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Limited view but Today, just avoid roads next to the Mae Ping. I did read that one road near the airport had drainage issues.
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How are you preparing for the coming cold spell ?
wwest5829 replied to worgeordie's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Some units come with a “heat strip” providing warm air. -
How are you preparing for the coming cold spell ?
wwest5829 replied to worgeordie's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Here over a decade. Some years ago really “nippy” and I went to Global House and bought an electric fireplace looking el3ctric unit. Have not used it last year but it is on hand if needed. -
What did Thais do before smart phones?
wwest5829 replied to BangkokReady's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Ha! Yes, it is hard to remember back to a time when .I first got a Nokia “bag phone”. And now, well GPS has taken the place and need for maps, compass, and ruler to measure the approximate distances. Not to mention currently sitting in a cafe with coffee and reading posts on FB from folks on 6 continents … and replying here. I do love the advances in technology. Certainly makes my retirement much easier … currently planning a visit to USA … hotel reservation, car rental reservation. Entrance tickets purchases … indeed what did I need to do previously … -
Thai child with single parent leaving
wwest5829 replied to ndreamer's topic in Visas and migration to other countries
Both needed to agree but not need to be present. At least that is what worked for us in Chiang Mai (letter of agreement from Thai father). -
Retirement v Marriage Visa
wwest5829 replied to Kevin1908's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Having been retired here over a decade, observations that Thai immigration Visas could be easier, I encourage you not to throw in the towel, especially with a Thai family. That said, I have used an agency from my retirement here. Nothing underhanded or skirting Thai law. It is just that the agency deals with immigration daily … they know if any regulation changes, they know the more friendly immigration officers and who to avoid, they know if there is a new boss wanting to make changes and the particular “interpretations” of different immigration offices. For me, worth there assistance fee. I need only show up for 10 minutes to retrieve my passport once a year. I would add that I too have a Thai wife but find the retirement visa easier than the marriage visa requirements. -
Retirement v Marriage Visa
wwest5829 replied to Kevin1908's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Or as I and many others have done for a “non-imm retirement visa” … a monthly income brought in from abroad in excess of 65,000 each month. For myself, selling investments, paying the US taxes on profits and then parking 800,000 in a Thai bank is not a wise financial move for me. -
Thailand fully reopens from 1 October 2022
wwest5829 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
Happy for Thailand to see those meetings, etc. bringing in tourists. What will they be required to have in the way of insurance when entering? -
Thailand’s currency weakens to 38 baht per US dollar
wwest5829 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News Headlines
Well, I am concerned about others but … I determined I could not have a working middle class retirement in the USA as a citizen so I looked to join millions of others from the working middle class (USA is not alone here) to retire in a lower cost country. Right now enjoying the $ to Baht rate, being informed that my Medicare monthly premium will be reduced by 3%, plus getting an inflation bump in Social Security for next year. -
This has been my stance dealing with this concern as an American. Bottom line for me? Should I and my significant other be faced with this decision, I would not recognize any law, regulation, disapproval by the right wing demanding that we carry to term, deliver, care for and bear the emotional/financial burden of raising a genetically damaged being. Fortunately, I would have the financial resources to seek medical care in an enlightened country. Foolish to follow an absolute stance, based on personal religious beliefs (and trying to force those beliefs on others), and yet refuse to have social systems in place to care (emotionally and financially) for those who choose not to abort.
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Sorry about your thinking. Personally, I deal with social/medical reality. I would not force a victim of incest or rape to carry to term that which is forced on a woman. Nor would I allow any law to require my significant other and I to carry to term, give birth and bear the emotional/financial burden of a genetically damaged being.
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Myanmar Beauty Queen Says She’s Safe In Hands Of UN Officials
wwest5829 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
As a Yank, I always refer to our Northern neighbors as, "the kinder, gentler Americans".