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In related news, I got married about 17-18 years ago and got my very first marriage visa. For some silly reason, I thought it was good for 1 year, so for 1 year I didn't do any border runs, 555. When my one year visa was up for renewal and I went to Pattaya immigration, they said I was on overstay, they told me do a border run and expect to pay 20k, which I did, back then there was no blacklisting.

I'm an American and I used to drink Lipton, then I tried Twinings Earl Grey, now I know why some people say Lipton is just brown water. Twinings is my favorite, available all over Thailand.

Time to go to a local Big C food court and sit for several hours to avoid the heat.

To quote your words; Oh the irony, 555.

While I'm far from being fluent in Thai, I do know many words (a couple thousand?) and always trying to learn more. The words I remember, it's the high/falling/low/mid tones that mess me up. I like those farangs that live here for many years and can't muster the basics, they make me look like a linguistic genius, 555. Even the Thais say "Oh, you speak very good".

If you mean to ask is it ok to drive Pattaya to Bangkok on motorway 7 with a 160cc motorbike, that's a No. Small bikes are not allowed on #7. You can however use motorway 3, I've know people that drive their motorbike from Pattaya to places 5 hours north.

I also use the cement tub filled with water for my dogs, also when my old air conditioner was sold for scrap, I took out the blower motor/wheel and have it outside for my dogs, they love it. If it's super hot, they come inside.

Rehab centers all over the world will have folks that have trouble "being normal".

There is an actual prison, I remember seeing it north of town, from what I read they can hold about 4000 people.

I did and it was successful for many years, if you're smart anything is possible. OP, I ran a legal business (not a bar/hotel/restaurant) with my Thai wife as the owner, but it was me that set it up and maintained it, no work permit, no police payoffs, no "mafia" extortion money. I don't know about the US/Thailand amenity workings, but I don't know we went to city hall on Pattaya Nua to get our business license. DM me if you want other info.

If they even eat at all, most of the farangs I see at the food court are they just to sit and chat with other farangls like them for hours, no food trays in front of the lot. As for the food, it's ok for a quick cheap clean meal, not off some filthy street food cart. As for the farangs, I'll sit towards the center or back of the court of/when I eat there (almost never) but I do bring my 4 y/o nephew to the playland about once a week. Old guys on a pension want to sit in a clean air conditioned place to chat with others? They don't bother me, I just won't sit near them.

I don't know about this particular school, but all the different schools and extra classes my 16 y/o son has attended here in Thailand over his lifetime have accepted monthly payments.

Yet you admit you use them twice a day for 30 days, 555.

Makro getting a lot of mentions in this thread, are some people forgetting Makro is mainly for bulk buyers? 1000's of shoppers buying in bulk using those flatbed shopping carts are going to empty the shelves real quick. In all my years shopping in Thailand, sure there's isles blocked off cause of pallets or forklifts or pallet jacks, so what, cry me a river.

Let's admit the older you get, the more you yearn for the way things used to be. Go into any bar and the old timers are stuck listening to the music they grew up on. How many more decades till we see 60-70-y/o requesting hip hop music?

Oh the irony, 555

How or what are you using to watch movies/tv shows? I had Netflix (no vpn) for over a year and it was ok, but in the past few months got IPTV/Firestick and it blows the doors off of my Netflix, My IPTV has over 2000 movies/tv shows ready to watch at the press of a button.

The beach chair vendors aren't the ones doing the actual cooking, no running water, rat infested trees, etc. You tell them what you want and they know the shops to get it. I sit on the beach and just go get what I like at the food courts, bigger selection and cleaner presentation.

Having to choose between Jomtien or Pattaya beaches, I prefer Jomtien, near their food courts/night markets and get my food from them, lots of tasty food to choose from. Avoid the motorbike food vendors, eating from those filthy carts is asking for diarrhea, 555.

These AI trump youtube vids are hilarious;

Option 1) Stay home and stock up on food, drinks, snacks before the water starts getting thrown and have the contacts for food delivery. Option 2) Take a trip out of town for a week or so, Pattaya is the one of the most intense cities for Songkran, meanwhile up in Issan they are tame and respect those that don't want to get wet.

Is he legally buying them? The last thing I want to do in Thailand is get caught buying controlled drugs illegally.

You can't buy it "over the counter", you'll need a prescription from a doc.