jts-khorat

12 hours ago, impulse said:

I wonder how they taste?  Because, why waste the meat?

Contrary to crocodile, which indeed is delicious and tastes not all that different from chicken indeed, the meat of monitor lizards does not taste good, it has a very nasty aftertaste.

I am talking from a personal sample of one, so others might have different experiences.

On 6/26/2025 at 12:36 PM, xylophone said:

My 10 penneth for what it's worth: –

Would your lung condition improve if you were by the seaside, either here or in the UK?

I think this is the most important consideration; will moving back actually improve anything?

You do have insurance, so finding out if it would pay in Thailand for your condition would be an essential first step before any decision.

I had to, after 15 years in Thailand, move back to Germany for work reasons, and as others have reported, the reverse culture shock was very severe. I also moved into a region far away from mountains, large lakes or the ocean, so it made it very difficult for me at first to find good hobbies outside. In my case it was necessary and unavoidable, but I would give my right arm to be back in Thailand if I could simply choose and not need to care about my dependents.

You seem to have that covered, but I would at least as a thought experiment widen the potential places to "go back" to: does it really have to be the UK, or is another place nearby not also possible, which has benefitial weather for your sickness while at the same time offering a quality of life not much different to Thailand (Cyprus, Malta?).

And maybe you do not even need to go that far; I lived in Phuket, as you did before as well, and never even noticed burning season; so maybe Laos climate is not good for you, but moving back to Phuket or Krabi might just do the trick, if even just for a few more years (close to hostitals, air not as bad).

In the end it is necessary to have a well-thought out Plan B, so moving back before becoming immobile or too frail to handle the stress of resettlement, but from all your posts I have read, this seems not quite the age or state you are in yet. You seem however, just my impression, to be in a financial situation that reversing your decision might be difficult, so I would not hasten any decision unduly, until you are really 100% sure it is the right step.

Edit: @simon reading further down the thread, of course you came to much the same wisdom as I; still, I ölet the post stand as is, because you might not be the only one in a similar istuation.

1 hour ago, Geoff914 said:

I have been in relationships before with Thais before so I know what it is all about. Had a thai gf for a year and we do get on well. Well even the most ardent scammer is going to play along. Demands for cash have been slowly increasing  to the point that last month was unreasonable. Now I have been weighing up for while if she is merely a scammer. A week ago I laid it on the line that in July I had a lot of expenses  myself and that I could not give her any cash in July. I just yesterday had to pay 26,000 baht to the Thai accountant for company accounts and tax and currently by bank account stands at £26. I have an Am Ex bill for £600, Barclaycard is not due until the end of the month. Council tax £200, gas and electric £180, vets bill to put the dog down £140. Planned works on the house been put off for 18 months £3200. That is not to say money wont be coming in through out the month to meet my commitments. So having told the gf she can have nothing this month today she wants 13,000 baht to clear her credit card, and it is only the first of the month.

Now she is not stupid, she has a degree in Business Admin, or something similar, so running a budget should not be too difficult for her. So is she a scammer or just plane stupid. Or am I stupid, I think I know the answer to that.

It is quite often that Thais have the attention span of a fly, especially if the problemas are not directly their own, or you start coming around with numbers and facts.

I do not even mean this derogatory or desparaging, it is just a simple fact of life here.

I would simply remind her calmly, what you told her previously. If she is a scammer, she will start a fight, if she is just "confused" and inattentive she will back down.

In the end you need to know how much to invest in Thailand -- namely exactly what you can walk away from at any time of your choosing (and this is not just good advice about relationships, but having a business here in general).

3 hours ago, Dan747 said:

 Usually when I have a "Bad Dream" it is associated with other factors such as negative feelings, worrying, and or sleep duration not death. 

I sincerely do hope death was not more than once or twice the reason for your bad dream... 😆

16 hours ago, jts-khorat said:

 

Let me tell you as a native German... this is NOT a German breakfast. Disgusting!

 

The only warm thing in a German breakfast might be boiled eggs. Sliced bread and butter, more likely marmelade or honey than cold ham or salami to put on it. Croissants or other similar pastries. Definitely a can of coffee.

 

Nobody in Germany would ever eat such a thing as in the photo, but of course, tourists don't know.

How could this post have gotten a downvote?

Somebody knows better than the natives?

What is wrong with the "German meal" in the picture:

Mystery ham (instead of real cooked one showing lumps of meat), a laughable mini-Schnitzel with bad crust (not welling and the meat obviously not hammered), nasty mashed potatoes (not creamy), lumpy home fries with some mystery green which has been cooked with them (instead of the potatoes being evenly thick slices, so they brown properly without some being just cooked), a mini meatball (you can see it even in the photo that it is of too hard consistence) and a red sausage (instead of a white Bratwurst), all mixed in some mystery red oily liquid on the bottom of the plate.

I have written in parenthesis, what I as a German would think about the individual components on this plate. That they would never be eaten in such an ensemble in germany is, I hope, self-explanatory.

It is not often that I have seen such an abhorrend mockery of a restaurant dish, it seems an intentionally disgusting assortment of food.

