KhunLA

Sorry ... broken record ... again ... Research & common sense. Going to a foreign country, maybe one should research any travel warnings for said country Better research = happier, longer life. A little trivia ... most deadly animal on the planet... ... mosquitoes

Myself, been around/with 10s of 1000s as I use to attend a lot of concerts.

Big if ... why I stated 'most'. You're the first that has mentioned actually doing that. I don't think allowed at Udon Thani, Nong Khai or Prachuap, though I may be mistaken. Prachuap Khiri Khan might, but has to remain in all year, as recall thinking, why bother, since married, just put in for 2 months (for marriage ext), and I can take it when and if, I want/need. Wish people would post which provinces actually allow that rule.

I'm sure it's just a coincidence ... USA ... Born 1954 (me), male life expectancy is 66.7 yrs. USA Soc Sec age of full retirement benefits is 66, born 1960, now 67. USA ... Male life expectancy if born 1960 ... 66.7 yrs Why pension funds are not fully vested, as they know, they'll never need to pay out that much. IAM union average monthly pay outs for our local union was 18 months. For my job classification, only 11 months.

Not hard to follow at all ... ... OP comes to a foreign country and wants everyone to cater to his/her/its wishes, whether they want to or not. Wish they'd stay home, as the world doesn't revolve around them, and they are not important.

yes https://www.mfa.go.th/en/page/types-of-visa?menu=5e1ff6d757b01e00965d1682

Nothing rare about that, if exposing yourself to pigeons all the time. My brother use to race pigeons, they almost killed him, the lung infection that is. He had to give up the hobby. Shock surprise, masks didn't work 😲

Stress free life is easy. Just ask if prospective landlord will do TM30. So much easier. Why would anyone try to force someone to do something (provide a service to you) that they don't want to.

A strategy that didn't allow you to stay in country all year, (assuming). Now you have a legal visa. And meet the requirement, or use an agent to skirt the rules. Most people can not legally retire on 35k a month, on a long term visa that allows you to stay in country for 365 days. That's retirement in my dictionary. Voluntary leaving, yes, mandatory to leave ... no. Barring being 50+ & 800k in bank when needed. Or married and meeting the yearly financials, which just 35k income won't cut it.

I must have missed the memo ... as I thought catholic priest were suppose to be celibate. Why would you need gay conversion if nobody is having sex.

To the title .. and with all things ... ... no plan (research) is a plan to fail. ... "tarnished by unforeseen financial challenges."... More like, tarnished by no research and lack of common sense.

Regret retiring ? ... NO I can always think of doing something, anything, or nothing at all, and all more fun then working. Only worked for the bennies & money, when I didn't need either, their was no purpose to be there. Work kept me from doing other things that I enjoy more. Doing nothing at all was more enjoyable than having to be on a schedule. I self entertain easily, can think for myself, I don't need programming.

2 minutes was enough...terrible vid ... W T F

Trump now raise over $70 million of 'small donations' since convicted, with zero effort ... Just saw a news-blip, and biden only raised $25 million, at a major event, this week, with two ex-presidents speaking on his behalf ...

Yea ... but they would be deleted. Was just told not to post rubbish, and that was on a similar rubbish post. I see you gave about 16 people a good chuckle. Silly post will get you silly replies. Thinking about Thai citizenship, and you used an agent to open a bank account ... nuff said

Brownies .... ... vid below the 'why' & how to get glossy top... ... short version, sugar has to be dissolved, little to no grains left. And the recipe I used. No salt, since using salted butter, and used 4 oz/110gr of chocolate, since sweetened chocolate. Next time I'll cut 50gr of sugar, to 200gr instead of 250gr. Butter was 115gr. I don't do cup measurements. Two -0- eggs. 9 inch round spring pan vs 8 inch square = same area

Sounds more like it.. And no, didn't bother reading OP, just headline. As the AI news is so silly any more, I don't waste my time. Headline and maybe first paragraph, if that. AI seems to try to sensationalize the most trivial happenings.

8 hrs put a limit on options. Takes that long at least, with no traffic, just to get to Cha Am, on the west side, maybe Bang Saen on East of Gulf. Might want to consider hopping a plane southward, pick a non stop, as see where that gets you. Samui, Chumphon, Krabi, Phuket airports would be 1.5 hr away from Phit airport.

Still open

Do you plan on swimming in, or just looking ? How far away is too far ? Do you self drive or rely on public trans ? Do you want easy, or inexpensive ? How much time do you have, limited, or doesn't matter ? Central TH ?

Damn inflation ... used to be 50k baht

Haven't been to RU or CH, but I left USA, because not a fan of the way I was treated. Or how USA treats the rest of the world, (ex: invade & occupy), and almost just as bad, how USA treats it's own citizens. SHAMEFUL ... IMHO

Just highlights my believe that most religious folks are a bit hypocritical, in so many ways. Especially Catholics. Big difference from what is preached to what is practiced ... IMHO Not that I'm deep into their believe, but some of headlines and their actions, lifestyles certainly differ.

Haven't met me ... 23+ yrs on, and still have a few baht left Not sure if 46 was young, but 69 still is 😎

... from all your posts, you haven't a clue about anything you're talking about.