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11 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

Thou shall not take away jobs from local folks.....

Are Burmese and Cambodians also "local folks" ?  They take away many thousands of Thai jobs

14 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Amazes me threads like this exist..... obviously people find asking questions on a forum (and getting 20 different answers) is a far better idea than googling what you want.

If one day you will be as old me me (I am 80) you may also prefer to get the opinion of experienced Forum members

17 hours ago, wmlc said:

Why do you guys even bother? A Tuesday post begging for help and claiming Lazada can sell the same new phone for 30% less. Now Thursday and no hide nor hair of the OP. Typical online keyboard genius ????????????

I don't understand what you mean  :  Forum members warned me to do my homework before buying a cheap version of the Samsung AZ54. After doing so I went to a Samsung shop and let them do the transfer of the data from the old phone. Should I have reported this to the Forum?

I guess you know that Temazepam is a benzodiazepine which makes you addicted /  Zolpidem is easier to stop with / however your doctor should have the last word

I have a 10 year old Samsung smartphone and I plan to buy Samsung Galaxy A54  5G 8/256

On the old Samsung I have 25 Gb (mostly photos) internal data : how can I transfer them to the new Samsung?

If no Forum member can help me then of course I can go to a shop but surprisingly the cost of Samsung Galaxy A54  5G 8/256 is nearly 15.000 Baht 

So I try to buy online from Lazada where the Samsung flagship store charges 13,390 THB and private seller even incredibly lower i.e. 9,373 THB 

Thanks to TallGuyJohninBBK and to Connda

I lived and worked in China about 20 years ago and so I know there are manufacturers of excellent products and fake products which means we must verify what we buy.

Probably the most expensive food supplement is NMN and it is for 90% or more manufactured by Effepharm Shanghai (repacked and resold under other brand names mostly in the USA and UK) : this is an excellent product.

However about my question related to Glycerine with a certificate FCC IV my doubt was right and I copy hereunder the reply I got from a manufacturer in China : I need to by Pharmaceutical Grade and not FCCIV grade

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I have searched many online sources.

From one supplier I bought what I supposed to be a Thai product but I got once more glycine made in China (a quality certificate was added but it was based on the international Food Chemicals Codex of 1999 i.e. FCCIV)

Does any Forum member know where to buy glycine suitable as food supplement for humans?

Thank you !  Can this Teclast T40 also connect to router for internet connections at home ?

What are the cheapest options for a tablet PC which can also connect to the internet ?  (eventually also fit on a separate keyboard)

I think 6 Gb RAM should be OK but which generation so that it can later be updated?

19 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

I tend to agree and I think it goes further than that.  An ex who was not from Bangkok but lived and worked there, knew how to get to work and back, where to buy food and very little else in relation to the geography of the city she'd chosen to live in.  Regionally, she argued with me about Burma, denying it had any coastline.  I had to show her a map to prove it.

I think it was Napoleon who said that "history" are the lies on which everybody agrees (look how history is created during the Donald Trump period)

19 hours ago, transam said:

The weed thing was a bad idea to start with, it is an easy money venture that a huge number jumped straight on the bandwagon.

Anyone with half a brain knows weed shops were a bad idea, as if there weren't enough junkies in LOS as it is.

But, losing their weed shop will be no different to the bars and coffee shops that come and go in short order, with no thought, just borrow and lose by the thousands...????

On CNN the neurosurgeon Dr Sanjay Gupta made detailed reports that unitl now nobody died of overdose cannabis and that it helps a lot of people for pain management (you can find on Youtube under the name "Weed")

I believe cannabis is very damaging for the longs if you smoke it but I see no problem to swallow it / I never touched it but I would like to be availabe in case I am affecting by a long and painful illness.

However I agree also that the business should be strongly regulated.

3 hours ago, superal said:

What is the delivery time from day of the order . My Piping rock vitamins are still in the Bangkok customs , so a total of 19 days plus the trip to my address . How long do your vitamins stay in the Thai customs hall / inspection ? I assume that DHL have an informative tracker .

BTW Piping Rock told me that the eta would be 10 days , when I made my order .

