KhunLA

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time. Has nothing to do with their skin color per se, but more about their culture, and single parent homes and no male role model / disciplinarian in the home. Or so intelligent black folks tell me.

I would think Tops carries St Dalfour, and they have a blackberry jam. I like their offerings

I think it is 2% transfer tax, 0.5% stamp tax, plus maybe small paperwork fee, <200 (?) Since owned more than 5 yrs, no business tax.

So the dude obviously has implants, so seems appropriate to get arrested. Can't fix stupid

Yes, mistake with wife & house #1, in wife's village area, and divorced less than 1 yr. Although turned out to be a good thing, as motivation to sell, and sold that house at very nice profit after 7 yrs. Rolled into another with 6 rai lot, instead of one. Mistake #2, building way more house than I needed, (400+m²) on 2 of those rai. Living for the house, as took 2 days just to cut the grass, and not even talking about hedge 'wall' around 2 rai. Unique design (as thought last house) and out of the main metro area. Took 3 yrs to sell during covid, and yes, retired expats bought both of them. As stated, land is cheap, and appreciates fast, so that part was great. House w/2 rai, and 4 separate rai sales has paid for everything we own now. House & transport. Equals almost 20 yrs of mortgage / rent free living, and still have initial investment in equity, and then some. 3rd & present house, much more practical, on 1/4 rai. Lessons learned

If I was a professional, yea, it (LightRoom) would be invaluable, ease of use, and time is money vs some online free software that does almost the same thing, but slow and limited function.

Did anyone ask Manila if they can or will verify that the 7162 was received in Wilkes Barra and recorded that we are still alive ? I'd hate to bother them for no reason, if they couldn't verify 7162 was received. I wouldn't want to wait till Jan 2026, to find out I was suspended, and have my DD interrupted, and be non compliant for extension.

Nakhon Nowhere would describe it perfectly About an from KK, which I wouldn't want to live at either. That would be HELL ... You're screwed Only saving grace is, KK is an hour west of YT. Just east of YT, is 4 of the most boring provinces in Isan, that you don't even spend the night to explore, and simple drive through all 4 in the same day; Kalasin, Maha Sarakham, Yasothon & Amnat Charoen. Nothing to see till you hit the river towns, 2+ hrs away, and a bit far for day trips.

It's a beach location / holiday, so going shirtless is to be expected. BUT ... to enter into a business, and it should be no shirt / no service, especially restaurants & bars, as I don't want to sit in the same chair you just left with your sweat all over it. All for smoking ban, all smoke-ables, as I indulge responsibly at home as the decriminization laws was proposed & passed to allow. Nobody should have to endure any 2nd smoke of any kind in all public areas. Increasing the fine to 10k or 20k baht works for me. Especially tobacco products as they seem to litter the beach & walkways.

Immediate deportation. There's something deeply wrong with someone that would do that. Someone that F'd up in the head doesn't deserve to exist amongst us. Why blur his face out. Name, shame and dox that Ahole.

I don't know about Pantip, but I can get any software I want, free, it's simply not sold on CD/DVD any more at malls, I don't think, as the last place I'd go for it anyway. My local chain store techie will download anything I need and install on my laptop for ~100 THB per program. He apparently can crack anything. Wife uses free 'PhotoShop' and I have 'LightRoom' on my laptop. I refuse to pay subscription based software, as a bit of an expensive scam IMHO. I even bought Topaz DeNoize software, as excellent and inexpensive for a one time buy & have.

Yes, and 25 adult years in USA was more than enough, especially when one gets O&A quite often. Even them, I did miss a few things, mainly a couple famous Nat'l Parks. Most Yanks don't have the free time & finances to take advantage of all that the USA offers. Not necessarily a bad thing, as most live within a few 100 kms of a coastline, so get to experience a diverse local environment.

Really ... I get at least my good morning kiss, every day. Usually comes with my 2nd cup of coffee. 1st Thai wife was barely the morning wake up & evening pre sleep "hom" (หอม).

The same could be said about those aligning themselves with the USA. Following them into silly regime changes & wars this century alone that have benefitted nobody but the defense contractors, while killing ~1M, and displacing 10+X more. Agree, heard of the Thai doom & gloom, for past 25 yrs, and absolutely nothing has changed IMHO Established rules simply enforced, due to folks taking advantage when they were a bit more lacks. Som nam naa, as we see that now with the weed regulations. Only real change, for the negative, IMHO, is the 4 fold arrivals of tourist, from <10M in 2000, to shy of 40M, 2018 / 2019 & 35+M again in 2024. That and the rising middle class, and everyone owning cars or trucks. Making the metro & tourist areas way too congested.

You do realize, quantity doesn't always equal quality. You may want to pick topics that might require a bit of intelligence and helpful sharing of info. Something actually useful, instead of, well, adolescent banter.