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6 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

So, are local labs cheaper than having work done at hospitals?

Are there any restrictions? Anyone can walk in and request various tests, on a whim, without an order from a medical doctor?

 

If true, I might be up for some blood work, such as D3 serum levels, etc.

No need to have a medical doctor read the results, either...  (I will send my lab results to you, for interpretation...OR...I will just post them directly on the TV Forum, in order to spark a lively debate.  Good idea for a Topic, by the way....)

 

 

Mengrai Labs in Chiang Rai does my blood work every 3 months, a full blood examination costs me about 1200 baht, including liver function. They email the results to me, which I forward to an specialist in Australia.

It's the same as showing a pharmacist here a prescription medication, they will fill most of them with the exception of restricted compounds. I think most meds are more expensive in hospitals.

All I did was show Mengrai labs a set of results from Australia, and ask them to run the same tests. I usually get the results back after 3 hours.

The specialist in Australia has said Mengrai does a professional job.

I would suggest Sheryl for interpretation. Mengrai flags any results which are outside normal range.

1 hour ago, VocalNeal said:

 

You will know when it is time. 👍

 

Stirling Moss sold his Vespa when he was 82

I will know it's time when I can't stay balanced.

I am not Stirling Moss, I drive very carefully with constant threat assessment.

31 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Why?

 

I know what a high IQ is about, and have an idea about emotional intelligence and street smart, etc.

They are all different "things".

 

As far as I know the subject of this thread is to define intelligence, not about street smarts and not about anybody with high intelligence is happier or more successful, etc.

 

It should be obvious that high intelligence can be useful in life. But that alone doesn't make people happy. 

 

Agreed. I have tertiary qualifications, and can claim a number of creative solutions to problems in my field of expertise. AFAIK one of them is still in use 40 years after its inception.

Having said that, my Thai GF is way ahead of me in street smarts and negotiating skills.

I've known some highly intelligent people who were utterly miserable.

19 minutes ago, paddypower said:

there are days when I wish I had taken up the offer of a Thai wife, upon arriving at the airport, in the 1990's 🙂

Don't worry, plenty still around to "take care" in return for financial support.

28 minutes ago, pomchop said:

If you are not a comedian you should be.

IMO he is extracting the urine, as his description fits Trump supporters to a T.

In a man, the ability to think with the big head before the small head.

22 hours ago, Wrwest said:

There you go ... taking my mind off to reflect on the potential for AI. much more capable than many humans are capable of dealing with ...

I've proved AI to be wrong several times, or incapable of answering some questions. Gemini uses the cop-out " I'm only a language model".

50 minutes ago, Negita43 said:

Sounds like that is not "self administered"

It's only 1-2 hundred baht at any pathology lab.

It's not done every day, most doctors are happy with a check every year unless the patient is diabetic.

25 minutes ago, Negita43 said:

I occasionaly keep tabs on my glucose level ( I do not think I have diabetes but at my age I like to monitor).

 

This morning on waking up  I tested with my meter - result 6. (fasting)

I had one piece of toast with raspberry jam.

2 hours later I did another glucose test - result 4.9

I would have expected it to have risen but it went down.

 

The fasting glucose test may be all over the shop. The true guide is the HbA1c test, which measures how much glucose is attached to the red blood cells.

Raspberry jam is not straight glucose. It will be a combination of sucrose and fructose. Sucrose is a compound, equal parts glucose and fructose.

8 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

I traveled economy for decades as it's what my Co. booked for me. Recently I took my kid with me to US and booked Premium Economy for first time which runs double cost of economy. That alone is a world of difference. Only 2 bulkhead seats that are bigger, softer, more leg room, better food. Just makes for a better 13 hr flight. Upgrading to business would be doable but for 2 people that would run close to $9000. usd vs $4000 for PE. I just can't pull the trigger on that. Maybe when I start flying solo again I'll do the business class.

Premium Economy varies, some airlines the seats are not much better than economy. A couple of inches of leg room, better food, not much more.

Air Asia used to have lie-flat seats in Business on the KL to Melbourne leg. Still too short to straighten my legs completely.

Pre-COVID, there used to be some quite good deals for Business class, now the differential in price is just too much to justify the extra.

I have flown First Class twice, on someone else's dime. That really is luxury travel.

2 minutes ago, proton said:

 

KLM are the worst and not been with them for 25 years. Waiting in departures a fat KLM worker went round just picking up bags and deciding if they were too heavy or not and sending some off to the hold, no scales used, one or two arguments. On the plane after moving twice when asked to change seats so people could sit together the cabin staff asked me to move for a third time so a large family could sit together. When I refused they called me an awkward passenger. KLM, the oldest and the worst IMO.

Perhaps the strangest was a Spanish airline, in the days before smoking was entirely banned. I get to my non-smoking seat, after the plane takes off the people in seats in front of me and behind me are lighting up.

I asked one of the flight attendants why. According to him, the smoke was distributed better.

I remember flying business class with KLM from Tokyo to Amsterdam. 1990's. The Dutch really knew how to do good airline food.

