CMBob

Nice photo, Dave. Yep, still looked pretty good this morning....let's hope it stays that way for a while. Presuming we get some rain a couple of times a week from here on out, it should.

For what it's worth, my dictionary says:

acetone n.

น้ำยาอะซิโทน nám-​yaa-​à~​sí~​toon ; สารอะซิโทน sǎan-​à-​sí~​toon 

That first wording (beginning with "nam yaa") implies that Acetone has medicinal properties. It's a fairly nasty chemical solvent - heck it'll even remove superglues - but I sure as hell wouldn't put it anywhere in or on my body. It's a chemical compound and is much better expressed in the second wording ("saan" tells you that).

Looks like it was taken from up high, somewhere near San Sai? Perhaps the top of Central Fiesta Mall?

Huh? Remind me not to follow you into the woods! Obviously the photographer is facing west, maybe slightly northwest. Then....if you'll notice....there's the moat down there....so no doubt the photographer is some high point in a building on the south side of Chang Lor.

Edit: Going to take a wild guess....maybe taken from the Life in Town building on Tippanet?

Incredible that lives are reduced to posting things like this and, yes, I admit that I likely dropped a few IQ points just reading some of it.

Next, I suppose, somebody will have the need to know our favorite colors.

For those who can't get the online system to work (or are so stressed out that they can't wait a week for their notification), then, heck, just use the mails. Actually going to Immigration for a 90-day address report would seem to be to way down the list of preferable things to do.

Around the corner from the Green Palace Hotel, next to DayLi bar, is an open air chicken grilling shop. The smoke drifts out onto the road (fan assisted), the whole sizzling chicken, split in half, is skewered on two chopsticks and rested on the metal screen above the hot embers. Lovely and u can pick your own bird. Chopped up, served with papaya salad and sticky rice...yum. I don't find any added flavors, like herbs or garlic. Just the bar-b-qed bird. Open only for lunch and not on sunday (go to church). Fair price at 150 all in.

Not sure if that is what u want, but it's what i go for when the need for a chicken dinner comes my way.

Yup.....most definitely my favorite barbequed (over coal) chicken & somtam place in town. Name of the place is Wichian Gai Yang, Wichian being from a district area of Phetchabun Province from where the owner hails. For two of us - two servings of one-half chicken, two somtams, one sticky rice, one water, and one cola - the bill totals 240 baht. And both the chicken and somtam are really delicious.

Even though it's not a small place, it sometimes is difficult to find a table if you get there after about 12:20PM or so. Best to get there before noon. Chingmai's directions above are correct although, put another way, the place is on the north side of Soi 11, Nimman, about 150 yards due west of Sirimangkalajarn.

Edit: Since I brunch with friends on Sundays, I didn't know it was closed then; however, its regular day to be closed is Monday.

Given he was the author of the article and did so as part of the FBI, I fully agree with the comments that he had no business whatsoever talking about international matters as the jurisdiction of the FBI is basically domestic and certainly doesn't include history lessons about WW II atrocities committed in Europe. On the other hand, his language is a bit confusing and I'm not sure he was really blaming Poland (as a government or generically as a people) for the events.

But I also agree that it wasn't real bright for the Polish government to so stridently attack what they think he said or meant as that opens the door for articles about Nazi collaboration which existed in many countries (and some at the governmental level). For example, the Vichy government of France helping the Nazis to round up Jews was horrible (and I actually wonder....but really don't know....how much this history is taught in France or elsewhere).

I've seen on one of those signs next to one of those "rotisserie chicken" carts the words "gai dtuu yang." "Gai yang" is normally barbequed chicken although "yang" also can also mean "roasted." I have two dictionaries on my computer that also refer to "rotisserie" as "dtuu yang" which makes sense as the "dtuu" word generically means "cabinet." But, given I believe the word "rotisserie" necessarily implies in English that whatever you're cooking is spinning on a spit or some contraption, there probably isn't a perfect Thai equivalent for the word.

In any event, I've seen many of these rotisserie chicken things (large moveable carts?) around town. I can only pinpoint one in my memory at the moment - it's at Tanin Market - as I've purchased some of that before.

Reefer -- refrigerator, U.S. slang. Not as common as fridge. Actually may just be slang in our extended family. I know my step-nieces and nephews use it.

leftover pizza cold from the reefer is much better than leftover pizza reheated, agreed.

A "reefer" is the typical American term for a refrigerated truck. Have never heard it used to describe a refrigerator (and I'm a Michigander too). Oh....yea....a "reefer" is also slang for a rolled stogie of Maui Wowie, Columbian Gold, and the million other terms for marijuana.

But have to agree with you about pizza warmed up in a microwave. Tastes like .......not so good.

Last year, the FATCA reporting took longer than the tax filing.

