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^^^ My teeth are fine. What is this deep intense cleaning that you speak about?

My ex-wife #2 worked in a bar in Bangkok. She had some good attributes: - She was a cute size, not fat - She gave me the best sex that I ever had, (no doubt due to her vast previous experiences!!). Unfortunately, she was also 50% 'mad' and 50% 'bad'. Some of the things that she did reduced me to fits of giggles. Some of the things she did reduced me to tears. I used to have long chats with the local pharmacist as he looked through his medical drugs book to see what drug we could give her to reduce her paranoia and bipolar episodes. Anyway, finally it all went bad after she got pregnant from a gay hairdresser and them claimed that I was the father... I divorced here and took myself off to teach in Myanmar, safe in the knowledge that the mad bat wouldn't follow me there. We still keep in occasional contact via FB. She's a lot older now and her hormones have calmed down.

This is a follow-up to my previous posts about my prostate problems. I'm posting again because I'm back in Thailand after 18 months in Laos, and therefore have easier access to blood tests, competent doctors, medicines etc. Here's a brief history of the problem: I have mild BPH for many years, but can function fine with a daily pill of Alfuzosin. Because of the BPH, my PSA is raised somewhat, typically about 6.0, but steady About 2 years ago, when living on Phangan Island, a PSA test showed that my PSA had increased to about 15. So I went and had an MRI prostate scan at Bumrungrad which showed 2 shadow lumps within my prostate. The hospital suggested a biopsy to investigate further, but due to some insurance problems I was forced to return to the UK for further treatment. A biopsy was performed (24 samples), and none were positive for cancer. The doctor suggested that the lumps were beign calcium stones. Importantly, myPSA value was raised above my normal 6.0 due to long-term UTIs. The doctor in the UK had delayed my biopsy for almost 2 months while he tried different antibiotics to eliminate the infection, but he was unable to achieve this! The UTI remained.... So he went ahead with the biopsy and the results were all good. I returned to Laos and the UTI has remained ever since. Now I'm back in Thailand, I just had a blood/urine test. All looks good with (of course) the exception of my UTI, with a high level of white blood cells in my urine. I do not think it is a good idea just to let these prostate infections continue. I'm wondering if I should follow a path of further investigation to identify exactly what bacteria is present in my urine. I recall that my UK doctor said that it was the common E.Coli. To confirm this, is there a urine bacterial test that can be done? My blood/urine test was performed today by Life Sciences (Pattaya), whom I have used for many years. Perhaps I'll go back with my urine results and ask if they can identify in detail what bacteria is present. I followed the advice of posters (Xylophone and others), who previously suggested specific antibiotics to take. Alas, none of them cleared up my long-term UTI 🙂 The UTI does not cause me too many problems, but I simply feel that it's not healthy for me to have this UTI on a continual basis. So, any suggestions as to a step-by-step process to eliminate this UTI once and for all? Thanks.

[quote] I have another friend running a few airbnb’s on the same housing estate, they list them separately even though they are all identical, perhaps it’s related to hotel licenses, I don’t know. [/quote] Actually, this is because the Airbnb 'system' was set up to rent out single properties or rooms. With other 'channels', such as Agoda and Booking.com, their booking system can manage multiple rooms and will interface correctly with the hotel's 'channel manager'application, which allows the property owner to place all available rooms on as many channels as they like, safe in the knowledge that if a customer books a room on one channel, the channel manager software will automatically deduct one room from the number of rooms that are advertised on all the other channels. Airbnb cannot do this! Their system interface to channel managers is .... krap! So the only way that the owner of several rooms can advertise on Airbnb is to list each room separately, and then manually manage the channel manager room quantities for the other channels. So... it's a technical problem, because Airbnb was not set up to list multiple, similar rooms by the property owner.

You won't need a hotel licence, but you will need licences/permits from your Tessabahn

No - they were purpose-built buildings with 5 guest rooms.

It also depends on the rules of your local Tessabahn office. A hotel licence has a lot of regulations that are enforced. But if you are not a 'hotel', then you still need an operating permit from your local Tessabahn, and that comes with regulations. When I operated 4 small 'hotels' in Phuket, none of them were actually 'hotels'. But they all still needed operating permits and the properties were inspected every year and permit fees paid.