On 6/20/2025 at 3:58 AM, BritManToo said:

I frequently attend Auf Der Au German buffet breakfast in Chiang Mai (250bht).

Lots of sausages and ham, lots of different dark breads, no fried or scrambled eggs or bacon.

I like the fried fish in breadcrumbs as well.

 

Here's one I ate earlier ........

Let me tell you as a native German... this is NOT a German breakfast. Disgusting!

The only warm thing in a German breakfast might be boiled eggs. Sliced bread and butter, more likely marmelade or honey than cold ham or salami to put on it. Croissants or other similar pastries. Definitely a can of coffee.

Nobody in Germany would ever eat such a thing as in the photo, but of course, tourists don't know.

13 hours ago, Magictoad said:

"War as the only "diplomatic" tool is a very short-" Well it certainly kept Germany in its box for decades; that's not very short is it?

You mean Germany, the economic superpower and second-biggest weapons exporter on the planet?

Let's hope that Iran is not similarly boxed in, as learning Farsi for doing business is not an easy language...

5 minutes ago, jts-khorat said:

 

It would be not a very surprising occurance to me, if Iran and Russia would start exchanging more than drone technology. The material needed to build a nuke is not more than a shipping container full, and the regime in Tehran knows now for certain that it is a question of literal survival to get a nuke as fast as possible and at any price.

 

War as the only "diplomatic" tool is a very short-sighted and limited tool and both the Iran and the USA have put themselves into the same primitive corner.

Only minutes after I wrote this, Trump's most-beloved friends in Russia have this to say:

"The enrichment of nuclear material — and, now we can say it outright, the future production of nuclear weapons — will continue," Dmitry Medvedev, now the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, said in a Sunday X post. "A number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads," Medvedev said.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/russian-leader-claims-multiple-countries-prepped-provide-iran-nuclear-weapons-following-us-strikes

Oops!

27 minutes ago, Dan747 said:

 God bless President Trump. His decision has clearly made the world a safer place. Iran still has the knowledge and could rebuild their nuclear bomb which could happen in five years plus. For stabilization in the Middle east, there needs to be a regime change. Just saying.

It would be not a very surprising occurance to me, if Iran and Russia would start exchanging more than drone technology. The material needed to build a nuke is not more than a shipping container full, and the regime in Tehran knows now for certain that it is a question of literal survival to get a nuke as fast as possible and at any price.

War as the only "diplomatic" tool is a very short-sighted and limited tool and both the Iran and the USA have put themselves into the same primitive corner.

On 6/19/2025 at 3:27 AM, NanLaew said:

 

Porn has four letters but.

It actually only has two...

1 hour ago, GinBoy2 said:

So I think from what I read these US bunker buster bombs can burrow themselves 200ft before they explode.

 

The enrichment chamber is 290ft in the mountain.

 

But i suspect that with  multiple strikes that concrete shell ain't gonna work

This is, if more than one bomb can be put exactly in the hole the first bomb opened.

More critical: the bomb needs to actually work as advertised. It would not be the first time, that an aggressive regime like the US believed in their own propaganda a bit too much.

Wars are really expensive. If the tariffs will not already crack the US economy, this one surely will.

2 hours ago, norsurin said:

Before i left the dentist asked my number and i gave it..but she never called me.Another time at this hospital i went there because i felt dizzy the whole day They wanted me to stay over the night and i did.The funny part was that a nurse checked me in the middle of the night even put her hands over my balls.I don't understand why but i have a clue why she did that.

Where is the confused emoji?! Bring it back!!

8 hours ago, Jai Yen said:

no, that's what I have lol 10 on each side - I will just scan in my results and show you here, I don't mind

 

I will also scan in their estimate, you can see it's around 250K for each side;  still unsure if they can get the largest [1.2CM] and do one shockwave at the same time, Doctor "Jimmy" was not clear on that, said he'd know better once I was in  the Op room  -  yes, I get that it's non-invasive, I call them surgery  because I will be knocked out and spending an overnight, same as I did last time.

 

  scanning these in now, stand by  

As Sheryl has already said, this is not really a very large stone.

I had one of slightly larger size, it was broken up by lithotripsy and I had to stay stationary at the hospital for two days to pass the first broken up fragments and to see in a follow-up that the break-up was successful. Actually the most painful action in the whole process was the pulling of the catheter. The whole procedure was done in Germany though.

7 hours ago, orientalist said:

Our granddaughter has an expanding patch of rough, dry skin around the crease of her elbow. Doesn't hurt, doesn't itch. My first thought was a fungal infection, but it doesn't have the characteristic circular shape of "ringworm." It's only on one arm. I can't see how it could be an allergy. 

 

Any ideas? Bacterial infection? 

Very definitely ringworm, as the first poster stated, a fungal infection. My daughter, who swims often, has the same one, likely from infected water in the pool. It is essentially harmless, but can spread if unattended.

