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To be clear? You got the areas wrong. Each village has one pu yai ban. The gamnan is over the tambol (sub-district), which might have many villages.

Which direction to look, besides up?

One rule that many people have forgotten, even in America, is that you don't tip the owner of a restaurant. Tips are for the staff. Most small restaurants in Thailand are owner-operated. I leave the small change, never calculate the 15-20%.

Rule at my house is don't eat anything with "turd" in its name.

Starting at 989,000.

Go to the airport and ask at the AirAsia counter.

English has been a requirement in schools for generations. The only Thai people who actually converse are those who take initiative beyond school, to make money, or foreign friends, or learn song lyrics. What the PM suggested is not unreasonable. I'm not a fan, but it looks like leadership to me. The knee-jerk response from his political critics is not surprising. I'm American. I can only imagine how the opposition would freak if President Biden said something like that. What about your country?

Driving out of Chiang Mai today on the 108, there was a woman selling bags of it at a traffic signal. Looked like at least half a dozen leaves in the bag, 50 baht. So watch for that.

So, just to be clear, you recommend answering fraudulently?

We live in Chiang Mai. We're both vaccinated for Covid-19. Wife said she wants to go skiing in Japan in January for a few days, not more than a week. She has Thai and US passports, mine is US. The link doesn't include our situation, unless we quarantine, if I read it correctly. How do we leave Thailand for a week or less, jumping through the least hoops?

And park in the shade whenever possible.

It's fine up hills. It's a 1.5L engine. Not winning any drag races, but perfectly adequate for a retiree to drive to other provinces occasionally. I have driven it from CM to Chiang Rai several times. The transmission has that stick you bump to the right for "sport mode," which I use in the hills. No problem passing the local rust buckets of Burmese laborers.

I went to the Bangkok Motor Show last year. A BMW motorcycle dealer had a slightly used demo bike for sale. 900cc sport bike for 500K baht. I didn't buy it. Have to trade in the wife first. I still pine for it. What would I do with the remaining million?

Great idea! Offer space to a local, rent-free, to build a shabby farrowing barn with 20 sows. Guy with a backhoe can dig a sewage lagoon in one morning. Keep the building cheap. It's temporary.

Check out Arthitaya. In Lamphun Province, but only 40 minutes from CM. 600 baht includes green fee, caddy, cart. What does "pp" mean?

I have had an MG-ZS for three years. It's fine and reliable. My only caution, not a complaint, is that you're locked into service at the MG dealer. Local oil change places can't get their filters. I replaced two tires this year, and was pleased to find the right size at a local Maxxis dealer. That wasn't true the first time I ruined a tire. No one had the replacement, and MG would only sell sets of four. I bought a similar Michelin instead. So, some improvement there, in that I'm not locked into buying tires from MG anymore. When we bought in June 2018, we compared with Mazda CX-3. ZS has much more leg room, and costs a couple 100K less than the CX-3 similarly equipped. Might want to check out the MG-HS if you want to go a little bigger. Somebody posted yesterday bashing MGs. No hands on experience and obvious anti-Chinese bias. Can we please not rehash that here?

Why don't you just tell us what country? What passports do you hold? Why so secretive?

Tapper. 6.5% alcohol in a 500ml can. Not bad tasting, either. Available in 12-packs at Makro.

Little boy wants a new toy, but can't pay for it. Boohoohoo. Expect a temper tantrum. There are plenty of used trucks that beggar boy can buy for a song. The shiny new toys can wait for him to succeed in his new business. Wish him well, and slam the door HARD!

Congratulations! The invitation must have gotten lost in the mail. Hey! Remember we used to send telegrams? คอนแกรชูเลชั่นส์

OK, and "blah, blah, blah... Contact the Attorney General of your state." Not much of an answer. So you didn't read my first post, or answer my direct question. Give me one instance in which it would matter. Inheritance? Survivor benefits? Maybe, but being named as beneficiary or even as emergency contact at a workplace would carry some weight if contested. What does "registration" with a state mean? Oh, right, ask my state's Attorney General. And whatever he/she answers means nothing when your career takes you to another state. To the OP: If you're worried about registering your marriage with local authorities, by all means, go get'r'done at a courthouse. We never did, and never will, being happily retired in Chiang Mai, where I expect to live out my days.

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I don't know what you're talking about. That statement is nonsense. No one who moves to another state rushes to register in the new state "in which they reside." In my response above, I asked, "Can anyone in similar circumstances name an instance of a bureaucrat demanding proof of marriage registration? I can't." You're welcome to re-read my whole post. So, name a situation in which "registering" with a state matters. Several of us have pointed out that foreign marriages are recognized in the US, both by states and the US government, e.g. INS. Do you speak from first-hand experience or hearsay? Either way, you have misunderstood.

We married in Bkk in 1988. For her visa, the Consulate accepted a photocopy of our Thai marriage certificate, along with a certified translation which I translated and typed myself, then asked a Thai friend in Missouri to "certify." I think, when it came time for her to apply for US citizenship, the same documents were accepted. We never registered with any state or local authority. It never came up in job applications, child birth, mortgage applications. US registration was never an issue. Can anyone in similar circumstances name an instance of a bureaucrat demanding proof of marriage registration? I can't. As far as I know, Missouri and Wisconsin considered us to be in a common law marriage, but married nonetheless.

There is an edit function whenever you need it. It's in the dropdown menu when you hit the ... at the upper right of your post.