ChrisKC

I will answer your Topic Title Yes, it is, by about 70 million people!

Not completely true, There are plenty of people that claim their pit bulls wouldn't hurt a fly, but..... The real truth is that they are unpredictable! The oft-exaggerated claims of "killing machines", I agree with you. I have been bitten twice by dogs that were not pitbulls, and would argue that is more about the Owners than the breed, and they are not banned. But in countries where pitbulls are banned is because of their unpredictability. I guess you think they shouldn't be because your opinion is more important than the facts! Thailand should wake up accordingly!!

Could you give us some examples?

Hello Mike, I first started the Everyman in 1965, from then on I did Daily Telegraph nearly every day for more than 30 years, graduating to The Times, but I only ever completed one without help. From the beginning of this year, I decided to go back to the Everyman online and I have completed every Sunday since then. I can finish in about one hour. Occasionally I need to research something to confirm I am on the right track. Thank you for the compliment.

My suggestion is a visit to your Doctor. I occasionally get low readings (never with any obvious effects) but always, I take three or four readings to find an average - for me that is very successful. For you to have a (single measure?) low reading enough for a recognised symptom of dizziness - in your case collapsing to occur, is something you don't want to be alone with. Sudden, albeit random, low measures require an explanation if there is one, and as Sheryl mentioned, maybe a medication adjustment will help!

In the light of that I agree!

No, not necessarily many agents, (don't know about Hua Hin) but can arrange without financials at all!,

So the B5,000 entrance fee will leave all the poorer Thais continuing with all the illegal gambling!

This is a cynical comment - that I could easily have said myself!

Unless the phones fell off the back of a truck!

The positives you mention are very good for you and probably the most important! The negatives are some "what ifs" The balance is very much in your favour to continue - with a few minor adjustments through communication!

Cant we just take the article at face value? Why all the speculation and blaming the victim: he is too old, shouldn't be out at 2 am, should have used a safer type of transport, probably faked the theft anyway. None of us knows the details of the incident and almost certainly we won't hear another thing about it! Everybody is entitled to go about their activities without fear of being mugged at any moment, On this particular occasion maybe he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. In my long life I have never been accosted or assaulted in any of the 35 countries I have visited, including Thailand. Come on folks, give him the benefit of the doubt and the reporting of the incident!

Indians - Now look what you have done! Tarnished the image of Pattaya!

It is not easy to love anyone who wants to kill you because you are not the same as them.

Buddhists are atheists - this means they do not follow or pursue a theistic religion Though myself, I am on the philosophy side of things - I am not interested in the rituals or believe in the afterlife or spirits. hours and hours of chanting; these aspects that I reject but accept that common practices probably have some merit towards referencing religiosity. Its partly political and cultural I think; everybody seems to need to know what "religion" is represented in all countries!

I think you will find that Thais do NOT spend MOST of their money on religion!

The main problem with Thai people and Buddhism is that it is treated as a religion and its rituals, rather than the much more important aspects as it relates to the basic precepts being followed, such as non-materialism!

The main problem with Thai people and Buddhism is that it is treated as a religion and its rituals, rather than the much more important aspects as it relates to the basic precepts being followed, such as non-materialism!

I have been told by a couple of Senior Monks that it is registered as religion only for tax purposes

That sounds like a compliment - if so, thank you.

That sounds like something hopelessly silly your hero Trump would say! Good role model for you, I know!

This is not much to do with Thailand - it is easy to eat nutritionally poorly anywhere in the world. It is what you choose yourself that matters. I am surprised that you think that ANY diet (good or bad) would show meaningful results in one week! Pad Kha Prao however "bad" it is, is not bad as long it isn't part of your regular diet. I have been here 20 years to discover that in restaurants and outside eating, will provide little in the way of long term nutritional needs. 90% of my diet, I prepare myself, with boring (for some) vegetables, eat lots of fruit, no added sugar in anything , added to plenty of daily exercise that culminates to my 100% health both physically and mentally.

Bodily we start to die from around our mid-twenties That is when I started to live!

I never HATE anyone - I hate what they say and do. In the case of Trump, I hate what he says and does!

At this time in my life, no one day of the week for me is special for any reason. I wake up in the morning recognising I still have everything I started out with and content with that realisation. Then I go straight to AN to read about how everybody else is feeling. I have no idea when I will leave this place. I do know that when that time comes, i will end up somewhere very similar to that immediately prior to my conception! When I was born, I was one day closer to dying; at nearly 80, that situation is still the same!