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There are zero fees. No long distance fees. No roaming fees. It works exactly the same as if you were connected to the telco tower back home. The only difference is that it connects directly to your telco through the internet instead of through their towers. Nobody calling you or sending SMS messages will know the difference either, so no possiblity that it won't pass bank fraud checks either.

Get a plan with your telco (or some other telco) back home that includes international WiFi Calling. You can often get that feature even with a basic plan that does not include international roaming. I get SMS message verifications from my bank and make/receive local calls as if I was connected to my Telco's cell towers back home, no matter where I am in the world. If they say it includes WiFi Calling MAKE SURE it allows international WiFi calling. Sometimes it doesn't because they don't want to lose those sweet international roaming fees. If it doesn't include international WiFi Calling you will have to go through a VPN to get it to work.

The new head of DHS, pt 2. 🤣

The new head of DHS. 🤣

I avoid Buakhao like the plague. Making it one way can't come soon enough. It will still be a mess but that should improve things somewhat.

The federal gov't doesn't have the power to do a lot of things. None of which have stopped the orange king from doing it anyways. Often with the help of the now completely partisan Supreme Court.

She's a failed business person who finally found financial success by becoming a political grifter. Sound familiar?

That's just because she's no longer getting any more of their grifter money. She was quite happy to ride the MAGA train before that. Stop trying to pretend she's one of the good guys now.

Here, have a burrito.

My guess is that these geniuses think that starting another pointless war is going to help them in the mid-terms. Or maybe give them an excuse for declaring a state of emergency to cancel the election or whatever when someone inevitably does something on US soil.

Former immigrant sex workers are taking our jobs!

So pretty much normal then. As they build more and more condos it will only continue to get worse. I don't even bother trying to go anywhere on a scooter after around noon unless I have to. Especially weekends.

Don't worry, everything is under control.

"Smart people don't like me" --Convicted felon con man actually telling the truth for a change.

The Covfefe Kid.

Great news. I was planning to go on a transit visa, which has some inconvenient restrictions and only good for 10 days. Now I don't have to worry about any of that stuff.

Unfiltered coffee raises your cholesterol, so I would only drink that after pouring it through a paper filter afterwards. Also, most mokapots I have seen are made out of aluminum. Boiling water in that causes the aluminum to leech into the water. You can get stainless steel ones but I think they are more expensive.

Most of the water comes out the bottom of the filter in the middle, so little if any will touch the plastic. You can also cut off the opening to make it even wider and less likely to touch. Also, if you are worried about that then I have some bad news for you about everything else you eat/drink/inhale on a daily basis in Thailand.

The problem is that it's not very portable, that's why I use the collapsible silicon one instead. If I just wanted it for home use I would probably buy the Hario switch.

I have a collapsible dripper for packing in my suitcase. Takes Melita-style (trapezoid shape) filters which I can easily get on Lazada and the odd store here and there. You can also make your own dripper by just cutting off the top of a large plastic coke bottle. That will work with v60 (v shaped) filters but you can also just scrunch a trapezoid filer in there.

I don't think I would ever buy anything anywhere, but I could see myself renting in more than one country.

That one phrase talking about bolstering the health sector makes me wonder if they are going to try push to make expats on retirement visas buy health insurance again. I think they tried doing that once, but mostly backed off on it.

He's having a Ted Cruz moment.

You know what else is a slap in the face of your country. Being a racist pedophile POS, embarassing your country on a daily basis and posting videos of a previous president and his wife depicted as apes, which is only one of the latest of many other such vile disgusting acts.