Mister Fixit

Sounds more like a bruised ego to me. She's Thai, get used to it.

I have never, ever had a problem with Kasikorn in 18 years. Prior to that I have used SCB (junk, closed that after 6 months) and BBL (more junk and closed that too). Before I closed BBL I took everything out (150,000 plus) and went to KKB and was greeted with courtesy and smiles. Everything was done in 20-30 minutes (but the girl spoke good English so we had a long chat at the same time) with no hassles but this was in about 2008. Later I opened another KKB account for a specific purpose and again, everything done with no problems whatsoever. In my opinion, Kasikorn are the most foreigner-friendly bank of all and BBL is the worst.

I don't have the figures to hand, but I think there were more Brits and other countries forces killed by Yanks in blue on blue incidents than by any other country. Prove me wrong.

Their last 'war' on their poor old own-io (except they strong-armed a number of other Caribbean countries to help - they can never fight on their own) was against the mighty island of Grenada (pop. approx 175,000) in 1983 - weren't they so brave not to ask NATO countries to hold their 'ickle hands? But at least they weren't 2 and 3 years late for that one ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Grenada

You got that one right! But don't forget the breakfast of mega-burgers with a mountain of chips (fries for the semi-literate), and enough Coke or Pepsi to float a small battleship. And that's for the supposedly ultra-fit but inaccurately named Special Forces ...

This is your man. Dr Thanainit, Chairman of the Thai Hip and Knee Replacement Association (and quite a few other medical associations, eg hand, shoulder etc) and former Professor of Orthopaedics at Phramontkutklao Hospital (the 'Army Hospital' near Victory Monument). After retirement he now works at Phyathai 2 Hospital and is the bees knees (joke) as far as I am concerned. I was able to get into the Army Hospital many years ago due to being a former UK SF soldier and also having medical connections working there, so don't try going there because it's highly unlikely you'll be accepted. However, Phyathai 2 is excellent and Dr Thanianit is a really nice doctor on a personal level, with excellent English and highly qualified, having trained in Italy, Japan, the US, Switzerland and Thailand. All his info is in the link here - https://tinyurl.com/3y6wk8hc Prices for single and double TKR are in this link - https://tinyurl.com/4dturft3 Costs for a single TKR are 300,000 baht or there's a premium price of 360,000, also in the link. A double TKR is 580,000 baht with a premium price of 700,000, also in the link. The Army hospital prices are half those above, which is why I am waiting for my turn with gritted teeth. No premium prices in a Government hospital but I don't care about luxury, just having a normal life again. I can't speak too highly of Dr Thanainit who really helped me a lot before he left the Army hospital. I am on their waiting list with 2 years to go, because I can't afford the above private prices and I do wish they'd hurry up! https://phyathai2international.com/ter2you/image/opd1.png

Join the club!

I agree. He isn't my president either, and he barely deserves to be called mister.

My wife says exactly the same.

It probably allows you to paddle no deeper than your knees.

Rest of the world here - we've known that for decades. Trump is just the culmination of what we already knew.

I use Wise to transfer from my UK bank (Santander) to Kasikorn and transactions are always between 3 and 10 seconds. Bangkok Bank has a bad reputation for holding on to funds until the next day, as I suspect as someone else said, to maximise profits.

Has anyone on here had to complete the complex documentation for an AMLO (Anti Money Laundering Office) enquiry? I'm finding it almost impossible to comprehend and in Thailand, impossible to do as it seems to be designed for people who have never lived abroad and refers to organisations which don't exist here. It all started when I decided to close one of my Santander bank accounts and use only the debit card account and asked my bank, DWP and 2 other pension providers to change the details to the debit card account. Every other bank or organisation just did without any problem, except for Phoenix Life who have been real b@st@rds about it, and there's a Facebook group devoted to their appalling customer service. I have already made 2 complaints due to their utter inability to get things right. And we are only talking of £153 a month! They have bullied and harrassed customers, including me, demanding a quite onerous set of documentation to be provided, translated and registered by various organisations. I don't know how I would be able to comply. I won't go into the complexities of it all now, but I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has been involved in completing one of these AMLO requests from any organisation (bank etc), not just Phoenix Life. If anyone has, did they do it themselves or were they able to find an agency who could do it for them? I can do some of what they ask for but I really could do with some help with this, because they have now started withholding one of my meagre pensions until they feel I have complied. Any help or advice greatly appreciated.

Yes, I do that as I have a pituitary adenoma (cyst) and need regular injections of testosterone. I buy a 3-ampoule pack of testosterone enanthate for 550 baht from a pharmacy next to the petrol station at Nana crossroads which my local clinic charges me 80 baht to inject every 18 days. It's usually 21 days for most people but the doc and I titrated the does as an experiment and we found that 18 days was best to achieve an optimum level, mainly because I'm approaching 76 now. I don't inject myself because the nice lady doctor at my local clinic only charges 80 baht (including syringe) and is so skilled I never feel any discomfort. Although you can buy the 3-pack from Nana, your problem is that you'd need to find a doctor who will be prepared to inject you and you'd need to convince them with a history that it would be safe. NOTE - the 3-pack at 550 baht is from India but there is a single ampoule pack costing 200 baht (which some consider 'better') which is sourced from Austria. I have found no difference except that buying three single amp packs here in Nonthaburi saves me a fairly long traipse down to Nana, although costing me the 20-something baht extra per amp but not having to pay the MRT fare and a walk up from Sukhumvit station to just past Nana crossroads as I have stage 3 to 4 arthritic knees.

I'm English, but had the same response when I got involved with an Englishwoman. Got out as fast as I could, especially when I realised she had a family history of mental illness (Only discovered too late) Her mother died locked up in a mental hospital (Springfield) in London where she'd been for almost 30 years. That did it, I sprouted wings.