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Offer them 100,000 baht a month and see if they will. And if they will, that means the only reason they won't do those jobs is because the availability of cheaper migrant workers drives the wages down. Most people would scrub nasty toilets with a toothbrush if the pay was good enough. But not for migrant wages.

Can you get genuine shellac in Thailand (made from ground up bugs...), or is it a petroleum based substitute?

Certainly you're not claiming that Asean Now is a Moron-Free-Forum.

Go to Amazon and search "candy vials"

Yeah, but they need an OBD reader to reset the check engine light on the lemons they're selling. I guaranty you they have one on onsite and know how to read it.

My 4 month wait was due to my insurance situation. Very few dermatologists in the network and the fastest I could get in was 4 months. Before I could get in, I found myself in Thailand (missing my USA appt) so I made an appt at Bumrungrad and got in that same day. But my sister, in a different network, makes her dermatologist appointments 6 months in advance so it may be my location in the Houston area.

Perhaps "sweets" is the new code word for doobies?

Wow. Don't sugar coat it. Tell us how you really feel...

6. Apply Protective Finish: If you prefer a clear finish, choose a polyurethane or varnish suitable for wood. Apply thin coats of the protective finish using a clean brush, roller, or sprayer. Follow the manufacturer's instructions for drying time and sanding between coats if necessary. If you prefer a clear finish, priming and painting isn't in the cards. So you can't do steps 4 or 5.

If you were in the USA, I'd suggest a polyurethane varnish or a marine spar varnish. But I just don't know with rubberwood. We don't get much of that... I'm afraid the natural sap of rubberwood may react badly with varnishes that work great on oak or maple. Hopefully, an old Thai hand will chime in soon. BTW, for polyurethane or spar varnish, I'd start out thinning the first coat with about 10-15% mineral spirits to make it thinner, so it gets absorbed deeper. Then a second coat with full strength varnish. Doesn't sound like you need more than 2 coats.

Agreed! Still can't make up my mind who was actually pulling the strings on it all. Certainly had nothing to do with people's health or well-being. Red voters tend to vote in person, on the day. Blue voters tend to vote by mail. I'm forecasting a "rinse and repeat" scenario, regardless of how much it hurts the economy. But that requires a new threat.

I'd point out that if you perform steps 4 and/or 5, you can't do step 6.

The issue is, that with a "recommendation" from the WH, that gives the wingnuts running a lot of companies and institutions permission to mandate vaccines. Like, for example, Rutgers. Among many others.

Don't just look at their % fee. Also pay attention to the exchange rate. Plus any fees your bank back home is going to add. Then compare that to your cost of getting the amount in cash (unless you have THB laying around).

If I'm in the USA, I'll just get some fentanyl. Not kidding... The problem is, will I have the presence of mind to know where I hid it? Plus, that requires breaking the law while I still have the facilities to act. Can't wait until it's too late to get out and buy some, and I'd never ask anyone around me to risk jail to help me.

Just out of curiosity, does Thailand have any affordable options for foreigners who need some elder care, but perhaps not the intense care from a full service facility? Like a retirement community as opposed to a nursing home... My vision would be (perhaps) serving meals in a dining room, shuttles for shopping and health care visits, maid service as an option, etc. Edit: Like some other posters, I've seen elder foreigners who rarely make it out of their doorways, and that seems like a lonely life.

No. I'm suggesting that maybe people who come from different parts of the world think differently, and holding them to his standards smacks of the bwana. If you don't like Asian customs, why live in Asia?

There's a lot of people in Asia who hope that doesn't catch on. Because if it does, they're out of a job and their families will go hungry. It's their rice bowl.

Just before Covid, I had a full body (visual) screening, she froze a bunch of spots and cut out one dime sized carcinoma on my forehead for about 11,000 baht, all in including the biopsy. That was at Samitivej. Probably 2019. (Edit: She gave me the option of getting in a plastic surgeon, but I declined for my ugly mug, and there's virtually no scar anyway) A few months ago, I had a screening and a bunch of spots frozen at Bumrungrad (no cutting and no biopsy) and it was around 5,000 baht. Base price was less than 2,000 baht, but she had to spend a LOT of time on my bald, very sunburnt head. Both cases, made the appointment and got treated the same day. Contrast that to waiting 4 months to even get an dermatologist appointment in the USA and I'd suggest anyone coming to Thailand get that done while you're here.

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/15m-12v-dc-misting-pump-with-power-supply-low-pressure-fog-machine-booster-diaphragm-water-pump-sprayer-for-misting-system-i3713558094.html?spm=a2o4m.searchlist.list.12.42e256459wYUKv I added a 12V fan to mine because I was misting mushroom huts. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/12-10-12v24v-s-i3415410883-s12633501889.html Add a pre-filter for the water if you don't want to change out the nozzles regularly. They plug up with normal tap water, but they're cheap and easy to swap out. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/fast-pure-1-1-4-12-i262739853-s10057407417.html I focused on staying with 12V system because I didn't want to find any dead, electrocuted bodies after a rain or a humid night. All in, less than $100. You can do it for a lot less if you skip the fan and the filter and go with a smaller misting system. They also make very high pressure systems, but those are kind of spendy.

Probably more than anyone wanted to know about color codes, though I'm sure the photo in the OP is a stock photo: https://geekymedics.com/blood-bottles-guide/

What's the big deal? They're glass tubes with caps. I used to go down to a packaging store in Chinatown and buy similar (but not exact) vials to make into novelty oil samples for when our home office people would come to visit. They'd come by my office and take back with them a nicely labeled sample of the oil we produced offshore. So popular, I had to make several batches. I suspect the novelty and "bad boy" appeal of these vials is one reason they'd be real popular to hold sweets. But they didn't serve my purpose because I needed something to stand upright on a shelf. If they do investigate, I hope it's just to make sure they're not filched from the medical waste bin of a hospital. (Or, God forbid, and STD clinic)

And how many seats they can sell...

Scariest part about the most recent US adjustment to passenger weights: Airlines must increase the average weight of female passengers and their carry-ons from 145 pounds to 179 pounds in summer, and from 150 pounds to 184 pounds in winter. The average weight for males with carry-ons is increased from 185 pounds in summer to 200 pounds, and from 190 pounds to 205 pounds in winter. So, men's weight has increased about 15 Lb, or about 8%. Wimmuns, OTOH are about 34 Lb heavier, or about 22% heavier. And they wonder why passport bro's are a thing... https://airinsight.com/the-pending-new-faa-weight-balance-rules/ The linked article also has some interesting pontification how the increased weight per passenger may cause airlines to remove some seats they can't use because filling them would make the plane overweight. On the plus side, bigger seat pitch. On the downside, tickets will be more expensive...

I'm not going to claim to be an expert, but there's a school of thought that says if you didn't need the immune globulin, you didn't really need the vaccine, either. The vast majority of dog bites don't result in rabies. But once again, I just brought up that "expensive" rabies treatment will include rabies immune globulin. Someone else will have to chime in to educate us in why anyone should or shouldn't pay that extra money. Good info for anyone who may get bitten in the future. I had my rabies treatment around 2010 when I got tagged by a Tibetan Mastiff. Thank God it was a puppy and I was wearing winter clothes. Tibetan mastiffs kill bears. Edit: The cynical side of me tells me that if thieving insurance companies in the USA will approve the $2,000-4,000 cost of the rabies immune globulin, there must be something to it. (It's cheaper in Thailand...)