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I had a serious operation a month ago. The overall perception is very positive.

Holly molly!

Thank you very much for sharing very personal context. Undoubtfully you have invested lots of effort and patience in this repertoire but it can keep you away from all thise pills. I sincerely admire what you do and will share this with her.

Yes, rheumatoid arthritis for sure. I am aware what she is going through. A very mean disease. She stopped taking pills last year because they do not help her pain and she takes those steroids (if I am right). Then she jumped to some Swiss research program to try with that and it helped a bit. I do not know what I could do for her here that can't be done back in the West. Those balms helped her a bit before.

I regularly visit public and private swimming pools all aroung Bkk and its greater area but have not asked about the technology they use. Can't say the pools are perfectly clean here but can't also say they are so dirty I would not let my 1.5 year old child swim in them. Generally, I am happy and everyone looks happy. Do we drink some fecalie in the pools? Sure we do but it also strengths our imunity ????

My mother in Europe hs it as well. She has her terapy. She is coming to see me soon. Could someone advise where I should take here to help her a bit? Anything oriental except grass (which we plan to do as well)?

"What you teach us to do is admirable, but what you teach us to believe is foolish." (King Mongkut to a Christian missionary)

In my personal opinion you likely faced a (bank) person or department lacking knowledge. I use to send money from Europe to Thailand and vice versa from my personal accounts (my full name stated) and from any bank perspective it is more favourable to do so because you are clearly and more identifiable when it comes to money laundering policies etc. (either external (the Government) or internal (bank policies)). For example, you have transacted the funds from your personal account from Thailand to your wife's personal account in Australia. That's also fine but someone in administration may raise the question about why didn't you send the funds to yourself directly but you had sent it to your wife's bank account (I know you could prove this easily but administration may not see it that way initially). Regarding NDID, I am not aware of this term / regulation (I am not a financial expert and limiting myself to aforesaid). However, my advice is not to question their pride but maybe approach to some other banks in Thailand and explore. My transactions are, I must admit occasional, and are done by crypto (and not more than 5000 Eur). It is true you must have some knowledge and experience about it, and especially if you send similar amount of funds you have just send but it works for my use. You may also explore TransferWise. TransferWise is a middle ground for Europeans but I am not sure about Australians. When I say "middle ground", I am referring to consensus i.e. you are not with any bank that guarantees 100% security but you are also not alone in the crypto world with all the risks (you are paying for knowledge). Anyway, if you want all the risks to be taken away, you use regular banks. If you want to save, then you invest your time in learning how the crypto world works. If you want to take a middle ground, have a look at these companies like TransferWise. Conclusion: everything depends on you personal context.

Good mate. Thank you for sharing all these info. We have quite a transparency here. I guess the other people find this info valuable.

Ok. Now I see what they are doing. The transaction fee per se was 1100. However, they earn on the currency exchange rate. Their value AUD 24.19 THB. Paypal has been doing the same thing for the last 5 - 6 years. Low transaction fees but they hit on the currency exchange rates. Thailand Super Rich (TSR) currency exchange is pretty good parameter for comparison. If referred to TSR, you were charged around 800 AUD for the currency exchange rate + 1100THB transaction fee which altogether amounts to around 850 AUD (a very rough estimate). Still looks decent to me relating the amount you have sent. Good idea by them to only state the transaction fee and not the currency transaction fee, though (lack of transparency). Of course, it would be much cheaper to send it by crypto but it requires certain level of knowledge and transaction risk would be on you. You happy, bank(s) happy = everyone is happy ????

Thanks for sharing. Sounds like a very good deal. Honestly, I am quite surprised with so low transaction cost for that amount. Banks must have started keeping pace with the technology. I read about 2 years ago they started using ripple (crypto) for their transactions in the background so this could be result of it.

The transaction has already been completed. I am asking if he wants to share the transaction costs. It's on his discretion whether he would share this info.

Congrats. Could you share the transaction cost?

Typical West's propaganda. If Putin had wanted this, Ukraine would have not already existed. Thailand, my respect for not being a puppet and getting involved in someone elses wars. Also, very good point that the mess that is being done in the UN is closing options for diplomatic resolution but continues sending innocent people to death.

Crypto by using Solana currency several times

Thank you for encouragement and sharing your experience. I am too busy to focus on learning Thai. When I say busy, I think really busy working, working on my PhD and raising a small child. So what would happen if he asks me in Thai what he could do in my home county and I start mixing Thai and English? For example I do not say you can eat cake but I say khun samad gin cake etc etc.

The last time it was in 2011 and back then I lived out of BKK. Many people came to my place escaping the floods. In average this happens every 10 years so it is time to happen now.

I didn't know crypto could be cashed out in one of the exchange currency kiosks.

Also eligible for the PR, speak some street Thai but can't get into the type of conversation beyond: Where are you from? I am from ... I have a wife (but not I am married). Where are you going? I am going there and there. I am hungry / not hungry etc. I would / wouldn't like ... However, I read somewhere that if I could speak about myself for 10 minutes in Thai, I should be fine. No way I could speak 10 minutes about myself in Thai. When I meet my father in law and we have beer, I ask him if he worked today, how he is i.e. max 5 - 7 sentences and that's it.

This is how diplomacy is done. Thailand do not involve into the BS someone else created.

There are sometimes students with horrible behavior. Of course they are huge minority but they may belong to this group who got hit by teachers. I remember once while I still worked as a teacher, my British colleague had his bottom hit by three prathom 2 students. He was an older man but these small creatures did it all the time. They tried the same with me and then I reported it to Thai teacher who was sitting in front of the classroom. She took one of those three students out and the boy was back with teary eyes. He sat down and was a good boy. No running around the classroom and trying to hit teacher's bottom anymore. However, next time he did it again.

... let me finish the statement: However, if you have a sexual intercourse with a foreigner, do not have sex with animals.

I honestly admire the persistence.