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I was also going to suggest a CAC scan. I had never had one until my annual physical last year, even though I have been taking statins for high cholesterol for many years. Unlike you, my CAC score was very high--432--which shocked me as I don't smoke, don't drink, I exercise, am not overweight, have normal blood pressure, and eat the same healthy diet as my spouse, who had a zero CAC score. I'm glad I had the test so I at least know what I am dealing with but it would have been helpful to have also had the test years ago so I could compare numbers.

Buh bye bye

Good. Keep him behind bars where he belongs.

Beach looks nice and clean.

No need for a question mark in the thread title.

Done.

At the dozen or so condo projects where my spouse and I have owned, both in Pattaya and two in Bangkok, the condo Minutes have always been in English and Thai, as well as the meeting agenda items, voting ballots, budget documents, etc. Maybe check with the juristic as to whether English is available.

If you didn't attend, maybe ask to read the Minutes of the last two annual meetings. I think you need to get up to speed on both how the management company was changed and how the parking policy was amended. The new parking policy, as you described it, does not sound good at all and you might be able to get other owners, who also don't like it, to band together to get it modified. Were I living there, I would be an easy recruit to the cause. Forming a Line group of owners can be very helpful with organizing and keeping in communication.

The varied reasons 'why' some people prefer to buy, rather than rent, has been discussed in great length on numerous real estate threads. I've responded a number of times with my reasons why, as have others. I suggest you do some browsing of some of those earlier threads.

I'm not sure why you have started this second thread when you already have another thread running on this very same topic. Perhaps you did not like the answers you got on the other thread and are hoping for an answer more to your liking here. I doubt that will be the case. If I am recalling correctly, most of the advice given to you was: 1. Accept the new contract and stay where you are. Advantages: You already have modifications to the condo for your illness. The devil you know argument. No hassles of moving. Just a small rent increase after 3 years of living there. And, you said the 500 baht increase was no big deal--although you mentioned it repeatedly on the other thread and now here. Disadvantages: Same son of landlord you don't like. Uncertainities regarding your rental contract--but you could make a condition of staying a new contract with terms better to your liking. UNit not as nice as others for rent or sale in the building. 2. Move to another rental unit in the building since you say there are others for rent that are better than where you now are. Advantages: Better unit. New, hopefully better landlord. Opportunity to have a better rental contract that protects you better. Disadvantages: Hassle and expense of moving and installing your equipment for your illness in the new condo. But, same building so not as much of a hassle or an expense as it could be moving somewhere else. 3. Buy the unit you mentioned that is for sale in the building, which you say is also much nicer than your current unit. Advantages: Owning would eliminate your problems with being a tenant--both with your current landlord and with future landlords--which from your above post, you feel will also be hard to deal with. Also frees you from your large resentment in not being covered by the 2018 rental law--also mentioned numerous times in the threads. No longer a victim of rental discrimination. You can get your equipment for your illness installed once and for all and not have to worry about moving it from rental condo to rental condo. Owning puts you in charge, not the landlord, of your living space and what you can do with it--that woud be a big advantage, for me. Frankly, I'm not sure what all the shouting's about. It doesn't seem like a very big issue to me and you have several good choices to choose from, none of them difficult to accomplish, even wth your illness. I might point out that if you are well enough to travel to NY you can probably accomplish a move to another condo in the building, should you choose to buy or rent a different unit than your present one. In your shoes, I would choose option 3, if you can afford to buy. But, I have the owner mentality. Others prefer to rent. I like being my own boss and not answering to a landlord, and being subject to their whims, rules, bad furniture, and so on. For me, life is too short to be a renter. Only you can decide which option is best for you--but you do have options and it's really a matter now of you deciding to decide. Good luck with your decision and your operation.