I get my order within 3 weeks and indeed DHL seems to have a fast track

On 5/6/2023 at 5:07 AM, JimmyJ said:

I'm surprised by the above 2 responses, as I have read that it can be difficult simply importing vitamins by mail/DHL etc.

I import vitamins from the USA using DHL :  up to a value of 4000 THB no problems

5 hours ago, Enoon said:

......and use the words "jaw-droppingly stupid" instead?

 

 

I agree /  a few weeks ago I passed on the Chaengwattana express way a car driving backwards (with flashing lights) about 2 to 3 Km further than the exit it had missed...This is a toll road and apparently they did not want to use the next exit and then return...

On 4/27/2023 at 3:19 AM, Dcheech said:

 If you can't win at the ballot box. Nine years ago next month, and here we go again. Garf.

It is a matter of being well organised.  Stalin said the people who vote are not important, all depends on the people who count the votes (as we can notice in the US elections)

7 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Nowhere is the same as 20 years ago….Thailand still, for me at least, offers an easy lifestyle..it’s still quite cheap..rental homes and apartments are plentiful everywhere..houses are cheap to build..the medical system is very good (choose carefully)..to name a few...

medical system is indeed very good if you can afford it or have a good health insurance

13 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Certainly a will is a good idea.

 

Also it's possible if married to have your wife as a silent signatory on the account.

A will does not guarantee instant access to funds. 

In some cases that's necessary. 

 

SCB bank refused "silent signature" of my wife on my account : they will accept only if the account has the name of both of us

17 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

For what's it worth.

At my SiSaKet Imm Office, having done your 1-year extension appliation based on a Non Imm O Visa for reason of retirement, you need to return after 90 days for the 'Bank Balance check'.

But as SiSaket Imm Office also automatically does your 90-day Report when applying for your 1-year extension, you can do both the 90 days Report and the 90 day Bank Balance check at same time. 

Also for that 90-day Bank Balance check they just want to see your same-day updated Bank Pass-book.  This in contrast with the 1-year extension application where they require on top of the Bank Account statement also a 12-month Bank Transactions statement issued by your Bank.  

Did you obtain a confirmation in writing that you showed an updated book : if you just have to show without any trace then they will not remember when you apply again for your next annual extension.

11 minutes ago, ChrisKC said:

I am interested in the "stamp" in the OP. It refers to a retirement "visa" 

 

Also there is no reference to the Immigration Office it is issued at. 

It looks a little mickey mouseish to me

It was issued at Pathum Thani Immigration office and indeed it should be "extension" and not "visa"

There is a new regulation for those with extension based on 800,000 THB in the bank

I have to report to Immigration with update of my bank book in July after 3 months (to check if the 800K are still there) and in October after 6 months (to check if I have still 400K left)

Question : I plan my summer holidays in Europe in July and August : what should I do ?   Did any Forum member had to face this situation?

Thanks to the Forum members who replied.

My extension based on retirement with 2 months money in the bank was accepted (although I/O papers want 3 months for a first application but as I was already in their system with previous extensions based on marriage they made it easy)

I am still married but just tired of the increasing paperwork to get an extension based on marriage.

Until 5 years ago I/O accepted an affidivit supporting by a printout of my government pension / then my signature had to be legalised by the Embassy / then further legalisation at the CW Consular department became necessary etc etc... I am not blaming the I/O who told me how many "fake" declarations of income were noticed the last years by Immigration Head Office.

For more than 10 years I have obtained an extension of a Non Imm-O based on marriage and 400,000 THB in the bank 2 months before the new application (in fact I never touched the money).  Now I want to switch to the less complicated extension based on retirement.

1) on 2 February I increased my bank account to 800,000 THB

2) my previous extensions always ended on 27 April

3) I thought to go now on 3 April to make the application for a "retirement" extension because I have then the 800,000 THB in the bank for 2 months

4) Could I be refused this extension because I/O wants this 800,000 THB in the bank 3 months before the application?  I that case could I apply for a one month extension first (up to 27 May) and then apply for a "retirement extension" after May 2nd?

This is not the place to discuss foreign policy.

One thing has to be said :  every Russian who has money tries to get out of their country 

Already a French aristocrat expressed surprise about this nearly 200 years ago

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