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That big, eh?

This is all very helpful. I have the 800k in a Thai bank, been there for a few years, and I'm not now likely to dip into it. Additional bank-related questions, if you have the time: - Do I need a bank statement showing constant 800k for one year previous, or three months? (Not a problem with either). - Letter of guarantee from the bank? - Copies of passbook? - Does the passbook have to show some activity in/out? I'm hoping to use the account untouched, kept as retirement visa extension fund. - Do I need wife's housebook, ID? - Map of house location? Photos of me in my shorts in bathroom? - Any sneaky paperwork nobody's mentioned? Nakhon is notorious for introducing unexpected last-minute hoops to jump through. Thanks again.

Thank you.

Nakhon Phanom. Used to be like Colditz, but has improved recently!

Any advice, info? I've extended my non-imm O visa via marriage yearly for sixteen years, and my financial position now makes it easier for me (I think) to extend my visa on a retirement basis. I will still be married, same address, everything the same (haven't been out of the country for years), except for the change of reason for visa extension. If you have any tips, I'll be grateful! (I did a search on this site for this topic, couldn't find anything, but if it's been covered before a link will be appreciated. Thank you.)

British design scooter, made in Thailand, but their website is down. Ho hum.

... don't all rush at once.

Anyone got one? Any good? Where can I buy one?

Thanks for the replies. The Thai language pack had already been downloaded and installed, and it still wasn't working, and I'd already tried uninstalling and reinstalling this and the Translate app, but I did it again, by a slightly different route, and now it works offline for text but not voice input. I have no idea what I was doing wrong. I don't think Google have yet made the voice input an option for Thai. This and Lens are very useful apps here!

I have Google Translate and Papago installed on my Samsung phone. Both should work offline but neither does. Both work well online for both text and speech recognition. I have tried every advice/workaround I've found on the internet, but the advice never applies for some reason. I'll be very grateful if you can help, but please try to avoid the uninstall/reinstall method! Thank you

I don't want to clog up this thread needlessly but I feel I have to offer my heartfelt thanks for all the work and thought and care that you've put in to this, Mike!

No melatonin, no work.

My order from Lazada arrived just now. The pack has "natural MELATONIN" in big letters, which is why I ordered it. On examining the small print on this Made In Thailand product (easily recognisable by the American Stars & Stripes flag on the pack) I am somehow neither disappointed nor shocked to see that Melatonin is conspicuous by its absence. Yup! (or rather nope) when they say "natural melatonin" they mean "contains no melatonin at all, in fact completely free of the substance" which now seems perfectly logical. "This Is Thailand" after all, the country I love and have made my home. I shall try a capsule tonight, with its usual cocktail of "natural ingredients" and "vitamins" you'd need a Hubble telescope to detect, but I expect nothing, and I'm sure I shan't be disappointed. If you can bear the excitement, I will be posting a live update to this thread, probably about 3:00 a.m., so do check back. (Incidentally, I have no trouble at all falling asleep, I'm not insomniac in that way, it's the rhythm of sleep that's somehow lost with age - as with so many things - I wake up after a couple of hours sleep, stare at the dogs for a while, go to the bathroom, back to sleep - rinse and repeat. Melatonin definitely helped me glide over the shallows back into satisfying sleep.)

Thank you - looks good!

Thank you, yes, I've tried it.