Lorry

The expensive things are the Mia noi, her condo and her BMW, these things do add up

Check tariffs. But you will probably only know which tariffs to apply 1 day before arrival in the US. The fact that it's used personal stuff does not automatically mean it's duty-free.

See @Sheryl's advice above. Google (non-AI) often gives laymen a reasonable idea about a disease they have, but just as often it leads in the wrong direction. Example: every farang tourist who gets Dengue here, will Google it. Many than think they can never visit the tropics again, because a second infection will be life threatening. If they would look at the outside world, instead of the phone screen, they would see billions of people living in the tropics, not 2 or 3 weeks but a whole life... somehow this is possible AI on the contrary is just crap, a typical product of the enşhittification of the internet

Because she charges 11000 per hour, no need to work more than one day a week

Interesting that you collect this kind of things

Thanks for stating this so clearly. Yes, parasites.

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” (A. Einstein)

I did read it You are too sensitive. If you just want to rant - which is fine - do it, but I thought you want answers. Sorry, my mistake. For Thais, you are the equivalent of a baby because you cannot speak. BTW any other country won't be much different. A foreigner who cannot speak the language will be helped (or what the locals think, is help) So why did you bring a Thai along? I learned a long time ago, not to bring a Thai if I want to avoid these situations. Of course they are. Foreigners are second class people in any country. I don't think there is any country where foreigners have equal standing to the locals. Conclusion: it seems, all you want is rant, so go ahead. The solution to your problem is simple: go alone, learn Thai. BTW I found your post by chance. If you wanted me to read it, you either have to quote my post, or you have to mention @Lorry (with @)

How can you call it "Thai bashing" when I just confirm the high standards of Thai ethics, and support it with a well-known quote.

According to the article, on her price list she demanded 600 USD. So 11000 is a 50% discount.

I always thought membership of AN requires the ability to read.

After a long and painstaking search, police actually did find a prostitute in Thailand. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3021645/russian-sex-worker-suspect-arrested-on-koh-phangan Of course, a foreigner. "Thais would never do that"

There are several reports here of people who were not let onto the plain without a TDAC

Francd did that almost 100 years before the US

That the exchange of gases works is measured by the diffusion capacity. But the mucus will obstruct the bronchi, so one would expect signs of obstruction. (Furthermore, non-CF bronchiectasis is often caused by COPD - and you don't have CF, you would be dead already) Later, the chronic inflammation leads to fibrosis, so one expects signs of restriction (the lungs are not that elastic anymore) and impaired exchange of gases. Pulmonary function tests can be helpful for documenting baseline function and for monitoring disease progression. Bronchiectasis causes airflow limitation (reduced forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1] with reduction in the FEV1/FVC ratio); the FEV1 may improve in response to beta-agonist bronchodilators. In more advanced cases, progressive fibrosis may result in decreases in forced vital capacity (FVC), evidence of a restrictive defect on lung volume measurements, and a decreased diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO). BTW I looked what Google (specifically Wikipedia) says about bronchiectasis, and I wouldn't think it's that clear-cut if I read that. It says clubbing is a rare symptom - and when you look up clubbing, they give you 20 conditions that can cause it. Anyway, your therapeutic consequences (NAC, clean air, etc) are certainly good. Don't forget vaccinations against pneumococcus (once) and influenza (every year). (A CT scan would tell you if you really have bronchiectasis, but even if you don't, these are good therapeutic measures) PS I just see @PPMMUU was faster

Best answer. Same here.

Your complete post could have been written by me. Plus: friends had S20 and S22 and I had to listen to their complaints for months, endless. Another one had S23, "upgrade" to S24 and says the cam is worse than S23. So I just bought an A55, first time I didn't buy top of the line. I might still buy a more expensive phone because I use the S pen a lot

Same here. Kbank now recommends that the SIM you registered with the bank is inside the phone, even if you use Wifi and you don't use a 4G connection with any SIM

Same question as OP: has anybody personal experience with a phone repair shop, Samsung, preferably around Phrakhanong or Onnut? Samsung service center in MBK didn't want to touch it (7 years old Note FE), neither did 2 no-name booths (1 in MBK, 1 in BigC Onnut)

Thx for posting this. After careful consideration (and from experience), I just forgot all these "automated" methods and started manually from the beginning, slowly, like 5 apps per day. (Today is day 3) Your post makes me feel less of an idiot.

It seems we didn't meet the same people. I met the same people as @Cameroni

In theory, I agree with OP. In practice: Thai bank branches are plentiful - and quite useless. In my home country, my trust in the few remaining branches was a bit diminished when I had to teach the housewife sitting in front of a screen, masquerading as a banker, how to do her job. That was 10 years ago, things have gotten much worse since then. The last time I had a question, my branch called me. 20 years ago, it would have been the branch manager. 10 years ago, regular staff, but he knew more about banking than I. 5 years ago, a housewife. Last month, a very sweet young female voice that made me feel like a pederast. But maybe she was 15 already, certainly didn't sound older than that.

Maybe sometimes you should read some posts here. Many posters have written how economically important the retirees are for Thailand (sorry, they are not important at all). And as for speaking English, for the vast majority of posters it is an important point if Thais - staff, girls, bureaucrats, whoever - can (or cannot) speak English. Just because they are monolingual (or less than that)

Kbank: if you use their web banking (on a PC) (they call it K Biz) they will send you an OTP for every single transaction. Bangkok Bank doesn't do that, but they will send you an OTP in a variety of situations (eg if you want to add a new payee to the payees' list)

Not only tourists... Many posters have posted things in the line of "my money builds your country". And most posters here seem to think that a person who doesn't speak English is something subhuman