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A grand ceremony, photo opportunity and headline in the press. Next day, more of the same, same.

If you like buttermilk pancakes then try Butter is Better. Two locations: one is on Chang Klan road close to Pantip Plaza and the second location in Hang Dong.

Priorities for safe air travel: 1. Extend and widen the runway. 2. Install an ILS Cat 3 approach to enable aircraft in less than optimal weather. Making these changes will enable more aircraft to land. Also, larger aircraft could come in on a regular basis. More larger aircraft (B777 or A350) will allow more passenger to arrive and depart with fewer flights. But of course “TIT” so I doubt these changes are even on the list.

Not in my case. My pension is much higher than 65K Baht. My pension agency answers external inquiries as long as I authorized the confirmation of my income to a specific inquiry. Also, I am not British.

I will KISS-Keep It Simple Stupid: Of course I am not calling you or anyone on this forum stupid. My point has always been these points: 1. Confirming someone’s income from a governmental agency is a common practice. I worked for a governmental agency and had my income confirmed numerous times by external inquires. Otherwise how could I have obtained a loan? 2. As long as the applicant signs a waiver or authorization form the agency that runs the secure pension database can answer one simple questions: “The person states he or she makes XXXX amount per year. Can your agency confirm this?”. That is pretty much it. 3. I have never said anyone is lying. You did. 4. I breathe just fine, I have always done better and I always try. 5. I am not arguing with you because i do not know who or what you are? I am simply responding to your comments. 6. I do not need to keep trying because my point has been information from any secure database can be confirmed as long as secure process is followed.

An external inquiry to confirm an income does not need to access a secure database. A confirmation letter or email is what most financial institutions use to confirm income. “I guess you think they are lying”??? A guess is like assuming. “I just don’t get it”? I never asked you to get it”. This is just my perspective.

My specific income is verifiable. If not then how does a bank verifiy my income so I can get a loan? If a bank can verify then the a US Governmental Agency can’t? Or won’t? Verification of income is the “Thai Way”? My point is and has been always been certain income is verifiable. If I was a self-employed digital nomad in Chiang Mai with multiple sources of “gig” incomes then it would be a different story.

Just rented a car from Hertz at LAX. Made the reservation directly on the company website while in Thailand without a VPN. The daily rate was about half of what I would have paid if I had made the reservation while in the USA. I do not have a Thai Drivers License and have always used my CA DL.

I have never melatonin in at Boots or Watson. I usually get some when I back int the USA or order it from IHerb.

Crap? I said certain incomes are readily verifiable. Government pension pay is probably the easiest income to verify. If this is crap then so be it. If the Thai Government wants incomes verified by an Embassy/Consulate then it is now “BS

100,000 Bath a month in India??? That should have raised some eyebrows.

Good ideas but a restaurant in San Francisco recently banned Police Officers from entering because they were armed. I know it's San Francisco but Gun Free Zones sometimes come with unintended consequences. It is a very complex problem that has many facets and I do not see a workable solution. I grew up Los Angeles and was street cop there for 20 years and nothing ever changed. It was like ground hog dog for 20+ years. The worst years for gun violence were actually in the mid 1990's. The only difference I see now is in the growth of mass casualty shootings. 30 years ago there were shootings almost every night with a small number of victims. Now a single shooting can result in a large number of casualties.

It's one thing to own and even carry a firearm (whether concealed or not). It is a totally different world when one actually uses a firearm in real life. Punching holes into paper targets at the range or shooting animals are things just about anyone can do but properly using a firearm while under stress? Many fail at that. Owned firearms for over 35 years and sold them when I came to live in Chiang Mai. I have never owned an AR-15 or an AK-47. I lived in urban areas my entire life and never saw a need for them. Also, I have never been a member of the NRA because I did not see a need to join. I don't buy the argument that putting some limits or even restrictions on certain types of firearms takes away anyone's 2nd Amendment Rights. On the other hand I once shot at an outdoor range just outside of Louisville, Kentucky where one can shoot any type firearm. I even saw guy who brought a flame thrower to this range. I saw plenty of automatic rifles and a few with crew served machine guns. I don't believe firearms restrictions will play with this crowd. Therefore I do not see any change to firearms laws in the United States anytime soon.

