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    Mass Inoculation in Thailand

    in Health and Medicine

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    I don't allow even my dogs to have shots unless I see the written names, as I do for myself.

    Just seconds before being given an anti-tetanus shot for a cat bite and asking to check the container, I discovered the medical aide was not using the recently prescribed medicine: "Oh, sorry" she said while checking the cabinet for the correct medicine.

    It can be a jungle out there at times.... sad.png

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    Bill O'Reilly's partisan critics stepping up attack

    in World News

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    Media Matter, Mother Jones and others of their ilk have been lying about Bill O'Reilly and Fox News obsessively for years. The only thing new here is trying to tie it to Brian Williams. This will do him no damage at all and probably enhance his career even more.

     

    There are no lies about Fox News. They are the lie: fair and balanced! lol. Time for that clown to be unmasked.

    Faux News - re: 'They are the lie....'

    Pablum for their American fans who read picture books.

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    This dog needs a blood transfusion can anyone help

    in Chiang Mai

    Posted · Edited by ataloss

    So sorry to hear Cesar passed on. I came by to see how well he was doing only to hear the sad news.

    I too recently loss another of my pets; even when due to old age, it never gets easier.

    As an aside I couldn't make it all the way through the sweetly sad movie 'Hachi A Dog's Tale 2009' a couple of days ago.

    My condolences.

    New northern bus terminal to replace Morchit 2

    in Thailand News

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    Why does the Thai press spell Mo Chit as Morchit? The BTS spells it Mo Chit. Why can't Thais get these spellings consistent? It's troublesome that they even spell their own names differently all the time.

    Why do pedantic Thai-bashers bang on about trivial things that do not matter? That's even more troublesome.

    And it's 'swiss cheese' not 'swizz jeez' ... com'on get with the program....smile.png

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    Assisted living at Dok Kaew Gardens at McKean

    in Chiang Mai

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    "garden suite (36 sq metres + 8 sq metre terrace) at 45,000 Baht single occupancy"

    I guess these prices even the baht at 32-33, are geared more for foreign budgets rather than Thai's.

    The Sunday bike club visited McLean's about 4 years ago and I thought the place looked run down. I hope at the prices they are asking they have improved it a lot.

    Agreed. This facility occupies part of an island which was used to house and treat lepers. All those tiny cottages were used to home these stricken folks. Where they are now is any one's guess.

    I have not been back for a decade or more but having looked at the pictures of those now being provided for, it is not my idea of a fun place to be in my old age.

    At first glance when DOK KAEW GARDENS was first advertised I had thought it might offer a refuge for me one day were I old-age-impeded. Now I believe the atmoshere there, despite their obvious caring attitude for the aged, would quickly expedite my demise.

    Any home for the aged however they now spin it would do the same for me.

    As a highschool 'Junior Kiwanis' I had, amongst our other activities like telephone gatherings at the city telephone company pitching for blood transfusions for the Red Cross, visited homes for the aged to try to 'cheer-up' those there: I had left cautiously pondering what my future may hold. Here in Chiangmai years ago I'd arranged a private academy's weekend student trip to a nearby old-folks home on the right on the road to the Mae Ngat Dam: the folks there appeared genuinely pleased with their young visitors. On leaving, the students obviously forcing their smiles I do recall their disquiet, which had closely mirrored mine at their age.

    Obviously I cannot speak for others, but as I gaze outwards from within myself, my inner-being so to speak, I never perceive myself as 'aged'. As has been mentioned elsewhere, seventy is now the new fifty!

    My entire life's journey from childhood through adolescence to now - approaching seventy - is a timeless fusion in which I really do feel ageless. In this, the autumn of my years, I consider every moment wasted as one less 'Livin' la Vida Loca’ . Anything detracting from this 'crazy' life, such as the interminable waiting at immigration for a 90-day stamp, is one misspent second too much. I know, I hear you, there are some who enjoy the 'comraderie' there in the economy-class seating indulging in whatever - all the best to them.

    You get the idea....

    My intention is to remain in my home with my extended family, my pets and my fusion of memories. If needed, a quintet of nursing caregivers at 8-hour days plus time-off is relatively speaking, not all that expensive.

    Sorry...did run on a bit... in closing kindly remember this:

    If you're lonely when you are alone, you're in bad company. - Jean Paul Sartre

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    Australian found dead in Chiang Mai hotel

    in Chiang Mai News

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    I think 59 years in this world is long enough. I'll be there in a couple years....why go through all the BS.....

    Why wait a couple of more years...with that attitude...?

    I will be 70 my next birthday...and am still discovering things that excite me and make life worth living...

    I am ready to go...when the time comes...until then...I am living life as if I will never die...everyday is a new adventure...

    Agreed ^

    Consider every moment wasted, as one less 'Livin' la Vida Loca’. 70 is definitely the new 50.

    "Regular" or "Airmail" Question - And Why So Long?

    in Chiang Mai

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