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7 hours ago, MaiChai said:

Thats why you don't need to be rich to live in Thailand, and there are other visas that are much more friendly to the wallet. Alot of people are rich because they are smart or simply good with money rather than wasting it on visas like this. The 400k/800k in a Thai bank makes it very easy for immigration to confirm you have enough money to live on here rather than trying to comprehend peoples wealth and background.

I would agree that the range of visa possibilities now offered by Thailand is simply outstanding. But why are there still so many people whingeing about stupid requirements and even cheating when bribing corrupt agents and Immigration officers?

30 minutes ago, SuperSilverHaze said:

Tragic

Good, AFAIC,

42 minutes ago, HauptmannUK said:

MRI in Thailand seems to be priced not much different to private hospital in UK......  not a bargain..

Indeed, and this makes perfect sense, as I doubt that Thai private hospitals get a discount on MRI gear.

20 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Depending what you got Doxycycline also very effective and cheapest. Don't forget Ceftriaxone injection is the recommended treatment with Azithromycin for Gonorrhea\ Chlamydia 

Hmmmh Azithromycin 1000mg  only, will cover Chlamydia most and have poor outcome against Gonorrhoea. When Ceftriaxone  isn't available the recommended next best is Azithromycin 1000mg + Cefixime 800mg. 

But the OP hasn't said he had a BBFS night out. He is "just curious".

22 minutes ago, simon43 said:

54,000 baht at Bumrungrad Hospital about 3 weeks ago.

Can confirm, 56100 on the 23rd this month. But Multi Parametric, which equivalent to 2 MRIs with different contrast on a 3T machine. Got this pre-approved by my insurance, as everyone else should BTW. 

IMHO the Thai LTR retirement visa is beats the M2H in its new form by miles. The requirements are very reasonable targeting retired professionals, while the BOI people processing the applications focus on substance and much lesson form, unlike Thai immigration. 

Erection year...

Is this thread a "blame" the victim competition?

How many British are there here without any health coverage whatsoever? 

I think it might be worth sharing this report from one of my UN former colleagues. It is remarkable in that they have accepted his Cigna health coverage while they refused mine a few weeks prior.

InfoLetter 09 Report 2023-01-11do.pdf

13 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Said it before , say it again, find them , cancel their college/university and shove them in the army for 5 years - pretty sure that deterrent would out many off

Five years in the army? The Thai army? That's definitely going to improve them.

And where I come from you need higher education and skills to join what is a modern professional army.

39 minutes ago, jimn said:

He has a proper job, one that allows him to go where he wants. Just because it doesnt pay vast amounts doesnt make it any different. Its choice.

First, where did I mention "vast amounts". But my point is that there is now a confusingly wide range of possibilities that are offered to stay here long term, and people still come here for ideas to stretch the system. Strange.

It splits before your meter, so no your problem, your dog can't pi.s that hight.

Well if it was after your meter I'd go to see the police.

But yes, Thai style craft, most definitely.

On 1/9/2023 at 2:20 AM, webfact said:

Non-Thai passengers arriving from countries which refuse entry to infected people must have taken out COVID insurance, valid throughout their stay in Thailand plus seven days, before their departure for Thailand.

Doesn't this demonstrate the medecine is only a secondary concern here? Maybe not at all?

AFAIC this reads: "If you refuse entry to our infected Chinese friends you are not welcome here".

Get yourself a proper job, with 10 weeks leave a year. And then retire here when your pension amounts to 80000  USD a year so that you get an LTR.

Not so difficult, I did it.

24 minutes ago, JensenZ said:

Winter? There are plenty of mosquitos in Thailand all year round. They reduce during dry periods, but it's not related to summer or winter, which we don't have in Thailand.

 

It would be impossible to have so few bites. 5 bites between 4 people in a year? They can bite me all night long and I won't feel them or have any evidence of bites. Some people react more to bites than others, but I'll put money down you're getting hundreds of bites per year, if not per month or week.  

Total nonsense. Here [Buriram] mosquitos come out about 45 minutes before Sunset. This is the time where you close doors and windows, turn on outside lights and aircon. We have no mosquitos in the bedrooms. Also we have fly screens on all windows, so they can't come in during the day either. We haven't bought any mosquito coils or spray for years, just tune up our routine.

22 minutes ago, Salerno said:

Re CCTV, a post on the other thread looks promising:

 

Looks eerily quiet, at 9:17. Is this Pattaya?

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Did you try it?

 

Personally I like to drink in company, but I have also no problem if I don't drink at all.

It is no fun to be sober when everybody is drinking. The jokes are just not funny without enough alcohol.

 

And spending extended time with tea totals is mostly no fun.

A long time ago when I was young, I spend most my time with people who smoked. I never smoked myself but in average if was more fun to be around those smokers.

 

If people don't want to drink that is obviously fine. I prefer the others who know how to party.

Totally with you on that one. So "same same me" that your girl would go back home with me if partied together.

Anything can happen, road rage, drugs, racism, lax gun laws and enforcement, etc.

16 minutes ago, fdsa said:

I'm afraid there are only two options - either order your dream laptop somewhere abroad and have it shipped here or buy a base model (with your desired CPU and GPU but minimal amount of RAM and cheap HDD) and stuff it with RAM modules and SSD bought separately.

Obviously you haven't owned too many recent laptops. 

1 hour ago, ozfarang said:

I used an agent in Bangkok for initial retirement extension and the agent sent my passport back in 3 days. Not sure what's going on with an agent keeping a passport for 60 days

Well IMHO it isn't the agent hanging onto the passport, as he collects his money upfront, but rather some bent IO, who keeps hostages until all his conditions are met.

50 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Where in Pattaya; looking for Pfizer.

Sorry can't help you. Asked Buriram Ram yesterday and got: "No have, finiss, ask Government hospital". So I'll pop in at Medpark, in a couple of weeks, unless they have it at Burumgrad, but that's very doubtful.