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I fly TG. Liked Thai Smile before, and while quality of service declined somewhat after Thai took it over, it's still fixed price, included check-in baggage, decent A320 planes for most local routes. Timing is sometimes not great, so I would choose some other airline (NokAir, AirAsia) at times, but overall, I prefer Thai and it is no more expensive than others, with bags and seat selection if is often cheaper than others, and definitely a lot cheaper if booking near the date of departure. Was considering whichever airline for 2 days in advance booking. TG was 1/3 of the price of Air Asia and half the price of Nok. That's sort of good enough for me.

I didn't know about these other pharmacies. Just suggested Diamond as it was waaaaayyyy cheaper than I got from my hospital before (by factor of 10) and they seem to have pretty much everything. There are a few more around there, Fascino is more expensive but has some special stuff, and then some others that look more like a warehouses than pharmacies. They more or less cost the same. The insulin isn't for me but my better half, and while we both have AccuCheck, she's using a Sibionics CGM. About 1800 baht per 14 days off Shopee or Lazada. Reads every minute and sends data into Android app. Gives alerts when sugar is too high or too low. And draws nice graphs, trends, calculates averages, etc. I know continuous glucose monitors are expensive, but they are worth it. Previously she used FreeStyle Libre, but that requires tapping a reader on the sensor to get readings, making it less convenient. The lancets and pen... Using AccuCheck SoftClix, which was 300 baht or so with a box of lancets, and 50 lancets are 60 THB on Lazada. My comment was primarily due to part of: "Most important to me is Insulin have tried over the years every Pharmacy within a 15 km radius NOT one sells Insulin". Around Siriraj hospital all of them sell it. That's what I wished to get across. The private hospital we both visit charged nearly 3000 baht for the same pen we found for 750 at Diamond pharmacy. It was an accidental find - didn't expect pharmacies would sell it, especially without prescription. So still doing followups every 2 months, but buying medicine on her own.

Diamond Pharmacy sells Lantus Solostar basal insulin at 750 baht per one (lasts up to 28 days, in total about 300 units of insulin per pen). This is one you only inject once per day and lasts between 23 and 25 hours. You can buy needles separately at same pharmacy or get them online.

I don't think Valsartan helps down there, if any, it does the opposite. But it works, alas not immediately - takes a few days to bring numbers down. You could get Valsartan as Diovan in 80 or 160 mg version from Diamond Pharmacy in soi Wang Lang (also known as Soi Sirirat) at about 720 baht for 28 pills of 160 mg.

Fortune is doing OK. Pantip plaza Ngamwongwan is.... not doing well. Mostly phones. Pantip Bangkapi... not sure but that was dying for a long time. Pantip in Pratunam is gone. New name, very few shops inside, and nothing about IT. Palladium or whatever it's called where Pantip shops moved to before Pantip got previous makeover is also gone. There are however still shops around usual department stores, mostly from JIB Computer which sell gaming gear. I know Paragon had it, Central World also, I saw it at Central Lat Phrao, Central Westgate and The Mall Ngamwongwan, Central Rama9 and FortuneTown. If you know exactly what you want - get it online from Advice or JIB... If not, go to any of these shops or go browsing around Fortune on 3rd and mostly 4th floor.

Having own PurpleAir sensor, I was not particularly shocked (after looking out the window) that it showed AQI 150+ yesterday morning. It has somewhat improved today, showing 67 AQI right now, with 19.77 PM2.5 and 20.40 PM10 in Bang Sue.

We have 2 condos next to each other. Ours provides charging for residents only - the charging area are slots inside the parking building. The neighbouring building has them outside, before the ramp. Both only have 3 slots right now, but word is that they'll increase with need. They are fast chargers, so not intended to park overnight. Both use an app to reserve and pay for charging (Sharge). Our residents have BMW, BYD, Deepal, MG, Neta and Tesla. I see random cars charging during the days when passing the building. No idea on cost of installation, as our condo, about 5 years old, had them installed from the start.

Yes, but it wasn't her father's debt. It was debt of his son, her brother. So they should not have deducted from the father unless he was guarantor for her brother, which from his financial situation he was probably not.

She only shows that to you. What she's really showing people when asked to describe you is this:

They have a low quality capacitor on the compressor. But it should not be 6 months, they last 4-5 years, in general. On the flip side, Daikin uses a superior cooling gas from other brands. Not sure if that's the reason for more frequent failures on the compressor, though.

This Dr. Sophon? https://www.thansettakij.com/real-estate/588814 Translation below: Encourage foreigners to buy Thai real estate after making a new high, buying condominiums in Bangkok and surrounding areas, 31,601 million. https://eng.scancondo.com/Articles/189/Encourage-foreigners-to-buy-Thai-real-estate-after-making-a-new-high,-buying-condominiums-in-Bangkok-and-surrounding-areas,-31,601-million.

Guess lots of direct flights to Istanbul from there...

Too late!

I disagree. He also took a very good care of his borrowed watches... they were shining on the photos!

Give the man a break. He's too busy slapping journalists...

Need to photoshop the model to AR - 924 and Made in Hungary, Reassembled in Israel...

Since this book wasn't written by Trump I would guess it doesn't end with Chapter 11...

So, in practice - how would arrivals pay this? Included in ticket price? (what about those who bought tickets before this is coming into effect?) Pay in cash at the counter before reaching immigration? (in which currency? will passengers need to exchange to THB at rip off rates at the airport?) Pay to check-in counter at another country's airport? (what if passenger is just transiting?) Pay by card at counter after arrival? (what about those who don't have credit cards?) What would happen to an arrival who can't pay for whatever reason (say communication failure of some 90+ year old speaking not a word of Thai or English or anything immigration can master)?

When I was reading this, I could hear his voice! 😄

And confession would make it all go away?

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A Thai take on this:

Because it's secret they can't climb roof, now luckily golf course was flat... Kidding. Secret service was approved by president Lincoln, on the day he was shot. Their mandate was to tackle rampant counterfeiting of US currency for the Treasury Department. As such they had to operate in secret, to infiltrate and destroy these illegal operations. It wasn't until 1901 that they were assigned tasks of protecting the presidents. They were the first intelligence gathering organisation in the US, which pave way for FBI formation in 1908. In 2003, the Secret Service was moved from under Treasury Department to Department of Homeland Security. Their scope also increased, to protect not only sitting presidents, but also candidates, past presidents, and their families, along with some other visible positions in the US government.

They don't like phone calls, but to check if this is legit or scam, go to https://www.agoda.com/info/contact.html and click this at the top:

Actually crime and incidents seem to be up globally, nearly like if COVID and vaccines took a couple of dozen points off people's IQ.