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Which is why you use a motorcycle if living in Chiang Mai.

Which is unenforced out in the rice-field boondocks of rural ❤️ Thailand.

Apples don't fall far from the tree.

Or CIA assets.

You forgot nose-hair tweezers.

I suggest heading for Antarctica as it may be the only place on earth not affected. But then again, maybe not.

I'm not going anywhere. If the US and the West finally provoke a war with China - I'm staying. My family is here. However, ardent China-haters probably should have a "go-bag" as well as giving their Western embassies their contact information so you'll be informed when the flights begin to leave Thailand. US generals seem to be promising war with China in the next 5 years. Better have a "go-bag."

They will just take it to the bottom of the ocean and that will be that. If they can't enforce hull integrity on a corvette, then they'll sink the sub in no time flat for sure. It takes discipline to set out to sea. The HTMS Sukhothai fiasco tells you everything you need to know about discipline in the Thai navy. Status-conscious Thai officers who acquire their commissions by virtue of their wealthy families don't necessarily make good commanders. Speaking as ex-USN. Been there, done that. And I don't see any purpose to a Thai sub program as there is no national security reason for it. Who are they defensing against? Rhohinga boat refugees?

No duhhhhh. Ya'll finally figuring that out. Minds as sharp as tacks, this lot.

Virtually every Tambon in Thailand has one, two, or more schools - almost all of which were closed over the years. Thai kids now have to get up early, travel a long distances to the now overcrowded schools, and enjoy their uniform Thai indoctrination program posing as education. Thailand needs to overhaul their education system, hire a new breed of teacher to teach STEM like in Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Indian schools, and challenge their students to learn. Try taking that 10,000 THB per adult payout for voting the current party into power and earmark it for educational reforms. Otherwise Srettha is just blowing hot air.

Which is why some Thai banks won't open accounts for US citizens.

No - my wife has an ITIN which is the equivalent of a SSN but for non-US citizens. I need her ITIN when filing US taxes.

Yep. You really over-reacted OP. This is just the way of it now.

It's been that way for a number of years. It's the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) which every country in the world was told to accept (or face sanctions). It's not BKK Bank. You'll find the same at any other bank you attempt to open an account at. That's the "benefit" of holding a US Passport my friend.

The same thing I think about men with tattoos.

What did the Thai doctor ask for? 2 million THB? Ms. Inder needs to ask for 2 million THB and criminal assault charges just like the Thai female doctor did with the violent Swiss idiot with a bad temper. Ah - but then you find the difference between being a Thai national and a foreigner. The issue with the Thai doctor was in the media for weeks; this assault on the foreigner woman will be made to disappear in two days. Watch!

That's sort of indicative of a patriarchal society where women are second-class citizens. I can just see it from a male Thai policeman's perspective - "You know - its ok to slap around an assertive woman for not deferring to a Thai man. Everybody knows that right? Just go make nice with the tailor and don't press the issue or maybe things don't turn out so well of you, woman!" Yeah - DO push the issue Ms. Inder. Thais who are unable to constrain their tempers and lash out violently, especially men slapping around women, need to be held to account for their criminal assaults on others. Too bad we'll never know how this is resolved as it will be memory-hole within 48 hours.

Three months considering I was living in the Thai section of town in a Thai apartment with Thai people. I integrated pretty quickly.

Until the day before the debates if you said Biden had cognitive issues you'd be called every name in the book. A day later and 72% of the country is saying the same thing. Hate to tell you this but Biden's dementia didn't happen over one night. So how do people fool themselves into not believing what their own eyes could tell them if the bothered to look. Instead? You let the talking heads on cable new tell you not to believe your eyes and that old Joe is as chipper as a 20 year old. No - the guy is suffering from advanced old age and dementia and is a national security risk. He shouldn't even be serving out the remainder of his term no less running for another four years. Both Trump and Biden suck. Neither should be running.

Four more years! Four more years! Goooooooooo Brandon! Hang in there Joe - I want you to stay in the race. Show those doubters that your not a quitter.

Too expensive plus I prefer Asian gals anyway. More bang for the buck <pun intended>.

Not an upscale establishment.

Color me surprised. Don't they all? This is part of the Thai underground sex-scene for Thai patrons which the farangs who clamor about those awful "Sex-Pats" don't grasp because they have never lived in predominately Thai community doing the stuff that Thai men do. Got to get out of your gated communities and go slumming Thai-style. It's an interesting sub-culture and rather fun - well, back in the day. Too old to really care now. Been there, done that.

Thanks for the replies!

I figured it out. It's a Quick Charger/Power Adapter 5V/2A. I use it for charging an old Oppo A37 that I keep around as a spare as well as charging a couple of Bluetooth speakers and headphones that I have. USB Type A to USB micro. I've found a couple on Lazada. @OneMoreFarang Lots of cheap fakes out there claiming to be original VOOC brand. Actually I may just go to an Oppo kiosk the next time I'm at Big C and just buy on original. But I need to replace my wife's which is getting hot (cheap knock-off). Wife doesn't grasp safety over price so I've got to do this myself.