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4 hours ago, iamariva1957 said:

No idea where you get that about US travel. Yes it is soon Memorial Day weekend and that makes it a special national holiday. The next is July 4... again a special holiday. But to say the domestic tourism is hot... nope... it is just right now with the national holiday. 

tourism and travel are getting very hot in US, even though 50% are still wearing masks in their hidden holes.  It's gaining momentum all over, especially the red states with less regulations.  Miami airport is very busy; why go to Thailand and go thru the paperwork and hassles and cops arresting you for not having your mask on straight. Some are just waiting to get back, close up their apartments, get stuff and close their bank accounts. I feel sorry for the owners of condos, they're screwed. Thailand isn't fun now.

10 hours ago, chilly07 said:

No thankyou.

Please stay where you are.

Chonburi has had enough Wuflu imports from Bangkok and even if you have just finished quarantine you can still carry an infection

You’re not the police. People don’t care about your phobia. They’ll go where they are allowed.

Travelex refused to comply the "Foreign Insurance Certificate".  Does anyone know of a n insurance company that will sell travel insurance and fill out this form?

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I've been getting the OA Visa from NY for many years, so I can stay for about 6 months.  The New York Consulate lists many requirements from police clearance to bank balance which I've always complied with.  I always carry plenty of travel insurance, through my visit,  for my stay. They don't ask for insurance from the Thai insurance companies they suggest, for longer stays. So I guess the Thai insurance requirement only applies if I applied for an extension, for a year, in Thailand. The question is; if they don't have Thai insurance listed as a requirement, I can get an OA as usual without it.  Right?

Astrogenica list price is $3,oo a shot.  Needs 2.

Seems like a very innovative plan. There's no hospital in U.S. completely devoted to Covid.  There are not enough hospitals, in America, to just take care of their regular patients, much less the added burden of a plague.

I think Thai doctors, dentists and hospitals are awesome, compared to U.S.  Thailand doesn't have any kind of 911 emergency response system, though, and that costs lives. 

On 12/3/2020 at 11:00 PM, thaibeachlovers said:

It always amuses me when a farang claims that Thailand is doomed without them. Every farang could vanish tomorrow and IMO only the bar girls, families and the tourist companies would miss them. Thailand survived just fine prior to 1970 and will do so again if it comes to it.

Prior to 1970 there was the Vietnam war with 7 airbases and other US army installation with thousands of American G I s  spending their paychecks.  Thais made millions off building said bases re: concrete and jobs

USA cranberry juice was taxed in Thailand.

I thought you needed to have a Thai insurance company policy for the OA retirement visa application.

They may find out, after all the bluster, that not that many genuine tourists want to come. Only the hard core group, who they seem to distain. And the zero dollar Chinese.

i carry a million $ policy, which I've used from the to time, over the years.  Companies always paid out. That's  not good enough for the A O Visa. Immigration wants Travelex to fill out a Thai document. Among other questions " the insured persons insured in accordance with the Cabinet Resolution, dated, etc, etc.  What insurance company is going to sign that? Probably none. The Thai retirement dream is over unless you are under 65-70 and were able to buy the ripoff Thai insurance offered. Sell the property, if you can and get out of here before it gets worse.

I assume a mult entry O-A, which doesn't require a reentry permit, issued before Oct 31, would also be stamped in for the 12 months, with out a hassle at BKK.

A restaurant in San Francisco, this summer, refused cash, told me cards or QC via phone only. They just build it in I guess. 

Why no mention of USA Embassy? They have a guy who goes around taking care of things like this. A lawyer in New York State can legally take a third.

1 hour ago, Shaunduhpostman said:

Sounds to me like you must be pretty healthy. If you feel good I would keep up that routine and adjust as needed.

 

If metamucil is what I think it is, psyllium husk flavored with artificial orange stuff in a small envelope that you mix with a drink or yogurt, I wouldn't take it because they put aspartame, an artificial sweetener, in it and aspartame has been linked to many many health issues according to some studies. Instead I use just plain psyllium husk for constipation, which is difficult but not impossible to track down in Thailand. Sunshine Supermarket on Sukhumvit Soi 22 has 100 gram bags of it for 150 baht or so, its supposedly organic and without any unhealthy additives that I can tell. You use it in the same way as Metmucil, just put a teaspoon of it in with your food or drink. Sunshine Supermarket also take orders online and ship anywhere in Thailand, tho I haven't ordered from them so I don't know how well they handle all that, but they seem on the ball, nice well run shop that I drop into and buy my aryuvedic health supplements from whenever I am in Bangkok, bulk turmeric and psyllium.

 

To answer the question, how do you maintain a healthy life, I figure that as with most things the key is just paying attention on a consistent basis, be willing to face whatever is going on and deal with it  as it arises and do your best to be reasonable. Do what you can do and feel comfortable with regarding your health and if you feel pretty good and have no major issues, then that's most of it.

