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by GroveHillWanderer
Tue May 21, 2024 5:04 pm
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: Hua Hin hospital special medical clinic
Replies: 151
Views: 20345

Re: Hua Hin hospital special medical clinic

LOL, it's where it's always been. Only difference is you can't use the comfy sofas any longer. BB, do your know what's the deal with the SMC these days? I've gone up to the 5th floor twice now in recent weeks and each time they're sent me straight down to the after hours clinic next to the emergenc...
by GroveHillWanderer
Mon May 20, 2024 5:15 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Climate change could force Thailand to move its capital
Replies: 13
Views: 927

Re: Climate change could force Thailand to move its capital

Thailand may have to consider relocating its capital Bangkok because of rising sea levels, a senior official in the country's climate change office said on Wednesday. Projections consistently show that low-lying Bangkok risks being inundated by the ocean before the end of the century. Much of the b...
by GroveHillWanderer
Thu May 16, 2024 6:37 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Replies: 1917
Views: 378500

Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread

Is there not a good chance that if/when the world doesn't need oil anymore, the lithium producers will become all-powerful, and put stupid prices on lithium? We've seen the oil giants control prices for years. Will it not be human nature to see similar controls put on the mining of lithium? There a...
by GroveHillWanderer
Sun May 12, 2024 4:33 pm
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: Renewing a UK passport in Thailand
Replies: 125
Views: 17992

Re: Renewing a UK passport in Thailand

I am to visit, VFS (Thailand) Ltd. The Shoppes at Belle Grand Rama 9, 131/1,141/1, Unit BS003 – BS003/1, 1st Floor, Rama 9, Huay Kwang, Bangkok 10310 To get a new UK passport. Any ideas as to car parking. Maybe park in near by multi story and get a taxi. Or better on site. Regards Can't speak from ...
by GroveHillWanderer
Sat May 11, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand
Replies: 4756
Views: 474307

Re: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand

thecolonel wrote: Sat May 11, 2024 1:42 pm
GroveHillWanderer wrote:Thunder and heavy rain in Nong Kae area again - started about ten minutes ago.
Where in Nong Kae? Bluport? Or further South?

Sent from my M2007J20CG using Tapatalk
A little bit south of BlúPort, and north of Arena Hua Hin.
by GroveHillWanderer
Sat May 11, 2024 11:25 am
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand
Replies: 4756
Views: 474307

Re: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand

Thunder and heavy rain in Nong Kae area again - started about ten minutes ago.
by GroveHillWanderer
Wed May 08, 2024 12:18 pm
Forum: Coronavirus/Covid-19
Topic: Covid-19 News & Updates (Thailand and Southeast Asia only)
Replies: 5745
Views: 344854

Re: Covid-19 News & Updates (Thailand and Southeast Asia only)

FWIW, a recent study carries some interesting data showing that metformin, a safe, easily-available and cheap medication appears to have a favorable effect on COVID-19 viral load and subsequent outcomes. According to this study: Metformin reduced the odds of hospitalizations/death through 28 days by...
by GroveHillWanderer
Tue May 07, 2024 4:59 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand
Replies: 4756
Views: 474307

Re: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand

GroveHillWanderer wrote: Tue May 07, 2024 1:54 pm Heavy rain in Soi 106 starting @ 13:52.
Stayed heavy for about half an hour then settled down to a steady drizzle and has remained that way ever since.

Certainly comes as a welcome relief after the last month or so of absolutely sweltering temperatures.
by GroveHillWanderer
Tue May 07, 2024 1:54 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand
Replies: 4756
Views: 474307

Re: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand

Heavy rain in Soi 106 starting @ 13:52.
by GroveHillWanderer
Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Replies: 1917
Views: 378500

Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread

Pattaya launches electric baht-buses to tackle long-term pollution https://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-launches-electric-baht-buses-to-tackle-long-term-pollution-459186 "PATTAYA, Thailand – In a bid to revolutionize public transportation and combat pollution, Pattaya City took a significa...
by GroveHillWanderer
Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:22 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Songkran 2024 Road Accidents
Replies: 20
Views: 2758

Re: Songkran 2024 Road Accidents

making them the ninth most dangerous in the world, according to research by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Ninth? Wow ... there are eight countries where more than 385 people are killed on the roads every week? (I thought Thailand topped the list) :shock: I can't find a set of WHO data that p...
by GroveHillWanderer
Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:05 pm
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: The journey to a Yellow Book in Hua Hin
Replies: 119
Views: 35391

Re: The journey to a Yellow Book in Hua Hin

I’ve just checked and like you BB, my pink ID name is in Thai and yet my wife’s ID name is in English!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I have to say, I've seen this mentioned a few times now and it always strikes me as singularly odd. A Thai person gets their name written in English (and Thai, ...
by GroveHillWanderer
Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:53 pm
Forum: Entertainment Zone
Topic: TV series worth watching/downloading
Replies: 2345
Views: 219699

Re: TV series worth watching/downloading

If anyone is as crazy as me and wants to watch the subtitled 30 part Chinese adaptation of Three Body download the VIKI WEBRip, not the AMZN one, as the AMZN subtitles miss whole scenes, like when an actor's thoughts are being spoken, and also words shown onscreen like computer screens, phone messa...
by GroveHillWanderer
Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:12 pm
Forum: Entertainment Zone
Topic: TV series worth watching/downloading
Replies: 2345
Views: 219699

Re: TV series worth watching/downloading

If anyone is as crazy as me and wants to watch the subtitled 30 part Chinese adaptation of Three Body download the VIKI WEBRip, not the AMZN one, as the AMZN subtitles miss whole scenes, like when an actor's thoughts are being spoken, and also words shown onscreen like computer screens, phone messa...
by GroveHillWanderer
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:09 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand
Replies: 4756
Views: 474307

Re: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand

Absolute downpour at the moment - thunder, lightning, the works.