BeastOfBodmin

This won't end well.

I'd add their vaccination record to the mix. Edit: Have they given up naming the COVID-19 variants?

"Ketchup is a vegetable!" - Frank Zappa (throwaway remark) For the Big Ag(g)ro lobby, for them the worst case is they just have to wait a few years for the next White House occupant to take the throne. If they do the proper prep they can make it illegal to ban known poisons from the food chain.

I wonder who these guys work for?

It's gone up and down a few times this Millennium: United States federal government credit-rating downgrades. I don't know who was in power at those times.

Is it also planned that, once they get their ducks in a row, this digital wallet scheme will be used as a vehicle for the "Digital Baht" aka CDBC? Apparently the wallet prevents the currency from being spent on certain items and in certain places.

This is news?

I didn't find this mentioned in the thread, so apologies if this was already covered. As far as "pension income" is concerned, it seems you only need to show a regular transfer from an account in another country to your Thai account. Is that correct? No need to prove it is from a state pension or occupational pension?

Same here. I have never had a problem as far as I am aware. However, these transactions are automatically flagged and US.GOV gets to know about them.

You'll still suffer a painful walletectomy on both the spread and/ or the fees. Use Wise, Revolut, currencyfair, xe.com or a host of other firms which specialise in currency conversion and transfer.

Sending over USD 10K (or equivalent) has been an automatic flag for decades (yep, not inflation-adjusted). Of course, it's for our own good and is definitely not a way to keep tabs on innocent transactions. But I digress. If you were to try to send multiple amounts less than or equal to USD 9999, that is spotted too and is known as "layering", which might attract more attention. It seems the Thai banking system's guidelines make people look criminals on occasion, doesn't it?

You can use Wise. It's not just for USA use. Wise is registered in the UK. As far as I know, the only outfit that matches Wise for [insert favourite government-issued toilet paper name here] to THB is Revolut. Getting THB out of the Thai banking system as efficiently is another matter (for example, Wise won't let you do this). I can feel a new thread coming on...

Yes you can. Split it into two if you must. I can't think why immigration would not be happy with a Wise transfer. Print out or screenshot the Wise proof of transfer and take it with you if you are nervous.

The marketing tells you they are "disposable" blades, which is why they are "cheap". I haven't run the numbers for years, but doesn't the same goes for canned lather versus brush, dish and soap?

Nice tip! I was aware of using a strop for disposables (to an extent you're just cleaning the blades). I didn't put 2 & 2 together and think of using it on my Feather DEs. I now have a use for that old leather belt, and an excuse not to look for replacement screws for the buckle. Daren't use my hand. Eventually I'd strop the wrong way, flay myself, immediately get soap in the wound, etc.