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To be honest? Outfits like this that got raided are probably the tip of the iceberg. If you ever eat "luuk chin" meatball they always have a consistency that doesn't resemble meat. My wife likes them but I tend to stay away from them. If I roll pork into a meatball, it looks like ground pork, it smells like ground pork when cooked, and it tastes like ground pork. My experience with 100% pork "luuk chin" meatballs is that they are tasteless and have the consistency of rubber. Lessons learned: Make your own meatballs. Then you know what is in them.

Mods - put this wherever it best fits as a topic. Thanks.

Back in the US is was relatively easy to get an estimate of the value of your property by hiring someone to assess the property value. I don't know anyone who does that here. Anyway, I sort of got a wake-up call after the major earthquake in Turkey and Syria that has killed 40K people. I'd like to purchase property insurance, but I honestly don't know the value of the property. I could have figure it out 10 years ago, but we have done significant modifications to the property and have added a guest house and car port plus renovating the existing "Thai house" which wasn't much more than a cement two-bedroom house with cement floors before we started the renovations, and over the last 10 years I'm sure land prices have increased. To purchase the insurance the insurer wants to know the property value and the value of the contents of the house. I'm stumped. I don't want to over-insure or under-insure. Any suggestion on how to valuate the property value as well as the home's contents???

Most of these people are psychologically damaged and will remain so for years to come. Inordinate fear of a virus that primarily kills very old people and whom the vast majority, if they contract it, will have flu or cold symptoms and will recover just like you do with flu and colds if you're in reasonable good health - that's the majority of the population. But - the media and government keeps stoking the fear, and the fearful keep wearing masks. Honestly. Look at your "leaders" nowadays. Maskless although they may surround themselves with masked commoners. So essentially masking is a sign of status and power. Those with status and power don't wear them; the commoners are required to don their symbols of subservience. I don't wear them unless confronted and I need something. Then I put it on, and once away from whomever confronted me? I take it back off. I fully expect most Thais to wear masks for the rest of their lives.

Which hospital?

Where?

When you own your own home and are debt-free. Life is good here.

The locals just walk up into the mountains and set them on fire - every year. Nobody gives a **** as everyone heads to the mountains during the rain season to collect Het Tawp and other mushrooms in the cleared underbrush.

What paperwork will immigration need to do a 60 day extension based on marriage? I used to do my marriage extensions in April but somehow (for what ever reasons) that has crept back to the first week in March. What would I need to get a 60 day extension of stay. I'd rather do the annual extension in April or May.

Depending on the shop. Some shops will require ID which makes me think that their is now a Thai law in place, which from a government position makes sense as gold prices go up as fiat is debased. Then the government wants their share of the capital gains even though all you did was purchase an asset that maintained its nominal value. Anyway, just saying. Some shops require ID. Why? I'm not really sure.

<deleted> are you talking about. Don't chime in with utter nonsense. Your spouting racial BS. Don't.

Ya-wanna-know-something? Yesterday: Big bag of lettuce - 10 THB Big bag of cilantro - 10 THB BIG bag of onions - 10 THB Move to rural Thailand. <wink>

Thailand isn't the US. 100% Stevia!! But it's not. And the Thai guberment isn't going to crash the corporate party. So? You can not trust labeling here. But? Eat healthier. Cut sugar 100%. Or????? But Stevia from iHerb.com

Which mean? Leases suck. With a Usufruct, your on the Charnote. Like a tick on the back of a dog. Of course - if someone purchases the land they can use "tick remover", but??? Legally? Buy some protection.

Yes. You can. Get a Thai lawyer. You are not going to navigate a Usufruct by yourself. Be prepared to give the Land Office some ฿฿฿Love฿฿฿. You come away with your name on the Charnote and essentially you have a lien on the property for your life-time. You wife could sell the property, but - it's still yours to "Use" and sell.

I'm surprised Immigration and the Thai MOL isn't cracking down on Farangs illegal rice planting labor!!!

But but but - if they fly over here? All the CO2 from the planes will melt the ice-caps and will flood Thailand. They will need to move Bangkok back to Ayutthaya which will also be flooded. So - no no no no no - Don't come here. It will melt the polar ice-caps. Only Al Gore's and the WEF private jets are CO2-Free!!!

Good. Let's see the THB drop against the USD.

I'm not going to count. I'm just wondering how many AN posters wrote: "See what happens when you don't have insurance!!! Ha Ha Ha - Another grift to get money from GoFundMe!!! Losers!!!" But? She had insurance. Think about that. - Why don't insurance companies pay out? Insurance is the ultimate scam that is backed by the "pubic-private partnerships" between governments and corporations as the expense of the public. Government: "Everyone needs insurance." Insurance: "But we're not going to pay out."

Message sent: You will not entertain aligning with China or Russia. Or Else!

What what what??? Why 'buy research papers? Just have ChatGPT write them for you!

Union

You can close this as it's gone off-topic. I've got the information I was looking for. Thanks!

There is always a joker in the AseanNow crowd. <laughs>

@Pib Thanks for the clear explanation! I used to have the SSA payment go to BBK Bank in Chiang Mai, but I live in Lamphun. When SSA offered IDD payment, I closed the BKK Bank account and had SSA Manila reroute it to SCB in Lamphun via IDD. But this gives me the information that I need if I ever choose to go the 40K/month route with immigration using the SSA payment. In that case I'd simply need to reopen a receiving account for the SSA payment at a Bangkok Bank here in Lamphun. At the moment it's not an issue as I just use the 400k in the bank method. But the winds of fate are fickle and you never know what the future will bring. I just want to keep this in my back-pocket in case I need a different option. So I just wanted to understand what was needed. Thanks again for taking the time to answer the question clearly and concisely. I really do appreciate that!