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It's an economy move. The sub comes without an engine and the frigate can tow it.

“I’m planning to spend every penny and die broke. My last check is going to the funeral home. It will bounce” — Kevin Kelly (https://kk.org/thetechnium/)

See Dr Jaruprot at: Bangkok Hospital Khon Kaen, Saturday 9 am to noon, make appt first --- 043042888 or Central Hospital Khon Kaen, Tuesday Central is a bit cheaper but you have to speak Thai.

This country has an unworkable system (as if you didn't already know that). The correct time for deals, horse trading, maneuvers, etc. is prior to the election. Here, it goes on indefinitely after the election, to the point where it supersedes the election . If the process is supposed to implement the will of the people, the new government should be clear and cast in concrete immediately after the votes are counted.

I'm an MIT graduate and spent 50 years working in electronics and computers. My wife and kids think I'm not smart enough to be the village idiot. They set out one day to buy a computer --- spent a huge amount on an old, outdated, used computer. About a year later, when the shortcomings were obvious even to them, they bought another one, this time new. Then the new one had to go back for various fixes and upgrades, none of which really worked. I was informed the other day, that it's time for a new computer. Any suggestion that I be consulted before the purchase is always met with the universal response: "you just don't understand Thailand". I guess I don't.

Nothing to kid about. Main problem is difference in coefficients of expansion. As temperature varies over the years, tightly twisted wires work their way apart and start to arc across. Five to ten years and you've got yourself a fire. Some company markets a device that splices wires under tremendous pressure, enough to cold weld them. Also, you can buy special wall sockets, wall switches etc. that have a "CO/ALR" rating. The screw terminals look like regular copper but supposedly you can hook on an aluminum wire.

Albert Einstein was once asked with what kind of weapons will World War 3 be fought. His reply: "I don't know about World War 3. World War 4 will be fought with stones".

There is no "correct" answer. The law is whatever the person you are dealing with says it is.

Let me join those saying this is not something to be done for lowest cost. From personal experience I recommend Rutnin in Bangkok. Ask for Dr. Sombat --- however, he may be retired by now.

ADD ME TO THE LIST. Yes, after 2+ years of relatively trouble free operation, they appear to be on the verge of collapse. No point in going into all my sorry details here, THEY JUST DON'T CARE. E-mail gets only boilerplate response, and when an agent is finally reachable, the caller is treated as an idiot and a nuisance. Sure, there's a few folks out there who are yelling, "What's the problem? I don't have any problem." Give 'em a month or two.

Walking around with "an object that looks like a gun", carrying 96 bullets, and taking the whole shebang to an international airport !!!!! Elon ...... here's your new CEO for Twitter.

The so called "combination" method has never, to my knowledge, been clearly defined. I have always assumed that (12 x verified monthly income + actual money on deposit >= required amount on deposit) would do the trick. Usual disclaimers apply.

My experience for simple extension based on money-in-the-bank, marriage, (yours may vary): Bank Letter: Establishes date from which funds have been continuously on deposit. Bank Book: Establishes that account is open/active on day of visit (account history not inspected). Bank Statement: Not required.

Have it examined by a medical professional. Visiting here 35 years ago, I received an insect bite just above the ankle, which I decided to ignore despite several natives warning me that it looked serious to them. Sparing the details, let me just say that I still suffer effects of that decision. These folks really hate going to doctors. If they say you need a doctor, you probably really need a doctor!

Using Transferwise for several years now, I have found them most uncooperative in resolving this issue. Transfers from the US sometimes arrive directly at Bangkok Bank and are shown in my local account as "International Transfer". Other times they pass through a "partner bank", usually Kasikorn, and are shown as "Transfer from another bank". The only control I have over this is to make the transfer for over 50,000 baht. This seems to force the transfer to be direct. How long this will last, I have no idea. Transferwise customer service is of no help, and frankly appears to be unable to understand what I am talking about, despite several communications.

The leaders in each category: Types of roads where most accidents happened: – Straight-ahead roads without slope (70%) Types of accidents: – Overturning on or skidding off straight-ahead roads (43%) – Rear crash (31%) Causes of accidents: – Violation of speed limit (78%) This says it all. There's no highway patrol.

A few years ago, wife need fairly extensive eye surgery. After due consideration and consultations, we chose Rutnin Eye Hospital in Bangkok. More expensive, but results were quite satisfactory. mikesil Khon Kaen

I know I will not win popularity contests for this view, but I feel compelled to express it: As expats we should not forget our status as guests in this country. Telling the Thais how to manage it is probably not well received, even if no objection is immediately voiced. Criticizing (sometimes ridiculing) how things are done here is unlikely to bring on the desired change. We should not mistake the Thais' instinctive aversion to confrontation as appreciation or acceptance.

Always, I mean ALWAYS, check any prescribed med on one of the medical websites (webmd, etc.). Mistakes here can be life threatening. My experience: Routine blood test showed potassium level exactly at the high limit. Doc prescribed a med. Check on internet showed Over the limit potassium is a life threatening condition. Prescribed med is used to INCREASE potassium in patients with a deficiency.

Actually, people here have been miserable for some time. One extremely happy person has been holding up the average. He (or she) must have died.

Wonderful !!! Let's quit worrying about frivolities like road infrastructure, health care, education, etc. , etc. We need crowd control, and F-35's will provide quick and efficient means of handling demonstrators. Of course, a few might run into the ocean. That's what the submarines are for.

Yes, they rolled over and let Japanese forces transit wherever they wished. But Thailand also made an official declaration of war against Britain and America in 1942. After the war they rescinded it, claiming it was a bureaucratic error --- the only country ever to undeclare war.

I will not feel truly safe until they get their submarines. F-35's also.

Structures abandoned in mid-construction abound here in LOS. Khon Kaen has one (about 40 stories high or so) which now serves as a advertising billboard. Then there's the line of abandoned rail line pillars in Bangkok along Hwy 1, still there but less obvious now because it's overshadowed by even larger pillars of the new rail line. I hope these structures are permitted to stand forever, Future scientists will conclude that we used them for sighting and tracking heavenly bodies. Our own Stonehenge!

Why not just declare it "gone"?