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All assumptions correct: Roads: Same class Topology/Geometry: Perpendicular However I live in Thailand, not in the US. In Switzerland it is the car from the right, too. In Thailand I really do not know. I do not know in which type of area you live (desert ?), but I live in the city and two cars may meet in such a place at a junction at approximate the same time all the time. For me this happens several times a day. Last time it happened: yesterday, since today I am not driving. We are not talking theoretical geometry here, it is enough that the cars are not meeting within a range in which it is safe to pass the intersection at an appropriate speed. The very most standard situation you will encounter a dozens of times in a city or its surroundings.

No answer to my request yet. At least this was no joke nor troll intended. We really dont now for sure since there are so many contradicting opinions, by telling or in writing. Or is it that no nobody else does not know as well ?

I am aware this might look like a stupid naive question, but nevertheless: Who has the OFFICIAL right of way on a normal crossing when two vehicles meet ? The one from the right or the one from the left ? I have heard all kinds of versions, including the one from my wife having completing her driving license test just recently. I am aware of the INOFFICIAL customs (the one who is faster, bigger, lorry before limousine, bicycle does not count, police before others etc). I am driving myself since some years now without accident (all in all 44 years abroad and here). I know it would be dangerous to insist on your official right irrespective of the circumstances and I know at last it would not matter anyway in normal traffic. But just out of curiosity: What would be the REAL regulation even if it were ever applied (maybe in case of an insurance claim ?)

One problem is that someone living here (example: based on retirement) cannot take the insurance with him from his home country and is eventually not able to get a new one (in THailand or otherwise) either because of preconditions or age. The conclusion is that he is never anymore able to travel abroad. This could easily be resolved by introducing a fixed amount for medical purposes instead of an insurance which would not even pay in all cases for sure.. And then cases where someone is really not able to pay will be very rare and are only known so prominently of because it is a headline for the press. In this case the proposed THB 300.-- surplus on entries will be much more than a solution.

The insurance requirement should go completely as it was before Covid. What makes me sad, though is that many still not understand this issue and argue with the BS "expect somebody else to pay ?". Let me explain for the less gifted: Nobody does. Make all as it was and everything will be fine.

A title like this and then on asean now. Hope this will not lead to confusion. In fact this short thread is unfortunately already full of misuderstandings and arguable assumptions. Let me clarify just a few to be hopefully of benefit to some readers: 1. Reincarnation is not the same as Rebirth. Consequence: you may not hope to be reincarnated in human form only but there are a multitude of other possibilities. 2. What that "you" entails which is subject of the process is another matter and requires very careful examination whose scope is far beyond this thread but important for the understanding 3. Reincarnation is a consequence of former actions. What makes it complicated though is that this is not confined to this current life alone. 4. "Proof" of Reincarnation is actually supported with various hard facts over a broad range - be it the form of remembrance of living people of their previous lives (there are many examples) until the concept of "Tulku" which postulates that extraordinary learned individuals may carry their awareness in conscious form over during the death process to the next live and may actually influence their reincarnation this way. In any case the subject is worth more than considering and not done justice by just make superficial connections to "Religion" whatever the poster in question believes what this actually is. I would politely like to suggest you educate yourself maybe a bit more about the subject and then delve down into other subtle connected subjects of benefit ? One possible place to start is the platform *studybuddhism.com (pls. omit the asterix) which is a multilingual (even Thai and other exotic languages supported ) site gradually composed by Dr. Alexander Berzin and his team who has been studying with the Dalai Lama and his teachers in Tibet for decades and served for some time as his interpreter. But there are many others and while you are in Thailand why not take advantage of the prevailing Theravada tradition first with actual teachers sitting just around the corner ?

I could not agree more with what you say. This is really a nice and sincere post. I just might add that what I believe makes people the mostly sick might not always be the circumstances itself but the absurd and harmful (cause not thought out well) changes with probably drastic impact on expat lives and especially their unnecessary frequency of change. It is the uncertainty and anticipation for the worse that kills the mood and could even lead to desperation. Could you imagine how nice it could be if those were all changes for good and you could look forward to new regulations that simplify your life instead of fearing that anything new would make it worse or even impossible as is the tendency now ?

We knew it did not look too good in the long run for mankind. China - Taiwan - Climate Change - Ukraine - 3rd WW - use of nuclear weapons (nearly unthinkable so far) - AI combined with Big Data and Government Control - Decline of democracy and "western" values incl. freedom of expression and life - increasingly contagious diseases. All on the table. Not maybe sometime but now. Seems more and more we would get everything as a bundle much more quickly as thought. Where are now the little green (or blue) aliens to take over for a while and put everything in order back again ? Not happening.

