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Cherry bike on 118 just down from Central Festival mall is where I bought mine. One of my friends use Chaitawat. 

5 hours ago, Lemsta69 said:

OP lives in Patts so I'll hazard a guess and say he's taking about the disheveled foreigners - mostly Western European, Brit and Aussie farang - who infest the place.

 

I saw one such example in Building A at Jomtien Immi a month ago when doing my TM47. Toenails like the claws of some hellspawn, cheap cargo shorts and singlet, and reeking of B.O.

 

You have to dig really deep into your jai yen yen bag not to get completely disgusted by such sights.

OK, I must have taken it the wrong way.

I love how people move to anther country and then want those people to change to your ways. Enjoy and learn the culture, you might like it.

9 hours ago, morning glory said:

When I first set up my Social Security direct deposit 10 years ago, I had to set up an account with Bangkok Bank. This account does not provide  an ATM card. The only way to access the money is to go into the bank and physically make a transfer to another account that has an ATM card, a process which is rather inconvenient.
 

I have recently learned that now you can have a SS direct deposit made to any bank without such restrictions. Has anyone ever switched from Bangkok Bank to another bank for their SS deposit? If so, how did you do it? 

I recently set mine up with Bangkok Bank and have an ATM card and can withdraw with that.

I'm in Chiang Mai and use my father's address in PA as I don't have any kids to use theirs. He told me I got a jury duty notice a while back. He (and I) did nothing about it, the date came and went and never heard anything about it. 

21 hours ago, Furioso said:

I have the cheapest version of Surfshark. I went to Manage Extensions > Site Settings and set Intrusive Ads to Block. 

I'll have to try that, thanks!

13 hours ago, Furioso said:

Ahh, it must be my SurfShark VPN extension!

I use SurfShark and still have ads. I always get the offer to pay for no ads, but won't do it.

On 9/14/2023 at 7:27 PM, Kiniyeow said:

Thanks @mikecha, very useful information.  I'll try out different wire speeds and voltage on some scrap metal to try and get something resembling a weld.

Have you had any luck? I am in Chiang Mai (San Sai) and have done pretty much mig welding in my life but am not an expert or certified or anything. If you haven't figured it out maybe I can help. P/M me if needed.

 Ted

6 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Me too!

The divorce judge took care of everything I owned in the west.

Same here, was renting before I came here, so that's probably what I'd do if I had to go back. 

11 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

I presume the agent is preparing and presenting all the documents, maybe they are getting a kor ror 2.

Just out of interest, does the agent also take care of the finances ?

 I don't think they do that, they don't do it for me as  I have my money in a separate bank account for this.  I know my wife keeps the documents from year to year and we take them to the agent along with a bank statement and new pictures and they do the filing of the papers at immigration. Then get me an appointment to go into immigration and sign everything. I'm in and out in about 20 minutes.

 I just did my third extension and have used the same original one every time. I do use an agent, whether that makes a difference I don't know.

Here I was thinking this post was going to be about Milner's license plate in American Graffiti. 

17 hours ago, thailand49 said:

I spent an hour on Lazada,  there are certainly many options although no clear indication cans marked as 2K is a tip the problem they don't have the color I'm looking for which is a two part, basic white to get the Pearl finish you need another can to spray over the white.

 

I will continue to look, the other lead I don't think they have a store I tried the number no answer I messenger also no responds. At this point not really concern too much about the price Lazada seem cheap but I need to see it first hand.

 

Thanks, tomorrow if no leads going to do a recon up and down Sukhumvit.

I buy automotive urethane clear from Lazada, I use it on my model cars, but it comes in 1 liter cans with activator, so I spray with an airbrush, I don't think I've ever seen it in aerosol spray cans though. I have seen custom colors of paint on Lazada, like candies and pearls probably in 1 liter also. I can verify that the urethane clear works good, and can be sprayed over most any type of paint.

A friend of mine called that the "constipation special" 

 I watched this happen to a guy from UK, he had lung cancer, no insurance, could have paid for hospital stuff but decided to let nature take it's course, so he only lived a few months. I also have no insurance, going back to America wouldn't help any because of not having insurance there either. We all know how expensive health care is in America anyway. So I bicycle about 250 KM a week and try to stay healthy (so far it's working and I'm 62). If I were to come down with cancer I too would most likely let nature take it's course as I've seen too many people go through treatments and get so sick from the treatments and have no quality of life, so basically just suffer and  then die anyway in a short time, why not cut out that sickness from the treatments and maybe last longer without them. At least that's my thoughts maybe I'd change my mind if it happens.

9 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I read books all the time, mainly Science fiction, horror and westerns.

No need for paper, if you have a Kindle, everything is free for download.

Where do you get them for free? I've been buying from Amazon for my kindle, but "if it's free it's for me" Thanks in advance.

I still read about 1 book every week, although at this point it's mostly on my Kindle. I still have about 10 paper backs I brought from USA that I'll read also. Where I live it's quiet enough for me to concentrate on reading. I manage to find time for all of my hobbies here.

In all fairness, I've landed back in the USA a time or two with really long lines at immigration when a few flights came in together, and other times hardly any line, both in America and Thailand. But I agree with everyone else, they should open more counters.

 I have 8 on the back, but usually only use about 4 of them, the 2 on each end)  most of my flat riding I'm in high gear, but climbing hills I need lower gears. I was even thinking of going to a 9 speed on the back for my next bike, why? Beats the hell out of me, just seems like the thing to do because my riding buddy has 9.

On 7/13/2022 at 11:30 PM, portlandtree said:

everything i order thru amazon i get no extra charges but the shipping is around $10 usd.

I was under the impression that Amazon adds taxes/duty in an estimated (usually high) amount an charge you when you order. Is 10 USD like a flat fee for shipping and no additional duty? If so maybe I need to go back to buying from them again. I haven't used Amazon since I left USA. 

I think it depends on the customs officer or something, in my experiences 100 USD seemed to be when I had to pay more "duty" most times. Some things I order get dropped off by the mail man and sometimes he brings a paper and I have to go to the post office and pay more. I asked at the post office and they said loosely translated that it depends on the mood of customs in Bangkok. 

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Ill health is a concern. Medical services are often expensive here and most retirees hail from places where it is supplied free. 

 

Not for me, In America a person can't afford insurance and can't afford not to have insurance. I know people paying 1500 dollars a month for insurance. I couldn't afford to live there anymore, and wouldn't want to leave here anyway. Maybe I'm still in the "honeymoon phase" since it's only been a year that I'm here but can't see myself leaving.

On 4/23/2013 at 9:43 PM, wpcoe said:

Oddly, one OTC migraine remedy sold in Singapore and the USA is not available in Thailand: acetominaphen (or other analgesic) with caffeine. It works on my rare, but persistent-when-they-occur, headaches. And, no, drinking coffee or Coke for the caffeine for some reason isn't the same.

I know that usually when I ask for "acetominaphen with caffeine" the pharmacist hears "acetominaphen with codeine," but I've learned that the former simply is not available in Thailand, whereas the latter is, but only by prescription and only from a hospital pharmacy.

  I found that some thing, I brought a supply of generic Excedrin with me from America, and found that it is unavailable in Thailand. Currently looking for a substitute.