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5 hours ago, Confuscious said:
Personal Accident Insurance.
A Personal Accident insurance will cover any damage caused by an ACCIDENT, including car/motorbike accidents.
https://www.muangthai.co.th/en/personal-accident-insuranceThank you. Why on earth did I not realise this?
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On 5/6/2024 at 4:42 PM, Confuscious said:
I have a PA-insurance which pays everything in this case.
But I need to report to a doctor or a hospital within 48 hours.
After 48 hours, the insurance don't guarantee a payout.
The visit to the hospitalis only a little inconvenience, and I enjoy a few hours with the young and sexy nurses.
What is a PA insurance? I have seen it mentioned a couple of times, but have no idea what it is.
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On 3/1/2024 at 1:51 PM, Danny Australia said:
Try (intermittent fasting). It's a game changer. Has so many real benefits including improvement of the quality of sleep.
In your particular case with heart disease, a medical advice would be wise before trying this proven method.
I have been eating keto since May 2017, which included some intermittent fasting. I lost overall about 50 kgs in 3 ranches over 2 years due t visiting the UK to see family and being unable to reliably find decent keto food.
In my opinion, IF is about the worst way ever to lose weight. It needs enormous self-discipline if you break the keto routine regime.
IMHO, the only way to lose weight effectively, after 7 years experience, is to establish a strict regime and do not vary it one jot.
If you vary it much, you'll pile it on. Monotonous, yes, but do you want to be 100 kgs plus and stuff your face with what you made you fat in the first place or bite the bullet and eat selectively and well?
I started at 102 kgs, and I'm now 65 kgs but with 3 blips when I went to visit family in the UK and piled on between 6 - 12 kgs in 4 weeks! Never, ever again.Willpower and devising a workable eating routine and sticking to it is the only effective way. Those who do IF and shovel 'normal food' down their mouths in the false belief that they are helping themselves are on a hiding to nothing. 'Helping yourself' to what you want for a short while' is just a false premise and doomed to failure. They are just being lazy and unproductive.
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9 hours ago, bbko said:
A airline company taking legal action over a customer complaint? Wow, I would like to see the wording of the critique, but...
Criticism is the correct noun to use, not 'critique' which has a very specific meaning. Try a dictionary.
Better still, here is the correct meaning, for your edification and education.
The verb is 'to criticise'.
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Has anyone with knee or lower leg problems come across anything like this, which is supposed to help with pain?I have stage 3/4 arthritis in both knees and was having coffee with a pal yesterday. A Brit sometimes turns up and usually butts in, and when he saw my elastic knee supports poking down from my shorts he suggested getting one of these. He swore by his, said it took a few months to work but when it kicked in it was marvellous, according to him.I'm a bit wary forking out for something 'alternative' and which seems witch-doctor-ish so I checked Ebay yesterday and came up with all sorts of models and prices.I'd be interested to know if anyone has used one, did it do any good, what did it cost and can you get them in Thailand easily and at what cost?Anyone who has used one which was effective and can spare 5 minutes to give me your verdict, I would be very grateful indeed if you'd give me your thoughts.
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On 12/24/2023 at 5:54 PM, freeworld said:
Technology is actually Canadian/ French.
Yup, Bombardier behind the scenes, as ever ...
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22 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:
Paid more than you thought but got a decent result. Cant really argue about that.
More than a few misspelled words in that word soup.
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8 hours ago, josephbloggs said:
Let me guess, you don't live in Bangkok?
For anyone to say the BTS is dirty and outdated, sorry, you can't be taken seriously.Rubbish, it's scruffy and dated. And don't forget crowded and almost impossible to get a seat. And o platform indicator boards - why? The MRT have done it since day one, so why can't the BTS? Nothing to do with saving money by any chance?
Anyway, why are so being so defensive? Seems very parochial to me.
And yes, I do live as near as dammit to Bangkok - near The Mall Ngam Wong Wan. That's (just) Nonthaburi, but I doubt you lot who can only live near a BTS line know much about other nearby areas.-
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10 hours ago, isaanistical said:
Then you need a white stick, which ironically would not get you a seat. The trains are clean and, remarkably, free of graffiti
But at least in HKG there's the wonderful Octopus card, good for every transport mode and much more. That, as has been said by several posters, is the really stupid thing about BKK's systems.
Agreed about HK, not agreed about the BTS.
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8 hours ago, josephbloggs said:
DIrty? It's spotless and is in remarkable condition given it's age. The original trains are 24 years old but still in perfect condition. And it is a commuter system running through the middle of a major capital city, why would you expect to get a seat? Criticise legitimate issues if you like but don't make things up - dirty and dated.
You need to go to Specsavers.
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1 hour ago, mfd101 said:
Thai workmanship on display yet again. Slapdash, no checks, no double checks, no safety rules, no quality control.
To be accurate, I understand that most of the workers were Cambodian, but of course, supervisory and management staff would be Thai.
It's THEY who should have their backsides kicked.
Having said that, I am wondering how they are going to manage to cover all this up. Not a good advert for monorail systems hurried through on the cheap.