'...queue times at check-in counters'. That was by far my biggest complaint the last two times I flew out of Swampy. Several of the most popular low-cost airlines are all in one check-in area, making for very long lines and very long wait times to check-in. I think both times the whole process, including going through check-in, security, passport control, etc., took about 3 hours. They aren't kidding when they say arrive at least 3 hours before departure.

'...maybe he wished it upon himself' ? Are you serious? Way to blame the poor victim. The driver admitted she was driving at a high rate of speed, hit the bike rider, and fled the scene, not offering any assistance to the victim. Had she not been recklessly speeding, the accident might not have been fatal, or might not have happened at all.

No apology, she needs to be fired.

And, the badness debate continues . . .

Absolutely! Not to mention the debate regarding how long he plans to be a dictator if he is re-elected. I find the whole thing madness that there's even this ridiculous debate going on regarding the degree of his badness. I wonder just how horribly bad he needs to be before the Trumpets reach a tipping point. For too many, I suspect the tipping point will never be reached--which is both sad and scary.

Even still, why are way too many supporting this madman?

After reading the numerous posts debating whether Trump was convicted of rape or, instead, sexual abuse, I found myself thinking, in regard to the Trump defenders, are you even listening to yourselves? I mean, seriously? You're struggling to defend someone that, whether it be rape or sexual abuse, should not for a nano second be even remotely considered suitable for any elected office, let alone president of the US. It just boggles my mind that we're even having this debate--rape vs. sexual abuse. Like one would be a deal breaker but not the other. Ludicrous. It doesn't matter. Disqualified, in any sane universe. Not to mention all his other serious law-breaking. Sadly, gone are the days when a candidate's wife wearing an expensive coat could threaten to torpedo his chances for election, and necessitate a national speech--with his dog in a supporting role. And, what a depressing commentary on the state of the US--that significant numbers still see this dreadful, multiple law-breaking individual as worthy to take the reins of the country. We crossed over into The Twilight Zone in 2016 and, horribly, are still there.

I don't think I would say the pensioner was hogging a space. If he is an owner or a renter, he should be entitled, with his condo unit, for a yearly car decal allowing him to park one car in the condo's parking. It should not really matter whether he moves the car daily, weekly, monthly, or whatever, as long as he has a current parking sticker. I would say if anyone is hogging it would be owners of one condo unit parking more than one car. In order to receive a parking sticker, an owner must be current with his condo maintenance fees. I did notice in one condo I visited signs in the garage suggesting that owners who will be absent from the condo for extended periods might consider parking their cars on one of the upper levels of the garage while they are away. Seems a sensible suggetion. I think if condo projects are experiencing parking problems, the first thing needed is parking stickers, with one sticker per condo unit. That will at least be a start in sorting out what cars are using the condo's parking spaces and will help get rid of those cars not entitled to a space.

Sorry, didn't see your post before I posted.

Just a quick note, and one fact. You keep referencing the 2018 Thailand rental law. This law applies only to landlords renting 5 or more properties. If your landlord is renting fewer, the law does not apply to her, as she is not considered to be operating a rental business and subject to the rental regulations.

Yes, including me.

We have it at our Bangkok condo, too, but it's more for being able to park on a lower parking floor than any lack of parking. There's always plenty of parking and we've never had to ever use the fifth, top floor of the parking. The condo issues annual car stickers and remote controls to enter the parking garage so unauthorized vehicles are kept to a minimum.

A condo management company should not have the power to institute a rule change such as this. Management companies should not be independently making up rules. Instead, they should be following dictates from the condo board, which should be following both the bylaws and agenda items, budget, etc., approved at the annual meetings. As previously stated, this type of rule change should have been voted on by the condo owners. I think you need to get more information from both the management company and the condo board with this issue. Something doesn't sound right to me.

I've had three done and there's really not much to it. As others have said, the preparation before the procedure is more bothersome than the actual procedure. I would urge you to have it done--and any others over 50 who have not yet had it done. My father lived to 95, partly because his colon cancer was caught early enough by a colonoscopy he had done in his early 70s.

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