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Apparently not - or so a friend tells me 🤭

Should the US send bounty hunters after Putin and Xi - aren't they also 'heinous commies'?

So if state-sponsored bounty hunting of Heads of State is now on the table and fair game - can someone start a Go Fund Me to get Netanyahu onto a plane bound for a prison cell - or Putin? Maybe Venezuela could reciprocate to Blondie with a bounty offer for Chump? It's a joke - but only sort of. Going down the road of state-sponsored bounty hunting of other Heads of State - just 'cause they don't like the guy - is frankly unhinged and sets a very, very bad precedent.

All the posts about beer prices in Pattaya and Jomtien are pointless comparisons to Bangkok. The rents/leases for all businesses here (including bars) are going to be much, much higher in Bangkok than Chonburi. Overheads too. Thus higher prices for beer and everything else. The price of a pint of Stella in Bangkok would make your eyes water - but you probably can't find that in Patters. In fact, haven't been there for a while, but I bet Heineken draft is a bit hard to track down there too, unless you go to a pub.

And much better tasting too..

I have what they call 'mild' hiatal hernia, and have had acid reflux since my 20s. I take the proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) like Nexium. Only way to daignose it for sure is with the endoscopy, and any other doctor is just guessing from your symptoms. PPIs are risky though. A lot of mounting evidence that they weaken your stomach/small intestine's ability to absorb vitamins (over many years) - but doctors still hand them out like candy because they do work to get rid of the reflux. (BTW - you can have acid reflux without a hiatus hernia).

I walk 4.5 Km each morning. Then do a light resistance workout for 30 minutes in the condo's fitness room (too small to call it a 'gym'). Weight and BMI very good (diet changed too and helped to lose 9 kilograms over 5 months). My BP averages 109/71, but my heart rate is in the higher end of normal due to some stiff artery issues (that part is not good). Haven't smoked in more than 25 years and cut back on booze to once a week. I feel good. I actually do believe that if you need BP meds or lipid meds you should take them, but only if you are consistently above 140/80. That's my own view anyway. Regarding the lipid meds, if you're over 50 you may wish to consider taking the CT CAC Calcium scan you see advertised by all the private hospitals here. Non-invasive and only takes a few minutes. It will give you a much truer picture of your heart health than anything else. Then you can decide if you want to take the lipid meds.

Dunno who Mya Mya is, but if she's the fatty under the sheet (look at her arm), then I'm not sure why anyone would be interested in watching, never mind paying to watch. As for why do it in Pattaya, they're Chinese. They probably wouldn't get to stream ten seconds before the door would be broken down by the police.

Not just BP standards either. I was surpirsed to learn some time ago that Western and Asian BMIs are scored differently. A Thai doctor explained to me that Westerners tend to have more muscle mass per kilo than Asians, with the latter typically having a bit more fat than muscle, so the BMI cutoff is higher for Westerners (seem counterintuitive, but that's what I was told). Muscle weighs more than fat or so they say. But I'm sure any Asian man or woman who works out in a gym each day might fall into the Western BMI range too.

Okay, I get your point. But I'm not diving back into the archives of Buddy Holly or Bill Haily and the Comets either. To me, maybe my age, rock (by that I refer to hard rock and filling arenas and selling millions of albulms to die-hard fans) begins with cream/Zeppelin and goes through the 70's and 80's where it starts to be challenged by other genres like new wave, disco, punk, (and pop music - which expands exponentially propelled by the recording industry and radio). The point of the thread is what happened to rock - I've been giving my perspective from my age group. Late boomers I guess? But others may have different views.

While I don't doubt your point, I think you need to review each of the board of directors - and their previous careers. By 'apolitical' I didn't mean just the Thai 'government' - there are other HiSo players from the establishment that make high-level closed-door decisions in this country (as I'm pretty sure you already know).

You notice there is never a cure discovered - for anything? Only treatments that commercially-backed 'science' always advance - and in doing so become more expensive. The politicians are in this up to their neck to keep it that way too, bankrolled by big pharma. RFK's ditching of research into mRNA work - especially for cancer - is yet another example of this relationship. No money to be made in cures.

Many Thai husbands have Mia Nois - and sometimes more than one Mia Noi. There used to be a joke years back - 'Western guys often talk about having a fling, but rarely do; while Thai guys often have flings but rarely talk about it.'

Disco and pop/new-wave nearly killed hard rock in the 80s due to a huge push by the entertainment industry. But because hard rock is so resilient and has so many die-hard fans that continued to buy albums and fill concert arenas, disco and new wave were consecutive flashes in the pan. Hard rock still has a huge following, and many of the bands have transcended generations of followers.

I've seen Bush's at Big-C 'foreign imports' aisle - I think at Villa too. Will give them a try. The Ayem local brand seems ok - including the lower sugar version. Certainly cheaper. BTW, is Foodland EVER going to open a new location in Bangkok ? (I like their Took Lae Dee lunch counter). Nearest one to me is at The Street on Ratchadapisek - but it's still a bit far away. Foodland doesn't have as much western food as Villa, but they are better than others, and a bit better value.