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siamike

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  1. I had an implant done by the dental clinic in Bangkok Hospital Pattaya a few years back. Very professional, and they have all the best equipment. I'm still very happy with their work.
  2. An American in Thailand on a tourist visa recently (last week) tried to change his tourist visa to a Non Imm O at the Si Racha office and was told Non Imm O visa was only available thru the Thai Embassy in his country. Sadly, the rules seem to change at the discretion of whichever Immigration officer you speak to.
  3. I want to say a big THANK YOU to all those holding a PR for sharing the details of acquiring and maintaining Permanent Residence status. The information you've provided has helped me, and likely many others, to make the decision to begin the process of acquiring PR status.
  4. The process and requirements to obtain a Permanent Resident Visa (PR) are adequately explained on the Thai Immigration web pages, https://www.immigration.go.th/en/?page_id=1744 But the steps needed (if any) to maintain your PR once you have it are vague and contradictory at best. As an example, one web page describing the process states that your must be renewed yearly at your local police station, while a different source was told that 90 day reports are still required, with the only change being that you must do them at the local police station. Neither of these "requirements" are mentioned on the immigration web pages. If anyone has a PR and is willing to provide PR maintenance requirements, or has reliable knowledge (UbonJoe) I would appreciate any clarification you can provide.
  5. Like many thousands of others, I pre-paid for my wife & I's Moderna shots and after receiving the first jab 2 weeks ago the hospital informed us that the second jabs would be delayed beyond the scheduled 4 weeks, because the Gov had failed to authorize the second round of vaccines in a timely manor. Since our private hospital cannot get pre-purchased fully funded Moderna into Thailand,... well, best of luck to you finding any free jabs.
  6. Really wish the poll had included eBay as they have become my first choice. Although eBay is not always the cheapest option, I find that most of the time they are. As others have already mentioned, shipping time is also important, and over this past year I've become frustrated with both Lazada and Shopee sellers that indicate the item I want is located in Thailand, but all too often the delivery takes a month or more, suggesting to me the product was most likely ordered from China. Also, most eBay sellers provide a tracking number and always provide a delivery window of time, and if your parcel fails to arrive on time, eBay guarantees to refund your money.
  7. If you spend a little time searching eBay you can usually find Kirkland brand (sold by Costco in the US) Cetirizine and Loratadine sold in 365 pill bottles. Total costs including shipping can be found for around $30, which works out to about 8 cents per pill (or just under 3 Bhat per pill) Kirkland brand names are Aller-tec = Cetirizine 10mg and Aller Clear = Loratadine 10mg. If you have any friends living in the US that will be coming to Thailand, once tourism picks up again, you can ask them to bring over a few bottles. I am unfortunately a life-long allergy sufferer. I have allergies all year round in Thailand, but this time of year is always worse. What works best for me is 1/2 tablet (5mg) Cetirizine and 1/2 tablet (5mg) Loratadine taken roughly every 6 hours. I'm not a doctor so don't take this as medical advice, it's only what works best for me.
  8. I renewed my 5 year license in Rayong earlier this year, so my info is a bit dated, but hopefully still at least partially relevant. I took the online 3 question test but it didn't help me because at that time, the online site was for Thais only, so I still had to sit through several hours of watching the same videos presented online. The classroom was packed the day of my appointment and those in charge elected to omit the vision depth perception test as it takes the most time, and required only the color blindness and reaction time tests; I would expect all three tests to still be required today. Good Luck and keep us posted on what tests you're required to pass.
  9. Along with the listed contributing factors of age, obesity, pre-existing conditions, etc, it would be interesting and perhaps quite useful to know which vaccines had been given to the 8.8% whom were fully vaccinated and still died. Also, how long had it been since their last vaccination.
  10. You state that the study I sighted did not address various issues, However, I did not sight a specific study, so I'm curious which NREL study you believe I am referring to. The NREL study I am referring to does indeed address manufacturing and disposal costs and environmental impacts; here's an excerpt from that study:
  11. NREL (a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy) analyzed over 400 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies and concluding that Solar Panels do in fact pay for themselves in a relatively short period of time, both in carbon reductions, embodied energy and electricity, all redeemed well within their operational lifecycle. I seriously doubt any independent study I might perform would reach a different conclusion. You don't need to trust or distrust what manufacturers are telling you, but you might want to have a little faith in what independent researchers have found, and also by doing a little digging yourself.
  12. I live in Rayong and have made the trip to Hua Hin (and beyond) many times over the past 5 years and I've discovered the BEST route can be different depending on day of the week, time of day, road construction, accidents, etc. In general, the directions given above are good, but my advice, use Google Maps and just follow their directions. Google Maps uses live data gathered from everyone's phones that are also traveling and allowing their positions to be tracked, meaning the software sees slow areas and traffic jams in real time and will direct you around them whenever possible. If you're a morning person and you really, really don't like heavy traffic, leave Rayong at 2:00am or 3:00am and you'll find the roads rather empty. Safe travels ????
  13. Whether its a large installation like this one or just a few solar panels on a single roof, turning sunlight into usable electricity is a step in the right direction. Every watt produced by solar electric is a watt that wont need to be made by burning fossil fuels and putting more CO2 into the atmosphere.
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