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paddypower

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  1. never, in 12 years in my experience. (bought from an authorized Porsche dealer)
  2. i have very few reasons to want to go back to phuket, but that shop sounds like a real find. Ill check to see if they are online. thanks again ????
  3. I only just noticed CastleRock, still showing on Netflix. watched season i (aka Part 1) but not impressed. Season 2 was pretty wild with the misguided character/star going in and out of la-la land. Impressive performance the ending detoured into familiar Steven King nuttiness. overall, a fair show. Has anyone watched season 3 ??
  4. ''Three Pines'' (season 1: 8 part mini series) the blurb: A man investigates murders in Three Pines; he sees things that others do not: the light between the cracks, the mythic in the mundane, and discovers long-buried secrets and faces a few of his own ghosts. highly rated at IMBd.
  5. I just located that BBC 2 docu. ''4 Hours at the Capitol.'' available for d/l. not sure I want to start the year all depressed about the Decline of the American Empire. ????
  6. A SPY AMONGST FRIENDS ( MI5 double agent, for Russian - Kim Philby). have not seen it; but I'm a fan of the 2 main leads, Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce Copenhagen Cowboy ( not sure if dubbed or just subbed into English) coming Jan 6: Netflix
  7. Glass Onion was a waste. Wednesday was by far the most enjoyable tv watching in recent weeks. Terrific screenwriters. Then again, it's Tim Burton's baby. Hoping for more.
  8. Anyone watched Inside Man mini series with David Tennant on Netflix. ? echos of Black Mirror, no social engineering - just a regular English vicar's mind unraveling.
  9. Good suggestion, I have a crypto wallet. I will go the old fashioned way. (repay me when you arrive). It is only 10k. PLus, if we delay, we could lose the bungalow which he specified he wants for the family, it is away from the road and close to the beach. but thanks for the original suggestion. Interestingly, I do not get a very good fx rate when I transfer from Canada to Thailand, using SWIFT,.
  10. My buddy in Romania wants me to reserve a bungalow for him for 2 months. I will pay the deposit, its not a big issue. But I am curious to know if what he says is true. His Romanian bank will not use the SWIFT system, they want to use the IBAN coding. I believe that I read somewhere that SCB does not use the IBAN system., just the SWIFT system. Thanks
  11. Congrats on your new buy. Ive seen them at Banana - beaut screen & a massively powered machine. Enjoy! I did buy wife a case, but she didnt use it. 555 accidentally dropped it on our deck ( case got too hot) $hit happens. off topic - i've dropped 2 of those iPads over the years. My type cover has saved my Surface many times. did you buy a type cover?
  12. It seems the touch screen is unaffected. - Just the glass is cracked. I have a quote from Khun Tikki at Dr Smartphone (with whom I have had satisfactory service previously) to replace the glass screen for 2500. baht Plus, of course i will instal a new Gorilla screen protectors. This gives me the chance to spend my spare cash replacing my Surface Pro 6, for which the battery is not holding its charge. Out of curiousity, & for for my future decisions, what model specs will you replace your iPad with? Thanks/cheers. Don.
  13. again, thanks for the extra details. yeah, the iPad was a 'cheepy'', bought for my wife (81) , who only browses on a very limited basis, eg dog rescue sites at messenger and a few youtube shows. prefers gardening ???? . the option to buy a more powerful Pad is not available, as we live in a small village in NST. Nearest to Surathani, where it is unlikely I'll find a reliable shop. I would never buy online, too many scammers. unless you can recommend a very iPad forum /FBgroup ?
  14. PS: I am a very happy windows user and love my surface pro 6 with the type cover.
  15. all very useful info. I recheck my wife's pad: its an iPad, not an Air - my mistake. 7th generation, running iOS 15.6.1. it has 32 GB of capacity,, of which 20 GB is used up. So, your point about a clean up being needed is good advice. but but but... would your advice be to send it in to a 3rd party repair shop and have the screen replaced. ?
  16. 6th generation. but i agree, didn't really think about memory when buying. Yours is a very good solution - to free up memory. but was dropped on a sandwash deck, screen is cracked.I have had cracked screens replaced previously. The 6th gen. screens are more complicated (and expensive) to replace. and.....no, I didnt subscribe to iCare back then. (2020?). I'd sure like to hear from someone using an Android tablet. can you explain why such a tablet will have a shorter life span, please? also looking at the Surface Go 2,, which, I imagine MS will continue to support (altho' there are issues with its capability to utilize Win 11 .
  17. The only 2 alternative OS's I see are Windows and Android. Budget 25,000 baht. MY criteria - a really good screen/refresh rate/ a sd card slot, browsing, and easy to use Facebook access and Whats App. (It's my wife's iPad - and it seems to have trouble with both these apps). Samsung has a promotion until Nov 30. But most of the professional review sites have me unwhelmed with their reviews of limited performance and/or limiting my expectations to be able to load up intensive applications at the same time. to be honest, they're talking above my head. I know Windows fornt and backwards. Neitehr of us likes iOS and I do not know the Android OS. any advice? I am thinking of the Surface Go 2 or the Samsung S7 or S8 . Thanks.
  18. On Netflix: anyone started watching 1899 ? i believe that its the same productionteam as 'Dark' .
  19. Between 2 Ferns interview with Charlize Theron - funny and what a gorgeous woman, superb actress (Monster).
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