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Do you mean megawatt HOURS as a megawatt is a megajoule PER SECOND

Brown envelopes? A comfortable retirement methinks

OK we moved my wifes daughter to the UK when she was seven years old (didn't speak a word of English). Luckily we had a good school around the corner and they put her on "special needs" and within a couple of years she was speaking with a West London accent. I didn't go down the road of adoption as I had been supporting her since she was three years old, and I regard her as my daughter - she's in our wills, changed her surname when she got naturalized (now British) and didn't see the point of the paper work - she IS my daughter. Plus adoption in the UK you will get examined by social workers looking for anything to say "no". Your problem is your children are MUCH older but you say they have a good level of English which will be a great help. But as everybody else has said, you'd better move quick.

Eh yeah - it's hot season. Tuesday was in 40 degreees of heat and flew to Switzerland - bloody snowing! Three degrees at best. Often in the summer the weather in Switzerland is hotter than than it is in Thailand. Any chance we can stop OVER-REACTING when it gets a little warm?

Flew back to Europe a couple of days ago (Thai Airways) - instead of overflying Iran we took a detour which extended the flight by a good hour at least - went over Pakistan

Teflon-coated?

When I say "dentures" I think I mean a bridge - a plastic prosthetic that clips on - couple of thousand baht.

Don't bother - just get the tooth pulled out. The crown ("cap") will be broken in ten years anyway and you'll have a never ending story of the tooth being drilled down to nothing to fit a new crown (aka "cap") Then get a denture fitted.

Would using a VPN work?

As Jesus said "Let they who are without sin, cast the first stone". "Put that rock down Mother!"

Wow! Spliffs with extra cadmium! Where can I get them?

I have a pre--paid AIS SIM for some years now and use mobiletopup.com to - top it up. I've also got an unlimited (but slow speed) internet option for 70 baht a month but I think that offer has long gone.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/buck-naked-or-butt-naked

"Penny Spender" was name of the offender in question?

I think this might be something to do with the date it was published

ALWAYS book flights from the airline - if you need a change or have a dispute unless you book with them direct they will tell you to politely go away and talk to the agency you booked it with - which means you will get ZILCH help

My son when ghe was younger wanted to join the army (british citizen, no Thai passport) but was living in Switzerland - we went to one of those Army recruitment places in the UK and were told he has to have lived in the UK for the last five years - howvever I can't find this requirement on the Barmy web pages (this was more than twenty years ago) And being dual nationality does NOT protect you from being conscripted by the other country - I know this happened to several people who had lived all thier lives in the UK but were for example Spanish (back in the eighties) a friend had to go to the spanish Embassy every year where they would tell him there was no war and he could go home. So if the Thai government won't release him the UK government won't help

She had have cottoned on when he turned up three hours for the first date

Could this be true? Can I take him off my ignore list coz he's GORN?

FYI got an update two days ago and it is still checking daily so all seems fine - getting my Defender updates!

Actually I was using "visibility" as a measure - when I landed this time last year I could barely see to the edge of the runway, let alone Doi Suthep itself - most days the mountains are clear so visibility ten times greater.

It is TEN times better than it was last year.

Checked my wifes passport (I've got the new "blue" [actually more black] one) - issued march 2015, expires June 2025. So - need to get a new one before March next year but otherswise she's safe to return to Europe.

Thanks for all the helpful replies. I've got a liveable solution and will work on a long-term one.