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Under the Labour Protection Act, employing anyone under 18 in a place that serves alcohol is explicitly prohibited. Working in an “entertainment venue” (i.e., bar) under 18 also breaches the Entertainment Places Act. Also, whilst we cannot say with absolute certainty that alcohol was consumed by the minor in question, given that it plays a primary role in how these establishments operate (selling "lady drinks"), there's also the legal age for purchasing alcohol to take into account, that being 20 years old. In addition, although the age of sexual consent is 15 in Thailand, specific laws criminalise sex with minors 15–17 years old within a prostitution or entertainment setting. Under the Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act, engaging in sexual acts with someone aged 15–17 in a prostitution establishment (bars included) is punishable by up to 3 years imprisonment and/or a 20,000–60,000 THB fine. Then, of course, there's trafficking - specifically the Anti‑Trafficking in Persons Act - which states doing so to a minor for sexual exploitation can result in 20 years or more in prison, as Bilton chose to find out the hard way. Edit: For clarity, by Thai law, a minor is considered to be anyone under the age of 20, unless they are married (the legal age for marriage is 17). 2nd edit: Since they're not the ones purchasing the alcohol, my second point may not apply anyway, but it's a moot pint really as it is illegal for anyone to sell or give alcohol to anyone under 20 years of age under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act; and also the Child Protection Act states that anyone under 18 is a "child", and it's explicitly forbidden for others to sell, exchange, or give alcohol to them (except for medical reasons). Violating this can result in up to 3 months imprisonment and/or a fine of up to 30,000 THB.

This is just the beginning 😂

The UK's classification of MDMA is an absolute joke, as evidenced by Professor David Nutt's report commissioned by the Blair government, the findings of which were completely ignored by then home secretary Jacqui Smith for simply being a political inconvenience.

Ketamine is one of the strangest things I've ever known. It's psychosis on its own, even without the meth to top it up. Fantastic anaesthetic properties so at least she probably didn't feel much in way of physical pain.

5000k Not a good frequency for relaxation, I wonder if it'll keep people up for a few hours once they get home.

I do have a prescription in the UK, but as I said in my original post I wont be able to bring enough back with me to last me the entire time I'm planning to stay in Thailand and I've no idea whether or not a similar product has been approved in Thailand since Google isn't coming up with much (at least in English). Thanks, I should get some tested in that case before I depart. Thanks, I'll look into that if the iHerb stuff turns out to be bunk. My specialist gave me the full run-down with regards to diet - I now only eat chicken or certain fish (not too high in purines) one or two meals a week, and have dropped alcohol; sugary drinks; and confectionery completely.

That is perfect, per dose works out even cheaper than the mixture I'm currently using. Thank you so much!

Just learnt that Pocitrin also contains 195 mg of sodium citrate which is also good for dissolving uric acid. Also, this may be of interested to @KannikaP https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8213434/

Yes 6 grams per day, as recommended by my specialist. Some stones, the ones I've had in the past, are caused by uric acid build-up; but the most common are caused by calcium oxate, iirc, whilst a small portion by struvite or cystine. I'm not qualified to comment on whether or not potassium citrate would work for gout but it's definitely worth looking into given the relation. I also take cherry extract and quercetin supplements, due to tentative reports of them helping with gout - not that I've experienced gout myself (yet). Edit: There's a table here, a bit further down the page, with the relative incidence rate of the different types of stones (calcium phosphate is another one I forgot to mention) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_stone_disease#Diagnosis Thanks very much, Sheryl. Sorry I should have been clearer, I didn't mean to imply that I require a weaker mixture, only to give an ideaa of the strength I'm actually after due to my doseage requirement. I'm in the UK atm and it might be a bit tricky to bring enough of the mixture back with me to last - the pocitrin might do the trick in a pinch though. Cheers!

The one I use atm is quite strong, 1.5g of potassium citrate per 5ml of mixture (I take 20ml a day as uric acid kidney stone prevention). Does anyone please know if something like this is available in Thailand, or if not a viable substitute?

Seems the first 6 on the list have paid to be bumped up above the rest which are listed alphabetically.

Was I the only one reading weep to rhyme with "beep"; "jeep"; and "deep" until that last post? Grateful I got there in the end ????

I've used a doorway one in the past without issue, about 3 months of usage. Admittedly I was rather skeptical at first but it soon became apparent just how unlikely it is to fail, and even if it does you have to bend your feet back just to get off the ground so not too risky. I wont be in town for too long so a tower is rather overkill for my needs. Cheers anyway. I've only ever seen them along Jomtien Beach and in Queen Sirikit Park in Pattaya. It amazes me the amount of outdoor public gyms I've seen that have much more, relatively, complex pieces of equipment but have neglected to include pull-up bars. As you say, I guess it's down to a lack of interest amongst Thais - a lot who might use them likely already using Muay Thai gyms. I'll probably just pick one up at Decathlon in Bangers.

Cheers, had to Google it but does sound promising. Hopefully more starvation for the taxi mafia filth.

Does anyone know if a public outdoor pull-up/chin-up bar exists anywhere near central Hua Hin, or failing that somewhere I can purchase one of those extending doorway bars? Obviously there are plenty of gyms around but I only need the bar 3 times a week, and as I only run and do calisthenics I don't need a gym for anything else - seems a little bit silly to fork out the gym fee just for some pull-ups.