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5 minutes ago, MJCM said:

Yep, would be wise to setup a new Email account

 

Some suggestions, have you cleared your Browser cookies and tried again, have you checked your spam email folder maybe it's there.

 

I also just checked and I can login to Lazada without any problem !

 

Edit: Give them a call: 02 018 0000

Yes, I checked the spam email folder and found nothing.  No idea how to clear browser cookies, but I think my anti-virus and VPN have sorted this out as I rarely see ads. nowadays.

Thank you, I couldn't find a 'phone number.

I'd prefer to keep using my current email address, rather than setting up another

8 minutes ago, MJCM said:

Is it an option to create a new account ??

Presumably I'd need to set up a new email account?

I can of course do this, and perhaps that's the way around the problem ☹️.

I'm finding it impossible to login to Lazada, and it keeps going round in circles.  When I request 'help/customer service' chat, they say that they need verification and have sent an email with a verification code.

But I never receive their email.....

Any ideas as to how to sort out this problem?

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

 

Be afraid, be very afraid!

 

 

 

My brother was bitten on two separate occasions by centipedes, both times during the night when they snuggled into his armpit for heat (as he used aircon).

He told me the pain was extremely bad, and so consequently I'm even more worried about centipedes than snakes!

6 hours ago, davidst01 said:

I would be more concerned about snakes coming in if you dont have screens. I have screens on all windows and doors to prevent mozzies and snakes

I agree!  Not only snakes but also centipedes.

Unfortunately it's not possible to put screens on my patio doors, and I suspect this is the access point for most of the occasional snakes in my house - not to mention the bloody mossies ☹️!

I can understand why the OP doesn't want birds nesting in his bathroom, but I think it's amazing that they trust him so much ????.

The idea of 'heaven' or 'hell' is ludicrous IMO - unless one believes in a sadistic god!

1 hour ago, 55Jay said:

Agreed.  A less admirable trait of our species is we speculate in the baffles of the unknown, and start makin' shit up to fill in the gap(s).  I reckon "god" got started the first time our primitive ancestors had the shit scared out of them by thunder and lighting.  

 

Science "food" is what drives our species forward.  It will continue to fill the gaps where god and spirit conjurers ply their trade like mystics and fortune tellers at the county fair. 

Most don't bother to "speculate in the baffles of the unknown" IMO, which is why they find it easier to come up with a god that will give them their own version of 'heaven' after they die.

18 hours ago, Sunmaster said:

Dying is not always like switching an on/off switch. Many times it's a process where consciousness gradually leaves the body. 
Think about it this way,...consciousness is not a product of the body but rather the body is a product of consciousness. Consciousness was there before the body and will be there once the body is no more.
 

I know science lovers will surely descend upon me and rip me apart, saying I have no proof, but this is what I gathered from my studies and my personal experiences. Furthermore, the fact that people have left their bodies during surgery, and afterwards telling in details things that went on in and outside the operating room, are well documented by doctors. 

I hope you're right.

As a result of my childhood 'out of body' experiences - it's the hope that I prefer.

As a 'funny' aside, when I was very young my parents had a 'plaque' (can't think of the right word) on the wall saying "Conscience is the still, small voice that tells you you're about to be caught!"

Odd, how I still remember it after all these decades.  Probably 'cos it annoyed me as a small child, not understanding the meaning.

12 minutes ago, canuckamuck said:

 Enthusiasm for atheism springs from the awareness of sin and instinctual understanding of the penalty of sin. Any alternative that assuages the fear is embraced and revered. The real reason for hatred towards faith in others is that it pulls the curtain back on a primal fear.

Who's talking about "hatred"?  Personally, I feel sorry for them as they obviously need a 'crutch' in their lives.

Bear in mind that my mother is extremely religious, and now she's very old (and I too, am older and so more sympathetic) - which has resulted in my being happy that her faith makes her happy. ????

21 hours ago, steve73 said:

I see a few posts here have strayed onto the subject of death...

 

But what exactly is death? The heart stopping or the brain losing consciousness? Either can occur and be reversed and life can continue largely unaffected.

 

A heart attack often proves fatal when the blood (or more accurately, the oxygen supply) is cut off to the brain, which then loses consciousness. CPR can keep the blood circulating and the brain supplied with oxygen for quite some time, and if the heart can be restarted, then life can be extended.

 

Strangulation kills either by preventing breathing when death can take a few minutes, or by trapping the carotid artery, depriving the brain of blood and consciousness is lost within a few seconds, and if continued death follows soon after, perhaps even with the heart still pumping for a while....

