JimHuaHin

Khun LA is spot on. Good idea to come and check Hua Hin out. As noted above, there are advantages and disadvantages, as with most places. You have your own transportation, which I think is necessary. Hua Hin Hospital, the government one, is great; but being the largest hospital between Muang Petchaburi and Muang Prachuap Khiri Khan, it is very very busy in the mornings (need to arrive before 8.00 am, or after 1.00 pm if you want a car park).

If the heading is correct, then all the legal firms in Thailand that employ foreigners who provide tax advice are breaking the law.

Recent history tells us - TIT SFA will happen.

Sorry, I do not share your condition. I presume that you are consulting a good endocrinologist. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism about 20 years ago. About 8 years ago I began a 4 year period of moving between hyper- and hypothyroidism, now stabilised at the former. During the 4 year period of oscillation I had 3-monthly blood work done to monitor changes. Considering the half-life period of the medication you are taking, would it not be better to work on a 2-day period/cycle of dosage variation rather than a weekly basis (which is what I had to do for a period of time due to the medication pill dosage requirement and the very small pill size making pill splitting difficult)? Good luck. I hope someone here can offer more concrete advice.

Human rights - Thailand = oxymoron. Thailand's security forces have immunity for almost any activity members engage in.

Does this apply to male-female trans people as well as female-male trans people?

3,000 North Koreans - how many will quickly surrender or defect?

Agreed, has beeb my approach also.

When will the USA ever learn?

Seagal needs to go to the Russian front to help his best buddy Putin.

Until Thailand has politicians and businesspeople, as well as political and big business leaders, who care more about the future of Thailand and the Thai people than exploiting the "system" to stuff more money in their pockets and (overseas) bank accounts, then Thailand is doomed.

I could be wrong, but I remember being told a few years ago that one can only obtain an IDP at the LTD office in provincial capitals, not district offices, using only a valid Thai driver's license.

I have read some reviews of TEMU on an Australian website - overall, very bad reviews. Poor quality products and products not matching TEMU's pictures.

This is secondhand, so I do not know how reliable it is. Last year an old Australian friend who had been working in Thailand for about 20 years, but had not been back to Australia for 7-8 years, had to verify his identity online with his Australian bank. He was required to use 3 of 4 forms of identity - passport number, birth certificate number, Medicare card number or driver's license number - he used the first three, no problems.

Looks familiar. Almost the same as the one on my screen 🙂

For years I have been going to OG Optitician in Bangkok, a very short 5 minute walk from BTS Udom Suk on Sukhumvit. Always an ophthalmologist on duty. They can post your new glasses to you - mine have always arrived safely.

God has already sent three hurricanes to Florida this year to punish the people of Florida for their anti-Christian stupidity, how long before the people of Florida wake up, or are they just morons addicted to Satanic Trumpish Republicanism?

I have had no problems with AIS' speeds.

Thai unions? What Thai unions? (There are a handful.) Most Thai unions are effectively powerless.

What happens when the emergency exits do not open?

Phuket, a Russian colony?

What type of Masters in which discipline? What are your formal academic qualifications, from where, and professional work experience?

There is no truth in the long standing rumor that Bangkok is sinking .... it is just ... just ... the ground moving around due to ... to ... ummm .... the earth's rotation!

God appears to be upset with Florida.

What a distressing read; especially the posts from people, life myself, who have lived in Thailand for 10+ years and have been visiting Thailand for more than 50 years. Nothing changes, as the rich and powerful will ensure that any changes which do take place will not disadvantage them in any way. I recently read an academic article by two Thai academics about "contract farmers" and a powerful agribusiness company. The company concerned pressured Thai law makers to "weaken" the draft law on the rights of the contract farmers; when they only partially succeeded in weakening the law, the company then pressured the relevant government department to not enforce the new laws. Result - farmers' poverty increased, the company got richer. TIT. Of course, the company cannot be named, due to Thai defamation laws (which contravene the "Western" understanding of "defamation"). Want to change the system? Learn from the experiences of the Move Forward Party and the Future Forward Party - if you are lucky, you have a warning to stop pushing for change, if not, then there is time in prison, and, if that does not change your attitude, finally death (sorry, I mean you disappear). When the cancers of corruption and cronyism extend from the top to the bottom of a society, there is no treatment, no cure, only a slow painful death.