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On 4/23/2024 at 11:19 AM, snoop1130 said:

35,830 megawatts of electricity were consumed

Do you mean megawatt HOURS as a megawatt is a megajoule PER SECOND

OK we moved my wifes daughter  to the UK when she was seven years old (didn't speak a word of English). Luckily we had a good school around the corner and they put her on "special needs" and within  a couple of years she was speaking with a West London accent.

I didn't go down the road of adoption as I had been supporting her since she was three years old, and I regard her as my daughter - she's in our wills, changed her surname when she got naturalized (now British) and didn't see the point of the paper work - she IS my daughter. Plus adoption in the UK you will get examined by social workers looking for anything to say "no".

Your problem is your children are MUCH older but you say they have a good level of English which will be a great help.  But as everybody else has said, you'd better move quick.

Flew back to Europe a couple of days ago (Thai Airways) - instead of overflying Iran we took a detour which extended the flight by a good hour at least - went over Pakistan

Teflon-coated?

9 hours ago, Ben Zioner said:

You mean get implants instead of crowns?, but that's 100k a piece?

When I say "dentures"  I think I mean a bridge - a plastic prosthetic that clips on - couple of thousand baht.

Would using a VPN work? 

As Jesus said "Let they who are without sin, cast the first stone".

"Put that rock down Mother!"

Wow! Spliffs with extra cadmium! Where can I get them?

I have a pre--paid AIS SIM for some years now and use mobiletopup.com to - top it up. I've also got an unlimited (but slow speed) internet option for 70 baht a month but I think that offer has long gone.

22 hours ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

I know both mean the same thing, and neither is wrong, but I wonder why this change came about and when.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/buck-naked-or-butt-naked

"Penny Spender" was name of the offender in question?

On 3/30/2024 at 11:53 AM, NoshowJones said:

Booking.com  

ALWAYS book flights from the airline - if you need a change or have a dispute unless you book with them direct they will tell you to  politely go away and talk to the agency you booked it with - which means you will get ZILCH help

My son when ghe was younger wanted to join the army (british citizen, no Thai passport) but was living in Switzerland - we went to one of those Army recruitment places in the UK and were told he has to have lived in the UK for the last five years - howvever I can't find this requirement on the Barmy web pages (this was  more than twenty years ago) And being dual nationality does NOT protect you from being conscripted by the other country - I know this happened to several people who had lived all thier lives in the UK but were for example Spanish (back in the eighties) a friend had to go to the spanish Embassy every year where they would tell him there was no war and he could go home. So if the Thai government won't release him the UK government won't help

18 minutes ago, reefsurfah said:

First mistake, dating a plumber.

She had have cottoned on when he turned up three hours for the first date

Could this be true? Can I take him off my ignore list coz he's GORN?

On 3/26/2024 at 8:26 PM, lopburi3 said:

Also not sure if you are/have got updates with system not activated.

FYI got an update two days ago and it is still checking daily so all seems fine - getting my Defender updates!

16 minutes ago, Dolf said:

1780 AQI last year?

Actually I was using "visibility" as a measure - when I landed this time last year I could barely see to the edge of the runway, let alone  Doi Suthep itself - most days the mountains are clear so visibility ten times greater.

It is TEN times better than it was last year.

Checked my wifes passport (I've got the new "blue" [actually more black] one) - issued march 2015, expires June 2025. So - need to get a new one before March next year but otherswise she's safe to return to Europe.

Thanks for all the helpful replies. I've got a liveable solution and will work on a long-term one.

12 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

Also not sure if you are/have got updates with system not activated.

Got an update a few weeks ago - that'll do me until I come up with a permanent solution up to and including a new Windows 11 latop but the machine works fine and I hate uopgrading just for licence reasons.