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You missed 6 of them ^_^ 17 in total. If only he had just one more...

I recently renewed using the online procedure. It was difficult to find the correct starting page - there are some old ones that can lead you down a rabbit hole. I needed to setup a Login.gov account to make the payment. I needed a cashier's check from Bangkok Bank (any bank is okay) to pay for the return postage. All in all, it was relatively simple. I was really impressed that I got the new passport in 2 weeks. Good service overall.

Does it taste better cold? The idea behind that well known expression is that a person should wait until they cool down before executing their revenge. This way the person waiting to extract revenge should be able to make and execute a better plan for revenge than they might while they are still hot and angry.

Every year several birthday cards are posted to me from the US to Bangkok. Each and every one arrived, albeit weeks after my birthday.

If there is no electricity and no water, he will leave soon enough.

He's just trippin on Thailand. It happens. No drugs required.

Most people miss this insidious aspect of digital money - programmability. Not only can they track every transaction, eliminating all privacy in transactions, but they can program the money to become worthless in 6 months, and they can program where, and for what, you spend that money. This is not a good future.

A friend here had to remove a hornet nest. He purchased some sort of "death in a can" that sprayed a jet of a foam-like substance directly into the nest from a solid distance - something like 5 meters. He was able to douse the nest and get to safety long before the hornets came out that far. It worked quite well.

These machinations are of little concern to visitors to the Kingdom or its expat community, in general. They are internal to the powers that be. Big Joke was/is challenging to disrupt a status quo that will not go quietly into the night.

Let's not forget that this man had lead sprayed into his vehicle, and spent some time outside the country, for what I can only imagine was his personal safety. Few people would even consider stepping up to this task.

Am I misremembering, or is this the second time Prawit has brought this up? You know what they say... If a banker tells you the bank is solid....

There is no requirement to cancel your extension. With no re-entry stamp, the extension will be invalidated upon your departure. You can then return later on the tourist visa. But do be sure to follow up and make sure your work permit is properly canceled by your employer.

Very true. When I started in the US car industry 40 years ago, cars were getting 8 MPG and engines were often wearing out around 120,000 miles. Today, we have cars getting over 30 MPG (some over 40), and engines that are expected to last over 200,000 miles. EVs will progress a lot from where they are today.

The current evolution appears to point to a "bipolar" world. In this world, some countries will trade "outside" of USD. For example, if the BRIC nations were able to establish a currency (they are planning it), then they would be able to trade amongst themselves in this new currency. For example, India might trade with Russia in this new currency. However, India would continue to use USD for transactions with the US (and likely, Europe, Canada, Australia, etc.). So it appears more and more likely that the world splits into two major "currencies", with trade occurring in the most convenient currency for the transaction. The USD would become less dominate worldwide, but would still be the currency used in "the west". In other words, it is unlikely that the USD will lose its reserve currency status in our lifetimes, but it will lose its dominance in global trade and reserves. How much so is hard to say, but it will be incremental. One only needs to look at the massive purchases of gold that central banks are making. Having seen the "weaponization" of the USD (e.g., sanctions on Russia), they recognize that it makes sense to lighten up on USD reserves and hold some more gold. But USD reserves continue to dominate global reserves, simply because most global transactions continue in USD. The debt based monetary system (i.e., fiat currency) has now reached the "exponential" phase of expansion, and such a system must continue to expand or it collapses. The only solution to this problem is perpetual growth, which is not really feasible anymore. Thus, the debt based system must change. However, this change will not be smooth, most likely coming in the form of a major crisis and collapse. This will be painful for everyone. And there is no way to predict the outcome. Some say it will usher in CBDCs, but this will be just a digital form of the same thing, so the problem will not be solved, only delayed further. These are interesting times indeed.

I have used an agent for 9 years. The agent simply does the paperwork. There is no "special consideration", as I meet every requirement. The agent just makes everything easier for me. I would never have a problem extending without my agent, as the agent did nothing but the paperwork. That said, those using an agent to get around requirements that they do not meet will eventually run into issues.

You were not "blacklisted", only denied entry. This can happen for a number of reasons, and I believe would only cause an IO to possibly inquire about why. If you meet all of the current requirements, there is no reason you would be turned back, but I cannot be certain. I cannot imagine that you would be arrested. It should be possible to find someone who can give you a more definitive answer for a not outrageous fee.

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Having used many, and seen almost all, and having worked on projects directly with KBank developers, I will say that in my opinion their mobile app is the best in the business.

If I am ever arrested and photos are taken, I want a weef He wasn't "angrily pointing". He was asking "Do you want to hit this spleef, maan?"

Kasikorn would be my choice. Best mobile app in the business. Excellent service. Incredible customer support.

The problem that you face is that building owners are often partnered with the WiFi provider. Thus, they get a commission from your use of that WiFi. If you were allowed to bring in your own connection, they would lose that commission. I had this issue with my first condo, and it took some effort to get a direct connection, and some older buildings cannot even support that if they wanted to allow you to do it. The WISP router may be an option, assuming you can find one and can get it working. Might be worth a try. You also have the option of getting a SIM based router. This is a router that has a SIM card for the data, and operates over 4G (not aware of 5G availability, but possible). The speeds here are pretty good, but you will be paying for the monthly data plan, and you will have data limits (although you might never hit them). My friend had a SIM router for some time. He was fairly happy with it, but did occasionally have issues with streaming Netflix. It was rare. His primary complaint was the additional 500THB he had to pay every month for the plan.

This is the answer.

If you are capable of running a Linux server on your own, I suggest DigitalOcean and a Singapore server. If you need a simple server package with a control panel - in other words, someone else runs the servers and you just use a web browser based control panel to manage your site - I have clients who are happy with SiteGround. I have yet to find a hosting service within Thailand that I would recommend.

One of the prosecutors addressed this, saying that getting this sentence in Los Angeles allowed them to place him in prison if he ever found some way to slip out of the New York sentence. Valid. But I think also it had a little something to do with high profile people wanting headlines.

Since cigarettes are legal, and there is little evidence that e-cigarettes are more harmful, I don't understand where "impossible" comes from. Oh. Right. Envelope already accepted - now it is impossible.