What I posted was based on a publication I read some time ago, not pure guessing. Obviously policies have changed since then. So thank you for proving me wrong and providing the updated schedule - 2025 suits me much better.

Only one poster mentioned support. Support for Win10 will run out in 2023 and with support I mean mostly security updates. Or who wants to work with a vulnerable OS ? I actually do not know the exact date when Win10 support runs out. By that time I consider upgrading a must. Not for functional purposes at all, though.

Wasn't that decades ago when the dutch had really to show something to compete against ? For the time being I am happy we give Brazilians (and English if needed) what they deserve ????

It is low - and decreasing. My doctor says that he has seen EF=15 alive. Well, alive does not mean really living. It was recommended to exercise (something like walking slowly or walking in the pool), but even normal walking over short distances takes a lot of effort. I use a wheelchair many times and I have perfect support from my wife. The worst effect (sometimes) is shortening of breath if laying down (especially on the right side). Without needing to walk etc. I actually feel quite fine. Here is my medicamentation: 1. Concor 5mg (1/0/1) 2. Aldactone 25mg (1/0/0) 3. Tritace (Ramipril) 5mg (1/0/1) 4. Furetic 40mg (1/0/1) 5. Dichlortide 50mg only together with Furetic and if necessary (water accumulation) (1/0/0.5) - "off-shelf" use 6. Glucono 500mg (Metformin) 2/0/2) 7. Jardiance 25mg because of the Dapaglifozin content, Metformin would be much more expensive) (0.5/0/0) Correction: The Glucono and Jardiance is for diabetes - off topic here.

After having survived several usually deadly medical threats, a few months before moving to Thailand I received diagnosis of cardiomyophaty. Extensive investigation of my heart could not reveal a clear cause. So it was assumed to be the consequence of higher alcohol consumption several years ago. I am now on an EF=27, so fellow members with 40, rejoice. I am taking the maximum medication (but no Entresto, which would take about 1 year to become fully effective if at all and is very expensive compared to the older alternatives - this is from my discussion with my cardiologist at BHP). But I have no problem to stop drinking alcohol even although I was (am) a wine lover and former hobby bar mixer. This is because my body tells me by itself not to drink (My body says: "I don't like it"). This to encourage others that stopping or massively reducing without a large loss of quality of life is really possible. It will be a natural consequence without having to force yourself too much. And at rare occasions - maybe once a month - a small glass of wine would not change (at least my) overall situation too much (for me that is only - would not change much of my individual prognosis I think). Please understand that I am not encouraging drinking anybody with cardiomyophaty at all. Far from it. I wish you all the best.

A prostatectomy - the complete removal of the prostate gland - is a major endeavour and is followed by several aftereffects. The immediate effect is that you stay out of operation and in hospital for a considerable time. You cannot remove the whole gland without destroying the canal that carries urine out of your body. This wound has to heal while you bypass it with a catheder. Furthermore one of the two muscle groups that controls urine flow has to be removed as well, so even after everything is grown (and 100% tight) together again you need extensive training to gain control the urine flow with one muscle group alone. During this time (months) you need to wear diapers. Directly after the surgery and after they did remove the catheder you have abolutely no control about the urine flow anymore. You drink and it goes strait through. To get this all back to normal again takes a lot of effort and time with weeks of therapy. Your sexual capabilitites may as well be severly affected. I have read that this does not apply to anybody but unfortunately with me it did have massive impact. Your best piece will as well shrink (somehow it is already shorter after the surgery but this tendency continues more and more). Change of the catheter has as well 2 times lead to a retention of urine. At the first time I did not know that such an effect existed and I had to be carried via ambulance to the hospital. The pain that went along with this retention (of course I have waited too long, hoping it would go away itself has been dramatic and may be compared to the pain of a broken appendix (I had the pleasure to experience this as well). Without going into every detail I may sum up that after effects have been significant, mainly with urine and sexual control. On top comes the psychological effects, but all this may be individual. But you would not like it - this I can guarantee - and I would recommend to take advantage of every screening at least once a year that you are able to get. An early detection does increase your life expectancy.

