Covering the handcuffs...

H.L. Mencken foresaw #45, psychopathic liar, narcissistic criminal and traitor. 

If you left without a re-entry permit/permission stamped into your passport, your extension is invalid, and you must start over.

13 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

  1 hour ago, NCC1701A said:

During this mini lockdown I have built a enormous catapult in my backyard here in Hua Hin. the second the order is announced that "entertainment" venues are open I will launch myself towards Bangkok.

Best have Scotty "beam you up"

7 minutes ago, jhawks09 said:

I connected my Bangkok Bank account to my Social Security Direct Deposit when it was first allowed/offered. When the stimulus check was authorized all information I saw in numerous articles was that the IRS could not /would not make a direct deposit in a foreign bank. Surprise, about 2 months after the first stimulus began to be sent out, I received it via direct deposit into the same account as  my Social Security . I filled out NO form or request. This time I got the second "Stimulus"  just 2 HOURS after my monthly SSA on the 4th of January. YMMV.

My current account is a direct deposit account . I switched from an account that went through the BBK Bank branch in New York which required me to withdraw funds directly in person. The DD account allows me to use a ATM/Debit card. Recommend any one to switch . You need to set-up new account, no more withdrawal in person.

I connected my Bangkok Bank account to my Social Security Direct Deposit when it was first allowed/offered. When the stimulus check was authorized all information I saw in numerous articles was that the IRS could not /would not make a direct deposit in a foreign bank. Surprise, about 2 months after the first stimulus began to be sent out, I received it via direct deposit into the same account as  my Social Security . I filled out NO form or request. This time I got the second "Stimulus"  just 2 HOURS after my monthly SSA on the 4th of January. YMMV.

On 10/8/2020 at 5:42 PM, 2530Ubon said:

No more ridiculous than Filipino English teachers, or backpackers without degrees from the UK/USA teaching.

The Chinese teachers are teaching Chinese and the Japanese teachers are teaching Japanese. The last government school (located in Isaan) I taught at before I retired had both. China subsidized most if not all the salary of their teachers. Now that school has trained Thai teachers teaching those languages. By all accounts those young Thai teachers are doing a very good job teaching the basic skills of those languages.      

Cambodia police chief sacked over sexual misconduct in landmark case

PHNOM PENH (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A high-ranking Cambodian police official has been sacked over sexual misconduct at work in a landmark case in the Southeast Asian nation but will not be prosecution to “protect the dignity” of the women involved, a police official said.

Two-star general and Kampong Thom provincial police chief Ouk Kosal was suspended last month pending an investigation into accusations of sexual misconduct made by four junior female officers that hit the headlines.

In a rare public outing of sexual misconduct by an official, he was accused of forcing the female officers to perform sex acts at work under the threat of blocking their careers.

*****This was obviously more than a pat on the butt or improper speech.  ***guess i should of read the 3rd page before posting, however the repetition may drive it into the consciousness of T.V. members more effectively.

Your Grand mother was quoting a famous Scottish author, Sir Walter Scott, let's give him credit

"Oh what a tangled web we weave/When first we practice to deceive,’ is a very ‘Shakespearean’ phrase, however, it is not from Shakespeare. It comes from an early nineteenth century Scottish author, Sir Walter Scott, best selling writer of novels, plays, and poems."

             The "Marshal" you're all looking for is spelled "Martial" ...like in martial arts and martial law.

22 hours ago, Chiang Mai Bill said:

Unfortunately, China and Iran have been ignored!

Unless I'm misunderstanding your comment, China (Wuhan region) is represented by the third circle from the right and Iran by the third circle from the left. Hardly ignored by the map.

Quite a range between #1 @ 400k and #2 @ 9.9 million what about a "1b" at 2 million or "1c" at 4 million. Where do they come with these numbers? Mostly from their posteriors. 

What statisics do they use to support any of them?

23 hours ago, keith101 said:

Some experts are saying that the infection from the virus in China is more likely to be 4 to 5 times higher than what the Chinese government is saying which in affect could mean the death toll might be as high as 4,000 to 5,000 very scary if true .

"...

For as long as I can remember now, we've been saying 36,000 people die each year from the flu.  When we've asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for updated figures, they told us 36K was the best they had.

Didn't seem quite right that it never changed year after year.

Now it turns out the 36K was calculated way back in 1999, when flu deaths hit a peak.

A new analysis of the past 31 flu seasons, put out by the CDC this afternoon, shows that 36K might have been a third too high. It's more like 23,607 per year, on average. But it all depends on how you slice the data.

The new average is an average of the past 31 seasons. It goes all the way back to 1976. But if you were to look at just the past 10 seasons, the average per year is higher -- 32,743.

Or you can look at this way: In some years as few as 3,349 have died (back in 1986-7).  But the highest annual average toll was 48,614, just seven seasons ago (2003-4)....

