beau thai

ppp opticians in small soi next to rajavej. he doesnt speak much english but enough to get by. great job at reasonable price. great after sales service if needed

19 hours ago, Basso53 said:

How long ago was this? Drive through 90 day report or online?

online but it will surely be the same at drive in, if the principle is recording where they can find you via tm30 data . about 6 months ago.

On 4/25/2023 at 5:44 PM, Basso53 said:

As of about 11am today I have received information from an impeccable source that when I return back to CM I need do nothing as CM Immigration only want new TM30 if you are returning from overseas. I am prepared to do nothing and report my next 90 days by way of the drive through early July knowing all should be good. 

good luck with that. My 90 day was refused by CM Imm and I was sent away to get new tm30 after staying at a hotel in Thailand.

10 minutes ago, MrBrad said:

What's with people saying that they "self insure"?  Perhaps I don't understand what kind of insurance self insure is.  But if it's what I think it is, it means that those people don't have insurance.  Perhaps it's more comforting for them to deal with the idea of "self insure" than to simply say that they're uninsured.

I am uninsured, I get a medical bill, I pay it. No  illusions-I think of myself as uninsured. When some of us sometimes refer to that as self insurance I think you know exactly  what that means, 555. Nothing 'with' it. just an expression. Like pigs flying.

mazda 2 auto so easy to drive. we picked up a finance repo (from a dealer), nearly new at a great price. Been very happy with it.

I insured with Cigna. never had any claims. But when i reached a round number birthday they said I had reached a higher risk pool. They tripled the premium. I cancelled,

I self insure now but that can need deep pockets too

i had a good deal with cigna for several years. no claims at all but then when i reached my birthday they said I had reached a higher risk pool. The premium was raised by a factor of 3. Now I self insure. (But that can be costly too.)

A neighbour here died recently as his money ran out to pay for meds and treatment so self insurance can need deep pockets.

my electricity for 3 people in a 2br condo is about 1500 a month. we use the 3 aircons but not a lot as we find fans more comfortable.

6k may be places not using govt electric rates who make up for lower rent by overcharging per unit electricity.

well, IBS is certainly a pain in the ass-and other associated regions. the bloating and gurgling is very unpleasant. 

When I was really struggling with it, my onco/haemo consultant here (not a deitician) suggested cutting out lactose and gluten. Very successful. But not immediate as gluten lingers in the system for several weeks. But I was much better fairly quickly and pretrty much cured after a year. 

If I regress because I get fed up with being faddy, and eat some pizza, then IBS comes back with a vengeance.

Lactose free is easy, as most shops stock lactose free milk-and CM bread in Nong Hoi has tasty lactose free cheese, but a little normal cheese is not a problem for me.

There is a gf facebook group  -gluten free chiang mai that makes the transition to gf easier.

Normal beer is a gluten problem, but Beer lao and Cheers Riceberry (both rice based) are fine for me.

I would suggest cutting gluten and lactose for a few months and see if that helps you.

I also used to take a spoonful of psyllium husk in a glass of water daily. the extra fibre helped

Best of luck. The changes above were life changing for me. Everyone's microbiome is different though -not sure if you have read The Gut Doctor-useful website.

9 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Do you have health insurance in Thailand?

 

If not think very carefully about the options ahead of you if you do indeed move to Thailand.

 

Not just how you’ll pay for healthcare but also the burden of care on your wife.

 

 

very good advice.

some keep a uk address (friend/relative) for mail/bank etc and register with GP local to that address -in case you need NHS later. after all, you are just going to be on a long holiday in thailand!.

6 minutes ago, allane said:

I have now made two attempts to register on this wonderful new system. After filling in the boxes, I receive nothing except three blinking dots on the screen; no error message nor any acceptance message.  I waited about 10 minutes each time.

What do you advise ? Plain English please; I don't speak geekspeak.

 

i was unable to complete via laptop but after downloading  app Section 38 on my android phone, it completed.

