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There is also the Building in Thailand facebook group. It has about 16K members. The guy that runs it sells a book about building in Thailand. But you can get lots of good info there without buying the book. One thing if you are building a house here is you pretty much need to oversee it every day. Make sure problems get corrected before it is too late. If you tell them how you want things and they say they understand and you leave it will get done how they want it.

I have lived in Thailand the last 12 years full time. Only left for a few weeks when my dad was dying from cancer. I like it better here than the US.

Worried about getting more tourists from China which is currently dealing with a HMPV outbreak.

Gros Michel was the original commercial banana and was considered better than the cavendish variety. It was decimated by a fungal disease and was replaced by the cavendish. The cavendish is now having problems from fungal disease. Thailand is one of the places were Gros Michel is still available. Look for gluai hom thong in Thai, กล้วยหอมทอง.

I always tell my wife if she won the lottery not to tell anyone. But I know she won't be able to control herself.

You still have not. Give it another 500 years.

All my shower units have pressure on them all of the time with no problem. The valve used to turn the shower on and off is after the water heater.

Yes they drink red soda. No they don't really know why the give red soda to the spirits other than saying they like it. I've told some friends they should put a red one and a green one out and see which one empties frist so they will really know what the spirit likes.

Don't buy anything otherwise you will be paying VAT.

WHO estimates around 50 traffic fatalities in Thailand per day. The holiday period is usually below this number. Most likely due to freeways being so congested and speeds way lower.

Yesterday it was reported as 6 kids on 3 motorcycles, now it is 4 kids on 2 motorcycles. Hope they got them all. Or perhaps just misreported at first. Anyway I hope the man fully recovers. No mention if he got his wallet back. Replacing everything in a wallet can be a hassle.

It's 500 baht where I live.

You could start an online course called, "How to troll online forums 101"

I had the same thing happen to me a few years ago. He will never get the actual item. Best to immediately file for a return based on receiving the wrong item.

Eventually someone is going to get too close to this peaceful animal.

I guess her house would have to be built right on the property line for him to blow smoke into it.

Probably needs time to sober up.

Were drinks provided for the community meal?

There are international standards? Seems each country has it own standard. In the USA each state has it's own standard.

They should have the operator go check each bar is locked before starting the ride.

A lady from Myanmar was arrested a couple monthis ago in our small town. She was pushing a cart around selling coconut ice cream. She said they told her she couldn't work for herself and fined her 25,000 baht. She now works at a small restaurant owned by some friends of ours. I think she is paying 5K/month to pay off the fine.

Lucky no one was in the vehicle. Imagine the surprise when the owner came back to go home.

Find a bank that will allow you to use a foreign address and phone number. Schwab international is one that you can use. The one thing about them is you need 25,000 USD to open an account (or the equivalent amount in stock transfered to your account with them. But you can also get a debit card with them that covers ATM frees. Also international wires are free (they show a $15 fee but immediately reimburse it. From US banks you can transfer money to them for free but I don't know about from a UK bank. You would have to ask them.

There is an ETF you can buy called NANC. It follows what the top democrats in congress are buying. There is also a republican version KRUZ but I don't think it has performed as well.

As Dr said you just need to make sure you meet the financial requirements for the full previous year to change from agent to doing it yourself.