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As I have for years, I went to move money today via debit card through Wise....Which I do on a monthly basis....

As I went through the process my card transaction wouldn't go through - followed with this message.....

Am I at the tip of an iceberg or spear here? Up until last month everything sailed through - until now....

Am I the first or is there guidance or information or another topic/thread to overcome an obviously huge problem....

This is going to cause big problems for many, many expats....

Is there any feedback or advice out there.....

My wife is the 1st university graduate from her family....

She worked 17 years for a Nissan manufacturing subsidiary in a management position....

She's a full time housewife & our oldest daughter just became the 2nd uni grad in the family....

My wife is quite content with her gardening & caring for the rest of us + pets.....Which she does splendidly.....

Anyplace strewn with unrecoverable bodies of conditioned, able climbers that failed, littering the trail gets an easy pass (no) from me....

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

Yes, the facade of Biden has a few holes in it ... shh, don't tell the left.

 

My favorite:  "For a woman to come forward in the glaring lights of focus, nationally, you've got to start off with the presumption that at least the essence of what she's talking about is real," - Joe Biden (VP)

 

Except Tara Reade  ... ????

Ergo his 14 y/o daughter....

6 hours ago, TigerandDog said:

really. Fang Hot Springs is crap now to what it used to be when I first went there 8 years ago. Most of the streams have dried up. Now it's just a reasonable place to cycle to, stay 5 minutes take a photo or 2 and then cycle home.

Really? It's been about 3 years since our last visit.....We camped out & enjoyed the in park sights, services, and meals....

6 people, 3 tents and not a bad moment among us....

It's disconcerting to hear otherwise....

7 hours ago, bignok said:

Just looking at the map and planning a trip with the good looking one. So many places to go. Yet you read the news and tourists are in Phuket or Pattaya whinging about Russians or some scam. No imagination. Go somewhere else.

 

I went to Loei last month. Stunning place. Saw about 10 farangs tops.

 

Now looking at a few northern towns like Lampang, Phrae, Nan, Phayao onto Rai.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fang Hot Springs & star gazing....

Dire Straits - Bob Seger & some good Elvis tunes 60's edition, when his voice was clear as a bell.....

I'm a rum & coke guy....In Big C & Lotus there's a white rum marketed as Uncle Tom.... It's in a square shaped bottle....

I find it smooth, with a good taste....

They market 3 products, I just look for the square bottle with a red R label....It's 279B, so an easy taste test to see if it agrees with you.....

Yeah, I've seen that too in some of the beach cities....

Reminded me of Easter Island....

Poor guys, seem lost and disconnected....

52 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

How much would be left in the rum bottle for next Saturday if a few of you are karaokeing for a few hours?

And the coke probably does you more harm than the rum!

Somewhere between 2/3 to 1/2 a bottle left....

Nothing crazy.....

I usually unwind at home on Saturday nights with some rum & cokes - we usually karaoke for couple of hours....

Once finished the bottle goes away until the next Saturday....

HOWEVER - today was a <deleted> day that really shouldn't have been & I'd probably welcome one, but won't.....

There wasn't a poll choice that fit me.....

That's only 6.7" ???

Just what the world needs....????

There's a pharmacy in the Hang Dong Lotus that I believe had them....

Also, check the Fascino pharmacy in your area....They display many large aids for the infirmed & surely can have/order/get a bed.....

Sign up for their discount card....

Here in San PaTong we just switched to the municipal water supply after years of getting it from catch, as catch can.....We have a pump & tank that we've used for the past few years because of low water pressure about 40/50% of the time.....

The new Muni system has provided adequate water since we adopted it....With few interruptions.....They installed new mainlines as well as lines & gauges at each house ....

I walk past the main valves / slash hydrants a few times every day walking the pooch....The PSI is a little over 20#....For a time it was closer to 30#..... I'm unsure if they have throttled back to meet the demand or it has equalized over time.....The 20# psi seems to give enough water to meet the mubaan's demand.....No need for pump/tank assist....

Each house in our area does have it's own well - which my wife uses for her gardening....

Only one time have we had to augment our tank from the well and that was from a major system failure somewhere upstream from us.....

Up until now, everywhere we lived in the Hang Dong area has had random water supply problems....

Our current situation is the most stable, adequate water supply in 10 years....

33 minutes ago, Rotweiler said:

I have a Wilt Chamberlain shirt.  Should I be concerned?

Wear it for a nightgown?

I don't know if they start counting at the date of acceptance, day of submission, or celestial calendar.....

My acceptance & subsequent new reporting date - issued by the computer for online reporting fell about 7 days before the manually processed date that I had been given at the last drive through.....

Monk robes must be expensive.....23k each....?