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Yeah - sh*t like that happens....

I got pinned down on an SFO - SYD fight by a lady that cranked the seat back & took a sleeping pill or 2....She didn't move the entire 17 hour flight.... I'm 6ft4in & it was either knees locked straight or indian style....The flight attendant couldn't rouse her....

In truth, however, the lady paid for that seat, including the reclining position to use at her privilege.....

What's worse to me is having a pushing & kicking kid in the seat directly behind me grinding his feet into the seat back....

Imagine that 😛

I keep a vehicle & RV stored & provisioned in the US that has given us countless pleasant memories....

Partially because of the uncertainties of life -

If something disastrous were to happen here I'd think about taking a few things + my dog & go RV'ing the US until (I/we?) either come back here or end up there .... I have, established grown daughters here & in the US....

I'm not really "needed" in either place & tend to be fiercely independent....

I made a mistake & bought a small tank for my BBQ....After it emptied I couldn't find anyone willing to refill an odd sized tank - when it would have been much easier to just exchange the standard sized tank....

I believe what you are buying is a tank & gas - that you can exchange for refilling....That seems to be how it works here versus the US where I have my RV tanks refilled each time....

Stay with the standard sized tanks....

I actually found that the size tank I insisted on turned out to be a pain in the a$s....

5 hours ago, Lorry said:

Flight time Bangkok - Seoul is the same as LA - NYC.

OP asked "near Thailand".

 

 

LOL you're right....The trips have been so seem less & easy I didn't even think about that.....

I'll tell you in 4 years....However in our last US trip, weather & miss timed connecting flights cost us 3 extra days scurrying  2 different airports with the typical long distance brisk walking, lugging backpacks & other bags trying to make connections that eventually turned out not connecting due to a ticket printing error didn't tax me....At 76 & counting.....It should have been 2 days, ended up at 5.5 days.....

We've gone to Seoul for 2-4 days gambits.....

It's got a different pulse to it with a lot of things to see....The night markets & walking streets are clean with many things to see.... The transport systems are easy to use.....

1 hour ago, ChumpChange said:

Perfect place for you Bob Scat. Food is shiite, prossies up the wazoo, English accents annoying AF, filth of the highest order, violent crime highest in SE Asia, awful infrastructure, typhoons, religious evangelism, wholesale poverty, what's not to love about it? Just promise us you won't come back. And, if you forget to write us about it, no worries; nobody will even notice. Good riddance. 

Reality...Without even touching on the dangers....

Check Lanna Sarasas school....About 17-19k per term....Our 2 daughters went there & it seems to be the popular choice for families in our MuBaan even though it's a drive from where we live ....

5 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Thais tend to wear new clean clothes , Westerners often wear old clothes and often unwashed .

   That T-shirt that you are wearing now , how long ago did you buy it and for how many days have you been wearing it ?

T-shirts are for around the house.... Polo shirts are for outside wear....At least that's my approach.....As soon as a t-shirt starts to fray at the collar or get stained they are repurposed ....

I have some of my old team/playing jerseys that are 10+ years old or more and essentially close to new ....

It's just below the last post - right side....

I haven't seen any change....

Star Visa just down the street from the US Consulate.... There's a parking garage across the street ....

Star also has a 2nd office behind the Big C out on the great highway....

There's a photo shop near Rim Ping rear exit at the Mae Hia market with adjoining parking....

I've seen Chicago twice....The first time seemed like a powerful performance.....The second time they had the Beach Boys opening for them....The BB were so over amplified that kids were crying & people were moving back away from some speaker positions holding their hands over their ears....

Chicago then came on & almost sounded muted....

I don't see enough clearance to make useful....

I'm not a big proponent of plastic for heavy duty or hazardous applications....

My wife put one out under her car....Only problem came when it was not far enough away from our daytime tethered cat....

The trap caught the rat & the cat....What a huge sound explosion as our cat got half of himself glued to the trap in a confined space under the car & then bolted into his kitty condo....

What a frickin mess trying to free, clean, & calm down a very frightened & not too happy good sized cat....

3 hours ago, WhatMeWorry said:

This info is very interesting. I did not realize that a Thai drivers license could be legal in the U.S.  What about insurance polices in the U.S.? Do insurance companies cover if a person has a Thai drivers license?

It can be done but you have to go to (find) an independent broker.....

I tried to restart my AAA coverage = they couldn't but sent me to a local broker....It ended up about $800 to cover my 4Runner....We logged over 5k miles as we RV'd about...

I did get an IDP = nobody paid any attention to it, however, it's my understanding that certain states absolutely require it while others do not....

I got it just for backup & will for the next trip too....

I did take a paper copy of my TH auto insurance, so they couldn't claim I was driving uninsured. It wasn't used - but I'll continue to do this as an ounce of prevention....

On 5/9/2024 at 10:02 AM, Rampant Rabbit said:

and hjave to be spoon fed like the OP's "girl"

"Smart Phones" = dumber, programed people.... Starting at preschool levels....

Loss of interpersonal skills, social skills, ingenuity, problem solving, attention spans, actual research abilities, compassion, reality, job skills, responsibilities......

Not good....

Thaiwatsadu has a large selection of ladders....We bought a ladder there due to better quality available for what we needed.....