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by 404cameljockey
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:19 am
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: E-books and e-book readers
Replies: 337
Views: 30036

Re: E-books and e-book readers

I'd like to read After Hastings , an alternate history novel by Steven H Silver (Harold wins the Battle of Hastings), but I can't find it on Z library, Anna's archive or Pirate Bay. It's available on Amazon for over £30, but I don't want to read it that much... :shock: Can any of you Internet whizz...
by 404cameljockey
Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:57 pm
Forum: Entertainment Zone
Topic: The Recommended Movies Thread
Replies: 2733
Views: 130242

Re: The Recommended Movies Thread

The Card Counter 2021 film is very good. A low stakes casino shark haunted by a disturbing past tries to find a life to live and seeks redemption.
by 404cameljockey
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: Entertainment Zone
Topic: The Recommended Movies Thread
Replies: 2733
Views: 130242

Re: The Recommended Movies Thread

Dannie Boy wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:37 am Exactly, either that or I’m getting older and more senile than I care to admit!!😜
Off topic- I've download a 'Broadsword calling Danny Boy' phone ringtone. One for you!
by 404cameljockey
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:53 am
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: Euros 2024
Replies: 109
Views: 120183

Re: Euros 2024

England game too late for me. But I read good midfield and attack with many chances squandered (same as usual though with no Kane). With a fit squad only maybe one of those duffers in defence would have got off the bench (and not the Pub Drunk who caused the second Belgium goal with his error, and w...
by 404cameljockey
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:34 am
Forum: Entertainment Zone
Topic: The Recommended Movies Thread
Replies: 2733
Views: 130242

Re: The Recommended Movies Thread

As I got taken to task (in a very jovial way) when I posted about the film Stratton, which apparently had a very low critics rating, last night I watched “Knives Out” starring Craig Daniel and I thought it was average at best, in fact I would normally have turned it off after 15-20 minutes, but was...
by 404cameljockey
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:07 am
Forum: Entertainment Zone
Topic: TV series worth watching/downloading
Replies: 2259
Views: 183126

Re: TV series worth watching/downloading

Wrong side of the tracks . A Spanish film with a young Thai girl. Not your usual grumpy old veteran cleans up the neighborhood. I enjoyed it. Ifound on netflix Pedantic, I know, but you typed film instead of series. :D Three series so far with a fourth on the way! Looks interesting from reviews.
by 404cameljockey
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:00 am
Forum: Entertainment Zone
Topic: TV series worth watching/downloading
Replies: 2259
Views: 183126

Re: TV series worth watching/downloading

Deep State [Fox tv, available at the usual sites] What happens when a man who believes he has retired from MI6 is called back to do one more job to regain his life, only to discover that this job may mean he has no life to go back to. I've just finished the first of 2 series of spy stuff action. It...
by 404cameljockey
Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:39 pm
Forum: Entertainment Zone
Topic: TV series worth watching/downloading
Replies: 2259
Views: 183126

Re: TV series worth watching/downloading

Well it was my judgment that the cops appeared to be the most unlike cops I’ve ever seen - I agree that 10 minutes might have been a bit short to know, but that’s how I felt!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Blue Lights might be more to your taste! Totally different. Very realistic and no scifi....
by 404cameljockey
Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:36 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: Customs cost of international parcel
Replies: 20
Views: 763

Re: Customs cost of international parcel

[/quote] Instead of rolling your eyes, how about you tell us how and when you did it? I have done it and what you have posted is fantasy! [/quote] No pissing contests here please. I investigated it with my shipping agent 8 years ago before coming to Thailand and found it wasn't feasible because of t...
by 404cameljockey
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:53 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: Customs cost of international parcel
Replies: 20
Views: 763

Re: Customs cost of international parcel

Yes the value is as decided by customs. On a privately imported car (don't know if that's still possible) You would get your importing agent to negotiate with the customs office in situ to reduce what they claim. A good/well known international agent represented in Thailand could save you money (ev...
by 404cameljockey
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: Entertainment Zone
Topic: TV series worth watching/downloading
Replies: 2259
Views: 183126

Re: TV series worth watching/downloading

It seems I wasn’t alone about switching off!! https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/tv/itv-passenger-viewers-switch-off-28879403?gaa_at=la&gaa_n=AZsHK_k99TBjWh5A8EwWfR2ljr1C0wxiSvGX3OpaHWVyDlWKbLOv8fbyL9CnO-y4KXU%3D&gaa_ts=660287fd&utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=discover&utm_c...
by 404cameljockey
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:01 am
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: Customs cost of international parcel
Replies: 20
Views: 763

Re: Customs cost of international parcel

The import duty has nothig to do with any "value" shown on any invoice. Thai Customs have their own method, mostly influenced by what they think you can pay, OR, if a customs officer takes a shine to whatever it is, then enough to make you decide to let them keep it! Yes the value is as d...
by 404cameljockey
Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:26 am
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: Customs cost of international parcel
Replies: 20
Views: 763

Re: Customs cost of international parcel

neil_54 wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:32 am its a small surf board
I have a sneaking feeling that sporting equipment might raise a customs flag. Beauty products/cosmetics did too for my daughter. It's not so much the cost as the pain of having to go a fair distance to pay them.

The cost will be based on value, not size.
by 404cameljockey
Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:22 am
Forum: Entertainment Zone
Topic: TV series worth watching/downloading
Replies: 2259
Views: 183126

Re: TV series worth watching/downloading

I watched Passenger yesterday. Police procedural but quite spooky. Not perfect, a bit muddled and a bit sketchily scifi (mostly just hinted at until near the end of the series). I thought the characterisations were generally really good and I'll definitely watch the second series. It ends on a clif...
by 404cameljockey
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:52 am
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: Routine expat Blood Donors request
Replies: 4
Views: 436

Re: Routine expat Blood Donors request

Does anyone know if they have blood storage facilities anywhere in HH so those with these super-rare groups can stash some for emergencies? My late wife had that problem last year. Blood only keeps for I think two or three months so it has to be ditched after it expires. Hospitals will check around...