Lorry

That's true. And I was recently told that all these 'polite nothings' (like when an American buying a coke at 7/11 says 5 or 10 times 'thank you') were not the norm in my home-country either, about 100 years ago.

A nonsensical thing farang do: sitting on a chair if there's a perfectly clean floor to sit

Interesting. Could you please explain this a bit more?

Motorcycle accident, with brain injury and some broken bones

Which plan do you have, seems not expensive at all.

Baht (you can figure this out if you read his whole post). So hos policy is dirt cheap

In Thai relationships, it is considered a sign of trust and real love not to use a condom. The pill is cheap and easily avalable, and at strategic locations (like Ramkhamhaeng) there are 24-hours pharmacies to sell the morning-after pill. Of course, the pill doesn't help against HIV and STDs

Isn't Canada Day now on the 4th July?

It's possible, but before using the VPN you must delete all data in your playstore app (in android, go to settings > apps > playstore > storage). I have done it recently.

Which one would that be?

No. That would be dynamic currency conversion, where the Thai bank determines the exchange rate ( not Visa or Mastercard). What I am saying is the foreign bank can determine the exchange rate. I once had a card that used to use the Visa rate, then they changed their T&C and used their own rate, 10% worse. A very well known European bank. Customers didn't mind. I did mind.

Doxycycline is not used as a prevention against scrub typhus. It is a treatment, once you have tested positive.

How would you know? They are under no obligation to tell you. They may use a business visa, a LTR, Elite. Most probably "under the radar" - and Thailand is smart enough not to go after people who produce free commercials for Thailand. Once it's not 100% propaganda for Thailand, they kick you out (remember the Chinese girl at Nana?)

It's called BBB party nowadays.

This is generally true. But I learned (to my surprise), that - at least in my home-country - the banks can set this exchange rate, if they want to. And one of them actually does this, the exchange rate on their Visa card is 10% wprse than the rate from Visa.

Watch out for fever. That's not a weird symptom at all. And when you get home, don't forget to tell the doctors where you have been.

Actually, it's not rare. Farang teens or twens on Samui with fever: usually Dengue. Those mosquito-loaden evenings are sooo romantic! Farang teens or twens hiking in the north (romantic "jungle-trekking"): tsutsugamushi fever (=scrub typhus) is quite possible. Should have worn protective clothing. AN members are too old for these adventures, and stay safely in a/c rooms.

Sorry to tell you that Thailand is not in North America. The scratching is not the problem.

This is a good antibiotic cream (though in the armpit I would rather use Clinidagel = clindamycin gel, another one). Antibiotics work if the rash is caused by bacteria., not fungus. We don't really know what causes the rash, but treating it as fungus, like @NickyLouie recommended, is worth a try. I would not use a shotgun approach, using many different creams for every causative agent imaginable. Zalain is good. If it works, continue at least 1 week after complete disappearance of symptoms. If it doesn't work after a week, see a doctor.

Still recommended, and still expensive.

AFAIK 65000 income is not required. A monthly remittance to Thailand of 65000 is required. It doesn't have to be income (meaning assessable income according to the Revenue Code). It could be money drawn from old savings, as @anrcaccountexplained. Now, that's farang logic. Good knows what Thai officials think.

These are all steroids. They will suppress the symptoms for a while, and then it will come back. Avoid them. You can try what @NickyLouieand I recommend above. Our assumption is that it's fungus. If antifungal therapy (without any steroids!) doesn't have any effect in a week or so, go see a doctor.

I agree, assuming it is a yeast infection. (Which "ointments and lotions" have you tried? For how long? How was the effect?) You should avoid topical medications with steroids ( medicine ending on '-sone'), use only medications that have only 1 ingredient (e.g. clotrimazole or bifonazole), and continue the medication a week after the symptoms have disappeared. No deodorants! But keep the affected areas dry and cool. Lamisil or Tolnaftate are not first choice, better something ending on '-zole' like I said (there are many, Econazole is another good one). Instead of Nizoral shampoo, you can try to find generic ketoconazole shampoo, same ingredient, but cheaper.

A temporary, non-immigrant resident. But you are right, even as a long-stay tourist I am interested in the direction of the country I am staying in. I found the poll quite interesting.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3060138/taxi-fatally-hits-lao-woman-on-zebra-crossing-her-baby-survives