CartagenaWarlock

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.

I only know in The USA, a house or condo is almost like cash and and lenders are willing to offer cash as loan in a very short period (sometimes in a week). I doubt a house or condo in Thailand is like cash and banks are willing to offer loan easily.

MY guess is if you want a subsequent extension, it must be in Thailand. If you want the visa, it should be in the country where you get your visa (generally your home country).

At my age, I am all spending now and the damn Covid has put a break. In the past it was all in stocks and real estate that made me a millionaire like any other 20 million Americans. If you're in stocks and real estate, don't worry if market is crashing or not. And I don't know anybody who has become wealthy from bank interests.

I have recovered almost all my investment in cryptos and I am still a crypto HODL. I bought one BTC for 7K and sold 0.5 when it reached 15K to recover my investment. I bought 7 ASIC miners for around 10K and sold mined LTCs to recover my investment and still holding 35 LTC and they continue to mine everyday. Then I bought $100 worth of SHIB (more than a million SHIB and still holding. So that's all my crypto HODL. Now waiting for it either to go to zero or millions. I really don't care. The problem with crypto is I have yet to figure out the underlying value of crypto except what the next person is going to pay for it just like a piece of art. I understand the underlying value of stocks and real estate which have made me a millionaire like one of those 20 million Americans.

Never had this problem in 7/11. I always do this to get rid of my coins and get 20/50/100 bills. They use the machine to return the correct amount and of course before they can enter the amount in their machine I tell them how much I expect. I had more problems doing the same in the USA where the attendant gets confused even after entering the amount in their machine because they were expecting to give some change and it comes out whole amount.

They are not expecting tourists. They are expecting bride seekers and orgy seekers who have sent a longtime solo gratification.

How can one lose his fortune when all the brothels (aka bars) are closed for almost two years?

USA does not have councils. County charges property taxes. They can't arbitrarily increase it. States have laws capping property taxes. Yes they can increase but not substantially. I think in the USA we already pay lots of property taxes.

Bride seekers and to some extent orgy seeker will go to any length.

I thought the 300 baht surcharge should cover for health insurance for at least a month or two.

70 and 75 years old should stay put in their place instead of still looking for brides in Thailand.

Better than prostitute bride seekers hopping from brothels to brothels uttering sexual jokes at the local girls in the baht buses that they won't dare to utter in London buses.

Somebody in their 40s can apply and get the visa and then apply for retirement after 50. Great for nomads and remote workers. I bet lots of people will apply for that, including from CHina and INdia where the average salary of a software developers is reaching $2,000 per month and some of the big multinationals are offering up to 5-7K USD for remote workers in India. I think it's a good option for 10K baht fees a year.