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6 hours ago, webledink33 said:

Once again, I question the authorities about the reasoning and intention behind this... This virus is mutating from all world reports and if lies dormant in its mutation does it stay active?  For how long? Are they not going to study her? Is this really enough time to study it mutation and safeness to release a previous infectious person back into the wild? To get the person out of the country lowers the infectious rate and makes Thailand look a little more safer to come and travel. Hmmm?  Has her visa expired? Does she want to stay and enjoy herself in the land of smiles just a while longer? Is she being forced out and being followed like a leper to make sure she leaves? After the last few years here, wondering always has me wondering, about intent with the use of smoke and mirrors perception... A really short and point of fact article too! Is this just me? Okay that's the end of my questions, I keep my wonderment occupied now! Over and Out!

You were never in the military, were ya? There's no such thing as "over and out." Correct version....."webledink33 out."

20 hours ago, Sheryl said:

What you describe in the daytime does not sound like RLS.  And if I recall correctly your night time problem was not RLS either but rather periodic limb movement disorder...which I am noiw thiunking may actually have been muscle spasms rather than hypnic jerks.

 

Which doctors have you seen? Did you ever consult Dr. Jakrin Loplumlert at Bangkok Hospital as previously recommended?

 

You need to see a neurologist and have some basic lab work (electrolytes, including potassium, calcium and magnesium) done. If you want you could get the labs fdone on your own first., Iwoudl suggest a basic chemistry panel (BUN, creatnine, ALS AST, electrolytes) plus Magnesium and Calcium if nto already included.

That worked super for me a long time ago....also included zinc.

6 hours ago, Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai said:

Only one thing work, light goes red tyre spikes pop up. Next thing open a tyre store near pedestrian crossing.

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Saw this in Mexico ( not the tire store ) Worked like a charm. Also saw flexible spikes installed at about a 35 degree angle on one way streets. You drive one way...the correct way...no pronplen. You drive against the traffic, the improper way.....ZINNNG go yer tires.

On 3/14/2019 at 3:36 PM, AlexRich said:

No, you do not need insurance. But best to be insured in Thailand, especially if you plan to hire scooters or do anything adventurous.

Also, check with your insurance about hiring scooters, motos whatever. Many insurance companies will NOT cover you if you have an accident while driving a scooter or motorcycle that you rented. And check out "adventurous and recklessness" also. Diving off the shallow end of a swimming pool comes to mind.

On 1/15/2019 at 4:52 PM, dreaming said:

Someone has written a book about the cave rescue and is looking for publicity

...and money!

1 hour ago, Emmess said:

Superrich has the best rates in Thailand, even better than Vasu but only located in Bangkok. Has many branches and has a web site too for you to compare and decide whether it's worth it for you to travel to Bangkok. 

Super Rich and Super Exchange ( which sometimes gives a little better rate than Super Rich ) have two locations in Chiang mai.

On 3/3/2018 at 1:12 PM, possum1931 said:

"Eliminate the SOURCE of the pigeons interest". I thought I had done that by getting all the entrances to my house blocked off, so they must be nesting elsewhere and returning just to annoy me, there is no source of food, so poisoning has to be the last resort.

I bought an airsoft gun, hit one pigeon with it, and now it does not work.

The pigeon, or the gun?

On 2/3/2016 at 9:13 AM, Scouse Twoccer said:

To loose? What does that mean? Never heard of that saying.

Really!? You have never heard of that saying before? Well, I spend a lot of my loose change on loose Thai ladies. It's just extra loose  money I have laying around, so I spend it down at "The Parlour" to have some of my, uh, joints loosened up. I mean, what do I have to loose? I must say though, some of those loose Thai ladies were just too too loose, so I will pick and ( hopefully ) choose better in the future. Too loose or not too loose. That is the question.

1 hour ago, 12DrinkMore said:

 

Totally. I have done this several times over my life.

 

It is always a huge relief to get rid of stuff, travel light and start again, being ever more selective about what to buy. Tastes, hobbies and (in the case of clothes) body size change. And I want to look forward to tomorrow not sit in a room full of reminders about the past.

 

I do have a selection of photos stored on Google Drive, if I really feel the need.

 

No stuff = FREEDOM!

 

But I know a lot of people utterly anchored to their past and their big pile of stuff.

