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Like Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

If you were a woman married to a Thai man you'd be a Thai citizen. Isn't the real question, "When will Thailand dump their openly sexist visa policies?"

Until the World Health Organization declares another "pandemic," most likely The Chicken Plague. Goodbye tourism.

People would take to the streets, the government which disbanded that party would call everyone on the street "Far-Right Extremists," then the police and military would be sent in to bust heads and kill people and round up the masses and ship them off to concentration camps.

I didn't come to Thailand to socialize with farangs. When in Rome...............

All mammals are potential carries.

Yeah - they do hurt and can make you sore for a couple of days.

Heck, I've got rabies vaccine in my refrigerator. Come by and I'll shoot you up for free! Just kidding.

I work with strays and temple dogs as well as having a mangerie of dogs, cats, and birds myself. If you work with animals, nips happen. Even saliva from an infected animal reaching on open sore can cause infection. And although I've been referred to as an "antivaxxer" due to my stance on mRNA vaccines (which I refuse to take until there is about another 5 to 7 years of long-term testing by independent researchers), I do take rabies boosters. The initial vaccination schedule was 5 shots back when I got my first set a whole lot of years ago. It looks as though those guidelines have changed to now be a two shot series on day 0 and day 7. If you get nipped after the initial vaccinations, the shot series consists of a Gamma-goblin shot and three rabies shots about a week apart. I normally get boosted every three years unless I'm nipped or slobbered on around an open wound. Slobber happens more often than nips. Have I seen a person with rabies? No - that would be a dead person. Those who survive rabies, and those are very few people, my guess is that dying would have been kinder. Do YOU need rabies shots? It depends on your exposure to animals which are not yours. If you don't interact with animals, then there is no real need. If you are nipped or bit by a stray - then yes, you need the shots to be safe. The price of rabies vaccines should be under 1000 THB. At my local government hospital I think my shots were around 350 THB. I'd suggest getting shots at a government clinic. If you go to a private hospital get the vaccine costs up-front. By the way - rabies vaccines for our dogs are free annually complements of the government program in our village.

Topical creams don't work. If your doctor says they do - find a different doctor. What does work is a mild bleach solution. Look it up on the internet. Also weekly doses of Itraconazole work but it's a slow process. Look it up on the internet. Oral Lamasil also works and it's a slow process too. Look it up on the internet. Using both oral doses of Intraconazole and a mild bleach solution works for sure. That's a testimonial. Thanks to the US military over half my toenails were infected. All but one in now completely fungus free. I still need to work on that one. It speeds the process up significantly. You can also have the toenail removed and the nail bed chemically destroyed. I've read horror stories about that approach. Look it up on the internet. With everything said - go talk to a doctor (podiatrist). Oral antifungals are hard on the liver and the kidneys and have numerous contraindications. If using that approach you need to do periodic liver enzyme lab workups and possibly kidney function tests. You can get rid of nail fungus, but there is no quick fix - well other then surgery. And even that is not a quick fix.

Seriously bad advice. Immigration moved my extension to stay from March 2025 to January 2025. That would have been quick ticket to an overstay. On the positive side, I'm now going to do my annual Extension Based On Married in December 2024 in case Immigration decides to start requiring farangs to present a completed Thai Tax Return after Jan 1st 2025 as a new requirement. Not that I'm worried about the possible Thai taxes or a requirement to file as that is still as clear as mud. If forced to file they end up paying me back all the money they deduct from my bank account (15% of earn interest). But it's just an extra paperwork shuffle I'd rather not do. I'd rather kick back and see what everyone else does in 2025.

I'm going to change the number next week. Just a question about mobile banking. I've read replies about changing the passport number at my bank (SCB) but I'm a little confused about how that will affect my mobile banking. What affect will changing the passport number at my bank (SCB) have on my mobile banking if any? Also I have accounts at two SCB branches: on in Lamphun and on in Chiang Mai. Will I need to change at both branches or just one branch?

Have any of you posting this fear mongering actually worked out your personal exemptions or looked at your Dual-Tax Agreement from your home countries? I see a whole lot of fear and very little thinking.

