AgMech Cowboy

19 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

If you exit Thailand and return on new visa or visa exempt you will need to make a TM30.

My last TM30 was in 2019.  I've had a new Visa from Savannakhet or Cambodia every 5 to 17 months since that time except the COVID year+. I've even gotten a new passport. I removed the receipt from the old passport and stapled it into the new one in 2021. Never been questioned. (but prior to 2019 I was submitting one every time I stayed away from the house).
(Pathum Thani Immigration)

Here we go again... The dust hasn't settled from the BS during the 'forming' of the new government and Pheu Thai is already amending...

The earth turned and my daily news is complete. (oh wait, I've one more article about a teacher and sexual assault)

Over to the left, she would have seen some very nice 'hinges'. She would have only needed to pop the cap off the ends with the pliers (and hammer) and then use a slim screwdriver to force the pins out of each hinge. Someone on the other side would (probably) need to push the door open.

 

"no p4p" means... Purina for Professionals or Pay for Performance? Give me a break, I've no clue what you're on about.

Yes, he should be able to make it here on 60k/month baht.  (not living on Sukhumvit or Sathorn areas)

But then I've called Thailand home for 26 years and haven't been anyplace but Laos, Singapore, Malaysia and Cambodia for the past 5 years and that was for immigration purposes only.

6 hours ago, Northstar1 said:

most drugs manufactured in Laos

I think you should adjust your geography and source.

On 10/3/2023 at 1:29 PM, champers said:

Went past last night at about midnight and there were more girls than punters. 

Sounds like my kind of place. I wouldn't go for the punters (they might kick me in the balls).

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Access to healthcare is a fundamental right for all citizens, but how safe are the hospitals themselves

First glance I thought those trees in the 'background' was actually mold on the walls of the hospital room with the bed. TG I was wrong, but... Then I saw the BS about "climate change" I decided it probably was mold not trees.

1 hour ago, bamboozled said:

Well shoot....never knew that. Could reduce the number of border bounces. Is it 1900 baht?

Yes, the cost for the extension at immigration is 1900 baht.

To help you in future: My Non O ME Visa based on marriage to Thai from Savannakhet was issued in August of last year. I returned to Thailand the day after issuance, then extended that 90 day permit another 60, so I didn't actually leave Thailand until late January. I did a one day border bounce to Singapore on the day my permission to stay ended and received another 90 day stamp (to stay until late April). In April I extended that for 60 days until late June. I did another border bounce in mid-June, which gave me 90 days and would have taken past the expiration of the visa. I could have stay here and just extended that for 60 days, but I chose to leave Thailand the day before expiration to get a new 90 days stamp, which I ill extend for another 60 (so 17 months+).

3 hours ago, rhino533 said:

and you leave the country with a week left on your 1 year visa

Not exactly correct. I left to do a 'border bounce' one day before my  Non O expired and received another 90 days (that's out and in same day). I'll extend that for 60 days in November and go for a new Visa in Savannakhet in January. (The actual Visa expired in late August).

(I may switch to a retirement Visa in 2025 if I'm still kicking the daisies and not dust (ashes) in the wind).

7 hours ago, alanrchase said:

I was under the impression that as long as you returned to Thailand before the visa expired you would get another 90 day permission to stay. I thought the idea with these visas was to time it to return the day before they expired to get a total of 15 months from each visa?

Yes, and then apply for a 60 day extension to your final "Permit to Stay" to be able to stay a total of 514 days on a 1 year 365 day Visa. If you use your Visa correctly to it's fullest extent that's a little more than 17 months.

7 hours ago, still kicking said:

And you ex-pats like to live in the 1500th  century 

Yes... Life is more interesting here. There are fewer people with pink &/or purple hair, fewer nose rings (especially the ones that hang on the columella (like on a cow)), the gays & trans people are 'mostly' not aggressive and the women are still women here. And the Thai's know what a woman is. (they seem to have a problem with that in the 1st world countries).

19 hours ago, JessieDog said:

The village itself never used to have any comfy hotels.

I don't know when you were last there, but my wife's family lives in a village in Buriram. There weren't any "comfy" hotels near there when we got married or for the next 10 years, but there's a nice small one now. Things change.   You've received some nice suggestions, but you might google for resorts or hotels closer to the village (if you know it by name or a mid size town near it). 

19 hours ago, Crossy said:

That's not a UFO - THIS is a UFO ...

 

 

Now we know where the purple hair trend got started. ????

I've been using Swim-Ear for more than 20 years, even after I take a shower. When I don't use it, I get an infection within about a week (or two) in one of my ears. When I use it after shower or swimming, I never have a problem. (It's not available in Thailand except by ordering online. I bought 3 last time I ordered, which was a long time ago. Can't remember which company)

19 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Shirts ok… because they do a decent job… but now that prices are higher, then agreed, there’s little point.

 

& for suits, unless you’re a weird shape, then a decent off the rack suit is nearly always better than the tailors we see in Thailand (IMO). 

I agree. Sadly, I don't go to Europe or the US anymore and the stores in Bangkok can't fit me... ???? (i'm not THAT big... US-XL, sometimes XXL)

Vigo... I'm just going to stick my nose out a little on this. My guess is that you've got leaf springs. My experience tells me you're going to be riding rough. The smooth riding 4x4's have coil springs, but in Thailand those type vehicles get taxed at a higher rate making the vehicle much more expensive.

21 hours ago, jvs said:

Thainess?

@jvs NO! Sadist

And do not mention 'financials' in Savannakhet. They don't ask for them.

Everyone in my house (son, the primary carrier, wife, maid and I). Their sore throats all went to coughs and even a little fever. As soon as I got the sore throat I started sucking on 1000mg Vitamin C tablets and taking pseudoephedrine (to stop the nasal drip). I had some small urges to cough, but it did not develop as theirs did.  Over about 30 days my symptoms came twice. The maid's came a couple of times, complete with coughing. My son and wife's coughs reduced a couple of time, but never went away completely until about 10 days ago. I bought medicines for my wife from MEGA pharmacy in Big C that seemed to help her. I don't know what she got for the maid or my son. (I know they used my stock of 15 pseudoephedrine pills and I had to go on my own to the doctor to get more. PIA).

19 hours ago, Sheryl said:

I think it is capsulitis, usually caused by abnormal foot mechanics which could be secondary to the bunion.

 

See  https://www.foothealthfacts.org/conditions/capsulitis-of-the-second-toe

It might also be Freiberg’s disease, although, I don't remember a 'lot' of swelling. If your 2nd toe is longer than the big one, it should be considered.  Best place to figure it out is your local orthopedic doctor.