frantick

OP, a handful of Tulip brand chocolate/dark chocolate chips from the 550g bag in the freezer satisfied my cravings. Cheap for chocolate, but I'm guessing totally yuck and bad for you posts to follow...

These "generational war" threads/posts always amuse/confuse me. Given the time period of your birth, the society of your parents, your own society, events of the period, science of the time, blah, blah, blah, the younger/older generations would have made the same generational choices. Hindsight is 20/20 as they say. For this reason, I fail to accept blame, nor expect older/newer generations to feel blame nor be shamed. Have a wonderful day, everyone, Frantick the thread-killer.

Mainstream Media scare tactics; remember, MSNBC derived from Microsoft and NBC, and here's MSN continuing the tradition. The left has nothing left. Sure, SS could crash for a million reasons, but it's more probable that it'll be due to exponentially escalating debt, stock market crashing, lack of funds, etc. You'll worry yourself to death if you keep reading this tripe. Or is that your plan B because the big financial reset will most likely occur during your, and my, remaining lifetime. DOGE is cutting fast and deep, which is required at this late point being 36T in debt, and I'm all in that they're trying, but I don't have much faith that real spending, by either party, will be curtailed.

I have a MN area code. I retired from there and moved to SD before I moved to Thailand in 2020. Never have an issue with 2FA for 2 US banks; Wells Fargo and Ally, or any internet application, ie Wize, Google, Hotmail, SSA, etc. 2FA requests. I do keep my US address updated across the board as I've had to change it a couple of times due to family events. Good luck in your quest.

Also, upon your return, it helps to mention that you have a reentry stamp so the immigration officer notices it. At least I was thanked for mentioning it the last time I reentered.

I agree on the 7/11 Chicken Caesar Salad. The dressing tastes like Caesar, ie no Thai sweetness. As far as the lack of chicken breast, I always buy an individually-packaged cooked breast, like this: (or 2), heat each in microwave for 40 seconds, dice, and add to the Caesar. Good for protein. I've tried the similar packaged breast, ie the chili, or lemon flavor but it's a bit off for me. Of course, if you're on a budget, adding extra chicken at around 50฿ each might put you off.

Update: I just wanted to update the info regarding using the phone app for Swift transfers. So, I had them scan my face as I mentioned in a previous post. I think they just took a photo; why, I don't know. Anyway, phone app says I can transfer ฿200k. I tried it earlier this week for ฿100k. App brought up an oblong circle with me, from my phone camera, in the center. Tried a couple times, too dark, blah, blah, call 1333 or something like that. Instead of calling, I reduced the amount to 49k, and was successful in sending the Swift transaction. (It doesn't do the face scan under ฿50k) Waited a day to see if it showed up in Wells Fargo, and there it was pending. The next day sent ฿49.5k more, no problem. Leaving about ฿80k in Thailand although not sure if I'll ever return. I might try another transfer using my Thai phone from within the US. If that works, I might grab some of it, and transfer the remaining to a few 'friends' in Thailand. If it doesn't work, Bangkok Bank will be happy one day I suppose. 1 week to go. 😭

Menu looks good! Will have to get myself a poboy and some gumbo.

But I don't know if they even looked at that, or know that the Wise Foreign deposits came from America, let alone, from my personal account. (I made many large transfers to a Thai account before. Don't ask, 555.) You should be able to go into any K bank and ask where your branch is.

Funds showed up this morning. Show Pending, but Wells Fargo puts "sure things", like pending Social Security payments into your available account balance. That was quick, and relatively easy.

I guess we'll know in a couple days. Of course, BB would have the 5yo records of my 2 Wise transfers to fund the account, don't know if they looked at that.

No documents. I just provided the routing codes and reason for transfer as "repatriation of funds". She had a long form I partially filled out with names and addresses, routing, account, etc. Signed a small form as both sender and receiver, but that was it.

My BB phone app gives me the option, scroll over to other services, then down, to send up to ฿200k per day in the Swift transfer option. Haven't tried it yet though. I'm on a retirement visa.

So, to update this thread, here's what transpired: Went to Buakhao location. First in line for the desk clerk. (I like this location because they seem to speak English better than my experience at Klang, but it's been 5 years) Anyway she tells me to go to a counter clerk to close/transfer, but then realizes it's the Klang location so I must go there. I scooter over to Klang, and indeed, as @treetops posted, it's still open. Busier than the Buakhao location, I get a ticket for one of the desk ladies as I also want the face scan done. Long wait... Then she tells me, in better English than 5 years ago, that I need to go to the counter, but she can do the face scan. Her camera doesn't work, so we interrupt the 2nd desk clerk to take my picture. I don't know if this is what I'm looking for, ie the scan required to xfer more than ฿50k from my phone, but whatever. (Other falangs were getting their personal phone cameras zoomed in and out on their faces, but I just got a pc camera pointed at me, so not sure.) I go to the counter, where she closes my account and transfers, hopefully, my 800k to the US. Says it'll take a couple days, so here's hoping. I mention the English speaking, not to be an ass, but because it's truly appreciated. I'm in their country after all. Still have 300k in BB savings that I have to move, share, party with, or whatever. I'll update the thread one last time once the money hits my US account.

