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On 6/19/2023 at 3:31 PM, scubascuba3 said:

Try doctor at clinic (100 baht) or dentist (500 baht), make sure official stamp

Not so, my wife sign for another man in our village all in Thai and no stamp always excepted!

19 hours ago, Gandtee said:

 I have not received my pension since May. I emailed them on their Any Changes to Circumstances website and received a reply two days later informing me that they had not received my Proof of Life form. The last one I received was in 2020. They enclosed a PDF of the form, which I've returned. I'll just have to wait and see. I bet the problem of the op is the Proof of Life form. 

What is the email address for future reference if needed TIA

19 hours ago, theoldgit said:

No they don’t.

I’ve signed numerous life certificates over the years, and friends and former colleagues have signed mine, clearly being retired none of us have official stamps, it’s never been questioned.

Some countersigners include their NI number, but l doubt even this is needed.

True, my wife signs for a UK expat in the same village signs in Thai no stamp!

17 hours ago, BritScot said:

Not quite,  they need a boat that can take them a few miles off the coast of France (helped by the French) then our treasonous political elite have them picked up and taken to the UK, put up in 5 star hotels even having their own doctors and dentists then given pocket money along with free meals. 

True, and they pay a lot to get on the boat, then lose their passports before they are "rescued" by RNLI then arrive in the UK destitute pitiful asylum seeking waifs (scroungers)

1 hour ago, Roosterlips said:

That’s because none of the illegal migrants enter through the airport. Border security lets them walk across the Mexican border into the US without a passport or ID card. 

Exactly the same as the UK then!

2 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

The problem is that these hernias can "strangulate" in which case the blood supply to part if the intestine is cut off. This is a very serious, even life-threatening complication. The risk of it is about 2.5% per year that the hernia goes untreated. (So by the ten year mark cumulative risk is 25% -- significant). For people in otherwise good health these risks well exceed the small risks of a surgical repair.

 

The equation changes if the person has unusual risk factors for surgery.

I was just stating my experiance Sheryl as said i'm no doctor thanks for your input though, i assume tthe opener will read your post and act accordingly.

6 hours ago, ubonr1971 said:

Im interested in your comment. Actually Ive had the hernia for several weeks now and no issues. I wonder if I can just leave it for a while similar to the way I deal with other health issues. 

The type of hernia i was thinking of is Inguinal hernia an egg shaped lump in the groin area that disappears when i lay down in bed at night for instance, it does'nt hurt at all, and i have never thought about medical treatment, but i'm no doctor this is my experience, google it yourself Inguinal hernia ius very common!

Best of luck! 

I did similar about 5 years ago and have an egg sized lump on my left groin area, it has never been a problem so unless it troubles you painfull etc, just leave it be, there is a name for these non problem hernia's which i can't remember now, maybe Sheryl cann help! 

22 hours ago, action said:

316 is also Marine Grade as it can go in the ocean and not have any corrosion.  Anyone looking for 316 hardware can find it at the boat shops around the marinas etc.  or on marine hardware websites.   Careful though,  they seem to mark up the price a lot.  

If you're worried about the bolts locking up (personally I've only had issues with using different metals,  like stainless bolts in aluminum threads) then you should use anti-seize or molybdenum grease.  This will last way way longer than oil.  You can also buy special non-conductive grease if different metals are used. 

 

Thanks interesting, in my working life for many years, i worked in fabrication, and repairing in the food manufacturing  industry, we would use 316 SS all the time (by law inspectors would check) and several times not often had nut and bolts lock up solid  i'm talking about when you first screw the nut on by hand maybe only a few threads in, it would lock up you then had to cut the bolt off and start again, and as luck would have it usually in the most awkward places to get to, as said not often but can happen!

Pattatya IO hand filled blue ink FWIW!

11 minutes ago, norbra said:

One oldie to another what are the first several digits of the number you are providing?

Should look like this as the first couple note ,no 0 at the start of your number

+669***

Thanks, I tried that, said number too long or something can't remember now, after which my number got blocked, sent money now my old way from Halifax acc. £9.50 charge any amount trouble is it take 4 or 5 nail biting days to get here 

from very old newbie 

16 hours ago, kimamey said:

I don't know about Wise but I've been sending money to Krungthai bank for years. First with Moneybookers which became Skrill and then Currency Online which switched to XE.

 

Thanks i will checkout XE!

11 hours ago, SidJames said:

Which Thai banks are best for receiving funds via wise.com?

I understand that some banks are not aligned with Wise at all & others have low limits on what they will accept.

As of yet Sid no banks are involved just the simple registering with wise! 

On 5/6/2023 at 12:34 PM, ArnieP said:

The OP shouldn’t have any trouble, these are the guidelines Wise offers online: https://wise.com/us/blog/how-to-open-wise-account#:~:text=Register with Wise online%2C or,Google%2C Facebook or Apple account.

 

These type of organisations aren’t oriented towards registering by e-mail. Downloading the Wise app and registering via that would probably be the easiest way.

Thank you, the verification number they send never arrives and neither does the SMS service tried many times now my number is blocked, tried the help desk, that then asks to login which i obviously can't do, then unhelpfully suggests registering so it goes round and round, maybe i'll look for an alternative 

The mere fact so many have mentioned having not seen Joe lately speaks volumes and i would like to add my name to that list, he was  one of the most helpful moderators on this site for many years RIP Joe

Have been trying to register with Wise with no luck, filled in my email plus Thai phone number was informed verification code has been sent nothing arrives, tried the phone option again nothing, tried several times and am now blocked, is there something obvious my 84 yr old brain is missing. can i not register via email?

Sorry if this is in the wrong section; if so mods can you please move?

Back in my Pattaya bar hopping days when a USN ship visited, the US Navy police would go through all the bars strictly at 9pm and make sure all their navy boys were back on board, don't know if it's any different now with this visit!

4 hours ago, Artisi said:

Brake failure, a Thai hazard..... 

Brake failure is old hat now, it's micro sleep these days LOL

21 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

From the initial start my UK pension DWP (IPC) said would be paid into my Thai bank on Mondays.

It got changed to Thursdays because bank codes for the swift thingy or whatever.

Anyway i asked DWP for the 3 days in hand to be added to my next pension. 

I got no reply. ????

I have'nt used "Swift" i just get money transfered via Halifax bank £9.50 regardless of the amount, usually 4 days which is OK as said always arrives monday except for bank holidays, have recently well 3 or 4 months back filled in a proof of life form sent back registered so hopefully everything went through, not surprised at no reply from DWP probably some lazy assed bartsart working from home and refusing to return to his/her office, and our spineless so called leaders are frightened to do anything about it!

14 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Bank holiday's sometimes.

Yes mine was paid to my UK bank Thursday normally every monday!

On 2/16/2023 at 12:17 AM, OJAS said:

Nothing wrong at all with doing this IMHO if you're really stuck in finding someone to perform the witnessing function who complies in every respect with DWP's over-fussy eligibility criteria - provided, of course, that you are, in fact, still in the land of the living (and you would, of course, be in considerable difficulty in doing all the necessary in any event if you weren't!). DWP almost certainly have no way of checking the authenticity of any name you choose to use for this purpose.

 

Only serves to underline the whole futility of the Life Certificate charade in the way it is being administered in practice by DWP, I think.

 

Agreed futile, but what do you do about the witness official "stamp" being required, just leave blank?

18 hours ago, billd766 said:

Not me either.

Or me, never have had it to date!

Thanks everyone for your helpful comments will get TM7 from IO Jomtien and fill in manually!