TigerandDog

Don't forget that Tony met with Hun Sen, in Cambodia, only 1 or 2 weeks prior. So she was most likely only confirming what Tony had already discussed and agreed to.

Make a Thai will, then there can be no issues with who gets the money in the bank account.

In a roundabout way it does apply to renewals because to currently renew your license you must watch the video online and then pass the written test. So all they're doing is extending those conditions to holders of IDP's and temporary license applicants.

where the stores do scam people is when they package 2, 3 or 4 items together and stick a price tag on it for the package but when you check the price of the same item individually, it's actually cheaper to buy the individual items rather than the packaged ones.

just recently did my annual extension at CM and wasn't asked to do that. The only photo they took was the usual one before they give your passport and receipt back to you.

I'll go you one better. Have the RTP appear at a high school at going home time for the kids and be at every exit from the school. Every kid riding a motorbike without a helmet or license is issued with a fine, the bike gets impounded and is not released from impound until a license and/or helmet is produced and the impound fee is paid. The impound fee needs to be a minimum of 5k baht. Start with the young ones as it will be the parents that have to bear the financial penalty, and the kids will soon learn they must follow the rules. Word will get out after this happens at a couple of randomly selected schools and police check points. It's the ONLY way they will learn.

slight correction, it's international date system, except for stupid USA.

we used 600mmx200mmx75mm. You need ensure that the special premixed mortar for AAC blocks is used. This way there is no sand required to be purchased and not as much mortar needs to be applied. The same goes for render, special premixed. Once the render had dried and was ready for painting we had a plastic skin applied to the render, then the undercoat and then the top coat. With painting we used Dulux paint, BUT if you use that paint you MUST insist on NO watering down of the paint, as Thais love to add stacks of water so the paint goes on easier, but that then reduces the life span of the paint. As a result of using the AAC bricks, which we purchased from Global Warehouse, we don't need to run air con on the lower level, just fans, and in the top floor bedrooms only need air con on for 1 hour before hitting the sack. Noise reduction is pretty good to and the one big thing we've been happy about is no rising damp, especially as the ground water level is only 1 metre below the surface here, and no need for double bricking on the western side of the house.

and that's just one of many reasons why the USA sucks.

the bricks themselves are costly. However, when you look at the overall costs, viz. render, labour & time costs to build, mortar costs etc. they are overall cheaper. we used AAC bricks to build our house. Saved quite a lot of money and time in the long run by using them.

Firstly that's none of your business. Secondly I've been living here for 11 years, and if you read my opening words I stated "based on my experience". That is NOT a generalisation. I will add that my wife experiences EXACTLY the same thing when she needs to go to the dr.

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My experience with drs in Thailand is that they are incapable of diagnosing the cause of a medical issue, so they just treat the visible symptoms by loading you up with 3 or 4 packets of antibiotics, pain killers and other drugs. All of which they get paid a back hander for from big pharma.

the north & south poles aren't about to switch BUT the Magnetic north & south poles have been slowly moving for years and are long overdue for a full flip. However, I don't believe it will happen in our lifetime.

ttb (formerly TMB) Bank REFUSE to open accounts for Americans. No link to this, it's THEIR policy because THEY don't want to do all the paperwork involved in the mandatory reporting the IRS demands for Americans outside the USA.