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Bringing a bike into Thailand as sports luggage
In answer to your question about other countries, I took a brand new bike that I bought in Thailand on the plane to Myanmar and no problems with Myanmar customs. -
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Schengen Visa Question
No, it was for Germany but the requirements are fairly common to the EU in general. The document checklist for Italy can be found here https://visa.vfsglobal.com/one-pager/italy/thailand/english/pdf/checklist_tourist_2024.pdf Note item 11. Your comment about easier embassies/consulates is a bit irrelevant, the main hurdle is the VFS staff. The VFS German office is at Chamchuri Square and handles some other countries but don't think Italy was one of them, not sure where that is. Chamchuri Square is relatively new and massive, a beaurocratic nightmare. With luck Italy may be one of the more established and smaller offices. As a historical note, some years ago the Germans had their own way of handling Schengen visa applications using software called Videx. The system was flawed in that it could not differentiate between EU family members and standard applicants. I reported the Bangkok German Embassy to SOLVIT and the EU commission ruled in my favour, the German embassy had to start accepting manual applications from family members of EU citizens. When I did the German visa earlier this year they were still using Videx in a modified form, but most other countries use a standard format for the application. -
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Anyone tried Thai Sumigran sumatriptan/Imigran/Imitrex? 1/10 the price...hmm
By the way, a little off-topic but sharing with this group of migraineurs. I recently received some advice on meds to use for migraines from a Harvard Medical emergency doctor friend of mine. These are the treatments he used for his patients and also his migraneur wife. I ran these by another friend who is a neurologist and she says this is sound advice (with the only caveat being that some migraineurs are not so much struggling with how to abort their current headache, which the advice below focuses on, but rather have the problem of headaches coming back in subsequent days in a cycle, which the meds below do not address but also do not make any worse). I have not tried any of these (other than sumatriptan) and don't know which are available in Thailand, but thought the advice might be useful to this group. Be sure to do your research before trying any. ----------------------------------- BEGINNING OF QUOTE: On the migraines, yep, avoid caffeine, except that it can be an effective abortifacient. Here are the tools you should have in your medicine cabinet. All can be taken simultaneously with no safety risk. You should use injectable or nasal sumatriptan at the earliest sign of a migraine. Injectable sumatriptan is far more effective than the oral form. The nasal form is not as effective as the injectable form, but is much more effective than the oral form. So efficacy is injectable > nasal >>> oral. (Those are “greater than” signs.) Prochlorperazine (Compazine) is a fabulous migraine abortifacient. It can cause some people to feel jittery or have a weird cramp in some part of their body...this is NOT dangerous but can be frightening...this side effect is easily treated with diphenhydramine (Benadryl) [though it is NOT an allergy], so, often, we just go ahead and presumptively give a Benadryl tablet or ½ a tablet when we administer prochlorperazine. Take prochlorperazine 10 mg (perhaps with a half or whole tablet of Benadryl) at the earliest sign of a migraine. [Those of larger physical size e.g. 100kg] may need to take 20 mg of the prochlorperazine, and that’s fine, so don’t hesitate to repeat the 10 mg dose after 20-30 minutes if no effect. Metoclopramide (Reglan) is another fabulous abortifacient. The aforementioned side effects can occur as with prochlorperazine, though somewhat less commonly. Dosing is the same, and this medicine is so safe that it doesn’t even matter if you take both together. For clarity, it’s okay to take sumatriptan + prochlorperazine 20 mg + metoclopramide 20 mg + Benadryl, all at the same time. Of course you should figure out the lowest possible number of medications and the lowest possible doses, because we always want to avoid these chemicals, but I just want to be clear that I’d rather you take the above than have to go to the hospital and face that horror show. Caffeine and NSAIDs are very effective abortifacients, but you face the risk of rebound. For some people who get migraines infrequently, some caffeine and a couple Aleve tablets does the trick. When my wife feels a migraine coming on, I give her 10 mg of metoclopramide and 1-2 Aleve tablets, together with a diet coke if it’s not bedtime, and this is almost always curative...almost instantaneously...usually after 10-20 minutes. It is okay to take caffeine and NSAIDs together with all the other medicines (sumatriptan, prochlorperazine, metoclopramide, and diphenhydramine). It’s a rare migraine that doesn’t get crushed by this combination, though usually just one or two of these meds is needed. -
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Recommendations of a quality Slow Cooker
Had this one for a couple years, and does everything quite well. Info from Panasonic site info from label on back of: -
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Introduction to Personal Income Tax in Thailand
Many thanks for this OJAS and also thanks to another poster, chiang mai, as you have both been very helpful. As per your suggestion I will take along my Thai daughter, who is currently domiciled in Phuket town after finishing university, and I'm meeting up with her on Wednesday after going to hospital for another checkup, so a quick visit after the hospital, should be fairly easy (hopefully). Also, do I need to take along some proof of where I am currently domiciled (address etc)? Sorry to ask but my memory now after the concussion is terrible. Many thanks, Xylo -
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White House Condemns Tucker Carlson’s Interview with Holocaust Denier
I will start by saying that I am a Jew, and I am very opposed to a great deal of Israeli policy, including the rather extremist manner in which they've dealt with this recent Gaza War. Having said that, I think you're being a bit ridiculous by calling the Holocaust anything but what it is. If it's a "so-called Holocaust" what would you call it, and how would you describe it? Did the Nazis accidentally kill 6 million Jews and Gypsies, or did they as Cooper said, let them die only because they couldn't deal with them? You need to explain yourself, if you want to post such lies, or you just simply need to stop posting. Do you also believe the earth is flat, and the moon landing was faked? Who are you anyway? -
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Latest developments and discussion of recent events in the Ukraine War
As long as he can keep the Silovik happy - estimated to be around 5 million then his security state will hold. Mynamar and DPRK are utter basket cases yet the leadership maintains their iron grip. The rest of Russia will muddle along with their dirt allotments and baked in mother Russia nationalism and misery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silovik -
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Recommendations of a quality Slow Cooker
Still use a Rival 3150 never any problems. -
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Electric Vehicles in Thailand
A hopeless girl's EV car has water damage and the battery is broken. The insurance company has not paid the claim and suggested putting it in the sun. The insurance company said that they will expedite the process. The insurance is the responsibility of the insurance company. Neta Company could not answer much. The company already informed that the battery should be replaced by informing the insurance company, but the insurance company disappeared. They contacted again on August 29. It is also not advisable to expose the battery to sunlight. The battery was damaged by water and short-circuited. There is a high risk of malfunction and danger to customers who will be harmed. https://ch3plus.com/news/social/ch3onlinenews/415876 -
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Ten-Wheeler Truck Overturns: Tyres Found in Deplorable Condition with Exposed Wires
It's ok, the bald tyres were on the inside out of sight plus the exposed wire gives much better traction. -
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Must Read Its Happening - Law to Tax Overseas Income Now in Progress
Many mongers may move to meet younger women in the Philippines to avoid all this hassle and expense. -
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Last Time Refused Entry Retry Monday
Whether there was a stamp in the passport or otherwise a denial of entry will surely be recorded in the immigration database otherwise little point of rejecting him in the first place -
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Da Nang Hotels?
I doubt you could or would want to do that. Does Superrich or any currency exchange even sell Viet currency?
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