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My friend is in BKK right now with a severely damaged ACL from a sports injury.  Is there a hospital or DR that specializes in sports injuries specifically knee surgeries.  She is a professional athlete and this is serious if the surgeon cannot treat it perfectly, her career will be over.  Because of the pandemic and being stuck in Thailand she cannot really go abroad to get it done currently. 

Thanks for any suggestions and help.

unfortunately, the numbers given aren't answered.

Thanks though.

Thank you. That is the one.

I am trying to find the location and phone number of a thai primary school in Chiangmai. I am not sure the spelling. It is called Pinkahrat.  It is near the train station and very close to the sayuri complex.  Does anyone know the Thai name or contact information for this school?  Thanks for any help.

red onions are available at every market in the country.  There are 2 types of shallots too, just ask for hom dang yai. 

The onion is the least of your worries if you are learning to cook curries from youtube. 

first don't plan on a monthly budget. First need to use some common sense.  A budget doesn't account for all the things wrong and those that claim to spend 30k baht a month probably end up spending a lot more than 360k baht for the year. 

Count on spending 150k baht you first month. 

As for motorcycle, unless you have an international driver;s license for a motorcycle expect to pay a lot more than 10k baht for 6 months. Your fines will be 400 baht every time you pass a cop. 

Expect to spend a total of about 15k usd for the first 6 months.  Usually you will spend less than that in a year after you are set up and have a routine and free hobbies, but usually takes some adjustment.

People think everything is so cheap compared to their home country that they actually spend a lot more. 

Then you will get homesick and search for comfort foods and western products at some point. Might cost a lot.

Then if you try to impress nice women, you will spend a lot more than 30k baht a month.

Round up and bring at least 3-5k dollars more than you need and an escape plan.  Many people come and get stuck in a rut and have troubles.

First of all congratulations and good luck. It is an arduous process getting everything in order.  Getting married in Thailand is pretty easy.  Oh, if you have been married before, make sure that you have your divorce certificate, so that you can get married here.  The process for marriage here is quite simple and painless, takes no more than a few hours.

Usually when rejected many times for visas, they will create a hassle when applying for marriage visa. They want to know why denied before, then why keep applying and then why shift tactics and apply for a new type of visa.  They might flag her. If your purpose is to marry her and bring her over, perhaps contact an immigration lawyer or even contact your local immigration to find out. They will know if she has been flagged. Just state your case. 

It doesn't look that good to have a long distance relationship where you have only been together a few times. Try to get as much evidence as you can. Holiday photos. Pictures of wedding party with all her relatives. If you have any relatives or friends that can fly over for the wedding, that will look good too. 

I had a friend who married a girl here with the hopes of bringing her to the US but he didn't know that she had overstayed a visa there a few years ago and was denied her entrance for marriage. Now he lives in the US and she lives here for the next 3-5 years while the appeal process happens.

Hopefully, you will have nothing but good luck.

Yes, of course, I was just joking around a little.

It is just my pet peeve when people use transliterated thai words for no reason. His entire post was about a meal using normal words then throw in a thai transliteration for no reason. It's kind of like people saying come to my soi instead of street. I just find it retarded.  Using the word fuk tong is just pointless in this case. Because it isn't even a thai pumpkin. It didn't originate here it was imported.  So very different than using bratwurst since that is descriptive and tells people what type of sausage it is.

To me it is the same as showing a can of baked beans and saying. I ate some delicious roasted tua. Just pointless thaiglish garbage.

Perhaps you should study TSL. Because you seem to be confused with your thaiglish garbage. perhaps using english words instead of english transliteration of thai words might help.

FYI what you ate was roasted winter squash.  all pumpkins are types of squash. 

ฟักทอง  is Thai. It is used for all types of squash not just pumpkins. Thai language doesn't often differentiate into smaller classifications whereas using English would have been more precise and keeps you from looking like a ponce with Thaiglish. 

