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5 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

 

Why?

by agreeing, I'm also wondering "why?" Why, thanks to Thaksin, will there be more of this drug around?  

  Seems the poster was trying to express some surprise, or (let's try an emoji,  🙄) some degree of amazement at the amount of the cost. 

But you have a valid point:  They have not said, explicitly.  

14 hours ago, Upnotover said:

Weird story, hard to read.  Did anything actually change....no.

Perhaps the challenge of reading this has left some with no new information. 

Oh, how wonderful! A city already replete with too much traffic and exhaust and congestion would be even more so! 
 

27 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

Maybe I'm annoying, but I would like to come back what I pointed out:

You admitted not to do or dislike sports?

Well, you have to overcome yourself. And I'm convinced with a little bit of special exercise your conditions will improve:

Pelvic floor training is a completely unknown area for many men. That's why you first have to find out how you feel the pelvic floor. Exercises: finding the pelvic floor. A simple basic exercise helps: act as if you wanted to stop the stream of urine and contract the corresponding muscles a few times. Then squeeze your buttocks several times. The area between the muscles you have just contracted one after the other is the one that matters. This is the perineum, which consists primarily of pelvic floor muscles. You can train this area unnoticed in everyday life, while standing at the bus stop, talking on the phone, brushing your teeth, at the checkout in the supermarket or even while sitting at your desk or in front of the TV.

You want to give a try?

 

Thanks for reminding me of this exercise! 
I would like to also suggest the areas of herbal medicine and diet, where there is much to address the issue. 

On 1/9/2025 at 7:23 PM, MikeandDow said:

This guy should be locked up for life He is a convicted felon ,killer and con man

Don't you know?  It's the new style of government!  A convicted felon is about to be sworn in as president of the USA.  It's disgusting. 

Well, who will have the last word on this one?! There are more views and opinions than there are angles in the compass.  I don't like to jump to conclusions, presume, or assume too much, because so much is unknown.  From what I can see, however, there didn't appear to be a clear Indication of who had offended whom initially.  But it appears to have escalated into reciprocated violence, with both parties trying to inflict injury on each other.  

As for Phuket, I enjoyed a little time there a few years back.  And I find any occurrences of violence in Thailand, or anywhere, regrettable when there is so much potential for good things to be happening. 

12 hours ago, bluemoonpattaya said:

The site engineer needs a new calculator.

It seems more like the site needs a new engineer! 

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

It's always terrible to hear about something like this, the silver lining is that these mass shootings are relatively infrequent here in Thailand, unlike in America, where they happen almost daily. However America seems to have more of a fascination with violence, guns are very easy to acquire and there are a lot of very insane people running around. 

Sorry, but in my opinion, that is hardly to be called a silver lining.  

On 8/15/2023 at 8:41 AM, Longwood50 said:

I know you can get "ripped off" by going to Bangkok Hospital Pattaya.  However does someone know if any of the other hospitals have neurologist that can test for nerve damage.  I suspect she has either Carpal Tunnel or Ulnar Tunnel or perhaps both.  

 

I'm not in Pattaya, but in Khon Kaen.  My wife very recently had a nerve test on her right arm/hand/fingers and the cost was around 11,000 baht at the Bangkok Hospital here. I don't know if I'd call that a rip-off or not, but it seemed to open the door for more treatments at the University Hospital here. 

3 hours ago, Andrew65 said:

A price they pay for giving visas-on-arrival to anyone. If people had to apply for a visa before travelling, and that included a criminal record check, a very large number of people would be barred from visiting Thailand.

Sure. (with my apologies for the sarcasm.) 

13 hours ago, inThailand said:

The cat is already out of the bag. 

 

Every farmer is already growing ganja. There is going to be a lot of weed here soon. They have jumped on the bangwagon for its going to be a cash cow. And cash is King here. 

Yeah, sure. If every farmer were (and of course every farmer is not)  growing marijuana it would be a very cheap substance to procure and would be about worthless to the government in terms of tax revenues.  Cash cow?  I can imagine weed at the morning market about 500 baht a kilo. 

10 hours ago, 2long said:

May I ask what the duty of a lifeguard is if it's not to save people in cases like this?

I know, I know, he did warn them etc. But that would surely mean he's just a guard, not a lifeguard.

I think you are confusing "lifeguard" with "live saver".  I was once a life guard, however never saved a life, nor was I ever called upon by circumstance to do so.  Also, in this case, it would have been foolish to swim  out after the victims.  Using a jetski might have been plausible, but evidently was not an option. 

5 hours ago, lanng khao said:

Why not get a 90 day non o visa before you leave, nothing to worry about then.

Good question.  (all questions are good, only there are inevitably some stupid answers.) 

Back to the 30+30+60.... it the 60 day extension "to visit Thai wife" a relatively recent change?  I've been away from LOS a few years, and I believe at the time I was there, after a 90 day visa, one could extend a month, but with a Thai wife could extend two months.  

So believable and so sad.  Is anyone paying any attention to this?  

Would not infamous be a more apt word than "renowned"?  

Thanks for posting your video. 

10 hours ago, Pouatchee said:

Another one of your comments that puts foreigners down?

 

You seem to relish doing this.

I thought Neeranam's comment at least showed balance, and using the word  "seemed" seems to be a self-admission of a lack of precise accuracy.  

I am not living in Thailand now, and am not really up on the news there...  But I wonder if the numbers of accidents, injuries and fatalities are down because of Covids and people staying home more.  Your thoughts?  

12 hours ago, CM Dad said:

Wow!  "over-speeding"?

CM Dad.... I guess you didn't know, probably, that there is under-speeding, over-speeding, and then (thirdly, but most importantly) right-on speeding.  ????  (I noticed this term with, I imagine, equal amusement as you.)  

37 minutes ago, Postmaster said:

Ubon Joe has confirmed in the past that Insurance for 30 days has been adequate on entry even with a one year's Non-O Retirement Visa with a longer unexpired period.

Do you mean that ... I mean, what do you mean?  When you say ".... with a longer unexpired period."?  Thank you. 

Very interesting post, this.  What is funny (as in 'odd' or 'peculiar' or 'interesting') is that the question asked in the title never really gets squarely answered. I was teaching in Thailand for about five years, and never heard of this "waiver business".  However, I can well imagine, given the inventiveness of Thai bureaucrats. I eventually got tired of the runaround and was able to escape back to the US.  Here (in California) there are different requirements, and less "runaround" and jumping through hoops. 

Well, I'm missing my point: What is this waiver business? Can someone (or several) explain, please? 

On 8/10/2019 at 8:05 PM, bowerboy said:

 

Thank you for your succinct summing up of the issue (you did a much better job of it than me).

 

Its a scary prospect and I think it effects a bit insignificant number of people living here.

What is "a bit insignificant number of people"?    Just trying to figure out if that's a lot or not a lot.  

Nevertheless, my story: I felt pretty stuck in LOS, where with an employed wife, one child, and myself over 60 and doing part-time teaching plus a small pension, I had enough, but not enough to buy my cashews or pizza every month, for example. Eventually a friend offered me a job remodeling his home back in the US, and it included room and board for the course of the job.  I was then able to save enough to bring the family over to the US, where I am again feeling stuck!  ????????  Now I'm just scraping by but would be doing fairly well if the wife would pitch in instead of sending her money back home and saving up for her future.  

5 hours ago, Snuller21 said:

Safety First. No need saying anymore.

Well, I guess that says it all.  ????

By the way--- what happened to Thaivisa's old selection of emojis?  There were some great emojis, wonderful emojis, unique emojis, very useful emojis.  Now they seem to have been supplanted by the usual ilk. ????