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AgMech Cowboy

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  1. 1 hour ago, NicoBKK said:

    Sad to see, usually the consequence of illegal oil tankers washing / discharges far from the port where can do it without being disturbed 

    I don't mean to start an argument, but an oil tanker does not want seawater in their tanks. It is much more likely that this is bilge oil and water, which any ship could have discharged into the GOT. It is very sad either way and I hope they find the culprit.

  2. @xn47140 I think you have made a similar mistake that I made many years ago, which really confused me and the immigration officers. But I digress. 

     

    From reading your post I am interpreting that you have an actual 1 year Non Immigrant O visa and not a 1 year extension based on marriage (which many confuse as a 'Visa').  You do not need to make a 90 day report(s).  Those are only for the people who have one (1) year extensions based on retirement, marriage, employment, etc.  As you have done, you can get a 60 day extension to your 90 permit to stay.  After that you will need to make a trip out of the country. (Some people recommend Vietnam by air, some go to the Cambodian or Laos border. I recommend a hop down to Malaysia and back on Air Asia out of Don Mueang). 

     

    You can make you 12 month Visa last an extra 5 months by leaving Thailand a day or 2 before 1 November 2024 and get a new permit to stay stamp of 90 days when you return by 31 October 2024.  You can then extend that Permit by another 60 days in late January 2025.

  3. Do you have the receipt from last year's filling of you TM-30?  That's all I've used for the past 4 years and I have traveled to and from the Laos border 3 times and in/out of the country some many times I've lost count. Forgive me if someone else has mentioned this or you have contradictory info, I sort of breese past most of the replies and other BS.

     

    I wish you the best on your next adventure. Each day is a surprise.

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  4. 15 hours ago, still kicking said:

    Not your kids (if you have any)

    They're already ruining the world (well US and Thailand).  Thailand will only have to deal with my son, who still hadn't figured out his path (too stoned), but my daughter in the USA would hand the country over to China or Venezuela while declaring "they didn't do socialism the right way"....  My generation will get it right.
    RIGHT....

  5. OOOOOO, this, Josh Kovensky, writer for "Talking Points Memo" sure does have a heck of an imagination.  What a bunch of poppycock BS and conspiracy theories.  I don't doubt there are a few Christian men who working and collaborating to try and bring the US back to some reasonable common sense, but this is blown way out of proportion.  Reasonable common sense, it's okay to cut off a young girls (any girl under 18) breast because someone helped nudge her thoughts into believing she a boy, but she's not old enough to drink alcohol or get a tattoo.  That's not reasonable.  It's crazy in the US.

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  6. On 3/10/2024 at 7:16 AM, tomgreen said:

    Hi , its interesting that you bring up drinking alcohol and the use of statins. Personally I don’t drink alcohol , but I do know other expat friends here who are also taking statins to lower their  Cholesterol numbers and they have continued to drink alcohol on a daily basis . If fact one friend I recently talked to , who is also taking Atorvastatin and drinking alcohol on a regular basis, made the comment that as long as his Cholesterol numbers are being controlled and lowered by taking Atorvastatin , then its perfectly ok for him to continue his daily Chang beer drinking routine . 
     

    Tom

    It is a quandry. I don't have a reference to back it up. It's just what my friend (and strangely his name was Tommy, too) told me the Doctors had told him.  I was glad I got to speak to him before he passed away. We'd been friend since 1971.  I found one with a quick google search, but it sort of blows off my story.  My guess in Tommy's case it was the only cause the could come up with for his liver disease.  https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/statins-and-alcohol

  7. @tomgreen Wow... you got a lot of advice and comments, which is why I tagged you. I am not advising you... just commenting.  I sort of went through the same process with my Thai Doc and I'm not changing to any other, because she's one of the smartest Docs I've met in her nephrology field.  However, I did find that she liked to use me a bit as a lab rat. (It was really evident with regard to my blood pressure medication(s)).  But yes, cholesterol high, take lipitor. Cholesterol low, okay, you can stop.  I didn't. I reduced my dosage to one 10mg tablet every 3 days.  My cholesterol readings were just fine so far since then.  I did think about just cutting the pills in half and taking 1/2 daily, but the every three days was easier (for me).

     

    On another note. Do you drink alcohol.  My friend was a social drinker, mostly wine and a little beer, some whiskey.  He died from liver disease in his mid-60's and the doctors in the USA attributed it to his use of statins and alcohol.  I didn't understand all that, but it made me very cautious about taking more than I absolutely needed.

     

    Best Wishes,

    James

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  8. 19 hours ago, dinsdale said:

    I guess these days if you can afford to fly you can afford to be lavish. I'm guessing this article has more to do with the rich Chinese and Russians more than anyone else.

    Got that right. My niece was here last week and she stayed in the cheapest accommodation we could find... (well not THE cheapest) and we still spent a bunch of money...

  9. 21 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

    I try to ignore those woke idiots.

    And it seems more people are annoyed with those woke idiots.

    I don't know if it has to get worse before it will get better or if we are already at that point.

    Luckily Thailand is far away from the woke idiots from America and the rest of the west.

    We can see what they do over there and laugh about it and ignore it.

    I agree OMFarang, but have you noticed, people on here have quit using the word katoy or lady-boy. It's transgender now...  TG I'm passed my prime. I'll probably never stop calling them katoys even if it becomes 'the law'.

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  10. 21 hours ago, Sigmund said:

    Use Google Translate. it will avoid you getting scammed or cheated or sharing your lifestyle with some stranger.

    Actually Google translate is not that good, but it can be used to communicate in brief exchanges.  Even then you might have express what you wish to convey to the Thai person by changing some words (like using 'also' instead of 'too'. Just an example).  If you're looking to get documents translated you might look for a Thai student age 17-18 who's attending Regents International School in Pattaya. That person will have a strong knowledge of Thai, because of his/her family, and will have learned English at the International school.

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  11. Brother Farang, I can remember 15 yrs ago, partying hard on Soi 4, then the disco in the hotel or off the "coffee shop" Thermae. Shack up with a 'sweet thang' for a couple of hours and be heading over to the Nana Cafe to eat breakfast at about that time of morning. I even ran into a couple 'friends' there one morning. I haven't been down there in over 7 years; although, we drove down soi 4 at about 9:30 this past Wednesday and sighted a couple of 'thang' who looked like they were headed home.

     

    Good luck in you quest. I just don't have the desire anymore...

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