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bradiston

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  1. I think you can get a 90 day multiple entry visa for Vietnam for $50 online. https://evisa.xuatnhapcanh.gov.vn/trang-chu-ttdt Be warned, there are websites that are made to look like the official government sites, but where visa fees are almost double.
  2. There's an MFP MP awaiting the verdict on her appeal against a 6 year jail sentence for challenging the government's, ie Anutin's, handling of the jab sourcing and availability early on in the COVID catastrophe. How he dares show his frying pan face in public God only knows. Wretched man.
  3. Yes, pushing a barrow, in and out 10 times a day.
  4. The original article said there were about 1000 people in the venue, half of whom managed to leg it with the help of staff. So good for more than a few. And I guess a good test run for an emergency evacuation. A 5 year closure is scheduled now.
  5. Doesn't it have to be with a Thai insurer to get the allowance? Or at least, an insurer based in Thailand. Anyone know what that means?
  6. Yes, I read it when I came to it, which was after I posted my comment.
  7. I'm not sure the tax in Thailand on 400k is 0%. Up to 150k is exempt. The next blocks are taxable at increments of 5%. So 150,001 - 300k is taxed at 5%, 300,001 - 500k at 10%, etc.
  8. I was once a sole trader. I did my own year end accounts. Tax deducted at source? At source of what?
  9. Are schools now teaching these deplorable forms of want to and going to? I see it all the time in Thai use of English. How many English speakers use these forms in written English? Maybe in spoken occasionally, but not as a rule.
  10. I wouldn't be surprised there was an undeclared quota system for the primary schools. They're streamed into manual labour and low paid jobs from an early age. Essentially, written off for skills training or anything requiring an intellect. Kids from Issan are just factory fodder.
  11. So Chaiyapreuk will become completely undrivable going east, and Beach Rd also, going north. And Second Rd going North. In short, avoid Jomtien. Early March to November? Add another 24 months on to that. Time to initiate Park and Ride scheme I proposed 6 months ago. 50 THB per vehicle includes song taew 10 THB ride down to the beach.
  12. Think it means the "Public Relations Centre" on your map.
  13. Why isn't the Ministry of Transport responsible for these figures? Not some quasi almost non Governmental department (a neo quango) that seem to be all the rage here. Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation? The Minister of Transport, Suriya Juangroongruangkit, is Thanatorn's uncle. He's been in politics since the Stone Age. What's the plan, uncle Juan? https://th.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/กรมป้องกันและบรรเทาสาธารณภัย A totally nebulous department with no proper outline of it's functions and responsibilities, like so many Thai government departments. Much better suited to the task would be the Office of the National Accident Prevention Commission, but that seems to have been shut down. No links in Wikipedia. But just what is the much vaunted "Office of the Prime Minister". This Byzantine office probably has thousands on its books, but what do they all do? https://th.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/สำนักงานปลัดสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี
  14. Isn't Yore part of a computer game? https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Cult_of_Yore
  15. I was on a song taew with a group of monks around the time of his mysterious disappearing act. I said right out I didn't believe he was still in the temple, and had done a runner. One of the monks swore blind (well, not exactly) that he was still there. But no. Vanished. Just like that. It was a truly weird episode.
  16. For Döner, the best still have the steering wheel poking out. (Courtesy Jack Dee).
  17. Thanks. You were able to run an ECG while still experiencing your heart problems. Mine is all over in a couple of seconds, so running an ECG after it happens I don't think would be of much use. I do think your print out is extremely impressive though. Do you run the data through an app on your phone? My readings always show gaps in the beat. That's afib! I don't normally notice them, and they don't cause me any discomfort. Until I get a really major one. Then, it's really quite alarming.
  18. Maybe you can give me the exact location within the 33 minute video. I've read reviews of the Galaxy watches elsewhere, and believe me, there is no way they can continuously run an ECG test. It'll maybe monitor BPM, but that's not the same thing. If it suspects you might have afib symptoms, it will alert you and you can then test using the ECG app. In any case I already know I have afib. I need to listen for the anomaly I experience when my heart appears to stop and restart. The exact causes of that the doctors cannot diagnose without real time data. It's impossible for me to capture the data as it's over in a matter of seconds. So I need continuous ECG. Only specialized medical devices can provide that. The Holter is out of the question, but there are several other devices, but they come at a cost. I'm seeing the neurologist tomorrow who got me into thinking a smart watch was the answer, and I jumped at it as it seemed like a godsend. But my cardiologist, his colleague, laughed at the suggestion. A BPM print out is of no use to him at all. And as for smart watches? Forget it, he said.
  19. It's impossible. To do an ECG scan you need at least one finger on a pickup point for 30 seconds. ECG is not a heart rate monitor, which just returns BPM. Don't believe a thing you see or read on YouTube. Everything's fake there.
  20. It's interesting but the cardiologist says BPM is of no use to him. He needs to record the event I experience only very occasionally. But thanks, all the same. It still looks interesting.
  21. I had to go in for an appointment with my eye doctor and called on the cardiologist. I asked him if the data from a continuous heart rate monitor was of any use to him at all. No. Beats per minute aren't going to tell him anything. He went through my options. Holter, mini Holter (similar to a patch), or a small implant that costs between 100,000 and 150,000 which he showed me. So it appears smart watches arent worth pursuing in my case. I give up.

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