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If we did not shop at the local Thai markets for food and whatnot, 90 per cent of our monthly purchases could be made by scan-jie or bank transfers. Local produce vendors rarely have Q codes still ... our roadside motorcycle shop does have a Q code scan-jie option. Rather impressed when I found that out. 

Still pulling out a bunch of bills from the ATM also acts as a monthly budget, you have a visual of how much money you have left and what you have spent. For us 'right brain' types, this is a good thing.

Times are changing.

Families of the Kader Toy factory fire received  a paltry 100K baht initially and then were offered up to 300K baht. With that they must sign off on additional legal action. Kader Factory owners received a 500 K Baht or 20K USD fine. That for the deaths of 188 people. 

STILL 
 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Parents are controversially attempting to claim 1.21 million baht each in compensation after the tragic Pathum Thani bus fire, despite some not having raised the children.

Can't blame the victims?! Time to blame the victims families. The powers that be will fight this turn of events tooth & nail. How dare the parents not raise the kids! 

 

Nimmaen is not flooded (well according to this mornings news)  -Grace dental has a clinic there. 
Thapae has 6 inches of water ....  unprecedented but likely no damage to Dental 4 U
You likely could start next MONDAY ... BUT many Docs might not be coming in as taking care of their house.

Just got to start calling. It is up to you GG. No one call help you beyond this point. You have to make the call. 

As always our hopes and prayers are with you.  

 

15 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Thanks.

I will look into this idea of bone graft failure, and ask my dentist to address it.

Bone grafts are a common procedure in the US, Euro land, and Thailand with many implants. 
 
There are 5 or 10 excellent dental clinics in CM. Grace Dental usually gets the most praise and one of the higher price ones,

I have used Dental for U on Thapae for over a decade, including root canal, an implant, cavities cleaning etc. I believe the women is a UCLA grad, not that that makes a difference but likely can talk you through your anxiety.

Now time to walk away from the keyboard in your box and get it done .... or next week as half the town is flooded.

Bloody heck everything is a Golgotha, a literal Calvary with you GG. 

The boat in the picture above is actually in Chiang Mai Land. They  are removing people who want to go as this will last longer and rise higher than before. Water has also risen in the last couple hours on Mahidol RD. It is now coming over on the westbound lane.

Ping River will continue to rise with a large volume of water reaching Chiang Mai this evening. "possibly flooding several bridges and causing water to spread more widely"   - Mayor of Chiang Mai at a late morning press conference.

Boat heading to Padet Bridge on Mahidol

Water pushed through CM land onto Mahidol RD, last night. East bound lane slow with long backup.

Over 50% of monthly expenditures paid by Bank App, Q code scan or transfers. We pull out 15 or 20 K, first of the month from the ATM. Ready baht in hand for local markets & whatnot. We are regular market shoppers, cash & carry.

 

19 hours ago, jippytum said:

He must have enjoyed his many years in Prison.

You mean the three years he served before he was out by a Royal Pardon? I would be VERY surprised if he actually seved three years in a real prison. People of his social status rarely do.  

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The source estimated that around 30,000 Chinese tourists would arrive daily in Thailand during the holiday, compared to 40,000 daily arrivals in 2019.

No matter how they spin it & what window dressing used, numbers have never made it back to pre flu from Wuhan province, days. Given continued economic problems in China no real expectation that it will this year or next. 

Grim Autumn on the Volga. Vlad Putin's advisors came to the realization that their surrogate; Donald Trump, was likely not going to win the election after the Harris debate. Now following hard on that realization, Ukraine will be allowed to strike deep into Russia. perhaps as early as next week. 

The obligatory threats, echoed by Putin's sycophants, here on this Forum and worldwide, frothing & screaming, 'Nuclear War'!
 
Meanwhile in Moscow they have been tamping down the idea of a nuke response to the Ukraine. Yes a crazy idea to begin with, but one which they stoked their own populace with. . Now comes the walking back. Tigran Keosayan made an appearance on nuke froth-er Vlad Solovyovs show. Many thought specifically to tamp down nuke talk and since Keosayan is connected to Vlad Putin ,,,, an official walking back of Nuke The Ukraine yammering. Tough times in the Fascist Russian propaganda state.

 

1330
 

Water pushed through Chiang Mai land, from Changklan and over Mahidol HWY. The east bound lane is the most affected with traffic backed up from here to the Airport 4 way.

Picture was taken on the HWY next to the McDonalds .... CM Land RD is 40 meters further up ahead.
 

Water is still rising. The mooban below has had a 30 CM (or more) rise since 630 AM, 12 noon now. No motorcycles trying it now. 

 

It would be nice.  I'm looking at the knee high water in the lower moobaan as I type. This place was built on higher ground though so dry. Do not think that will Happen. That said  Tamboon address could qualify.  

1 minute ago, JonnyF said:

By hiding from the media?

Trump going on Fox is not hiding?! It is not talking to the media that is for sure. FOX is a conservative media outlet. As such a Trump visit, is just part of free campaign advertising courtesy of the Murdoch's.  

As for Harris just campaigning for the next six weeks, hope that does not change your vote.

13 hours ago, novacova said:

Chanklan rd to the padat mahidol underpass is flooded.

Water levels rose again during the night. Water flooded moobans to the west of Chang Klan RD centering around/off  Wiang Ping RD south to Mahidol and north to Kad Kom market. That would also be west, south west, of Chiang Mai Mother and Child Hospital.  This area did not flood in recent years, 2011 or 05 would have been the last time water made it this far. 

 

It is a New York Post article.    The same guy that owns FOX, owns them. FOX of course is not even a real news entity, but by legal definition in the US, a media entity that gives 'opinions about the news'. They do not even have to hold to the standards of the MSM, it is that bad.

The definition of a propaganda media entity/site. A bloody right wing propaganda site. Great marketing move on their part BTW, to call everyone else sheeple, if what you are really doing is herding sheep.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

between a male foreign illegal tour guide and a Chinese female tourist.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

urgent action against foreign illegal tour guides

One wonders just who these "foreign tour guides" are, and what 'foreign country' they come from. The news article is unable to tell us this bit of crucial information. They seem to be able to speak Chinese though, or a dialect of.

Many mysteries In the Magic Kingdom.