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Where in Pattaya can I buy Beef Bones for making broth.

I'm sorry if my post is confusing. I tried to make it clear I want a gym. Not a flat beach or a park that is not opened yet.

I have asked this before but as they start opening up again I just want to check. All I want is a walking (running) machine with a TV (or similar) in front of it. I don't care what is showing on the TV I just want something to look at. I just wont to walk.

As I get older I find walking on uneven pavements a problem and I don't want to walk on the road. A nice flat surface of a running machine suits me fine. Obviously the cheaper the better.

I live just of Thepprasit Road so something near would be better but not essential. .  I was a life member of Tony's for many years and that suited me fine. So suggestions please.

I was in Second road Soi 13/3 yesterday and when I was there I popped into MIM Pharmacy. They had the small 3% solution in stock.

23 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

I think they all sell small bottles, one was on Buakhao top of Soi Honey

I thought "that's handy" especially as I was going to the bank in Soi Buakao today. It was closed. Can you say where any other of the pharmacies are.

Thanks

On 9/26/2021 at 6:38 PM, scubascuba3 said:

i tried 4 pharmacies today in Pattaya and they only sold the very small bottles, one guy said big bottles are difficult to get. i guess there's always Lazada and Shopee but I'm not that bothered. I wonder why its in such short supply, maybe used for another dodgy purpose

Which pharmacies did you try. I only want a small bottle.

With all this rain is Rayong Green Valley playable just now.

Anybody know where in Pattaya you can buy a thick pair of socks?

I actually use it to soften my ear wax. 3% solution.

Any body know where to buy in Pattaya. I used to buy it in Boots at the Avenue but when I went in yesterday they said they not have. I tried another Boots and a Fascino but got the same answer.

I want to buy some golf shoes. The ones I have now (from Decathlon) are becoming uncomfortable, I would like some recommendations about  make , comfort and price. Comfort is my main concern followed by price, I don't really want to go much more than 3,000, Any suggestions, also the name of the shop in Pattaya  where they can be purchased.

Thanks

First time I had a swim here (early 80s) I cut my foot open on a broken bottle. The last time was about 10 years ago. We were spending the day at Pattaya Park. We decided to leave the ladies and go for a dip in the sea. Came out itching all over. Haven't swum in the sea since..

I read somewhere between 2 and 3 books a week. Real ones. I don't have a Kindle. I keep one in the loo so I have something to look at and the other one by my armchair, This one normally gets read when I have have sport on the TV as a background. . All fiction. SF and fantasy (although not so much SF nowadays) and crime. All the main authors.

I've just reread Song of Fire and Ice Game of Thrones I had forgotten how much the TV serial had left out. Anyone who enjoyed the TV will be amazed at how much better the novels carry the story. I'm just about to start Storm of Swords Book 1.

One regret about a Kindle is that in Pattaya we are down to one secondhand bookshop so the choice of books is not as good as it was a few years ago. So I might end up getting a Kindle anyway. I seem to remember an article I read not long ago ago that the sales of real books was actually increasing. Long may it continue to do so.

I don't know if this will be helpful but I use D-Med Hearing Ad Center on Sukhumvit between the 7 and Pattaya Klang going South. It's roughly where the flyover starts on the other side.

There is a D-Med Pharmacy next door.

Things change. Years ago I used to drink Barolo at 15 pounds a bottle. Mind you I always used to share it with my mate. I found that 3 glasses during dinner. was enough.

Now when at home I drink Mont Clair cut 50/50 with soda. It tastes enough like a wine to keep me happy and I can drink 5 or 6 glasses without a problem.

Mind you when I'm out I tend to drink whatever house wine is on offer. If I'm out of Pattaya I take some bottles of decent wine with me. Most places don't charge corkage if they don't sell wine

Going back even further I used to buy house wine in France to bring back at 50 pence a litre. Served ice cold it was drinkable but it had to be iced cold otherwise it was cr-p.

21 hours ago, Tanomazu said:

Yes, I do, but what you're not understanding is that despite that fact, and Thailand advertising world wide, the tourist industry took 3 years to get back to normal. Even though clean up began immediately, the tourists did not return in full numbers immediately.

 

You could equally argue that Thailand immediately shut down borders. That does not mean recovery began then, does it?

 

You have to look at the full picture, and after the Tsunami tourism took 3 years to recover.

 

With Covid there is nothing to actually rebuild, nothing was destroyed physically, excepting business that have to be rebuilt, or reopened. Though many in fact took  the Covid break to refurbish. So I suspect the influx of tourists can happen much quicker, and won't drag out over 3 years, like after the tsunami.

 

We have evidence of previous pandemics. The four waves of the Spanish flu pandemic took 2 years. So giving it 3 years for Covid, when we have vaccinations they did not have in 1918, is actually very conservative.

 

Obviously we can't know it for sure, there may be a new SARS variant and we may all die within months, but all things being equal and if the past can be used as an indicator, by the end of 2022 the end of the Covid pandemic (not the end of Covid, but the pandemic) and all the associated knee-jerk lock down measures, can come to pass.

I agree with the 3 year recovery. But it will be 3 years from the end of the pandemic.

On 8/16/2021 at 8:49 PM, VBF said:

Just their "O" and "A" Levels........

Don't apologize.

15 minutes ago, Taxi said:

3BB have a 1000/300 for 590 per month.

 

I switched from a 1000/1000 at 1,200 baht per month to this plan a year ago.  I can't tell the difference between the old plan and the cheaper one.  I'm in Pattaya so can't speak for Bangkok. 

Do you have an option for any additional services like BritManToo mentions.

At one set of traffic lights I ride through everyday in Pattaya I always see  one or two people jump the lights. That's Evey day every time. I cannot remember the last time I sat at the lights and didn't see somebody jump them. Perhaps one of those cameras when taken down could be moved there.

Once the complete story comes out we will probably find that they have all been double vaccinated and are traveling together so they thought while together they dont need masks.

Are the restaurants in Phuket open?

4 hours ago, Scrotobike said:

I can see lots of groups of five

People are scared as the old are dying because of the vaccine MUBAR (messed up beyond all recognition)

The original military slang  is FUBAR. I'll leave it to your imagination what the F stands for.

5 minutes ago, rott said:

You give mastermind status to people who can't fix the drains.? 

Mastermind. It reminds me of the TV quiz show, "I've started so I'll finish" but in Thailand the last 3 words are missing.

No, it just sounds more professional.