I figured as much. Do they have kaprow (holy basil) in Denver? It was scarce in Minneapolis when I lived there. Probably the only dish I'd cook, maybe Khanna too. My nephew lives in a Denver suburb, so could get it from him as he visits often, or go myself since I'm retired with no reason not to go. 90%, if not more, of the Thai ladies I've met like only Thai food with an occasional Falang offering. Maybe have to return to Mexican food, for my spicy cravings.

I had read, on BB site, that I could use mobile banking to transfer up to 2m. So I'll just head to the Soi Buakhao branch next week and see if they'll close the FCD account, and move my funds into savings. I'll also ask about the "photo/face scan requirement", or whatever the past issue was, I read about but never needed, with transferring >50k. Hopefully they won't refer me to another branch. I'm on a retirement extension, if anyone couldn't figure that out based on the 800k amount. I don't read anything in the online transfer page regarding WP requirement.

I have read that repatriating is commonly used as a Swift reason for transfer. I also have all the codes, addresses, etc. Also I've read of others using Swift from here. Even though I'm keeping a savings account here, I don't intend to ever send that money back. I really don't want to sign up for another service, such as Dee Money, that I'll never use again.

Nope, live like a king here, but couldn't do that with a TL in tow. Though I might dm you for Thai food shopping advice, scarce, I'm sure.

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I'm repatriating next month back to the @GinBoy2 area. I plan on keeping my savings account, but want to do a Swift transfer of my fixed, 800k account. I believe my home branch on Pattaya Klang, just east of Big C, has closed. I've been doing my banking at Soi Buakhao branch, ie lost bank card, extension letter. My questions (because the banks are closed until Tues and want other's experience) : Is that Klang location really closed? Will the Soi Buakhao location do this for me? Is there a Main Branch of BB and if so, where? Also, but less important, how much will they penalize for early withdrawal; half year of a 12 month, and how much are swift/BB fees? Thanks and sorry this isn't a political post. 😅

Yes, for 5 years now.

Joined 1 month ago. Troll. https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/how-many-died-as-a-result-of-capitol-riot/ Please find somewhere else to propagate the lies.

Nor is there "evidence" it came from an animal in the wet market; Occam's razor. "science" is supported through tax dollars, or vested interests, just follow the money. Peer review, for this same reason, has become a joke. DEI has chosen new students, scientists, etc., not from the pool of the best, but from smaller pools of "the best from this smaller pool". How many verbally rejected the vaccine prior to their "side" being elected, even though it was the same vaccine? How many people took a newly, barely human tested vaccine even though, based on an early, "scientific" study of Covid, it only had a 1.5% mortality rate? Why do you trust your government, when your side is on top, as much as you do? 68, fat, smoker, pureblood. I don't trust the government regardless of who's on top. Unfortunately, I have to depend on them for most of my pension (which I paid into for over 40yrs), which undoubtedly will be reduced in the future to support an even bigger government. Ok, that's my yearly rant. Have a nice day.

I know you requested less meat, but this is all I got. Pattaya Bachelor's Chicken Divan recipe. (my name for it) 2 - 3 cooked, cubed, chicken breasts. I boil for 20 minutes, or if I'm out and about and don't feel like cooking, I buy 2 gai yaang from the stall at the Buakhao food market north of Treetown; 100฿ 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup 3/4 of the emptied can above mayo 3 slices of 7-11 bread cut into 1/2" cubes. Or a cup or more of croutons if you're a real chef. Broccoli florets. Not sure of the amount, but Friendship sells a big bag of frozen, unlabeled for 85฿ and I use about 1/3rd of the bag. It's a steal compared to the fresh broccoli. I throw them in boiling water for a few minutes, strain. About 2 teaspoons of curry powder. I just throw some in, probably more than this because I like the flavor. Tablespoon of lemon juice. I just squirt a couple seconds worth from one of those lemon juice sqeezy things because real lemons are expensive here. A little milk if all that's too thick for you. I use about 1/4 cup. Red Pepper flakes, as in the kind you put on pizza in the West; not prik bon, but up-to-you . I used to add them after, on my serving, as my ex-TGF didn't like (optional) Combine all that in a large saucepan, heat, and eat. Notes: Original recipe had this baked in a baking pan with real croutons of course. The pan was filled with the cooked broccoli and cubed chicken. The soupy, crouton sauce part covered the broccoli and chicken in the pan. All topped with cheddar cheese until heated through. (I do without the cheese cuz I'm on a diet.) Can eat over rice with/without bread cubes if you're so inclined. (Not sure of bread vs rice calorie count, but this is not a calorie counter's meal.) This was the only falang dish my ex-TGF would eat because she thought it must be healthy having broccoli in it. 🤣

True if you don't need the devices to connect to each other. But if you do and you're on a newer version of Android (no idea on iPhone), the Hotspot runs in isolation mode (unless you root it and run a command to effectively make it a router) Thus the need for a separate router for example, to allow pc->printer, tv->pc (Plex), file copying between devices, etc.