Pumpkin you.

Ram was about 15-20k baht depends on a few factors, plus you get a discount card which helps. My total fee was 13k baht. Well worth it to know that you are healthy. Very efficient, friendly and clean.

13 hours ago, manarak said:

putting together a graphics workstation isn't more complicated than a regular gaming PC.

 

just use lots of RAM and use VGA cards designed for CAD, such as a quadro M6000. 4K monitor won't hurt either.

Sorry, but a real top gaming machine burns so hot, it will destroy most layouts unless really thought out.  When you are spending 1k dollars plus per graphics card and you have 3 or 4 of them, you might want to be cautious.

Good speed is adequate for normal computers but if you are looking for high end gaming that is better than Alienware, you might need to go to bkk.

If you are looking for a water cooled system with dual graphics cards or better, I don't think they can handle that at goodspeed. I have had hit and miss with them. 

First of all many things can be labeled organic and aren't.  There have been some major scandals and whole foods and other organic distributors.  2nd. Some states have even stricter regulations to be labeled organic than federal claims.  Yes, there have been strides towards truly organic but it still isn't perfect. But keep living your fantasy that everything you eat labeled certified organic is purely organic.   

Unless you grow it yourself you will never know how "organic" or healthy it is.

But yes, the Doi Kahm markets have very good produce and I do feel safer eating their products.

You are so good at google search. You win!!!!

On 2/4/2017 at 4:36 PM, Michaelaway said:

Chicken thighs, rubbed with spices, roasted with potato wedges, onions & fuk tong.

I think the food is called sqaush. So I don't understand why you would write everything in English than use an english spelling of a thai word. Are you mentally challenged?

Hate to break it to you but in the US there is no standard for certified organic. It is a very lose criteria.  Certain states have much stricter regulations but federally a lot that is certified organic isn't really.  They could have used chemicals for 50 years in the field and then one year not and it is still now organic under the federal regulations.

So your idea to help people is post pictures from your latest shopping trip at rimping.  If you only buy western imported items that might help, but then you fall into the same category of huge difference in cost of living.

I don't pay 19 baht for 2 cucumbers I pay 5 baht.  I don't pay 89 baht a kilo for shallots or red onions I pay 35 baht. 

So in fact this thread will be very long with lots of pictures and won't help anyone either.

I think what your wife means is that the land does not have a chanote, so you cannot sell it for anything but farming. Certain deeds are not transferable either.  If the land is just rice paddy with a small house might only be worth 250k baht a rai. Really unless you are specific what the land is and where it is located you cannot get a real answer.

If the land has separate electricity and a clear boundary and fenced in, the land has been raised, with a decent built house, might be worth 2 million baht.

I guess the foreigners suggesting getting a bicycle cannot read thai newspapers. Do you realize how many people die on that road each year?  Definitely, not worth riding a bike especially after work when it gets dark.  Hangdong or Sanpatong are good options for commuting and the yellow taxis drive very frequently. 

Really depends if you want a simple quiet life, or you want to stay each night in the city and go out after work. 

Better to ask for salt substitutes rather than ask for pure potassium. Not sure people no what you are on about.

Morton salts make some called NoSalt and Nu-Salt.  But to be honest, I am not sure they are available here.  I too look for reduced sodium but its rare here. 

This forum is for women, not to ask stupid questions that marginalize all women.

You went to visit someone and after the trip they stopped writing you often. It means that you did something wrong on the trip and they don't like you anymore. Plain and simple. Nothing to do with women or Thai. You cannot expect everyone to like you just because you buy them things and travel to see them.

He probably has a license and probably put the Legal in, so he would get answers to his question not more questions or snide remarks about it being illegal. 

since it was a private message and not a public one, you broke no laws. Really don't worry, but then again with this day and age, don't let the paper trail exist.  Personally, I don't know why you would criticize thai people to someone you aren't that close with in written correspondence.

Really, sounds like you are paranoid.