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You probably can open an online account with some of the niche banks, here are a couple of links to try: https://www.ubank.com.au/ https://www.mebank.com.au/ I did have an interest-bearing account with mebank, opened and closed it with no fuss. I can't remember if they required an Australian address, I'll bet any bank will require a tax file number.

Good for you. We all count our memories and achievements in different ways, according to what we love doing. At 80 yo, I know death is not all that far off. I prefer to focus on living.

My GF and I joke about me as the ATM, I guess that means we are both comfortable with the term. Every Thai I meet for the first time cracks up when they ask for my name, and I reply ATM. Having said that, ATM's do have withdrawal limits. So do I.

The only form of retirement poorer Thais have, is when they are no longer capable of working. Then they have to rely on what the rest of their family can provide. 600 baht/month at age 60, 700 at 70, 800 baht/month if they make it to 80. Most of the families in my GF's village work on the rice farms, some go further afield as tradespeople or laborers. The average family income is around 3000 baht/month. There's a very aged woman who walks between two villages to help clean up after funeral parties. She gets paid in food and the occasional 20 baht. She's quite delighted when I stop on the road and give her 100 baht.

I would like to have had the knowledge of women in my youth that I have now, I would have avoided two very expensive mistakes. I have been able to move on, fortunately. Some never do.

Everyone's physiology and response to medication is different. Cannabis oil and morphine do absolutely nothing for me. OTOH, I find kratom extract is very effective in terms of euphoria and pain relief. It's a matter of each person finding what works for them.

I only buy Michelins here, IMO the best for wet/greasy road conditions. Price is irrelevant, what's a life worth?

You may mean chloral hydrate. Very powerful, it used to be known as a Mickey Finn in the days when people were shanghaied or robbed when incapacitated.

Atarax is an antihistamine similar to Codiphen. I buy my Codiphen in Chiang Mai at Peera Pharmacy, 50 baht for 10 tablets. I have seen it as high as 130 baht in Chiang Rai.

Everyone is different, that would have me peeing like a garden hose.

If one wants to be up half a dozen times during the night peeing. Alcohol is a diuretic.

Not the strongest; however, I have found Codiphen ( Diphenhydramine, drowsy antihistamine ) works very well for me. IME pharmacies in Thailand stock it. Non-addictive. AFAIK barbiturates are the strongest sleep medications, they would only be available on prescription from a hospital pharmacy. Street pharmacies would not stock them.

If the person died of a communicable disease, not such a good idea.

Thai rice farmers seem to think they do, judging by the burnoffs every year. Minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, possibly magnesium.

Three strikes is out.

You were worried about Noam Chomsky losing it?

Going by a recent YouTube video of him, IMO he already has. Not something I worry about for myself. Genetics are saying I will die with my mental faculties still working.

It's a personal choice, I prefer cremation. Taking up space in a cemetery with a headstone is not for me. Who will remember most of us three generations from now? I would much rather my ashes are employed for something useful, such as fertilizing a golf course.

Means testing of Thais is going to be difficult. Many don't trust banks, and have their savings in gold.

Talking of muppets, I wonder how many of them actually realize Trump is diverting their donations to pay his legal bills. Of course, they also think 4 indictments is Biden weaponizing the legal system. How can that be, with Republicans appearing as witnesses for the prosecution? I am wondering how one alleged lie by Biden stacks up against 21 a day from Trump. Your bias is showing.

There is some indication acupuncture can assist in restoring the sense of smell in COVID patients. I don't know whether it helps in this situation. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9445155/

There's a Thai who sets up just about every morning on Lamphun Road, behind the road rail near the foreigner cemetery, that backs onto the Gymkhana Golf Club. Grills fresh every morning, he is usually sold out by lunchtime.

Please tell me this is a spoof video. A fake blonde, with a nose ring and a job with Fox News, lecturing men about being trashy?

IME land always appreciates in value, there are very few places on the planet where they make more of it. There may be some fluctuations, based on interest rate settings, but the trend is always up longer term.

I understand Thai nurses in government hospitals are compulsorily retired at age 45, with a modest pension. They then find employment as carers with wealthier Thai families. Apparently the going rate is 10K - 15K baht/month. Alternatively, look for a Thai lady in their 40's at a massage shop. They are going to be strong enough for most tasks. They don't earn much, and probably would jump at any salary more than 10K/month, although there may be more trust issues. Obviously, the OP's capabilities in terms of communicating in Thai need to be considered.