Dean1953

I called AT&T yesterday and, as I have a payoff amount of $488 on the IPhone, they won’t unlock it. I’m not sure if I’ll have time to go to MBK. I’ll try to find someplace in Chiangmai to get it unlocked. Failing that, I’ll bring my Samsung Galaxy S7 that is unlocked and use it. I just need someone to replace the broken screen first.

I’ve got 5 hours between flights from Singapore to BKK and BKK to CNX on a Saturday morning, early afternoon. I might go to MBK. If not, I’ll use my Samsung Galaxy S7 phone that is unlocked.

I have an IPhone 11 with AT&T that I want to use while in Chiangmai in September and October. In order to get a local SIM card to work in it, does the IPhone have to be unlocked? If it does, how hard is it to find someone in Chiangmai to unlock it? In case I can’t get it unlocked, I’ll bring my older Samsung Galaxy S7 which is definitely unlocked to use.

Thanks Dr tree love. I have no problem buying smaller trees. I won’t be moving back permanently to my house until the summer or fall of 2026, after my son graduates from high school. I’d prefer to have mature trees by then in my yard. Hopefully, I’ve got planting coconut trees out of my system. I have a 50% rate of failure on them. I’ll post pictures of my yard when I get there on 3 September. I have no set plan for type of trees, so any suggestions would be helpful. I do have a sprinkler system for the yard to take care of trees during the dry periods. My neighbor will check on it and knows how to set it. I’ll be there for 2 months and will do what I can to help the trees along. Thanks!

I have Plan A and B. I arrive at BKK at 8:30 AM Saturday, September 3rd. All flights from BKK to CNX are the same economy class, except Thai and Bangkok Air offer 20 kilos baggage allowance. I purchased Thai Airways. I assume that I can get through immigration/customs in 45 minutes and be at checkin for my flight at 9:30-9:45 AM. If they charge me 1,560 baht for my 26 kilo excess baggage, I’ll pay it. If it is considerably more than that, I’ll take 3 kilos out of 1 bag and check it. The bag with 26 kilos will go to the train station to be shipped. I should get back to BKK with 90 minutes to clear security and get to my gate.

The amount of luggage that I usually take to my house to leave used to have me take the train, even though I can’t get any sleep. Then, I usually spend a day or two in Bangkok at a hotel hear the train station. I’d drop my bags off at the train station the day before I flew to Chiangmai. Then, on arrival, I’d stop by the train station (on the way to my house in Bo sang) and get the bags. It’s not that expensive, maybe 300 to 400 baht for 1-2 bags. I’ve never gone from the airport on the air link and get off to get on the MRT to the train station. It looks like it would take an hour each way, hauling at least 1 suitcase that way, which would be a hassle. I’ll check in as soon as possible on September 3rd, maybe 4.5 hours in advance. If the cost turns out to be 1,000 to 1,200 baht, I’ll pay it and avoid the hassles. If it’s closer to 3,000 baht, I’ll do Plan B.

Are they open on Saturday?

Thanks. I’ll have my Thai neighbor call them to see what they have and prices

I’m flying from the U.S. with 2 checked and 1 carryon suitcase and a backpack, at full, allowed weight limits. I needed to buy a ticket from Bkk to CNX that wouldn’t charge me an arm and a leg for the 2 checked bags at 23 kilos apiece. I wouldn’t touch Thai air Asia or Viet jet. I went with Thai smiles because they give you 20 kilos free The 26 kilos that I’ll have to pay for is 50 baht per kilo, coming to 1,300 baht, which is reasonable. Otherwise, I’d be taking the train, or at least having the bags shipped by train while I fly.

I’ve been to the market near Tesco many times and have bought trees, usually small, from them. I’ve also been to a location near the San Kamphaine hot springs, that sells mature trees for a lot less. Since I don’t live at my house and rely on renters to make sure that my lawn sprinkler system is working, several trees died when my last renter wouldn’t let anyone on my property to do repairs to anything. I’m spending 2 months (September 3-October 31) at my house to do repairs and get landscape ready for my permanent move back in 4 years. This includes buying 5=7 trees and some plants. I don’t know if that place near Hot Springs is still open, but if anyone can tell me if it is not not, I’d appreciate it. Or, if anyone knows of another place in a 60 mile radius of the city that sells trees (and delivers and plants them), I’d appreciate that.

I’ve got from September 5 to October 31 to get my dental work done. It’s probably my second priority, behind seeing if a house that my wife inherited in Hong Dong is worth fixing. From what I understand, it doesn’t have much of a roof. I’ll have to find someone to work on it or a recommendation here because two of my wife’s friends won’t go near the house because they think that it’s haunted by her ex husband, who died in the house. I get into Chiangmai on September 3, a Saturday. Monday morning, I’ll work first on getting a Dental appointment, then go by the house, preferably with a builder, to see if it’s worthwhile fixing

I’ll be over for two months, primarily working on my house and a house that my wife recently inherited. I’ve had a lot of work done at a local University Dental clinic in the Kansas City area over a 3 year period. I thought that I was going there to have a tooth replaced that was knocked out by a kick back from a board on a table saw. They ended up eventually replacing the tooth with an implant, but not before pulling 2 wisdom teeth, removing 3 inlays that I had done in Bangkok 15 years ago. They all had cavities, so they wanted to crown them, after drilling out the cavity and filling the tooth. After 3 years, I had had 2 students work on my mouth and lots of retired Dentists. The problem is the new retired Dentists wanted to do root canals on all 3 teeth and I didn’t because I didn’t think that the roots had died. Last summer, while flossing, I managed to pop out the largest filling and after one visit last fall, the Dental school wanted to do an implant, which I had I also refused. I just need a recommendation for a competent Dentist that can do inlays and crowns. If they can’t replace the filling that popped out, I’ll have the Dentist clean the area towards the back of my mouth (there is a rod sticking out of the hole now that was put there to stabilize the filling) and leave the space vacant, as long as it doesn’t get infected. I have a Thai friend that can translate for me, so it doesn’t necessarily have to be a clinic that caters to foreigners. Thanks!