MORE HERE: Common flu in USA ... 1/4 the pop. of China. Huge tightly/highly populated mega cities in China. Epidemic/pandemic? Numbers will have to continue to rise exponentially before the need to panic.

Vials of flu vaccineMATT ROURKE/AP

NEW YORK — An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter — the disease’s highest death toll in at least four decades.

MG now offers a full EV, so not exactly "last generation".  MG ES EV

I'll add my experience to the record. After teaching for one school in Bangkok until I was sixty I was able to withdraw the accumulated pension amount which was half contributed by me and half by the school, plus interest. I received 75k in cash in less than 2 hours (I arrived at social security office at the beginning of lunch hour+. The process required the sign off by the office manager who was out for lunch and that accounted for the delay) Amount contributed by me was 3% of the first 15k of salary . The school was required to match that. Since I was 60, they gave me 6 months free coverage and then the option to continue insurance by payment of 432baht/mo. The insurance covers everything. It has paid for a two level fusion of cervical vertebrae to correct pain and numbness in arms and hands and also a two level laminectomy of lumbar vertebra. Each operation was a bit over 100k. The only thing I paid for was a private room for recovery.  I now receive medication for hypertension and cholesterol, again all paid for in full. The last time I talked to the SS office I found out that I was again accumulating money in the pension fund of about 300 baht each month (plus interest). (Didn't know that!) However that money cannot be paid out unless you decide to give up insurance. Leaving country...knowing the "end" is near? There is also a death/cremation benefit of 40k. The accumulated benefit and death/cremation fund can be assigned to a beneficiary/spouse. RE: Bangkok hospitals: All gov't hospitals are partners as well as some mid level private hospitals which elect to join.       

I'll be going into Amnat Immigration in two weeks for my first retirement extension . I've stopped and talked to them on three different occasions and got the impression that all that would be required would be an income letter from my embassy (I asked directly and that is what they listed as necessary). I'm an American FWTW. Very pleasant officers, speak and understand English. I'll bookmark this thread and let you know what happens. As far as the Bangkok Bank location, there is one right on the corner of the main intersection of the city. ...also a branch in Big C heading toward Mukdahan going north. Don't know about their ability or willingness to write a letter attesting to your bank particulars from another city. But hey, it's all on computers, right?

Two weeks for new passport. Everything goes back to U.S. Passports are no longer produced in Thailand. since 9/11. They say 2 weeks and 2 weeks it was for me, to the day, when I received an email saying that it had arrived back in BKK and they were sending to me (in Sisaket). I had supplied the ems envelope and I received my new passport 2 days later in the mail.

Open word > help (3rd from bottom)>options (2nd from bottom)> language (5th from top) In first box click Thai phrase w/ U.S. in brackets (high-lighting it)

then to the right of that large box click the second box (sets English as default)>OK.> close> and restart word

An innocent man would have no knowledge of the crime and wouldn't have gone anywhere. He'd have been in bed asleep, not on a middle of the night escape to

Cambodia and the UK. ....I would think.

Mobi,

Use the "snipping tool" on the start menu.Use drop down menu to the right of "new"

Hi Chunky 1,

Most likely kedemee..but yeah ask her. In win7 the default key combination is alt/shift (pressed together) You can reset it, but why bother, it's simple enough.

James

Hi Ignis,

Go to control panel> system and security> Power options> choose what power the power buttons do> change through drop down menu. I think you will find you are set to "sleep" or "hibernate"

James

Thanks James...... No it is on Shut Down...... of course it shuts down but does not switch off happened after it auto updated 15 items a week or so ago

OK...I have been updating all along and have had no issues with any so I don't think that's the problem. Try running a sfc /scannow in this manner: Start>All Programs>Accessories> right click on Command Prompt> Run as Administrator> (do you want to allow this program to make changes...yes)(a black box will appear) at the blinking cursor type the follwing: sfc /scannow (make sure you leave a space between c and the back slash and no space between the two n's in scannow) hit return and let it run. This will check and repair any system files. If this doesn't clear the problem then I would suggest you post it on Windows 7 Forums here As I posted above, they have many posters and staff with much more expertise than I and should be able to help.

Hi Ignis,

Go to control panel> system and security> Power options> choose what power the power buttons do> change through drop down menu. I think you will find you are set to "sleep" or "hibernate"

James

Hi,

I would suggest/recommend posting/checking out Windows 7 Forums here ..... Many helpful and knowledgeable posters and staff. Can solve nearly every problem or point you in the right direction.

James

As said no problem. They will extend up to expiration date of a passport so you are safe - but should plan to get a new passport the end of this year and transfer stamps into new one then.

Thanks for your response. I plan on following your advice. But plan on having my wife call local immigration to be sure that is also their interpretation.

Thanks again,

Jhawks09