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I made one purchase and returned it. Instead of putting the refund credit on my credit card the gave me an in-store credit. Lazada has never done that. That was the first and last time I ordered from Timu. Lazada is also tightening their return system but so far no issues.

I took a similar flight from Calcutta to BKK this year. What can't be portrayed in a video is the overwhelming stench of cheap cologne. I had one hand on the barf bag throughout the entire flight 🥺

You paid 1200 baht for a cup of coffee and bragging about it??

I buy cases of MaMa noodles and put them in the break room for the staff to take home. Every Thai family can use MaMa, and I can spend as much or as little as I want to give. A dozen cases is about 3k baht so it's easy to feel like a big shot. We have 20+ staff in the building. Some are more directly helpful than others based on their job role, but I'd rather thank the team than have anyone feel left out. I tip through the year for help I request.

This issue comes up in my building every December when it's cool and people like to open their windows. There is not much you can do about neighbors acting within the law and rules of the condo. By mid-January everyone will have their windows and doors closed and the AC on. Problem solved 🙄

I mentioned it because it worked to my advantage to have my paperwork checked when I made the appointment. The downside would be if appointments are more than 30 days out because the residency cert is only valid for 30 days. It would be nice if their appointment app worked for this office but it's only once every five years so not that big a deal.

"which is helpful because I can have it corrected and save a third trip out there." Renewals require two trips...one trip for an appointment, and one trip for the renewal. If I arrived with the wrong residency cert I would have needed a third trip back after asking immigration to correct it. Sorry you didn't understand but I think my use of English was fine 😊

I had just renewed my retirement visa which is now good until January 2026. That's 2569 in Thai years, but immigration put 2568. Immigration fixed it for free at the immigration office, but the transport office could not fix it on-site.

I went on December 9, and the earliest appointment was for January 3. They inspected my paperwork and found an error in my residency certificate, which is helpful because I can have it corrected and save a third trip out there. The appointment process was very easy and fast.

True by the letter of the law, but in three decades I've never heard of anyone being hassled by thai customs for their personal medications. If I was still in my 20's with a pony tail I'd worry more. Has anyone ever even been questioned by customs on this kind of thing? If they are going through your toiletries they must have some other major cause of suspicion. For the most part customs is after sneaky HiSo Thais bringing in wine and designer goods to avoid taxes.

You are an advanced member and know us all very well. Flameless is a ridiculous expectation 🙄

It has a glitch in headphone/speaker/bluetooth function that's been annoying lately. Otherwise it's good and lets you set an ID number from anywhere in the world, so I dial my home town it looks like a local call to the receiver. I used skype for years, then Microsoft bought it and it went downhill. The phone app is a pig with sluggish response on my phone. Maybe not the same for other brands of phone.

Has anyone recently renewed a license and can report on the appointment process and lead time at the Pattaya office (Banglamung Branch)? I'm looking to renew a 5 year. Any recent heads-up would be most appreciated. The appointment app seems permanently disabled for this location.

Isarn BBQ would be a delicious solution 🙄

A tried and true approach to clearing up nagging property issues. Sadly I don't think that's going to work for the waterfront 🙄

Does anyone have an update on the 5-year renewal process at Pattaya DLT?

I think I'd always rather be liquid if the economy goes sour than tied up in Thai real estate as an investment. If there's a property one wants to control for the foreseeable future that's a different motive. It doesn't make sense to me to buy, for other the equation might be different.

A week ago I asked a question about growth technique in some of the weed I was buying and got gently reminded by the admin to stay on topic - good weed at a good price. This morning I woke up to a dozen recent posts that would be more at home in the Tiny Dick Swinging Forum 🙄

Thailand has unexpectedly strong tenant rights laws, especially after living in the same unit for so long. A lot of owners don't know that it is almost impossible to evict a rent-paying tenant unless there's an egregious issue. Any effort to restrict your access to the unit or utilities is a separate criminal offense. A consultation with a Thai real estate attorney is only a couple of thousand baht. Living in conflict with the owner would suck, but it sounds like it is your decision, not his.

Have you ever flown while fully baked? Well, I certainly wouldn't recommend flying half-baked 🙄 For long flights, ganja cookies are a must. I took about 40mg of cookies right after check-in at Swampy for a flight to SF. I slept warm and fuzzy most of the way to Incheon. The plane change was annoying, but I took another 40mg about an hour before boarding, and 25mg more about 5 hours into a 12-hour leg. I watched less than one movie on my tablet. I landed in SF feeling well rested after the best sleep in a while, but it was 11:00 pm there so it was dawn before I could fall asleep. With an eye mask, earplugs, and a few ganja cookies it was pretty easy to ignore all the annoying people on the plane. Not sure I'd have been the right guy to open the emergency exit but i certainly could have stumbled out on my own 😊

From the moment Biden got elected it was obvious the next republican candidate would be from the MAGAverse. Top priority from day one should have been the identification of a next-generation centrist democrat who had some chance of re-uniting the country. That should have been the DNC's job to make it happen. I'm old and don't have children, so I'm going to stop worrying about politics and just hope the Social Security checks keep coming 😊

I think there's an enormous international opportunity for the big guys like CP who will pressure the government into some formal regulations that open the door to safe mega-investments. I think there will be some regulation of the storefront and street vendors as well, but I don't think they're going to be able to put much of a damper on recreational weed smoking. I think we're going in circles agreeing with each other 🙄

Sure it does. It's a clown show with weapons of mass destruction. I'm not even upset at the Maga people that voted for him, I'm mad at the Democrats who bubble the election cycle and couldn't put forth a candidate more of the country could support. A lot of folks who voted for Harris had to pinch their nose to do it. Those folks voted against Trump - not for a candidate they admired. As I said, I looked at the number of paragraphs in the OP's post and didn't even get far enough to know it was a political rant. The vote is cast, and worrying about it from here isn't going to change things. Winter is coming Jon Snow 🙁

I was ten days walk into the backcountry of Nepal in the 80's staying at a guest house with a drunk obnoxious German. We all left our boots by the wood stove to dry overnight and guess who's boots had disappeared by morning? Either the dude on the beach was an <deleted>, or the crime was committed by someone who usually does their shoe shopping outside the temple doors. No news here...lets move along.

There have been two years for the supply pipeline to develop legally. All my suppliers work by LINE, and I've bought less than 5 grams at stores since legalization. If weed were re-criminalized it would be the biggest pre-established black market pipeline of any product I can think of in history. When alcohol prohibition came to pass in the USA, it meant shutting down a relatively small number of huge producers. Thai police don't have the resources to shut down Thai weed production now. Prohibition would be an unenforceable nightmare and a cash drain on the legal system. I fully expect that instead it will be taxed and turned into a revenue stream. The toothpaste ain't going back into the tube 😁