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Typical Thai Immigration: Different offices, different rules. US passports are no-glasses. However, I'm blind as a bat. I've always used 4x6 pictures while wearing glasses for my TM-7 submissions. Never had a problem in Chiang Mai or Korat districts. But with Thai Immigration? Nothing surprises me anymore.

Translated: Align with China and we'll sanction you into oblivion.

I've had village acquaintances show up at my house drunk. I drink on occasion but it's been a loooong time since I've gotten drunk. However, Thai guys don't seem to know when to stop. Then the inhibition go down and they show up on your door-step smelling like a distillery. I did it the Thai way - indirectly. I let my wife know to tell villagers that I don't want drunks showing up at the house. Sober? Happy to talk - but? Sober guys don't show up. I haven't had that problem for a few years now. Plus our pack of nine dogs tend to dissuade casual visitors. We added to the pack after it become known that my wife worked with police to get the local monk busted on yaba charges. Opss!

Utter bunk imho. He's playing the "frail, elderly senior" card. Considering he's my age? I find it despicable. As a billionaire he has access to the best food, the best trainers, and the best doctors. "Frail." Only when you're attempting to weasel out of a prison sentence. ????

My guess? The world will go back into Covid Lockdown Mode by October and tourism as well as "non-essential" mom & pop and small business will be decimated by this time next year. Tourism will be back in the trash-bin once more. Those who wish to rule the world know how to make the common-folk dance to their tune.

Breakfast? A couple of cups of coffee. Usually don't eat until late afternoon. Never been much for breakfast even as a kid. However back in the day when I lived in Ocean Beach, CA I'd occasionally indulge in a Mexican breakfast and a couple of Dos XX brews on the weekends before heading out to surf.

My guess is that "Tony" has no plans to spend time in a Thai prison.

Nope. It is what it is, speaking as a 70+ year old and watching the inevitable ravages of time. What I don't get are those who hold on as tightly as possible to a body in decay, like it's some kind of trophy, as well as their wealth: "He with the most toys at death wins." Actually not. He with the most toys at death probably will suffer immensely as they can't take all of that "stuff" with them. So - yeah. People our age should dwell on the eventually of death, kindle acceptance, and enjoy the moments we have left whether you believe there in Heaven/Hell, rebirth, or annihilation. It matters not in the here and now - Live for the moment.

I just walked by my wife's TV set and noticed that "Tony" has brought a Red Revolution with him it seems. So much for long-run political stability in the LOS (Land of <colored> Shirts). But perhaps that is the point all along. Back to pre-2014 it seems.

Why not start with a pulmonary expert to begin with?

Upper Right-Hand corner.

Respect!

No. My wife wouldn't let me.

AfD are far-right extremists - like Nazis AfD are far-right extremists - like Nazis, AfD are far-right extremists - like Nazis...... But If that doesn't work in creating enough fear and loathing, then go for The Big Lie, and have your friends in Big Tech, and Main-Stream Mass-Media repeat the following over and over and over. The dangerous far-right, neo-Nazi AfD are conspiring to overthrow the government... The dangerous far-right, neo-Nazi AfD are conspiring to overthrow the government... The dangerous far-right, neo-Nazi AfD are conspiring to overthrow the government... Repeat The Big Lie over and over and over again. Then declare the AfD as a terrorist organization and start arresting all citizens who hold traditional, conservative values. Watch for it, it's coming.

"Far-right" is a pejorative term used to disparage large groups of citizens who refuse to cower to "Far-left" totalitarians who increasingly wield power via their 'public-private partnership' with Big Tech and Mass-Media. You control the ungovernable by marginalizing them. You marginalize them by repeating the pejorative over and over and over again and creating an environment of fear in the minds of those incapable of critical thought.

Mexico.

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There are places in Nepal and India I'd like to go to as well as Southern France and Southern Italy. Thailand? I've seen a lot of it and can pretty much figure out what to expect from the rest of it.

Here's my thought. If I'm diagnosed with a fatal diseases with a life expectancy in the 12 to 18 month range, I flip a coin and hope I can get into the zone where I can apply for Part B and Part D to cover hospice care which is mostly covered by Part A. There is always option B: Become a member of the Pattaya Sky-Diver Club. I'm not looking for Medicaid to for anything but end-of-life care. Of course, that assumes I can still get on a plane. Unlike most people here, I just want to address the pain (palliative care) which Thailand sucks at, and call it a life. Most people I know want to live no matter what and being "survivors" and live into their 90s. I don't. The problem with the US is health care costs are "stupid expensive." Example: My wife just got Covid. A Molnupiravir prescription is free (well 30 THB). I haven't priced it here in Thailand for me from a government hospital, but I'd expect a generic course of treatment to cost maybe 500 THB. (I'll have to check). Not that I'd want it. In the US $850 USD $$$CHA-CHING$$$. That's amoral imho, yet pharmaceuticals gouge US citizens to the max - especially Medicare patients. And the US government allows them to do it. That's corruption in my opinion. But - If I'm dying but have time to make arrangements? OK. I'll purchase Medicare, move back to the US and croak. If I can't? Rope, high buildings, and other methods of "Palliative Care" are available when the Thai Health Networks refuse to provide actual "Palliative and Hospice Care." God - I hope it doesn't come down to that, but I'm mentally prepared if it does.

I stopped trying to run credit reports as the companies (Experian et.al) ask obscure question about loan amounts and title companies and places I lived from freaking 20 to 40+ years ago. I've none of those records anymore.

What's the minimum account amount to obtain a card?

I log on to Skype every day simply to "mow the lawn," which is essentially blocking unwanted chat and telephone calls, reporting them as Spam or Fraud, and blocking them. How do these fools get my Skype number in the first place?

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And therein lies the rub as Shakespeare may say. It doesn't "download an app" but simply provides a custom web portal. It's still "web-based."

Auto Debits have been available for a long while - and it will be a cold day in Hell the day I chose to allow a corporate entity to debit my bank account. Like - Never.