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moe666, on 2012-04-18 06:29:53, said:

Thanks to all who replied. After several stops and letter signing and stamping, and two hours at the local lisencing office I was able to replace my lisence

tomallison, on 2012-04-17 20:14:22, said:

I think every govt. office in Thailand makes it"s own rules, the first thing I did was file the police report whicch I had with me at the time of applying for a replacement lisence, yesterday obtaiened a letter from the headman of the moo ban,today of to the local office to get an official stamp on the letter, fingers crossed.

I fly EVA air to and from the U.S. every year, I started with EVA in 2002 when there delux tickets were only $300.00 round trip more than economy, at this rate it was well worth the money,last time I flew EVA to the U.S. it was $800.00 one way to upgrade to deluxe, at this price defenitely not worth the money, same food but wider seats and more leg room.

I have been married to a Thai since 2003,who I met and married in th U.S, she had been in the U.S. for 5 years, came with her than Thai husband who was working in the U.S. as a flight engineer, his problem with alcohal caused their marriage to end in divorce.When I met her she had been in the U.S. 5 years, mostly on overstay, after dating for a year we married and she received permanent residency, in 2006 I retired and we moved to Thailand to be close to her aging father. We have since traveled back and forth between living in Thailand and the U.S. about six months each, we have a home in both countries, we have an equal amount of Thai and American friends in the U.S. she has always pulled her weight finacially working and contributing to our finances, I have never given or have I been asked for money for her family, we have on accasion loaned money always to be repayed. We are now bothretired and finacialy set we travel, both in Asia and the U.S. and love it, our biggest problem has always been comunication, although she is fluent in english because of the cultural differences we sometimes have a hard time really understanding one another. What I have learned from our experiences togther patience and understanding helps a lot.I read many threads on these expat forums which would lead the inexperienced to beleive all Thai people are money hungry users, it is not so, I have never felt used or looked down on as a farang in Thailand, my wifes family and friends have more than welcomed me into there communities, but then again I was smart enough not to marry a bar girl.
  Good luck with what ever you do, but remember a successful marriage to a Thai takes work,commitment,and understanding as does any marriage.

As a poster above stated we who live outside Bangkok feel for you,especially those living to the north as we have already lived thruogh the worst of it.Good luck to all, try to stay out of the water some kids in our area have been taken seriously ill after swimming in the flood waters, one has died after only two days.