walt1

If I were the durian farmer I'd be watching my trees at night. Thieves will poison dogs before trying to steal later.

VT1 is in a good location but don't stay on the Thappasit road side the road noise is very loud. Also, only one pool for both buildings.

Boy o Boy a campfire or burgers on the grill must send some of you into a frenzy.

I use Skype my number. About 50 USD/year you can choose any area code you want. It works well for me with getting the codes. People stateside can call it just like a local call.

I need to double check I guess but IIRC as long as you file the yearly 1040 tax form the ITIN remains valid.

My bill went up about 1000 Baht or so to just under 5000. I'll gladly pay that and more as long as the power stays on. I think having brownouts or low voltage as the lights are dimming up and down for the past hour. Nobody using a welder either.

April

I have never received the form and contacted Manila on November 1st. They replied not to worry you would get it next year. On February 1st get an email from Manila that my benefits would be cancelled if I didn't return the form in 60 days. Sent it out the next day and for the past month it is sitting in some mail office there in Manala. I did get both Feb & March payments. This system is totally worthless.

I posted Manila reply in the 1st post. If could be possible that Thailand is now biennial report? Sure is a hell of a way to run a system when so many other options are possible.

Manila is why I'm concerned. They more or less said don't worry you will get one next year.

Went last year and stayed at VT6. It was gridlock on 2nd road for at least 2 hours and even after that it was slow moving and backed up. For cars to leave VT6 the guards had to block traffic it must have been crazy at Central parking ramp. No way would I drive in and leave after, but if I did, I would find a nice bar for a few hours. With a designated driver of course.

That is a good idea Pib and not too hard, but I read on the other thread that Ubonjoe mentioned above, that they need to have the barcode or won't work. Worth a shot though. I'll wait a bit and see if it shows up.

I'm still waiting nothing as of yet. It seems Manila might not know what they are talking about as they told twentybaht the same as me and then he gets his form. It doesn't fill me with hope that Manila is right about getting one next year.

Nice to know I'm not the only one Twenty Baht. It could be Thailand is now every other year report.

I will wait a few weeks to see if it shows up and maybe contact the stateside office. I guess I will find out for sure come January.