TallGuyJohninBKK

Gotta agree on that one... Not to mention, the likely absence of any air con, and perhaps also the absence of anything resembling a traditional mattress/bed.

I think you could pretty well re-write your list above as follows: ******* ********** = give money. The ***** symbols above reflecting wildcard characters for everything and anything.... ????

See my comment post one above here... on that point.

I've always thought a very important thing a farang finds (or doesn't find) from those kinds of encounters is whether his GF/potential wife is willing to stand up to the various family members and assorted hangers on.... or she just surrenders to whatever anyone wants because you're a farang. In my book, any sensible farang absolutely doesn't want a GF / wife in the latter category.

Yes, the Thai custom with other Thais would generally be to not have a sin sod payment for second marriages. However, I have heard of sin sod requests being put to prospective farang spouses by the Thai side of the family, perhaps assuming that they didn't know any better.

1. For Isan folks, yes, bringing the farang BF home to meet Mom and Dad at their Isan home generally is an indication the young woman is looking for, and the family is expecting, some kind of personal and financial commitment. 2. On the money issue, absolutely nothing wrong with the OP making it clear to the GF and her parents just how far / how much he's willing to do in that regard. And if she / they aren't satisfied with what he's willing to offer, they're free to look elsewhere. However, that said, a relationship with a single mother with two kids who's already (presumably) been asking for financial support from a farang BF she barely knows thus far probably isn't a very good sign of where the relationship is going to be headed for the future.

One trend I'm noticing a lot lately is in what amounts to a studio condo, to call it a one-bedroom unit because they've installed a sliding glass door to partition off the front living area from the rear bedroom area.

By virtue of their recent decision to shut down/cease their online (web) banking presence, I think we'd have to assume the answer to your question above is NO! (at least in terms of regular farang retail banking customers).

Or be enjoying your favorite beer when the police sweep in and require everyone to pee into cups for drug testing.... That definitely would have been the highlight of my vacation! --------------------- A long long time ago, I was at a mostly Thai night club in Hua Hin when the local police arrived to do one of those raids. Of course, all the announcements were in Thai, so I didn't at first understand what was going on..... At time passed, I came to understand what what occurring. I don't and didn't do drugs, so I didn't have anything to worry about. But I also didn't fancy pissing in a cup for Thai police... So, at one point, as the Thais were lining up for their cups, I just walked out the front door and no one stopped me, so I went on my way.... And we sometimes wonder how all too often, the suspects in this or that case manage to evade the surrounding Thai police.

I was looking at a Thai Youtube video of one of those places the other day on a channel catering to prospective farang renters/buyers... Just watching the video made me feel claustrophobic. It looked like if I laid down on the living floor, I could touch one wall with my fingers and the opposite wall with my toes.

For Thai women at least, I don't think lounging in the sun poolside is a big attraction. Need to maintain that white as possible skin tone, as brownish tanned tones are deemed bad here. Maybe at sundown / sunset...

How much video can you shoot/show of the interior of a shoe box?

And in his spare time, the engineer involved does escalator system inspections at Don Mueang... ????

The consistency of their inconsistency is incontrovertibly Thai.... ????

A bit strange how SCB seems be saying they CAN'T do the facial recognition registration for foreigners, but other Thai banking companies seem perfectly capable to do so... Kinda makes one wonder what's going on with that. from @aublumberg 's post above, the different Thai banking companies seem to be all over the map on this one.

Very interesting to read the SCB waiver request language in the attached document, wherein the farang is basically accepting responsibility for anything fraudulent that may occur with the banking app in the future. Not sure agreeing to not hold the bank responsible for anything that might go wrong is such a great thing to do.

I don't really care whether they do or don't allow the rangefinders, speaking as a non-golfer. But it would seem to be a bit of common sense that the rule on such things would best be consistent among the various women's pro tournaments.

I think Big Joke, or a prior one like him, made the same pledge at one prior point in time... and of course, nothing came of it other than a few illusory for-show crackdowns. Were Immigration to actually be serious, which there's no indication they are, it would mean booting out vast loads of Chinese, Russians, SE Asian neighbors (along with a few farangs) -- which would seem a very unlikely scenario.

These days, it costs you an arm AND a leg, ????

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Bangkok also is continuing its weekly vaccination centers, each Wednesday and Friday, at its 69 public health centers (via Google Translate): Public Health Service Center, Department of Health invites COVID-19 vaccination Pfizer Bivalent, Moderna Bivalent, AstraZeneca Vaccines - Every Wednesday 9 am to 3 pm at 69 public health centers You can walk in without registering through the app. - Every Friday 9 am to 3 pm at 69 public health centers Able to walk in and register through the QueQ app. Ask for more information at Public health center near home or call 0 2203 2883 from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. For foreigners, the graphic below specifically advised to bring either your passport or pink card as required identification. Source: Department of Health, Bangkok https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/pfbid03nvMffw7afmJv5iBD2h3NtpEFGgQB7TxKEKQFcguwQ1C74gaEFiy8gpEm1vAgYyGl

Updated vaccine info for a Bangkok site in July run by Sirindhorn Hospital: Activities area (IT zone), 2nd floor, Robinson Lifestyle Ladkrabang (Walk in) For people aged 5 years and over, every needle Moderna (Bivalent) vaccine, Pfizer (Bivalent) gray cap and Pfizer orange cap From 1 - 30 July 2023 -- only on Saturday - Sunday and public holidays 8 - 9 July 2023, 15 - 16 July 2023, 22 - 23 July 2023, 28 - 30 July 2023 ) Hours: 10.00 - 16.00 ✅ Things to prepare ✅ 1. Aged 7 years or more, use a real ID card / under 7 years old, use a birth certificate. 2. Documents certifying receiving the COVID-19 vaccine (if any) Note: For the booster vaccine, the last dose of vaccine must be received or the last history of coronavirus infection 2019 at least 3 months prior. ???? Group 608 (age 60+ or with 8 chronic conditions) recommends 2 booster doses per year with a gap of 6 months or more ???? general public recommend 1 booster vaccination/year https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/pfbid0L8KSw3u72e3XnnW8JTdgNLdwsJsnT3NyyBVfxK5pdVsKscbTp1KoV9bDTc4vYfFWl

After rocketing upward since the start of April, Thailand's publicly reported COVID stats have been steadily falling for the past several weeks, which is good news. Not back below what they were pre-Songkran, but much lower than the post Songkran weeks: Latest MoPH weekly report for June 25 to July 1: --859 new COVID hospitalizations last week, averaging 122 per day (red in the chart). --43 new COVID deaths last week, averaging 6 per day (dark gray in the chart). --255 COVID hospitalized patients in serious condition (dark purple in the chart). --166 COVID hospitalized patients requiring intubation in order to breathe (light purple in the chart). https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/ Here's where Thailand was pre Songkran by comparison: March 26 to April 1:

Never good to be a Beger in Thailand.... ????

Here's a legitimate source for the latest version of the app: https://troypoint.com/cinema-apk/ Been working great on my Fire TV and Android TV devices, except for the subtitles issue raised by the author of this thread.