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Be aware: Re-entry permit
Gaccha replied to RafPinto's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
This is genuinely difficult to pull off in one day. I tend to walk out of an extension to stay at chengwatana immigration at some time around 7:00 p.m.. They keep going long after the doors are shut. That effectively makes it impossible for me to get the multiple reentry on the same day. Partly I might be to blame as I tend to turn up at around midday when the crowds have reduced. It's possible, although I have never attempted it, that if I turned up at the crack of dawn, and then constantly got new queue tickets for the re-entry until it eventually coincides with completing the extension of permission to stay then it could be pulled off. I did do something similar with the 90 days notification. I had to repeatedly get a new 90 days ticket as I kept missing my spot because I was stuck at the extension of stay counter. The extension of stay for my visa typically takes around 5 to 7 hours (this drops to 4 hours with an appointment), though my understanding is the retirement visa and other such visas can be done much more quickly than my one. -
No. In relation to human weight, it is better than using Pounds. Just as Feet and Inches is better than simply using Inches for a person's height. And just as we don't use nanoseconds to describe the speed of a car.
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It has always baffled me that despite Americans using the Imperial measurement system, they don't know Stones as it is such a handy unit for describing human weight. But it seems to have been introduced from Britain and never reached America. All research suggests that you put on almost all of the weight that you have taken off. Usually what happens is that users get bored of having no desire to eat, or dislike the blandness of food when taking it (which is a common side effect). So the key right now is to start to develop habits so that eating is not your main hobby.
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Are SD cards more reliable than USB flash drives?
Gaccha replied to Kenny202's topic in IT and Computers
The USB are far more likely to corrupt than SD or SSD. I have had several USB sticks corrupt on me, but by using freely available software I was always able to recover the contents. You might have to test several recovery software products to find one that works in that particular situation. The last time I used them I used some German software that was only in German, but it did work. -
Are you referring to "wives"? They often require quite high levels of maintenance and termination costs can be rather shocking.
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I think you might have nailed it. Also, when you make the order you reveal your name, your address and your desire for a certain purchase. This might be used by selling on the information. I have used Lazada for years and I never use COD and I've never have had any serious problems. There are some major advantages in paying in advance. For example, if I get sent the wrong items, at the moment of leaving the item at the parcel office to return to the seller, Lazada instantly gives me a refund, not even giving the seller the opportunity to agree or appeal. Lazada sent a message to me saying they want to refund quickly because I was a loyal customer. I can only presume that I receive a rating which must be very high and so Lazada takes feedback from me seriously. If you follow the rules, you win.
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Breaking News As with my last reply the news sites have not yet said anything about this. Zipmex has applied again for an extension to prevent any action by creditors. Don't get excited. The plan in place to wind up the Zipmex Asia operation continues. They are in the late stages of a sale of Zipmex Thailand, which looks like it will be sold for peanuts. This is in line with my expectations as the brand has no value now. The creditors of the lockup facility have their money in Zipmex Asia and so their focus will be its winding up. There are a huge number of ifs and buts in the affidavit of the CEO. But it looks like the creditors will gain around 5% return of the debt in the company. For most of them this will be received within three or four months of the winding up. For those with credit of greater than $2,000 (a very small percentage of the 68,000 creditors), they will have to wait an estimated 3 or 4 years. The only imaginable way that the situation dramatically improves is if Babel Finance actually are able to start paying back their debts. This is practically inconceivable. (I've written this by skimming several affidavits submitted to the Singapore court. And then I have written this by memory. So do not rely on it)
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The doctrine of utmost good faith is about the disclosures at the point of the agreement, not over disputes when an event arises. The doctrine requires that the prospective insured (insuree) provides all relevant information that it could be imagined the reasonable insurer would want to know. A lot of insured people think that the agreement is solid if they kept things quiet. But with this doctrine, the insurance company can go back to the original moment of signing and void the agreement. This is not that situation.
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Global network of sadistic monkey torture exposed by BBC
Gaccha replied to Social Media's topic in World News
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I use my old passport number for the bank. It has never been a problem, and this is after around 8 years. It operates as a security feature in my favour: observe, improvise, overcome.
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Neighborhood medical clinics in Bangkok for minor issues?
Gaccha replied to BangkokHank's topic in Health and Medicine
The test is mandatory for anyone applying for a work permit. As for the cost of the clinic, I'm simply pointing out a normal price at most clinics. -
Neighborhood medical clinics in Bangkok for minor issues?
Gaccha replied to BangkokHank's topic in Health and Medicine
My clinic charges me 100 baht every year for the documents for the physical. I then pay a lab 120 baht to do the mandatory VDRL test. -
Now that you have had time to calm down, it would be a great opportunity for you to look back through the thread and use it as a great educational opportunity.
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You are literally describing a concurrent passport. Do you understand the meaning of the word concurrent?
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Neighborhood medical clinics in Bangkok for minor issues?
Gaccha replied to BangkokHank's topic in Health and Medicine
They are on every other street. Just look for the Thai word for "clinic". The ones in Thailand tend to be very very basic with typically a retired surgeon doing simple checks and providing simple advice. Very few medical procedures such as unstitching will be performed there. -
Wrong. "A second UK passport is when an individual has two separate British passports simultaneously and can use both of them at that same time. This is different from dual citizenship and is also known as “concurrent passports”." Source.
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Is it OK to overstay by 2 days?
Gaccha replied to organicman's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
If you ever want the Elite Visa (a pricey but convenient visa for long-term touristic visits) in the future then be warned, they do take past overstays into account. -
This is an issue of control norms and not an issue of deprivation or cruelty or incompetence. Please see the substantive comment by Nurse Sheryl ( @Sheryl) in another recent topic on palliative care in a forum post by a member who is about to die.
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If Trump didn’t do anything wrong, why can’t he tell the truth?
Gaccha replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Allow me to answer your question. I've read the indictment and the case against him is watertight and he is obviously going to be found guilty. But, as your own article says, he is getting the public onto his side. He's not trying to argue the law, he is arguing in the realm of politics. His aim is to gain so much political capital from appearing as a victim as to then escape the legal conviction. After all, in the last instant, will America really jail and ex-President? This is a political question. -
>Walks out the building to a barren wasteland of car parks and 8-lane roads. >Screams to the concrete building 3 km away: "what massage options are there?" >Hears but his echo and the passing tumbleweed
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Has the TM30 been scrapped?
Gaccha replied to colinchaffers's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
I've experienced exactly the same scenario. The issue of whether you need to present a new TM30 when you move within the exact same apartments to a different room causes friction within the immigration police. If you telephone the immigration police they will tell you it is not a requirement, but there are officers who will say it is a requirement. This has been the case since the immigration officers presented a notice requiring the TM30 for extensions to visas in around 2020. My impression is that it has relaxed again.