JackGats

Unfortunately it doesn't work like Amazon. Different shops, different deliveries.

Good, now let them reinstate full redeeming of miles! I have over 130 miles on Thai Airways, only to find out I can redeem them on practically nothing, ie domestic flights + very few international destinations and then economy only. I bet the business class seats are reverved for VIP courtesy tickets. During Covid, it was foolish of me to continue accrueing miles on RoyalOrchid. Any other Star Alliance frequent flyer program would have been better.

Google "glycemic index" and you will see that "contains sugar" is not equal to "contains carbohydrates". I avoid packaged food in Thailand whenever I can. It is difficult to avoid added sugar in fresh food though. For example what about the green and red curries flavoured with coconut milk? I suspect they contain added sugar, ie not just the natural sugar content of coconut milk. Sugar is cheap. Also, everywhere Thai consumers go "หวาน" with a broad smile on their face, as though this were something to celebrate and not a national health disaster worse than meth.

I don't understand what this is about. Is this "cannabis bill" a back-tracking on legalisation? Or is it a endorsement of legalisation? In this article I see cannabis linked with 1) near plane crash 2) meth use 3) death of a Thai citizen in the UK 4) death from the H5NH virus. Other consequenses of legal cannabis, like the war in Ukraine and the Earth quake in Turkey, are missing.

Thailand is not the only country where realdolls are illegal. If I'm not mistaken Canada is one of them. Expect the fems to go ballistic when the technology becomes mature. This is the real challenge to women's stronghold on Society. The wymmyns will probably get their way as usual, ie prohibition. I visited a realdoll brothel twice and I urge any man with an enquiring mind to do the same. The rate at that brothel in Germany was 70 euro, which was as expensive as a short time with a living working girl. Booking the doll in advance from an online roster was required. The main take-home point from my visits to that brothel was that the feel and look of the dolls are awsome, better than the real thing. Alas, getting the doll in the required position was a nightmare. Those dolls are heavy and not nearly versatile enough in terms of positioning. The technology has a long way to go yet. When I entered the brothel my doll was waiting for me in a sofa. The manageress on duty told me I should carry my date into the room myself (sweep her off her feet like Clarke Gable in "Gone with the wind"). Wow she was heavy! I nearly broke my back even before I started.

Whenever I buy critical things, like dietary supplements or OTC meds, I compare the Lazada price with the international/US price. If the price is too good to be true I don't buy. For the kind of things I buy, Lazada has fared better by this test than Shopee. Hence I buy from Lazada rather than from Shopee. The biggest pain in the neck is when you have delivery guys who phone you each evening for days on end to say "will come tomorrow". I only do COD. If something goes wrong, I prefer Lazada to hang on to some limited cash of mine rather than to my credit card.

I think this is a sensible new regulation. Songtaews stopping and beckoning you to get on board though there are no seats left are a nuisance.

My 3 previous yearly extensions were done in Pattaya. Last year I tried to report online but the website rejected my application outright. This year I applied online from a Bangkok hotel using the hotel as my current address (as I should if the reporting is to make any sense). I did this after checking with the hotel that they had reported my stay to immigration. The application was accepted but I got a rejection within days. No ground was given. A couple of days before the deadline expired I went to the Chonburi immigration in person whence I got my reporting confirmation within 45 minutes. I shall not waste my time with the online reporting ever again. I shall 1) go in person and only 2) to the immigration office where my visa extensions hail from.

Where I am now renting I only get frontal sun until one and a half hour after sunrise, so I can be comfortable using only the ceiling fan. I don't even need it at night these days but this may change as nights get hotter. One thing I read about fans is that they're not good if the humidity emanating from your body has not escape to equilibrate so I leave the (netted!) windows wide open day and night. Using only a fan has some benefits compared to aircons: lower electricity cost and lower noise, less of a thermal shock when you go out. I find ceiling fans much better than standing fans. A ceiling fan will keep the air in gentle motion rather than blow in your face. It doesn't take up useful space. It is less likely to stir up dust. Regarding positioning, I've noticed ceiling fans are often slightly offset relative to the bed, ie not placed directly above the bed. That must be to avoid injury in case you want to stand up on the bed. Ceiling fans have a unique colonial flair aircons don't have.

Only Fox News? The fakestream media is not limited to Fox News.

If I'm not mistaken medical deontology dictates proactive surgery in case of suspected appendicitis, even if some uncertainty remains. Not operating asap in case of appendicitis is a risk doctors should not be willing to take. I remember reading that the symtoms of appendicitis can be deceitful, with pain even materialising at the wrong side of the abdomen.

