipellago which share a border with India. ems 

Hardly New. The discovery has been anounced in 2014 and documentaries made.

Jungle Atlantis in 2 parts here: 

and here: 

Meanwhile, the whole city is sinking under its weight and rising sea level, and will be submerged in the decades to come ...

8 hours ago, balo said:

So why can't you use Paypal? I opened another Paypal account from Thailand and connected it to my Kasikorn account, No problems with transfers. 

I do use PayPal, it's (unfortunately) a universal system of payment. But it is that some customers are reluctant to use it, therefore skip their purchase, as I can't safely set up a direct card payment system; and also that I found their rate of exchange outrageous!

1 hour ago, balo said:

Maybe this could work

https://www.bangkokbank.com/en/Personal/Digital-Banking/PromptPay

I have already applied for promtpay, but I believe it's only for people who have an account in a Thai bank.

13 minutes ago, balo said:

Skrill should work.

No., it doesn't

I wonder if someone on this forum could suggest an alternative to PayPal payments for my automated website, that will allow me to get international payments to my Thai bank account.

Of course I know of Western Union, Ria or such, or bank transfer, but this is not what I am asking. 

I have watched this tutorial but it seems directed to US merchants, with an account in the US. None of its suggestions fit to my Thai based website and bank account.

You can use a common bank account, but only 50% will be allowed to be used to obtain your visa, so you better have an other account for the remaining needed amount.

I had the very surprising and emotional ride last June from the same airport to downtown Paris. 

It was a taxi ride (that cost me around 55 euros) in a brand new Benz driven by an old (like me) Khmer guy. As he noticed by the almond eyes of my daughter that we were coming from Asia, he asked if this was Thailand, and as we said yes, he mentioned that he knew Thailand... from a refugees camp. He then proceeded to narrate his Khmer rouge years in Phnom Penh as a kid, the forced labor to the countryside, then his escape to Thailand, with incredible vivid (and horrible) details; and then his recent reunion with his lost and found remaining family the year before, back to Cambodia. 

Just to say that not all drivers in Paris are crooks and you may most of the time have an uneventful, or even great one-hour ride as in this case. 

These guys are not playing it fair. They agree for a set price, get into their ride, then ask to switch the meter.... I feel sorry for the drivers, kind of. 

21 hours ago, FigaroLucowski said:

go to jail for renting properties in thailand as a farang?

You are not supposed to own property in the first place. Keep a [very] low profile about this.

2 hours ago, SammyT said:

Ever seen the aftermath of a gas bottle explosion? I can assure you it is destructive and deadly. Sure it's slightly apples with oranges, but it's still in the same vein of careless transportation of dangerous goods.

Illustration 

So many more natural and man-made disasters to remember here, nearly every month https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_disasters_in_Thailand

7 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Wasn't there another explosion a few months later, near one of the docks. I don't remember if that was a gas tanker or not? That was around mid-morning and the apartment I was in near Klong Toei shook, everyone thought it was an earthquake at first.

Chemical explosion, a few months later resulting in 60 deaths http://articles.latimes.com/1991-04-02/news/wr-1884_1_chemical-waste

36 minutes ago, arby said:

fast and easy. no sanding, etc. wet the furniture down with water. mix a solution of TSP (trisodium phosphate) in a 19 liter bucket of water. take a scotchbrite pad, dip it in the tsp and wipe down/scrub the entire piece of furniture. rinse with fresh water. let dry one day and then re coat with clean motor oil and diesel mix. 3 parts motor oil, one part diesel. put this on in the morning and check the furniture after a couple of hours. if there are some noticeably dry spots, recoat with the oil mixture. check it again in the late afternoon. if there are any wet spots , wipe them off with a clean cloth. let dry and you're good for another year. Sorry i don't have any photos . no reason to have any. i have been doing this to all types of wood furniture, door, lamps , etc. for over 30 years. if you don't know where to buy tsp, pin me and i will give you the address where i get mine in Chiang Mai. I live in Phuket so they mail it to me.

Instead of TSP (you will get a blank stare when asked for it in your local hardware shop - Arby, a Thai name would be more useful) just use a brass brush that is widely and cheaply available. You will then only need your own elbow oil, just as with the scotch brute. 

Then after the Arby mixed oil work has dried, apply one or 2 or more coats of shellac, that will seal the oil work. Better not to have your furniture set in direct sunlight, otherwise you will have to redo this process in less than 6 month.

Vishnu with breasts?

Of course it is more likely a female deity (or queen indeed).

It is pre-Angkor, perhaps Chenla or Prei Kmeng or a little later in very early period of the Khmer Empire

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4 hours ago, Tracyb said:

When, do you suppose, we might hear about the actual, proposed locations; e.g. where in San Kampaeng, etc.?

 

Mr T. made sure that it will be built on the land he purchased prior to the announcement, way back in 2002 when the plan started to take shape.

This link might be useful for tracking your EMS shipment http://track.thailandpost.co.th/tracking/default.aspx?lang=en. You only need the tracking number

First things :

Educate 7/11 staff not to give a plastic bag for every single purchase, and a straw for every liquid.

Educate people to take their own bag(s) when shopping: make plastic bags chargeable.