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Can't wait for Songkran. I'll be flying to Italy on Day 1.

I just wired several thousand US $ from my US account to my Bangkok Bank Dollar account. Easy as pie. Fast, too! Less than 24 hours. Not like the old days when the money would be floating around in the ether for a few days while your stomach was in knots the whole time. The total charge for this transaction was 500 baht-like it always is. I paid my US bank $25 for the wire transfer. That's it.

If that's the worst thing that happens to this creep , he should consider himself lucky.

Crocs flip flops most every day. Not the original, ugly crocs but the sporty looking flips. Very comfortable, even for long walks. Only problem is, they are cheaply made. I've had 3 different pairs break in the same spot-the vertical bar where your toe slides in-within 2 years after ourchase. Kind of exasperating for something that costs 1500 baht. Complaint emails to their Thai offices get shunted around until you give up.

I got my bank letter from the Bangkok Bank branch in Jomtien 2nd Road back in November. I will be curious to know if they have stopped issuing it.

Can't we bring back the cloth chair? I still have mine from 2008 bought in a furniture store in Pattaya for 2500 baht! Just put a towel over the seat for protection and away you go. The wheel frame broke a few years ago and I bought a PVC chair at Index for 6000 baht. Piece of <deleted>. Not as wide or deep and totally unsuited to tropical weather. I unscrewed the seat and screwed my old, cloth chair to the new wheel frame. Still going strong.

Soi Nana in BKK mostly Indian now.

Yadda Yadda. Same thing we hear every year. The worst of it is still to come. Smog season peaks around Valentine's Day. Wanna bet we see some "200" days in the next few weeks.

"I just want to go to Chid Lom, not North Korea!" Why are they asking for passports and phone numbers now? Are people laundering money thru Rabbit cards? More apps, more surveillance.

Went to top up my Rabbit Card for the Skytrain yesterday and the woman in the booth asked for my passport. WTF? I've never been asked for it before on the BTS. I gave her a laminated copy from my wallet. Then, she rips off a piece of paper and hands it to me with a pen and asks for my email address. I blew mytop. What does this have to do with riding the skytrain? I'm not trying to buy a gun or get a loan. I asked for my cards and money and stormed off without a top up. Is this the new normal?

Did you mean appealing or appalling?😄

Better check to see if Thailand is using Ukrainian mercenaries.

When is this family going to run out of candidates?

Expected completion date 2057.

As usual, Thailand fighting the baht with one hand tied behind its back.

Hey BOT, it's time for an intervention! Get this dang thing back to 36-38 range ASAP.

Just because they're in college now doesn't mean they're getting a good education.

The girls in Pattaya still love Cobra Gold.

No. The real dirt comes from China. The winds are now blowing from the North. Pretty soon, we will see the result of that when all the Chinese garbage blankets SE Asia.

We don't need them wasting money on alerts. We need them wasting money on bigger water cannons.

Really?? THey've all been trained not to?

Better keep that Ali Baba purchase under 50 Satang!

Again, we have to deal with this idiotic 4 am push by alcoholics and greedy politicians. The issue comes up about once a year and quickly fades. Here's hoping that happens again. Thailand does not have an effective police force to ensure the peace and quiet in residential neighborhoods. 4 am closure is a recipe for disaster for most residents.

What a nightmare scenario.

Wouldn't have been completed in my lifetime, anyways. Who cares? Just another sinkhole for billions of baht.