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I had intraocular lens replacement surgery at age 56 in 2015. Done by Dr. Somchai at BPH in Pattaya. Cost was 197,000 baht. But I chose the option of only local anaesthetic. I suspect the option of a general anaesthesia will increase the cost substantially. The local was painless, and I would recommend this to keep the cost down The results are nothing short of amazing. I would describe it as life altering. No more glasses of any kind, perfect short and long range vision. A point to note - select the multi-focal option. This means both lenses are able to adjust focus. I know people who have selected to have only one lens replaced, or had one lens set for short focus and one set for long focus. They all seem disgruntled with the results and all still use reading and/or regular eyeglasses. I tested 20/15 about 3 months after the surgery and can read the smallest print on a medical label at 20-30cm. The only downside is that you get to see an unblurred ageing image of yourself in every mirror.

No context given at all in the article. A possible interpretation from viewing the video is that two lazy-arses were told in no uncertain terms to assist in the task at hand. Standard practice back in the day to cuff the younger lazy employees across the back of the head for laziness and/or stupidity. The world made sense back then though.

555. You missed the part about her knowing which parking space is intrinsically the best.

It pays to turn the headlights off and place your Singha T-shirt over the dashboard, thus eliminating interior reflective light and improving external vision through the tint. It also saves fuel and makes your battery last longer, so it's also good for the environment.

Straight road and plenty of lighting, but wifey says it was very dark. That'll be the 90% tint on the windscreen.

We live in dystopian times. Not sure if its 1984 or Brave New World - probably a combination of both. The ever decreasing birth rates around the world are probably the biggest threat to the survival of humanity. Eventually the despots that rule us will realise their fiefs are declining and the serfs are not reproducing themselves. The dystopian solution is obvious - enforced birth rate targets and eventually, enforced pregnancy. The government will seize your daughter and turn her into a breeding sow for 20 years. Think it can't happen? Think again.

I used to ride my bike "sensibly", as I would back home. That lasted about a week and I was having 30 near death experiences per kilometre. I converted to riding Thai style, felt much more comfortable, and reduced the near death experiences to a more manageable 5 per kilometre, on a good day. If everybody on the dancefloor is doing a tango and you only know how to waltz, you've got a problem.

There's a world-wide debt crisis and the proverbial will be hitting the fan Q1 2024. The only remaining question is whether the Kabal decide to get us out of it with an inflationary, or deflationary recession. Either way, it won't be pretty. If they go inflationary by printing money to replace the written-off debt (essentially an international bank bail-out), expect 1980's level inflation. If they go deflationary by allowing the debt (cash) to be removed from the M2, you might be able to pick up a Lambo for the previous price of a small Singha.

Will they provide seating and popcorn for this debacle event, and where does one purchase tickets?

We can only assume the "lifeguards" are suitably qualified. i.e They can swim?

I could never figure out what the 18 items attached to their belt consisted of.

Fortnight is a handy word.

The good professor has a sense of humor. Hope he does the same thing on St. Paddy's day.

"Should there ever be a trough, there will be pigs". Alexander Pushkin

Reading the article, it appears the alleged slur was spoken in Thai language (“I can understand Thai. He scolded me so clearly: “Ni**a! Get up!...). I wonder if the actual N word was spoken in the English vernacular, or if some Thai language equivalent was spoken. It also begs the question if the referee correctly understood the (English language) racial implications of his use of the word. Personally, I've never heard a Thai use the word and I don't think they understand it - they usually revert in reference to a Cadbury or Hershey's product. If a Thai bloke is telling me something in mixed Thai/English language, and I indicate my understanding by uttering "I hear", in which language should the listener interpret the utterance?

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Similarly, does my Miss Piggy trump your Daffy Duck?

I think it's a person's singular responsibility to be able to control where one places their feet. I mean after all, we are bipeds.

20K would cover my bar bin most months.

According to my missus, emptying the dust container and cleaning the filters in the bag-less type is a right royal pain. And whilst the bag-less models with multiple filters claim to suck up dust down to microscopic size, open your balcony door for 3 minutes and all the dust has been replaced.

Everybody is forgetting that this is Thailand. The authorities may decide to make Buakhaow one-way and erect all the appropriate signage. Locals and foreigners would ignore the signs, mayhem would ensue for two days and the signs would be removed. This is exactly what happened in Jomtien about a decade ago. https://www.pattayamail.com/news/jomtien-beach-road-goes-one-way-nov-12-for-a-month-42560 From memory, the "trial" lasted a few days. As to restricting parking - Thais don't park their car, they merely cease driving.

The gogo bar girl saying used to be "three minutes, three inches, three thousand" for the Japanese punters. And then the Koreans started arriving en masse and it became "four minutes, four inches, four thousand".

They be like "Ah frig-it, we'll get a frigate instead".

Probably had a brother named Donald, from the Isle of Skye.

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