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5 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Now, just try and make an intelligent and sensible post next time. I know you can.

Have I ever made an intelligent and sensible post? Cmon, let's be honest now. It's never been known to be part of my forte. 

I think there is so much chemical preservatives and formaldehyde in beer made in Thailand that, not only does it stay fresh a lot longer, but most people who drink it regularly don't need to be embalmed when they pass.

10 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

They may well take offence at a blundering drunken fool wandering around the place trying to hit on their girlfriend's!

9 hours ago, bob smith said:

I dont just hit on them mate - I sh@g em! 

 

Bob.

Bobby, I think I've identified the possible problem you are having that is causing offense. Thus, stop trying to sh@g the boyfriends. Try hitting on some of the girls instead. 

I just want to add that many of the natural things mentioned in this thread like senna and the natural Thai products made from ginger, tamarind, and other things are not really what you want.
 

I say this because that many of these things generally work by causing some indigestion that can cause the bowels to spasm and push harder than usual to get things out. The result can be discomfort, sometimes a loss of hydration, and the hard pushing can sometimes cause other things like hemorrhoids. So they should only be used for short term relief of heavy constipation.
 

But what people should really do is focus on long term dietary and lifestyle changes that increase natural fiber intake to increase toileting regularity and reduce the amount of dairy, fatty and other types of foods that often cause the opposite effect. 
 

If you eat about 200 grams of raw salad per day and get at least another 20 grams of fiber from other things (like psyllium husk) you should be good.
 

They say that daily fiber intake should be about 35 grams a day. I think the average person probably takes in about 15 to 20 grams per day at most, in some cases, maybe even a lot less, which is often the root of the problem. 

3 hours ago, bob smith said:

i’ve just had beans on toast..

 

my farts stink to high heaven!

 

bob.

I will alert the media. 
 

Tact and social etiquette remain your two strongest traits. 👍🏼

2 hours ago, bob smith said:

…as you all know my Thai is very good.

 

It has been my experience that the vast majority of locals do not like it when a farang can speak thai, especially in the tourist ghettos. 

 

They see it as the farang knows too much and thus cannot be taken advantage of. If I had my time again, I would not have devoted so much time and effort to learning a language that the locals don’t like me speaking.

 

my advice is just to give em English - lord knows they need it!

 

bob.

OMG, here we go again, bobby-the-man-getter has been thrown out of bars, restaurants, gyms, baht busses, short time hotels, doctor's offices, car wrecks, and just about everywhere else in Thailand for speaking his version of Thai and now he's claiming his Thai is very good. Lol, you can't make this sh*t up, can you?
 

Speaking Thai has given most foreigners the ability to open more doors to communication in Thailand. Thinking that speaking Thai is a bad thing is normally reserved for the people who don't speak it clearly enough to where it results in cohesive dialogue and/or they speak it impolitely.  
 

Meanwhile, bung-boy-bobby goes out on tranny patrol in Soi 6/1 and thinks being able to ask the price of short time, long time, and a reach around in Thai constitutes speaking good Thai. 🤦🏻‍♂️😂
 

4 hours ago, RuamRudy said:

Cracker formed from the ashes of Camper Van Beethoven - they are still on the go but never really hit the highs that I thought they deserved when I first started listening to them in the mid 90s.

I remember that song now and liked it. Never knew anything about the band. The thumbnail on the video you posted actually looks a bit like Bruce Springsteen when he was younger. Cracker has a nice sound that kind of reminds me of Oasis a bit too. Speaking of Oasis, memories of a great song:

7 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Yeah, and you comment 4 times so far. 😉 

Your maths skills appear to be almost unmatched. But let's double check:

How many posts have I made now?

How many posts do you usually make when you are inebriated and sitting on the can?

How many fingers am I holding up now?

3 hours ago, alien365 said:

A thrill? Seeing random people being taken out is not a thrill. It reinforces how dangerous the roads are here and I feel fortunate that I was not in that mux/ fortuner. I am also glad that 18 wheeler was OK as that could have become really ugly on the other side. 

The reason I made some sarcastic posts earlier in this topic is because this is nothing unique to Thailand and yet people are getting so fired up about that video. For at least 40 years people have been dying on the roads in Thailand at a rate of about 22,000 a year, or about 60 per day. I've seen lots of carnage on the roads in Thailand myself and some with very large blood smears on the road that were far worse than all the flying metal seen in this video. Everybody watching this is gushing over this crash as if it's unique when in fact the average is that one person dies on the roads in Thailand every half hour of the entire day. Sure, this is another bad wreck, but nobody died and most people don't get a front row seat like this so suddenly they are acting astonished at the carnage on the roads in Thailand. Yes, I would love for Thailand not to be the country with the greatest number of road deaths in the world per year (only second to Libya), but nothing is going to change and unfortunately it will continue to go on and on. A sad, but now accepted reality. 

29 minutes ago, Serenity_Now said:

If it is realy bad 
just drink some tap water
hell you will never be off the toilet you will be wishing for the old days when you were full of........
just kidding 
the natural thai pills work great according to a norwegian therapist who really knew her ......
one thing that will really make you go is nuts 
walnuts almonds pecan brazil if you eat about 200 gram a day you will go andnot the ones in the shiny bags from 711
replace a whole meal with a bag of nuts
 a raw food diet containing alot of nuts see your system change completely 
once a day is no longer a thing itsa  few times
the thing about your post is no info a few plates of spinach and a medical diagnosis from decades ago


Try the Thai pills eat lots of nuts natural stool softeners 

Your worried about a few inches up your bum 

but wait till the camera guy gets a go colonoscopy
Now that an experience of discomfort all played out in technicolor on the screen in front of you 
poor old harrison ford had to undergo that 
but with the raiders of the lost arc music being belted out to as the camera entered the tunnels of doom
BUMMBARRABUMM BUMMBAARRA BUM 
Oh the Indigity

Nuts don’t do much. I eat 60 grams a day. They are healthy, but don’t clean out the colon. 200 grams would be about 1200 calories. Too much in a day. Also, Brazil nuts can cause selenium overdoses. Read about it. Basically more than 2 Brazil nuts a day and you’re exceeding the RDA of selenium. 

