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tomazbodner

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  1. Agree. If you have a mix of uric acid + calcium stones, Uralyt is a better choice (happens if you have high uric acid but drink mineral water full of calcium... they get coated, and they are very hard to melt off), but possibly more convenient to carry around, are Pocitrin Tab pills. But note that Pocitrin will give you stomach cramps much worse than Uralyt. On the other hand Uralyt is mixed with water so you need to get used to the taste of it. Although compared to 20 years ago, it tastes much less disgusting now. Not quite pleasant, but no longer gross.
  2. Gout is caused by accumulation of uric acid. Sometimes change of diet helps, many times it doesn't. Sometimes it causes kidney stones only, sometimes gout, sometimes both. There is a medicine to treat gout but you need to be very careful with it and clear it with your urologist as it could have severe side effects. Other than foul smelling urine and very fine sand flushing out. It is Benzbromarone ***, in Thailand sold under Benarone brand. It intercepts purine from food so it doesn't turn into uric acid, and gives your body a chance to clear it out. From point of how to treat gout attack, NSADs like Nurofen Zavance (spiced up Ibuprofen) could be very effective, but do not take it if you are controlling blood pressure with Valsartan. It can lead to renal failure (kidney failure). [EDIT: Removing diet part as post above from Andre covered all and more] *** note, Benzbromarone is banned in EU due to side effects. I am not advertizing it, just saying it worked very well for me. Got mine from hospital first, but later from Diamond pharmacy opposite Siriraj hospital entrance. It is actually quite cheap (unless bought from hospital pharmacy).
  3. Maybe to add, even if address is something @emirates.com, that could still be fake. While not normally visible, there is actually an email header which some mail programs can show - the headers show the entire path of where email was sent from and how it routed to your server. Usually there's IP address for the computer sending email. You can check where IP originates from, so if it claims to be from Emirates office in Bangkok but you find out it's sent from another country, you should worry. Sometimes there could also be spellings in the name, like [email protected]... now that I is not I but a small L. Or sender could make name Emirates HR <[email protected]> instead of just Emirates HR. In this case your email software could show this address but in reality it could be some garbage that it only shows when you hover over it. Lots of scams online, so it pays to be vigilant. But as many say before - scams are designed to relieve victim of money or gather financial data or something that allow them to get that later, or maybe get personal data to enable identity theft. Easiest to see is - did she apply? If she did, did they address her with her full name as in application? Or did the message say Dear [email protected] or Dear Applicant? Did they request any payments for anything up-front, or to provide any documentation which was already submitted? Did the terms just change? We need to inform you of slight change. Please resend information to another email address? If they booked her flight, was it on Emirates? I know, stupid question, and I can't imagine anyone could be stupid enough to try to scam someone with Emirates job offer then book them flight on another airline... But you never know, some scammers are dumb. Did the contact details (usually when informed you've been approved, you need to accept offer, right?) change from official ones? I know this goes too far and it's most likely all good for her, but given how many times we read of scams succeeding, I thought it just may give a few additional bits that were seen very recently, and were stopped at last moment or even succeeded. Ah, last one - if you see a combined email with inconsistent fonts (like contents being combined from different threads, different paragraphs in different fonts or sizes), that's also usually a clear give-away. Saw that a lot. Admin - if this is inappropriate, please wipe it.
  4. I believe 3BB (Jasmine) is about to be taken over by AIS. Regardless, AIS Fiber, 3BB Fiber, and True Gigatex are all stable with very few interruptions, mostly announced. I used both and don't really have preference.
  5. https://www.lazada.co.th/helpcenter/Do-I-have-to-pay-extra-duties-or-taxes-for-Overseas-Product-6045.html?spm=a2o4m.helpcenter-topic.articles-list.3.6cfe3653nO6Jj2 On how they can accommodate - same way as eBay - they calculate and prepay the duties. They are included in price of the product.
  6. Never bought from overseas on Shopee, but for Lazada, all import taxes, etc. are included in the price. If you pay at time of purchase (price + shipping), there are no additional fees or taxes to be paid. All is included.
  7. Saw a Thai doing that before... exchanging 2x 1000 baht note with 20 baht notes at the bank. Apparently it saved money, as it would make purchases look more expensive, or something like that. Maybe this bloke had a Thai girlfriend sharing the money management tips? I'm sure going into a gogo bar wasn't her advice, though...