Well, I'll be!! I'm pretty much in the process of doing this. Too much of a hassle to sell stuff. I'm giving everything I have here ( except what will fit in a suitcase ) to a little Thai/Burmese lady and her daughter. I have known and helped them a little for years. They are poor...don't have much.                                                                                                         As far as sitting in a room full of reminders, I Do have a wall or two plastered with photos of different experiences I have had in different countries over the years. Not very classy, I must admit. But it's MY PAD!! And I have only stuck up photos of Good Memories.

Also, quit making remarks about my body change...okay? I RESEMBLE that remark! ( joking )

17 hours ago, Here It Is said:

I'm of the opinion that if you're asked for your ID in LOS then just present it.  End of.  

 

Yup, same in Chiang Mai. I just sent a parcel over to Yaso. ( this year and other years ) Gave the Postal clerk lady the parcel, and my passport when asked for it ( and 67 baht ) Got my receipt and passport back in 2, maybe  2 1/2 minutes. DONE!

7 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

Just tell her to eat them.......

 

I will will can can CAN help her. ( with the chocolates, I mean )

3 hours ago, Petchou said:

Yeah.  Civilized farangs chocked from people not doing what they think is the right way.  I frequently have to run from farangs in bts,MRT etc... Because they smell so bad, this is not prejudice, it's real.:-)

Petchou, you need to get one a them little thinggys a lot of Thais always seem to have hanging out of their noses, especially on buses or trains. Not healthy, but it might help. I tried it, decided I would rather put up with the smell.

11 hours ago, MadMuhammad said:

Low class by whose standards? My gf is a Bangkok girl from a very well to do family with money, far from low class by any means. She eats that loudly at times that I can hear her from the next room over the sound of the television!

As I was brought up, like most westerners, that eating in this manner is extremely impolite I eventually politely broached the subject with her. In short her answer was ‘it shows I’m enjoying my food!’. I asked her if her parents ever told her to quieten down or close her mouth and she said that they didn’t care just as long as she was eating and happy.

I just returned from meeting her parents and we shared quite a few meals together and, I guess to no surprise, her parents ate identically. Not quite reaching the decibel levels she manages but open mouths and noisy all the same.

I mentioned to her that in my culture it’s is considered quite rude and can actually be off putting but in the spirit of fairness I told her it’s ok as long as it doesn’t get out of hand.

As she eats and ‘enjoys’ her food more her sound levels increase. I just politely ask her to quieten it down a little and she happily compiles. I have slowly learned to tune most of the noise out now and with that the annoyance it presents.

Besides, I fart and burp and I’m sure there’s a few other things I do that are not considered polite or could be seen as annoying and she never complains or pulls me up. I see at ist compromising and adjusting to our cultural differences. Just because I find it annoying or off putting doesn’t mean I can enforce personality changes on her and demand she changes 25 years of habit.

Couldn't agree more. Also, if you kick around the world enough, you will find that in ( some ) cities and towns in some countries it is actually quite polite to burp ( loudly or lowly ) at the dinner table after, or during a meal....parts of Greece, Turkey and France for example. 

33 minutes ago, sanemax said:

I do know what is better .

There is no doubt about that .

It is rude an bad manners to eat with your mouth open

Children do now know that is rude and bad manners 

Its the adults job to tell them 

No need to bring "Thai"or "felang" into this

This is nothing to do about where anyone comes from

Its adults teaching Children how to behave

Gotta disagree with ya on this one sanemax ole buddy. Many years ago when I lived in Mae Hon Song ( Mae Hong Son ) I visited many many villages in the north and north east. And in many cases the whole durned village ate with their mouths open. Some of the villages were Thai, and some were Hill Tribe. My friend, who was born in MHS, and has been in the Thai Border Police for about thirty years has a wife who is SHAN. She comes from a fair sized village about 26 kms outside Pai. Many times when I visited her village, we would haul outta bed in the morning, get cleaned up, head out to the back "yard" and pick leaves, berries, fruit...STUFF from her parents trees, and everyone would sit around...usually in a circle..sort of, and enjoy breakfast. Until I got used to the idea it was a sight to behold. Usually someone, a neighbour or relative from a coupla houses away would show up with a large bowl of soup, and sometimes some eggs. Soooo, anywhere from ten to twenty five people would be sitting around glomming down food, ALL OF THEM with their mouths open, me excluded. There would be a hulluva lot of noise going on for sure. I found it quite fascinating actually. I could never  figure out how they could eat, talk and laugh at the same time without losing at least SOME of their food. Mind you, there was the occasional "slurrrp" as a bit of food that was about to escape was retrieved. I tried eating this way myself ( when I was alone ) The best solution I came up with was to keep yer tongue pressed up against the upper front teeth, and chew yer food on both sides of the mouth, with lips open. I don't think I ever became a true open mouthed chomper, but I sorta "passed." By the way, my friend eats with his lips closed, his wife eats...mouth wide open. Watching her eat reminded me of one a them really old cement mixers....food just churning big time. They have two kids, teenagers. Both eat with mouths open. My friend and his wife have both been to several countries. She attended college in Chiang mai, and has a respectable in a bank in MHS. So I'm not sure about this low class/high class thinggy.

