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  1. Papa Al posted his question after that happened to him, so give him time to recover and he will answer you questions or not because he forgot

    or may be he want to teach behaviour lessons to elephants?

    So why did the elephant hit the guy with his trunk do you think? Did the elephant think the guy was trying to steal his food?

  2. There are lots of threads and posts on here about the best solution for the dog that chases you

    I have tried all of the suggestions and until I was bitten by one about a year ago just passed it off as one of those things you have to accept if you are a runner, walker or cycler like me

    Not wishing to be hounded off my favourite sport I came up with a good solution which has been 100% successful and is is a golf number 1 driving club made out of graphite without the head.

    Only weighs a few grams and can be easily stowed on a bike or maybe even finely balanced by a runner, for a walker it doesn't even look out of place.

    Owning two surrogate dogs that serves as our kids I am also a dog lover and would not use it as a weapon on any dog but just waving it around does the trick and they quickly lose any interest in chasing you.

    In the US in the seventies I used to see an older man out jogging in the morning with a driver--with the head attached. This was in a city that had lots of stray dogs. I'm sure it was for protection from the dogs. Sounds like a good idea to me.

  3. Sounds like standard DHL procedure, no surprise. This has been covered many times before as has the issue of posting in unusual fonts, sizes, and colors which makes the post irritating to read.

  4. Does it get better.

    I opened up my sisters full set back in the UK last month and ran the pilot. Thought it was cr@p and didn't look further - similar to that Hells Angels $hit series on FXHD which some friends love.

    There's a lot of positive hype about Breaking Bad - so maybe it gets a lot better. That or I'm just getting too old to get into the new wave of anti-establishment pro-violence drama

    it took me three episodes to get addicted to it.
  5. It's the attitude of the poster who stated "I ain't paying for his triple bypass" that has made passing national health care so difficult in America. Well, that and a lot of powerful vested interests. Unfortunately, attitudes like that lead to people, especially the young, not having any health insurance. So, when they are sick or in an accident they go to the emergency rooms--where they are treated for free. It leads to sick people not getting treatment because they can't afford it. I believe in a national health care non-profit system that everyone pays into and a triple bypass is covered whether it is 'pre-existing' or not. (try nailing down when some health issues began--just a great excuse for the health insurance companies to wiggle out of covering something!) Yes, some people live unhealthy lifestyles and a healthy person will help pay for his health care. But, the unhealthy lifestyle guy will also pay for the healthy person who falls off his motorcycle at a high rate of speed, runs up a million dollars in medical fees, and will need a health care worker for the rest of his life. I hope the "I'm not paying..." guy stays healthy and doesn't develop some super costly illness that his insurance company decides was "pre-existing".

    I can't believe that someone can go to the ER in the States and have a heart transplant for free. I thought they just patched you up and kicked you out.

    a national health care non-profit system that everyone pays into

    That would be great if it worked like that, but now there are so many unemployed/ unemployable it becomes unfair on the taxpayers. I'd like to see a national health system run by the government that provides not for profit affordable insurance. IMO it is the fact that health care in the States is for profit that makes it unaffordable for many.

    I worked for the NHS in the UK and can state that while it is great to have free health care, it's completely exploited by bad people from the consultants and managers that are corrupt to foreign origin citizens that bring in their aged relatives to rip off the system. So much so it's un affordable and will probably vanish at some stage.

    IMO, it should only be for unforseeable events ie accidents, cancer etc. Everything else should be insured for if it's forseeable ie heart disease for smokers. Certainly, a public health service should not be doing transplants at taxpayer expense, or IVF/ routine pregnancies etc.

    By trying to do everything for everyone ( which was not the intent when it was set up ) it is in danger of doing nothing for anyone in the future.

    To make this Thai related. I'd like to see an affordable Thai ( government ) insurance scheme for all farangs. At present once you pass 65 it becomes unaffordable.

    The fact that healthcare in the U.S. I'd for profit has nothing to do with how expensive it is. Most everything in the U.S. Is for profit, and most everything but healthcare is very affordable.

    What drives the cost of healthcare up in the U.S., is the fact that almost no one pays for it directly. If someone has a $5 co-pay they don't even look at the$10,000 bill they get for the stomach ache they went in for.

    If you need heart surgery and tell them you don't have any money they sign you up for Medicaid and the the public steps in and pays your bills.

    People that think people in the U.S. are not able to get healthcare are either uniformed or lying or both.

    Fair enough. I thought it was the cost of all the new technology that they are buying, and the fact that Drs order far too many unnecessary tests/ procedures that was the driver of costs in the US healthcare industry.

    It's the frivolous malpractice suits. These lead to high malpractice insurance rates for the doctors, and these are passed on to the patients.

  6. If thaksins moronic minions want to come out and demonstrate because their criminal idol is no longer deemed to be Thai then they can deal with the consequences,Section 44 etc etc!

    Uh..he's Thai. Cancelling his passports does not revoke his citizenship or ethnicity.

  7. All you've attached is a jpeg of your file names, not the actual image files?

    Not sure what image file you are referring to unless you mean the queue slots at different times like another member posted in the closed topic. What I posted was simply to show that I had completed the reservation, including the error I made, by 1 minute past midnight. I did give a timeline of when the queue filled up.

    No, he's right. When you click on the filename of the image, all you get is a picture of the filenames.

    This post: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/788344-immigration-on-line-queue-system-2015/page-2#entry9462747

  8. Am not sure what you people are talking about, lived here six years Bangkok, hua hin , korat.

    I am a retiree have to gi in annually to prove how much pension I get inc a letter from usa embassy, in Chang

    Wattana, hua hin, korat maximum is one hour wait, are you guys complaining just about Chaing Mai ?.

    Yes

  9. You're up your own ass mate!!

    Perhaps when God was handing out brains, you were at the end of the queue and missed out. Thin about some of these words: Sarcasm, humour, wit.

    You don't by chance, happen to be from the USA??

    Hey!!!

    what does being from the US has to do with anything?

    Please explain

    PS: as some one as familiar with the way people in the US behave as you. I am sure you would know that "Mate" is not a term Americans use addressing each other.

    My post with pics was intended to be only for fun.

    No reason really for any kind of shit fest at all.

    Let's just do the Rodney thing minus his early but wealthy death.

    ???

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