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This news item (link below) from the World Health Organization may be of interest to anyone following the discussion in this thread. It concerns a "treaty" that is presently being negotiated between WHO and global health ministries. Basically, the treaty, when concluded, will advise countries what to do in the event of another pandemic like Covid. Anyone reading this link will obviously draw their own conclusions. There has been sporadic note of these negotiations in various media outlets. The final round of negotiation is due to begin next Monday (May 27). https://www.who.int/news/item/28-03-2024-who-member-states-agree-to-resume-negotiations-aimed-at-finalizing-the-world-s-first-pandemic-agreement

Better still, be an illegal immigrant (or just an Illegal) in the US and get housed in a hotel and then (taking students as their role model) go on a protest where you demand showers with "no time-limit"!!

Snakes, tiger cubs, elephants, motor-cycles....

Don't forget Canada....1 million immigrants last year.....only 220,000 new houses built....queue for a doctor up to a year, depending on problem...

bus from Suvarnaphumi Airport is excellent.

If I had to put money on it, I would bet that the FED will not cut until the November and/or December meetings of the FOMC. All good for gold, though.....

My wife cooks falang food very well, so the issue doesn't arise. But when I eat her pad thai and other Thai dishes, I always stick to Beer Lao, or indeed virtually any beer. Wine? Maybe a sweeter white, even something as bold as Gewurtztraminer

New name should be: Aquam Tecum Airport. From the Latin for "bring your own water with you".

Actually, for an old timer like me, the internet is a boon for those moments (all too frequent as one gets older and older) when one cannot recall (say) the name that goes with a famous face, or when the exact word for that thought escapes you. If you ingeniously phrase your query to Google or Duck Duck Go, you will quickly come up with the right answer. I sympathize with poor old Joe Biden and know precisely why, as ...er...."leader of the free world" he needs to have a teleprompter for practically ALL of his public announcements. There's no way he could carry on an intelligent conversation, given his obvious mental frailty. Whereas his GOP opponent continues to amaze by his ability to yak on for hours without much aid from technology. Mind you, we old timers are quite expert at talking about ourselves.....

Is there any possibility of a devaluation of the yuan/remnibi? If the latter happened, what would be the effect on the Thai economy?

is there an election due soon? Here's the PM swanning around the country showing the peasantry how government works: pretend to listen; say much; do little.

From the father's neck, he would seem to be Communist Asian. Well, foreigner anyway.😸

Gore, Kerry, and BIDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Three Stooges.

Thanks for this. Good to have the full story. So, to dot the i's and cross the t's, there is too much heavy metal and chemicals in HH tap water to attempt a "cleansing' via boiling (more than once, say)? PS: has the situation re water supply changed since last week or will they be trucking water for a while yet?

I was taught in Physics class many decades ago that boiled water is as close as possible to pure water. Maybe our teacher was wrong (God forbid!), but I suspect that water boiled twice would do the trick. What is the situation in HH right now? Is water in fact coming from the pipes in all those high rise condo buildings?

Do you have a screw loose???

Wouldn't retirement visa require 800k in Thai bank? And marriage visa = 400 k in Thai bank? Yes, granted the money is always "yours", but a bit of a bother, no?

Visit regularly.

Thanks. Canada. Hua Hin.

Sorry to push this, Dr J, but what is your opinion of reversing the methods: 1. Apply for Tourist Visa - 60 days. 2. Apply inside Thailand for non O (family)- 90 days. Does applying inside Thailand make the process in any way "easier"??

Clearly, there is a shortage of good dentists in Scotland.....

In the list of things needed for the non-O marriage, it mentions: To visit as the relative of a Thai national, the applicant must show documents proving such a relationship. Step 1 – Online e-Visa Application: Complete the online e-Visa Application at https://thaievisa.go.th/and upload the following documents in PDF or JPG formats: 1. Photo taken with a light color background with a full- face view of the person without wearing a hat or dark glasses and covering up shoulders 2. Photo taken while holding passport with a light color background with a full- face view of the person without wearing a hat or dark glasses and covering up shoulders 3. A copy of Passport (must not expire within 6 months) 4. Proof financial showing monthly income minimum 40,000 Baht (for last two month) or Bank balance 400,000 Baht 5. The applicant must present a valid and effective marriage certificate and a copy of the spouse’s Thai Passport or Thai National I.D. card. Fiancés are not included in this category. In #4, we are talking non-Thai bank??? That is, you have to show what is in your non-Thai bank account, (since I do not have a Thai bank account).

Well, thanks for that. Sure sounds sweet. Just to dot the i's and cross the t's: My wife, Thai, living with me everywhere and all the time, and entering LoS with me, "counts" as someone I am "visiting"?? Also, is that 60 day visa extendible by 30 days (or more?) Thanks for this info.

Let' Let's get this absolutely straight (cos it sounds too good to be true!!): Enter Thailand 30 days exempt. Get extension of 30 days. Now (with my Thai wife at my side) I apply for a 60-day to visit my wife. That gives me 120 days in the country before I have to leave???? is that correct?

Well, perhaps we can at least congratulate the now departed Yousaf for is his kick-up-the-ar$e of the eco-idiot Green Party from the coalition. The number 1 item in the Greens' list of desirable ends was the closing down of the North Sea oil industry. This is the Goose that provides the Golden Egg for the Scottish economy, without which poverty in Scotland would rise exponentially. I wonder if the interim leader of the SNP will have the cojones to ditch the recently passed "hate" law. Probably not.