5 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Guilty as charged. IMO it beats being dumb as a can of soup.

2 minutes ago, AreYouGerman said:

 

It was also a joke and you missed it for whatever reasons. Anyway.

 

I am admitting nothing, I am telling a story to make me not sound an <deleted> to the poor people who can't afford business class. 🤣

 

So now you are saying no-one should believe what you post.

You're a bit late with not sounding like a knob, the condescension in your first post saw to that.

Don't you know when you're in a hole, it's best to stop digging?

6 minutes ago, AreYouGerman said:

 

Calling them 'show offs' can only come from poor people. They are paying for comfort, not to show off. And if you are wondering about selfies made in business class - how many selfies are done in eco and put on fb/ig. Many more.

 

Personally I can't afford business class all the time but EU <-> Asia it has to be business class for me, I am a very tall guy and also got panic attacks in my early adulthood in situations where people get very close together and won't stand 10+ in the seat made for petite girls.

 

So, me traveling business class means the airplane is not at risk at getting hijacked by me because of a panic attack. Win, win.

In your first post on this thread, you stated I should travel in business class like normal people do.

In this post, you seem to be admitting you are far from normal.

2 minutes ago, Mike Teavee said:

UK Health & safety guidelines suggest that the maximum weight per item of luggage should not exceed 23KG though most international airlines will allow up to 32KG  

 

Current industry recommendations in the IATA Airport Handling Manual include:

• the maximum weight of any single piece of checked baggage should not exceed 23kg (50lbs), without prior arrangement. Although this limit is widely accepted, some airlines will accept baggage up to 32kg, and some foreign carriers have even heavier weight limits.
• "heavy" tags/labels must be placed on all pieces of baggage which exceed 23kg with the actual weight shown on the tag/label
• baggage belt weighing scales at passenger check in points should have an audible or visible warning when any individual bag weight exceeds 23kg.

Where heavy bags are identified but not labelled the airline should ensure that systems are in place to ensure weight limits are implemented and heavy bags tagged.

Training and work procedures should include provision for team lifting or alternative lifting methods.

 

https://www.hse.gov.uk/airtransport/faqs.htm#:~:text=the maximum weight of any,have even heavier weight limits.

 

 

 

My aim for checked luggage is 17-18 kg, and I have a gauge for weighing it.

I do this because several times I have observed a 1 - 1.5 kg discrepancy between my gauge and the check-in point. It's only one airline I am not going to name.

The difference is in the airline's favor. I wonder how much extra money they make from that little scam.

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

I see this primarily as the airlines fault when charging extra for luggage. 

 

With so many people taking their large carry-on luggage, the security lines become ridiculous, this is particularly bad in at the security screening in the UK, particularly in the summer when so many people are off on a cheap holiday and trying to avoid check-in baggage fees. 

 

The additional issue is when boarding by row and you are near the front, but someone at the rear of the plane who'd boarded earlier places their carry on in the overhead bin above your seat - then the flight attendants ask that you 'gate-check' your baggage (which valuables). 

 

IF airlines didn't charge extra for check-in baggage - the issue would be greatly reduced. 

 

 

Baggage is weight, the heavier an aircraft is, the more fuel it consumes. That's serious money.

If airlines did not charge extra for check-in baggage, I could guarantee there would be morons turning up with 50 - 100 kg of crap. Privileges invariably get lost because people abuse a system.

I don't mind paying for checked baggage. My carryon stuff is usually a couple of kg, light jacket, phone, powerbank and toiletries.

I'm not sure what you mean by gate-checked baggage. Not a good idea if said baggage has lithium batteries, and why should I be giving up space allocated to me to someone who doesn't want to put their stuff where it should be?

34 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

So now you're complaining about luggage with wheels?

 

Because if you're taking your crap with you for any long distance, those wheels will make it much more comfortable than lugging it over your shoulder.

 

 

No, I am complaining about oversize, overweight luggage which is put into overhead lockers, because some airlines don't have the spine to say no to the selfish gits who abuse the system and other passengers.

The wheels are another indicator what's inside is too heavy to be "carry-on".

If you can't carry 7 kg of belongings a couple of hundred metres, I recommend a program of diet and exercise.

1 minute ago, Ralf001 said:

 

In public or on the golf course ?

AFAIK golf courses are public places.

53 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

I know the guy is a grifter, and already went too far with his Golden Sneakers, autographed Bible and threads from his Georgia arrest jacket, but this might finally be too much:

It would not surprise me if Trump started grifting his farts as well.

It's not as if they would be a limited edition.

Just now, Ralf001 said:

 

Thats wearing any baseball cap in general.

 

Wearing of in public is a warning to me that the person has issue.

Golfers wear baseball caps all the time.

It's the ones who wear them backwards that you should be wary of.

9 minutes ago, ronster said:

See it every time when flying from bkk to Roi et. 1-2 carry on bags and a doughnut bag or two with about 2-3 boxes in each one ! 

Doughnuts must be more addictive than crack cocaine I guess 🙈

They are a status symbol, same as a Mercedes or Patek Philippe. Cheaper alternatives do the job just as well, it's more about image.