Tazmo

Can you play it Online? As a Foreigner? If so how? Please

JBChiangRai, apologies, the link I sent would not open. So I attach photos of the research via AI

JBChiangRai thanks for sharing your purchase. Once you get what you want that’s the main thing, of course pricing comes into it. But I wanted “ progressive lens” which costs more, hence the increased price that I paid. I did shop around and have used several Opticians in the past, but the price is right for the type of lenses that I have. https://g.co/gemini/share/1ed564369958 The above is a breakdown of costing factors for glasses for the over 70’s.

Pay as you go. Forget these rip off merchants. I have been doing that even though I have cover. It doesn’t cover adequately for the needs of an older person. I only have it to keep the wife quiet. Doubt if I will renew it. I just paid 20K baht for a new pair of glasses. In the UK it would have been free! But my choice, Insurance here won’t cover for this nor dental treatment! Or your premium would not suit a pensioner! A friend recently had a stroke, because of his cancer, Insurance won’t cover him!! Costing him 20K baht per day. Insurance Companies play on your insecurities and they are one of the reason health care costs rises!

I have a friend who was adpoted, sadly adopted people never get to know their real parents and during adolescence some become obsessed with knowing their real parents looks; habits; customs etc. My friend has a liking for taking in stray dogs! I guess symbolically he could identify with them?? Plenty of those dogs and cats in Thailand. But this Guy’s father sounded mean and selfish!

There’s a Wine / Beer Bar in One Nimin, just down the road from your hotel. Open all afternoon but I think alcohol only at certain times 11-2 and 5pm onwards. They have reasonably priced Thai beers.

The advice from Sheryl is spot on, you should follow it. I was a Head Nurse for a Day Surgery Unit and we did very many surgical procedures, uteroscopy, where under anaesthesia ( spinal or general) they will introduce a scope and in it they can pass lighting wires and cutting instruments, which works like a drill. They can remove all the stones during one procedure. It will be a lengthy procedure, they have a screen connected so they can see everything. For such a procedure you may need an overnight stay. I don’t know hospitals in your area, but you got some good tips on those. Choose a reputable surgeon/ urologist, a Senior / Consultant for safety as well as accuracy. A complication can be a puncture in the ureter? So read your consent to surgery carefully and ask relevant questions, before and after. They could repair a puncture and you won’t know! If it were me, that’s the road I’d go down. After surgery you can try an Ayurvedic medicine called Cystone, which will help with the prevention of stone formation. You can get it Online, not expensive. I used it myself for several years, thankfully no recurrence! Coconut water is also said to be good! Good luck, shouldn’t be too major a problem if you get the right Surgeon.

Xylophone, I sent you a PM

BTW just an update, but since my post I got cover from a different European company at an affordable price, so took out a policy with them last October! I appreciate and read all the different opinions. My partner is happy for me to have Insurance, so paying for peace!

Well I tried several myself but finally decided that it wasn’t for me. Especially after 2 failed marriages, I wasn’t prepared for that high risk! I also realized that I myself needed rehabilitation from the life that I was living and partly why I came to Thailand. I had experience in working in Rehab and a great believer in it. In the UK there is a law, “ The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act”, thousands have changed their lifestyle as w result. In drink- driving for example, you will be offered courses to undertake. Or f caught for a speeding offence. Also In High Security Mental Hospitals, patients who have been serious sex offenders have been rehabilitated and returned to the community. Very few reoffend. So Bar girls can rehabilitate if they are motivated to change and given the appropriate help. Though some may need Specialist Services! 100% recovery is always going to be unrealistic. Farangs also need rehabilitation of some form. Many I know have never had a serious relationship in their own country but have money and trying so buy love! Others have had like me broken relationships, but in addition no insight into their behaviour, bad tempered; drug dependent ( alcohol included) and other undesirable behaviors that will render them useless with Western women! So it’s a 2- way thing, You can take a man out of the West but you can’t take the West out of him. A big challenge for relationships of mixed races, but never impossible, there are many shining examples. I know of a few close friends who have done well and a few who have got cleaned out! Horses for courses! BTW it doesn’t only happen in Thailand but in other parts of Asia and the World. I know for sure it’s similar in the Philippines!

The person I know who got it for 30 baht is a Thai, so not sure if that makes a difference. But you can call and find out.

Sorry that should be “ Male” Doctor

Dr Pairat ( Consultant Psychiatrist) at Huay Kaew Clinic, 66/1 Sookkasem Soi 3 ( behind Lanna Hospital), tel. 053-223060. 30 baht per tablet sold there at his Clinic. You will have to pay a small Consultation fee. Make Dr, speaks good English. Also available at Suan Prung Psychiatric Hospital, but need to have a Consultation with Dr Kaewwai, ( Female Dr, good English). You can walk in and be seen the same day. But will have to pay nurses fees as well as pharmacy ( about 800 baht in total? Maybe slightly more for medicine).

