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Currently, I use the well known agent in Soi Post office for my extensions. However, during the height of the pandemic, I was a strandee here with a rapidly expiring UK passport. It was about August/September of 2020 when I used Thai Visa Express in Soi 15, off of Soi Buakhao. The cost was THB 10,000 and my new (and old) passports were returned to me in just shy of 4 weeks.

To return to the OP's original question, and not taking into account anything regarding new/old, freezing or not, I would add the following: If a person redeemed a pension (I'm not talking state here) at age 65, and opted for an escalating payment plan, i.e. one which increased as years go by, rather than a "flat line" example, he/she would need to survive many years for it to be a viable option. I conducted an exercise some years back and discovered that the "break-even point" would have been 82 years of age. Also, this example doesn't take into account the potential investment value of receiving the higher amount during those first 17 years. To sum up, whilst deferment remains a personal choice, I believe there good reasons for NOT doing so.... "A bird in the hand?"

I live in Jomtien and for the last 3 years have been using an agent in Soi Post Office, Pattaya. I recently renewed and, for just over the previous 2 months, had over THB 800,000 in my bank a/c. I explained this to my agent whereupon she gave me a small list (2 or 3 items) of documents to obtain from my bank, before bringing them to her. The bank charged me THB 200 for the docs and my agent charged me THB 8,000 for the extension, a discount of THB 4,500. All I had to do then was to go to immigration (no waiting) for a photocall --- straight in and out. I collected my passport from the agent 2 days later. Now, I intend to leave the money (more than THB 1m for the duration, which my lady can access in case of my demise) in my a/c. I kept the small list which my agent gave me and, armed with more up-to-date information, I will attempt the renewal myself next year.

555. Yes, I noticed him just after posting.

Irrelevant? It's not irrelevant, it's a hippopotamus!

Maneerat visa agency, Pattaya is open on Friday. My Jomtien 2nd road branch of Bangkok Bank (and presumably all other branches) is NOT --- closed from Friday until???

After you have resolved your problem, hide the key somewhere (other than inside the safe) and get used to using the combination lock. Whilst the safe is open, locate a small button at the back of the door. pressing this button should cancel any previously set code. KEEPING THE DOOR OPEN, input a new 4-digit code, one which (hopefully) you will always remember, then press button "B". Now, again, KEEPING THE DOOR OPEN, turn the knob as one would normally do after closing the door. The lock should now be activated and you can prove that you have succeeded in this exercise by inputting your code again (followed by pressing button "A" and unlocking the door. N.B. you need to press button "A" every time after inputting your code in order to unlock the mechanism. By KEEPING THE DOOR OPEN, if you have done anything wrong, and the mechanism will not unlock, you can press the button at the back of the door and start again.

Rustle Brand.

OK, I passed my test in a manual gearbox Ford Anglia back in 1967, and have driven many other vehicles since, including a Bristol 60-seater crash-gearbox bus. Please explain what a "booster" is --- 6th, or other.

This is absolutely hilarious.

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Thanks Peter -- now obtained in Tops, Soi 7, Jomtien.

Just as a slight aside to this topic, I would like to make readers aware of the following: I have just paid THB1,200 at Pattaya International Hospital pharmacy for a prescribed 2 bottles of Rhinocort nasal spray (8.43ml per bottle). Afterwards, I had to visit Boots, the chemist and, out of curiosity I asked if they sold Rhinocort. The supervisor said that they were currently out of stock but yes, they do sell the product. How much? THB450, meaning that I could have saved THB300 on the 2 bottles! Back in the UK., If this anomaly occurred (paid prescription cost higher than over-the-counter pharmacy cost), either the GP, or sometimes the pharmacist would mention it, offering the alternative to buy it over-the-counter. I'll be asking pertinent questions before accepting a hospital supplied drug in the future.

I live in Jomtien and have been unable to find this cough mixture (the one with the opium in it). I've looked in 4 or 5 7-elevens on Jomtien second road, near Rompho, but to no avail --- any ideas? TIA.