17 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

The law and it's interpretation is purposefully vague. The intent of the law is to keep westerners from taking jobs from Thais, but It doesn't specifically say you can't, for instance paint your bedroom. However if you got the attention of the wrong person, you could be out for doing just that.

 

That being said, flipping houses is an interesting idea. Thais don't like to buy used houses, but maybe they would buy restored houses. You would have to due diligence and confirm that the house has no ghosts. Ghost removal might be an approved occupation here.

Methinks you will find that the only people who can remove ghosts are a buncha monks ( using a buncha YOUR money ) and a long ceremony, along with ample food and drink of course. My relative had some ghosts removed from his bar, a friend had ghosts removed from a house he bought. Also had a friend who bought two old teakwood houses, had them torn down, then built one larger house using the wood from the two houses. Big mistake!! NONE of the villagers would enter the house until it was "cleansed/purified" by a group of monks. It seems that ghosts from both houses could not reside there together with each other. By the way, the ceremony at the bar HAD to have the presence of the bar owners, as well as many workers and as many regular customers as possible.

On 12/5/2016 at 6:44 AM, sanemax said:

He should go to a land border, walk a kilometer away, jump over the border fence , walk to the Laos border and just walk through Laos immigration, if they ask why he didnt get stamped out of Thailand, he just has to say that he fell out an aeroplane and landed in the space between Thailand and Laos and so he wasnt in Thailand at all .

    Tell him to take a bed sheet along with some rope attached to each corner and tell Laos immigration that  he used that as a parachute 

Hmmm, naw, I don't think this would work...even in Lao. If he tells them he "fell" out of a plane, sooner or later someone is bound to ask him, what deh heck are you doing with the bed sheet and ropes?

On 11/30/2016 at 3:53 PM, bendejo said:

 

Yes they can!

So the Tom says to her girlfriend "I want to be frank with you," to which the girlfriend replied "you're always Frank, tonight it's my turn!"

 

 

THAT'S IT!! Where's deh <deleted>' balcony?

12 hours ago, bendejo said:

 

I can relate.  I got a sweater for my birthday, but I would have preferred a moaner or a screamer.

 

 

OH GROAAANNN! They can't get any worse than this ( can they? ) I think I'll go have a little lay down.

20 hours ago, Anthony5 said:

I have such a couple as direct door neighbours. Very nice people, and not the Tom isn't horrible.

 

Not so long ago I helped them with an issue they had with their pool pump.

 

After I finished they asked how much they owed me. I answered them that I didn't charge anything for neighbours, but when they insisted I said OK I wanna watch

 

The week after my doorbell rang, and when I opened the door, there was the Tom and his GF standing with a nice Tag Heuer for me.

I heard that story soo soo long ago...back then it was a Timex Iron man's watch. But it is still a cute one today, I must admit.

1 hour ago, balo said:

If you want to rent out to Thais 5000 is ok , if you rent out to foreigners you can double it to 10k .  Because most foreigners are stupid. 

