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MOPH’s plan to rub out illicit activities in Thai massage shops
wouldn't it make more sense to clean up first the corruption among the criminals within the own government? -
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Swedish elderly arrested in Thailand for serious crime
Probably just ran a red light. -
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EV Charging Stations (CS)
Well, here's my experience today in trying to use the free/reduced charging for old BYD customers. Went to the nearest ReverSharger DC charger to me here in Bangkok (only a few minutes away at a Shell station). Simply could not get it to start charging....when scanning the charger's QR code the ReverSharger app kept saying something along the lines of: "Invalid charger/QR code." Didn't matter whether you scanned the QR code or selected the charger in the app. I completely started from scratch several times (i.e., diconnect/reconnect the charging cable, etc). So, I assumed the charger was defective. Just when I was backing out to go to another charger a Thai guy in another Atto pulled in....I watched him for about 3 minutes and could tell he was running into the same problem I experienced...I then went an talked to him for about a minute to confirm he couldn't get the charger to work either. So, we both left. I now went to the next closest ReverSharger also at another Shell station. I had better luck at this charger but ultimately I did not get any "free charging"...my credit card got charged twice as I tried charging two times. . During the first charging attempt/session I did get a pop-up on the app to complete the Tax Information menu where I used my Thai Pink ID card number...accepted no problem....then it continued on to authorize "Plug & Charge." Ok, now we are cooking....the charger started charging. I let it charge for a few minutes and when wanting to stop the charging even though I would press the Stop icon on the charger display and a similar icon on the app it simply would not stop. And when scanning the QR code on the charger which is part of the start and stop process instead of getting some type of indication the scanning of the QR code successfully occurred what would happen you would just need to scan the code for about 10 seconds (i.e., keep the phone camera on the QR code for about 10 seconds) before you would "hear" the charger reacting that it had successfully scanned the code...and about 10 more seconds later the charger display indicated it had stopped. And at the end of the charging session my credit card was indeed charged. OK, I look at my ReverSharger app Wallet and at the bottom the "Privilege of free charging thru 3 Jan 2025 is now showing and marked active." So, I shouldn't have got charged but I did...and no other transaction record anywhere like in Wallet History saying there was an offsetting credit. I checked my credit card online acct the charge had indeed occurred. I now think that maybe the 1st charging session during which the free charging privilige was activated that it just didn't work for the first charge. So, I try a second charging session only for about a half a minute and once again my credit card was charged....no free charging I emailed ReverSharger Customer support identifying the problem with snapshots from the app showing the free charging privilege was active and the two credit card payment/receipts. That was about 6 hours ago....mid day Friday. No response as early Friday night around 8pm. And in the Rever Automotive app I told them what happenned and once again asked why no free charging for 12 months as being talked in newspapers. I got a response within about an hour saying once again the current promotion only gives free charging to Group 1 folks till 3 Jan 2025 (i.e., 5 months of free charging)...this is there group I'm in since I bought by Atto before 31 Dec 2023. Group 2 which is for folks who bought BYD's between 1 Jan-4 Jul 2024 get free charging only until 30 Sep 2024 and then a reduced rate to Bt4 per charge (I think they really mean Bt4/KWH but in their response to me they say Bt4 per charge) from 1 Oct 2024 to 3 Jan 2025. Group 3 which is for folks who bought/buy BYDs between 5 Jul 2024 till 31 Aug 2024 don't get any free charging and just get a reduced rate to Bt4 per charge (I think they really mean Bt4/KWH) from 1 Aug 2024 till 3 Jan 2025. Yeap, after asking Rever Automotice yesterday about the free charging for 12 months which they answered yesterday and asking them again today where they gave a longer answer that really said the same as their response yesterday the free charging for "certain BYD owners" only applies thru 3 Jan 2025....that is according the 3 groups I talked above. And as I mentioned early in this post where I should have got free charging in my two charging sesssions today I did "not"....still awaiting ReverSharger Customer Support answer---not to be confused with the Rever Automotive Customer Support answers. I also tried calling ReverSharger Customer Service but when you press the button for English language you immediately get a recording saying your "Call has been acknowleged and they'll call back" with an immediate hangup at that point. And they don't allow you to leave a voice mail as to why you are calling...I guess they just record your number and they are suppose to call back later to ask why you called. I called yesterday for some info and today regarding the two credit card charges and got the same response both times of "Call has been acknowledged and they'll call back" and then it immediately hangs up. Summary of today: Couldn't get the first ReverSharger charger to work....got the second charger at another Shell station to work and my free charging privilige activated...BUT there was no free charging as my credit card was charged for both charging sessions. Now, "maybe" there is the possibility the two credit card charges which are currently in Pending status (standard practice for credit card purchases) may not move to Posted status and simply disappear in a few days which would mean the charging sessions turned out to be free after all, BUT that's only a hope right now as my gut is telling me the charges will move from Pending to Posted status within a few business days. Time will tell...maybe ReverSharger Customer Support will respond and come to the rescue. -
