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I was once a sole trader. I did my own year end accounts. Tax deducted at source? At source of what?

Mentioned where?

Duh!

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.

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.

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.

Think it means the "Public Relations Centre" on your map.

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

Isn't Yore part of a computer game? https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Cult_of_Yore

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.

It's what she's paid for.

For Döner, the best still have the steering wheel poking out. (Courtesy Jack Dee).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The end result is enslavement to a debt you probably will never be able to pay. People say "But it's voluntary." Yes, volunteered slavery when there is no alternative. Like "voluntary exile" or anything else purporting to be voluntary when it's not. The arrogance of people who say "Well, you didn't have to sign", when you have no choice. Oh yeah, there's always a choice they say. If there was a choice, who in their right mind would sign up to these insane terms? The lenders prey on the desperate. They know their customers.

My blood pressure has never been a problem, and at the BPH they check it every time you visit. A heart rate monitor just monitors BPM, and an ECG monitor checks for the regularity of the heart beat, amongst other things. But a print out of either is essential for a medical professional to be able to assess your heart's performance/condition. I just tried setting up an account on the Fitbit app. Google,who bought Fitbit, wants permission to use all your medical data gathered by the device. I bailed out at that point. They've got to be kidding. But as I said, there is a user written app that Fitbit users recommend. But you can hardly try before you buy. So it's just a shot in the dark as to whether this thing is going to be of any use. I'm seeing my doctor in a few days. I'll press him on what it is he's looking for. Right now, it's hard to see the wood for the trees.

And how about uploading the heart rate data?

A number of Fitbit devices do continuous heart beat monitoring. But from what I've read, you need a 3rd party app to download the data to an external device. And believe it or not, the ECG functionality only works in a limited number of countries, none in Asia. Still I shall press on.

Sure, but to take an ECG reading you usually need to place at least one finger on some part of the watch which acts as a data gatherer, for around 30 seconds. But I take your point about the link to an app. I'll pursue that. And my neurologist, however good at neurology, made a complete mess of my insurance claim, which, as it turned out, was pointless in any case. I won't go into details but he really screwed it up. It's possible I'll lose all cover, whereas before this I was 16 months through a 24 month moratorium on pre existing conditions.

I've come to realise there's no way a smart watch can do what I want, which is continuous heartbeat monitoring. But I did find a method for doing this. It consists of a patch applicable to the patient's chest. Totally unobtrusive. I've no idea why this isn't used more widely. Like many new(ish) technologies, they're expensive at about $500 each, (but 7,000 THB on eBay) and only single use, over 2 weeks. So monitoring a month might set you back ~15,000 THB. That's without the analysis service. https://www.irhythmtech.com/providers/zio-service/zio-monitors https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/30/tiny-patch-powering-big-data-is-changing-the-way-we-monitor-heartbeats.html For me, at that price, a last resort. Maybe in future the price will come down. Anyway, that's me signing off.

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It's pretty constant but you don't notice it necessarily. The doctor showed me my print out. It was normal for a short time then flat. Another scan they do is like a pregnancy scan. Not sure what it's called. Echo cardiogram maybe. But it shows you your heart beating on screen. From the test they can get readings of the volume of blood being pumped. Mine was way down but improved with the meds. They say now it's satisfactory at around 60%. If you feel knackered most of the time, I figure it could be because your heart isn't pumping efficiently. But all these tests you need to go in for. Maybe once every 6 months is enough. I've lived with afib for about 10 years. Just look after yourself and it's hardly noticeable. I don't drink or smoke. My doctor said Viagra was not a problem. It increases the blood flow, especially to parts other meds can't reach, as we know! I'll keep looking at these watches. Not sure if they'd be any use to me though. Thanks to everyone who answered. It's cleared my rather muddled thinking!