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I believe that both private and government hospitals will milk foreigners . Me yesterday at a Thai government hospital . Charged 250 baht for " extra clinic service charge " ( whatever that is ) before seeing the doctor . Drug and parental charge 75 baht Charge nurse 80 baht Medical service fee 300 baht Pharmacy service fee 140 baht National list of Nonessential Medicines charge 5,724 baht . At a previous hospital 3 day stay in a v.i.p. room , the bill showed itemized costs of every time the nurse took my blood pressure and / or temperature . I guess its the standard 2 tier pricing for foreigners

I have mentioned the following before . My Surfshark VPN takes my speed test from 2-300 Mbps down to 45ish . S/S told me to change protocols but it made no improvement . My S/S contract expires next month and I will be looking at alternatives . I have a basic H/P laptop and the o/s is Chromebook . Any recommendations ?

A friend sent me this list of European national pensions , monthly payments . For some unknown reason Germany is missing .

Recap . Me using a TV android box T95 and getting slow speeds and buffering especially watching Wizz TV . I bit the bullet and bought the latest Amazon Fire Stick 4K Max , cat 6 e . A speed test went straight to 195 Mbps . So I settled in to watch the golf on Friday evening . Great quality; fhd picture from the live golf in South Africa for about 2 hours until 7 00 pm . Then it buffered so I checked the speed and it had dropped to 50 Mbps . Next day I went to the internet shop to complain and they put me up to 500 Mbps . My speed test showed 325 Mbps , very pleasing . Settled down to watch the Preston v Leeds on Wizz TV . All good for 30 minutes but then started buffering . I checked my speed and was still getting 180 Mbps . I switched to other channels and they played without buffering . So I have come to the conclusion that you must have decent streaming equipment but that does not ensure buffer free viewing . I am thinking that when it comes to popular programmes that are being streamed by many viewers , the likes of Wizz TV servers cannot cope and hence the buffering .

The popular belief is that the human species evolved from Africa . That is not true because early man also inhabited parts of Asia and then spread to Africa . Also early man almost became extinct because they had a low immune system until they mated with the Neanderthals which led to a much stronger immune system . This is according to Paleoanthropology, however it seems that theories are often proved wrong because of new discoveries . The topic of aliens is mainly dismissed because of the lack of tangible evidence however I prefer to keep an open mind . How do we know that Earthly beings are the only forms of intelligent life ? As I quoted earlier , the construction of massive structures in biblical times , to an amazing accuracy and tolerances , throughout the globe is still to be analysed , to how humans of low education and without mechanical aids , were able to achieve such tasks . Also ancient cave paintings that depict forms of flying craft etc .

Trade deal ? If that helps to simplify the long delays by the French Customs for UK exports , that would be a good thing . However , Starmer & Raynor have to get an agreement on free movement of labour in order to build the 1.5 million new homes in the UK and that is their main focus . An interesting addition is the fact that the EU are in trouble because of the 2 main players , France & Germany , are both in political woes . They sure do miss the UK monetary contribution .

What concerns me is that Starmer is negotiating with the E.U. on re-setting Brexit . That involves free movement of labour into the UK to build the 1.5 million new houses , mainly to house the recent influx of immigrants . How can he undo the referendum vote without populous consent ? No doubt that Labours huge Commons majority will win the day for him . This is a sneaky backdoor tactic and what next ? I am hoping that there will be a national strike , especially by public sector workers , plus next Mays local elections will no doubt see Labour sunk and the Reform party perform well .

If you saw an UFO would you report it ? Probably not because of ridicule . I saw an UFO early one winter evening in the UK and I called my son and grand children to show them . It was in the form of an orange colour glow that was hovering about 1/2 a mile away . I lived in the countryside , so no vehicles were in that area which was a forest and fields . We watched this object for 10 minutes until it shot off past us at an amazing speed but the colour changed to a brilliant white . All 5 of us were astounded . Space travel is in its infancy for manned flights but unmanned space travel has greater possibilities . Its odds on that there will be life in some form in distant planets . Ancient history of cave paintings have shown images of rocket type craft . Also sketches of non-earth beings . The building of some huge structures , that took place way before industrial times , appear to be beyond the scope of ancient ill equipped humans and even today present a challenge with the aid of modern machinery and know how . These are real mysteries that have baffled scientists for years . Alien presence on planet earth is one suggestion that has not been disproved .

Are you sure ? The announcement yesterday was 2.8% rise for public sector workers which is not keeping up with inflation and if a rise of 5.5% ( pay review bodies recommendation ) was given it would cost 10 billion pounds . Teachers & NHS unions have intimated that industrial action may well happen . Starmer said that pay reviews above inflation would have to be met with productivity improvements . So I am supposing that the train drivers did just that ? A national strike to call for a new election could happen and the Reform Party will walk it . The last Tory governments under performed but this Labour gang of muppets are taking the UK to the brink of ruination and no return . Still the rubber boats arrive and that figure exceeds 20,000 illegals in the 5 months of this pathetic , so called government . Italy is now deporting every illegal immigrant with no delays . Bravo , I say and scrap the ECHR . The UK current economic woes are unsustainable .