  8. A respectable lady comes to shrink and complains: Mr. Doctor, Sir... I don't know what to do. My husband demands that I behave like a prostitute in bed. What can I do? Shrink thinks for a moment, then says "Start charging him!"
  9. Wife asks husband with significant disappointment: Dear... can you really not talk about anything other than football? And what else could I talk about? About love, for example... Alright then... Are you still making out with our neighbour when I go out for footy matches?
  10. A girl comes to the dentist, sits on the chair visibly frightened and says: Doctor, I am so afraid I would rather deliver a baby than have my tooth drilled into.... Make up your mind, so I know how to adjust the chair!
  11. Husband is comfortably sitting in a recliner, watching TV... Wife asks him to fix the kitchen faucet, as it's leaking. "I'm not a plumber!" A few days later, she asks him if he could replace the light bulb in the living room. "I'm not an electrician!" A few days later he returns from work and notices that tap is fixed and light bulb replaced. "Did you hire a technician to fix them?" "No, Frank our neighbour fixed them both" "And how much did he charge you for it?" "Nothing. He asked me to either bake him a cake or have sex with him" "And, did you bake him a cake?" "I'm not a bloody baker!"
  12. A cop walks up to the theatre ticket counter and asks for 2 tickets. For "Romeo and Juliet"? No, for me and my wife...
  13. Johnny was very bored in Heaven so he complains to God.... How is it possible that it's so boring here?! God thinks for a moment and says, maybe that's because I have no sense of time. One minute or a thousand years is all the same to me. What about 1000 Dollars? Pittance. Like 10 Cents, I don't have sense of money worth either. Great! Can you loan me 1000 Dollars then? Sure! Just a minute...
  14. Husband watching a health related TV show all of a sudden blurts out to his wife: Darling, if I am every in a vegetative state, depending on machines and liquids to keep me alive, please promise me you would unplug them all and let me go.... Without a word, wife stands up, snaps beer from his hand and turns off the TV...
  15. Blonde journal: A year ago I bought these superb windows with some special coated glass. They quiet the noise from outside, keep the heat so well I've saved a lot of money on bills. They are just awesome, and all would have been great if I didn't get the call from the company that installed them, telling me a year has passed and windows still aren't paid for... I had to remind them that when buying the windows, their sales rep told me that these windows are so good they pay for themselves within a year! A year has passed! I may be a blonde, but I am not stupid!! There was just silence from the other end... The man must have felt like an id!ot...
  16. What's the most beautiful feeling in the World? asks the teacher... Being in bed with a beautiful woman, says Johnny. Aren't you ashamed of yourself, you dirty minded brat! I'm informing your father! Next day, teacher asks Johnny... so what did your father say after getting my note? He agreed with me, says Johnny, but he also said that if you disagree with me, I should be very careful around you!
  17. Young stork is crying in the nest and mother calms him down by saying that father is bringing joy to the people, and he'll be back soon. Next day, young stork is crying again, and father calms him down by saying that mother is out, bringing joy to the people and she'll be back soon. The day after, young stork is gone. Parents frantically try to find him without success. Finally, in the evening, the kid returns, glowing of happiness. Where the hell were you?!!! Flew past monasteries, scared them to death....
  18. Arriving at Millennium Residence towers, delivery guys found out that the closet they were delivering to top floor won't fit in the lift. So they decided to take it up by the stairs. After nearly an hour, the older man says to younger man at the front to go up and see how many floors are left to go... Nearly sooner than he left the young man is back and says: Well, I have some good news and some bad news.... What is it? We're nearly at the top of the building, only 3 floors left... What's the bad news then? We're in the wrong tower...
  19. 2 cops talking..... I just bought a toilet brush... And? I don't know... I still prefer toilet paper...
  20. An American bloke sets off to buy a castle in Scotland. After the tour of the premise, he asks the seller if the place haunted by any ghosts... Absolutely not, reassures the seller. I haven't seen a single one of them in 500 years I live here...
  21. If J&T is a problem for you, better never try Ninja Van. My package was sitting in their warehouse for weeks, finally after countless connects to seller and platform, the box was delivered, all banged up. I now cancel order if I see they are delivery partner or rather ask the juristic not to accept the box and send it back to seller, whatever penalties I need to pay.

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