JimTripper

There's a lot of Tom's in the military. Do the women in this video look like they are attracted to men?

I used to have a drinking buddy that never got irony, sarcasm or even most jokes. He was just completely factual. Weird guy. He viewed everything in the immediate present and never really "thought" about things enough or reflected on the past/present enough to get the inside jokes. I envied him in a way, but after while he just seemed like a bore.

Roger

I would just show up at the address you have. Could have been a phone issue. Don't say who you are right away, just hang around and feel out if it was a mistake or not.

Not a lot of Chomsky fans in Pattaya meethinks. I did see a guy reading a book the other day which was refreshing.

Sounds a little like your sister may not want to process the mail for some reason. You would have problems with the Thai Post no matter who mailed it. If it got sent back to the forwarding address from Thailand they would likely return it to your legal residence address and your sister so she would end up with it anyway. Something seems fishy here with your story.

If someone is processing your mail at your sisters address it should be no problem putting financial mailings into another envelope that any service will mail, or better yet just mailing it to you themselves. Not sure why you would need a forwarding service to re-mail it.

Unless you live at your sisters house, it's a deception. Your better off just telling them you're on vacation and it was lost or stolen, and having them mail the card to Thailand. Your lying either way.

Citibank does not allow forwarding services. They want a residential property where you live. Some forwarding services work, but it's a deception, not something that's allowed. You want to do things the right way, so save your money for a property purchase. Or, if you decide to fudge a little after all, give them a call and have a new card sent to you on vacation like I explained.

Ok, good luck buying a property in the Usa with a big mailbox.

That's incredible. I think they are referring to the legal address (your sisters) and not the mailing address??? How would people get replacements on vacation if it were lost or stolen?? Go into your account online and change both addresses to your sisters. Then call them and tell them you need a replacement card sent to your hotel in Thailand because it was lost or stolen on vacation. With the new card comes a new number and expiration date usually with several years validity.

Why don't you ask the bank to mail you a replacement card to Thailand? They do it all the time. Say you lost it on vacation. Do you already have the bank account, or are you not able to open one because they won't accept your address? You need to have a licensed business in the state to use mine.

They scanned it, then mailed the physical card and checks to me. Look for another service, I have never heard of places that won't forward mail or pick and chose what to forward. Maybe get a virtual office if it's still a problem that does international forwarding. There's no way a virtual office won't forward financial documents. Mine costs $39 a month.

Mine does. They scanned a credit card and forwarded checks over. Try telling them to not open mail and just forward it. How would they know what's in there? They can't just guess what's in your mail. If they are just guessing it's a pretty unprofessional service.

There's a subset of guys that kind of "go native" here and look down on anything that's not what a Thai would do. If you're comfortable being a foreigner or bring habits with you from the home country, even if not objectionable, some look down on it. You can see it on the forum if you spell a city wrong, or in real life where you maybe mis-pronounce a Thai city name where they will quickly smugly correct you, stuff like that. That could be the pancake thing. Another is wearing quality shoes and clothing. Some expats don't like it. I have caught people staring at my pricey shoes with disgust, etc.

I don't think it's really "dirty" looks, but I have noticed a problem with staring and a tension when you pass another expat. There's something about Asia where I think you're expected to greet other expats, as opposed to just ignoring people like happens in the Usa. Maybe something brotherly about being in a foreign land, and what have you...

Some vlogger interviews people in Dumaguete, every interview is positive. I wonder whether he is picking positive people to interview or if it's really that great. Anyone been to Dumaguete?

Liked Hanoi but they stopped giving out the long term visas.

Mine doesn't, I checked it. It's one of those virtual office rental addresses, so maybe a loophole there. Go here, enter your address. It will say yes or no under cmra section. https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action

Right side of the river as you go north from downtown seems to be the best area.

Maybe Siem Reap and volunteer at one of the orphanages there. There were expats doing that when I lived there. Common grounds cafe is a good place to start. Volunteer based. https://maps.app.goo.gl/pdqiZhjPmjuubTTf7?g_st=ic

I tried renting mine out. Had an full service agent who screened tenants, took payments, everything. Got what looked like top tenants on paper. It was a disaster. The tenants were pretty wealthy and kept wanting to upgrade the property. Their dog lived in a bedroom all to itself and pissed all over the carpet. They switched out the lighting, the drapes and dishwasher, etc etc, to styles that were modern looking that did not match the theme of the house. Kept asking for me to pay for some of the upgrades. There was also ongoing international phone calls with the agent all the time for any little thing, they kept calling. It was people who ended up thinking the property was never good enough for some reason. Or, people that moved into what they perceived as an affulent area with a golf course and instead of just moving out, tried to change it by upgrading it to something that was not achievable. I ended up making just under break even on the payments. Also, I had to fly back from asia to fix up the place and arrange to have it sold because there was junk around, mattresses etc that nobody wanted to remove. The tenants moved a month or two before the annual contract expired due to a misunderstanding with the property manager who said they could move out early on a phone call and not pay the last two months, then demanded the deposit back. I refused and never returned it. Ended up just saying f@uck it and selling. I think I got lucky they did not refuse rent payments until the last two months and vacated the property in time. In California you can't get people out easily if they refuse and you have to live nearby to arrange a complicated eviction or it gets real expensive hiring lawyers to do it.

Good question. I guess it depends on how well the two click. It's hard to know what will occur in any human relationship, there are so many factors involved.

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