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  1. gargamon
    In a country so disorganized, it's hard to see how they would do this. Every credit card/ATM withdrawal will need to be correlated to a unique individual. Do they expect visa/Mastercard to track it for them? Good luck with that.
  2. gargamon
    That's what I alluded to in the OP, and @Sheryl also mentioned. When you leave without a reentry permit, your visa is no longer valid. You have to get an NR-O on which you can then get a yearly extension based on retirement. I may need a short vacation outside Thailand to accomplish this.
  3. gargamon
    People still use cell phones? Wow.
  4. gargamon
    I'm not really concerned with a potential increase in the amount required to be kept in a local bank. As I age though, I like to keep stuff as simple as possible, and this could simplify the yearly venture to immigration. I could use an agent. I will save that for when I can't do it myself.
  5. gargamon
    My yearly “retirement visa“ expires in February. The lines at immigration are terrible then. I'm beginning to consider trying to work out a way to change it to a more reasonable date, like July or August. I could let it expire and restart the process with the tourist/NR-O/retirement path. Or maybe when I renew this time I could get them to make it expire in July. Any ideas?
  6. gargamon
    Pay from your phone with a QR code. No change. Problem solved. Does 7/11 take QR codes for payment?
  7. gargamon
    Pay from your phone with a QR code. No change. Problem solved.
  8. gargamon
    Siri or Alexa reporting home and then Apple or Google or Amazon selling the info that you're looking for gutters. Obviously. The first thing I do with a new device is disable those audio assistance services. Everything within earshot is transferred back to the provider. 24/7/365
  9. gargamon
    This conversation is about the US. Other countries are irrelevant. Trump was president, therefore everything that happened on his watch is his responsibility. Same as they're doing to Biden today. Maybe if Trump handled covid better, it wouldn't have been so bad. Regardless, Trump killed the longest period of expansion in US history.
  10. gargamon
    It only took Trump a couple of years to destroy Obama's “longest economic expansion on record“ due to his mishandling of COVID. Looks like it only took Biden and his team a couple of years to get it back on track. With the declining inflation, interest rates, etc., it should look good for Biden by November.
  11. gargamon
    I'm not the one that needs to disprove your nonsense. Obviously you can't backup your numbers, as expected.
  12. gargamon
    You're obviously pulling these numbers out of your a$$. None are close to accurate. Obvious right wing nonsense. Better get a link or two to justify your idiotic numbers.
  13. gargamon
    Nope, not kidding. You posted some fiction and posted a link that supposedly proved your post. Obviously you weren't expecting anyone to actually check the link and see that you were posting nonsense. Bye-bye
  14. gargamon
    Post something accurate and you won't have any problems with me... OTOH...
  15. gargamon
    Try and get your scare mongering story correct when you post. Here's the pic from the news article you linked to. Last time I checked, helium wasn't nitrous oxide.
  16. gargamon
    Come on. It's obviously the devil's weed (or more likely crystal meth).
  17. gargamon
    It can depend on what Thai bank the money is going to. Last time I checked the 3 “fast“ banks were Bangkok, SCB, and Kasikorn. Others can take more time.
  18. gargamon
    I've used wise to transfer funds from banks in both Canada and the US. The US transfer was easy. The Canadian one, not so much. I wouldn't blame wise for that but I would blame the Canadian banking system. They were probably right. Try to avoid the interac method.
  19. gargamon
    That's so funny. Why would anyone fly a third tier airline like air Canada when they can fly Eva? 13 hours is about right for non stop. YVR to Taipei is about 11 hours. Taipei to BKK is about 3.
  20. gargamon
    But I'm only charging 1000bt/day. 1500 if you want no safety gear. After all, we need to pay someone to clean up your blood.
  21. gargamon
    Fly business. Lots of legroom. Lie flat bed. Problem solved.
  22. gargamon
    I smell a business opportunity. One could charge Thais an hourly fee to beat up some dumb falang who will obviously need to sign documents saying there will be no repercussions. Then charge the dumb falang 1000bt per day for a series of opponents. Win, win, except for the dumb falang.
  23. gargamon
    I use anytimemailbox.com. Pick the city/zipcode and they'll have a bunch of providers in that area that you can choose. They sub out the processing to smaller shops that normally are shippers with some private mailboxes. The price is dependent on the provider you use. I'm at about $100/yr.
  24. gargamon
    There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. Steven Wright
  25. gargamon
    Yes, please. And you could stop posting too. Please.

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