@Marvin ********

Some companies will not accept BYO on their network.

I know I wouldn’t allow it. We didn’t even allow BYO mobiles to connect to the corporate mail servers.

@Dany *******

I managed an IT department of 20 employees. We installed anti-theft firmware on all laptops, continuously reporting the location of the laptop and mandating use of anti-virus and VPN.

No way anyone could simulate a different location.

Windows systems communicate internally using utc. If you connect to windows services using your windows laptop then the server will log you at his local time.

Are you trying to hide that you are abroad, or is there another reason for your question?

@Benjamin ********

It’s really a very personal thing. Places like Bangkok, Phuket or Pattaya would be my least desirable places to live in Thailand while others are so much at home there they wouldn’t want to leave it for the world.

One man’s like is another man’s dislike. A matter of personal preferences.

@Willy ******

I am aware of that. It’s different in almost every country.

In Netherlands we have different postal codes for each side of the road, and long roads can have multiple codes for each side.

If I would address a package as NL2135ER44 then that fully identifies my former address (it’s even searchable in internet).

In USA you can’t address without mentioning the state because there are multiple cities of the same name across states.

IMHO Being only half aware of differences between countries would trigger at least some curiosity.

Now the real question is whether certain people are aware that a foreign country might be different from their own. I’d expect someone who lives 90 days in a new country to have some of that awareness.

But seeing the responses here it seems like I set the standards too high. For which I apologize.

@Rusty *****

And yet you are welcome!

@David **********

So, mister “Helpful”. How is it in any way helpful to insult someone with a pathetic name-joke?

“Plan to move soon” is quite different from “I am here already 90 days, but I don’t know where I live.” Doh!

Hmm… 90 days in Thailand already and you don’t know your address…

It was among the first things I asked when I arrived in Thailand.

Different people, different priorities, so it seems. 😉

PS Converting today is obviously not the preferred choice.

But Bangkok Bank offers foreign currency accounts which are instantly accessible (during office hours). Check with immigration whether they accept a USD balance (in Thailand!) for seasoning. Then you don’t need to convert right away.

Just eat the temporary currency drop. The dollar will go up again in the future (after blondie) so you’ll have to sit out three or four years.

I bought some usd just before he started the trade wars. Too bad for me. I’ll keep them until he’s gone and Americans get back to their senses (if ever).

I self-insure so I need to keep some cash here and there anyway to cover possible (health) calamities.