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something has changed, met up with my Cousin again Last week of May he went as normal to the Embassy in London to get a new Retirement 1 year Visa, They he and his late wife have had the 1 year Retirement Visa for years This time they wanted a letter from his Government Pension - they would not give a new Visa as his pension did not meet the NEW amount needed... Appears they were only interested in Pension, not that he could prove he had many 1,000s of £ in investments He said they were helpful so this time has a Tourists Visa + was told that there was no problem [new rules] on Visa on arrival anymore.. he spends 4/5 weeks in Malaysia + spends 4/5 weeks in Australia + 4 weeks in New Zealand with weeks in-between in Thailand as a base + Feb - end May in UK every year This last week he went to his Bank here = loads of problems one of the main ones they Bank says now MUST have a Thai phone number !!

Both Bangkok Bank + SCB Bank have my mobile number + email address in 21 years here have never had a Sim in my name

Why a high dose Aspirin ? Paracetamol and Tylenol 500mg both do the same in most cases and easy to buy everywhere blister pack of 10, or buy 100 tablet tub - cost 100 baht I do take Aspirin daily as a blood thinner 81mg.

Maye not just Bangkok Bank. My Bangkok Bank I opened in 1999 Got a letter yesterday from SCB saying my account has been inactive and from June 2025 a fee will be changed per month to keep it open 1 Used SCB for App and online payments but there was a sudden problem Sept last year they stopped working, even the Bank staff could not get it to work on my phone, since got another phone Android 13 still the same + Bank Staff cannot get my account to work = not used

Long before Mobile phones or Smartphones how did we manage ? All my life have always lived o0ut in the sticks, one place applied for a Landline, fine but waiting time 7 years, Cannot for the life of me remember how we got in touch with each other, sure most had CB's in our cars but that was limited and short range..

No idea Monday was at Makro, they had a Samsung 65" SALE price 7,990 baht !!! [not interest in Samsung or LG] The other thing to look at is LG's webOS version, as with Android there are many brand new TV/Smartphone/Tablets running a older system = a lot cheaper. Home Pro often have big discount sales on + branches all over Thailand + do online

My Two Panasonic's both say Toyoko 2003

Two Panasonic's' 1x in master bedroom + 1x main living room fitted 21 year agos never had any problem

Some of my friends [mostly Thai] have Covid NON of them have visited a Hospital just used a home tester + all have been vaccinated and boosters ... does not appear the vaccine work as some have had Covid 2 or 3 times before + after the Vaccine As for Masks I always put on then going out, never stopped wearing just automatic after so many years.. I cannot have Vaccines, so try to protect myself best I can. Last visit to Makro appeared all the Staff + me had masks, last night visited Makro again there were a good many shoppers with masks on.

My 13 year old Dell Monitor had 3 USB ports, present Acer Monitor has 4, both were/are 32" Both my old TV and present one Panasonic have USB ports All fine for sound bars and webcam NO idea about movies on a USB would they play guess format saved in ? is there a built in software [a media player].. TV most newish ones have a built media player Most monitors don't have the ability to play video files from a USB

can not live without a Freezer here, have a large chest Freezer for many years So things like cheese, look at the sell by date and try to get to Makro 2 days before, 2kg = 50% discount, always cut it up bag and freeze = have cheese for a year [OK is a bit crumbly] I do not use butter very often, do the same cut it to fit the butter dish put in bags and freeze last over 1 year a few days ago Marko had Yellow tag mini Croissants 29 baht per bag, bought all 10 bags they had = in freezer

Mostly only shop at Makro Yellow tags are a great deal, most all go in the Freezer for a later date Last visit Toshiba Gold Coffee 200 gram jar 259 baht - on the end of the racks was a promotion = in a Christmas Box pack 2 x 200 gram Jars + a Christmas glass total 247 baht per box !! Keep your eyes open there are some great deals about

No idea myself Told go to India is less the halve the price, - 2nd option is Vietnam as cheaper than Thailand

As we are in Thailand Thai men can't grow beards like we can. Western genes are more conducive to growing beards. Thai guys would if they could, many only shave 1 or 2 times a month to remove the odd whiskers or light fluff

is it worth doing? Up to you, I am 3 years younger and for me decided it is not worth it.. Now have no top teeth left, the 1 tooth + 4 crowns and a bridge fell out, Dentist say only 2 options, Implants 200k for just top teeth or plastic plate 8,000 baht + 3 x pin removals + 1 x root @ 280 baht each. [Dentist advise remove 1 by 1 let heal before next removal] Funny not really a problem or getting used to it just cut everything much smaller 😀 so far had the broken root removed [took 2 months for that to heal] so will get around to getting the pins out sometime

No problem with the Mangoes I buy, buy from the Farm 5 mins down the road, have done for many years yesterday 20 baht per kg Always buy green = leave a couple out to get ripe the rest goes in the fridge just take out a few days before eating .. eat 1 = take another out to ripen -- take last one out of fridge = buy another 2 kg

Alaska mountain man ?? To me Matt Rainey [TV Star] look beard would fit

Looks a lot better with a beard

2 old men [in there 80's] in the Village are covered in Tattoos very old with black ink + every faded, moved here to the Village 21 years ago, they were old and faded then. Don't see the point to them so never had any, somehow always related tattoos as people that had been in Prison, these days appear all sexes have them - still don't see the point

Happens in many places not just here classed as - Midday sun exposure positively affects mental health

N O Is a Goatee and Tash, + shortish + washed every day + only need Trim + shave the rest of my face on day 4 or 5 - makes live simple Grew it in my early 20s to hide a large birthmark on my chin

Had mine 50 odd years

Looks like next visit to a Town will have to buy another USB or a SD Card

did not get the error message with the very old USB stick, only built the PC a couple of months ago mostly with all new parts Only the USB stick has not worked very good for years as must hold it in then works = No good for my TV Box

+ exchange rates when I came the 1st few years was between 74 and 76 THB to a £ So monthly money down + Thai prices up some item more than doubled