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I agree. That's one of the scarier aspects of Thailand's drive to control all through a single gateway. What they'll have with a single gateway is a single point failure node for the entire Thailand Internet backbone. Almost guaranteed some Thai IT guy is going to fat finger something sooner, rather than later, and crash the entire Thai Internet.

With apologies to monkeyman for the TF, saw on another board an announcement that Samran has signed the Inner Soul Band to play Thursday thru Sunday, 8:30 pm to 11 pm beginning on the 21st.

Just started the series. One episode in and I'm hooked. Using 123movies.is to watch the series.

Good info. Just checked two invoices from past trips to BHP and see where they've recorded my patient number. Always carry a copy of my passport and insurance card, even on exercise runs, so hopefully prepared if the elephant ever sits on my chest, or more likely somchai runs me off the road.

I'm guessing the "BHP number" is a way to preregister your insurance information with the hospital? If so, is it just a matter of going to the admitting counter and presenting insurance and passport documents?

I was curious about the maze at the SCC intersection a BM on another forum reported on. So had a look a closer look at the intersection this afternoon. Looks to me like the smaller paths are for pedestrians crossing Suk. These pics were taken with SCC at my back. Looks like there will be two footpaths on either side of SCC that merge into one and cross northbound Suk at the police box. Just south of the SCC intersection the U Turn is now open to both motorbikes and vehicles. That will make it a bit easier getting to darkside from the brightside. Construction barriers are also coming out on the southbound side of Suk.

First of the decorative panels on the underpass in place. Wonder if this is just a see how it looks test as I didn't see any materials laying around that would indicate they're going to put more of the same up. Light post decorations are going up too. Although I have to agree with another BM; this being Pattaya, a bit of chrome on the light posts and go go lady caricatures might be more appropriate. Resurfacing work continues And shinny new lights getting installed And here's how the approach to north side entrance is shaping up.

Today's update. Looking south. Looks like work on the rebuild of the Klang intersection has begun. View to the north. If you're on a motorbike, you can squeeze through the barricades and make a U turn from north bound to south bound at the SCC intersection.

Did my extension last month. Same experience as jacko. Jomtien Immigration to their credit runs a very efficient operation. That efficiency though is dependent on ex-pats coming prepared. In my case I was two numbers from being called, but cooled my heels for around 20 minutes while the two buffoons ahead of me were sent away to get copies made of their passport pages. Would have been nice if the ladies at the information counter had caught that and not issued a number, or the immigration official dealt with the next customer in line while the unprepared were sent away to make copies. I was also further amazed that one the two couldn't understand that the ticket number he was given was to collect his passport the next day. He wasted another couple of minutes time questioning the immigration official, until the official got tired of him and just ignored him. To keep him from further delaying me I even tried explaining. He was a native English speaker and he still couldn't understand; fucking clueless. It's a pretty straight forward process to get an extension, and if you come prepared the time spent with the immigration official is less than 5 minutes.

Noticed they moved the barricades in north of the walkover bridge, so thought I'd get another photo update posted. Looking to the north from the walkover bridge, looks like they're working on the finishing touches. Same with the north side underpass entrance. South of the walkover construction isn't quite as far along with one gap in the underpass roof to concrete over. And a bit of cleanup needed on the south side entrance.

Congratulations on an apparently seamless transition to the new server. Given all the possible problems you might have encountered on the switch, that's quite an accomplishment.

I read somewhere the expected completion date is Feb, 2017. From the state of the current construction progress they just might finish it on time.

For all you armchair walkers, another photo update for you. South end of construction. For those traveling north, nice jog in the road. No idea what for though. North end of construction. Lot of traffic coming into Pattaya this afternoon. Siesta time, salon time for the workers. New pedestrian bridge looking pretty good. Electric is still a bit close for comfort though. Access gates are closed, so no mtn bike ride today for up close and personal shots. Zoom will have to do. Can see light at the end of the tunnel for this project.

Word of warning when getting the bank draft, make sure it's a bank draft and not a cashier's check. Heard today a few showed up at the embassy outreach with a cashier's check and were sent away to get a bank draft. No idea why it should matter.

Wish I could modify the thread title to Excellence In Thai Engineering/Thinking. Just got the following email from Kasikorn which had me laughing.

She may have been correct. Just checked and the site is now up again.

Just tried with IE and same error message.

Price is right for Brothers Karamazov on Amazon... free. No excuse for anyone with a Kindle or computer to not give it a try, including me. Edited to add: I must have caught Amazon on a generous day. Just checked and the price is now $1.99.

For those using US Embassy outreach services, just got the following email. Love the bureaucracy and the hoops we have to jump through to comply. Please be advised the U.S. embassy will no longer accept cash (U.S. Dollars and Thai Baht) at Outreach Events for American Citizen Services. This is a worldwide policy, and no exceptions can be considered. All future payments at U.S. Embassy Outreach Events must be made in the form of a BANK DRAFT · Purchased from Bangkok Bank, Kasikorn Bank, or Siam Commercial Bank (SCB). o You do not need an account at the bank to purchase a bank draft. · Purchased in advance. · Made out to the “American Embassy Bangkok.” · In the exact amount of Thai Baht (THB) for your total service. · At the official embassy exchange rate at the time of the outreach. o Fees and exchange rates will be included in individual outreach announcements and posted on our website. · Submitted at the time of service.Please be advised the U.S. embassy will no longer accept cash (U.S. Dollars and Thai Baht) at Outreach Events for American Citizen Services. This is a worldwide policy, and no exceptions can be considered. All future payments at U.S. Embassy Outreach Events must be made in the form of a BANK DRAFT · Purchased from Bangkok Bank, Kasikorn Bank, or Siam Commercial Bank (SCB). o You do not need an account at the bank to purchase a bank draft. · Purchased in advance. · Made out to the “American Embassy Bangkok.” · In the exact amount of Thai Baht (THB) for your total service. · At the official embassy exchange rate at the time of the outreach. o Fees and exchange rates will be included in individual outreach announcements and posted on our website. · Submitted at the time of service.

They're doing quite a bit of shoulder work on Suk topside. That work and the construction of the police box makes me think they just might make a March opening date. Here's my first pic of the start of construction from 11 Jan, 2015, so not quite two years. For those that would like a photo trip down memory lane, I've uploaded all my photos to Flickr.

And photos of the work going on to the south of the pedestrian bridge. Looks like construction has started on a new police box at the top of Klang. Shouldn't be long now before the new pedestrian bridge is open. The workers on the south entrance were a little put out seeing a farang come flying by on a mtn bike. But I got my shots and quickly exited so all was good.

Photo update from this afternoon. First shots of the work north of the pedestrian bridge. Not much to see on top. But with a mtn bike and riding like I belong there we can get a peek of the work going on below.

Good info. I'll add that using direct deposit of Soc Sec to a US bank, you can then use ACH to transfer money whenever you need it to the New York branch of Bangkok Bank. For those that missed it, good thread on International transfers (American Bank to Thai Bank)

Classic. Where was this pic taken?

What time would you recommend?