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I think that unlicensed gambling is illegal. Only the state run lottery has a license.

as usual you make the worst possible assumption about a post from someone who doesn't share your idealogical bent. The post you quoted does NOT say or even imply the meaning you assigned to it.

I guess you need to stand while reading.

My posts support having contributions that have actual content than just finger pointing

Your posts are all bun and no beef!

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adulatio vulgi - Latin for fawning mob (in the majority)

You can even win the Thai lottery. The maid we had in our rental house before we moved, actually won 6M in a recent local lottery. I'm very happy for her because she was a kind and hard working Burmese lady supporting her family.

The Trump supporters with a tiny bit more brainpower than most are in a rush to get things changed because they know that the voters are going to rebel and the GOP will lose both the house and the Senate in the midterms.

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LOL.... even the die hard MAGAn's know there is only 2 years before they're emasculated.

The normal relationship between the general population and a gang of thugs is...????

I'm not convinced that any world news agencies were wasting money having reporters outside your doorstep just waiting for your pronouncement on Zelensky's future.

I was in a similar situation prior to my last extension. The difference was that I was using an 'income letter' rather than actual transfers. Due to the strong Thai ฿ and an erroneus reduction in my pension, I fell below the 65K benchmark. I was lucky as I also qualified for a marriage extension which was my backup plan. I had the extra documentation for that method prepared as well. My income was only about 2500 ฿ short of the 65K/month. I decided that I would ask CM Immigration if they would accept my ~100K ฿ bank balance together with the income letter for an extension. They did but asked for a 12 month bank statement instead of the 3 month version I had already prepared. Now there's a good news/bad news situation. They fixed my pension amount but Canada no longer provides the income letter. The slackers at the Embassy/Consulate aren't getting my 1250 ฿ for the letter any more. 555

I switched careers away from IT in 1995 so in terms of early access to new technology.... I had none. GV wasn't available to me until it was opened up to all gmail account holders without an invitation.

I currently still have my US based Schwab account. When I shop for a CD I do see some that are unavailable to foreign residents. Probably that restriction is enforced by the CD issuers.

I agree that the posts you accuse of 'scaring' people are less scary than yours.

Call the Bangkok bank support line (1333). You will be able to speak with a representative in English. The staff there are much more informed than a lot of the branches. If you get pushback at a branch tell them you've called their support line and confirmed that what you wish is possible. Ask them to call their support line. To facilitate my conversation with Thai employees I often prepare notes in English that I then translate to Thai with a good quality translation website (Voilà is one). Keep your English sentences simple as best you can.

It wasn't easy to find the brand of the authenticator I use. I use the Google authenticator in the form of a Chrome extension. That extension does work in my Brave browser.

I do have one financial institution that would not send SMS to my GV number. I can no longer remember which company refused(SMS never arrived) my GV number. It happened a couple of years ago and since I then I've used my UM sim for several institutions. GV does work fine in most cases. I have also heard that if you ported a previous mobile number to GV that subsequently it is still viewed as a legitimate US based mobile number.

I am not 100% certain but I don't think the authenticator MUST be on your phone. The LOGIN.gov website uses an authenticator that I've installed on my desktop browser. More info here: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/glossary/authenticator-app/

But... there are a few US financial institutions that will not send 2FA to it. I do love my GV, though. I've had it almost from the day it was first publicly available. I just checked... signed up June 15, 2010.

Or if you want an actual US based mobile number, buy an UltraMobile Pay/Go sim on eBay (~15$). Have a US based friend put it in a phone and connect to the T-mobile network to initialize the sim. Have your US accomplice mail the sim to you in Thailand. Configure your UltraMobile sim to use WiFi only for SMS and calls .... and Bob's your uncle. I use a iPhone with esim capability. My Thai service is on the esim and the UM uses the sim slot. When I call someone the iPhone automatically uses the sim that was used during the last connection to the same contact. You can also specify in your contact list which sim to use for each contact. The UM service costs about $3.18 per month if you do not exceed 100 minutes or SMS using WiFi connection.

but... significantly less stupid than your post. The OP is seeking facts, not opinions.

If you were able to change your receiving account online, that means you are using the ACH method through NY office of Bangkok bank. Bangkok bank policy is to receive SSA benefits via ACH only into the restricted accounts. That is why your access to your BBK account was changed.