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I'm in Thailand (from the US) on a 45-day visa-exempt entry that I got a 30 day extension for. My current stamp expires December 17th. But this is a relocation, not a vacation, and I have a load of belongings on a ship coming here and due around January 13. Due to a dumbass mistake wherein I lost my debit card in an ATM, my intended business with a visa agent to obtain a Non-O (with bank workaround... please don't judge me) could not take place because I couldn't gather the 28k baht in cash within the needed time window, as I couldn't use the ATM and my bank then sabotaged me by sending a replacement card (that I spent $112 having rush shipped to me via UPS!) which they instantly shut down when I tried to use it (long story, but basically being in Thailand keeps triggering their anti-fraud systems despite that I pounded the point home to them when opening the account that the account was going to be used from Thailand and that they need to be aware of this so that they wouldn't do this exact thing to me!). I finally got money sent to me by a family member, and I have a second replacement debit card arriving in a couple of days that I will activate more carefully with a human bank rep on the phone to try to prevent them from doing that to me again. But now my window of time to do the Non-O is closed (because I believe it can't be done within two weeks of stamp expiration on this kind of entry---please correct me if that's wrong) and my only choice is to do some kind of border run to get another 45-day stamp and more time to get together with a visa agent and get the Non-O process rolling. I'm looking at doing a border run with one of those companies that drives you to a crossing and back. I will be in Chiang Mai in a few days and am looking at possible ways of doing it. There is a company called chiangmaivisarun dot com I'm looking at using that does a run to Huay Xai in Laos, but I'm also willing to fly somewhere from CM, stay a day or two, and then fly back, but it looks like the ticket costs for anywhere I can think of (Vientiane, PP) are too high. Any recommendations on how I should do it? Thanks for any help.

No, I had not thought of that really... thanks for the idea. I'll look into that as well.

Hi all, I've rented a condo in Jomtien, and now the really hard work starts of trying to get what I need to outfit the place. I am planning to make a project recording studio/office out of the second bedroom, and for sound insulation reasons as well as aesthetics and comfort, I need to cover most of the floor space with a rug. The problem is that it's kind of an odd size that is determined by the size of the room, and I am having zero luck finding any rugs that match that size closely enough... hence my interest in any places that might cut carpet remnants to a custom size. Especially if they could bind the edges so that it wouldn't just be a rough cut... but I'd be happy either way. Anyone know of any place in the Pattaya area that does this? (The ideal size for what I need would be 270 cm x 225 cm.)

A Volcano would probably be tough to get past them since they're such big bulky devices. Maybe I got lucky, but I just entered with a CFC Boundless (a small handheld), a Pulsar APX (an even smaller handheld), and even my Vapor Brothers, which is a tabletop old school type. Of course I didn't bring any tubing for the Vapor Brothers, and the glass parts were thoroughly cleaned. Personally, I believe you could successfully take the position, if confronted, that the Volcano is a valid medical aromatherapy device. Pack some eucalyptus or peppermint leaves and a printed out web article describing the use of those leaves in aromatherapy or some such stuff. You need it for your holistic treatment of asthma. Be persistent. Dismiss the very idea that you would use cannabis with a wave of your hand. In that situation it will be all about conveying a believable energy. In other words, you'll have to do a bit of acting.