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Much more like other offices Jomtien crowds change with tourism season. Now approaching deepest off season, not many 30 day extensions. Snowbirds long gone. Other expats back to home country for summer holiday/ family visit. Report back in January. I remember very well the reports and pictures of the crowds hanging outside in the sun for hours. Even in the provinces it seems extraordinary quiet (read a thread about Phetchabun and remarks about other offices).

As above. It still seems true that higher amounts can only be transferred to SCB, Kasikorn and Bangkok Bank. Notice from WISE:

https://www.facebook.com/kamaclubpattaya/videos/462647535875091/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

The huge clubs on walking street designed for Indians. Absolutely deafening volume. Music, belly dancing what do I know. Won't set foot there. Just Google for Kamaa Club Pattaya.

Or with this?

5% drop is very optimistic. Wouldn't be catastrophic. I remember the terrible 2014 which was much worse. It was a year when I started to think how much longer can you stay here. Just reassured myself: 2014 the worst drought in 50 years in the northeast. When I moved to Thailand in 2011 it was the biggest flood disaster in 50 or more years. Rain is so unreliable.

Only concern: they might close down one or the other immigration office due to lack of foreigners. Khon Kaen likely not as it also is headquarter region 4(?). Before Phetachbun office opened a mate had to drive 200 km oneway to ? (forgot).

A rare occasion: an everyday motorbike madness is reported from Isaan. Usually such news will be worth only in Pattaya/Phuket and the like.

11 years and sure no problem with the ice. What I had was from meat and seafood.

A popular term on Thai dating sites: "no India man". There must be a reason for that.

That would explain the boiling sound... Never would I use this heater before being checked by a technician. As recommended: replace ASAP. Could then check the thing at a shop.

What are the numbers? Urgent! 16th is lottery day

From the Lazada site that you linked:

Sometimes one can't believe how careless people are. If the oil pressure lamp at the car is on will they cover it with tape?

This valve had been attached to the inlet of the heater? It is a 6kW heater. Quite powerful type. Was it recommend to have such a valve attached? I would think that the 6 kW heater needs all water pressure/flow available. From the debris can you check whether the filters were clogged? Why the safety breaker (ELCB) triggered is unclear to me but quite alarming. Potential hazard.

Stupid question about facescan. Will it always be an additional authorization or could it be the only authorization and be used for less than 50k replacing SMS OTP? Would be nice!

From using WISE: there are banks that limited incoming to 50k/transaction since a while. But just yesterday WISE showed this: So less than 1.5 mil to SCB. Up to 2 mil to Kasikorn and Bangkok Bank.

Yes as seen above. Banks open. Immigration closed. Errors excepted.

All weekend clogged and filled with exhaust fume. They are braindead. What effort is it with a car going uphill to Prathumnak and then down the Soi?

Stupid as can be. The exact opposite of the world class beach resort they dream of.

I wonder how many posters with advice for the students come from a country where towns are cut in half by 90 km/h four lane highways? How many come from countries where "15 mph" is what you drive passing a school? How many tried to cross Sukhumvit in Pattaya running like a rabbit?

That was a misunderstanding. Sure most private houses are single phase. What I mean is the lack of ground/earth (3rd wire) in many older houses. 2 pin plugs/sockets. Modern devices with 3 pin plugs connected via adapters etc

slime with lime ("Resin for ionic exchanger")

Oh yes, it's a mess. I changed the resin on our Mazuma. Wish I knew before what to expect and might have taken care that the "slime" doesn't run free. The outlet is just a hand breadth over the ground.

You would really expect from PEA workers that they have proper safety equipment like protecting gloves. It was not Somchai at his garage.