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To avoid the plastic rattan cracking and breaking, you need to ensure that they use the UV stabilised stuff. I have some tables over ten years old. Still as good as new. Even though they have been left outside all that time. Bought some other furniture. It was made, and shipped from Indonesia. Every time I move the chairs, there are lots of pieces of broken rattan on the floor. The sun has made it all fade and go brittle.

Exactly as I posted in the other thread about the same baby Dugong.

But to convert from a visa exempt to a Non O based on retirement, which is possible, you will need a Thai bank account to show the THB 800,000 if you are using that method. Hence the Residence Certificate from Immigration, and perhaps the TM.30.

I have a friend that opened Bangkok Bank accounts (both Savings and Fixed Term) only two weeks ago. He booked a hotel room for one month, and negotiated a deal for a longer term deal, to be paid after the initial month was up.. The hotel gave him a TM.30 and a letter that he would be staying there long term.. He used that to get the Residency Certificate, and that, along with his passport was sufficient. Unfortunately the hotel owner reneged on the agreed price for the six months, but my friend found a much better deal. You will just have to try different branches. Ones that deal with more foreigners are often more helpful.

God knows what they will make of ths: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVOuRQPPdoo

Wait until all the feminists go after his other song, "Sexbomb." I wish all the woke brigade would just go back to sleep.

What a bland, bland world will shall soon all be living in.

Almost the next best thing: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-MkLBdKS9KQRhoaVkk3ceqLdYhPuifNb

And it shows. Traffic has been horrible. The crazy minibus drivers are back on the road in force.

Unfortunately, now the news is out, we will probably see that fishermen have caught and killed a Green Turtle and its unusual companion, a baby Dugong. Let's hope not.

I know a few Russians. Just normal people. friendly and polite. But. I have a friend who was married to a Russian (that didn't last long) and even spent some time there. He told me that too much politeness, please and thank you is seen as a sign of weakness and they will treat you accordingly. How true that is, I don't know.

Nut. Is that her name? Or a warning she is crazy? ????

I don't know. In some places it was necessary, but perhaps it depends on the particular office and how busy they are.

For each licence. Car & Motorbike. Passport & copy of passport ID page Residence Certificate Old Licence Medical Certificate. i think that's it, but there may be more. You can Google it. Oh and dress smart. I have seen people turned away at my local DMV centre for dressing scruffy. i usually just wear long trousers and a polo shirt.

Take photocopies of everything. Don't forget to take two of everything if you are renewing both car and motorbike licences.

One of those Aussie pick ups kitted out with solar and a good tent would be better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7IKlS8Z2Nc

I think that is the new electric VW camper. Looks great, but how to charge it out in the wilds?

With that side opening, it looks more like a burger van than a camper. ???? Seriously though, I don't think there is much of a market for camper vans here in Thailand. Accommodation being available pretty much everywhere from downright cheap and up. Quite a few campsites (for tents) though.

I think that was The Graham Norton Show last week. Regardless of his personal life or sexuality, he is a very talented singer with I believe a four octave range. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqqOZbMWesI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhREiAarjVY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jzDnsjYv9A

The captchas I get are only with Google.

Pity the elephant didn't break free and trample them. Some people just don't deserve to be on this Earth.

I went to Samui immigration last week and it was packed with mainly Russians. Mostly younger ones looking around or under 35 years old. Singles, couples and some families. All probably renewing or extending their visas. Given the choice of Russia right now, with winter and Putin's war, or sunny Samui, I know where I would rather be. Many seem to be here for the long haul, as many Russian children enrolled in the local international schools.

I do have a VPN, but I don't keep it on all the time. In fact the first thing I checked when I started getting the captchas was that it was off. Funnily enough, after being on DuckDuckGo for several days, I just changed my browser search engine back to Google, did some searches, and so far no Captchas. Weird.

Don't they also have the Death Railway in Kanchanaburi? Bridge on the River Kwai.

I agree. it's not easy to find cotton t-shirts etc in most Thai shops. Maybe in the big malls in Bangkok, but even there you have to search. As for all the synthetic stuff, It's a marketing ploy by the manufacturers to charge fortunes for what is basically polyester. They now call it "Technical fibre", and even the big fashion houses use it to make most of their clothing nowadays. Best to find a shop that sells materials, like this one on corner of Sukhumvit Soi 14 or 16. Can't remember. Couple of minutes walk from Asok. On the corner where you turn to Benjakitti Park. https://www.facebook.com/hyhfabric Then find a tailor to make your shirts. Or order on the internet. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=100+percent+cotton+polo+shirts+for+men&crid=BTHQ4QF1YXNN&sprefix=100%+cotton+polo+for+men%2Caps%2C342&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_24