simon43

I see where your priorities lie`by your comment.....

[quote] ... Ber sure to have emergency contact information prominently displayed in your wallet and that these people know you are covered under SS, and which is your registered hospital. ... [/quote] I have a custom dog-tag that I wear all the time. On one side it has my personal details, passport #, blood group, next of kin phone number. On the reverse side it has "I have medical insurance" printed in English, Thai, Lao and Burmese languages.

I always used to stay at the Nana Hotel when I was flying back and forth from the UK in 2002 and the next few years. Always friendly staff, guest rooms acceptable, close to shopping, Skytrain, breakfast was excellent and a nice place to people-watch my fellow guests. Always interesting to see the few very elderly men sitting in the lobby who seemed to be part of the furniture. Nana Hotel, what's not to like? 🙂

What's with all this online delivery? Are you physically-disabled? Have you no time in your life to visit a shop in person? How about of bit of exercise? I have a car, but I always walk the 1 or 2 km to the shops every day. Can't believe how lazy some people are 🙂

Absolutely! And be careful of disclosing that annual medical check-up, because unscrupulous insurers could claim that you had the check-up because you suspected a health issue! I never go to a mainstream hospital for tests etc, because I do not want that information recorded in my medical history, even if the results are all good. Insurance companies can exclude pre-existing conditions which are specific, such as the BPH that I have (slightly enlarged prostate). But diabetes and high blood pressure can lead to a whole range of illnesses, whereas my BPH can really only lead to an ability to pee, UTIs etc. I guess insurance companies love to provide insurance for those with diabetes or high blood pressure, because they can exclude those conditions from cover, (or charge a premium), AND they can then also deny any subsequent claim for cover if you go down with a medical condition that has only the slightest relationship to your high blood pressure etc.

Ham? You mean a radio 'ham'? I can't recall chatting with him on the air....

Perhaps the moral of all this is to look after your health so that you do not have high blood pressure, or take statins or have diabetes or have high cholesterol... because any of those conditions is a 'get-out' clause to deny almost any claim that you make on your medical insurance. Insurance companies don't really want to insure 'unhealthy' people - why should they?.

Nope, did you not know that wearing a rubber glove gives the sensation that it's someone else's hand? 🙂 Common knowledge I thought!

I'm 65 years old, no problems getting an erection, but zero interest <deleted> a woman (or man!). Why? Because the woman is either doing the act as part of her job (a bar-girl). Or she is doing the act because she is in the long game and only after what little money I have. No woman is actually going to 'love' a 65 year old man and the sexual satisfaction I would gain from <deleted> in the above 2 scenarios is minimal. Franky, I'd rather spend the money on a decent meal for myself, a pair of rubber gloves and some baby lotion 🙂

Over the past few years, several well-known members of south-east Asian forums have died after slipping in the bathroom and hitting their head. They were not elderly..... Knowing of these accidents, I always hold onto a firm surface when using the shower etc. I don't want to become one of those statistics.

Could it be that this is a new variant of Covid that is not detected by the current ATK tests? You say 'no sign of bacterial infection' which makes sense since Covid is a virus.

Nothing to do with Thailand - just an interesting thought about family memories: - My grandfather was 19 years old when Queen Victoria died - My father was born during World War 1 - I expect my kids (born around the turn of the last century), will start families around 2040... All this is the result of starting families later in life, typically around 40-45 years old. How about you? Does your grandfather remember chatting with Lord Nelson? 🙂

Drat! I need a taxi back to the airport asap.....

How very fortunate..bye-bye Biden, time to take a rest in the old people's home.....

Camera still not working.....

Would that 'Easy Off' work to clear constipation?

Seems to look exactly like the photo in the news report, but of course I could be wrong - I just spotted (and recognised) the restaurant as I walked to Tukcom today. Still, not important 🙂

Unlikely - the sheep has already died.... 🙂

I walked right past that restaurant just 1 hour ago as I went to Tukcom, and the restaurant is open for business! Very strange.

Great move Elon and Trump! Sick of the wokies and PC softies.... This is a 'hard' world and you need hard leaders who don't <deleted> about just to please the wokies....

Same problem for me with the smog in Laos from the tree burning. I decided that for the sake of my lungs I would move back to south Thailand (I used to live in Phuket 12 years ago). Phuket is too touristy/expensive for me now, so I'm renting a small house a few hundred metres from Khanom beach. The air quality is excellent, but actually the location is too dead! So in a week or two I'm going to move over to Koh Lanta which should be slightly more populated 🙂

Carbon Monoxide poisoning? Cooking BBQ inside the room?

Ugly fake boobs, make women look like ladyboys after the 'op'. Of course, if that is your thing, go ahead 🙂

[quote] ... They have said verbally, and in email, that disputes arise when foreign nationals don't reveal the whole truth and then try to claim for pre-existing conditions. ... [/quote] So did you disclose all pre-existing conditions (however minor), previous accidents, illnesses etc?

I get up at 6am because I have to teach Science online at 6.30am. These are Chinese students who have emigrated from China and now live in Vancouver, Canada. So the timezone is a bit of a problem, but at least it's not in the middle of the night. After teaching I fast-walk for about 2 hours, then have a light breakfast and then back to teaching students in the Asian time-zones. Various breaks throughout the day and last lessons around 11pm for emigrated Russian students who now live in the UK. Spain etc. Some day I'll retire, but I enjoy teaching, so retirement age will probably be around 99 years old 🙂