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1 minute ago, Galong said:

I've been on Soc Sec for three years and always used EMS. It's way slower than promised and seems to get stuck in the US where it lands.  BUT, I assume it eventually reaches the destination as I've not had my SS suspended. 

I'm in Phuket Town and have yet to get mine.  I'll use Thai Post air mail (registered?) as many have suggested here.  It's frustrating waiting and it'll be frustrating wondering if it gets back to the US in time. They 'could' put '7162 form received' on my My Social Security page... nah, that would be way to helpful. 🤦

That's the way I always sent mine this is the first time I have been told this 

Has anyone had problems mailing this form back to the US? I just took mine to the post office in Kabin Buri and they said they couldn't send it to a post office box because it would be returned 

3 hours ago, FlorC said:

Wow , who knew .

https://www.medicinenet.com/chiggers_bites/article.htm

 

If it itches , you usually think it's just a mosquito.

And I thought the chiggers we had back home were bad 

5 hours ago, soalbundy said:

It is in Georgia.....and that's all that counts for the silly biach.

Lucky it wasn't Dubai 

On 6/30/2025 at 8:37 AM, JimHuaHin said:

"Joe Ferrari" knew "too much" he was a danger to powerful people, and thus the threat had to be neutralised.

He was clintioned 😂😂

4 hours ago, MikeandDow said:

The major reason concrete is favored over steel construction in towers is that concrete can make flat floor slabs with a minimal depth of structure. Since no beams are necessary, the underside of the slab can be plastered and you have a smooth flat ceiling. Note the uniformity of the floor slabs in the photo below, especially the underside. This also significantly reduces the overall height of the building.

 

unlike concrete, it is nearly impossible to create a completely flat floor assembly in a steel framed building. A floor slab in a steel structure consists of beams, girders and decking. All of these members have different depths. The only way to create a flat ceiling surface is to suspend a floating hung ceiling below the lowest point of a steel depth-of-structure. This leaves an interstitial space. interstitial space in steel construction is a waste. Not only that, but the depth of this wasted space can be as much as three feet per floor, adding significantly to the overall height of the building.

That space can be used for Hvac duct work, wiring, plumbing and sprinkler systems 

4 hours ago, Trevor Collins said:

Without wanting to diminish the tragedy of the situation, can anyone spot steel girders in the rubble of the collapsed office building in Bangkok? Skyscraper building has used steel beams for over 100 years, but all I see is rebar-reinforced concrete, fine for low level housing but not muilt-storey office blocks in a major city.

1 report I saw it's a chicom company building it they claimed it had topped out but now they are saying it's only 30 percent. it's the same construction as the building that collapsed in Florida 

16 hours ago, Luuk Chaai said:

As of now, Yingluck's return remains under consideration, and no definitive plans have been set. The delicate balance of political atmosphere and legal considerations will likely influence any future decisions regarding her re-entry into Thai  public  political life,

 

Sounds like there may be a cat fight brewing and she wants to kick her neice out of the chair

 

A cat fight in string bikinis and oil 😂😂😂

On 2/10/2025 at 6:52 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

What is holding her back?

Does she have to apply for a visa and that takes too long? No!

She fears jail, like all criminals. 

 

It's sad when articles like this are written in a way as if we all should be sad that the beloved Yingluck is not here.

How about writing an article that one criminal, who fled the country for many years, and then evaded jail with a dubious hospital stay, talks about another criminal who run away from jail?

 

Thailand should jail criminals, all of them. That would be a nice start. 

 

 

Surprised the defacto pm hasn't given her a full pardon 

4 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

What's all the fuss about, it's been the same for the last 25 years that I know of. 

 

If you have a disability or not the skill set to navigate the obstacles, please stay safe, remain in the west. 

 

I read about a stupid Chinese woman who refused to use the overhead walkway on the Sukhumvit, crossing the road, getting hit.....bloody idiot. 

 

She was removed from the gene pool 

4 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

Probably just fighting over whose turn it was with a hooker.

I thought that was the Indians 

4 hours ago, jimmybcool said:

 

I was thinking the same thing. I can't believe they have a warning before viewing the video.  🤣

Because bitch slapping might offend some soy boys and karens 😂😂

Other than the idiot with the child porn the government is just upset they didn't get any of the millions 

4 hours ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

 

As others have said, this is utterly devastating. RIP little angels and little soldiers.

 

Surely there should be a ban on LPG being used by any buses, minivans, taxis or any form of public transport; the financial savings that are the reason for using LPG, could be counterbalanced in tax concessions for companies and taxi drivers. Don’t let this ever happen again.

Other countries use LNG for public busses with out a problem. Maybe Thailand needs to forget about a submarine and invest that money in foreign workers that can maintain the busses (not third world countries) 

6 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

There's actually a huge police apartment block just a couple of hundred metres down the road, maybe the cops were sleeping. 

 

With large brown envelopes as pillows 

On the news I saw soi Diana and soi honey are 1 way what is the traffic flow on soi Diana I'm driving there Monday may 27 and staying at the areeca lodge. Thank you 

3 hours ago, ThaiFelix said:

Excellent!  You understand it, the farmers understand it, why doesnt the government?

 

I know it all comes back to dollars and cents but it is a shame that subsidised cooperatives cant be organised to turn all the agricultural waste, such as sugar cane and corn waste, into mulch or compost to feed back into the land which badly needs organic matter.  Nearly everything is burned with almost nothing going back ino the soil.  The result would be much cleaner air and increased farm production.

They are bailing the sugar cane leaves and selling it here probably as bio fuel 

I don't think the government has the balls to do anything the other night there were 3 huge fires burning you could see the red glow in the sky 

On 12/20/2023 at 2:52 PM, Chris Daley said:

But he didn't make nude photos of a celebrity?  Because that is where the real crime is at.

Or say something about a certain individual 

58 minutes ago, blazes said:

 

I believe it is 72 virgins, but Allah will not be disposing any to this guy since he did not kill a whole bunch of infidels on the way out, just himself.  Allah will not be impressed.

In his eyes he killed one the lady 

52 minutes ago, proton said:

 

 

 

No, in this case it's Islam and it's intolerant, oppressive, women hating, gay hating and unbeliever hating book. It needs no interpretation, in fact that is not allowed as it's seen as word perfect and the direct word of God. In the killers mind he was just being a good muslim.

He is now 😂

35 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

just the other day a poster told me how tolerant we should be to peoples religious bla bla bla. we have tolerated religion long enough. it is time to move on with reality and things like science and facts.

Cant always trust the science look at what some of the untested covid vaccines have done 

1 hour ago, mfd101 said:

But but, I thought Muslim men weren't supposed to have 'girlfriends' ... Just very close boy friends.

Or goats 

On 5/27/2023 at 1:13 PM, MrMojoRisin said:

Aahhh.

This brings back memories of the 2008 Preah Vihear Temple border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia in the lead up to the coup that bought Abhisit to power. Ultra nationalist stirring up trouble to oust an elected government. Won’t work again.

Don't bet on it