Cotton swabs can push the earwax back into the canal and clog it up. Go to an ear, nose, throat doctor and let them look at it.
My ears were completely plugged up and the doctor told me to not use cotton swabs.
You need to do something pretty quickly. It will only get worse. I don't know if you have the ability to take a trip with your family for a few weeks or longer to get her away from it for awhile. If you do a search for gambling rehab thailand you will find lots of links.
Here is one to start with:
How to Help a Gambling Addict: Advice for Partners & Family (thailandrehabguide.com)
I think it is better to have a separate account for the immigration requirement for a couple of reasons.
1) To have bank statements that don't have 100's of entries for immigration to look at.
2) To keep you from accidentially overspending and dropping below the required amount.
I imagine even a regular savings account you could open without getting a card for it if you wanted.
Both of the comb guards that broke off have several missing teeth on them. I guess the question is were they already missing? I don't see any of the teeth laying around there but they may have fallen down inside.
The fried corn tortilla tacos are more American than Mexican.
Mexican tacos are made with small soft flour tortillas. With meat, onions, cilantro and lime squeezed on them.
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I'd say if you really want to self insure you should have at least 5 million in reserve. You also would need the ability to replenish it if you have to use it.
Lots of Thais seem to think that every snake they see is the most deadly one in the world. I guess it's better to be safe than sorry. But a lot of snakes are killed needlessly here.
My next door neighbor had a large oriental rat snake in his yard and called the police to have someone catch and remove it. (I had seen it in my yard a few times.) But anyway the people show up to catch it and the snake has a little defensive reaction. I heard them say to each other, "It must be mixed with a cobra. Those snakes don't normally react like that."
Silly what some believe here.
The Thai banks offer mutual funds. Some of which are for American stocks. But the fees are rather high.
Much better to use a regular broker.
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