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Bought a cheap one just to try it out and now I couldn't be without it... Great for chicken, pork chops, ribs and fish. Reheated pizza tastes just like new. Use it almost every day for dinners. Mine is a local brand and I don't think it keeps the temperature right. Will splash out on a Philips one for crimbo.... Having said all that, I will agree that french fries (chips to some) do taste better fried in oil, especially duck fat. However, roasted potatoes are great in an air fryer. The best thing perhaps, is that is quick. Feel like some chicken nuggets snack? Pop a few frozen in the air fryer and have them ready in 10 minutes. Do it a lot while watching movies, pause movie, air fry, run. No worries heating oil (10min), frying (10min) and then all the cleaning next day. And you smell Like you're working at McD.

I think you're referring to The Dance concert DVD from 1997. The CD release did not have Songbird on it.

Well, it would seem that the Thai government regards German made engines for their new subs as higher quality than the Chinese copy being offered.

So do I. The issue here is that a members Wise account was blocked, by Wise, and he was asked to verify where his money came from. I think you should just read the OP again. Maybe it will clarify the discussion here.

The discussion here is about Wise. So I'm referring to Wise. Will they accept a PDF or printed copy of your bank statement from internet application, or do they insist on real statement with bank logo.

The question was more if they accept the printed or PDF statements from the banking online application.

It was many years ago that I got any bank statements from my banks. It's all online now. Wise should know that. How would you proceed in this case?

So, $160 million for 2 aircraft. No weapons, RTAF already said that. They will fly naked. At least 6 months of training for pilots and maintenance crews. And then, these aircraft are not meant to be used standalone. You need a weapons infrastructure, even if you don't have any, and maintenance infrastructure, and logistics infrastructure, (for 2 aircraft?). There is a minimum you'll need, even if it's one aircraft. The mind just boggles at the millions of dollars needed... Thailand would be much better off with Swedish JAS 39 Gripen. And Gripen can take off from A4 highway, and be maintained by conscripts. 10 minutes turn around time to refuel, and resupply...... At less than half the price. Beat that F35!!! But, this is a political decision, and has nothing to do with actual need or requirement.

Thailand will never be able to go totally cashless. There is just too big a black hand to mouth economy to allow that. just too many poor people that do not have enough resources to go for cashless. And, after all, it is just a way for the government to control the population.... say what you want.

Don't be a brainwashed fool. Everybody has something to hide. If you don't, let me have all you email passwords, and bank access codes...

The storage of the spent nuclear fuel is a separate issue. Just like storage of energy for renewables when the sun doesn’t shine or the wind doesn’t blow. You should be aware that the Gen IV nuclear reactor designs are much more efficient than the Gen II and Gen III designs that are currently in use. Some designs can even use the spent fuel from the current reactors, further reducing the storage requirement from millennia to a century. The same goes for safety. All Gen IV and most Gen III+ designs employ passive safety. In case of disruption of cooling, the nuclear reaction will automatically cease by the physical properties of the construction materials as the reaction temperature increases, and without external interaction. Most of the Gen IV design operate at atmospheric pressure, preventing catastrophic explosion of the reactor vessel, like Chernobyl of Fukushima. So no need to fix anything here. We are discussing reactor designs, not all the auxiliary equipment needed for electricity generation, desalination or H2 production. What is being said, is that the actual reactor does not require maintenance during its operational life. Other components outside the reactor itself might require maintenance, but that is nothing new. Business as usual there. I’m quite familiar with Toshiba 4S 10MWe SMR. This design comes from the factory as sealed cylinder 3mx30m, and has 30+ years lifespan. The 4S is fast neutron sodium cooled reactor and has no serviceable parts inside the reactor vessel. At the end of its lifespan it is simply moved back to the factory where it’s decommissioned or refueled. Toshiba 4S is a detailed design, and was supposed to be deployed as Galena Nuclear Power Plant in Alaska, but was stopped by the coal and oil lobbyists. You can educate yourself further by following the links below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_IV_reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_modular_reactor https://aris.iaea.org/Publications/SMR_Book_2020.pdf https://aris.iaea.org/PDF/4S.pdf

Seriously, where have you been in February? The moon? Yes, they just walked in, after several weeks denying the massive troop buildup at the Ukrainian border was for invasion.

