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Every time I visit Boston I use the Silverline (free shuttle service) to Sth. Boston station , I am not in the least discerning! 🤣

Have you tried Walmart ?

Just finished watching the movie Bugonia, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons , directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. part drama/sf/comedy , weird but very watchable. also the TV series Pluribus , similar concept , now on episode 5

Because they are on to you. The distorted bread is a signal from the aliens that live among us they will no longer tolerate your posts on AN. You seem to have touched a nerve. Tread lightly ..🛸👽

You guess correctly…

We’ve had a bottle of bourbon sitting on our kitchen shelve since last New Year that our son-in-law brought , just had a tot just now , still tastes horrible at first , but with a pleasant aftertaste of cinnamon I think.

An Idiot Abroad v2.0

Just a bit of info. for anyone contemplating acquiring a re-entry permit from Phuket Airport , they are now charging 1,500baht.

Just arrived here in the North of Japan on Sunday from Thailand. First snows of winter fell last night. brrrrr!

When I bought my Toyota Vios , I paid ฿499,000 for the most basic model , manual gear box , even the wipers doesn't have an intermittent function. Now 18 years later the car that I have just ordered is so loaded with bells and whistles , I might have to go back to college to learn how to drive the thing...🤣

That was my first choice of colour , but they said they couldn't do that colour and the light grey interior together , if I wanted that colour then it only came with the black interior trim.. nice photos ...👏

Put down my ฿5,000 deposit yesterday for the Jaecoo 5 EV Max configuration. Told wait will be 2 months , so hopefully by Xmas. Also , was offered a very good part-exchange price (฿150,000) on my 2008 Toyota Vios. Which I hope they honour come the day to make final payment. If not , then this well loved and cared for old car will remain at home..

Wow! , that was quick , thanks 👍

Will be flying out from Don Muang airport , destination Sapporo next month and have a couple of questions to put to the knowledgeable & helpful members on here.. 1) Where in the airport is the Re_Entry Permit Desk/Office. 2) What are the opening hours. 3) Do they accept payment by QR PromptPay (Kasikorn Account). TIA

Every little helps...

Sounds like you've just taken a ride on a silver machine ....🛸

Just this afternoon my bank account was mysteriously credited from whom I had no idea. Checking my online transactions did not provide any information as to where or whom this money had come from. Phoning the Call Centre in Bangkok , they didn't know either but told me they would investigate and call me back. Received the call back shortly thereafter and learned that the payment had been made by Air Asia. ..WTF!! Last night I made a booking to fly with them next month to Japan , but the amount that I paid for that flight did not match up with the amount refunded.. After a lot of delving back in time , I discovered a flight that I had booked on 5th May 2022 , that they had cancelled , but never refunded , I had completely forgotten/Given up on ever getting my money back and that had after about a year just disappeared of the "My Cases" tab on the web site matched the amount refunded today 6th October 2025 I remember at the time when I was trying to get them to refund me , receiving promises that they were doing everything in order to"expedite my refund" 3 years & 5 months later , hats off to Air Asia on a job eventually done. 🎉

Just started watching this series on Netflix.. .

More than I expected to pay For some time now I have had a small rough patch of skin (less than 1 cm diameter.) on my cheek , that occasionally causes some slight irritation especially if I am sweating , it stings. So today I decided to go to the hospital and have it checked out. I had read that cryotherapy was often successfully used as a method of eradicating these things. My appointment was for 1:45 at the Dermatology Dept., but got there 30min. early and was seen after about 10 min. At first I was seen by a nurse who took my blood pressure and recorded my weight & height. Then asked to wait for the doctor. the doctor soon arrived and pointed out what the mark on my cheek was most likely to be.(see photo) He then examined my back and informed me that I had a mole and recommended that I have a biopsy done on it , to which I agreed. Back out to the waiting room and someone came over and proceeded to go over a breakdown of what the cost would be and asked me to sign various papers , which I did , the cost quoted being just under ฿22,000 , which at the time I thought that sounds a bit higher than I expected , but had no idea what the biopsy was about. Next the doctor came back and ushered in to the surgery room. First they did the biopsy , shaving a bit of the mole on my back , then applying nitrogen to the cheek. All in all about 20 minutes max. Back to the waiting area and realising that that was the procedure over , I began to question (to myself) how this could possibly be ฿22,000. The person who had given me this quote came back to ask for my e-mail address and phone number in order to convey the results when they became known , at which point I asked her if the hospital operated a 3 tier charging system that I have read about on this forum and if so was the price that she had previously quoted me was the highest tier (tourist). She seemed a bit evasive to discuss this , but assured me that I was being charged the Foreign Expat Rate which was the same as the Thai Rate.. How she knew that I was an expat??? Finally I was called to the counter and given a pile of stuff (see photo) and directed/escorted to the Cashier Dept. After a short wait my number came up and I went to the desk and paid ......฿18,799 Time from arrival 1:25 Time I paid the bill 2:45 Time spent waiting in waiting area/cashier waiting area ~ 45min This was my first experience using a private hospital. The service was very good. One has to be vigilant with regards to costs , I am completely convinced that I was being charged the tourist rate until I questioned the bill. It is always best to be non-confrontational when querying charges eg Oh! I was wondering if perhaps if an error has occurred ..., always gets a better result than outright accusations of bill padding or discrimination (even if true)

Yes , of course! , you don't think I came up with those lines at my age, everything I say is plagiarised 🤣 The song was written (music & lyrics) by Ervin Drake and yes , I looked that up...🤣

When I was seventeen It was a very good year It was a very good year for small town girls And soft summer nights We'd hide from the lights On the village green When I was seventeen

Will matter to the following... 1) Snowbirds that come over to Thailand and spend up to 6 months here then return home to the UK. 2) Residents of countries that have a reciprocal agreement with the UK , but spend up to 6 months in Thailand. 3) Those who maintain a UK address , but rightly or wrongly keep schtum about it.

The UK State Pension increase for April 2026 will be determined by the highest of three factors under the triple lock guarantee : Inflation in September 2025, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). The average increase in total wages across the UK for the May to July 2025 period. Or 2.5%. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) data for total pay (including bonuses) in the three months to July 2025 indicated a 4.7% increase, making this the likely figure for the annual increase in the April 2026 State Pension.

I regularly eat Japanese food at home and we use the brand Bulldog Sauce , which is the Japanese equivalent to HP Sauce , however it is prohibitively expensive here in Thailand at about ฿200 for a small bottle. Recently on a shopping trip to Makro I found this ARO brand Tonkatsu Sauce at ฿27 for a 1lt bottle , they also have ARO Okanomiyaki (Japanese Pizza) Sauce same price.