Everything posted by rwill
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Enigmatic white insect sparks learning frenzy on Thai social media
They do look similar to mealybugs but these are different.
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Gunfire Erupts Near Pattaya Walking Street, Women Assaulted
The teens noticing the woman was drunk attempted to possibly save her life by preventing her from driving her motorbike while intoxicated.
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Fighting overweight and obesity
Allulose is a natural sugar that our bodies can't break down. It's a lot more expensive than cane sugar though. Not quite as sweet as cane sugar either, about 70% as sweet. There is also Monk fruit sugar, expensive too. You can find both on lazada.
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Fighting overweight and obesity
You might want to take fish sauce off that list. I started looking at labels for fish sauce. The lowest I found was 1% sugar. All the way up to 6% sugar. I just try to avoid sugar, rice, bread, potatoes as much as possible. Also Sriracha sauce is like 17% sugar. Try not to eat highly processed foods.
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Chiang Mai's Choking Haze: You Won't BELIEVE What's Killing This Paradise
Protesting while garbage is burning in their yards.
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One of the most epic crash videos I've seen so far
What's amazing is when the big rig went across the median no hit him on the other side. I've had people driving like that around me. I swear 4-5 times they missed hitting me by about 5cm or less. Fortunately it is a small percentage of drivers that drive like that otherwise the death tolls here would be astronomical.
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What's your favourite cocktail for this hot weather?
Iced tea with no sugar.
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Are Thai men getting tired of foreigners with thai women?
About 9 years ago I was staying at a small resort run by an Aussie in Kalasin. It was during Songkhran and they were having a festival. We were the only two foreigners there both married to Thais. They had music blaring. During this one song I told him, "Do you know this song is about Issan men being upset because foreigners are taking their women?" But anyway all the people there were very friendly. One time we were shopping at Makro and I heard two women talking to each other say, "His wife is old." I guess they are used to seeing lots of foreigners with wifes way younger than them. I'm sure a lot of them automatically assume they were hookers too. But most people my wife meets here thinks she was a professor. I guess because of how she dresses. I always worried when walking around with some of our neices and nephews holding hands that people would think I was a child molester.
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Western Engineer Assaults Pattaya Bar Women In Row Over Bill
A lot of trouble over 1,000 baht. I feel sorry for his wife. She must have to put up with a lot of hell. His wife said he had 6 bottles of beer and was very drunk. Plus if she had some drinks the bill is not that bad.
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In 2023, Thailand shifted away from cash just as Sweden asked to see it protected
I like having both options.
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Frozen Shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
I think 'change my' was supposed to be 'Chiang Mai'. Probably got changed by spell checker without him noticing.
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Chalong Police Arrest Male German Overstayer After Axe Threat in Rawai – VIDEO
only if you are careful
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Road accident scenario, what would happen?
Good advice does not apply here. Those who think they have the 'right of way' are in for a rude awaking here. When driving you have to anticipate people doing the unexpected here.
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Foreigner condemned for driving car on Kamala Beach in Phuket
Blame it on Google maps...
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Australian Tourist in Coma After Wading into Pattaya Sea While High on Marijuana
Or swallowed some floaters in the water.
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Pattaya Police Hunt for Underwear-Sniffing Man
new regulation stipulates that underwear sniffers must wear a mask, unless they are Thai.
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Reforestation seen as only viable smog solution
Yes. Need to plant the trees again. That way you have more to burn.
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The Pad Thai Index
Food court food is mediocre at best. You'll get better and cheaper on the street.
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Carnage at 3am on Sai Yuan Road,
At least half of the power poles in Thailand look like they are ready to topple all by themselves. I'm sure the driver only took out one pole and the others joined in sympathy.
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Thai Officials Announce "Innovative" Expat Health Measure
What he meant to say, "This targeted approach ensures that our international guests don't unwittingly want to travel to Thailand."
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Best way for Thai woman who already has tourist visa to ensure entry into US
Once a tourist visa is approved it is typically valid for 10 years. But you can only stay up to 6 months at a time. So if she already has a valid US tourist visa in her passport there should be no problems.
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Allergies
Most pharmacies carry allergy eye drops. Antazallerge is one of them. There are other brands too. I've been having some eye allergy problems the last few weeks too. I live in Ratchaburi. There are a lot of those trees with yellow flowers in bloom right now. It could be pollen from those. All the burning right now doesn't help either.
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Phetchabun: Cannabis-induced hallucination triggers police chase
Seems like normal behavior here. Nothing to do with hallucinations.
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Pattaya’s Wind Turbine Project on Koh Larn Fizzles Out After Failing to Deliver Power
Turn them into bungie jumping poles. The cord could be used to turn a generator while jumping.
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Quick action: Bangkok police recover 70,000 baht for Chinese man
That would be a thick wallet. Can hardly carry 30K in mine.