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There are various different types of cataract and they can all progress at different rates, so there's no hard and fast answer other than the 'wait till they impact everyday life'. What that means will also be different for different people. If you don't need to drive, for instance, maybe you can wait longer than someone who is reliant on driving to get around. Opthalmologist I saw in UK said that generally speaking the longer you can wait (the older you are) the better. Something to do with viscosity of fluid inside the eye and the risk of it tugging on the retina and causing a tear when removing the old lens, I think. Eye morphology is also a factor: people who are very myopic may have a greater risk of retinal or other damage, although statistically it's still quite rare. Opthalmologist also said that people who expect return of perfect 20/20 distance vision without glasses after cataract surgery are more likely to be disappointed than people who expect greatly improved clarity of vision, but possibly only getting 20/20 still with glasses. He also said that while nowadays you can get varifocal implant lenses, he usually recommends simple fixed power implants, especially if the degree of correction required is substantial.

Actually real chubsters present a clear safety issue. In an emergency evac, do you want to be trapped in your window seat by the lard bucket jammed into the middle/aisle seat? And if he or she can get out of the seat, then they'll plug up the aisle like a cork in a bottle. Plus they'd be much harder to climb over than oldsters or children.

I suspect that is why the 'cunning plan' to arrive into UK from Singapore, with its notoriously strict drug laws.

The good ship Fantasy is full steam ahead towards Reality Rocks. (Speaking with experience of casino feasibility studies in places like South Korea, Saipan, Cambodia, Nepal and elsewhere ...)

Side note: Parodontax sneakily changed the recipe for the original formula (non-fluoride) a year or so ago so that it tastes completely different. Loyal user for 30 years. I called the customer number on the packet and they confirmed the change. For more than a year they did not however change the packaging in any way to highlight the new formulation. They have now just done that as of a month or two back. Very tricky. Basically the new formula strips out all the natural extracts and replaces them with .... 'aroma'! Top package = new packaging finally showing that the recipe has changed Middle package = original formulation with herb extracts Bottom package = vile new formulation with 'aroma' There are still some of the original tubesnout in the market because Parodontax is an acquired taste - just reject anything with 'aroma' in the ingredients! [I know, I should get out more.]

Part of the problem is that while there are numerous out of work Thai pilots, many of them are not "ready for work" because they haven't been able to (or haven't bothered to) keep their type ratings up to date. Thailand is also right in the midst of overhauling the entire licensing and regulatory system (shift from FAA derived to EASA derived), which will make keeping class/type ratings current that much harder and more expensive (I recently spent a whole day in a riveting online training session “TCAR PEL Part FCL - Condition for the Conversion - demonstrate knowledge of the relevant parts of the operational requirements and the TCAR PEL Part - FCL regulation” ...)

A 'traffic infringement'! Give me a break. That was highly dangerous driving in a crowded public place; could so easily have ended with bystanders injured or worse if the clowns had lost control.. Try that in London and see how the cops react. Try it in Lagos and expect to be brassed up by the cops or military.

I don't think it was such a bad thing when "public displays of affection" typically meant holding hands, not buggery and blowjobs.

Perhaps he wasn't drunk but fell asleep at the wheel and that's why he crashed, leading to a severe concussion which is why he sounded incoherent. Possibly with other internal injuries. But hey, let's go to the police station first. He should get extra brownie points as he gallantly 'swerved left to avoid hitting the King's portrait, leading the car to overturn'.

Something to be said for low-rise condo projects: short-term Air BnB type activities are very visible and can get nipped in the bud pronto.

I think the hound should be re-named 'So Long' shortly before it gets a bullet. Any dog that has attacked someone other than a burglar or similarly ill-intentioned person coming on to your property, should be euthanised.

If she's one and the same as this person (name and age match) then she has a long history of ignoring the law and caring little for consequences of getting caught - bang her up here for a few years and then deport back to US. https://www.owyheeavalanche.com/pastissues/2016/10-26-16_5R3C.pdf

Veteran AN members may recall the feckless Karen Smith and Patricia Cahill who got caught at Don Muang in the early 90s with 20+ kg of heroin in their baggage. Their bags were so overweight they were denied boarding the first time around (I think not enough cash to pay for excess baggage) so came back the next day ...

Maybe trying to do hand carry only: those budget airlines can be really strict on hand carry size and weight. Although stuffing hand carry with drugs is monumentally dumb because it would show up clear as day at security

This interview pretty much says it all. If you are born in Thailand, you are Thai - but unless you are raised in a Thai family, and go to Thai schools, you'll never really fit in because your outlook and way of thinking will be different from most Thai people. This guy's parents aren't Thai and it sounds like he went to a madrassa after primary school. It seems odd, too, that he says he has an ID card but not a Thai passport - maybe he only has a pink ID. Some of the comments by Thais are very revealing e.g. "he speaks Thai so clearly" ... "if you didn't see his face you'd think he was Thai" etc. Not "he was born here so he is Thai". But he doesn't look Thai so, to many Thai people, he could never be Thai.