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Of course your landlord will take your entire security deposit for putting holes in the door. Fyi. My landlords in Thailand always had a key to my apartments. However, you can (and should) use a locking door-knob cover. None of my landlord cared that I used these. In fact, they encourage their use. With your landlord having a key - you don't get locked out when you forget yours (I've done that more than once). You can find these at any key shop in Thailand. ???? In my last apartment I installed a wrought-iron screen door. We lived on the 4th floor of the apartment building and got a nice breeze (no A/C in the rooms - living 100% "Thai" were all of the residents were also Thai). Landlord had no problem as long as she got to keep it when we left. And - the $&^&% still kept the entire security deposit. Just get use to that. Don't bother cleaning your room as they will take it anyway about 95% of the time. But, after installing that door I didn't worry about anyone breaking into the room. It was worth the investment as we lived there for over three years. Rent was less than 2000 THB / month. Door plus installing cost 3000 THB. Average that over three years and it added about 80 THB to my rent if averaged over three years. And it kept us quite cool and comfortable.

Bolt lock for the inside or Bolt lock for the outside.

Up here in Northeast Lamphun I've been following these "doom and gloom" weather forecasts since the beginning of the Rain Season. What do we get. Nada. Light rains the produce pretty much nothing. None of the local rivers and catch-basins are filling. Personally I'd like to see a few real "soakers" because right now this part of the province has serious water issues.

Village classrooms? Nope. Let the commoner peasants use fans.

Go figure. It's the old 'gotta click on the box' trick 'eh?

Go to a Thai Restaurant in the West. Enjoy the ambiance and food. Now - real Thailand? It's everything the Western Thai restaurant wasn't.

It's been awhile since it was 38.84

The OP could just pay and agent to go through the hassle at CW for him. I did that before I left CM as I simply got tired of hassling with the lines and delays at Immigration. That was before they even started building the new place. Just get an agent to go through the hassle - if the OP considers it to be a hassle.

I get along with any and everybody regardless of their ethnicity, race, or nationality. I don't create my opinion of people based on whom our own governments and "leaders" tell us are "good" or "bad." I base my opinion of people based on their actions and the content of their character. I'm neutral with most everyone at the beginning. Trust builds over time. History is littered with examples of genocide, ethnic-cleansing, and pogroms when governments and authority figures tell their compliant public whom to hate and despise as well as why. Any expat who has traveled the world and wasn't brought up with a built-in racial, ethnic, or nationalistic bias should understand that.

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Lymphocyte T-Cell Immunomodulator (LTCI) is a drug that has been approved in the US (2011) for cats with Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) and Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV). It goes by the brand name of IMULAN. I have a 1 year old cat with Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV)/Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV). If I can find this available in Thailand I'd like to give it to my cat. If anyone knows of a distributor or where I can purchase it I would appreciate it.

Unfortunately it needs to be done at CW. Regarding online. Yeah, it can be flaky. But you have 1 full week after your 90 day expiration to get it done. Submit it online and then wait. If the approved form doesn't show up by the last day of the "grace period" you'll need to go to CW on that day. But I'd try online first. I've only had to physically go to Immigration once to process the 90 day due to not getting the approval back in time. Other than that it seems to work quite well.

Use this: Click on "apply" on the bottom left. Use this link to login. I'd suggest using Brave browser of Chromium (Chrome) with this online application. https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login

In Thai they are called mia chow, rental wives. Trust me, Thai men engage in this way more than farangs. Hence the Karaoke bars and shower massages, as well as private clubs. Personally I've never 'groped' a woman before. It's not my style. However, I have 'rented a wife' in the past. And "old men?" The first time I hooked up with a bar girl I was 35. This scene isn't just for 'old men.' These places cater to Thai guys from 20 to elderly in most case. The farang bar scene is an after-though. Japan sounds like a good place for you, however, the bar scene there can be pretty exotic if you get invited in. None of these places are for alter boys.

That works. That really all I want to do - use it for future purchase. I guess I'll open one and send the item back.

That's the only reason. I was going to return an item and it requires a Lazada Wallet for the refund.

Me too. In fact, I simply detest everything Android and 'smartphones' in general.

If the morality bothers you Nick, you've come to the wrong country. Try Japan or Korea. They are probably a better fit.

Honestly. at the bars I'd go to, I'd buy occasional drinks for the staff but at the same prices as customers pay. I never have gotten turned down. It may not be 'extra money' but it is a free drink.

Nope. All the men I bought drinks for in the past were....ah-hum... 'ladies.'

Lazada Wallet - reality check. Can foreigners use it? I thought I read somewhere that Lazada Wallet didn't work for foreigners who applied.

Given that a significant portion of Thailand is under drought conditions, and at least here in Northeastern Lamphun I venture that less than 60% of the fields are producing rice this year while the rest lay fallow. We ain't go no extra water. So what this may mean is that rice commodities middle men are getting filthy rich as Thailand back-fills rice export due to India's rice export ban - but - Thailand does so by screwing over their domestic supply and duly rogering the Thai public next year, as I fully expect domestic rice price to "surge" next year and by multiples of 12%.

Try the Chromium browser. I've found that Lazada product pages aren't loading in Firefox (which I've found to be an all too common problem with FF over the last couple of years). Anyway, Chromium is open source (not Google) and works very well. In fact, Chrome is open-source Chromium that Google has d**ked with. I'd rather have less 'features" and a more stable platform. I'm starting to use Chromium as my "go to" browser now as FF pukes on more and more sites that I often use. And I have had no problems with Lazada logons using Chromium. Info here: https://www.chromium.org

Justice whispers: Thaksin’s sentence may shrink yet. Every Thai and Expat in Thailand knows exactly what is about to transpire for Thaksin.

Are people better now or back in the 1980s? 1980s