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  1. Think you have a typo when you said: "Back to 40 would be nice, as that's where it was when I arrived 2020." Nowhere near 40 baht to the US dollar in 2020 ????
  2. You wear a mask to protect others and yourself. Simply a fair and unbiased objective. For God's sake just be diligent and cooperative. I too am sick and tired of the antimask runts who just basically have no regard for other people's health nor their own. Moronic behavior.......
  3. Yep, you got that right. The foreigners I've met in my neighborhood leave a lot to be desired, totally ignorant with a sense of superiority but they have a total lack of education that makes them look incredibly dumb. They can't even speak the language (in even the most basic form) after 20 plus years living here. Truely pathetic.........
  4. Superb wording ???? You hit that right precisely on the head !
  5. It's quite simple. Just have your "countryside" Bangkok bank talk with the head office. The latter knows what they're doing. When I opened an account with Bangkok Bank for social security deposits it was quite painless and all communication with the SS office in the Philippines was handled without my interjection. All will go well if the local Bangkok bank talks/works with the bank's head office.
  6. I also find the nomenclature "Farang" rather offensive as it simply lumps every foreigner into one basket, irrespective of their origins or roles. The correct word for referring to a foreigner is "Daang Chard". If you listen to the tv/radio news stories they don't use the word Farang (or as Thais like to butcher it "Falang"), they always refer to the foreigner as a Daang Chard because it's the correct/polite/professional terminology. So those working in the media industries clearly know the correct way to address the foreign people. There's clearly a reason for that.......
  7. Hello. Since you will be living in Thailand you will not qualify for Medicare so therefore don't complentate the Medicare deduction. It won't happen. But it sounds like you're a little on the edge regarding the 65000 per month requirement so be careful with regard to exchange rate fluctuations.
  8. So the intruder was supposedly carrying 300,000 baht and, if I remember correctly, the Swiss guy's bail was 300,000 baht. Bit of a coincidence but just saying......
  9. I completely agree with you. Placing a limit on how much land a foreigner could buy makes total sense and is easy to control. Just have a stamp in the foreign buyers passport stating how much land they've purchased. 10 Rai is a reasonable limit and as you stated it's not that big at 16000 sq. meters. I have approximately 10 Rai so I know what it looks like and considering Thailand is a geographically large country then 10 rai isn't a big deal and I don't believe a limit of 10 rai where foreigners could purchase said land would drive up prices. If you want to become knowledgeable about land price manipulation just try dealing with a Thai seller. An experience that will leave you completely bewildered!
  10. I registered with expat vac and haven't heard anything. How many others are in the same boat? FWIW I live in rural Thailand but there's a hospital 5 kilometers from me.
  11. What a beautiful doggie. Yep, you are right, have one of these and most of your concerns fade into oblivion. I live alone and have 4 of the buggers, they're wonderful.
  12. I just received a new email giving me the opportunity to re-upload my passport and retirement visa photos. I just completed the upload which was sent successfully. So now I theoretically should be approved for the vaccination. I actually managed to combine both the passport and Visa photos so I uploaded one photo which shows both documents. There's a simple and free app in the Google Play Store that combines photos. It's called Image Combiner.
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