At 72 I fully expect to be pushing up daises (actually cremated and dumped into a river) within 10 years. I actually give it less than 10 years - more likely between now and 2029 for the US and it's NATO friends to provoke a multi-front war which will include a hot-war with China. Then the expats here who openly express their love and full allegiance to there Western countries will be boarding very available flight out of Thailand and urging their countries to send in their militaries to evacuate them before "The Red Chinese Hoards" descend on Thailand. Me? Unless Thailand revokes my extension to stay based on marriage and family, and physically removes me by force - I'm staying right here. Why not - this is where my family is. I have no problems with any of the people from the countries around this world, including the Chinese, Russians, and Iranians, or any one else I'm told I need to hate. Probably because I am a Buddhist and I think developing a common respect, understanding, and compassion for all peoples in this world is in humanity's common interest. Granted - our collective governments make these Geopolitical problems. It's our governments who promote hatred and encourage their citizens to likewise hate their government's chosen enemies (and as you can tell on this forum - the Western-type members do just that). But I know way too much about history to be propagandized by sloganism and government-sponsored MSM hit-pieces on why I have a patriotic duty to my country to hate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese people. And the Russia Federation and the ethnically diverse Russian people. And Iran and the Persian people (especially Shi'a). Sorry - I do my best not to hate even though my tolerance wears thin sometimes for stupid people blathering on about how bad everyone but the "special people of the 'civilized' West" (including themselves) are for the world. Again - I'm a student of history. I study the rise and fall of "empires," their causes, their results, and their eventual collapses. The current empire of "the most exceptional nation" is in collapse. And when empire collapses, they are like a dying elephant - the grasses and waiting carrion around it are thrashed and broken in it's death-throes. So here we are - on the cusp of world war wrought by those in the West who demand fealty to the exceptional hegemon at the end of their guns. And demanding that Thailand (and every other country in the world) is run exactly how those "most exceptional nations" tells them to run their countries - yep it is always, "Do as we say, not as we do - or else!" What passes as "democracy" in the "most exception nations on Earth and their 'golden billion'" is a corruption of true democracy, a joke, they trend toward fascistic totalitarianism, and are but an illusion of true "free democracy". Now OP - regarding Thailand as "communist." They don't look communist to me and I don't see that in Thailand's future although I fully expect Thailand to join the BRICS nations and to leverage the benefits of multi-nodal, multi-polar economic and defense alliances with other BRICS nations in the future. Considering that the "most exceptional nation in the world" has 1/3 of the countries on this globe under sanctions, that's a hell of a motivation to joins The BRICS+. And the "most exceptional nations" want no part in that multi-polar world. They want to rule, and if they can't, they will destroy it all - Just like the analogy of a dying elephant. War is coming - just accept that fact and prepare. If preparation means having a "Go-Bag" and plans to leave Thailand before the bovine excrement hits the spinning blades? More power to you. It's probably best to leave sooner than later as the world is becoming very unstable, and the war - when it comes - may surprise you in it's rapidity. If you don't plan on being here when it arrives, best to leave soon. Like now... I'll wave by the wayside and wish you a bon voyage.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 24 percent of the world’s population is infected with soil-transmitted worms. Infections are most common in tropical and subtropical regions, in particular, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, China, and East Asia. Source: Healthline and WHO

https://www.who.int/news/item/02-02-2018-deworming-every-girl-and-every-woman-has-the-right-to-be-treated https://www.medicinenet.com/how_often_should_you_deworm/article.htm @Lorry "Worms are a very common source of illness for both adults and children, so experts recommend that deworming should be done two times a year, or every six months, beginning at the age of two years. Deworming is the process of eliminating intestinal parasites, such as worms, using medication. In places where soil-transmitted helminths are prevalent, the WHO advises periodic medication treatment to deworm all children. This suggestion is supported by research suggesting that helminths transferred through soil harm children's growth and development, as well as their cognitive growth and future economic possibilities."

By the way - I'm not condoning the practice of dissolving parties or limiting any parties or their candidates access to be on the ballot. Quite the opposite. I'm offended by the undemocratic behavior. I just find the hypocrisy to be quite over-the-top by the US and UK. Now wait for the EU to chime in as well to lecture the brown people in developing nations about "Democracy." You know - it is the "white man's burden" right? Freaking hypocrites.

This sh*te after Rishie (Rich) Sunak got up for an official speech in front of 10 Downing Street to tell the British public that the election of George Galloway was "a danger to British democracy." Then more of the same from the UK government about Nigel Farage and Reform UK and all their candidates were insinuated to equally be "a danger to British democracy." Then they have the gall to issue this pablum: "Pluralism and freedom of speech are central principles of democracy. The dissolution of another major political party in Thailand is therefore a setback for these principles. We encourage all parties to uphold democratic rights and representation." Blah blah blah blah yada yada yada... In the meanwhile in the UK freedom of speech department, Britons are being told they'll face prison time for exercising their right to free speech for sharing videos of the UK riots. Oh - and don't pray on the street. Hell - you can't make this up. It reads better than fiction. So more hypocrisy from the bastions of "Western Liberal Democracy." Remember brown people: "Do as we say - not as we do. Sincerely - your betters in the West."

The country with a two-party duopoly where third-party candidates find it difficult or impossible to get on the ballot, and where the government refuses to supply a presidential candidate with Secret Service protection even after his father and uncle were assassinated, and where the former president is afforded token Secret Service protection leading to an assassination attempt that literally missed by an inch - this country is lecturing Thailand about how democracy works and how all political parties should be respected - even though only two of its own parties are considered to be "official parties and viable to be on the ballots in the US." Thailand is just doing what the US itself does - limiting the potential competition for vote and maintaining the status-quo. Kind of hypocritical, 'eh? Just saying...

US sanctions coming???

Been here 17 years - never had a problem. You must be a Westerner - most suffer from chronic Germaphobia.

Dissolving political parties is about the most undemocratic thing a country can do. It has one purpose - maintain the status-quo and disenfranchise every citizen who supports that party.

No - don't have a joint account. Thanks!

Just got a new passport and I'll be moving the stamps at immigration tomorrow. Do I need to update the passport number at the bank? Just wondering.

That looks slightly higher than those on this thread who are actively cheering for "their own candidates" while throwing shade at their opponents, all the while actually believing that their vote counts for anything - or even their vitriolic opinions about the other candidate being Hitler or Marx or The Black Widow for that matter.