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Trumpty-Dumpty sat on a wall Trumpty-Dumpty had a great fall All the king's horses And all the king's men Couldn't put Trumpty back together again

Al Jazeera is a reputable news service. Of course they can't have discussions involving the GOP propaganda, similarly to how they won't have Ukraine/Russia discussions with the Russian talking heads. You obviously need to focus on the opinion stations, like Fox news, newsmax, etc for what you're looking for.

I think the title says it all, but after just arriving from Canada the situation here is ridiculous. Clearly you wouldn't want to carry it with you, but what about shipping it?

More details about the ATM would be helpful. What bank owns the machine? Is it standalone or attached to a bank, 7/11 etc. I had this happen in Indonesia and went to the bank when it opened and got the card back. There should be a phone number on the atm machine to call too.

I really don't want to know what you use that for...????

Just get an unlimited sim and put it in your phone and use it as a hotspot. 400 baht a month for DTAC, I'm sure there are equivalents from AIS, etc. Especially convenient if your phone has 2 sim slots. If not, use a cheap phone...

Wow. Women could be in there for hours...

Had to look it up: May 2022 – UNODC-SMART: Emergence of “Happy water” in Southeast Asia BANGKOK, Thailand – May 2022: On 30th May 2022, the UNODC SMART Programme launched its annual report on “Synthetic Drugs in East and Southeast Asia – Latest Developments and Challenges 2022” in Bangkok, Thailand. The report provides an overview of the latest methamphetamine, “ecstasy”, and NPS trends in the region, highlighting recent changes in the manufacture, trafficking, and use of synthetic drugs. In addition to new substances emerging on the illicit drug market in the region, the emergence of a new drug product was noticed, sold under the street name of “Happy water”. The product is typically sold online through social media as well as in entertainment venues in liquid or powder form and consumed dissolved in water or other drinks. “Happy water” products may contain a range of different psychoactive substances in varying combinations and concentration. “Happy water” samples seized recently in Thailand, for example, contained MDMA, methamphetamine, diazepam, caffeine, tramadol, and ketamine. https://www.unodc.org/LSS/Announcement/Details/0f57ddbe-01dd-481c-af78-0bc494c84a53

So much for the Thai plan to attract tourists by having legal weed. It will soon be legal almost everywhere.

There's a betadine ointment I use religiously. Last jar I bought was 110 baht for 50 grams. This stuff is magic. I don't use bandaids anymore. Just put a bit of this in the small cuts a couple of times a day and a few days later all healed.

+1. I've used this guy for decades with no problems.

Look in a mirror. There you are. Problem solved.

It used to be that only Asean countries driver's licenses were accepted in Thailand. All the others would be invalid and get you fined, and maybe the bike impounded. It would be good to know if this has recently changed. You may be lucky and just be able to show your British license and get a Thai license without a test. The written test(when I took it) was a joke. Many questions had the wrong answers marked as being correct. If this is still the case, there are sample questions out there, with the wrong answers marked the way they score them, so get those and memorize the answers. I studied the actual driver's license study book and got a couple wrong when I answered as the study book said.

Thanks for the input. I had true before and was not pleased with their service. I'll pick up a 1 month 50 baht at the airport and then get a 1 year later. Perusing a bunch of threads here shows a monthly sale on 9/9, 10/10, so hopefully there will be one on 11/11.

One more thing I neglected to add, which carrier has the bsst service around Pattaya?

I've been away for too long and my Thai sim card has expired. Flying in in a couple of weeks and need long term internet, 6 months or longer. I will be using my phone as a hotspot when in my residence. I see two issues, 1 being that I need a phone as soon as I get in, and the other is the long term unlimited. Should I pick up a tourist sim at the airport and then order an additional sim on lazada or elsewhere, or can I get a reasonably priced unlimited sim at the airport? From what I've seen the lazada prices are much better than the airport prices. Please correct me if this is wrong. Thanks in advance for any insights.

Lightyears are a measure of distance, not time. Reminds me of Hans Solo in starwars when he said he did the run from xxxx to yyyy in zzz parsecs. Parsecs are distance too. They must have done it to show Hans wasn't so bright.

Just took a look at the first 2 episodes of Shantaram which recently dropped. Looked like it might be a bit cheesy but I'm quite impressed so far. Almost feels like you're watching a movie. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429087 A heroin addict incarcerated for a robbery escapes prison and reinvents himself as a doctor in the slums of Bombay; his ties to the crime underworld there lead him to Afghanistan, where he partners with a mob boss locked in a battle with Russian criminals.

Sorry, no lineup for business class. You're still 9n the back of the bus?

You missed my point. I don't care if it's the cheapest onward flight, as it will be canceled shortly anyway. It's a valid, temporary ticket that satisfies all the requirements and costs absolutely nothing. You do need a credit card, of course. And as I said in my first post, some people are dense...

People are so dense about this topic. I've flown in with a return scheduled 6 months later. Occasionally the airline requires a return/onward ticket within a shorter time period. If that happens, I leave the counter, book a flight on Expedia where you have 24 hours to cancel for most flights(indicated when you select a flight), and return to the counter and proceed. After I'm through there and at the gate, I cancel the Expedia flight. No costs, no problem. And if immigration asks, you now have the canceled Expedia ticket to show. I do show up to the airport an hour earlier to allow enough time to do this if necessary.

A good example of why one should rent, not buy a condo. Much easier to get out of this kind of situation. You obviously need to move. Hopefully it won't cost too much to extricate yourself from this situation.