I am reminded that when a Thai airliner had its undercarriage collapsed at Swampy, they just painted over the Thai logos (talk about head in the sand, eh?) and then when it was serviceable a while later, there were all sorts of religious ceremonies to bless the craft and the airport.
What's the betting the same will happen on the Pink Line?
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We live very close to the Pink Line Khae Rai station and have been watching with interest as it's been being built over the years. It's only been open less than about a month and we've tried it twice and don't like it much, of which more below.
This morning my wife went to the local market about 2 miles or so by van, to find when she got off crowds all staring upwards at the Pink Line track where there were workman frantically doing something aloft. It turned out that at 4.45 this morning, a long section (like 5 kms, 3 miles) of the power ;ines supplying the systema had just well, er, fallen down. Three cars below were damaged.
The line is now closed between Khae Rae al the way to Hah Yaek Pak Kret station but it still open along Chaeng Wattana to Minburi - so far. Quite an embarrassment for whoever owns it, but not really a surprise.
When it will be repaired and safety guaranteed, who knows? A bit of a bummer for people in my area having to take a van or bus to Pak Kret just to get a train. That'll hit passenger numbers, no doubt about that, because local Thais have been complaining about it since day one. They were saying just as we discovered on our trips - it sways considerably from side to side, but not only that, it bounces up and down a lot so people are feeling sick (we did, slightly). A smooth ride it most definitely isn't.
I was expecting something to go amiss after those rides and I wasn't wrong. Roads closed in parts already.
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On 12/23/2023 at 7:44 AM, Bangkok Barry said:
Well, the MRT gives old farts like me a discounted fare, but the BTS charges full price for all foreigners at all times, even though Thais get a discount in off-peak hours. So they're trying. Give it time.
Yes, extremely beneficial for us old farts. I live near Nonthaburi Government and to Sukhumvit is 29 baht for me, so I never use the BTS (which is too far to the nearest station at Sena Nikhom anyway).
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On 12/23/2023 at 7:44 AM, Bangkok Barry said:
Well, the MRT gives old farts like me a discounted fare, but the BTS charges full price for all foreigners at all times, even though Thais get a discount in off-peak hours. So they're trying. Give it time.
My thoughts exactly. I can't stand the BTS anyway - dated, dirty, money-grubbing and racist. Can rarely get a seat, no next train indicator boards unlike the MRT, expensive tickets and unhelpful staff.
On the other hand, the MRT wins hands down for being well-run, helpful staff, cleanliness and less expensive that the other pile of you know what.
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On 11/2/2023 at 10:49 AM, Dan O said:
You might want to look in the mirror for your projection issues and not try to deflect them onto others
Classic. Exactly what you are doing.
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On 10/20/2023 at 8:06 AM, Dan O said:
You seem to feel entitled. You won't last long here acting like that.
If you are referring to my time on Thaivisa/Asean Now, I probably predate you by a long way.
I haven't seen your name about much though.
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On 10/20/2023 at 8:08 AM, Dan O said:
Your making moron assumptions that he was or that was referring to hotels in my original comment. Go back and read it again
A moron calling other people morons. That's called projection and is a very immature reaction to having his ego held up to a mirror.
It's also extreme irony on your part.
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2 minutes ago, Dan O said:
He wasn't at a hotel and thais do eat runny eggs regularly. I ask for well done every time I eat eggs at numerous resturants and hotels and never had a problem
How do you know he wasn't at an hotel? Something you've just made up again and believed yourself?
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8 minutes ago, 2baht said:
Ahhhh, I think you are the idiot who posted twice, I rest my case!
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Just now, 2baht said: Ahhhh, I think you are the idiot who posted twice, I rest my case!
Ahhh, you're obviously American, so not clever enough to realise that I was quoting YOUR double post ... smh isn't strong enough for people like you.
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4 minutes ago, Dan O said:
Well done would be the proper way to order the eggs as you expected. Thais eat eggs only partially cook regularly. You should already know that and also how to order your eggs if you want them cooked like that. Its pretty simple, even for you Bob.
I disagree. Most hotels cook eggs in large batches and then left out for hours, and Thai style fried eggs are usually well overcooked, with hard crispy outsides.
Ask for anything different and you get a blank look and still get the eggs cooked in exactly the same way. Thais can never follow instructions, and never give them 2 or 3 at the same time!
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1 minute ago, 2baht said:
No one listens to you!
1 minute ago, 2baht said:No one listens to you!
Well, you seem to be ...
And you might want to learn to use the internet properly so you don't look an idiot posting the same thing twice
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Just now, 2baht said:
Don't you lose that sense of humor either, you're fun! 😏
I'm as fun as can be, unlike 80% of posters on this forum.
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8 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:
to look at how you treat them.
Or give them the same back as they gave you. Far more satisfying to annoy the cr@p out of them if they are rude to you and refuse to do their job properly.
Time for them to go to work in a 7/11. Oh wait, they've probably had the sack from there already.
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Can anybody identify this?
in Health and Medicine
Posted · Edited by Irrumator
Yes, why would I not be? Why should I realise that 2 capital letters in random conjunction would mean something significant to anyone?
Or are you the sort who thinks he's superior to others?