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10 hours ago, mokwit said:

I find it very hard to believe that 10% of revenues is shared between the service staff, especially in upmarket restaurants.

You might find it hard to believe....so why not just ask the staff in restaurants what happens to the service charge and they will tell you.

When you talk about upmarket restaurants, I take that to include restaurants in 5-star hotels. Many of Bangkok's 5-star hotels produce fancy graphics each month to show the share of the service charge staff get. The hotels compete this way to attract staff. Each staff member's share of the service charge can run to 60,000 or 70,000 baht in a good month, over and above their salary.

I don't know what happens in Fuji per se, but in most restaurants the service charge is divided up equally amongst all the staff from service staff to chefs to kitchen hands to dishwashers to manager etc.

4 hours ago, Phillip9 said:

Eat more vegetables and protein instead of chocolate and bread.  Takes longer to digest, keeps you feeling full much longer.

Try protein and fat. Fat is like a slow-burning energy source and it, along with protein, keep your satiated for longer.

6 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Laughably uninformed nonsense. Meat actually degrades the liver. 

Sad if you actually believe that.

Hunans lived and thrived for centuries largely eating only meat with none of the metabolic disease that is so common today.

Meat is the best thing for your liver and your general health, and so much better than the Frankenfood products you previously mentioned like kale powder.

On 12/15/2024 at 11:36 PM, spidermike007 said:

First of all I would address your exercise regimen, without exercise I find it impossible to keep my head clear. The second thing I would look at is some type of very powerful superfood such as a green drink, with blue green spirulina, barley grass, wheat grass powder, broccoli powder, beetroot powder, kale powder, spinach powder, things like that. You can mix your own or you can buy them pre-made, they are all very powerful brain foods, and you'll notice a difference within days in terms of clarity. 

 

If you give into inertia and do absolutely nothing you will go downhill fast. 

You call these superfoods? Try eating red meat and eggs. They're the real superfoods.

You mention you have tried supplements. Which have you tried?

If you haven't tried them already, vitamin B1 and Magnesium may help.

B1 can lower stress and help to "deactivate" an overactive mind. 100 mg of B1 twice daily may help.

And Magnesium (Glycinate is the best form) may also help. It has a calming effect. Several hundred mg daily in split doses throughout the day would be worth trying.

Both of these supplements are inexpensive and safe to try.

5 hours ago, blazes said:

Landman episode 7....problems downloading ...anyone hit a snag?

Had no problem downloading it and it was perfect. Suggest trying a different version and should be ok.

5 hours ago, gargamon said:

There's a couple of versions out there with dubbed English but they're around 6 GB so I'm going to wait for smaller ones. I did enjoy the earlier series and movie.

Just watched the Dutch version with English subtitles. It was an ok watch, but we didn't think it was anywhere near as good as the previous Ferry movie or the Undercover series.

5 hours ago, Will27 said:

Following on from Undercover, Ferry the series and the first movie.

 

 

 

Great! Undercover was an awesome series and the first Ferry movie was decent too. Will watching this tonight!

On 12/17/2024 at 12:26 AM, gargamon said:

All 4 episodes of season 6 are now on scene rls. Should make it to the torrent site shortly, but no guarantees.

 

Anyone seen season 6 pop up anywhere?

6 hours ago, gargamon said:

All 4 episodes of season 6 are now on scene rls. Should make it to the torrent site shortly, but no guarantees.

 

Many thanks for mentioning this. I really enjoy Strike and will go and hunt for season 6 right now!

EMF sensitivity is an issue for those with underlying, often undiagnosed health issues. Most people have complete tolerance but some can be sensitive and affected in a myriad of ways. This is one of many areas where technology and health intersect where there just hasn't been that much research and the science is far from settled.

8 hours ago, jacko45k said:

I suspect the ladies had a similar high percentage expecting to get some form of 'tip'....

Not back then. But then I was not after wham, bam, thank you, mam.

13 hours ago, G_Money said:

Of course you never paid them a single baht either.  Is that a correct statement?

I always happily paid for coffee, dinner, drinks, outings etc, as I imagine 99% of men would expect to.

10 hours ago, G_Money said:

“none of which I paid for “

 

We believe you Bob, we really do 

Be cynical if it makes you happy. ThaiFriendly and before that ThaiLoveLinks were once very rich pickings. Plenty of us met many lovely ladies on those sites.

50 minutes ago, milesinnz said:

I wonder how make people are aware of credit card "charge backs" ? I have only used it once on an Aliexpress purchase where they sent like xxx size and clearly it was not even M ... contacted my Bank's Visa department - seems most people at the Bank did not even know what I was talking about, then sending me in a few circles - but I got my money back from Visa. I don't see why this would not work with someone like AirAsia ?

From your user name, are you by chance in New Zealand / using a New Zealand bank issued credit card? I ask because New Zealand banks are very good when it comes to their customers making a purchase on a credit card which wasn't what it was described as. If one had an issue with a purchase made using a credit card issued in Thailand, I'm not sure if you'd get quite the same assistance.

Nana Plaza was crazy busy this week. Someone once told me the Nana area was owned by Indians. True or not, I do not know. But what I do know is that there are more Indians than farangs in Nana these days. And more Chinese and Japanese than farangs. The vibe is so different today. Still fun, but different.

If you watch a lot of YouTube, it's a good deal. 179 baht a month for something I spend a lot of time in is a steal. That's about the cost of one beer in a decent bar.

If it were me, I'd definitely go to the police and report it. Visit the police station dressed nicely, be extremely polite, cross your fingers that you get a sympathetic and helpful officer and it should be resolved in your favour quickly.

22 minutes ago, oxo1947 said:

Downloaded first five of The Day of the Jackal -Found that on a lot of them -a mistake had been made on episode 3 which was really episode 5---tried 3 different copies all same.

Try this one:

https://1337x.to/torrent/6260951/The-Day-of-the-Jackal-S01E03-REPACK-1080p-x265-ELiTE/

1 hour ago, thesetat2013 said:

Perhaps they felt guilty about it and decided to give up that information. 

Stupidity begets stupidity in this case. 

Perhaps the police found some document that led them to question about the other condo?

The Thai police can be very "persuasive" getting information out of suspects, and I don't mean through using charm....