The net says they never expire, but were not available anymore at my Swiss bank some 20 years ago or so. For holidays I was then told to use Swiss Traveller Checks instead - but this period did not last long either and they introduced some plastic card. But this was not to my taste so from then on I carried cash and payed the money shortly after arrival to a local bank account with ATM card I opened felt centuries ago (with a hotel adress and without visa (normal tourist 3-4 weeks max at entry) - this was possible at the time. But it was so long ago I hardly remember.

And this is as well the case if the wife has not changed nationality ? The "funds clause" becomes useless as well if the husband waives all rights to the land anyway with the letter you mention. So I believe that as long the Thai wife has not acquired a new citizenship at marriage and the husband signs that he will waive any rights to land she buys the origin of funds are neglectable. It could be from a lottery win or present from within her family while she is married. Then you say "in most land offices". How come you know and where would that be and where not ?

On the contrary of Thai Airways which is no bank, Krungthai has at least a state guarantee for up to 1 Mio THB per account and account holder. True or not ? I am surprized this is a state owned bank - the guarantee should be higher (maybe wrong). GSB has even unlimited state guarantees. True or not ? The whole exercise of lowering guarantees across the banking landscape from 5 -> 1 Mio per account/holder has had the (wanted) effect that people bring their money to GSB I remember reading. In any case we will transfer quite a bunch of money out of Krungthai - just leave a bit but not many harbours to anchor.

So you are saying that Krungsri is in danger and not Krungthai ? We have accounts at both. @cyril sneer Was this is misunderstanding or do I now need to take the money out of Krungsri instead of Krungthai ?

My wife says that if you cross out the copy with two lines and note the purpose of the copy (same you do with your passport copy in a rental agreement) then this is no problem. There is no information on the back that is not as well on the front. This number in the middle is the unique ID-Card-Number. That's at least what she says and how we have done it multiple times.

<<<<Content from removed post has been edited out>>>> I suppose you are aware of the significance of your statement. Asking for a recommendation of the community now: Would you recommend to cancel accounts, withdraw money in cash (all or just as much to arrive at a saldo below government guarantee (1 Mio.)

From my experience always front and back copy are needed on one page. Signed as usual of course. As already recommended in a post above I prepare everything on a PC as well. This is easy and does allow changes to print parameters to have perfect colors etc.

I have had several times dormicum and propofol and even once without sedation because I wanted to follow the procedure on the monitor. Now I know myself inside-out. ???? But If you dont mind the extra money go for the propofol. Easy to control and safe, you feel absolutely nothing. Besides it leaves a very pleasant feeling somewhow, thats why it is probably as well abused as a recreational drug. Next time I need to go again I will use the propofol (My father died of colon cancer and I need to check regularly since I am regarded a high-risk patient.

I agree with you. And they still cannot (or do not) stop building if you just look around. What is a mystery to me though, is why prices for property for have not unhalfed.

In the hospital where I now had endoscopy/colonoscopy twice, the price depends to a large degree on whether you would like a full anaestesia (even an easy Propofol infusion counts as such) or if you are happy with a stronger tranquilizer. With anaestesia charges are 3 fold, so you should ask which method they did offer you. In my opinion doctors fees should always be included, however histotology - if necessary - seems to be always on top and depends on the number of samples they would have to examine.

Absolutely correct. The referenced article gives as well a short but valuable summary. However, I beg to differ as far as the relevance of the rate of change of the PSA is concerned. I may say that because it most probably saved my life so far (see below). After having undergone yearly standard checkups for many years it was only after an increase of the PSA (to not even much, something in the range of 2.5 - 4.5 - but raising within a relatively short time) that triggered a biopsy (which was negative on the first try), but after the PSA kept raising further (around 6 I remember) more the doctor became more suspicious and a second more extensive biopsy was performed. The diagnosis has then been been cancer with a gleason score of 8 (gleason score=measure of agressivity, 10 is max, 8 already in the catastrophic range). They had to postpone other scheduled surgery to priotize my treatment. My prostate was removed completely using robot assisted surgergy in a 7.5h long procedure. Despite the very unfortunate prognosis I have (miraculously) survived over 11 years now even without the slightest signs of a biochemical relapse (=PSA rising, minimal levels of PSA are even detectable without the prostate gland). The trigger of the whole life saving procedure has been the raise of PSA within a short time. The cancer was not detected before regardless of my yearly checkups. I was treated in Switzerland and the level of medical knowhow is generally regarded as excellent there. This is why I would share my own experience and recommend to take relevant changes seriously and thoroughly discuss them with your Urologist by all means.