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Last photo from Brig, entrance to famous high mountain areas.

Hope they haven't been killed in an accident trying some hiking or the like.

20 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

According to the post above yours SHE has the Swedish passport ?

YES. SHE has a and traveled on a Swedish passport. (สวีเดน)

I read three times through the post of the Thai Embassy in Switzerland.

You can be sure she is dual citizen. Thai citizenship from birth is never withdrawn by law.

2 hours ago, Ohyesuare said:

odd that it's being recommended in the article.

I didn't even read through the whole ad but traveler checks is a complete joke.

Under consideration timing depends on office. Game of luck.

I had an under consideration for a Non O issued at Khon Kaen immigration.

Went there a week ahead, politely asked, after some digging in the cabinet it popped up

Your thread seems the first and unnoticed but now in the news.

Just now, still kicking said:

Windows 10

From the meager information collected there is no reason to assume that you need a new laptop. Seems fast enough for personal use.

A complete re installation is generally a good idea but plan carefully about the consequences and preparation. Data lost? What programs to reinstall?
Not an easy decision.

22 minutes ago, still kicking said:

Acer Asire E 15 Running Microsoft Edge

Acer Aspire E15 is has an i5 CPU and 8 GB RAM.

Quote

Running Microsoft Edge

Edge is a browser from Microsoft not an operating system.

So it runs some Windows version. 10 or 11?

On 5/20/2024 at 5:29 PM, josephbloggs said:

Shell

Shell doesn't show 97 on their price list.

And their V Power is just 95 E10 with magic additives.

https://www.shell.co.th/en_th/motorists/shell-fuels/shell-fuel-prices.html

4 minutes ago, retarius said:

'm sure it is somewhat less in Bangkok and Pattaya, and somewhat more in rural areas (where I live).....I put this down to people in cities walking more and riding on motorcycles or in cars in rural areas.

So do observations differ

To me it looks quite the contrary for the adult population.

It's less about physical exercise but more about junk food, super sweet drinks.

My neighbor opposite is 82! years old and works alone in his sugar and rice fields daily in the torching heat.

He will never get fat. Other males opposite you could count their rips.

The younger generation is a different matter.

Spoilt by junk food AND no exercise.

5 minutes ago, PPMMUU said:

Perhaps the Thais around you are not representative of the entire country?

You were quicker.

Up here the elderly commons (50+) are rarely obese.

No donuts, no Oreo and similar, no coke and other liquid sugar bombs, no pizza, no KFC, no bubble tea, ....

Sticky rice is the only thing they could get obese from.

It's a question of age and location.

Sure the under 30s in the wealthy places might well be more than 12% obese.

Reasons see above.

42 minutes ago, milesinnz said:

At Suvarnabhumi for a number of years at least, they had New Zealand upside down on their World map. Hardly an advertisement for competence..

Be aware of the maps without New Zealand, cut off

Can't remember what it was...

Often:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omission_of_New_Zealand_from_maps

The hub :

(they are and will be the 2nd best hub to Australia and that's it)

4 minutes ago, Georgealbert said:

Seems the weekly promotion of new airports, airport upgrades, and this aviation hub, is the new go to, good feel story.

Rival Dubai. What a laughable self-assesment.

And don't they have a world map (better globe) and compare the geography?

180 million by 2025. That is next year!

What are they dreaming?

Not even the Chinese are that quick in construction.

37 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Wouldn't MAXIMUM connecting time make more sense?

Fits all very well with some headline I saw about being 3+ hours ahead at the airport (once again).

What drugs are these planners on?

@KhunLA

was faster.

I remember seeing the 97 sign at Bangchak stations. Not available at PTT.

10 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

They re-use old numbers here too fast without a cool down period

Maybe operators become short of numbers. Short like Bangkok car sign plates 😁 (what will happen after prefix 9).

Just look at the policy of selling internet SIM cards often thrown away after a year.

Shops are full with preconfigured SIM cards for internet from all operators.

You can buy a 200 Baht SIM card for a month (test) and if you are not satisfied just throw it in the bin.

29 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

The millions of tourists will be so happy....

Thousands of entertainment business operators even more "happy".

To improve their mood they can grab a big bong 🙄

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

GGB

?

4 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

that eye sore Center condo Pattaya Tai, mall was Royal Gardens, i agree though often articles lack basic info

Other Thai news sources have at least photos that make clear it is Royal Garden.

But seems here even that is too much.

Interesting observation today with AIS mobile and public WiFi.

In the car I could not listen to my usual radio streams (Germany, Switzerland), more blackouts than content.

Test to that Helsinki location gave 1.9 Mbit/s!

On the way back I used a US VPN server and all smooth with the radio.

Back home at 3BB fiber the Helsinki test gives down/up of 9/61 (inverse again).

Quite meager and much worse than yesterday.

I can not draw a clear conclusion from all that.

No updated news about the cable (SEA-ME-WE5).

"end of may" was expected.
 

4 hours ago, digbeth said:

Gasohol 91 is also E10, but they are phased out

And the significant price difference that existed for some time recently seems gone/shortlived (now 38.15 vs 38.55). Subsidies cut?

It is peak hour for internet use now (18:30 Thai time) and voila!

The speed test to Helsinki that gave 86/63 in the early afternoon now gives:

16/64

Not catastrophic but with the often reported anomaly of download being slower than upload.

AND: some youtube video stuck right now. Time to VPN.