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I came across a guy in the Thai Visa Advice group on Facebook today saying that he can arrange a type of ED visa that doesn't require the foreigner to actually attend school or study anywhere. I inquired with him about it in private, but he wasn't able to give any info that officially states that the visa holder wouldn't need to do any education. He says it's something that is only known to certain people and there isn't any info online about it. As you can imagine, I'm not too keen on the idea of basing my entire relocation on the word of any single visa agent that he'll sell me an education visa that doesn't require me to study. This same guy might be on this forum. (If so, I'm sorry buddy but you just didn't offer solid enough info, so now I'm trying to dig up more info on this. I'm not saying I don't believe you, but I need more to believe in before I move across the planet based on what you're selling.) Do any of you know about this semi-secret subtitle 2.8 version? Is it for real? Would it be any better than what I am otherwise planning to probably do, which is to enter visa-exempt and then obtain a non-O for purposes of retirement? This same agent also stated that the retirement visa costs 45,000 THB a year, and that was the first I've ever heard of that as well. I don't even know if he was referring to the official government visa fee or his own charge for services.

Wow, well if the habit is that intense, then perhaps every Brit should carry a supply of this vital drug on his person at all times...?

I have an Epiphone SG. It was only like $200 new, and when I got it, it needed a slight fret job (filing down a few frets that were sticking up too much I guess), but once I got that, the action was fantastic. With that, combined with adjusting intonation, it became as good as any Gibson SG I've ever owned or encountered. Yours probably needs the fret job as well, since I suspect that it's a common deficiency they have coming out of the factory. Here in California it cost me as much as the guitar did, but there in Thailand I'm sure it won't be nearly as expensive. Just be sure they know what they're doing. My fret job was done by a regionally famous luthier and guitar tech to rock stars, who was pretty full of himself, hence the high price.

Comments like this are perplexing to me. Do you not envision any future where countries recover from this? Do you want to see Cambodia, Thailand and all countries permanently financially crippled? The whole idea behind the vaccines is that with them, humanity will reach a point eventually where normal activities can resume without the threat of everyone getting sick or dying. Every human being is a "possible carrier." The idea is to get to where it doesn't matter a lot that people are "carrying." Even vaccinated people can and do carry the virus. If Cambodia elects to only let vaccinated tourists in, that's their call.

Let's bear in mind that she might have resorted to blaming him for it only after he blamed her for it and whined about not wanting to pay to repair it (the old "saving face" thing, which in this particular case I could see being warranted behavior on her part). After all, she did throw a little birthday party for him which indicates she is caring enough to do that.

What? Are you in your twenties? You almost sound as if you're totally unaware of the massive history in Thailand of growing Thai Stick in the 1960s and 1970s. They were extremely successful in growing huge plots (plantations, really) without any severe fungus or other problems. I can tell from your posts that you know about growing indoors in the UK or whatever, but most of that doesn't even apply here when they grow landraces that are acclimated to the region. Yes, growing them in greenhouses might lead to fungal diseases, but that would be expected in a humid climate where greenhouses aren't really needed. Grow them outdoors naturally, and it's a whole different story. There are similarly-sized growing operations in Lao today, though the strains they grow are not as high-quality as the famed Thai Stick was, and they don't treat it with the same love and care the Thais did (obviously).

@banagan, probably more effective for insomnia and anxiety would be a mix of CBD and THC, one that leans more toward CBD but still has some THC in it, like 2:1 CBD:THC or 3:1. I'm not sure if something like that is available. I'm not in Thailand currently. It's due to some kind of tricky synergistic relationships between cannabinoids that are still being studied.

Life insurance and will, my man... you have to put someone down as beneficiary, right? I have no kids. I wasn't 100% serious about the "waiting for me to die" part, but it seems like there's an element of that to keep an eye on whenever there is a cross-cultural marriage wherein it's harder to read the subtleties of motivation and intention. I believe for the most part that I'll be able to rely on my intuition and ability to read a Thai lady's character, but hey... gotta be careful in these matters.

I might have to... I'll be 60 by the time I get there and will be looking for a real relationship, not superficial "dating." I don't want some little 27-34 year old (pretty though they are) who is just waiting for me to die. So maybe a good looking, well-preserved 40 year old is the smarter move? It's difficult to say. But I have seen some really gorgeous older (as in 40s) Thai women.

It still smells bad to me simply because giving rewards to police could easily create an incentive for them to "solve the case" even if it were not actually solved—meaning the money could serve as a financial incentive to railroad someone in order to close the case quickly and keep the "reward" money. And I mean for police officers everywhere, not just Thailand. If they did this in the US, for example, I can visualize all kinds of false convictions set up by corrupt cops happening. For the same reason, you have to be careful about giving rewards to witnesses for information leading to arrests.

You know what's funny... I'm a "boomer" myself, so you're painting with a mighty wide brush there. Maybe he's a little more "boomed" than I am. I'll tell you this much, I'm old enough though that I will do almost anything to avoid that 22 hours sitting in a cramped airplane seat if at all possible. That would include learning to use Zoom if I didn't know how.

I don't know about your personal health reasons, but man, ensuring your tenant hasn't wrecked the house could very easily be accomplished remotely by having the tenant walk around the place with a laptop running Zoom or another web-conference app and show it to you in real time! You don't need to fly back for that.