O Hauptman

Going a bit further from topic: snails are not biting or stinging, but they carry deadly viruses and eat flowers and sprouts of our herbs and passion trees we grow from seeds. We remove them humanely to wild, uncultivated locations, but it seems as a losing battle - more and more of them, now getting to our small lotus pond, munching on leafs. What to do? Thanks!

Hi and apologies for possible repeat of a painful topic.

What prevents such change? My wife bears my farang surname, daughter still mother's maiden surname.

Adoption is a gold mine for attorneys and treasuries, and we don't need it.

Any information from experience or secondary sources would be most appreciated.

Thank you and all the best!

O Hauptman, PhD MIT