 

 

 

Well balo, as harsh as your statement  sounds, after more than 25 years of watching old ( and many times ugly ) gippers in their 60s 70s and sometimes 80s chasing after curvy little Thai 20 something a$$es..until she catches him: and then see them lose everything, house, car, ALL their savings, etc....and then many of them ( old gippers, I mean ) regularly "fall" of balconies, I sorta have to agree with you. Someone once said here that many of the old foreigners leave their brains at the Bkk airport when they arrive. I think this is true. The word "MOST" is a bit much though, I would think. While, over the years I have met many, many MANY downright stupid foreigners here in the Land of Smirks, as well as in other countries, I still think the smart ones outnumber the dumbarses. But from what I have observed in the past few years I think the gap is closing rather quickly. Just my opinion of course ( and I am unanimous in that ) By the way, I'm one a dem thar furriners, and in all my time here in all my time here, so far I have 'knowingly' been beaten out of twenty baht....a lady that WAS a friend of mine in Mahasarakham...and a lady almost beat me out of 100 baht at a gas station in Cnx. Losing an argument with a tuk tuk or samlor driver don't count. Soooo, does that make me one a dem "smart" foreigners living here in Scam land?

23 hours ago, DSJPC said:

just for comparison:  I have rented a 3-bedroom (all with aircon), 3-bathroom (all with hot water heaters), for the past 4 years, fully furnished modestly (TV, bedding, pots and pans, dishes, utensils, etc.) in rural Chiang Mai area (10miles from the city)  for 7000 baht per month plus 300 baht per month for maintenance......this was a real bargain!...even Thais thought so!...probably u can get more for your house...

DSJPC....HUSH UP! You wanna possibly spoil things for me? If I didn't have to leave this Land of Smirks for several months in the very near future, and head on back across the pond, I think I'd be over knocking on George's door in the morning. Sounds like an excellent deal to me. I have lived "in the boonies" all over the north and northeast Thailand this past twenty five years, and LOVED IT! Will be doing so again when I return. This time I'm gonna hang up my hat in one place long term. Getting  quite sick of living here in China tow...sorry Chiang Mai.  Gonna be looking for something like this in the northeast. Ideal for moi methinks. I got tons of in laws over that way. But what the heck. Ya can't have everything. Anyway, I got Georgie bookmarked. Ya never know yer luck in deh big city ( or sometimes the boonies )

7 hours ago, georgemandm said:

You are paying the right amount for surin that price is nominal your rent .

and your power bill is nominal, my friend has a big home out side surin and pays more for power then you like about 10,000 a month but big home lots of water pumps has pool and big garden to water.

i said on here 2 months ago it was a lot of money for thailand power  compare to Australia and was run down for saying it was  expensive .

so now I not say much on Tv to many , not say what I want to say .

Hey George, don't be afraid to speak your piece man! Just as long as you don't get too too personal and start insulting people. ( even though it might be well deserved sometimes ) It ain't such a big deal getting "run down" for expressing your opinion, just as long as you don't go running your mouth saying things that can really get you in trouble, or put in jail. ( which would probably be also trouble ) After all, we still live in a free country. Yeh, well okay. That part might be bullchit, but you know what I mean. 

From alz.org

Myth 4: Drinking out of aluminum cans or cooking in aluminum pots and pans can lead to Alzheimer’s disease.

Reality: During the 1960s and 1970s, aluminum emerged as a possible suspect in Alzheimer’s. This suspicion led to concern about exposure to aluminum through everyday sources such as pots and pans, beverage cans, antacids and antiperspirants. Since then, studies have failed to confirm any role for aluminum in causing Alzheimer’s. Experts today focus on other areas of research, and few believe that everyday sources of aluminum pose any threat.

You may be right in terms of it being a myth, but I'll hedge my bets and avoid scraping aluminum pots with a metal spatula, and eating concomitant tiny particles of aluminum with the food, like I see so many do on a daily basis. The sound alone is bloody grating.

When I have time, I'll research and see if eating aluminum is good for you, then report back..

Aluminum choc late bars may yet hit the shelves of 7-11, but don't hold your breath..

canathai8...might not have to hold your breath too too long. Check out...Mars and Snickers bars recalled in 56 countries...Al jazeera.

Scratching the teflon pans is also one of my pet peeves. I've got the ole lady using plastic spatulas, we use olive oil for stir fry. Stainless steel for all cooking might be the way to go.

Farang Pet Peeves in Thailand?? - Helll's Bells thehelmsman..where would we start?? LOL..

I have put olive oil on my ever-growing list of (food) things to take to Thailand, along with what I took this time..

- Protein powder with no added sugar or cholesterol

- Shreddies cereal with no added sugar or salt

- organic oatmeal

They now have non-fat yogurt at Macro, so things are looking up in the LOS!

Don't wanna rain on your parade, but you might wanna check out non-fat ANYTHING when it comes to food. There are many more ways to kill yourself other than eating fat.