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I saw Kerry trucks out on the road yesterday. .......and I did receive a package from my favorite cannabis seller yesterday. It was delivered at 1:45pm. It was paid prior to shipment (via bank transfer) and delivered using EMS. I have ordered from this shop several times and it's always been a 2 day delivery time once they send it out. Seems as though the Songkran traffic didn't affect it even though it traveled 1,300 km.

Yes indeed. I recall when I first came to Thailand on business back in the late 90s I was introduced to a great little 'hole-in-the wall' Japanese steak house in the Patpong area. Sitting on a little mantel behind the cash register was a bottle of Crown. When I ordered my steak I requested to have a double shot of Crown. The waitress said that they didn't serve Crown. I pointed at the bottle siting on the mantel and she said that was a private bottle that the owner was gifted by a customer friend and it was only there for show. At that time I offered him 3k THB but he declined to sell. I wonder if it is still there as it's been over 20 yrs since I last went to that restaurant. I'm guessing the restaurant is probably no longer let alone the bottle of Crown.

Do you mean pigeons can actually do damage like this:

As much as I wanted to buy some I never did as I thought they were over-priced for my taste buds. These are pics I took at Rimping in Chiang Mai. The prices are 2 years apart (2018 & 2020).

Crown Royal is my favorite. The only place I know where one could buy it is at Duty Free. I used to have all my friends bring me in 2 bottles every time anyone went on international travel. I would save them for the Christmas/NY holidays.

I hate all bitcoin discussion and avoid it....... why? Because I am still kicking myself in the @$$.... I read about bitcoin in Investor magazine back in the mid 90s. One coin was going for $0.25 USD.... Yes, a friggin quarter! At that time online trading wasn't occurring. I told myself to call my broker and buy $100 worth.... I never did! I am sure if I had bought any I probably would have sold well before it hit the peak of $60k.

Nice.... I learnt to juggle using rolled up socks. I juggled when I was younger at the laundromat to impress the young kids in front of their single mothers. As far hacky sack, my good friend 'Rippin Rick' (RIP) was a world champion footbag contender.

What the h377 is considered to be 'valuable shopping'?

Children's ID? With you saying that I am assuming you were applying for an extension based on marriage. For the years I did the marriage route I always had to provide birth certificates.

That is so true..... so with saying that how can you say it will take 60 days? First you sounded like all could take 60 days, and then you post that yours was one of those outliers that got shoved aside inadvertently and it took 60 days. I guess I will just wait and see....at least the ball is rolling and I now know where in the process my application is and what needs to occur. I will, as before, post an update when something occurs.

Great information. Please show me the link to the SSA for the requirement. I take it you know all this from personal experience? Do note, I am just a 'keyboard warrior' so what I post on this or any forum may or may not be true. So taking away a benefit just because I made a post and not having any actual proof is totally ridiculous. Word of advice, don't believe everything you read on the Internet. Until I receive the info you speak about I'll use the funds provided to my daughter to buy her all the ice cream and tattoos she wants.

And you know this how, from personal experience? It might be true but reading some of the posts on this thread, and others, the call from Manila can be anywhere from a week to many months after completing the application. So if that's any indication then the approval from Baltimore could be the same...... big variance Thx for the link.

I do like the fake wall and any insulation should help some. Are those hacky sacks (footbags) I see on the bookcase or juggling bags?

I think there's a better chance AI can predict the winning lottery numbers before it can crack a strong PW.

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmm: Does lightening go up from the ground into the sky or does it start in the sky and go to the ground? I'm wondering what the odds are of having your meter get hit by a lightening strike?

..or perhaps Transorbs

I miss 90 Schillings and Fat Tire!

Doesn't appear to be working for all the burning going on!

I recall the United Airlines flight I was on back in early 2000 when the smell of durian hit the air after takeoff. An attendant came on the PA system asking for the person who brought the fruit aboard to declare it. I'm not sure if anyone did.

I witnessed pretty much the same event back in 2001. I was at LAX in the USA returning from Thailand and waiting for my bags to come out on the carousel like everyone else. Looking just behind me I see a security canine handler walking a cute little Beagle around as it was sniffing around everyone and their carry-on items. The next thing I know the beagle started letting out one of those notorious Beagle barks (howls). The dog was tying to dig into a backpack sitting on the floor between a guy and girl. The handler looked at the guy and asked if it was his bag. The guy said, 'no' and proceeded to step away. The handler next asked the girl if it was her bag and she replied, 'yes'. The handler then asked if he could inspect it. Again she said, 'yes'. The handler opened the backpack and after searching through it reached in and pulled out an apple. He informed the girl that is was unlawful to bring fruit into the country and confiscated the apple. As this was all occurring I was half expecting someone to be bolting down the terminal with a chase in pursuit as well as the handler pulling out a kilo of cocaine instead of an apple.

Recent Update: I received my call today as scheduled. The phone rang around 11:15am and the call lasted about 30 minutes. The representative was the most nicest person one could have. She was very polite, knowledgeable, and helpful. The questions were pretty much routine questions one would expect to ensure I was who I said I was as well as gathering some additional personal information they might not of had and was wanting. Nothing difficult to answer. As a matter of fact she was very helpful and when it was 'all said and done' she generated and submitted a benefit request application on behalf of my daughter. Come to find out my daughter will be receiving a monthly benefit until she is 18 years old (or 19 if still in high school) and that doesn't affect my benefit. I did not know that and only thought she could receive something upon my death. With her getting over one-half million THB annually that will help with her college fund. Thanks SSA!! I guess now I need to wait for Manila FBU to send my application to Baltimore for approval. I was told that usually takes 30 days. Looks like this process may be coming to an end for me soon. Good luck to those of you still waiting. Do have hope but realize the process generally takes much longer than the 2-4 weeks they state when you submit the online application.

That's not entirely correct. You might have the fastest Internet connection in the world but if there are no seeders to the torrent you are trying to dl then you will come up empty. I used to torrent a lot. So much I still have my NAS loaded with 24TB of drive space. But I gave up torrenting for the most part as streaming seems to provide me with everything I need (regarding entertainment). I do occasionally torrent things such as OSs and applications. NOTE: Just like my appliances, I open my desktop PC a few times a year and blow out all the dust bunnies. I find it will give them a longer life. It seems like the fan(s) go first then the power supply. All my years working with PCs I have mostly found the power supply to be the issue. Only once have I had a desktop HDD crash and once had a RAM stick go bad. Other than that many fans and quite a few power supplies.

$10k USD is squat.... I worked for a company back in the 80s where they spent more than that on free stationary, free coffee/hot chocolate, free instant soups, and monthly BBQs with kegs of beer for the employees..... GPTW! NOTE: That company set the standard for what many of today's top employers strive to be.

I agree.... As I stated in another post I had a stent placed in my right pulmonary artery last year at a government hospital. While laying in the bed at the cardiac ICU ward the doctor who was treating me told me that I needed the stent. She cited a cost for the stent procedure to be around 80k THB and merely asked me if I had the funds to cover that. I said, 'yes'. They did the procedure without needing any verification other than me saying 'yes'. They had my name and my passport information so I am unsure if they were allowed to find out my bank information and see if I did indeed have the funds available, but I hardly doubt it.

...and alcohol is better?