Next May 1st Polling day: Local government elections in England Local authority mayoral elections Combined authority mayoral elections Combined county authority mayoral elections Parish council elections There is no doubt in my mind that Labour will be battered and Reform will be prominent . At the moment sneaky Starmer is engaging with the EU and negotiating a deal that will permit EU workers to be employed in the UK . Mostly to build the 1.5 million new homes ( which are needed to house immigrants ) Yesterday Yvette Cooper has doubled the time that immigrants can stay in hotels . Reeves , Raynor & Starmer are thick as thieves . A national strike could happen to force a new election . This Labour government are accelerating the fall of the UK . Great Britain now , for sure .

It seems that my brief love affair for red wine may have to be ended or under stricter control because I have developed gout in my big toe and it is very painful . Apparently red wine especially can cause gout along with chicken . Now taking a course of colchicine . Never had gout drinking beer

I shared a bottle of 19 Crimes Shiraz the other evening with a pal . It didn't last long . Full bodied and fruity taste . Now one of my favorites . We drank it along with a mature New Zealand cheese nibbles . A great marriage .

Well , I didn't know that . The boxes say ROM 4 GB RAM 32 GB . Wizz told me they were capable of 1000 MBPS but the 3BB tech said they were low quality and old technology . Also Wizz say that the Amazon Fire Stick is a better bet to download their app .

In our restaurant , the Laughing Bird is the favourite and most popular red wine drank by both European and Thai customers . Maybe it is an economic way of getting jolly ?

Can anyone explain why it is that YouTube videos play in a high resolution and never buffer but every IPTV service that I have tried all buffer ?

Paying for 200 Mbps V.I.P .This guarantees your speed will never drop under 200 . However my 2 smart TVs never get that . When the 3BB techs come our house they play around with various speed test companies and also connect their own tablet and phone . When they achieve a high speed I feel that I am being conned because my knowledge on this subject is not good . They stated that my equipment was too old or of a low quality , b/s . Strange thing is , I can often get 225 Mbps , using wifi on my laptop but lucky to get half that on my 2 6e Ethernet cabled smart TVs / T95 Android boxes .

A good quality wine would be wasted on me because my palate cannot really know if I am drinking a fruit wine or not . Just recently I found out the benefits of Pinot Noir which has a high level of the antioxidant resveratrol . I managed to buy a bottle of Casillero del Diablo for 599 baht . Very easy to drink . I went back the next day to buy some more but someone had bought the lot , so I settled for the same companies Merlot .I just wish that I had a discerning palate to appreciate the various tastes and qualities .

Let's face it . The UK is broken and it is ripe for reformation but not under this pathetic Labour government who have got the reverse Midas touch . Next UK spring by- elections will be a disaster for Labour . The Reforms Party Farage and Tice are well informed politicians and would have a close connection with the U.S.A. and trade deals . Starmer and Lammy will be the cause of tariffs for UK exports to the U.S.A. Indeed they are a couple of plonkers . Rachel from accounts is the Chancellor of the exchequer , what a farce . Musk is a pioneer who thinks outside of the box and along with Trumps input + Reform , it may just be possible to save the UK from the abyss . At the moment we have the Muppet show running the UK .

Me too . Using 3BB . Without using my Surfshark VPN I get around 220 Mbps but if using the VPN it drops to 20--40 Mbps and sometimes I cannot connect to sites at all . Digressing slightly but I have considered using a sim card router because that is not affected by fibre downtime but there does not appear to be many users out there who can comment or recommend .

Thai people b/p seems to be lower than Westerners . Going to my local gov; hospital , I walk across the car park and then up a steep slope to the entrance . Straight away they measure your weight , height and b/p . The b/p is always high . I have read many times that you must sit down and relax for 5 minutes and then take a b/p/test . So I always have 2 tests and the second one , after 5 minutes sat down and relaxed , is acceptable . So what is it with these Thai medics ?

Such as ? In over 20 years of holidays around the Med , I never had a problem with sea creatures or rip tides .

Me too . It's not the same as swimming in the Med .

That's what would happen in the Western world with the C.E.O. s at risk of prison sentences . Hence , clear working procedures , risk assessments and safety officer daily presence are normal events . Health & Safety consideration were once , the least important but now because the buck stops at the top , H&S are at the forefront . But Thailand is still 50 years behind and money number 1 as always .

Is Comfy easy to install on a smart tv or android box ? Does it get much buffering / freezing ?

I had the same problem . They said , turn off your VPN . But it was already disconnected , I told them . They said , what browser are you using . Google Chrome I replied . They said use a different browser . I used Firefox browser and that worked . I have been using Wizz in Thailand and the UK for more than 2 years . I bought their pre-installed T95 Android box . No buffering in the UK but just lately in Thailand it has buffered quite a lot . When it comes to the bars in Pattaya that use Wizz they do not always use the Sky TV or TNT TV programmes . Tip = if you drop down the main programme lists you will come to other options to watch any Premiership game or Championship game . Something like UK EPL . The last time I watched the footy I was using the Sky channel which froze constantly . Dropped down the epg and all the EPL teams will be displayed on a grid , once you have clicked on the programme channel . Last time it was being broadcast from Hong Kong but with English commentary . It was broadcast by True / Now TV . No buffering . I have also bought a Thai IPTV android box off of Lazada . It is aimed at UK users , shows all progs and says no buffering but that is b/s . The epg is difficult to use and I will not renew . If Wizz TV is not buffering , it is brilliant . What I cannot understand is that when it freezes and you get that revolving circle , when it comes back on , it carries on from where it stopped . That suggests an IPTV problem to me . Agree ? I wish that WIZZ TV would comment about our concerns of their app . And do so on this forum because they do subscribe .