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Thx for this. This is even the case if you show them the boarding pass?

CRS has been widely used by many countries for about 10 years. FATCA is the same, for the US, even older

Departin flight from BKK at 1a.m., will pass immigration about 22.30 or 23.00 What date will the immigration stamp show? Immigration wants to see the boarding pass iirc? I can find only very old and inconclusive threads about this.

And do you think immigration cares about this? (Example: the rules are very clear about when you have to show your bank book to immigration. At CW, they make many people show the bank book at other occasions, too, without telling anyone before. But because the rules, written and published, are so clear, people may not have brought it. They are sent home to come another day, with bank book. And I mentioned CoR at CW already: if you live here, but go abroad often, you cannot file 90 days, and don't have to, the rule is very clear. But CW wants 90days report for CoR. Didn't have to file 90 days? No problem, you don't get CoR, ie no driver's license. People who really didn't want to stay so many days in a row, do stay here 91 days to get a DL. They will stay 180 days to be able to file taxes)

So they don't get a visa/ extension. Easy. (Remember CoR at CW? That's how bureaucrats work, not only in Thailand)

Both creams are good for skin fungus, eg between the toes. You won't get rid of nail fungus with them. OP was talking about nail fungus. Topical treatment for nail fungus is amorolfine lacquer. Apply as explained by Sheryl above.

20 dollar, why?

Yes, but 2 things to remember: The danger of covid for the elderly doesn't just grow in a linear way with age. It gets a exponentially more dangerous the older you get, 65, 70, 75, 80 are not the same risk at all. And we all think like @Lacessit: I had it once or twice, it wasn't so bad, it won't be so this time around. Wrong. Every course of covid can be completely different from the last one. My family doctor (70y.o.) treated his first bout of covid successfully with a couple of dark beers. Unfortunately, the second time it didn't work. He was bedridden for 3 weeks.

5 days at least

Sorry, sounds good but 2 mistakes: "Covid symptoms (they would have to be worse than normal)" Paxlovid is meant for light and moderate cases. It's not meant as a treatment once things have gotten bad. The approach is not "let's wait and see, maybe it will get better by itself". The approach is "It is decided a priori: if I get Covid I will take Paxlovid. So, if I have symptoms, I test for Covid asap, and often, because Paxlovid needs to be taken early in the course of covid." Paxlovid is a bet on the future course of the illness. It's an insurance. Second, you didn't even mention you would check for interacting medications. This is more than just reading a leaflet. If there are, how would you know how to manage them? Reduce their dosage, stop them, substitute others, just observe, refrain from taking Paxlovid? There are a lot of interactions with heart-related medications, which many old men aka AN members take.

Wrong. All these "retirement" visa (non-O, non-OA) and extensions are NOT based on retirement. They are solely based on age (over 50) and financial requirements. They do not require that you had a job before, from which you have by now retired. It's perfectly ok to be plain rich, never worked in your life, and over 50. It's also ok to still work, outside of Thailand of course. It's not required that your money is a "retirement pension" from state or company. There once was a newly opened European consulate, where immediately after opening they saw things differently. You needed to prove that you got a social security pension (not a government or private pension) from a former job, that you didn't work in anymore. The embassy taught them better.

I must say, you are well read. Whereas you have convinced me of low carb (maybe less of keto, and maybe not as extreme as you) - thank you - I am unsure what to make of the seed oil controversy. One thing I learned from the Thai study above: these relatively small (if significant) changes in lipids don't look like they are of big clinical relevance. Just one small brick in the wall.

This fund was recommended to me very long time ago, but I didn't follow up. It's in the Bangkok post today. Does any of the more experienced members have an opinion about it?

I really don't trust Bertolli, olive oil for Americans... but I may be wrong. About coconut oil vs olive oil Dr Berg quotes a study from Ramathibodi. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8148021/ "Replacement of PUFAs with coconut oil significantly increased HDL-c and total cholesterol –by 2.27 (0.93–3.6) mg/dL and 5.88 (0.21–11.55) mg/dL, respectively—but not LDL-c." (PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acids, as in olive oil or canola oil; HDL-cholesterol good, LDL-cholesterol bad) I am not surprised that a study from Thailand doesn't see a problem with coconut oil. I would equally not be surprised if a study from Canada founds lots of advantages of canola oil.

Gutter oil is not very common here

Correct. Whereas in the West, meat is a big cause for cancer, they once did a study in Taiwan and it turned out vegetarians had more cancer, from the pesticides. I never ever buy fruit or vegetables from a cold climate, like cabbage or apples, it is imported from China, and guess why the Chinese bought up all baby food in Europe?

This is all true. But it presumes the only reason I eat is because I am hungry. Actually, I am almost never hungry. When/why do I eat? - after sex - when I am bored - when I am frustrated - to be polite if someone has cooked for me/ bought something for me/ shares some food with me/wants to talk to me which in my home country we only do in a restaurant I want to lose weight, so: - no more sex - never get bored, keep myself busy and excited by dealing with Thai tax and immigration rules - don't meet others, so they can't seduce me to eat cr@p or overeat - but then I get frustrated - see above...

If you would have ever read (but probably not understood) a post of his', you would understand how misguided your comment is.

No, according to what they told us. I am sure it will be even more efficient than in Singapore - like everything here, right?

You met so extraordinary stupidity, it beggars belief. It is extremely simple to diagnose Dengue, and for covid there is always 7/11. Actually, both cases were probably not stupidity but a question of limited resources (but that doesn't help the patient). Having said that, a couple of years ago, a district hospital in the north managed to get a 21 year old foreign tourists killed by Dengue

"Plus it's in US dollars, so the currency is much more stable." If she had invested in USD when she was young (and the baht cheap), she would have lost 30% of the principal. Sorry, can't find 25- or 30-year charts. The baht has been the most appreciating currency over the last decades, there is an FT article about it. 10 years: https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=USD&To=THB Stable? She might get scared:

Here is not the West. There is a limit to the degree you can americanize a Thai. I suspect you mean the US when talking of "the West" - many people in Europe are financially illiterate and too scared to invest in anything else than government bonds. Which is probably the best for your gf, 10 years pay 3.5% Gold would be better, but no income stream. Land is best, but no automatic income stream. I once bought mutual funds for a TGF, I wouldn't do it again. Accept she doesn't want it.

Your horizon seems to be limited to bargirls. That's only a small part of the vast informal sector of the Thai economy. To force all of this into the formal economy (with labor laws, social security, taxes, licenses, governmental supervision and regulation) is a huge task. Small steps include the formalization of motorcycle taxis under Thaksin, the government lottery, the abolition of roadside vendors 8 (?) years ago. PromptPay was supposed to be a big step, as all transactions can be seen by the TRD. Bargirls love it, because there are no transfer fees if you send money to the village. But if I were the Thai government, bargirls wouldn't be my first priority.

Yes. The word is "loan".

Very interesting read. BTW the surgery is much less bloody nowadays, drainages (where germs can enter) aren't used anymore.