Elkski

Im amazed ive never got sick ( from food) in my 6-8 months in Thailand that i know of. I did get what was like food poisoning, but i think it was feim swimming in some lake near Udon Thanni. I went for a longish swim and think that i swallowed a bit to much lake water. 5 hours later my 10 hour intestine cleansing began. I did eat some pizza a couple hours before. Just know it was a bad night.

Not sure why this popped up in my notifications. Just to update. Our K1 visa path has been slow and still no green card, 2.8 years, after submitting our I-485 in July 21. Going the asset route 125% of poverty for household of 2 is 30,800$ https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p Using assets its 5x the poverty level or about 150k in assets that can be liquid in less than a year. Fir some reason i thought yuur residence didnt count but maybe it does reading this. https://citizenpath.com/faq/use-assets-i-864/ It can be a combination of asset and income. Another item is after coming in on a K1 visa they can't leave without ending the K1 visa until they get an advanced parole. That took us about 8-9 months to get in the form of a combo card. That was a dual work permit and advanced parole. They dont do dual card anymore. Advanced parole? Yes this whole process is full of confusing terms and government personel written crap, forms and instructions. Her combo card expired in 2 years and we just had to reapply for an extension. You can apply for extension 6 months before expiry but must do before it expires or must pay new fees. We are late with only 1 month before it expires . No travel planned for 7 months so should be ok. And she works in our company so i dont care if she has work permit like a big company would. Once they send notice of receipt of our extension application she gets an auto 180 extension. Not sure why processing times for her green card are over 2.5 years its not uncommon and depends on which regional office your told to be using. Overall its a broken system. Also they run on fees not aloocated funds so they just raised all fees starting april 1, 2024. Some by 70% The best advice is to get married first and do a CR1 visa. But the US citizen must have a domicile and residency in the US.

Is rhis the old case where the guy not happy they charged him a cork fee? Negative and true reviews should not have any risk of a lawsuit. Its hard to imagine the twisted mind of a manager or hotel owner who would sue. Its scary to realize they think like dis.

The plea of head police sounds so ridiculous its not funny. Mom I ate the whole cookie jar so we need to get more. Are they going to make flats all over Thailand for every officers mia noi? I had to let go a nice school director. Main reason besides 2 teens, was her dept. She could have retired with 20,000 baht/mo pension but that equaled her dept payment. She was 46 and I calculated that she would be 85 before she paid off her debt. They had let her borrow and borrow and just rollled new money inti the same loan. So she was paying on a car from 15 years ago. She informed me there is no bankruptcy in Thailand and if they stop paying they loose their job. Also there was a life insurance payment included. I say fire most officers and start over. Need to be asking for money for better training. Need to allow foreign police to come help train and run things.

I expect the US will not be to keen on letting Thailand buy any new tech with their leadership coming from china and boot licking towards ruzzia.

I'm sorry but I'm an active outdoor guy. My Thai wife is too and seems to handle the cold better than many male wimps I know. I can keep warm in -20c , with low level of activity, but I cant get cool outside in 39c. I can't do much outside over 39c. If you live a sedentary life it may be ok. We hit 40c a handful of summer days here but its still cooler early in the day to get outside. Some of these people that have been moving to Montana, Idaho, and mountain towns may be doing the smart thing for 50-100 years down the road. We have been ice fishing about 8-10 times. One morning it was a bit nippy. But not much moisture in the air for much energy exchange if you understand thermodynamics. And no wind to speak of. And the sun feels amazing on those days.

2 articles say these times. Isnt it restricted from 2-5 pm and 12-5 am? I just know several times this 2-5 pm ban has caused me as a tourist ill will. Wanting a cold beer or 6 to take to the hotel or condo fridge. Peehaps this ban causes people to go to the little mom n pop places where you can but anytime.

I do abhor plastic surgery although 8 could probably use a bunch. Here un the US i see mamy over 40 or 50 women with this catface look or these artificial lips that turn me off so much. Lalisa sure looks good to me.

I meant cowgirl

Rodeo tickling balls. Shch lovely memories.

Im used to the reporting quality but usually have some idea of the story but his left me totally confused. Stating on a floating raft house? I assuke on the lake. Yet kayaking 50-60 km away from the dam? Do thet kayak the vamal then get a ride back or kayak out from the dam downstream in the canal or does the canal flow into the lake so they kayak the 50 km down current? Thats why they suspect he woukd be found in 50m of water. I wonder how cold the thermoclines are? Thats a bit deep for normal scuba rescue.

14&15 2 days in a row? I would think it would be a fun party eavh month. Crazy Thailand

Sad news. What can i say about Thailand but please people wake up and change things.

