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Is the exchange rate lower because of the holidays or high season? Or is this market forces? I am referring to USD/THB.

My friend (50, overweight, but healthy) up in Bangkok said that he quit drinking, with last Friday being his last drink. He says that he had been drinking a twelve pack of beer every day for 16 months (except for a two week period in spring when he had an unrelated medical issue and was taking medicine and couldn't drink. At that time, he said that he had no withdrawal symptoms). 

Now he is almost three days sober. He woke up this morning (Monday) with a fever of 101.2F/ 38.4C.  He said he has started taking Tylenol, which works sometimes to reduce the fever,   His temperature has mostly been constant except for brief periods after taking  the Tylenol. Other than the fever, body aches, a cloudy head, diarrhea, needing to drink water often, and a little upset stomach, he hasn't had the shakes or racing heart or abnormal heart rate, or any other serious side effects.

But he is scared that it will get worse tonight. He hates the idea of being hospitalized, but if he has to go in, he wants to go to Bumrungrad, as he goes there for regular stuff.

I don't know how to help him. He says it feels like the flu, but he had a flu vaccination, and the timing off his illness leads him to believe it is alcohol withdrawal.  

If anybody can give advice on what he should do if he gets worse or any advice, like just staying at home and getting through it, it would be appreciated.

Thanks.

I have an idea: Allow 15% of minivans to be owned and operated by foreigners. After a full year,  if (haha, if) the rate of accidents and deaths are significantly lower than that for Thai minivan driver's, increase the foreigner owned and operated minivans to 30%. Increase each year. I guarantee you the accident rate will be cut in half.

This will save lives and take jobs away from vehicular homicide/manslaughter Thai "drivers."

Shes buying very expensive watches for a few "friends."

This woman is handing out samples in front of the Bed, Bath, and Beyond store.

There is a priority lane, usually for VIP passenger, but I got a pass last trip and was in and out in minutes. They should have a special lane for trusted visitors; people who own peoperty and/or are long-term regular visitors, those with ED and retirement visas, etc.

Those of us dreaming for a creative response to the problem are dong just that, dreaming. The Thais are not very smart and not very creative.

Farang gets fined for selfie next to a Thai family littering and screaming.

ok.

By the way, the REAL policemen who pull foreigners over to steal their money are back at it on Theppraya across from Country Road Bar.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

They said that he claimed to be a cop, extorts money and steals from tourists.

How is this different than a Thai policeman?

If this guy was Thai, you'd NEVER have read this story.

"...he destroyed palm trees and other trees at a public garden close to Krabi River out of anger when his girlfriend left him."

Heck, I usually have to pay them 1000 baht to leave.

When I drive, up to me, krap. 

Please don't drive like <deleted>?

Yeah...this campaign will work.

 Thai woman forced into prostitution? You've got to be sh!tting me. I've never been to another country with more willing prostitutes. 

The Chinese are all very similar to each other; there is very little differentiation between them. And you have two types of Chinese: loud and louder.

500 baht and a wei should be sufficient punishment.

And why did the sexuality of his  "partner " have anything to do with it? Is it just to embarrass him?

Maybe they should have mentioned whether he/she was pre-op or post-op, and whether he/she had a hard on.

Occasionally, I'll see Chinese tourists not on package tour trying to hire a Baht bus. If they walk away with getting in,  I sometimes ask them where they wanted to go and how much they were asked to pay. It is usually something absurdly high. Last time on north pattaya road a group of five or six were quoted 700 baht to central festival.

57 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

The Thai way. I can't beat him myself so I'll get my friends.

Not exactly. When the other drivers saw a foreigner fighting a Thai, they got excited and joined in. 

When I saw in high school, I knew a few guys who enjoyed fighting and hurting people. But in Pattaya, I think so many aggressive Thai men enjoy hurting a farang. 

The real problem is that these guys won't be punished enough for "seriously " hurting this guy. All Thai men know that they can hurt farangs and get away with it. Until this changes, we aren't safe.

2 hours ago, Rimmer said:

I think for the very best advice I will move this to the Health Forum

Please move this back to the pattaya forum. That is where I'll find guys in pattaya who have experience with orthopedic hospitals in Pattaya.

Hi gang,

I tore my ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) in my knee. It is a Grade 3 tear requiring reconstructive surgery. (I also have a meniscus tear and a Baker's cyst).

I live in Jomtien. I usually go to Bumrungrad hospital in Bangkok for any real problems.

As to the surgery, what would be recommendations for a top-notch orthopaedic surgery department in either Bangkok or Pattaya? Should I have the surgery in Bangkok, then go somewhere in Pattaya for the rehab? Are there options for a really top-level orthopaedic surgery department in a Pattaya hospital?

As they'll need to take a healthy ligament from the front of my knee, drill a whole in the femur and the tibia, and anchor the harvested ligament to both sides, I wouldn't mind paying for the best surgeon to do this. 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm really in need of the advice.

America had crooked police on the take, getting bribes and "fines" up until the 60s and 70s when they started trapping them and putting them in prison. Now, it is nearly impossible in the U.S. to bribe your way out of a ticket, in Contrast to Thailand where it is possible with over 90% of police.

35 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Possibly one of the most xenophobic paragraphs in a news article this year. 

 

Not only that,  but a total fabrication. Are we to believe that the reporter actually interviewed Thais who think the garbage is from farang?!

Unless you catch Thai people littering, and fine them heavily, they will never stop littering. Never. Ever.

But this would necessitate an honest police force, which Pattaya/Jomtien does not have.

Thai people litter like dogs sh!t and p!ss: wherever and whenever they want.

Just to put the 100,000 baht fine for smoking into perspective: that fine is equal to the combined fines of 200 Thai people who decide to stab you. The fine for a Thai stabbing a foreign tourist is 500 baht (see repeat offender watch seller who stabbed a foreigner on Beach Road). So, smoke on the beach and your crime is the same as 200 Thais all getting in a knife wound on you.

I saw an accident on pattaya klang a few months ago. The lead paramedic, I.e. the guy working, was a white guy. I didn't take note of the company though.