There has already been plenty in the manufacturing process of the solar panels and the blades. And there will be more once we start "re-cycling" those parts. Or we can maybe just use them as landfill...

SMR are the future of nuclear. Even for Thailand, as they require no maintenance throughout their lifetime, which can be be longer than 30 years. Just dig a hole, dump the reactor in it and forget about it for the next 30 years. No refueling, no direct maintenance, passive reactor safety. Designs already exist for sizes up to 50MWe, difficult for solar to beat that. Additionally, being modular, you can easy connect more if you need more power. Also there are external "plug-ins" developed that will do desalination or H2 generation.

It is the first time I have seen used horsepower as a measure of power consumption. In fact, Wikipedia states: "Electrical horsepower: Nameplates on electrical motors show their power output, not the power input (the power delivered at the shaft, not the power consumed to drive the motor). This power output is ordinarily stated in watts or kilowatts. In the United States, the power output is stated in horsepower, which for this purpose is defined as exactly 746 W." And there I thought we were in Thailand, and there were no electric motors needed for beer production. So the unit should be W or kW.... I just wonder how they would measure electrical power consumption in horsepower. Bunch of doughnuts running this country.

Can someone please explain this one to me. What does horsepower has to do with brewing beer?

The salaries and worker benefits are regulated by Swedish law. They are just being screwed by the local employment companies. The same goes for the Thai workers in Finland, Israel, Middle East and elsewhere. And I'm sure that some local "foreign contracting" companies are just salivating at the thought of Saudi Arabia opening up again for Thai unskilled labor. When I was in Saudi in the early 80's some Indian workers have been telling me they had to pay the first 2-4 months salary on top of transportation just to get a contract.

Another case of Thais <deleted> Thais....

IMO, it's better to use multiple expensive devices than multiple cheap. And always use devices from recognized brands, like WD, Seagate, Hitachi, etc. Never ever some unknown brand from China. Only time it's worth using cheap devices is in a RAID6 configuration, but still from well known brands. Also, if backing up is more expensive than the data is worth, there's no point backing it up.

Not sure I can agree on that. But the fact is that area from Tap Sakae to Chumporn and further south is the flooding central every year. As soon as the rain hits the mountain range the runoff cause severe flooding in some areas. Mainly Chumporn. Here in BS after severe flooding some years back, and due to Royal intervention, they have installed some drainage and additional water runoffs. Of course, being open they were used by Thais as garbage disposal, just like in Bangkok, and now the work is being redone with proper covert culverts and as a bonus they are widening some roads, redoing the surface, installing lights, and central dividers, which I for one do not understand the reason for. Just asking for accidents by all drunks driving at night.... Or perhaps it's in preparation for this Sattahip to Hat Yai car ferry.... One stop on the way was supposed to be Bang Saphan.

I just received the transfer to my Bangkok Bank today. It was marked as "International Transfer" on iBanking. Sent it as "long stay in Thailand" yesterday evening.

I really love how they word things.... make it as vague as possible.

I only use Edge in IE mode for my CCTV recorder box that will not work in any other. Otherwise hate it, perhaps not as a browser, but the way MS tries to force to do things their way and migrate to Edge. Otherwise have Chrome, Vivaldi, Opera (free VPN!) and old Firefox v52.0.1 ESR edition that runs all the old great plugins, cannot update that one.. Normally use FF but some websites will not open in this old version, hence the others. Vivaldi is great as it allows you to create freestanding apps from websites.

I'm planning to build a new high end gaming rig once the Intel Gen13 processors are available (probably i9-13900KF or i7-13700KF), to replace my now slightly aging hardware. Looks like I will have to go the Windows 11 route as this has a proper support for the new Intel processor architecture and can schedule tasks properly between the P-cores and E-cores on the new Intel CPUs. So if you're upgrading or already running Intel Gen12 or Gen13 high end i5 and up processors, Windows 11 is recommended.

Shirtless is one thing, but Crocks and showing underwear definitely a no no. No wonder Thais don't like us very much...