Stocky

I had a visitation from immigration yesterday, twenty minutes notice. I had made my application for marriage extension two months ago, and we had a visit from immigration then during the consideration period, extension granted - so this was somewhat out of the blue. Unlike previous visits from the local immigration officers in Hat Yai, these two were from Sadao Immigration, they were very polite and apologetic for disturbing us, explanation was they were confirming I was living where I'd said I was, all part of the current crackdown, bad guys out, good guys in, or whatever. I got the impression they were justifying their existence rather than the validity of my visa status. All over in ten minutes, signed the document, posed for a selfie with the IO, thank you and goodbye. .

Milk supplies down south still hit and miss, but can usually find the All Season milk. There was another new one in the 7-11 today Party Dairy - milky milk gave it a miss in favour of All Season.

Hat Yai is busy, with tight finances Malaysians and Singaporeans are holidaying closer to home, so Southern Thailand gets the benefit.

Plenty of misogynists

Actually you can do both to an extent in Thailand with its sizeable Thai-Chinese population. Somewhere like Hat Yai there are many Chinese speaking Thai, most shops display names in Thai & Chinese, we have a lot of Chinese restaurants, several traditional Chinese pharmacies, we used to have a Chinese language newspaper.

AXA can buy online. https://www.axa.co.th/en/travel-accident-protection

Obviously not, it's my considered opinion based on the five years spent there, mainly in central Siberia, but also the Russian far-east and Moscow. But it's a opinion based on personal experience rather than the standard Cold War Era propaganda stereotypes. .

1. The people 2. The food 3. The weather 4. The scenery 5. The cost of living

I was hoping for some local insight.

I lived and worked in Siberia for five years, I enjoyed my time there, Russians aren't uncivilised, crude savages, far from it.

He's still alive?!

1) Moaning expats 2) Whinging foreigners 3) Luton bedsit Thai bashers 4) Endless whiners 5) Folks who can never see a positive

Same here in Hat Yai, no 2 litre Meji full fat milk the last few days, the small size Dutch Mill has been available. However, the wife found All Season fresh milk, 2 litre size, in the big 7-11 this morning. Produce of the Southern Dairy Company, Songkhla - never seen it before - but it tastes fine, so I'm happy. They have a website, very interesting https://allseasondairy.com/about/ .

Likewise, he died when I was eight, so only vague memories.

Depends on which province you live in. If Songkhla then yes.

I suspect there's little hope

Not seen the sulphur candle type foggers here. As for surface sparys, the one in your picture I've used to poke in holes, it has that handy metal nozzle. But generally I use the Baygon one, which I spray on the floor in the corners, nooks and crannies, and it works for a couple of weeks or more. It's about Bht100 from Big C.

That was my thought. Suggest you install and run Microsoft Process Explorer to see what's hogging the CPU. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

+1 for NordVPN for the last eight years reliable and good value for money. I use NordPASS too.

No I don't. Care to elucidate?

Plenty of good food in Hat Yai. I suspect his meal would have been in one of the many unassuming Thai-Chinese restaurants which are popular with Malaysian and Singaporean Chinese. And yes, Hat Yai fried chicken is indeed glorious, the most authentic is to be had from the evening food stalls near the mosque in Hat Yai Nai on Phetkasem Road between Sois 29 and 33. You'll also find the best roti here too, shop on corner of Soi 33. .

There are far better fail safe designs available that use passive nuclear safety systems which require no active intervention to make safe. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.

For the confused above... https://www.thaipbsworld.com/woman-arrested-with-2-3kg-of-cocaine-in-her-backpack-at-bangkok-airport/

He bothered to follow the link to the article which shows the poor girl contemplating a bleak future

Untrue, current research suggests there's no evidence of harm with MSG, the US FDA says: "The FDA considers the addition of MSG to foods to be “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS). Although many people identify themselves as sensitive to MSG, in studies with such individuals given MSG or a placebo, scientists have not been able to consistently trigger reactions." https://www.fda.gov/food/food-additives-petitions/questions-and-answers-monosodium-glutamate-msg