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Some are lucky like me. 5 hours until approval today. Others not. A mate living nearby always gets reject without comment. And that after it worked for him in the past. And even worse: no one at KK office is willing or capable to tell what the problem is. The guy has never left the country or moved residence since about 15 years!

https://aseannow.com/topic/1309606-clear-notifications/ Might produce more duplicates.

Fine, so the sheiks can drive electric solar powered and have more oil left over to exp(t)ort.

Same further east

(noticed post above too late) Are you serious? A Tunisian kills two arbitrary Swedish football fans in Brussels? He is on the flight but 99% identified from a confession video on the net. Claiming to be inspired by ISIS. Swedes targeted as revenge for Koran burning in Sweden. A denied asylum seeker that should have been evicted. Same s.it everywhere.

When did you last hear the anthem at 6 PM and people "freezing"?

Sounds like a necessary measure with the repeated cloud error messages.

The rule set/laws/taxes regarding motor traffic is a complete outdated joke. Don't know where to start. Instead of shuffling billions around to manipulate fuel prices encourage people to buy fuel saving cars and don't advantage bulky Diesel pickups. Some of the most boring "mix" of vehicles on the roads. Comes just after Afghanistan ????

Bangkok prices. Prices for rest of country easily 0.50 Baht higher, islands maybe more. Diesel price fixed by subsidies/preferences at the expense of petrol/gasoline users.

On the other hand, who wouldn't want to escape from that:

And those who come from other cold countries in Europe have to fight with the electronic tourist visa application to beg for 60 days (proof of residence, accommodation in Thailand, flight booking, financials bla bla). Worse for 90 day Non-O with health insurance. The non PC savvy often can't get it right without help. Completely outrageous a.. kissing. How many legit Russian tourists with their devalued currency have the money for a 90 day family holiday? Everybody knows what they are fleeing from and their "innovative ideas" to finance the stay.

No. Same like ID card, driving license: picture taken with digital camera at the office. Bio-metric data incl. fingerprint and iris scan(?) is transmitted electronically to Bangkok office.

I just checked for mid to end November.

Check hotel bookings after mid November for popular hotels. I was a bit perplexed. Maybe I am spoiled from my tours during COVID.

Average pension for Swiss male is about 50000 CHF/year. Well over 4000 CHF/month. Exchange rate about 40. Expect more Swiss on Phuket or Samui????

Quite a number. Swiss pioneering Pattaya in the early years with restaurants and some bars (Soi Diamond, Soi 7 area). With the extremely overrated Swiss Franc and the average pension Swiss have a good standard here. Might drive tears to some British pensioners in comparison.

Absolutely. More like a tourist assistance. Nothing targeted to expats.

Occasionally you read about some celebrity staying in a high end resort in Phuket or renting villas. All in the upper 5 digit Thai Baht per day.

Some years ago a guy photo-shopped his Thai pink ID card to proof his argument. Too bad he didn't know that there is checksum which didn't match in his photo-shop If only it was that easy with all the squabblers.

Towards Khon Kaen and Udon Thani there are road blocks on an arbitrary basis. They have laser speed checking devices before the checkpoints. So besides the usual tax/overloaded trucks they make good money from speed violations. 1000 Baht is the minimum fine now. But as most checkpoints are at fixed locations the experienced locals aren't bothered.

Camp ground is the minimum standard to look for. Some organized site. There is overnight camping/sleeping in tents in the national parks. But I never saw that for the beaches.

Thailand is still comparably safe for tourists in terms of crime. But sleeping in a tent on the beach? No thanks. I can't comment on the legality.

If you try to use an "open" WiFi (often the case at public/hotel WiFi) the app fails silently. Just does not come up. SCB is paranoid with their security measures. No (copy) paste (sooo convenient for account no. etc). Developer functions on Android must be turned off. Still the worst/ugliest of the Thai banking apps that I have (Bangkok Bank, Kasikorn, SCB). They are still not able to setup face recognition for foreign passport holders. Stupidos. So after a lenghty talk to customer service in Bangkok (me sitting at the branch) I got a waiver. So far so mediocre. Didn't even notice the "French touch" until now : Open issue: two days ago I wanted to do card-less withdrawal. Enter my phone number at the ATM and get some "not registered for ..." message. Worked before. Phone number used since years for internet banking. I am just too lazy for another branch visit with passport and bankbook and receive some blank stares and discussion among the staff

That's what I understand is their intention. When logged in with your Google account they will notice you using adblockers and sooner or later they might lock your account out from youtube. What browser are you using and what device? Above I described a method which seems too complicated for some. It's basically using an alternate browser that is free any blockers (logging in to your Google account) and just search/browse for videos that interest you (from your subscribed channels e.g.) Copy link (no need to open video) and watch video in yet another browser named "Brave" in incognito mode. So far it works fine. Next resort: copy link and use a down-loader like "WinX".

They don't on my X app on Android. Exactly like in the OP. Is it about the app version? Mine comes as "Version 2" only?