Dengue is a concern fir me when i spend time in Thailand. It sounds horrible. We usually spend time in the village sleeping under a net. The mozzys are always getting in. Wife dies a sweep with the shock wand each night. Dont know how 4-5 get in during the day. Could really ruin a vacation or life. I have read it is in the South East USA.

Tell us the 10% list thats left

Yes Grohe is supposed to be a high quality brand. Its sold as a expensive exclusive brand here at the fancy showroom stores. The imbedded rubber gasket on the ceramic cartrige just disolved after 20 years on our kitchen faucet. It clogged the fkow restrictor and wand. In the past when the rubber boot on the wand got old they sent s new head for free. 4 months ago we needed another. This is now considered a wear part. Luckily there are aftermarket parts that look identical for 1/3 the price. I did install that brand in a steam shower and it is wirking fine. But just the temp valve was 28000 baht. Not including face plate style or handle. It is amazing you got all that work done for under 2 mil baht. If I recall correctly this will be the guest house after you finish the main house? Is that still the plan?

I would like to know if the 5400 real uros were separated neatky from the fake ones. Looks more guilty then. He stayed with the other brit in a condo? Perhaps that crypto coin is basically worthless or so iliquid so he had to accept a bad exchange rate. But why did he need to much baht? I bet he has been having some fun.

I interesting read.

Who has the link? Free shows like this could be a big tourist draw.

She is very Thai looking at least. And beautiful to me. It would be hard not to promote her. He meteoric rise in rank does highlight the known corruption.

It does have a strong smell. Some of us have sensitive snozes. Sewars in BKK, NYC hit me like a brick. But thats not as frequently as the pot smells in BKK. Like i posted elsewhere about a recent trip to Colorado. The wife and I could smell dispensaries and grow houses passing them along the interstate at 130kph with the windows up. I am lucky i can say i visited Thailand during the green times, pre med cert. I enjoyed my bud on the condo patio, a few side sois if the hotel didnt have a balcony. I enjoyed exibles too but their potency was hit or miss. I half felt like a criminal. I can see both sides to this issue. To a non smoker or someone trying to quit the habit, addiction, it is a nasty smell from a distance. I really enjoy the smell of a jar of floral buds or hoppy beer. But if I'm not partaking, its a nasty smell. Many thai people in the villages see the youth wasting away and now its pot thats at issue. I think it wont be hard to get a medical card next door to these shops. Many shops will go out of business. The high prices will increase. Colorado has had recreational pot for a decade and the sky didnt fall. Quite a bit of tax revenue. Por does have historical medicinal values, even in Thailand.

The only good thing about this topics fruitcake is if the wife and most of thai citizens honors it and it's German past, she and they cant complain if I do anything similar.

Not a positive for life in a big city without your own transport. My trouble is deciding which of 3 vehicles to use. When i tell the wife we are in a traffic jam here in Utah, she laughs . Dueing rush hours we do have these annoying metering lights on the in ramps spacing out the cars getting on the freeways. Maybe have to wait 3 minutes.

incense sticks actually do create lots of micro particles. Its a good idea but should be implemented along with the military using those armored vehicles to crack down on crop burning. Negotiations with nearby countries is also needed. Which will entail money. Lots of money needed to bring in modern farm equipment. Overnight they could have military inspectors at each cane collection point as well as the processing plants ,and all truck drivers hauling burnt cane should have trucks confiscated and go to jail. Burnt cane market could be 90% stopped in 1 week. Provide protective clothes and masks to encourage hand slashing the cane. Allow seasonal workers to come in since many thais are now to lazy to cut cane by hand. Slowly implement a trash hauling policy across thailand with associated dumps. It would need to be subsidized at first. Use the silly 10k digital money to begin with. Clean air will help the thai people, and tourism more than 300usd. And cows in the US do emit a high amount of methane per calorie. It would be better for the planet if we were all vegetarians or insect eaters. I am not one of those fine persons.

Roadside taxis refuse ro take even Thai people that my fiance and many Thai people I observe go to the driver's window to tell him where they want to go to see if he will take them. Thats totally wrong. If you flag a taxi and he stops you should be able to open the rear door and get in and then twll him your destination, and within his sevice area, 100% of the time get a flag drop ride. We were at the taxi cue at terminal 21 and it took us 5 taxi's to get a taxi ride. I couldn't understand this as after they refused us a ride they left the que. Next up i once had a 2 am drive from nana area to asoke and i swear the guy was full reving and shifting gears like a race car driver and we easily hit 100kmh. He was passing buses on the left. On one pass i had to yell because there was a parked car he couldn't see but i could sitting in the left rear. There are laws these drivers must follow. IMHO this taxi experiences hurt tourism very much.