Yellowtail

In much the same way that you are kind of literate. (just kidding) what I said was: ''To be clear, the 800K is not "locked up", you can take it out any time you want, you just will not be able to use it to renew the visa." If you NEED the money you can take it out.

You don't use the cardless withdrawal? I paid my last annual ATM fee long ago.

The truck was likely moving very slowly while making the turn, it could not have "...rolled further forward and left..." much, unless you believe the truck driver ran back and dragged the bike and rider up to the back of the trailer.

Has the OP called the airline and asked? A someone else said, it may just be as easy as having the wife go with you to the airport.

Hello? It called WALKING STREET.

Yeah, me too with the same account, but back when it was Thai Farmer Bank. Times change.

Taxes

Really? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I have not changed my tune. You quote me saying: “If I'm doing the speed limit+ and moving faster than the left lane traffic, why should I have to slow down to allow some a-hole to break the law? And then I said: "I move over when it's safe and I don't have to slow down, please try to follow along." You must have missed the and I don't have to slow down part, yes? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Again, I move over when it is safe, and I do not have to slow down, and when it is un-safe and or I would have to slow down, I do not move over. We good? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sorry, do you frequently travel to different provinces to draw out money? I know that when I draw money out of my Pratchinburi Kasikorn account in Bangkok there is no fee.

Never been to India, Mexico or driven the 99 in California then? I think you're making it up. I think the roads here are fine, particularly given what they have to spend on them.

You were asking for advice; I think he was suggesting you try another bank because (now apparently) they are not all the same.

People that are already driving recklessly? I clearly said I move over when it's safe and I don't have to slow down, please try to follow along. I see no reason to move back over unless someone ahead is driving slow, or the road is bad. I generally do not change lanes for no reason, but you go ahead. Please don't cry. I doubt there are millions of people wanting to go around me, as I am most always moving as fast as traffic allows. Again, if I can move over safely and without slowing down, I do. But when someone wants me to slow down and move over so they can go up another ten meters and tailgate the next guy, sorry dude, go around.

I would bite the bullet and make the trip. You've got nine days. Make sure the kid goes in and out of Thailand on their Thai passport.

No, it's not only related to EVs, but there is really nothing that happens on Thai roads that does not happen on roads in other counties, the only difference is frequency.

Well, she has the dash-cam video, so hopefully she has the last laugh.

Yeah, he should have jumped out and grabbed the gun and karate chopped those guys, that's what I would have done!

Any driver assistance program that does not work most everywhere is worse than useless.

And when that opportunity comes I move over. But tailgating and blinking lights is not ego-thinking? Letting reckless drivers cow you just encourages the reckless driver to cow someone else. That said, I think that there seems to be a lot fewer of the light-blinking-tailgating-morons then there used to be. Overall, I think driving here has greatly improved in the last twenty-five years.

The road was wide open, no reason the moron with the gun could not go around, <deleted>. If I'm doing the speed limit+ and moving faster than the left lane traffic, why should I have to slow down to allow some a-hole to break the law? Let them go around when they get the chance.

At least for US citizens: Paying/bribing/tipping a foreign government official/employee to do/expedite their job is not illegal. Paying/bribing/tipping a foreign government official/employee to circumvent the law is illegal.

That's not bad, bank/branch of choice?

I see nothing wrong with paying an agent to help opening a bank account, what do they charge?

I use the 400K because it seems easy, and it is nice to have money here in the event of an emergency. I actually keep about a million in the account, and it is separate from my other accounts so the only transactions are interest & taxes and when I round it down at immigration for the update. Guys opening accounts should open at least two.

I had Cigna through my last employer for probably ten years, and it was great. Bumrungrad was one of their "in network" facilities and they paid every claim I filed. Trying to get the direct-pay to work was a PITA as was trying to get stuff pre-approved. I gave up on that after the first year and just sent the bills in for reimbursement. I would pay the bills with my US credit card which had no foreign transaction fees and cash-back, and the exchange rate Cigna used was such that I made 2-3% on every bill....

The last company I worked for had over 100,000 employee and self-insured. If you have enough savings to cover most any medical expense you may have without too much difficulty it makes sense, if you don't it does not. I think if you're in Thailand and have several million Baht you can spend and still be financially secure, it can make sense.