ArcticFox

What's a good 7/11 to go to where I'm most likely to find some kid who speaks English who will know what I want and can apply this package.

I have a question about packages. Just need a phone package but also need to be able to receive SMS. I don't see SMS on any of these packages. I always had access to SMS with phone packages in the past. Too many choices which has me confused. Do ya think these phone packages come with inbound SMS? I don't need internet on the phone. Just phone calls and SMS. Think one of these will work? Also, I'm going to need the SIM for a few months. Correct me if I'm wrong but if I buy a 30 day phone package I'll need to top it up every 30 days to keep the number? Looks that way.

If you buy a SIM what do you need to do to apply the package and activate the SIM. Are the instructions in English? A 7/11 True Sim would be fine.

I'll be flying back to Chiang Mai soon and need a need one of those SIM cards you can top-up and add funds to. Where can I get one of those and how much do they cost and is there a minimum amount that you have to put on the SIM to start. And how do you add money as you go? I assume they'll want ID, so will a passport do?

Thanks Nancy. RIP.

The property has passed though the family for two generation except for one special parcel of land which makes up 2/3s of the property.

Not a condo. Land and houses.

Thanks!

In the US you can get a professional who is licensed to provide assessments of property values. Where can a find a property assessor in Chiang Mai who can legally assess the value of a house and land?

As I stated at the beginning, my friends has no intention of extending his life via drugs and treatment. All he wants is palliative care and death with dignity.

He did not. He's a "Cold War Veteran" and essentially someone who the US VA throws under the bus.

No one can "make you live as long as possible."

My friend has no plans to extend is life via high-priced pharmacology. As I stated before, he has a wife that he chooses not to leave destitute.

My friend lives in the Chiang Mai region.

A few million or so people could quickly be labelled "Cannabis Criminals" in less than a day. People who purchased it legally but now own illegal flowers or brick-weed. Back in the day in the US, 1 oz was pretty much standard personal consumption. 1 oz (28 grams) would get you thrown into prison in Thailand for trafficking here not that long ago, and shot just a while further back from that. I'm sorry. I've never seen cannabis users staggering down the streets and collapsing in a heap in a doorway or gutter. I have seen that with those who use alcohol. So - from a societal standpoint - which is that most dangerous? Maybe sitting in a circle listening to music and laughing. Yeah, very dangerous. Or being unable to walk and acting extremely agressive when they can't get more booze? Hummm. That's a rhetorical conundrum.

Let's say I'm speaking for a friend. What option are their here in Thailand for palliative care for those with a terminal cancer diagnosis? Returning to 'the home country' is out of the question due to not having health insurance or veteran's benefits (thanks for your service now go die a painful death grunt). Medicare is out as said 'friend' hasn't lived in the US for a long time. Between the cost of Medicare (premiums increasing at 10% per year if they could be obtained) and the cost of simply living in the US (the friend doesn't make enough money to rent a small apartment no less pay utilities and have any money feed himself and his wife - no less pay Medicare). Going back "home" is out of the question. And his wife has no desire either. So - said friend is not seeking a cure or treatment - just a dignified death. But? Obtaining enough pain killing medication to keep from dying in agony? That's my friend's worry. And my friend is not destitute. But my friend isn't going to spend his entire nest egg for hospital care either as he has a wife who he refuses to leave destitute and impoverished. My friend has money set aside for her living expenses after his death as she will receive nothing from my friend's pensions and he isn't one of the "special US vets" whose wife will get some VA financial assistance after my friend's death. My friend is not a "special US veteran." So - what options are out there? What's the least expensive options to receive adequate palliative care? And if adequate affordable palliative care can't be obtained, then what?

You have to be a very special category of US veteran. For many of us? This is worthless. Why? We're not "special." Not 20+ years retired. Not combat vets. Served during the wrong years. Unable to obtain post-enlistment evaluation and treatment. If you're "special?" Wonderful. For the rest of us? Maybe your family gets a flag when you die, but probably not. Gotta cut back on services somewhere.