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...... or can I just use the old TM.7 fillable form I have on my computer and just put the TDAC number in the space for "TM.6 No."?

I think people should have to show a valid ID to register to vote. If the ID is in fact valid and good, not fake, the registration is enough. The notion that the Social Security rolls were in dire need of cleaning up is one of the many, many lies DOGE told about what it was doing, but that's another story. 🙂

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It appears to be true that the E-Verify system is too easy to game and needs to be strengthened. This would have been a good thing for DOGE to do instead of the nonsense it did or pretended to do. What the U.S. needs is a genuine national ID card, but the recent "Real ID" fiasco probably put paid to that....

Using the method requiring 66K Thai Baht transferred each month, TI requires a year of bank statements, 12 credit advices (for the transfers), and a letter of account ownership and balance. I use Bangkok Bank. My question is about the letter. Because my appointment at Chaeng Watthana turns out to be later than I first thought, the letter I have from Bangkok Bank will be over a week old (9 days to be precise). Will this be a problem? Do I need to go back to the bank for a new letter? (My wife insists that she checked in the past and thought the letter had to be within 7 days of TI appointment date. Now though, she cannot find anything online that says that). Thanks for any help you can give.

If it were me: "Do what you want darling to make yourself feel good. I think you look perfect now and I think I won't like the implants, I really like a woman with natural breasts, but if you really want them and can pay for them, I won't stop you."

Yes, it was a mistake. Like all dogs, soi dogs here are imprinted and habituated in the first few months of life. Psychologically they can be a total mess, and they can't be trained out of it. You might think of doing what Thais do: take them to a temple and leave them. Donate something to the temple for their upkeep. The humane thing would be euthanasia, but you won't find a Thai vet who will do that.

It was a cynical, immoral and illegal scheme anyway and it's good it bit the dust.

Hi. I'm a native English speaker and have learned to speak French, Spanish and Italian over the years. Thai, though, is proving very difficult. I've taken courses and know a lot of expressions and words, but listening and speaking fluency (or even much ability) is not coming at all -- I think partly because of the tones, and partly because in Bangkok it's too easy to fall back on English. Based on past experience, both learning and teaching languages, I'm convinced what I need at this stage is a period of isolated total immersion. In particular, a month-long home stay somewhere where there will be little or no opportunity to speak English. Can anyone recommend a homestay they know of that would suit this purpose, or an ideal place to look? Please don't suggest other language-learning approaches (courses, watching movies or tv, non-English speaking gf, etc.). I know what I want at this stage and for this thread I'm only interested in homestay suggestions. Thanks.

Why is it hard to understand that a security clearance at her current position (member of Congress) doesn't make her any less a threat to national security in a position she is clearly unfit for? Same with Hegseth. Yes, he was in the military as a junior officer. That does not make him any less unfit as Secretary of Defense. The only qualifications Trump requires is that his people are loyal to HIM (not necessarily the Constitution) and that they look good on TV. That's not so bad for the Department of Commerce. For National Security and Defense, it's a monumental trainwreck waiting to happen.

OP here. Well, I found a dentist. Fellow who has his own one-man clinic in Bangkok, and also works at Phaya Thai Hospital. Clean and modern clinic. Most important, I found out he's done implants for members of my wife's family. They like him very much as a person and like the work he's done. 40K for Osstem implant (Korea) and 65K for Straumann (Switzerland). What exactly is the difference between these two to justify the significant difference in price? How exactly is the Straumann superior? Or is it just that the Swiss product is assumed to be superior?

All these polls are less than useless. The popular vote means nothing.

Nice living in an imaginary world, is it?

For me, he has way too many interviews with MMA fighters, comedians, sports figures, etc., so these I just skip. His interviews with people of some substance, though, can be ok. He comes across as not super well-informed and not super intelligent but not dumb either. A regular, straight-forward guy who has genuine curiosity and enjoys talking to people. Politically, he took what I consider an unfortunate turn during the pandemic and seems a bit audience-captured, but again, I just skip the interviews with politicians.

Which clinic or dentist, if you don't mind sharing?