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You can get several quotes at MBK and go with the best. I think phones are 4th Floor. I bought my Samsung here by getting quotes from 4 places and going with the lowest.

"Bangkok...faces significant risks from secondhand smoke exposure." But the buses and trucks are totally ok?

Rubbish. Thailand should be much higher. Spain should be much lower. I have spent 4 months in Spain in the last 2 years, and plan 2 months in 2026.Spain is nice to visit or live part-time but the global taxation, slow bureaucracy, and boring food make it hard to stay long-term. https://www.globalcitizensolutions.com/intelligence-unit/reports/global-retirement-report/global-retirement-report-full-report/

Qman. Exactly. Well said. My last policy quotation from Pacific Cross was over 100,000 at age 66. This annual insurance premium could easily double or more...so self insuring on an O visa is better for many people than the LTR.

I am surprised that the LTR has attracted/accepted ONLY 7000 people in 3 years! It is a fantastic visa for 50,000 baht (or 5000 baht/year over its 10-year life). Why only 7000 LTR Visa holders?

These poor results have been documented since 2000 when the first OECD PISA testing was done. What is worse is that these tests only reflect the students that are still in school when testing is done...and only 54.8% of students who begin primary school eventually complete upper secondary (Mattayom 6). School drop-outs are not tested so it can be assumed that the OECD PISA test scores overstate the ability of all Thai youth.

I had the same Bangkok Bank problem last week,after 2.5 years success. Bank said account number not correct. Rubbish! Tried again, same nonsense.

This is a very ambitous (UNREALISTIC) target is an economy where most work is informal/unreported. Thailand has 21 million workers in the informal labour sector, accounting for 52.3% of the country's overall workforce while only 19.1 million (47.7%) operate in the formal sector. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2708701/over-half-of-thai-workers-in-informal-sector. View our policies at http://goo.gl/9HgTd and http://goo.gl/ou6Ip. © Bangkok Post PCL. All rights reserved.

The latest results from Gallup’s annual Consumption Habits survey show a record low 54% Say They Consume Alcohol. From 1997 to 2023, at least 60% of Americans reported drinking alcohol. The figure fell to 62% in 2023 and to 58% in 2024, before reaching 54% today.

So true Purdey! Great chart. Booze sales down and fentanyl sales exploding. Amurika has fast food and fast drugs.

Booze is beng replaced by cannabis which is legal in 24 states for recreational usage and 40 states for medical usage.

Bought mine on Lazada for 150 baht delivered. It works as well as the Omron I had in the US that cost over 2000 baht. Dara Pharmacy is near Fascino and may be a cheaper option in Chiang Mai.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) seeks to attract high-value travellers in line with national tourism strategy — driving toward its year-end target of 39 million visitors and 2.23 trillion Baht in revenue. TAT assumes the average tourist will spend 50,000 baht in Thailand per visit (not flights to/from Thailand). Now TAT celebrates low-dollar travelers.

KhaoHomDude: Is it really that bad?