Really? As long as you know the name and address of your foreign banks, your account number(s), and the highest amounts in the account(s) during the year, I don't think it should take you even 10 minutes to fill out the 8938 form. As for the FBAR reporting (done only online), even quicker.

No Sir, as you can see the USA have noted and feel uncomfortable about the meeting of Prayuth and the Russian Prime minister and now are trying to look good to the Thais as they know the bird has started flying away already from it's nest.

The US through the office of Secretary of State has offered these annual new year (Songkran) greetings for years, i.e., it's no reaction to anything other than a long-time custom. Has Greece, that simply wonderful and highly successful state, offered any Songkran greetings to Thailand this year (and, if so, why do you think the newspapers didn't care enough to print any news about that?).

One of my dictionaries lists three options for "notary public":

1. Puu-rap-rawng-laai-sen (ผู้รับรองลายเซ็น) (literally meaning guarantor of a signature);

2.. Puu-rap-rawng-eek-ga-saan (ผู้รับรองเอกสาร) (literally meaning guarantor of a document); or

3. Puu-rap-rawng-eek-ga-saan-saa-taa-ra-na (ผู้รับรองเอกสารสาธารณะ) (literally meaning guarantor of a public document).

Based on what I understand (from the US) what a notary public is and does (I was one for 20+ years), my guess is that the #1 definition is probably the best - because, as far as I'm concerned, a notary public (at least in the US) is only guaranteeing a signature (or, in other words, that the person signing the document is the named person in the document).

Thailand doesn't have any notary publics as far as I know and the only place you can find one is at some embassies or consulates. If I'm wrong there, I'm sure somebody will correct me.

[Edit: I'd note that notary publics in the US are creatures of state law. As noted, I was one in the State of Michigan but I had no power to notarize outside of Michigan. This makes me wonder if the person at the US consulate, for example, is truly a notary public but rather just somebody that is either arbitrarily appointed or actually authorized by some federal or host country law to guarantee a signature. Heck if I know and probably irrelevant to you if all you need is something notarized.]

Here's a little better view...

Other than Dukes, would mention that Perns opened a new place (called Burns The Burger) which is about 50 yards east of the Zoe in Yellow place on Ratwithi (spelling?). Had a bacon cheeseburger and fries there a couple of weeks ago and it was very good. Noticed that they had a chicken cheese burger on the menu too.

I received Approved status early this evening. Details here:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/812263-online-90-day-reporting-available-from-april-1st/?p=9280451

and here

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/812263-online-90-day-reporting-available-from-april-1st/?p=9280480

If you can, would you post a photo of the approval (minus any personal details, of course)? Would be interesting to see what it looks like.

And two more questions:

(1) Whatever you receive (or can view on screen or print out), does it reflect the new date when you're required to report again?

(2) Is there any suggestion given that you're supposed to keep anything in your passport showing that you've reported? (I'm guessing not given your comments in the other thread).

Thanks, Bluweyze, for posting the scan. It'll be so nice for both expats and Immigration staff when it becomes (hopefully) routine to do the online reporting.

I hope the OP takes the good advice about contacting the named doctor or Suan Proong Hospital as only professionals should be involved when anyone is talking about self-harm. Best wishes for the OP and her family.

And I also am hopeful that the OP will not lay out the background facts per the incredible request of the poster who also said he knows almost nothing about depression (which was rather obvious from his other comments).

With respect to documents needed, Tywais made pinned a topic near the top of the forum (titled "90 Day Report - Procedures"). Please refer to that for what documents you need.

One wonders at times. There's an old saying (Abe Lincoln's?) which I'll lighten up a bit: Better to remain silent than to further confirm what other people are thinking.

In reality, I've never had a bad shopping experience at any Top's location. Seems perfectly fine to me.

But I do have one complaint - that being the devilish manner in which some of the bakery products (notably the glazed twists and occasional onion bread) call out to me as I walk by. Do the unscrupulous executives at Top's do this on purpose? Could it be considered felonious temptation? If so, god bless them.

I was told by LH bank that if the interest stays under 20000 baht per year I do not have to pay taxes. So if I deposit 1 million with 2.30% interest I just have to pay attention to how much I get back durng the year and if I am close to 20k I can withdraw and the bank can open another account for me to avoid the taxes . I think it's legal to do so.

I know that there is some limit (the amount of interest triggering the automatic withholding by the bank) but I've never have asked about it. It seems, if what they told you is correct, is that the amount has to be under the 20k figure. I've read that same figure as the tip-over point in another thread in TV somewhere.

Typically, however, it's been my understanding from my bank (SCB) that the interest is only paid upon completion of the term for these somewhat-fixed accounts (at least that's how it's happened with me several times) and, should you withdraw the funds earlier, you forfeit all the interest. So I'm not so sure your strategy will work.

Thought this one might apply a bit..... (in case the mod has an itchy trigger finger, this is meant in humor...):