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Harris Confronts Trump’s Remarks on Her Identity with Calls for Unity and Respect
Recoiling? Well, anyway, if you are stating that you reject semantics, in some cases, then you are certainly in good company. I guess you are stating that Syntax is more important than Semantics. However, I think that both are important. Why? Just examine the meaning and usage of the world 'recoil', and to 'recoil from', etc. It is probably not possible to recoil TOWARD or TO something. If you get my drift, then you will see that both Syntax and Semantics is important for communication using any spoken/written language, such as English, and many others. Correct? -
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Outrage Sparked in Thailand Over Apple's 'Out of Office' Advert
(In my best John McEnroe impression): You cannot be serious… I’m dead😆 Never mind bro! -
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Swedish elderly arrested in Thailand for serious crime
Not heard from Gottfrid for a couple of days....... -
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Phuket Overstay Crackdown Nets Seven Foreign Nationals
Because, they're corrupt, incompetent and lazy. Oh yes and did I mention at grass roots level to the top they're corrupt? 😂 (The brown envelope manufacturer in Thailand must have a really good income)! -
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Electric Vehicles in Thailand
2010 Suburu Forrester with harness. OEM new as expected with an EV battery. -
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U.S. Government Boarding Schools Linked to Deaths of 973 Native American Children
Because most ethnic minorities like their cultural heritage and embrace it. Italians ANYWHERE in the world are proud of their ethnic heritage and own it. It took them a long time for them, and the Irish, to be perceived by the puritanical English as even white, much less peers. Why shouldn't they embrace it? -
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90-day report must be in person after each re-entry?
JOMTIEN! In regards to filing a new TM30, when I return March, next day went since I heard different opinions on reporting. Told not necessary if on a Imm-O and returning to same address. 90 days fast forward " rejected " went down submitted paperwork including old TM30, no problems.- 1
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MOPH’s plan to rub out illicit activities in Thai massage shops
I recall many moons ago, these kind of nonsensical statements of X problem being cleared up in 60-90 days were common place. Obviously, for anyone with half a brain, such claims were ridiculous and stood up to around half a second of critical assessment. It did seem to me that over the years, such statements had been on the wane. It unfortunately seems they are back in favour with the current government. That doesn't reflect positively on either the politicians making such ridiculous claims, or an electorate that appears comfortable to accept them. I do worry about the future for Thailand....one feels major changes are needed. -
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Nasal COVID-19 vaccine halts transmission
Well, it's been approved in India...but in doing some searching, I couldn't readily find much of any indication of to what extent it's actually been / being used there. The Washington University announcements seem pretty quiet on that point. Likewise, in doing some searching, I found Phase III trial data that mostly involved the India nasal vaccine impact in the blood work of humans against the original first COVID variant that arose in China... and nothing relating to the current crop of COVID virus variants. I also was unable to find any studies that compared the nasal vaccine's actual impact on preventing illness and blocking transmission in human populations vs other vaccines such as the mRNA ones in comparable human populations (as opposed to just measuring their respective bloodwork immunity indicators). -
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Distressed Woman Rescued From Sea By Tourists In Pattaya
Wow, you're turning the Pattaya forum into your own personal breaking news site...if only there was an actual news sub-forum for people who want to look at unhappy news...oh wait, there is! -
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Harris Confronts Trump’s Remarks on Her Identity with Calls for Unity and Respect
And now, you are beginning a lecture in Psychology, and the dynamics of projection? -
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Uk non o processing time
you could actually get 150 days out of a tourist visa if married and were careful when you applied for the extensions. Or the same with a visa exempt entry. There are many options , you can take your pick
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