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I was also diagnosed early thirties, i think I had it when I was discharged from the RAF when I was 30, bit of farting about getting my papers signed. After first reading had to wait for half an hour, then after the second scratched his head and picked up the pen. As you say I am sure it runs in families.

I was prescribed atenolol in the UK back in 1980 and then about 20 years later the doctor took me off that and put me on an Ace inhibitor. I was under the impression that was UK policy at the time unless there were side effects.

So you think that 140/80 would mean the same to a 35 year old as an 85 year old.

I had both of mine done a couple of years ago at Ban Phaeo and it was 20K/eye. That was made up of 13,000 baht for the op - that was the most expensive mono-focal option. I was offered vario focal options but I wore variofocal glasses for decades and never gave that any consideration, you can take glasses back to the opticians. 5,000 baht for the op to be done by the hospital CEO, I was attending the Sunday clinic held by the CEO. 2,000 baht for aftercare which included 3 post op consultations. As far as your question goes, it is not the same elsewhere. I know 7 or 8 people(Thais) that had the same operation at the same hospital and we all paid the same. The Thais that had it done on the social were given a 6,000 option free of charge but could pay the difference for a better lens, my sister in law did that. My wife's uncle had both eyes done at the same time and he booked a room at the hospital for overnight following the op, think it was 2,500 baht. I had my first eye done manually and in the period before the second eye they had laser equipment installed so the second done by laser. The first guy on this website was consultant and did the surgery. https://www.bphosp.or.th/en_dreye.html

Sorry if I didn't word it very well. I had guttering put up all around the roof and have about 20K litres of storage available. Primary collection is in one corner with some collection at 2 other corners. This is down to the guttering not all going up at the same time, something I regretted later. During the wet season we just use the rainwater from the storage tanks for general use, showers, toilets and washing up. As said I have a seperate tank where collection is done more carefully and that is then taken out manually and filtered for cooking and drinking. Once the rain comes to an end the main tank has a ball valve and will be topped up from the well for part of the dry season, the water from the well is mainly used for the garden. Since 2016 we have had some rain in Feb/Mar time so I only top up from the well until about Jan. Prior to 2016 I needed quite a lot of well water during the winter but the continuous dry spell has shortened quite significantly. I can get the best part of 1000 litres form one heavy shower and we have had 3 so far this year since Christmas. You need to work out your usage and make some estimate on requirements, there is only 2 of us and I work on 200 litres/day which has worked out fairly well over the years.

This is how you replied to my post, which looks like you were saying only Singapore law applied, don't see any experience or action taken. "Yes it is part of Booking Holdings which is USA based, headquaters, Yet Agoda is a limited company within its own right in Singapore and therefore falls under Singapore law."

Bore holes are quite deep, heard of one down 80m, not sure what sort of pump you need for those. We don't filter the rainwater for general use. We have one tank that we use for water that is then filtered for drinking and cooking. We only collect rain into that tank during a downpour once it is running off the roof relatively clean. We have foil backed insulation under the tiles and louvred panels at each end of the roofspace but still gets quite hot up there. In a previous life I used design thermal appliances and you cannot stop direct conducted heat, you have to try and block the source or take the heat away. Putting solar panels on the roof will block some of the sun's radiation and the gap between the panels and the roof will create a venturi which should help cool the tiles underneath. Along with the conversion of solar energy to power a worthwhile investment, a bit late in the day for me now. After 13 years we now have some fairly large trees in the garden providing natural shade to a large part of the roof.

Of course they do, brexit highlighted the fact the UK doesn't want foreigners. That aside you really ought to try and do it yourself, it is more tedious than complicated. Do some homework and clarify what visa you need, info here https://www.gov.uk/apply-to-come-to-the-uk Visa applications are done online and you can have as many dummy runs as you want. You first need to create an account and then you can make an application. There is a bit of a learning curve on how to enter information and you can work your way through the questions to find out what you need to prepare. You do not need to submit the application, just delete it and start over. Once you have seen what is required I am sure someone will have an answer to any queries you may have. I have only done visitor visas, eleven of them and still as tedious as ever, but never had a problem, always best to stick to the facts. If you go to an agent you will have to provide him with all the information so you may as well do it yourself, reality is all you need to learn is how to complete the application and navigate the VFS side of it.

