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If anyone's wife thinks like that, that marriage is on rocky ground.

Thanks for your contribution, not.

Did you book direct with EVA or use another website as that price looks very cheap and I'm currently looking at buying tickets to UK?

There's also one company (forgot their name) doing one direct flight per week each way between Suvarnabhumi and Manchester.

Google is good, but even Google couldn't work out the connection between: "Do colourblind glasses and/or colourblind contact lens work?" and "Crickets".

Thanks guys.

So if you renew just after your birthday you can get 6 years and not 5 years. Anyone know how long after the expiry they will still let you apply to renew and not have to redo your driving licence (I.e. do the actual driving part of the test).

In March 2025, doing the 2024 online tax return, I successfully claimed the 190k over 65 allowance and will do so this month in my 2025 tax return.

My wife and I have both have ops and regular follow ups several times in Bangkok Christian in the past 5 years and have no communication problems with staff and both of our doctors speak decent English. I'd recommend Bangkok Christian.

???no idea what's meant by "crickets".

No idea. I assume most of us on 'Support Thai wife' extensions use the b400k option.

Similar to you, I've been through it twice and still dip in to my battered copy which is always on my desk for use.

It is obviously outdated as you point out, but I found it, and i still find it very useful - each to their own.

Samut Prakarn immigration webpage 'Support Thai wife' "9. Income or Pension have to certified by The Embassy or Consulate in Thailand and Show income more than 40,000 Baht/month". Uk state pension, currently equates to b38.2k (lowest for quite a while) payment paid every 4 weeks, and as there's 13 x 4-weekly payments or approx b41383/month so meets the "more than 40,000 Baht/month".

Yep seen them on Lazada but looking for people with experience of using them to advise if they do what they expect of them. Hoping some one with experience will comment.

Do colourblind glasses and/or colourblind contact lens work? 1 in 12 men are colourblind apparently, so that means quite a few of you reading this are colourblind. I am red/green colourblind. Not really a problem: a minor problem sometimes watching football, buying clothes, seeing birds in trees - minor stuff. I have no problem seeing red and green when driving. I do though have a major problem when it comes to passing the colourblindness test(s) in the Thai driving licence renewal. I have passed it twice but it is difficult and stressful (and the ladies doing the test were very kind to me). I've therefore been thinking ahead to my next 5 year renewal and wondering if I bought and used colourblind glasses or colourblind contact lens for the test, would that work / be helpful (note that I have no interest in these glasses / lens other than for the test). I note that Enchroma colourblind glasses are now available in four shops in Bangkok. I'm guessing they test your eyes, take your money and order from USA (or maybe they manufacture in Thailand under license). Enchroma also make colourblind safety glasses (maybe of interest to those in construction or engineering). Has anyone tried / owns either colourblind glasses or colourblind contact lens? If yes, what's your experience/opinion? What's your colourblindness? If the lens do work, I'd like to buy and try them out to see if they will help me.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for a contents only insurance policy? My two sons and a mate are uni students. They rent a house. They have lots of musical instruments (music students). I'd like to insure the contents.

SCB told me that the uk state pension payment originates from Citibank in USA, it is transferred to Citibank Thailand, who transfer it to your SCB account.

8% of males (roughly 1 in 12) are colourblind. That's equivalent to one player in every football (soccer) team. So colourblindness is common amongst men. "Colourblind tests for driving licenses are primarily required in select Asian nations, most notably Thailand, which tests for red, green, and amber color recognition. Other countries with restrictions include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia (commercial), Laos, Malaysia (commercial), and Myanmar. Most Western countries do not mandate this test." Driving tests I did in the UK and Australia had no colourblind test. I am colourblind - red/green - but have never had a problem driving here and clearly seeing and differentiating red, yellow and green lights. In the colourblind test for 2 years and 5 years driving licence here, I had huge problems with the colour peripheral test (put your chin on a bar, colour lights to the side) but the ladies in charge passed me (took pity on me). My son renewed his licence recently (for 5 years) at Bangpu. They now have a different machine for colourblind testing (than the chin one i used): lights of red or yellow or green come on randomly and you have to press a red or yellow or green button to match the coloured light. I'm sweating already!

Not necessary to register with UK embassy in thailand. Uk embassy in thailand not involved anymore in issuing of passports in thailand. Vfs is the party that issues uk passports in thailand for the UK.

Fledgling has now crossed the garden and got itself high up the mango tree. Very camouflaged up there but its constant calling gives its position away. Adult close by.

Can't fly far, but is getting around the garden ok. Adult bird watching but not coming to the youngster. 1772616662177.mp4

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The wife, back to her beloved garden, just spotted this fledgling on the lawn. It's safely made it back to the bushes around the lawn, watched closely by an adult bird. Common Iora?

Just back from a week's holiday at the wife's area in Esarn, and the wife, who has a passing interest in birds, observed that we didn't hear koels in the week we were there.