dclaryjr

Please tell me if a person who has a(not someone who is on business in thailand) U.S. Military ID card could be used to gain a thai visa. Is there a way a person who has a U.S. Military ID card could use it for staus or political pull in gaining entry to Thailand??

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My only gripe - the OP comes off as he deserves special treatment because he happens to be in the military. The same response would come from me regardless of what country they belong to.

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Yep, I think the "political pull" comment was a poor choice of words--otherwise it would have sounded like a simple question from someone holding a military ID.

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there is no SOFA with Thailand

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I know that one we HAD died in 1976. When all the airbases were shutting down in the post Vietnam drawdown, we were in negotiations to keep the installation I was at open. It was an intelligence collection facility down the road from Udorn RTAFB. But the sticking point was that the Thai government wanted legal jurisdiction over U.S. military members and that was a deal breaker.

The liberal masses in California. 

OK, yeah I miss Carne Asada.

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No carne asada?! HeII, guess I'll just have to open a taco stand!

A side question--is the International Herald Tribune available?

I will say however that as her boyfriend, and pressumably you are living together the most important thing you can do is to ALWAYS speak to her normally and correctly without reverting to "Thaiglish"

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Great advice!! My wife had three good friends who all ended moving to the U.S. about the same time she did ('75-'76). We still visit one every summer and the other two we see occaisionaly or talk to on the phone. My wife's English is WAY better than theirs and I sure the big difference is I did as suggested above. To this day I still correct her grammar and she is still eager to learn.

I think thats a case of them being over-cautious, similar to "Close all programs before running this install".

I just downloaded it into my downloads folder with a dozen other dl's in there and ran it, all things went fine.

cv

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Thanks! I'll do the same.

Mozilla has released an update to Firefox to address some security issues, and add a few refinements.

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I'm a little confused by the instuctions for installing. If I'm reading the instructions right, the folder I install it into should be empty. Why's that? Exactly what should I do?

Thanks!!

The green looks ok or is it blue?

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is your dads name julian by anychance ??? the famous julian clary ???

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If true than I would be jclaryjr instead of dclaryjr!

look likes the bathroom to me, nothing seem to matc, to much tile(opinion)

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I have no problem with the amount of tile, it's just having three different colors that grates me.

Submitted as evidence...my kitchen:

check out http://www.stevehaigh.com/house/ for building pics in progress.

steve

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That's a really interesting design--love the "party deck!!

Looking forward to seeing the finished product!

I am retired US military and Health Visions is a option for us.

How good is Bupa and how much..

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How good is Health Visions and how much?

Can you explain what you mean by this being an option because you are retired military?

Thanks!

I will move money to a Thai bank account using Teller Point of Sale Transactions, as described elsewhere.

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Can you tell me what thread that was in???

I know Medicare "A" is automatic, but "B" is an election. Are you saying you can elect part "B" three years ahead of time, when you file for age 62 SS benefits? I know a couple of folks who didn't elect part "B" and are now trying to back peddle in order to be eligible for Tricare for Life. Or maybe both 'A' and 'B' are automatic at age 65 -- unless you opt out of 'B?'

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Jim,

Have you checked on the usefullness of Tricare for Life while living in Thailand? My cursory check of the system led me to the conclusion that I would rather opt out of Part B and use that money to pay for another health policy. If you know more about this, I'd be curious to hear it.

No Problem!

My wife has been leaving rice in the rice cooker overnight on the keep warm setting for the last 35 years- never had a health problem with it. 

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Same here for 30 years!!

My brother-in-law has a bunch of medals and all he's ever done is teach school in Bangkok!

shit - scary

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In a couple days viewing on National Geographic I saw the eastern half of the US destroyed by a giant tsunami, the western half of the US destroyed by catastrophic eruption of Yellowstone, and the whole Earth destroyed by a meteor. I don't let that stuff bother me. I've got more important sh1t to worry about--like how to get more tee shots in the fairway!!

I had this problem. Check that you have JavaScript enabled.

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Yep, it's enabled.

BTW, I was at my son's house this afternoon. I installed Firefox 1.01 on his machine, went to TV, and it worked fine, including the "my assistant."

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In that case, maybe a clean install of v1.0.1 will work on your PC, too. Try uninstalling, deleting the "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox" folder (if it's still there), and then re-installing.

But I think your problem is with one of your settings - either JavaScript advanced settings, or pop-up settings.

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Thanks. I'll compare my settings against those on my son's laptop and go from there.

I had this problem. Check that you have JavaScript enabled.

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Yep, it's enabled.

BTW, I was at my son's house this afternoon. I installed Firefox 1.01 on his machine, went to TV, and it worked fine, including the "my assistant."

Assigned to the 6924th Security Squadron (USAF) Ramasun Station (down the road from Udorn RTAFB). Jan 75.

The  "My Assistant" function doesn't work for me.  When I click it, it just opens up another window that duplicates the one I'm viewing.  I have the setting to allow popups from TV.  No biggie because the "view new posts" feature does work.

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What browser are you using? What type of popup blocker?

Could you please try with another browser and let us know.

Thanks!

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I was using Opera and it worked fine. Thie problem is with Firefox. No external blocker--just what's built into the browser.

The "My Assistant" function doesn't work for me. When I click it, it just opens up another window that duplicates the one I'm viewing. I have the setting to allow popups from TV. No biggie because the "view new posts" feature does work.

Check out banlaesuan magazine (too bad they don't have an english version, I love this magazine), there is usually one business in there who advertises these. They look like a round stainless tank with a solar panel attached. We were quoted one here for 35,000 baht.

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Like this?

Dave, your swing is a bit too fast. Try slowing it down..........Cha cha.

Claire.

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No way! Nick Price is my model!!

I heard that Khao Yai has gained popularity among the Thais - may be the "new Hua Hin" for long weekends.

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I've built a house that borders Khao Yai and my brother-in-law says that most of the houses in the development belong to Bangkok folks who come up for weekends. My original position was that I wanted to live in/near Chaing Mai but after reading the threads on their air quality problems, it looks like we made a good choice. I just hope Khao Yai doesn't get TOO popular!