CartagenaWarlock

Exactly. People who fled their own societies in pursuit of brides and live off of their "marriage visas" are offering their opinions to people who have achieved highest ranking in their own society.

Not medical emergency but can haul tourists for their proximity to covid positives and put them in quarantine to enrich the government-hotel-private hospital nexus. Way to go Thailand.

Who works on the beach?

It was not a worthless scam for me, at least. It served its purpose when I needed it for one percent of my available cash. Could I have done it cheaper? Yes, I could have but I don't buy a Ford Focus, instead of a Toyota Lexus always.

Invite to your condo, over a beer admit your mistakes with lots of "sorry". Start your negotiation with 30K and see how far he is going to comedown. You already know his upper limit. I would avoid going to the police station for negotiation where you will be the only one not speaking Thai.

The golden days of travelling to Thailand with your passport and credit cards is over for foreseeable future. I need to go one more time, may be in June/July time frame, to settle some issues in person before I call it goodbye Thailand forever, even if I have a 20 years Elite card.

Without transport bubbles (as it is called in India), I don't think India has plans to start commercial airlines for people to enter India for any purpose. Here is a list of bubbles India operate right now. Thailand may be interested in Tourists but India wants people for any purpose ot enter from Thailand, I would guess mostly for business purposes. https://www.civilaviation.gov.in/en/about-air-transport-bubbles

Hundreds of similar cases are reported in the last two years in the USA.

The requirement is 65K THB per month. I can do it in most places in the World if I have a place to live and definitely doable in Thailand.

When I was 26 I was in silicon valley. Travelling all over the World for the next twenty years. Never heard of Thailand. When I had 3 million USD I left for Thailand. Had my first baby with a 19 year old Poseidon model. I missed a family life in the USA but never regretted it. What did I miss not being in Thailand at the age of 26? What you miss in life is relative.

Provides unlimited supply of Issan brides to desperate old man.

Same as this guy

I used skype for more than a decade. As I need to keep a US number, I also opted for Google FI service a few years ago when I was globe trotting (now suspended due to Covid restrictions in various countries and my health). I now hardly use skype and can use Google FI when ever I need to call from outside the US (e.g. Thailand) and if someone needs to call me from US to my US number, I can pick it up anywhere in the World. Of course, Google FI minimum is expensive ($20) and but it serves my purposes of accessing any line (mobile/land) from anywhere in the World and when I am not in the US, they can also call my US number (Google FI number).

End of a happy era.

Laptop with 8GB memory and a PCIe hard drive will be the best choice If I am buying one now. But I don't need a laptop as I already have a NUC machine and monitor at all my permanent places. I have seen some Chuwi models like Hero Book that you can pick up for $299 from Amazon (or similar prices from Lazada may be). https://www.amazon.com/CHUWI-HeroBook-Pro-Notebook-Lightweight/dp/B08316YSKH

3K for five days? Or 600 baht per day. Even hard to find a dump for that price pre-covid. It covers two PCR test, a transfer from airport to the hotel and two nights stay. How is that crazy? I am not a big fan of this nexus between government-hotel-and-hospital. But if you choose to come to Thailand, instead of going to another place it is what you pay and not a crazy price. The question is why do you want to come to Thailand? Are you looking for your thai brides in Thailand? If not, you can go to any other places that do not have the nexus.

Closing markets for long period of time is not acceptable. It is the life line of Thai people and most vendors. Most bars in Thailand are just front for brothels where bride seekers and orgy seekers hang out and if they want to drink they can do so in their home. Yes it affects the local people just like sex workers through out the World.

Which bank that will be? I think bangkok bank is 99 transfer is the max. I have set it up for my baby's mother every week for $150but it is 99 transfers max. I have to make it happen after 99 years.

Does it mean if the person does not look like your uncle or aunt, he/she can't be an Aussie?

TGIF for one month is 3700 baht. I believe that is reasonable. Will they cover for no symptom Covid-19 hospitalization? I did not see an option for two months? A friend is planning for an entry with a tourist visa.

My limit is $300 phone for me. I don't care what technology is in a $1,000 phone. Recently bought a Pixel 5a (5g) for $299. It has two slim slots - one for the USA (Fi network that's a must for me) and the other is for a Thai sim when I would be in Thailand.

Heyday's of Thailand's tourist incomes are over and may take a decade to come back still India reaches half of China's median incomes.

Covid is rampant everywhere in the West also. It is the stupidity of CCP's zero covid policy.

In my college days I worked in a corporate Mobile gas station in CA. It was a brand new corporate station with most high tech pumps of the era fitted with card readers in the days when every shops including the high end large department stores were using credit card impression machines. Almost every week I had to remind/stop a few people not to smoke sitting in their motorbikes while filling the tank.

Research suggests marijuana is not addictive and I can confirm that from my own experience. But other drugs are addictive. I had the same experience with meth and cocaine very difficult to stop, though I had money and could afford addiction treatment centers for meth and cociane.