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A stray kitten wandered into our yard and won't leave. It meows all the time. We already have two cats and don't want it. What is the responsible thing to do here? Are there animal shelters that take them? We are in Thung Khru in southern Bangkok.

They absolutely do. I was in Da Nang for a border run and it was coffee heaven.

I live in Thailand, but my banks require a US address. What I did was set up a personal mailbox with https://www.escapees.com/ They offer a service where they will scan each envelop that arrives and, if you want, you can have them open it and scan all the contents and upload to their website for you to read. They will also save your physical mail and you can have it put in a box and shipped to Thailand. The one thing they won't send here is packages. So far the banks, and Wise, accept it as proof of a physical address and residence in the US. For example, I have my bank statement physically sent there and it is considered proof of physical residence (but if the banks crack down further and require a rental agreement or utility bill, then I'll need to do something else). You could open an account with them, have the debit card sent there, have them scan it so you can use the debit card online, and then have the service send it to you in Thailand. Some financial services aggressively cancel accounts for expats, so this may be the safest approach instead of asking your company to send it here. For receiving US based phone calls and SMS, I have a US number with https://parkmyphone.com/ They record voicemail and forward text messages to my email. For me, this has worked about 80 percent of the time - I think it's possible for a company to detect it's VOIP and some will refuse to use it. But for me, it's been OK. I can't make outgoing calls with that number, though, but can do outgoing text message responses. There may be better or cheaper services out there, but these have worked for me.

This type of thing has happened to me a lot, and not just with Makro, but MaxValu, Go and Lotus. I've had burger from MaxValu that tasted like a good steak, and then the next week it literally lacks all flavor, which is a strange thing to eat. It's the same with meat brought in from Australia - it can taste good one week, and then like onions the next.

A dry herb vaporizer like the Pax 3 would reduce coughing and the smell would stay in the room, but tolerance builds quickly and they oils would still be necessary.

This happened to my wife's son. He was in boot camp for the US Marines when the Thai military said he needed to report. He gave the letter to a superior, they handled it and he was permanently excused from Thai service.

I wish I could have visited back then. My Thai wife talks about how the street food was better when she was kid and how so much of it now is just a very sugary sauce on low-quality meat or rice. It's frustrating how society seems to be regressing.

Here's the link. Looks like he is sold out. I also bought "Golden Tiger" from him, but none of those seeds sprouted. https://shopee.co.th/เมล็ดพันธุ์กัญชา-Wild-Thai-(-เพศเมีย-Fem-)-เมล็ดพันธุ์ชั้นนำต้นสูงใหญ่-ผลผลิตและอัตราการงอกสูง-แท้-!!-i.798774572.17098199502 Here's another possible source - he should be back soon: https://shop.line.me/@649cumxg/product/1005087295

Here's the link. Looks like he is sold out. I also bought "Golden Tiger" from him, but none of those seeds sprouted. https://shopee.co.th/เมล็ดพันธุ์กัญชา-Wild-Thai-(-เพศเมีย-Fem-)-เมล็ดพันธุ์ชั้นนำต้นสูงใหญ่-ผลผลิตและอัตราการงอกสูง-แท้-!!-i.798774572.17098199502

There's a seller on Shoppee that I got some from a few months ago. I had about a 50 percent failure rate of the seeds sprouting, but a couple of them came up. Haven't harvested yet.

Last month I had a stop in Japan on the way back to Thailand and they scanned my checked baggage and flagged the Pax 3. I was at the gate and security called me aside and searched the bag. The security person didn't know what it was, and I said for smoking tobacco. People were about to board the flight, so she shrugged and let me go. That's the first time I've ever been stopped because of something in checked baggage. I would probably do it again, but like someone else said I would make sure it was thoroughly clean.

Next year my current marriage visa expires and I need to renew it again. The problem is that my wife's daughter is having a grandbaby at that same time and she really, really, really wants to be in the US for it. The expected birth falls a little while before the time I need to begin the renewal process and so she won't be able to go to the immigration office with me. Do I have any options? Can I get some sort of extension on the marriage visa like for six months? I guess I could let it expire and switch to a tourist visa until she returns, and then start the marriage visa process all over again, but that seems like a lot of work. From what I've seen in this forum, she needs to be present the first time we go to the immigration office for the renewal. Thanks for any advice.

This is what I got out of the app as far as amount of electricity used.

Thank you everyone. I found some of the previous bills, so maybe it didn't go up as much as it seems. Here is what I've been paying - I'll try to find the amount of electricity used. I was just really surprised to see it go over 6,000 baht. 2023 April 4,673 May: 5,034 June: 5,063 July: 3,534 Aug: 4,646 Sept. 4,937 Oct - can't find Nov: 3,096 Dec.: 3,111 2024 Jan: 3,452 Feb.: 4,487 March: 5,090 April: 5,317 May: 6,245

I just got our monthly bill for a very small 1-bedroom home and it was 6,200 baht. Does this seem normal? Last year it was always a little under 3,000 baht. In addition to our lights and television, the only electricity we use is for two wall-airconditioners. I know the rates recently went up, but this seems high. About six months ago the neighbor had someone update the wiring into his house. It was a sloppy job and a whole bunch of wires were left hanging from the meter into our yard. Is it possible they somehow connected to our electricity? The guy said he was having work done to help charge his electric car, and it was around then that our bill started going up. Is there a way to tell if he is using our electricity to charge his car? I'm not well-versed in electrical wiring, and the area around the meters (four of them) has wires going everywhere. What do other people pay for a stand-alone home (not a condo) in Bangkok?