It is actually the same or of the same family as athlete's foot, so if you have an infection between your toes, I would cure it with the same method: antifungal creme (you can get these over the counter), and if the skin is very rough or even already broken up, a zinc creme to prevent secondary bacterial infections.

It can take a number of days, maybe two weeks, for symptoms to recede, so apply daily until you see an effect.

5 hours ago, Celsius said:

 

Are you in Thailand having sex with prostitutes? If not maybe you have a point.

 

Or not because those flat waving Arabs were in line before your sloppy seconds.

It even says right beside the post, where I am located at.

But nice try, bringing now Arabs into the discussion. You Americans are really obsessed.

On 6/10/2025 at 4:22 AM, bendejo said:

IMO it is because they are Lao People's Democratic Republic.  In USA politics people's means commie.

Don't think for a second DT came up with each place on the list.

 

Bear in mind the list contained places inhabited only by wildlife.

... just waiting, until Americans are prohibited large parts of Asia.

Might put some on this forum into a bit of a pickle.

18 minutes ago, Celsius said:

You really are juxtaposing jaded male trust fund babies picking up easy women on the beach with a hard-working family man passionate in his cultural roots?

I would say the lower picture shows a reprehensible degradation of morals, which led directly to the unfortunate situation the USA is in right now. 😁

 Indeed I find it very telling, that the Americans as a whole are now that uneducated, that they are seemingly not even able to implement fascism proper.

It is all just words, and chaos, with partisan camps jeering for the burning down of the other.

For those who were too stupid to get the idea themselves: instead of slogans, a proper civil war would be surely really, really, really helpful to put some strength behind your arguments.

"Discuss". 😆

16 hours ago, LosLobo said:

It’s hard not to see it as a planned distraction from:
 

• His messy breakup with Musk and renewed accusations of being Epstein’s wingman
• Mounting criticism over the Big Ugly Bill
• His failure to deliver peace in Ukraine on day one
• A missed 90-day deadline for tariff deals—UK only signed a MOU.
• Xi tightening his grip on rare earths while outplaying him on trade
• Rising living costs and recession warnings tied to his tariff policies

Take your pick.

Actually, if I could pick, I would choose all of the above, just three times more of it. It is amazing, how blind and easily led the average American is.

I find it delightful to see, how the American public is split right in the middle, moving towards destroying their own economy, and in the process, loosing all undue political might around the globe, especially in Europe.

The faster the USA now self-destructs, the better.

And I say that in the surety, that a really large number of Americans themselves will cheer the flames on, depending on which side the fire breaks out first.

38 minutes ago, Tug said:

Your government (back in the day) started it the allies finished it same goes for the Japanese.now in my opinion there is a question as to why it happened (being to hard on Germany after ww1) and in the case of japan realizing they wanted an empire like Britain…..but beating up on us for the deaths of ww2 naaa.some of the others yes we are culpable sure it needs to stop.Ukraine is not in that category btw.

If you re-read my post, I am not beating up on the Americans for the deaths in WW2 -- but for all the deaths that followed in their many, many undeclared wars all over the planet. It seems, that specifically the USA has not learned the lesson of WW2, literally killing millions since then (the majority civilians).

Now they are preaching to the world as if they are morality and wisdom incarnated, while they have a president implementing the Nazi playbook action for action just as I write this.

Just today the news that Trump wants to suspend the habeas corpus; we just need to wait what will be their version of the "invasion of Poland": Greenland, Panama, Canada, Gaza... and finally, at the moment, the USA is "just" trying to deport people -- as did Nazi Germany in the beginning, even though neither the UK nor the USA wanted the Jews -- but this is already a slippery slope: will their version of concentration camps be in Guantanamo Cuba, Cecot El Salvador or a more exotic place like Lybia?

I believe the world has learned their lessons, but no American has the right to say a single word: right now, they are literally the bad guys.

13 hours ago, connda said:

Today, on both May 8th and May 9th depending on the region, we reflect and mourn the losses caused by the German Nazis who attempted to establish a Third Reich in Europe and beyond.

7 hours ago, jts-khorat said:

Quite the confusing table you posted there, following your comment.

 

Really, Germany caused millions of civilian deaths in China ??!

 

Also quite missing, where are the millions of people the USA killed; are they not worth even a mention??

1 hour ago, connda said:

You're being an ass, you know exactly what that table means.  Or are you really that ignorant regarding the history of the WWII conflict.  Did they stop teaching it to you kiddies back in the nanny-state schools.  Or are you willfully stupid.  By your response, I'm judging the latter.   Just stop - don't be an ass.

I am being an ass? Maybe.

But you, a citizen of the most bloodthirsty country on the planet within the last 80 years, with dozens of conflicts and wars in this time, should at least be precise -- so what are you?

I think we should also reflect on this day, how far the actions of the USA are from the spirit of this special occasion. Im am literally sick hearing holier-than-you Americans preach to us about the horros of war and collateral civilian deaths, while at the same time bombing and incarcerating people as their daily mood dictates.

I believe, if Germans should hang their head in shame about historical things, you Americans are standing right beside us on this pillory of shame -- but you seem to not even be aware of it.