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5 for me too.

Just pre-ordered my on-board main meal and have gone for the Pollock, caraway sauce, oyster mushrooms and creamy crozets pasta.

Went to visit my mum last night and she didn't fancy cooking so she ordered a delivery from the chippy on her phone.  Pretty good going for an 86 year old I thought.

Only just.

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5 minutes ago, fygjam said:

I could.

Was that Nord VPN or another one?  There's a few mentioned on line as being recommended but I don't know what's current.

14 minutes ago, Glasseye said:

With Nord they display a server map throughout the World. Pick one and you are routed there within fractions of seconds. If something doesn't seem right with the one you pick, pick a different one.

If a mate tells you about a certain vid they are watching on YT, but you can't get it.... switch to a server in the country friend is accessing and boom, there it is.

But as alluded to above, if someone is serious about blocking VPNs they will do it.

The UK lottery seems to be quite adept at it so can you set Nord to the UK and see if you can access this site?

https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/

There are mixed reports on line.

21 hours ago, forcebwithu said:

I've occasionally used TeamViewer on my son's computer back in the States to avoid having my Thai IP address logged.

I connect to my mum's laptop sometimes using TeamViewer but never thought to use it like that.

Any organisation who is serious about it can detect a VPN and do something about it, but most aren't serious or don't pay enough to keep up to date in the gane of chase.  If you have a trusted friend/family member in the location you want to look like being in, then set up a personal one on their premises.

On 3/15/2024 at 10:06 AM, thumper63 said:

Just before covid hit. I had my flights made and was in the process of booking hotels when it started getting scary and I decided to wait an see. Was that 2020 or 2021? I can't really remember.

March 2020.  I was due to be here for 2 months and ended up staying 18 months.

On 3/15/2024 at 11:29 AM, Zambo said:

Nice hands . . . .

Beads are a bit gay though. 🙂

Never tried it myself, but I've read pointing a laser pen at them spooks them.

Songkran events around Chonburi district.

So Wordle now wants you to create an account to see your stats.  Sorry, no way.

9 hours ago, Derek Dangleberries said:

Dare I ask how much ???

11.99 Euro for the meal deal consisting of the lasagne, coke and a snack (Twix for me).  Due to the delay, Ryanair were responsible for providing care so I claimed from them and they'd agreed to pay it within an hour of me submitting the claim.

Wouldn't normally eat on a Ryanair flight but had a long delay so was hungry.  Lasagne "meal deal" and it looked quite good. Unfortunately when I dug into it it must have been all of 5mm deep.

Escape in Treetown closed for good I hear.

Many jobs while still at school without an official wage packet but always had money in my pocket.  Delivering papers and milk, picking potatoes, petrol station attendant, super-trooper spotlight operator in the Carnegie Hall (UK version not USA), berry picking, car parking steward at local events, maybe more.

I kept up the theatre lighting for several years after starting work full time as it was a real money spinner for not much work.  Also bar work including father in law's bar and a couple of town centre bars near me.

Setting up a new Win11 laptop and transferring everything from the old one.  What a pain in the butt.

Departed BKK on Saturday morning. Check-in area was mobbed and even Business Class check-in, security and immigration had queues, albeit only a few minutes each.

Immigration had moved from where I remember to the very end of the concourse past "W" check-in desks. Exiting there took me behind the regular immigration desks and there was no queues there.

A couple of event listings for March.

Never saw the race but saw the Christian Horner evidence folder. I wonder what he's given the missus to turn a blind eye to that.

17 hours ago, Yesitisdakid said:

So those transfers obviously are not going to show up is coming in from out of the country I wonder how the tax people will deal with this.

The "Common Reporting Standard" requires the sharing of information between countries' banks.  If they ever decide to audit you (unlikely) they would see the money leaving your bank to Wise and the same amount (converted to THB) arriving in your Thai bank.  It would be a reasonably obvious trail.

Thailand signed up to the CRS last year.