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12 hours ago, JayClay said:

Surely you back up the whole encrypted container? There's not much point going to all the trouble of encrypting your data, just to then leave unencrypted backups lying around?

Re desirability of backing up the entire container file. This might depend on how big the file is and how often you want to back it up.

Please note I said "I used to use SyncToy to sync the contents to another encrypted volume on another drive."

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

I've looked at that kind of approach before. But one thing I could never get a clear answer on is the following:

 

If you encrypt files on Windows 10 PC #1, let's say in a volume on a portable USB drive, using something like Veracrypt, and then later you want to move that drive and use it on a different PC, how's that going to work?

 

Does all the necessary encryption info reside natively on the encrypted volume?  Or, some of it remains on the original PC, and thus using the encrypted drive on a different PC is going to be problematic?

 

One other thing I think I came to understand from my inquiries:  once you encrypt data like that, the data on the encrypted drive isn't going to be accessible to the typical pre-scheduled Windows backup programs?

 

 

I haven't used VeraCrypt but I used to use TrueCrypt.

As I understood it, the machine you use to try and access the TrueCrypt volume at the very least would have to have the TrueCrypt program installed on it.

I imagine VeraCrypt would be similar. But I don't know.

Re backup - yes that's my understanding. You'd need to open/decrypt the encrypted volume in order to backup its contents.

Having done that I used to use SyncToy to sync the contents to another encrypted volume on another drive. Tedious!

Anyone know of a cobblers shop in central Pattaya?

Somewhere very near Tukcom would be ideal.

A friend of mine just bought an expensive pair of shoes and needs them expanding a bit.

Thanks everyone.

Just to be clear. I'm looking for help in understanding what the 1600 baht deal my friend has with True might consist of.

In addition to not being very tech savvy he is also having great difficulty communicating with the people at his local True office.

7 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Is that including a sim?

Even if it does 1600 seems way too much.

https://topping.truemoveh.com/

No, he's using a SIM he already had.

He uses it in a pocket wi-fi.

It's his only means of internet access for his desktop computer.

Thanks for the link. Do you have it in English? My Thai language skills are limited.

I'm not in Thailand at the moment but I'm trying to help a non-tech savvy friend understand what he's paying for.

He's paying 1600 baht per month/30 days to True for mobile data.

Am I right in thinking this will be for unlimited data?

Thanks.

On 9/24/2019 at 11:51 AM, EricTh said:

it's not just the pronunciation that you have to practise but also the tones.

The tones are part of the pronunciation.

3 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Good review....check out the new places, Around Soi Buakao,  Fairground racer bar, scooters bar, Kink go go. Fish n  chips and chowmein on corner of soi LKM and Soi Buakao. The meat factory in ...soi lenkee, the comfort soi Cozy beach. Cherries 3rd road remains unchanged. Good luck.

Cherry's on Third Road? I believe that closed a month ago.

http://www.cherrys-restaurant-pattaya.com/

Those were the days.

It's better in the singular.

Just a short update on this.

After the holiday weekend the problem fixed itself. My ADSL line is back to normal.

Is anyone else in central Pattaya having a problem with their TOT ADSL line?

Since Thursday at my condo my line keeps dropping every few minutes.

Can't remember the last time it was this bad.

Thanks.

16 minutes ago, wpcoe said:

The trip from my Jomtien condo to Bangkok Hospital-Pattaya used to be B180-B200.  Now it's usually B300-B350. 

 

Yes, within the last month the taxi business at Bangkok Hospital Pattaya charged me 250 baht to go from the hospital to Jomtien Soi 5 Immigration. That's cheaper than Grab for the same journey.

Dr Ken Kasidis at Dental Design did an implant and zirconium crown for me two years ago. I am very pleased with it.

I felt he took a lot of trouble over it, and communicated very well with me, taking time to explain all the options. He speaks very good English.

I have no idea about where the crown was actually manufactured.

Tikka Center Restaurant at the junction of Soi Buakhao and Soi Honey. But I'm not saying it's cheaper than the Food Court places you're talking about.

Where is JSixpack when you need him?