This woman wants Thai justice to apply to her: jail time for 2 pills of methylated amphetamine, scot-free for killing pedestrians while behind the wheel.

I wish that were true. Alas it isn't.

Actually I wonder why they come.

Yes, a safety box at front desk is the safest of all. Very handy for things you don't use often like passports, emergency cash, credit cards, banking smartphone. Hardly practical for something you will use every day like maybe a laptop or a smartphone you use nearly all the time.

Laptops are not much in demand among petty thieves. I've left my laptop in condos and hotel rooms in Thailand for years. I don't see it as a risk. Not many 3 and 4* hotels have in-room safes big enough.

If I'm not mistaken, this same Thaksin is in favour of repealing the legalisation of cannabis. Opportunism 100%. The government now in power has my vote for having the balls to do what most democratic governments will shy from, ie legalise a harmless herb that should never have landed on the statute books.

In most EU countries rental income in the EU country is always subject to tax in that EU country even if you reside in Thailand. In Germany they have a word for it that means "reduced tax liability" (geschränkt steuerpflichtig). As to revenues like pensions generated in the EU country, you get taxed by the EU country if the pension is subject to a witholding tax in said EU country which is the case of "state pensions". A private pension is another matter, it can sometimes be transferred free of tax and it's then up to the recipient to declare it for taxation in Thailand (or not). Thailand's reluctance to tax should be Thailand's business, not the UK's or the EU countries'. As to capital gains eg on the sale of shares/stocks held in an EU bank, they are to be declared and taxed (or not) in the country of residence which is in our case Thailand. Dividends however are always subject to tax first at source in the country of the company paying the dividend, second in the country of residence if said country has a tax on dividends. I understand the UK has not taxes on dividends, that's why BP, before it got clobbered because of the war in Russia and the windfall tax, was such a good stock to own if you lived in Thailand. I have a Thai TIN which I filed with my EU banks in order to give them something to chew on. TINs are used withing the CRS if I'm not mistaken. This means infos on my finances in Thailand could be reported to the EU countries by Thailand (or sollicited by the EU countries from Thailand?) using my TIN number. I don't think Thailand can be bothered at this stage to send reports though.

I believe in God coz otherwise I would be sad. I want there to be another life as this life of mine is not good and I work a lot to earn little. I don't want to grow old and die just like that. Also, I want to be reunited with my mum and dad coz when they died I cried a lot. If there's not God there would not be another life after I die would there? And I would never see my mum & dad again! I also want there to be another life so that the people who have all the money and can do whatever they want and have all the fun in the world go to hell while I can go to paradise, because otherwise it wouldn't be fair. This is why I believe in God, because if there is no God I don't feel good at all about myself and other people and that's why I'm sure there is a God and I believe in him.

Relax! Once you realise it's legal it ceases to be a nuisance. Would it be better if he didn't stop smoking tobacco? I bet it would, lol.

I wonder if he still has the physical stamina for the part at his age. The part contained some exerting antics.

So you read the hachet job the Guardian's and the Southern Poverty Law Center's femihags wrote in Wikipedia about the Red Pill. But do you mean unlike those "losers", you could attract a (half-way good-looking) GF in your own country but you still want to live in Thailand? What is is that brings you here? The sea-food dishes where seafood got replaced by mushrooms and chunks of ginger? The meat and fish dishes with mostly bones, skin and cartilage and harly any meat or fish? The scorching heat? The tone-deaf eardrum-piercing music? The road carnage? The plastic dystopia? Just curious. There are some communities out there like the Incels, the Red Pill etc. actually fighting for men's (sexual) rights and getting sued and banned for it. Signing your rights away in your home country sex-prison, then taking refuge in Thailand or the Philippines is no act of bravery. It still works somehow but not for long.

สิทธิเก็บกิน This is the title of the relevant Wikipedia article in Thai. Tip: find the Wikipedia article in English, then click languages and choose Thai. It doesn't always work as the Wikipedia articles are not fully liked between languages and some languages are sometimes still missing for a given article, but it's worth a try. The Thai litterally means "the thing you keep to eat". https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/สิทธิเก็บกิน

The Bangkok Bank app is ok. It also works on WiFi and if I remember right, also when the VPN is on. What I resent about such "progress" is that you are left high and dry until you manage to switch to the new system.

That's true. On the other hand, where have tobacco smokers been all these decades? Not demonstrating for cannabis legalisation for sure. Rather, quite comfortable with cannabis users being jailed or sentenced to death for "using drugs". Maybe it's now cannabis users' turn to be selfish and hypocritical.