Thailand has become a political meat grinder. If the yellow shirts win, the red shirts want to overthrow the government; If the red shirts win, the yellow shirts want to overthrow the government.

Never ending story. Same old sh*t, different day.

Skype billing is based in UK. If your payment processor is not UK based, it may not go through. So find out if your paypal account works first. Paypal has given me many headaches.

The bottom line is that if you marry up, money won't be an issue; if you marry down, you are always expected to pay, with or without love, scammers or not.

you can check with your provincial health insurance plan to see if you can get a foreign country extension.

I used IMGglobal several times and made a claim once. It worked alright for me.

I thought the same thing, but here's from Merriam-Webster:

Definition of TUITION
1 archaic: custody, guardianship
2 the act or profession of teaching : instruction <pursued his studies under private tuition>
3 the price of or payment for instruction

If you want to sell, price is still depressed; if you want to buy, price is still expensive.

While travelling in Thailand, I noticed that Chinese restaurants are expensive and their business did not appear quite well. But again, I am not a business minded person. I think there are more than enough bars in udon....

Me love you long time -> short time

Why not use free google translation? ทำไมไม่ใช้แปลจาก Google ได้ฟรีหรือไม่

"Mr. Banollbango was arrested at his girlfriend's home in amphur Kut Chap"

And who might be that lovely well fit bird ?

Just found out that Krungthai ATM declined my transaction yet still charged me 150 baht!

You should have 5 to 10% of you portfolio in gold, and 10 to 20% in foreign currency reserve. If you have had australian dollar, yen, swiss franc, gold three years ago, you'd be smiling all the way now.

Does anyone have first hand experience as a customer with a wedding photo studio in Udon or Bangkok or Pattaya? Are the dresses clean or dirty and well worn? How soon can they deliver the pictures after the photo session? Do they try to push for "upgrade" during the shooting? Any info is appreciated.

Actually not a bad idea if the said stall can deliver american style hamburgers, new york chicago san fran style pizza, buffalo chicken wings, and texas bbq ribs. my mouth is watering...

The common practice is if you rent by the day, utilities included in the daily rate; if you rent by the month, utilities extra. 700 baht a day equates 21k a month, plus utilities, for a 3br apartment outside udon? do I read it right?

Viper, My suggestion is you can do a trial-run in Thailand, as I had done it myself. A few years back, I spent about 10 months in Thailand, stayed mainly in Chiang Mai but also visited several cities. In the end, I decided that Thailand is best left as a vacation spot when you are young, and a retir...

I'd also like to know:

- Dealing with IRA brokerage accounts
- Social security payments to surviving spouse and young children

You can get some phone cards (forget the names) at some supermarkets in your local chinatown. The phone cards cost about $10 each, the calling rates ranged from 1.5 cent to 15 cents per minute, depending on which country you are calling. You dial a local access number and pay your regular local rate...

Do a trial run for several months as you would live in your chosen city in Thailand. If you don't enjoy it, I doubt you'd like PI or Cambodia.

This doesn't make sense. Diabetes is the illness with high blood sugar, not low blood sugar. The treatment and the management are just the opposite. You need to see a GP for your diagnosis first.