Just did mine, Same method/ visa as yours, but in CM. I go to my local BBK Bank the day before ( not my main branch) and get a letter for 100baht, the day before my visa. I also ask for a photocopy of the pages of my bank book, ( to show that the money has been in there all the required period). Immigration has always accepted that from me for a few years now. I have never got a bank statement ( costs extra 200 baht) and takes a couple days)!

I chose a pre built house mainly because it was near the school to where my Thai wife worked. It’s in a. “Gated Community “, and feels secured and we have full privacy. Some very nice neighbors, we don’t get over familiar! But after retirement and working in a highly stressed related industry for several decades, there was no way I wanted the hassle, worry and more unnecessary stress and uncertainty of buying land and building. For me it wasn’t worth any sum of money saved, but my health was my priority now. I had the experience of watching friends age from building their own houses. There have had good results and would still boast about how much they save, but they are money driven, different philosophy in life to me. As with everything else it’s each to his own. One man’s meat is another man’s poison, as the saying goes. All depends on your personality and the genes you inherited, what drives you!

You’re probably right, no doubt, maybe I phrased that wrong, but it’s just that I could not be bothered with any administration type stuff and my partner is very good with dealing with not only AIS but all other relevant agencies. Of course it depends on the background and education of any Thai person, if you’re going to get them to do it for you. Or. DIY as you have proven.

30K for a leg-opener, you need to see a Psychiatrist, maybe 500B Doctor’s fee. You need to understand the difference between a partner and an ATM. It’s not about how much you can afford, but buying affection? It has to be genuinely reciprocal. But you can put it down to experience on your CV. There are books written on the many different ways of getting a Thai lady, and your method is one example. Not only Bars!

My wife contacts AIS to find out about the package available at the time, cheapest one, to call the UK. They give her the details and gets a rate of 5 baht per minute. I have used it several times for pension and bank queries and relatives. Best if you can get a Thai person to set it up, as with all administrative matters in Thailand.

I don’t believe there’s any expats who would knowingly move here, given a choice?? Neither me nor any of my friends knew about the pollution before moving here. I chose to retire in CM not knowing about the ‘ smoky season’, I wanted the outdoor life. Hated being imprisoned like I was in the UK because of the cold weather there. During the smoky season it restricts your life to being indoors. I live near the mountains and you cannot see the mountains for a month or more! The smog is that thick! You don’t need a monitor to check it! ( although CM has had lower readings this year). I go to Krabi for the month of March, but still face it here in some of January, whole of February and when I return in April. Not sure if I can afford it next year! What I never knew was that the Thais grow and love a special mushroom which they cook in a soup. It’s very expensive and I believe that’s why they burn unwanted crops to grow it. It’s called ‘ hed por’ or in English, puff ball. I certainly won’t bring my children here, even if the job paid billions! It would be irresponsible imo. But each to their own, difficult for me to move, having bought a house through my Thai wife who prefers to live here! Having said all that, living here ticks all the other boxes! And I enjoy my life here except for that period of time!

The colored ones reminded me of Librium, for alcohol withdrawal , anxiety states, etc, but doesn’t match your symptoms

Renewed my ‘O’ on Wednesday in CM. Forms : TM 7; STM 2 ; STM 9 ; Passport ( signed copies of each page); Non Immigrant Visa ; Departure Electronic Card ( if applicable); Proof of Financial Requirements; Thai Bank Book ( original) ; Letter from your Thai Bank ; one passport size photo (4x6cm) ; copy of housing lease agreement ; Fees 1,900 THB ; If in CM your first thing is to get a queue number; have your documents checked; then you will be given a number to go inside the building at counter 9. Make sure your passport has at least 6 months until expiry or you will pay the same and get your visa only up to the expiry date, then have to do it all again! ( Happened to a friend of mine who was there)!

If there’s a Parliamentary Ethics Committee, they should investigate her. Same as the Medical Ethics Committee investigated the Doctors and took appropriate action!

Last year I used China Eastern, flew to Shanghai, long layover, I think 8 hours, then to London Gatwick. Cheap but long and tiring. This year I have booked with Qatar Airways, I was a Silver card member with them. To BKK, then 6 hours to Doha, then 6 hours to LGW. 63, 779 THB return for 2 people. Their service is the best in my opinion, friendly, good food, plenty booze, decent Airport lounges and shopping. They use to fly from CM a few days a week, but discontinued since Covid. If you avoid flying on certain days, eg weekends, you should get cheaper tickets.

A novel and clever way for Insurance companies to advertise these days. I never read beyond the first couple lines or checking the source! More Retirees here the more to fill their pockets, then increase premiums, not cover for some treatments for the aged or not cover after a certain age! Parasites, that pushed up the cost of health care, along with the Pharmaceuticals over the years. But rich people swear by it, they want immediate service, like Fast food joints. Some governments fund care for all their citizens, I can think of Cuba; Qatar; UK to some extent. Supply and demand issues. Regular changes in Government don’t help, especially if they oppose public services!