Just had our canon done on  Panthip plaza. turn right off  1st escalator. Bon DD. Ours had also dried up and we bought a used but look new Canon copier scanner printer from Bon for 1500 baht. Less than the repair cost of the old one as the heads had gone -750 each to replace. Very pleased with the new achine. And I must remember to do an all colour print once a week to stop it drying out!

Pm sent

Good to see you and Pranee for brunch today Jon, and to shoot the breeze-or was that a hurricane?! 

Look forward to visiting you both at your new venture near Ruamchok, next month. 

Best of luck. 

so sorry to read about your daily tribulations Jon. i hope the medics can improve your health, and meantime,very best wishes for the road ahead for you both.

You have had way more than your share of troubles yet keep cheerful. Time you caught a lucky break.

23 hours ago, RetroGTAndrew said:

Slightly related to OP's question, but I 'think' I've just completed a TM30 for two of us (Thai wife on UK PP due to UK vaccination record) on the web version of online registration! I tried '0' for the non-existent TM6 number and it failed but leaving it blank worked and the data was successfully transferred to the form at the bottom of the page.

My question is, is it just a matter of hitting 'Save' and that's it? Or are there further steps to actually register?

If I use 'Search TM30' we both show up as having arrived so all looks good.

Andrew

yes it seems you found a solution!

if you have hit save and no error message came up then you are in the system and can screenshot or print.

if you log back in and go through the same steps, on the left you will see 3 options before you get to the form to complete. one is a search option and should show your names as registered if you want additional assurance!

On 8/1/2022 at 10:27 PM, treetops said:

It's the country your google account uses that matters.  Settings, General, Account and device preferences, Country and profiles (for me).  If it's on your home country you won't get geo-locked to Thailand apps but if you want to change it to Thailand you won't be able to change it back for a year.

 

ETA:  You can of course create another Google account based in another country and switch between them as reqf that work uired.

Many thanks for your reply. I couldnt make any of that work on my Huawei P30 despite many workaround attempts.

I finally fixed this by avoiding google entirely.

downloaded Opera as an alternate browser and through that, downloaded Section 38 app.

4 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

It is your address not being for here.

The language used does not matter.

 

as I said I didnt have an address on google but have now added location here as the address. Makes no difference..

9 minutes ago, beau thai said:

i dont have a 'home' or other street address on google

so I have just set my google address to my location here, turned phone off/on, still get same message Not available in your country. maybe driven by using English not thai?

23 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Check to see what address you have used for your Google account. If not a Thai address you will get that message.

i dont have a 'home' or other street address on google

57 minutes ago, beau thai said:

internet is fine. the link they emailed still just gets error Url not found. hopeless

Finally solved and I will detail, in case it helps others.

1. Registering on mobile with Imm gets you an email link that doesnt work.

2.I learned from a thai, there is another app called Section 38, specifically for TM30

3.That app doesnt appear on playstore on my phone (dtac sim, used here for years!)

4.I found it on google but when I try to install I get a message Not available in your country!  (I am in Chiang Mai, and this phone has never been used outsideThailand.) Some location based sites think Chiang Mai City is in Myanmar. Really! so i turned on my vpn and set it to Bangkok. Same message Not available in your country

5 Tried on a Thai phone in thai language.  Success. Used my online password and user name (no need to re-register for this mobile Section38 app.)

6 Section 38 also asks for TM6 number but unlike online site it is not a mandatory field

Job done. eventually

13 hours ago, problemfarang said:

well, it took 5 min for me and many others. Maybe you need to check your internet connection?

with the email they send you they accept your register and then will send a second email with username and password then all you need to do is use that name and the password in the app.. no need to go any website.. 

internet is fine. the link they emailed still just gets error Url not found. hopeless

1 hour ago, beau thai said:

Progress!

Got through step 1

Step 2 is the email they send through which I have to activate.

No sign of that email yet.....

 

Reassuring that their responses are what we have both come to expect!

Oh, step 2 ok email arrived now .

But the link contained just results in 'URL NOT FOUND'

I so wish it was the so easy 5 minute job you described! 

Maybe the people employed in Immigration are not keen for the online stuff to work......gotta preserve their jobs.