 

But what about those unfortunate to be killed by the guillotine? Would they remain "conscious" for a few seconds as the head rolls into the basket? Or would the shock render them unconscious immediately?

 

Just when you think it's safe to die we read about recent research on pig brains that show "signs of activity" many hours after they've been removed.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47960874

 

 

Something I'd prefer not to think about, as it's just too horrible and I don't need the nightmares.

19 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

Anthroposophy ( Rudolph Steiner ) gives crystal clear answers to those questions.

Thank you, I'll look into that - but know that there will be no "crystal clear answers".

Its all opinion or 'belief'.

10 minutes ago, Spidey said:

The force you refer to is gravity. Isaac Newton knew a thing or two about that.

 

There is only one force, Force= mass x acceleration. Acceleration being equal to gravity for objects at rest on earth (9.81m/s/s). Science has all the answers you require, no need to ask a Hindu.

 

Pretty sure that the Jews had a supreme being, Jehova, long before the Christians.

Agree, apart from the following:-

"Science has all the answers you require"

23 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

Wheras me being just being an airy-fairy Deist-of no fixed religious address-formed when I was a young matelot yachting about in the Tasman and Coral Seas, has enabled me to avoid all "hot under the collar" religious debates in my lifetime.

Apparently not....

12 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

I have a printer at home so copy everything a couple of times and keep in a separate folder in case I'm asked. 

And you were never asked for new 'requirements'?

Genuine question, as even though I use an agent I've frequently been asked for new requirements.

e.g. 'photo in home, copies of bank book pages and ATM card etc. etc.

On the plus side,, I've never been asked to complete the form requiring the form demanding that all internet addresses etc. be disclosed!  I gather Immigration has now given up on this 'requirement' as it was so pointless in the first place ????.

11 minutes ago, khastan said:

My own feelings on the subject of agents are they are like loan sharks, once in their clutches it's extremely difficult to get out of them.

Why do you believe this?  You've employed an agent that wouldn't let you out of 'their clutches'?

As long as you're legal - precisely how can this happen?

22 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

I didn't know they were endlessly changing.  Since I've been here (20 years) no changes for me.  The embassy changed a rule so I'm switching to the income method because I no longer have to pay for an embassy letter.  5000 baht cheaper.  Every little bit helps.

Lucky you.

I was frequently sent to get more photocopies of various documents, which resulted in joining the queue again....

But when I employed an agent, I no longer had to deal with their games.....

7 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Self hypnotization. Isn't that one of the, "Thou shalt not..."?

Is it?  It's not one of the ten commandments I remember - but then again I hold no store by the bible....

4 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

Apparently you go blind if you do too much of it..

You're better than this stupid post.

I used to hypnotise myself as a young child by trying to understand the infinite .  Something that our brains are incapable to comprehend.

9 minutes ago, 55Jay said:

Where and when did you get this idea about spirits and souls?  Released to where?  Understand what?  The moment after you die isn't important.  You won't even notice.  Cuz ur dead.

As a child when (as I discovered decades later) that I used to hypnotise myself into seeing myself outside my body, and knowing that my body had nothing to do with 'me'.

Please understand that now I know that I used to hypnotise myself, I'm not as sure as previously.  Nowadays, I just hope that our possible spirit/soul is separate from our bodies - so that we can understand the truth and meet those we've lost in the harmony of understanding.

53 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

I think that's one of the little pleasures of existence.

Only as a child.

As adults we realise (or should) that there is no way of knowing - and so it is an interesting, but pointless pursuit.

2 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

I find that honest atheists are better company than fake believers, but, if you deny the existence of gods, and even the existence of an intelligent design.. Do you believe in something ?

Are we wired to believe in something ?

And if you just believe in yourself, is that convenient ?

Agree to this to a certain extent.

Apart from when I was young, only later in life did I meet 'religious' people - and nearly all were the most hypocritical people I've ever met ☹️.

15 hours ago, Spidey said:

Yep agnostic. An even more confusing philosophy for even more confused people. 

As an agnostic I agree ????.

It's impossible to know 'the truth', so some of us keep an open mind, whilst being extremely antagonistic towards any 'god' - if they exist.

21 hours ago, transam said:

But you don't know what I believe in do you.....?

 

If I told you, you probably would not be sad and ????

Quite.

I believe in not causing harm, but obviously I frequently fall short in this respect ☹️.

22 hours ago, 55Jay said:

Long story made short..... the answer to the Big Question is:  We don't know.  Yet. 

I'm cool with that. 

 

I'm not, as not understanding the genuinely important things, annoys the hell out of me!

Which is why I hope that our spirit/soul is separate from our bodies, and that this spirit/soul will be released to understand after we die.