https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenFor coffeeSun, 14 Jun 2026 14:37:23 +0000Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:35:40 +0000Perhaps be clear in first place. You posted.... "I will test out the combination method with the Buriram office after I return to Thailand, on a new Non-Imm 'O' next month" Then later post the Non O is based on marriage. By all means do your research for combo based on Retirement. Only 75 more immigration offices to complete advice.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:34:38 +0000I don't know anything about solar heating i thought it was a power source for powering the home.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:34:36 +0000I detailed my CURRENT Top two Plan list but that could be different next week. I think it's worth noting that some countries that used to be on my lists have been cut and that some others continue to stay as in the running. Why cut? Usually visa rules changed or I learned I'm not eligible. I won't spend any time on additional research about the impossible. A country that has always been there for me is Mexico. Specifically interior high altitude mild weather colonial Mexico. Specifically Queretaro but there are others such as San Luis Potosi, Agaucalientes, Guadalajara (Gaydalajara), and San Miguel de Allende. I even harbor some curiosity for oddball choices such as Xalapa Veracruz. But Queretaro is tops. So here goes: Queretaro Mexico -- Qualify for visa, maybe even instant permanent residence (moving money target. I not 5 year path to perm residence or citizenship. -- Middle level budget but a bit higher, could afford a decent apartment in a good area Queretaro is a "Mexican dream" city, many well off Mexican locals. -- Good hospitals. Would probably need to self insure. Could fly to the USA to use Medicare if not an emergenct. -- No problem without a car in central neighborhoods. The heritage core area very walkable (and delightful). -- Weather year round moderate -- Great Mexican food of course. Being a very big city lots of international options. Some surprising strengths such as Korean. -- Safety among the safest of Mexican big cities. Minimal cartel violence. -- Homophobia level acceptable -- Taxation -- a bit tricky but probably manageable -- Language -- Some English spoken but living there would be expected to learn SpanishSun, 14 Jun 2026 14:34:07 +0000Whatever the deal is it will be compared line by line with that Obama got.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:34:00 +0000Yes was a fav of mine Mr P N GUINE was the best baddie.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:32:50 +0000Says the guy spewing utter stupidity.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:31:37 +0000DeerSun, 14 Jun 2026 14:30:37 +0000As a child I use to eat my scabs - they were well tasty. I imagine a deep fried milk fed baby would beat a suckling pig for taste. Home Secretary, Sir Samuel Hoare. In 1938, as refugees fled Nazi Germany and Austria, the Home Office was worried about large-scale immigration. Hoare told Parliament:Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:29:51 +0000No one was until Trump decided to go all in on thisSun, 14 Jun 2026 14:27:17 +0000Agree 100%. Unfortunately, the stereotypes do not get that, and never will. They just came to Thailand for one reason. Cheap beer and easy women. That´s why they are so disappointed when they end up with a bar girl that could be there granddaughter and then get robbed by their savings. Pure idiots that learned nothing through life.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:27:15 +0000I think you are jealous the best present I bought my for my wife (apart from a condo in Jomtien) was a Swiss Rolex in the duty free at Heathrow Airport - and I said if we can't send the papers and boxes back home I'm not risking taking it through Thai custom - as luck would have it the girl selling them was Thai and another Thai staff was summons up to send the collateral back to a friend and my wife got her present. It's worth probably 30% more now as it had gold in it as well. Smart people the Swiss the hills are alive with the sound of music. Also you are wrong in context with both points but don't let that stop you making a grand statement.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:27:13 +0000StalkingSun, 14 Jun 2026 14:26:47 +0000Those corrections are correct however only necessary when post/thread is unambiguous. I daily refer to annual extension based on retirement when in fact the extension is based on being 50+ Only an issue when confusion with eg Non O-A etc No confusion in OP post.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:26:07 +0000I am not talking about cancerous Thai slop that you obviously eat. I am talking about food in Vientiane and numerous cafes and restaurants that cater to Westerners and serve delish western style and Asian Fusion food. Much better than anything I ate in Thailand.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:25:57 +0000Fiction writers could never have imagined a president as bad as Trump. In that sense, he does give entertainment value, but not worth the damage.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:25:09 +0000Big? Whatdya talkin' 'bout big? Mushroom.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:23:20 +0000Let´s just say, it´s not easy to run a country with dementia and bad psychic health. 😂Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:21:44 +000012 specialists. That's not chopped liver.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:20:35 +0000That is how AN already is today.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:20:24 +0000Riclag, you can just stop now. You guys are a minority, that in some kind of way have been stupid enough to be brain washed by Trump.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:19:39 +0000One other that is worth a laugh is 'Goodness gracious me'. It's along the same lines as those I mentioned but by an English Asian cast taking the mickey (the pi$$) out of the English. Again, iPlayer but no doubt available on other platforms.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:18:06 +0000You have no clue what you’re on about as well as your credibility which is in the tank given that the subject is over your thought grade.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:15:19 +0000I would have written a book called Getting the Hell Out.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:11:55 +0000