jackdawson

great bust

tough way to to earn (just) 300 U.S. though

thx for the info nancy . i will inquire at Bangkok Bank . the fees i am paying (150 baht to thai bank and maybe $5/$10 per withdrawal on my US accounts) are just sick .

thx guys .

i'll try to start saving the printouts from the Thai bank ATM machines i use here to get money from my US bank accounts . i'll bring those to Immigration just in case .

i'm retarded paying all those fees but that's how I access my money here .

I have a question.

I am getting ready to move (the) 800,000 baht from the States into my Thai bank account.

I am just about six months away from applying for a new retirement extension. Looks like next year I will switch to the "800,000 baht in the bank" method as opposed to the "65,000 baht a month embassy letter" method I've used for the past two years.

I (think I) know one only needs three months seasoning but since I can't imagine living anywhere else in the world (right now), I am going to bring the cash over early. You know, safe not sorry.

My question is once the money's at Bangkok Bank, do I have to do any periodic withdrawals and deposits (to show that I am actually using / spending that money) or can I just leave it alone (which I'd prefer to do).

thx

Jack

i like that ; paying $2,300 a month and wanting to use songtaews

sure . history shows = (always) boom and best . now when ? who knows ?

Did it make you want to visit

the boxing?

no

well at least progess is being made there ; they've put up a metal fence and it looks like they r demolishing the building

tons of stuff , low- and high-end, on lang suan which if u walk eastward on the soi ur staying on towards the villa market u will come out on

i am lo so and only go for the street food there = some of the / maybe the best fried chicken i've had

if it's the same cold meat i get at the deli ( gai tamada ) it is the absolute bomb (delicious) and (just so u know) does NOT taste like "regular" bologna

i will continue to get the "regular" stuff , though (i.e., w/ out spring onion)

bruce who ?

"Abdullah reportedly told staff yesterday that DTAC had no need to keep

exchanging punches with TrueMove"

other than the "need' to stay in business

i don't get it . how can u not like fried rice (kao phad), an omelette (kai jeeow) , fried chicken (gai tawt) or dumpling soup (gee ow nahm) ?

2nd floor ploenchit center has an outdoors store too

walked by walen last night and, looking up at the Times Square Building, noticed all the lights were burning and the classrooms were packed.

Guess the word is out.

On the board I could see "big fish eat little fish" (bla yai gin bla lek) (now is that so hard?)

guess i should set up one my girls selling hot coffee (or something stronger) to all those candle burning "students"

that was a good read

and from what i can tell (which is nothing)

pretty much how it works around here

He served his country well.

He was lucky he got to be PM considering his party is / was consistently outpolled (in large numbers) by the opposition.

He didn't start the madness of March-to-May 2010 but under his watch it was ended (as it needed to be).

Economically, Thailand became just about the fastest growing country in the world under his leadership. It's currency stregthened versus the US dollar by 30% (or more), construction, tourism, and manufacturing are booming and there's basically a job in this country for anyone who wants one.

That, my friends, is a record you can tell your grandchildren about.

someone told me the girls who walk around the perimeter of lumphini park starting at about 9:30 pm know of one or more cheap places either on rama iv or sathorn

u could ask them (ruu jahk rong raam bai short time mai?)

my friend said some of them r pretty friendly

this is precisely why i drink beer ; it comes in it's own glass.

getting new, new new and new every week

yeah , i hate that

but then new introduced me to her friend noi

the fees suck like all fees do but they DID build that airport

awesome ; anyone got the number for MA ?

Never buy a condo here - you will lose big $.

god , i wish i had said that

nice area (lang suan) but like THE most expensive in BKK in which to live

compared to, say, yazoo city, miss. , it's a lot of fun