Usually around this time every year he'd ensure we had more info about Songkran in Pattaya than you could ever want.

I thought I'd read in recent weeks that bans of alcohol sales during Songkran were possibly in the pipeline for Thailand generally. But I don't seem to have read anything about this recently. Maybe I imagined it.

Is it safe to assume alcohol will be on sale in Pattaya throughout Songkran as normal?

Today at Bangkok Bank I changed my Bangkok Bank UnionPay ATM/debit card for a Bangkok Bank Mastercard ATM/debit card. I was charged 100 baht for this.

They assured me the new Mastercard card would work in the UK. But the new card still has a 6-digit PIN number so I'm not sure about that.

I guess I won't know until I try it in the UK.

4 minutes ago, thaitero said:

I tried this about 2 weeks ago. Address was condo. Noticed that Grab car and Grarab taxi showed same price. I ordered taxi and no complaints about ride but usually prisewise any different prices if choosing taxi or car ?

Can you clarify? Are you saying there are 2 separate services/businesses operating in the Pattaya area: Grab Car and Grab Taxi?

My app is called 'Grab'. I tried it just now as an experiment. First it offered me 3 choices: Car or Delivery or Rewards. So I choose 'Car'. Next it asked where I was going. After I told it that, it only seemed to offer me 'GrabCar (Pattaya)' with an estimated arrival time for the driver to pick me up.

1 minute ago, RoadWarrior371 said:

Grab is the way to go in Pattaya.  Just configure the service to pay cash, and pay the driver each ride.  Noting that I often arrange a pickup that is away from central Taxi locations, since I have not been interested in gangfights with the taxi thugs, yet.

Great. Sounds good.

Yes I remember that being the advice a year ago. Don't get picked up or dropped off near a main taxi location. Thanks for reminding me.

3 minutes ago, Odin Norway said:

You pay the driver the price that comes up on the app.How you think it was a year ago is hard for others to say

Thanks.

OK, I'll ask it a different way ...

Is the service more or less the same as it was a year ago?

I used Grab Car a few times a year ago and it worked well for getting round the Pattaya/Jomtien area. Seemed a bit pricey but, as an occasional user, it was worth it for me for the convenience.

Is the service more or less as good as it was a year ago?

Do you still pay the driver - rather than have to prepay through their app? I don't want to prepay.

Thanks.

I'm a retired Brit. Soon I may want to repatriate my 800,000 baht retirement visa extension money from Thailand to the UK - because I may be returning to the UK for good.

Half of the money is in a Bangkok Bank baht account (Pattaya), the other half is in a Siam Commercial baht account (Pattaya). I have FETs to cover the money.

Right now I'm in Thailand, and ideally I'd do it before I return to the UK later this year. But I may want to hedge my bets and wait and do this once I'm back in the UK.

Some years ago I spoke to both banks and they said it wouldn't be a problem, especially if the UK sterling bank account is in my name (which it is). I'd just need to fax them various bits of paperwork (photocopy of passport etc). They'll convert it to sterling when they send it - which is fine by me.

Has anyone else done this?

I don't want to rely as a backup on withdrawing the money bit by bit from UK ATM machines using my Thai ATM cards. And what I certainly don't want to happen is that I have to make a special trip from the UK to Thailand for the sole purpose of going into the banks personally and making sure they send the money back.

Will the banks be as good as their word? What do you think?

Thanks.

Panic over. I walked past there yesterday. Fortunately the small repair shop is still there and in business.

Where in the Pattaya Klang area can I get a pedal bike puncture repaired, or get a new inner tube fitted?

There used to be a small repair shop on the north side of Pattaya Klang that did this, about half way between Second Road and Third Road (close to the 7/11 at the corner of Soi 12). But I think this place has now closed down?

Thanks.

3 hours ago, moogradod said:

Great. Thank you. I will be there this week.

The map Peterw42 has provided is accurate. The soi is unnumbered so look out for the Ducati shop. Be aware that the Mike/Yellow Music shop is VERY small indeed. It's next to a signmaker's place and just before the houses on that soi start (assuming you're entering the soi from Pattaya klang).