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On 2/4/2024 at 2:53 PM, lopburi3 said:

But have no idea what you are saying about wife being with you as that is not required or expected.

That is what I am saying.  I just do a regular retirement extension, no need for a wife.  My wife did come with me and he called her up and asked for her ID and phone number.  This has never happened before.

several years ago, 8 or so, the big stores would sell between those hours but you had to buy at least 12 liters or so.  You could buy 15 of the big beer bottles.  Also restaurants used to not be affected by those hours but it seems they started cracking down on that too.

7 hours ago, mfd101 said:

I'm always puzzled by these events (accident or suicide?).

 

I realize that the Thais carefully design their buildings with very low 'guard rails' but anyone who goes out on their verandah can see that for themselves ...

Lots of people lean out over them to get a better view around them.  With the low railings once your torso is on the other side of the rail the majority of your wieght is on the wrong side.

13 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Seems to me they just wanted a TM30 and also many immigration offices want hand drawn map or Google location of where you live.

This is normal. 

Not for a normal retirement visa.  Nothing to do with marriage.  I've never had to draw a map.  What if my wife wasn't with me or I wasn't married?  I also had given them a copy of the TM30.

He said something about a lot of falang were giving addresses but didn't really stay there.

A couple of weeks ago I did my extension in Ratchaburi.  Just a normal retirement extension with 800K in the bank.  For the first time ever they also wanted to see my wife's Thai ID and get her phone number.  Then he whips out a cellphone and asks for any place around where we live.  So I gave him the name of the closest Wat.  He hands the phone to me with google maps open on the Wat's location and asks me to show him where my house is.  

When I did my extension last week the bank just printed out 3 months of account details and the letter of current account amount.  I also provided copies of all the pages in my account book.  I was not asked for my actual account book.  I did bring it with me just in case though.  I do have to make a small transaction on the day I get the letter because they want to see a balance in the book on that date despite having the letter from the bank.  This is in Ratchaburi.

When I first moved here the first year I lost weight.  Then I started gaining it all back.  For about the last year I have lost about 21 kilos.  Intermitent fasting and low carb sugar.  It also helped with my blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar.  Specially blood sugar.

On Lazada search for mr peter for a plug in one.  You can buy refills seperately.

I've seen some mosquito repellents that look like air fresheners at BigC.

LOL.  Like the democrats are going to keep some of their voters from entering the country.  Just like they always shut down showing proof of citizenship to vote as being racist.

Live next to a Wat.  You will get lots of blasted music.

On 1/27/2024 at 7:59 PM, BenStark said:

 

Is medical certificate now needed for every renewal, also the 5 year ones?

A couple of years ago was my last renewal.  I did not need a medical certificate for it.  Just the residence certificate.

The last time in addition to the vision/reaction tests I had to watch a video that lasted about 45 minutes.  But no test on it.

14 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

Apparently the minivan driver reported that the vehicle "swerved unexpectedly entirely on its own"

 

What are the chances of that happening...

 

They left out the first part of the sentence, "When I woke up the van..."

The house book does not show ownership.  A chanote does that.

A couple of days ago I was driving from Bangkok back home to Ratchaburi.  On the way there was a pickup truck in front of me with 3 falang sitting in the back.  They seemed to be having a grand time and were even waving at some of the other cars as they passed by.  I think they were even amazed to see me, a falang, driving a vehicle behind them.

10 hours ago, Liquorice said:

The banks will automatically close the account, but from their prospective are owed millions in unpaid charges.

I was looking at SCB's website yesterday and they had an article stating they made 54+billion baht in profit for 2023.

I'd rather see a woman with ribbons in her hair than ones with those awful eyebrow tatoos, fixed noses, pasty white bleached skin, etc...

Who cares what emoji a person uses?  It has nothing to do with their intelligence anyway.  Some probably just think they are being funny.