jaywalker2

I tried vpn, that's how I had my account suspended. If I get somebody back in the States to sign up for me, I have to give them my google account password? How does it work exactly,

I worry that brokerages in particular will start demanding two-step verification with a phone number. If you're living outside your home country, it might be impossible to comply if your brokerage (or bank) doesn't allow or limits foreign accounts. Although Google Voice will give you a U.S. number, you have to be in the U.S. to sign up for it. I tried signing up from Thailand and got banned from the service!

What's funny is that absolutely no one takes him serioiusly. I doubt he even takes himself seriously.

Google did turn on two-step verification automatically at one point and although I turned it off, I get constant reminders for security checks that urge me to turn it back on. I would prefer not to have my account tied to my phone so if an OTP is necessary I would rather have it sent via email but not everybody gives you that choice. On the other hand, I haven't been able to set up an instagram account. I've tried 3 email addresses and in each case got a message that it was already in use. Also, Instagram demands that you sign up using a phone number, which facebook then sells to advertisers. So I've given up on using it.

I had a friend who was having vision problems and went to a famous private hospital in Bangkok (which I won't name but began with the letter B). They told him he needed immediate cataract surgery and pressed him to make an appointment for that afternoon. Naturally, he was reluctant and instead went to the Eye Hospital for a second opinion. They told him he just had dry eyes and prescribed eye drops, which fixed the problem.

Anybody try the green crack from Dr. Green dispensary on Asoke? 60 baht/gm

Yeah, right, in the United States they just would have shot her a hundred times. One of the admirable traits of the Thai police is the restaint they show when confronted by an armed person.

I thought providing "tangible support" could get your party dissolved and the giver suspended from politics for 10 years.

He's just a pathetic idiot who runs a coffee shop and is constantly trying to draw attention to himself. He used to file complaints against the government but gave that up when they threatened him so he clearly doesn't have any real ethics. The mystery is why the media gives him so much free publicity.

You misunderstood the post. He's not talking about an embassy service. He's talking about a private company service (Key Visa) that will handle the passport renewal for Americans. The American Embassy implemented during Covid a new requirement that all passport renewals be done by mail. I can see why many elderly Americans would not want to deal with that hassle themselves.

I knew a guy who launched a start-up in Thailand aimed at making colored bicycle tires. The only way he could do it was to put a thin colored skin over the black tire. He was never able to work the kinks out and the company went belly up.

If Thailand becomes flooded with weed tourists who are only here to get high, you can bet the media will have a field day. It's not the gancha that's the problem but the public perception.

Interestingly, the Amsterdam mayor is talking about banning tourists from cannabis cafes on the grounds that they (the cafes) are causing social problems. It should be noted that although the possession of small quanities of marijuana is legal in Amsterdam, the commercial growing of marijuana is not. Thus, the cafes ironically have to get their weed from illegal sources.

You can probably use a copy on your phone. I've used mine at plenty of places -- the SCB, Tops, Big C, True. Nobody seems to care.

I have an account with Citibank New York. For a long time, they wouldn't send OTP's but recently that's changed though it's still hit or miss. Sometimes they'll send it and sometimes I have to call for a code. I can't seem to get a coherent explanation for the reason. They also told me that I couldn't get a debit card if I lived outside of the country but only an ATM card. But that changed when I got my last card. The problem with these banks is one department doesn't know what the others are doing. Oh, I also have what is called a global executive account.

Why is your doctor recommending you have it removed?

Prawit was on the verge of dying just a few months ago. I guess the thought of ruling the country has really lit a fire under his ass.

What's dumb is how every time an issue comes before the court, the media acts like the decision is actually in doubt. Did anybody ever think a court handpicked by Prayut would vote against him, no matter how absurd the ruling.

Only if they're weightlifting. There used to be (haven't seen him lately) a farang in Lumpini who always jogged with his shirt off. Bald head, bulging stomach, hairy body...Not the type of thing you should be subjecting other people to. On another note, is it all right for a woman to display a cameltoe in public?

What's missing from this discussion is the many benefits of cannabis such as chronic pain relief, an aid in regulating insulin and reducing diabetes, fighting cancer, relieving depression, strengthening bones, treating glaucoma, slowing the development of alzheimer's diseases, treating erectile dysfunction, and many others. There has even been a study that found marijuana not only doesn't damage the lungs but actually increases lung capacity -- https://healthland.time.com/2012/01/10/study-smoking-marijuana-not-linked-with-lung-damage/ It's important to realize that the pharmaceutical industry (and hence the official medical establisment) has a vested interest in demonizing cannabis. Odd that we never hear any criticisms of the use of Xanax, valium, Prozac and other commonly used drugs including Viagra, for that matter. Cannabis has none of the side effects commonly associated with these drugs but nobody is calling for Viagra or Xanax to be banned.

You're ot talking about marijuana use but marijuana abuse. But the definition i wrong. Addiction implies a physical dependence, which creates a physical craving. What's often cited as an addiction, such as sex addiction, porn addiction, etc. is really a behavioral problem that's indicitive of underlyng psychological issues. Unfortunately, the modern psychiatric community has a vested interest in seeing addiction everywhere, which then has to be treated at great expenses and often medication.

When people smoke tobacco, they're usually smoking 20 or 30 cigarettes a day or more. Marijuana users are more likely to smoke 1 or 2 joints if that. When marijuana was first liberalized here, I bought 10 grams and smoked nearly every day for a week. Then I stopped with no trouble at all. And I have no desire to continue smoking either.

By that definition anything can be addictive, sex, video games, chocolate, yoga, etc. But the point is that marijuana does not create a physical dependency in the way that, say, that alcohol or opiates do. If they've seen only 103 patients, you have to figure that marijuana isn't the cause but the psychological state of the patients.

Just the fact that he used the word "addicted" in relation to marijuana shows it's not qualified for his position. And 103 patients? Ludicrous.

"Intefering with the free market". That's a joke. What do you think QE was and all that money poured into subsidizing businesses during the pandemic (which was used it to goose management salaries and buy back shares). The Fed has done nothing but interfere with the free market ever since the Reagan era. You probably have hundreds of businesses in Thailand that borrowed cheap dollars when interest rates were at zero. And not just in Thailand but all over the world. This isn't going to help the tourist trade much either unless you expect an influx of Americans, which I doubt since most of them have no money. I'm American though, and I have money so I'm happy as a clam. I get better interest rates on my cash and a strong dollar.