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Good news, thanks for that!

I'll be getting them but how much are they charging?

I'll be in Pattaya next month and i'd like to buy a 3 month course of Champix, do youy need an appointment at BKK Pattaya hospital or is it a walk in type of clinic?

I know it's a bit cheeky but if i need an appointment could someone be kind enough to supply a contact number on here, i have looked on the hospital website but can't find anything useful?

Expect the unexpected and you should do alright!

I found this site a couple of years ago and found it useful a few times since then,

http://www.diynot.com/

always worth a try!?

^^I read the same!

^^^Trawler, have you done this because i looked into doing the same thing but the page on the Garmin website for the Thailand chip would never work, i also called a few dealers and was told that they couldn't get it either!?

I got one from Pantip plaza last september, i can't remember what make or model at the moment but i'll find out tomorrow and put the details up here.

Poor little sod, RIP !

Just to confirm and put the OP's mind at rest I got my 1 yr non-o from Hull last week as I am in the UK at the moment. Sent it on Wednesday and received it back Friday using over night special delivery (about £5 each way). This is my 4th consectutive non-o and my purpose of visit was 'visiting friends' as it has been every other time.

No questions asked and no problems - I think we are pretty lucky to have this available in the UK from what I gather speaking to friends of different nationality.

Can i ask how long between the visas, were they back to back?

I'll be applying for the same soon

A week before our wedding, the doctors found a tumor on my wife's spinal cord that needed

immediate surgery. This canceled our Thai ceremony but since I already had the plane tickets I went to be

with her in the hospital. I had already deposited Sin Sod into her bank account (around $7500 US that I'm

still paying the loan for). We decided to leave it in her bank until we could reschedule the wedding.

After her recovery my wife was able to come to the USA and on the very day she left Thailand, her mother had a

fainting spell and was diagnosed with diabetes. Now my wife feels incredibly guilty for leaving her parents

to live in the US. My wife is 29. Her parents are in their early 50's and the dad runs a noodle stand business.

They have some land and rice farm.

My wife was feeling worried about her mom and wanted to go to the hospital with her. After we received the

advanced parole I sent her home to see her mom for 10 days. After my wife came back I found out that they

never actually went to the hospital but her mom was taking some pills for her condition. I also found out that

she gave the Sin Sod money to her mom without us having a Thai ceremony.

Now my wife is working part time at a Thai restaurant and is obsessed with buying her parents a new house. They

already have a house but it seems their old house has a termite problem. She would like to save 600,000 baht for this.

This is in addition to the 10,000 baht I have been sending every month. This means she would be saving most of

her paycheck and tips for her parents instead of contributing to our household. I am by not means rich and could

use the help. My wife is extremely emotional about the issue of helping her parents. If I try to talk it through

with her I will get crying, silent treatment, and flat out anger. Not one word can be said against her parents. She tells

me I married a Thai and have to accept this. I suggested buying some rental property and giving to her parents for

residual income, or buy another noodle stand for her brother to make money and ease the burden on us. NO, only a

new house could save her parents.

My wife has many wonderful qualities, but I feel that my she is the victim of her mom's manipulation. This guilt is

putting a lot of strain on our finances. How the hel_l to deal with this...

Thinking while in the shower earlier today, why do we have to wash towels when all we use them for is to dry our nice freshly cleaned body?

My usual routine is to use a towel once and the next time i shower using it a second time to stand on while using a fresh one to dry off again.

How many times do you normally use a towel before washing it or for some people i have encountered on my travels how long until you burn a stinky towel before you buy a new one?

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Hello to all on here been reading for a bit and thought i'd join in!