KhunBENQ

I had red plates and logbook on my first car 12 years ago. And that is WHY I started the thread. No need to play clever dick. If you read trough the thread you see that the situation is not unusual.

That's white collar 😁

There have always been lists/maps about crime hotspots in Bangkok. Nice one from 2022 found at Bangkok Post. Not allowed to link here. Google for "bangkok crime map" and you should see it. Worst "Bang" is Bang Rak. There were list from police with roads prone to drug dealing, petty crime...

Picked up my new car at the Toyota dealer today, fully paid. There is an insurance policy in my name and frame number of the vehicle. But as usual the car is not yet registered at the DLT (signed a power of attorney for the dealer) and sign plates might take a while. Dealer insured that there is no problem driving without plates and just show the insurance policy if stopped and advised against red plates. From observation its clear that quite frequently `vehicles without plates are on the road. But does anyone know written/unwritten rules about this?

And many in the West react with appeasement policy as been with Hitler.

Walk in a fancy mall, get a coffee to go in a paper/plastic cup. When finished try to find a garbage can. Drive along a highway and see the rubbish flying off from the car ahead. ... Many other observations possible. In the Central malls that I visit, it's a detective job to find a garbage can.

Just don't forget your hoodie or scarf. When I used it, there was no way to avoid the arctic streams. Almost got sick from.

Yes. But the bill has increased 24% compared to 2023. By no way can this be explained by rate increase. A heat wave is a heat wave. Poorer people lured in the shopping malls. Those who can pay sat under the AC at home or office. New record peak power consumption nationwide.

May 23 5034 May 24 6245 No dramatic rise after the historic heatwave. But: we are 3 people in a two storey house. 3 ACs. During the heatwave: one running "a couple of hours" during daytime. Two running about 7 hours in the night at 26 to 27 C. Last night without AC. Quite fresh and a light breeze. Last bill 3800. So compared your bill is extreme. ACs running 24h? What temperature?

In a previous thread you ask why people take the bus to Bangkok instead of a taxi. Now you ask about the bus to Pattaya. What drugs are you on? Bus (coach) to Pattaya goes from Ekkamai down south on Sukhumvit road (BTS Ekkamai).

If I knew. Try and error? My last FAX was about 10 years ago from an internet cafe in Pattaya. Tips about printers with FAX: nice but how many here have an "analog" telephone connection? Installation of new ones for private users has been ended as far as I know.

You should study German government health organization They collected COVID data and sent it via FAX to the headquarters where they were typed into a database. Statistics way behind reality. No sending FAX on the weekend. Similar applies to other organizations in the country.

Am I on your ignore list? Even added a picture of the shop. Why not give it try? Other posters also gave advice where you still might find a tradition FAX service. The endless "FAX service on internet" tips might be useless if the bank really expects a proper FAX with sender number (from Thailand?).

"Observances" are not holidays. Summer solstice is not a holiday even in Thailand. Maybe in Sweden .

Do they still offer the service or is it just a forgotten sign? (in the past almost all internet cafes offered FAX) There is an "internet cafe" (one of the few remaining) on South Pattaya rd. opposite the T-junction of Soi Buakhao. Right of the Advice shop (further right is Tukcom). Try your luck.

No. If you like you can discuss this in the Thai language forum.

You don't know the mom&pop shop in my village The lady would not understand 1/2inch (niu krueng). Even after pointing to the designation on the pipe she insisted its "si hun". And that the pipe is by no way a 1/2 inch pipe but just a "symbolic"/trade name is another topic.

When I stay in Pattaya I mostly drive a rented scooter. Car parks at the hotel for few planned trips if any. Preferably early morning. Just read from another poster about the last weekend (4th May) with 2 hour gridlock on 2nd rd/central. How not to ride. Poor guy on a disability three wheeler.

Yes, xe.com. https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=EUR&To=THB Now at 39.587 As I use WISE for transfer I also look there, very close (39.5839).

EUR note rates from first round: Bangkok Bank 38.87 SCB 38.95 Krungsri 39.05 Kasikorn 38.89 That fits my experience. Kasikorn and BKB worst. Krungsri best. Foreign exchange rate 39.607 So quite a margin.

No. In major upcountry cities there are specialized changers which might offer a few satang more. What currency and amount are you thinking of? To profit from travelling to Bangkok/Pattaya or the like it should be no less than 50000 Euro cash equiv.

Exactly that. And for private/small deals there is no real time stuff involved. Only for real high amounts the branches are obliged to check back with the headquarter (as shown on fine print at Bangkok Bank). They usually do 3 or 4 rounds per day. First one is about 8:30h. Just looked at SCB and Bangkok Bank EUR rates. Assuming it's about bank notes! not electronic transfer. Difference is in the 0.05 Baht range better for SCB. Never paid any fee for money exchange in Thailand. Profit is always in the rate.

It is indeed exceptional that the download is (so much) worse than the upload. Maybe the network is overloaded in your area. You can only hope that True/DTAC is better. Some posters recommend "NT Thunder" which I don't much about. Just did another test here: 47 / 40. Quite normal.

Some nice examples in Thailand. 680 ml bottles of beer shrinking to 620 nowadays and less alcohol content. (allegedly a legal limit) Singha came out with an 0.5 l bottle (still on the shelfs?). 330 (333) ml cans of soft drink now 325. MAKRO manages the other way: 6 croissants instead of 4 but much higher price. Similar for some chocolate cake thing. Just seem an obviously "small" diet Pepsi can with 245 ml. All for your health For all examples you need a calc to find out what happened.

Wonderful world of non metrics Thailand is 90% metric. 90%: still using PSI and some other confusing stuff (water in 5 gallon containers) and water pipes in most confusing mix of inch and old Chinese measures ("hun").