It will be a challenge but worthwhile in the end. I built my own house in 2009, drew up some sketches, a friend then tarted them up on Autocad and we got an architect to turn them into plans and then found a builder. That wasn't an easy job as I went for cavity wall construction. Best advice I can give is try and be on site every day and check what they are doing, I had an excellent builder but even those make mistakes. As far as water is concerned no need to overthink it. We do not have mains water we store rainwater and have a well. We live in Chonburi which is about the driest province in Thailand and get enough rainwater for most of the year, would get it for the whole year if I bought some more tanks. The rainfall will be more than you ever need. Are you talking well or bore hole? Our well is only about 8 metres deep and I have a Hitachi double jet deep well pump and just ran a cable to it. We don't have a problem with electricity but if I was starting over I think I would try and go with solar as the main power source. One of the big problems is heat coming through the roof and the panels would go a long way to reduce that. Good luck.

Quite. Years ago Thailand was a relatively cheap destination, airfares were quite reasonable, my first 3 trips I paid less than £350 return. The rate of exchange was very beneficial, went up to 75/£ at one point. Unfortunately those days are long gone and "cheap" is no longer appropriate in the overall scenario. Continual complaining about admin procedures and costs is not going to change anything. Irrespective of what people on here think, Thailand will do what it feels necessary to keep going, just as it has done in the past. The future of Thai tourism is going to lie with countries closer to home than with the west. The UK government for one is doing what it can to deter people from long haul flights and that will only get more aggressive as time goes by.

Many a true word said in jest. Following the pandemic when the national parks reopened the entrance fee was cut from 400 baht to 200 baht. Of course when the 400 baht is reinstated everyone will be whinging about how they just doubled it.

Dream on.

It varies, the TM30 slip in my passport is from 2015, been out of the country many times and done several extensions since then. Last Aug came back on a new E-visa extended in Nov and no mention of TM30.

I did one towards end of January, first after coming back last August and no problem doing it online. Just did it again a few minutes ago, approval immediate, can't get better than that.

Of course it is "dumb" to think there is something wrong with 30 days visa exemption because it inconveniences you. Tell me, how many days visa exemption does the US offer to Thai nationals?

A bit the same here, only time was when I got picked up for ony 5 months on passport. When I went to Vietnam a couple of years ago on visa exemption the IO insisted on seeing the return flight. I hadn't thought about it and my wife had the tickets and she had already gone through. Bit of a performance getting her back to the desk.

People are more than happy to adapt to modern technology when it suits them, when it doesn't suit it is all "too complicated". Without a doubt the Laos and Vietnamese e-visa process is much simpler than the Thai but Thailand is much more progressive in that there is a multitude of visa options available. You cannot enter Laos without a visa and if you are lucky you may get 15 days visa exemption for Vietnam, but no one ever complains about that.

The post never mentioned leaving Thailand so a 60 day would be all that was required. As suggested, waiting more than 30 days to visit another country in a 6 week stay would be a bit dumb. "An American friend from Nebraska wanted to spend a six-weeks summer vacation with his family of totally five here in Thailand. " Bit out of touch with TVs these days but think it is £45 in the UK. I came here regularly for about 4-6 weeks in the 9 years prior to moving here in 2008. Very seldom used visa exemption, normally a 60 day TV.

You could try looking at what happened when previous temporary incentives ended, did tourism deteriorate or continue to improve? History shows that the only major effects on tourism have been the financial crisis, the tsunami and covid, not the government, even a coup now and again has had little effect.

What exactly are you trying to say, only Singapore Law applies, not the card rules and regulations.?

False information. A tourist visa is in the $30 - $50 range.

Exactly. They should abandon visa exemption altogether and we wouldn't have all this whinging.

Why did you find it so difficult to understand that you should have a tourist visa like other countries. Thailand makes it easy , but it is never enough for some people.

Garbage. Anyone who wants to come to Thailand for more than 30 days should arrive with an appropriate visa.

You really need to tighten up on context, or is it outside your vocabulary. If there is a question to be asked it should have been "What did Thailand gain by returning to the same policy that has been used for many years?" You seem to unable to differentiate the difference between promotional incentive and immigration policy. Thailand has regularly used short term promotional incentives. A few years back they cancelled the fee on tourist visas for a short time. Obviously in your opinion there should never have been tourist visa fees ever again.