 

My aim is always to try and stay well clear of doctors if at all possible, I don't think it is paranoid to say that few if any have any interest in your health and in many cases are just angling for ways to  take your health away so that they get your business. Again maybe I am paranoid but I get the sneaking suspicion that most of the doctors I have been to see in Thailand are holding out on me, that they simply keep to themselves whatever they find with me and could help me prevent certain minor issues I have from developing but they would rather wait and hope I get worse in hopes that they can harvest a whole array of acute issues down the road. The doctors of course are not all bad, but there are some certifiable sociopaths at some of major hospitals here, so for me that is key and a real problem and issue I have living here. When I went to a certain large and well known international standard hospital in Bangkok for a bothersome issue with my foot , the doctor tried to tell me that all the bones in my foot were broken into tiny pieces and that I probably needed to have my foot amputated all the while giggling and going through this clearly contrived mock surprise and shock routine. My wife went into a semi-supressed rage, tugging on my sleeve insistently and whispering into my ear, "This guy isn't a doctor! Lets get out of here! He's crazy!" You really have to be on your toes if you are going to see a doctor here. 

 

Personally I don't take well to others' advice, never seems to work for me. For example, another Thai doctor told me I was obese and scolded me for eating McDonalds and pizza all the time, which I don't, and  I clearly am not obese either, just somewhat over weight 6 foot 2 and 93 kilos and he said to me it was imperative  that I needed to stop eating large meals and  change to an eating style where I eat little snacks throughout the day to feed myself. I went to him regarding a foot issue, he and 5 other doctors I have seen in Thailand don't seem to know what the problem is. That said his advice, reducing pressure on my foot by reducing my weight has helped and two other westerners independent of one another who have the same problem that I do with their feet have said it sounds like  I just have a case of whats called Plantars fascia which is sharp pain in the bottom of your foot or an uncomfortable feeling that there is a stone in your shoe and results from standing around on your feet a lot or from too much pressure on your feet due to weight or other issues.  I did reduce my weight, and that has helped relieve the symptoms to  a tolerable level, but I prefer to eat regular meals, not become a snacker as seemingly advised by the doctor which to me sounds like a recipe for becoming seriously unhealthy.

 

Of course, you have to get checked for things you can't check yourself. As much as I don't trust doctors, in theory it is not impossible that they can benefit you and so you have to do your level best to weed out the legions of bad apples out there and go to the best you can track down for checkups etc. I think in Thailand not only is a second opinion from a second doctor a must but a 3rd, 4th and even 5th opinion, especially if you are getting contradictory stories as to your condition or see signs that you are talking to a guy who doesn't know what he's talking about, or cannot communicate, or who even is plotting your road to ruin the minute you start your consultation.

 

 

 

 

Orthotics would help with plantars fascitus. See a podiatrist. If not take gauze pads under the arch of your foot, raising it to take the pressure of that planters connection to the heel. Most important is to rest the foot and not walk too much. It's probably an inflammation that will go away. Taking a laxative every day doesn't seem like a good idea.

If they don't want me I don't want them. If ever blacklisted I'm gone for good. Do the same. Go back to your country apply for your wife to come and put this place behind you.

Do not trust Smart Bar "authorized Service Provider" at Fortune Town. They juiced my MacBook Air when I came in for a simple question. They claim they were doing a diagnostic. I never asked for that they just plugged something in which ruined everything. I had take it to a I Studio where my friend has a friend who is a manager who cleaned it out, but it's still not the same. I have to wait to go back to New York to get it working right or junking it. Smart Bar has 3 locations, avoid at all costs.

Let them all back. We miss them

Thais do not want their country messed up like my country USA with black people 78% prisons filled females and males. So I understand what their saying. So say what you want to. But a fact is a fact

Seeing as we can say what we like here, how about this: there were no black people in North America until your inbred forefathers decided it was okay to capture them and enslave them, ship them in their tens of thousands across perilous seas, murdering and raping many thousands in the process...

Proud to be white eh....

EDIT: And this was after murdering all the real Native Americans...

The British brought the Africans to America. They bought them from Arabs and rival African tribal chiefs. Native Americans owned slaves themselves and were totally free unless they were violent. The native Americans wound up with valuable land and now have money making casinos robbing the whites of their money.

"The British brought the Africans to America."

As I said: until your inbred forefathers decided it was okay to capture them and enslave them.

Guess that includes buying them too...

I'm sure they would have been better off running around the jungles of Africa eating monkey meat and fighting off Ebola and starvationn

Thais do not want their country messed up like my country USA with black people 78% prisons filled females and males. So I understand what their saying. So say what you want to. But a fact is a fact

Seeing as we can say what we like here, how about this: there were no black people in North America until your inbred forefathers decided it was okay to capture them and enslave them, ship them in their tens of thousands across perilous seas, murdering and raping many thousands in the process...

Proud to be white eh....

EDIT: And this was after murdering all the real Native Americans...

The British brought the Africans to America. They bought them from Arabs and rival African tribal chiefs. Native Americans owned slaves themselves and were totally free unless they were violent. The native Americans wound up with valuable land and now have money making casinos robbing the whites of their money.

Most immigrants in USA work off the books, pay no tax but get free school, medical etc. Falling usually have social security and or pensions support extended families get nothing for free. America is over run. I don't see Syrian immigrants being let in here.

Round up all the illegal Thais in Europe, USA etc. Cut off the money they send home.

Round up all the illegal Thais in L.A. and send them back. I guarantee there would be thousands. How many of the legal ones pay taxes? 1% Donald Trump for president.

The one in the Tower of London is a fake. The real one is stashed away someplace.