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yankyoakum

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  1. bought a 2019 Trailblazer and have had it 5 yrs now, not a bit of trouble. Parts are easy to come by. Think these were all built in country and quality seems to be as good as any. Agree look at the brake pedal for excessive wear on rubber pad. If the pad has the ridges worn off the mileage was turned back. Ours is 2.5 liter duramax diesel and gets really good mileage. 13 yrs old probably could use shocks and look if you can see front rotors of brakes, are they scoured or grooved? Things you can point out and may get a discount on price. 250K baht for a car that old it better be in mint condition. But know others who own Chevy's and have never had and issue with many miles/klicks driven....
  2. we drove up there 4 weeks ago, some very cool Khmer temple ruins that are very well kept up. Nice hotel that accepted small dog and great restaurants. Yep was already hot but quite enjoyed the trip...
  3. That dude needs to back to his home country and crawl back under the rock he came from...
  4. green and lush turning into brown and crispy...not a good sign
  5. wifes Thai, we're old, lived in USA 44 yrs and she likes 20C. I can handle the heat but she doesn't very well. Bedroom at night same as parlor during the day 20C and fans and big comforter. Did partition off kitchen dining from parlor/family room so AC doesn't work too hard and 6 inches fiberglass in ceiling whole house. She is happy and has small blankets everywhere and I wear shorts. Retiring here was not and option for me....
  6. There was a group/forum "Cool Thai House" that had a whole lot of posts on about everything on construction and building.. Found a lot of really good info there about anything to do with building, electrical, plumbing etc...
  7. Our cheap one died after 2 yrs, bought a Toshiba in Home Pro, its stainless double walled insulated think 1.5 liter, around 1000 Bt, wife is happy with it..cheap usually ain't good and good usually ain't cheap..
  8. we're in Sattahip and found the Makro Australian strip loin was really pretty good. The whole loin was about 1900 Bt but made about 10 thick steaks and my Thai wife who lived in US for 44 yrs said this was best beef she has had here. She is a very picky buying... I've bought flank steak from Villa (was real good) but the Tomahawk and such way above our pay grade...never tried... But also agree with others ask the chef....If he's a good dude he can probably get better cheaper than you trying..
  9. I was concerned as well but went to my local Sattahip bank branch and sometimes speaking only English I have issues. Ladies knew exactly what I was after and yes 100 bt...
  10. We own house so its on its.. Was in Boonthavorn and getting a 150 bt one and sales guy who spoke English showed me one for 1000 Bt.. chrome plated, guts all solid brass and can open and clean. Bought one, year later have replaced 3. These don't have trouble but when they leak, shut off valve and unscrew nozzle, flush it and put back.. Yea its a stupid bum gun but got tired of changing it... good ain't cheap and cheap usually ain't good....
  11. Just did this today at an agency aside from bank letter, statement bank book, yellow book, which I was informed of earlier now they wanted copy of chanote front and back as well as Wifes Thai ID. This is odd as I do the 800K which has been in bank since 2019.. After a discussion they upped the fee to 10,000 baht which I forked over.. I was quoted 7,000 for the service.. Not sure if this is bait and switch or what..
  12. I came on 60 day tourist visa from USA, changed to Non O retirement using a service in CM...Wasn't that difficult and nobody said a thing as we flew one way ticket. That was 2019. Depending on yr finances, I did the 800K and have been married to a Thai lady for 48 years. No worries about taking photos in front of our house for immigration to look at. If you have the funds go with the 800K in bank less hoops to jump thru....Just old retired guys opinion...
  13. Due to having wifes container arriving early, I came on 60 day tourist visa, used a service and changed to Non O immigrant visa, opened and dumped 800K in account Nov then received the Non O extension of stay in Feb.. 2020. Not sure what I paid but was cheaper than going back to USA and fussing with Thai embassy that was not close to my US residence.. Good luck with your endeavors
  14. wifes girlfriend just bought one for 400+ baht at homepro
  15. were you born stupid or do you take pills? Go away in short jerky motions....
  16. yep happened to me this week, 3 copiesPP detail page and 2 of visa as well as fill out the TM47, I used to bring a prefilled one always but they said don't need it. Well now they do and if you need a pen for filling out TM 47 you have to go to bldg on the left not the one for 90 day reporting and of 3 pen spots one was MIA, one worked and other had no ink... But I did not have to sign the 3 copies. For last 3 years we've been in Sattahip only show up hand PP get number wait and they call number and hand back PP. Oh yea after all that found a pen in bottom of passport bag.. Also think they pushing for on line reporting but who knows what lies in the minds of those running the show..
  17. I always do in person as it's my time to get out, listen to music and drive to Jontien alone, hand over PP and in 20 minutes leave and have breakfast..This week arrived and was handed a TM-47 form, fill this out and bring copies of PP page, latest visa, ..where is a pen? over there.. (FYI Over there is next building).. and 3 pens and only one had ink..Then to the photo copy place and back to 90 day desk...Yea looks like online will be the future... and I've been doing this and living in same place for 3 years....I was ok sitting under tent and not having to supply more paperwork....one step forward and 3 steps back
  18. FYI...Had all the sagging seat springs replaced years ago in USA, Old guy came to house to bid, his comment (which stuck) is only do it if the piece has good bones.. Mine were 25 yr old Natuzzi leather and heavy. Much of todays furniture is made from Particle board and not worth spending money on. Just a thought...
  19. Well 50 years ago up country they were all bamboo, there was an old man in Warin across the river from Ubon who made a bunch of them, his the stem that held the bowl was thinner bamboo and looked like a water buffalo head with 2 shoots (one out out either side) that looked like horns..they were offshoot stems. Back in the day Paw's bongs were pretty famous amount the US GI's stationed here. He made bowls for them from some very hard local wood that would sink in a glass of water. But those bamboo bongs were really great and suspect the design was centuries old...
  20. I buy mine from Lazada and get the charcoal impregnated one. My Trailblazer I change it myself as the Chevy guys didn't seem to know where/what it was (behind glove box) and owners manual doesn't mention it. Also as stated by others my Lazada replacement was much better/sturdier than the OEM one I took out. The charcoal ones can be vac'd and set in sun for a few hrs and put back but I keep a spare and they cheap. OEM ones are not charcoal just white pleated..
  21. prior to retiring here did some checks and found Schwab Amex and Costco Visa do not charge foreign transaction fees, always use them and request all sales in Thai Baht, works well so far.
  22. We just went through this in Chonburi, but from USA. Married in 70's in USA, wifes Thai ID still maiden name....does it matter???... naw... Retired here and want her US pension going to Thai Bank. Easy to do as long as her Thai Bank account has EXACT same name as her pension account in US. Her Thai ID card # stayed the same, got name changed, opened her a new bank account here with married name and no problems. Otherwise not possible. Got name change done at office in Sattahip after trip to US embassy. The USA 1976 marriage cert from rural area had no identifier # and didn't say USA. It was cute one page fill in the blank form signed by church minister. Hence the trip to Embassy, was and interesting exercise.
  23. I am in the same situation, got 3 frames I really like that are comfortable but need new lenses. Going to try looking around Sattahip. My new glasses bought beside Big C were 30K Baht and lenses are great, frames hurt my nose. In USA could have got 3 pairs from Costco or Sams for that price..
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