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Born in 2024 will probably all just be called Shim Or she/him/her/them/they whatever the heck it is these days

Well long answer is when you turn 60 your worth 600 baht a month 70 is 700 baht a month 80 is 800 baht a month 90 is 900 baht a month Short answer is not much ???? About the Israel deal as sandy said " It would be delusional to think any government can "protect" it's citizens abroad. " Especially ones that chose to work in a place like Israel

Don't want to be a wet blanket but, What are your plans? I mean how much weight do you want to lose? Do you hope just this injection will achieve that? Sustain that? You want to inject yourself with something designed to manage blood glucose levels and HbA1c in people with type 2 diabetes but use it to lose weight So I am wondering do you plan to also change? Meaning change your diet at all or exercise? Because truthfully these things...all of them, meaning lose weight by taking this pill, injecting this drug, drinking this tea yada yada yada... They all end the same or worse because in the end you actually need to change what brought you to your undesired weight. It is much safer & actually works to change those things. Make the adjustment of calories in or increase the calories out. Good Luck!

This thread & the subject... even if unsure highlights many expats greatest fear. That is the flexible goal posts Does not matter if the subject is about future taxation or the Health Insurance requirements that has been bubbling for years, or even the possible increase in Visa Ext financial requirements. It is the indecisiveness that makes it tough IMO It is this type of tension that is the worst for any expat ????

I would say your not realistic at all if you think your not getting a prostitute as a side girl. You want to pay for sex but dont want a prostitute ???? ok Unlike you Side girls are realistic & know your married, also know what you cannot offer so they are always looking always "working"

That is actually quite amazing in Thailand Because the first question any Thai hospital has before they do anything is ....How are you going to pay?

I guess the easy way is do you have a Thai bank account? "Most" Tourist do not

Ok so Doesn't that just mean 179 days or less then?

Well if I'm honest with myself 180 days a year is about the maximum good days Thailand has per year anyway ....Will have to just skip the smoky/Hot season & part of the rainy season ???? But we were considering buying a new home In Chiang Mai next year & that would be off the table

That would be a tough one...I wonder how you prove it is savings? I think it should be on the other foot...meaning they prove its not. If I say I'm retired & my income is SS & savings & they think otherwise then it is they who need to prove that I mean how do I prove this money of savings? I can of course prove my SS is X amount a month with the US SS verification letter but savings? I have no idea

Good question for a gynecologist ????

Seinfield The Sopranos Breaking Bad Those were great. But to be honest that is when we last watched TV

That would only be extreme if you did it in the Hot season...And Barefoot ????

Exactly! Great post & great attitude ???? Good Luck

I would take the 17 no prob with what year this is. Just happy to skip the first 16 years of life and only have one year left till legal age. It would be the cherry on top if I could take with me what I have learned in this life to that 17 yr old body but if not no prob either ????

Actually it should (if really understood) make people perk up & live the life they want to live. Not put anything on hold. For instance when I told my sister we are in the home stretch I also say even if we had 20 left that would be the home stretch & not much at that. Most of us clearly remember Y2k well that was 23 years ago Knowing this at least for myself it makes me realize while yes maybe we live once (not sure about that ???? ) but for sure we dont live forever so lets not waste our homes stretch . Instead lets LIVE

My sister is 70 & I always tell her we are in the home stretch ...but she continues to work at a medical office. I always say isn't there something more you want to do? She says she wouldn't know what t do if she & her husband didn't work. ???? I think its a slave mentality but then again to each their own. But yes OP I agree & tell folks at best reach 83 & I believe that is the number that SS USA uses in max calcs. Because when you do a compare of starting at 62,66 or 70 & they all pretty much wash at 83

Far Left usual BS alert That aside so your saying the flawless past decade of Iron Dome is suddenly faulty? Heck even the JDL is posting here again after almost two years break

This has Netanyahu Black Flag written all over it Israel has had Iron Dome since 2011 never more than a random rocket falling short of populated areas...Now this? Something is as usual in Israel

Oh No We Can't ???? Fool us once shame on you Fool us twice shame on us Fool us a third time? No F'ing Way ????

Well first off we will see what we see come Jan 2024 & if we are caught up in the new tax laws at all but... Fortunately Social Security does provide an Official benefit verification letter to all SS recipients & can be downloaded from your SS account. If worse came to worse that would be proof of what your SS is per month

Well I guess you will find out if that is true once you apply to change your bank Or better yet go ask SCB first But once you decide Use this form & read near bottom about changing banks https://www.ssa.gov/forms/ssa-1199-op107.pdf

May I ask where you "learned" that? The reason that account requires the recipient to physically come in & as you say trans to an account with windows/ATM etc is because if not & the actual recipient dies someone else could continue to drain account monthly. So having never heard of anything changing I wondered where you hear that. I mean I imagine even if another bank was allowed it would have the same restrictions to move the deposit after physical presence proof. I think this is why many still just deposit in the USA then trans if needed. Also because should yo be traveling etc & needed some of those funds in the Thai deposited SS account you could not reach them

Uh Oh...This seems suggestive that when they arrived the door was not locked then ? That aside Thailand was already scrambling to ease the other event of a Chinese national being killed in that mall shooting.

That you spend less than Part B or $170 a month to have insurance in Thailand is quite good. I could go for that ???? But the prices I have seen are more like $3-400 & that will only go up as I age If you mean less than $170 a month for small medical visits etc well yes that is great till/when/if something big happens. In our State the property tax break is better.... 80k off per couple initially then another 80k at 60 & 80k at 70years old My wife & I are athletic/active & love both places a lot. Thailand can be a bit tougher as you said with smog & heat too at times is not great for outdoor sport types. But while living there I would do laps at the pool early on those days & that was great One thing Thailand really has is so much to do etc. I mean the coffee stops alone while out exercising is a real treat for us