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Same same. There are now two different threads about this Swede. Not just a Swede but a Swedish conman.

Before Covid such clubs had no closing times. I once lived in a hotel room overlooking an area to 3rd rd close to south rd. A club made noise to be heard behind closed balcony door in 5th floor from 300m. Lasted until sunrise when the guests drove off with their noisy two wheelers. Around the club "townhouses", populated area! So now guess how they could do so without being closed down?

In other news you read that alcohol is banned at (official) events. That is more plausible and realistic to enforce. But a ban for the whole city incl. shutting down bars/clubs etc.?

Sure. 24 hours from May 13rd, 18h (6 PM). (Saturday evening to Sunday evening)

No experience. Official rule as you know: after 3 years the vehicle registration is void. Have to do new registration. But try your luck. Maybe you come through with just paying the four years?

Ramming parked vehicles? I think I saw three today (one pickup with retired policemen, and two motorcycles). Hard to keep track.

True. It's bureaucrazy

It only says that this is your account (no shared account) and shows the balance at issue. Like mine from last year: (I left out the mostly blank footer with stamp and signature) (2559 is the year I opened this account, a fixed savings account) For the 800k method there is no official rule to keep the balance for a year but three months before application. And that is shown with the respecting bank book. Exact timing for letter and book update varies by office. Khon Kaen is OK with letter from the day before but bank book must be updated same day before applying.

thaifriendly.com Really useful only with a "premium" account (800/month, can be terminated anytime). Free version is very restricted. It takes a bit of learning and careful reading to find what the women are looking for. The site does not allow explicit pictures and overly direct language. There is plenty of women searching for serious/boyfriend and even further. BTW the desktop site of the forum shows a "Dating" link on top For Pattaya you find a lot of "customer service" girls. For a typical provincial town absolutely none!

At least a hundred online anytime up to 25 yr old at a popular site.

Once was caught with lack of cash at TOPS. And that was easy like at an ATM. Insert ATM card to device, enter pin and OK. But this method is not too widespread?

I scan the code at the checkout of the supermarket, will see amount and recipient and approve. I am sober not only when shopping Some people simply can not control greed and curiosity.

On Chakri day? Never noticed. It's not a Buddhist or mourning day. Just praising the monarchy. Booze ban over Songkran!!!! Wow, I think you got it in the wrong pipeline. There are misc requests and appeals to the public to keep alcohol consumption under control. Don't drink and drive. Maybe certain alcohol free events? Particularly from the Bangkok governor. But a ban could provoke an uprise

Definitely not a place for foreign tourist. It's off 3rd Rd not far from north Rd. Never noticed and would have mixed up with a motorcycle repair shop.

I do NOT recommend to have an active/real password on this site: https://www.passwordmonster.com/ But you can use something "similar" to see what they say, For my 16 character "g9aSfgfjUSEGoXqq" from above it says 26 billion years to crack. With the know methods and hardware even the smartest "agencies" won't have a quick hit The real danger is your device. Updated, free of malware, trojans? If not all effort is wasted. That's also the reason not use public computers for sensitive tasks.

You want to tell that a 5 character password is a good one??? You think some nerd sits at the keyboard and does his tries??? Passwords are cracked from stolen/leaked data on the server or man in the middle ("wire tapping"). It's done with highly specialized hardware. For ALL six character password their respecting hashes (the encrypted form stored on the servers) are available in tabular form. Cracking a 5 character password is in the millisecond microsecond range. The following picture assumes some kind of computing power of the cracking machines: https://www.betterbuys.com/estimating-password-cracking-times/

I will move to QR code stuff if forced and be able to handle it. But please: can someone educate Thai people that you can prepare for online payment. And not start digging for the phone only after the cashier has finished the cart. Then swiping up and down and back and forth to find the app... While I fight to keep my temper and control my facial expressions.

Bangkok Bank and Kasikorn Bank massively shutting down branches not only upcountry. Just look at Kasikorn in central Pattaya. Three branches closed. My K account's "home" has moved twice. Up here Kasikorn has massively shut down ATMs. Bangkok Bank simply closed the micro branch in the only (Lotus) mall with no substitute (not even an ATM). And that from the biggest private bank. A former bank teller at Krungthai since long lost his job and now operates the mom/pop shop at the opposite corner.

The major BigC malls in Khon Kaen, Udon etc. have frozen pizza Casino brand. You can bake them with a normal oven (200 C+). Reasonably priced and not too bad. Original Italian style at "Sofia" in Udon Thani. Unmatched.

Make sure they DON'T walk to the "Visa on Arrival" hall. This is for a few dedicated nationalities and includes a fee. They have to follow the crowds directly to the immigration checkpoints.

Nothing to do with personal taste of driver or the like. Taxis have some "color code". As far as I remember pink is a cab from a big company rented on a daily basis by driver. Green/yellow is self-employed driver owning vehicle. Most recommend to stick to those.

Have the phone number of the hotel at hand and let him talk to them if he has problems. Some hotels also have name and directions in Thai language on their website. A printout can be helpful. Many hotel names sound so similar, consist of same/similar words. Good chance to mix it up. Once a shared van drove in to Royal Cliff in Pattaya (high end luxury hotel) and I knew something is wrong. Of course a misunderstanding

Absolutely NOT. No fee. Being asked to show financials for Germans is extremely rare. They don't like beggars or homeless I assume. Never experienced from 1994 to 2011. (never asked for at land border) Never mentioned by any mates/families arriving from Germany, Good to have a return or onward booking within 30 days after arrival. But also very unlikely to be asked at immigration. Only the airline looks for that and much more likely, Passports for all persons required even for children. Whether it has to be valid for at least 6 months is a disputed topic.

There is exactly one password that you have to remember and that is the master password. That's how all the tools work. In private secure space it's OK to write that down somewhere. And as you will use this frequently you will remember it after a while. The masterpassword must never be used for any other purpose than opening the password safe. Never use it for any online/external service. This in mind you might reduce the complexity somewhat. A popular method to have a masterpassword to remember: take some motto/phrase/verse that you remember like (from another post): "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving." Now take either first or second character of each word (first if only one character): LilrabTkybymkm You can well write down the complete verse and put in the cabinet.

Big thumbs up. Most all password that are easy to remember are junk. Everything shorter than 12 characters is weak. Enter your password in Google search. If found dump it. I use generated easy to read passwords of 14 to 16 characters. Easy to read: <AZ><az><09> Like g9aSfgfjUSEGoXqq, 5LR1JzO7oAuOHFKJ ... Nerds say 20 characters is necessary. Using strange characters &^(#)$&*($... is outdated and only gives headaches. Length matters Generating passwords with "PasswordTech": https://pwgen-win.sourceforge.io/