21 minutes ago, proton said:

 

Used that then went on to Nuui Fiberly now another Deproud Bio Fibre honey and pineapple which is the best to drink. Other than that Unison enemas from 7/11 9 baht. Only seen Bio Fiber on Lazada. Apple cider vinegar has no affect at all, senna becomes tolerated all the fibre/water/exercise advice never worked for me

Correct, ACV does not work as a colon cleanser. It’s just a prebiotic for gut health. 
 

Senna is dangerously unhealthy when used for sustained periods of time. Read about it. 

14 minutes ago, proton said:

 

It only does that if you take too much, which is why I buy measure doses or the one now with a measure that come with it

Agreed. Or you can buy a little digital scale on Lazada for less than 100 Baht and measure yourself:

https://s.lazada.co.th/s.n8ncj

5 minutes ago, it is what it is said:

you're just driving along, minding your own business, then suddenly there's carnage. very scary.

Fun, fun, fun. Everyone commenting got a thrill out of this video. Otherwise just another boring Sunday. 

1 hour ago, NorthernRyland said:

We see these kinds of recklessness drivers everyday in Thailand and obviously the useless police will do nothing about them.

Good on them. Nothing wrong with a bit of healthy Darwinism. Thinning out the heard. FAFO innit. 

On 4/6/2024 at 12:27 PM, george said:

This Songkran is all about being Automatic 😊🙏🔫💦 No more pumping lol

Water sports without any pumping? Sounds like you might need a quick refresher course from the bedroom bully. 😝

Try this one. This is from Tops online. Not sure what they mean about fertilizer though in the description. 

Juicy balls with a certain stickiness is something you and bob can continue to indulge in together. Leave me out of your Soi 6/1 exploits! 

1 minute ago, save the frogs said:

If you found a brand that actually tastes good, that's good news.

I always hated the taste of that stuff.

health folks are all pushing apple cider vinegar, but all vinegar has health benefits.

I much prefer the taste of balsamic vingegar. But they can get expensive maybe. 

 

Yes, the popular organic brand of ACV called Braggs from the USA tastes pretty awful to me. I much prefer the brand I showed above. Their cinnamon infused one tastes great. Hardly can taste the fermented apples in it. 
 

Balsamic vinegar tastes great, but is made from grapes and is more of a gourmet item to put on salads and other things. Not known to have the same level health benefits of ACV, but still good. 

On 4/6/2024 at 1:36 PM, ColeBOzbourne said:

Anal Leakage was a popular local band where I come from. As far as gigs and big contracts, they never managed to solidify anything. 

They were also great live and in concert. I saw them open once for The Bung Drips. The whole show flowed really well. 

4 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

what do you mean find some?

you get pectin from eating apples.

when I eat loads of fruit, i have no digestive/constipation issues.

but I also don't eat a lot of pizza, etc ... stuff that may cause harm to digestion.

bon fortuna!

Agreed, fruit is an easy and readily available fiber source. Apples are mostly imported and more expensive. But locally grown holland papaya, green guavas, watermelon, and pineapple are all easy to find, inexpensive, and provide lots of fiber. 

3 minutes ago, xylophone said:

Thanks for your information and unfortunately psyllium husk is something that has blocked me up every time I have tried it, and believe me I have tried it loads of times and it is something that is well known with this type of fibre, whereby the fibre just exacerbates the problem, rather than curing it.

 

Appreciate your post and taking the time to post, although I will add a proviso to this, inasmuch as I have never taken it three times per day, so that is food for thought, thank you.

I had blocking issues before too. Then I realized I was taking too much at once and not enough water each time. As soon as I started weighing the psyllium on a food scale, and increased water intake each time, things really improved. Now it causes me no discomfort. Start with 3 grams and 3-4 times a day, with two glasses of water each time, should be golden. Frequency is the key to success with it and dialing in an amount you can handle each time. If water intake is enough then it won't block. 
 

I also mentioned Apple Cider vinegar, this brand from Italy tastes great. Can get it at Tops, Villa, and Central. Organic and they have flavored ones too that are infused with cinnamon and ginger if you like that:

1 minute ago, impulse said:

 

I love pulpy orange juice.  Always have.  I just used plain psyllium husk to make mine extra pulpy.  With all the fresh squeezed fruit drinks you can buy on any street in Thailand, there's no need to get used to anything.  Unless you don't like pulpy fruit drinks.  In that case, get the psyllium husk powder and make it a fruit juice frappe.

 

Not a scientific study, but my cholesterol went down when I started drinking psyllium husk.  Not enough, but a definite improvement.

I avoid fruit juices because they contain almost as much sugar as a soft drink. Better off eating a few whole oranges. The added fiber will slow down the sugar absorption and insulin spikes. 
 

I lowered my cholesterol significantly by cutting egg yolks out from my diet. They say dietary cholesterol has nothing to do with blood cholesterol, but from my personal experience that isn't true.