The lifeguards should have given the thief a good kicking - physical punishment is remembered more than a financial penalty. (I hate thieves...)

I once stayed in a cheap hotel (more than once!). I put my hands on the basin in the bathroom and it came completely off the wall.... This was useful info for me when I started to build small hotels in Phuket. I always bolted the basin to the outside wall of the bathroom, using long bolts that went right through the wall to the outside. You could sit on the basin and it still stayed firmly attached to the wall 🙂

My father was born and raised in Alexandria (his British father was doing something with the military). His household was English-speaking, but my dad also learnt fluent Arabic to converse with the local staff, as well as fluent French because the only decent school in the town was the French Lycee. He only left Alexandria just before WW2, and never returned. In fact, during Nassau's period my aunt (his sister) did return to visit Alexandria and was promptly thrown into jail as a British spy 🙂 My grandmother is buried in Alexandria, but I've only passed through the airport on my way back to Bangkok some years ago on Egypt Air.

I've been staying down at Khanom Beach, on the mainland and opposite Samui. The beach is about 12km long and almost deserted. Absolutely beautiful! But..... I like quiet places, but Khanom is like a morgue - it is too quiet even for a recluse like me 🙂 I'd go back to teaching in the classroom again, but the word seems to have gone round and no-one will employ me LoL. Still, I make enough teaching online, but I might look for somewhere a little more populated than Khanom

[quote] ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heinecke ... [/quote] Are you as rich and as successful as William? Multimillionaire? Owner of household name company?

Yep - I thought he was posting about his car being nicked....

I think you should stay off whatever drugs you are taking... 🙂

Even if you meet all of the criteria to become a Thai citizen, you will probably die of old age between the date of your application and the date at which you are finally approved for citizenship - the wait (as some will attest), is years and years and ...

Is working for your right to stay in a developed country your definition of slavery? Perhaps you are part of the problem 🙂

Why doesn't the government conscript them? They could be cleaning the streets, helping OAPs with their house/garden-cleaning, be lollipop 'persons' etc. IMHO, any able-bodied illegal should have to work for free (or minimum wage) to earn their right to stay in the UK. Replace the government hand-outs with government payment for useful work from these illegals.

Tommy is a top bloke! I only wish more in the UK spoke up (and took action) like Tommy to protect the English way of life and culture. I note that among his supporters in the recent march in London were people from all countries, cultures and religions >> Christians, Jews, Hindus and Sikhs, Muslims, Caribbean and Africans etc. Keep up the good work Tommy!

Hmm... I don't see why any of the above should make it difficult to relocate, unless you are severely physically disabled. It's more down to the mental state and "I can't be bothered" attitude.

I found an interesting report about UK frozen pensions in Thailand. We moan that there is no social security agreement between Thailand and the UK re pensions, and that perhaps our complaining/lobbying should be directed at the Thai authorities to request such an agreement. But Thailand already did! According to this report: https://www.narpo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Frozen-Overseas-Pensions.pdf Thailand made a formal request in 2010 for a social security agreement re pensions, and had their request been accepted by the UK authorities, then UK pensions would not be frozen now for those living in Thailand. So it seems that no blame or criticism can be directed towards the Thai authorities, but 100% towards the UK authorities. When's the next available flight to Manila? 🙂

Hmm, according to the AI report, it seems it was a Thai person who called the emergency services. So obviously one Thai person did give a rat's ass about it.....

Try asking ChatGPT....

'Brave' doctor is simply not appropriate English to describe this doctor. (AI obviously needs to improve..). "Efficient doctor" or "Competent doctor" might be more appropriate.

Some people are very happy to have actually reached retirement age, me being one of them. What with a cancer scare and crappy lungs, I would be perfectly happy to live in a small condo in Pattaya, enjoy the sun and daily walks along the promenade, chat with Thai locals, have my lunch at the cat cafe and simply thank my god that I am alive and reasonably healthy 🙂 I have stayed in Pattaya many times, and the above is my daily routine and it's great! In fact, the main reason why I do not live permanently in a Jomtien or Pattaya condo is because I can't install my myriad of ham radio antennas... 🙂 It does help to have a hobby that you can do, and stay away from the bars/bar-girls/bar-boys etc.

Have you ever thought of joining the Thai tourist police volunteers?