Wow, You know me so well, I believe it is spelled "aggrandizing". But you are the expert so I could be wrong. Also why would a monument to a dead or living person be related to this subject matter. I made a spelling error. I should have typed statute versus statue. For making this error I apologize to all who have been offended.

"Dryer-dried clothes"? Interesting phrase?

Ok. You got me. Spelling error. I did not realize you were the grammar and spelling enforcement officer on this forum?

Regulation or Federal Law? If it is Federal Law under what statue? So Embassy Notarizations are equivalent to a US State Commissioned Notarizations? Under what Regulation or Federal does this come under? I was at one time a California Commissioned Notary so I know a little something about Notarizing documents. A state commissioned notaries are required to be bonded. What would be the equivalent Federal Notary Commission? A notarized document and a sworn affidavit are two different things. The US Embassy in the past issued income Affidavits. In many cases Affidavits are as valuable as the paper it is written on.

You are correct. This is tribal land. AKA, can't sue them. This is a good thing.

As an American even my accountant can pull copies of my past income tax returns.because I gave him written authorization to do so because he has been submitting my US Federal Income Tax returns for years. He has an Internal Revenue Service account and can access the needed returns in minutes. If an old accountant can access this information then it’s a sad day when a large US Governmental agency cannot or will not do the same. I tend believe it is more “will not “ than “cannot”. Also, i am retired government employee and my pension board has a unit that verifies incomes from external inquiries. Oh well, “American Citizens Services” at the US Embassy. Just strike the word “services” to be accurate.

So the Norwegian Embassy accepts Tax documents to prove income. Last year a rep from the US Consulate in Chiang Mai was asked why the US Embassy will not provide income certificates the response was “there is no central database of incomes in the US like European countries”. Even then I called “BS”. The US Embassy/Consulate in Thailand is the most useless entity for Americans in Thailand. The useless people at the US Embassy do not realize the $$ making of potential of verifying and certifying incomes for Americans who file tax returns. Heck they could charge $100 for such a service. The US State Department is.a Bureaucracy. The only things that change in a bureaucracy are the names and faces. When Clown Ambassador Gödel is gone a new talking head will be appointed. As an American I can call any US government employee a Clown because I am exercising my 1st Amendment rights.

The perfect job for him would to become the new CEO/President/Top Dog of the Elite Visa company (don't know what the new name of this racket is? I think something like Privilege). Then he can schmooze with the wealthy foreigners' who want to invest and live in Thailand.

Even better. Time Served or Overcrowding in all jails. Also, no parole and no ankle monitor.

Has anyone in Chiang Mai with True Mobile had problems with Data Speeds? I have had True Mobile for the last 7 years and in the past they have been very reliable. I have a 5G phone and at times I was getting speeds of 250 Mbps. For the last 3 days Data speeds have ranged from 0.15 to 3 mbps. This slowdown usually lasts 3 to 5 hours. I called True Customer Support (not so supportive) several times. At first I was told "engineers are working on it" and then I was told to restart my phone. I have restarted my phone 10 times in the last three days. Today i went to the True Store at Maya Mall and the very professional store manager said a cable was cut two days ago and this caused problems with Data service. He was the only True employee that has actually been helpful. Currently I am still getting 1 to 3 mbps. It would not be a big deal but I am paying 1176 Baht for unlimited high speed data and "5G speeds when available. As a gesture of 'kindness" True Customer Support offered me a 20% discount if I sign a 6 month contract. Wow, I would never sign another contract with True. I have been on a month to month for 4 years. I regret not switching to either AIS or Dtac in the past. At this point with only a few months left on my Ext of Stay it doesn't make much sense to sign a contract with another company. I checked and it appears the data speeds are only slow in my immediate neighborhood. I live within walking distance of Ram hospital.

Yes. Former Thailand YouTube blogger JohnnyFD has been in and out Ukraine for the last year. It looks like one has to fly to Poland and then take a train to Lyiv or even Kyiv.