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3 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

You'll know as the affected parts lose ALL their fur.

Their ears still have fur , even the cat that is the worst affected.

Good to know that I must keep an eye on toes, heels and tail , but how ? They are so small . On the ears with very short fur they can barely be seen , toes, heels and tail are much furier and rubbing with alcohol will not work there .

What if the cats lick the powder off ?

Bad enough I have to give that expensive toxic <deleted> in the neck once a month.

Mine come with little presents like this too .

Just hoping that they don't get rabies from it.

No lumbs on their body but they are so small, you can't feel them.

They only scratch their ears no obsessive licking of paws or other parts.

I keep their ears clean. Ear mites stay IN the ears and look different and even smaller .

Ivermectin is a covid cure ... and for internal parasites , not external

These are the ones that lurk in the bushes and can give me lymes disease ?

Are they seasonal here in northern thailand ?

I've looked around on the internet for cat lice , cat ear mites and cat ticks , but not many clear pictures. These are very small and are on the outside , fury part of the ear , mostly on the edges.

Ear mites look a bit like these , but stay in the ear canal.

Lice look different and are all over . These are no fleas , those are easy to see,

That leaves ticks ? But ticks are much larger and get bigger sucking blood.

So what are these ? Some typical thai parasite .

Hard to photograph them because they are so small.

I rub them off with rubbing alcohol , but keep coming back.

Zoetis Revolution doesn't keep them at bay for long.

2 hours ago, TigerandDog said:

I get mine the same day I request it AND it's FREE. I go online and login to my bank account and print a 12 months statement myself. The only involvement my bank has is to stamp & sign it when I get my letter.

Now that is clever !

I would try that too ... if I had online banking .

But then again , is it sure my bank would stamp and sign it without getting paid ?

4 hours ago, khunjeff said:

One of the main reasons for collecting biometric information is to make sure that the person in front of the desk is the same as the person in the computer record. They took your prints last year, and they take them again this year and the machine compares them and confirms that it's still the same guy. That's actually exactly how the system is supposed to work.

 

Why they scanned your fingers on two different machines is a separate question. If you applied for a reentry permit in addition to the extension, they probably would have fingerprinted you separately for that (that's what's done at CW anyway). If you only did the extension application and nothing else, I have no idea.

Yes because we all look the same to them ?

In some provinces they do take the fingerprints and some don't .

I only did the extention , nothing more.

I wonder whether they take fingerprints at the airport these days .

2 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

I know where you can buy Forsythia cheap.

Forsythia ?

That's a plant.

16 minutes ago, Scott Tracy said:

I get charged 20 baht for the copy of the current page of the passbook, too. The cost of the bank statements/letter went from 200 to 300 this year.

One way to compensate for the bad loans , I guess.

25 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Yes, I have to order my 12 month statement from Bangkok Bank , takes 3-4 days. Return to the bank to get statement and a letter, make a small transaction and update bank book then off to immigration, this takes all morning.

90 days done online so immigration visit once a year and is only 10 mins away, so all in all could be worse.

 

The photo goes on their paper copy to be filed, often wonder where they store all this paperwork ?? but in the past have received receipts which are on the back of some expats paperwork !!

The number of copies they make is also amazing, no wonder wood is so expensive in Thailand !!

Bank letter in a hour , the 12 month statement 10 minutes . Krungsri bank.

But with the delay to go back to the bank , immi was on their break and had to wait ,

less songtaews back in the afternoon , so more waiting.

Yes Thai have their fetish with signed copies. A copy only costs 50 sat , so no worries.

25 minutes ago, foreverlomsak said:

what hospital letter?

So you're one of the lucky ones ...

I don't even ask if it is a requirement anymore.

Just go and get it , even if it is more risk to go to the hospital these days with covid.

27 minutes ago, WhiteBuffaloATM said:

same with Immigration. its a perfectly logical BUSINESS.with two objectives. One : Humiliation.make “requirements” so awkward foreigners are forced to Agent or forced out the country or left a frustrated angry fearful mess. Two: MONEY. back to One/ Agent………stop comparing Thailand govt. with western customer service & western logic !

 

I don't even know if there is such a thing as agents in my province.

I won't Thai bash , bureaucracy in my western country can be an equal pain in the a.. .

47 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Some of the things you mentioned are common to other IO’s also.

On my annual retirement extension ( done last week ) I also have to produce a 12 month bank statement, this is the 2nd year I have done this in line with some changes made to the financial requirements for retirement extensions.

200 baht for the statement + 100 baht for the bank letter.

