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  1. Mango, thank you for this thought provoking post and question. After reading thru all the silly, hostile, off-topic reactions, this is my answer. I feel much safer living in Pattaya than where I used to live, Silicon Valley, California. USA has caused far too much trouble, and is set for blowback. Short of all-out nuclear war, Thailand could be a relatively safe refuge. Down Under could be safer.
  2. Thank you sir. I may do the same. Did you have any tech problems paying the Embassy fee online? Did your attorney deal with the thailandpost website that is mostly in Thai?
  3. My sentiments exactly Mr. Jarvis. I’m currently stumbling through this unexpected, unwelcome new process. It’s been no picnic so far and I’m deep into the weeds of tech, my nemesis. Full disclosure: As an American citizen, I don’t appreciate my government excluding me from our embassy for this service. Instead we are now forced to do their work for them, and pay for the privilege. If only I had been trained to do this work…. But at 77, it’s a little late. End of rant. I have made some progress. The helpful Thai guy in an internet shop did some printouts. I even made it thru the Form Filler and got it printed. But today another tech roadblock. My plan is to do something positive each day. Gotta move this forward now. My passport expires in October. Sure hope US government stays open. Today my plan was simple, I thought. I wanted to sign up on the thailandpost.co.th website. Then maybe I could meet the challenge of making the first online payment of my life. I do have a Bank of America debit card. But first, the sign up…. Well, all I can say is the thailandpost website was a complete disaster. Where is the English? I hit the English button so many times, only to get a mishmash of languages, most of it in Thai. I tried a few searches. “ courier pass back” was my best try. Search result: “ Sorry, There is no information support your selected language! “ So that was my dead end, doom loop today. Tech makes me feel so stupid. Appreciate any help.
  4. Many years ago I was driving alone when a song I’d never heard before started playing on the car radio. Before the song finished, I had to pull over and stop as I was in tears. “Mothers, Daughters, Wives” by Aussie folksinger Judy Small, is IMHO the greatest antiwar song.
  5. Sure hope you are right. I just registered using my Bangkok Hospital (in Bangkok) HN number. Sadly my number starts with 01, not the 02 suggested by the BHP registration site. I am prepared to be eliminated from their queue again.
  6. But is this still only for former patients at BHP; not for patients at any other Bangkok Hospital?
  7. Horrible sights Sunday and today as all the old shade trees are being ripped out by the roots and destroyed. Makes me sick.
  8. Pattaya International Hospital.
  9. Sounds good. Which hospital please?
  10. Well, I had nothing to do today, as usual, so to get out of my room and get some exercise, I hiked a couple of kms. out to BHP, where I had never been. My hopes were not high, as I had read about their vaccination offer being only for their former patients. But I had my plastic patient cards from Bangkok Hospital (in Bangkok), where my Aetna insurance policy covered two ear surgeries costing 30,000 baht; and from Bangkok Hospital HuaHin, where I had some dental work done. I hoped that maybe dragging my 74-year-old unvaccinated body into BHP might possibly get me a vaccine appointment.... Uh, nope Well, I got out of my room and got some exercise.
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