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And you have taken the effort to read the full article? I doubt it. Drunk as a skunk and

Proper low loaders are a rare sight in Thailand. Only real professional companies (like Mamooth) seem to have them. It always frightens me to see such heavy machinery on a normal high truck bed. If it's not brake failure it is simply thrown off in a bend (combined with the narrow bed).

And in the end they will all have their limits. Example: "The shop is open from 10:00 to 10:00 every day." Spoken: "the shop is open from 10'o clock to 10'o clock every day. Translation to German no better from 10 to 10. The Thai text used the traditional time of four o'clock in the evening ("si tum") which is 10 PM or 22:00h.

Agree about SayHi. Quite good. Like it better than Google translate. And as it is from the Amazon empire it is obviously not Google related. It can do voice and text input, gives original text ("understood") and translated text (Thai script) and voice output. How well the the Thai voice output is understood? I don't have sampled enough experience with that. Also haven't done much about Thai speaker to English. In addition I use a paid (German/Thai) dictionary which splits the Thai text to words and has perfect pronunciation by native Thai speaker.

If one happens to come by an AIS service center they also have self service machines to do the 20 Baht topup. And as written you have to do it in multiple 20 Baht steps.

The main branches ("roadside") are closed. The micro branches in shopping centers/malls/airports etc. are usually open. Best you give more detail where you are and what service you might expect on Monday.

Similar for me. But the case in the OP is different as announced for Tuesday. I sent EUR to Bangkok Bank, purpose for long stay and receive next weekday at 2:xx PM. When I send on Friday it is Monday. But as others wrote coming Monday March 6 is a public/bank holiday. I am fortunate enough that I don't drain my funds to zero, so a day or two doesn't hit me.

That's consistent with what I find on the net for my usual place. Only few categories/dates where it is booked. Plan to drive there without reservation. Just a few phone calls on the go. Before COVID I once did this end of February and had quite a stress to find a room.

Oh really

I use it since years for EUR to THB (Bangkok Bank). As the EUR was going steep up I just initiated a transfer. As usual I declare for long term stay and money will be in account at about 2 PM tomorrow shown as FTT (foreign transfer). Like a clockwork except that last month for the first time there was an extra one day delay which made me nervous. WISE excused for the delay and gave a me discount on fee for next transfer (about 8 EUR). If the EUR continues steep until early tomorrow morning I can cancel the transfer and start again or wait.

There are questions where I am unsure whether the emoticon has been left out. Can't be serious.

Up to three months ahead. I was in the same situation with motorcycle license. Expiring 12 March midst in planned travel. So I extended on 18 January for another 5 years until March 2028.

A lot of nonsense about "NE". Of course it is about Isan (Isaan, ... countless transcripts). And like it or not it is often referred as the North East. Not a geography lesson. Isan is the Korat plateau. Culturally closer to Laos than to the Siamese masters/conquerors. Of course Korat is Isan, what else. An PM P is about the most hated person up here.

I just let it run on the mobile for a minute and it was fine. But as usual with such grey stuff you have nowhere to complain if it isn't good. As far as I know BBC world news is on some Thai satellite payTV package. In the past there were few occasions of blocking certain content about Thai royalty.

Found some recent articles in German news sources about the risk of mutation so transmission from human to human might become possible. Make of it what you like. Hopefully not "COVID nextGen". A problem for animal farming is it anyway. Mass culling etc. Rising prices.

This morning I receive an email from WISE with an excuse for the last delayed transfer. So that's about 1130 EUR free transfer worth about 8 EUR. Now waiting for the EUR to break the iron wall at 37 Baht. A big player must sit and hit the button at 36.9x to bring it down

Election preparations gain momentum.

Much confusing. "tax man" seems to refer to a test station for the annual inspection (yellow cogwheel). "local tax man" would mean DLT office which does not inspect a car for annual tax payment. Sounds to me like the test station (private workshop, yellow cogwheel)? Color change (respray) not allowed?? You urgently need a translator. You can change the color but then have the car inspected at the DLT(!) for the color change (only) and have it changed in the blue book (car registration). That does not cost xxxxx Baht. As others suggest: look for another test station (many around/close by every DLT. A person with basic knowledge of English(?)/Thai would be helpful.

Can you provide the link for the stream that you watch? I could be wrong but is BBC officially providing a live stream?

Stunning that some posters have no idea that 1500 a day is good money for the common people here. Looking from the condo seems to blur the view.

Very true. It makes me nervous to see a huge pitbull being out in the fields where others dogs have their territory. This pitbull is generally a calm dog but when the fight for the bitches is on heaven help! He enjoys some dry food from me for a change:

So bye to Thaismile. Now expect either real low cost service (everything cost extra from starting price) or prices rising sharply. After COVID the experience was getting worse. Short notice reschedule, hour long delays plus the slow bag handling at Suvarnabhumi. Next month will go by car although I don't love it.

When I watched this eLearning, there were subtitles for the parts spoken in Thai. Did you enter the website through the "Foreigner" option and register with your passport number? I don't remember the exact steps.

Mostly yes. That's me the crazy farang One of the three walking/cycling with or without a leash and otherwise keeping all three on the property. Never ever saw a villager walk his dog. Just some take them on their sidecar/truck bed out to the fields when working.

Mae Sot might have been in the news as opened but as mentioned the OP is about Mae Sai in the far north.