Bank book to be updated on the day of extension, I usually withdraw 1000 baht to enable the update to be dated correctly.

 

A webcam photo is normal practice.

 

Only the fingerprinting is something I have not seen before.

Thanks for that , at least now I know the 200 B for 12 month is correct.

For me it was the first time.

Since 2 or 3 years , it did start to change . I did the bankletter usually the day before , before going to the immi in another province , but now it has to be the same day and required to withdraw or deposit something not just a printout .

They really seem obsessed with the 400k/800k. A Baht less and they can throw me out?

Yes webcam is normal , but like the fingerprinting TWICE ??

And why bring a photo , if they use the webcam ?

Not naming the immigration office here , I don't want to poke the Thai elephant and

they were nice and I have nothing bad to say about them.

It's just the logic that I can't understand.

If they asked 2100 instead of 1900 , I wouldn't blink , but an extra 200 for the bank , really bites.

BTW some things you mention are down to you

Really ? What is down to me ?

Yes , that's me , a dangerous foreigner ! They have my prints from last year and my passport has them too , if they can access them.

Unwelcome ?  No they were nice to me . I've had much worse years ago.

It's good to have some alternative in stock , especially if you're uninsured.

Selfmedicating is the only way to go.

Ivermectin is still hard to find . I did some more pharmacies , tell me to try at the hospital .

Hydroxychloroquine (sulfate) is easier to find , called Zyquenil 200 mg . 110 B for 10.

I haven't found prednisolone (a corticosteroid used to treat inflammation).

But these last two can cause serious eye problems , which Ivermectin doesn't .

58 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Joe Rogan, on Joe Rogan...

 

“This is the thing about this whole thing, people being upset at me. … I’m not an anti-vax person. I’m not a doctor, I’m a f***ing moron, and I’m a cage-fighting commentator who’s a dirty stand-up comedian. … I’m not a respected source of information, even for me.”

 

https://deadline.com/2021/09/joe-rogan-covid-test-dave-chappelle-tour-vaccinations-1234825866/

 

 

His influence, whatever little he had, is waning.

It's more the man behind Joe Rogen that I trust.

I'm not going to do the back and forth bickering of these 9 pages.

It's still a free country , so you trust the sources you trust , I'll trust mine.

Researching possible ivermectin sources , it seems it is also used for cats and dogs:

https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/ivermectin

My vet doesn't have it.

The dewormers and anti parasite I use don't have ivermectin in it.

So the question still stands : where to buy it here in thailand ?

Well if it is good enough for a millionair like Joe Rogan , it's good enough for me.
But where to buy Ivermectin if I don't want to buy from the internet .
My vet doesn't have it , but they only do pets not cows and horses.
Go and ask at the local farmer shops where they sell seeds and stuff they spray on fields ? Hard to tell them I have a horse or buffalo .Is there a certain brand name that has Ivermectin in it , that I can ask witout dropping the ivermectin word ?
Two phamacies I asked don't even have hydroxychloroquine and don't sell animal medicine. Luckily zinc and vit D are easy to get . Z-pk (azithromycin) , more expensive .
Soner or later we'll all get exposed to covid , so better be ready with something.

You have to register your pets ?

Why , where and do they chip them ?

So ft writes :

In the 12 months to the end of June, Thailand’s current account deficit was $2.2bn, a “massive turnround” from the $40bn surplus the country reported before the pandemic, said Khoon Goh, head of Asia research for ANZ in Singapore. 

Yet from some news outlets of which kitco:

Thailand bought 43,5 tonnes of gold recently . about 2,5 billion $ ....

https://www.kitco.com/news/2021-05-26/Central-banks-turning-to-gold-again-Bank-of-Thailand-buys-43-5-tonnes-in-April.html

Smart move to buy gold , but with a current deficit ...

Well that answered my question .

This one was killed by a local farmer , 100 m from me , while preparing his field.

So motdaeng , I guess you are bored or just longing for those red numbers again ?

They will be there soon enough .

But yes , when there is no rain for a couple of days the number go yellow.

At least Phrae is not (yet) a covid h-ll hole.

WOW , https://www.cargoshipvoyages.com/ is a disappointing eye opener !

I thought this was the way out for the ones that don't want the so called "vaccines" and won't be able to fly without a covid passport.

Few ship to where I want to go , no pets allowed > I want to take my cats to europe . Takes longer than I thought . Prices are very high , I even wanted to take my thai car with me back , not to drive because that isn't allowed .

So now we have to wait until the chinese silkroad is finished to drive back ?

Bummer !