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Posting details of the car - make, model, year, odometer would help determine if 200,000 baht is reasonable. Many sellers think they will get what the car yards are asking.

Just today I had an encounter with a 92 yo American who is nearly blind, quite deaf, spoke no Thai, and obviously skint. The staff at the restaurant asked me to translate what he wanted. He was talking to them loudly, probably as a result of his deafness. I was shocked to see him get on the back of a scooter with no helmet. I was wondering how he would handle the annual trek to Immigration, given his handicaps. The only useful advice I can give the OP's person is - go home. Thailand is no place to be without any means of support.

Ask at the DLT.

The culture is different, Thais do not question what doctors prescribe. I am not inclined to interfere in that process, it would only confuse my GF. OTOH, I check every medication I am prescribed here. If I think it is unnecessary, I don't take it. For example, I have check cystoscopies here and in Australia. The urologist here routinely prescribes a post-op antibiotic, the urologist in Australia has never done so. Permit me to doubt their sterility protocols are that different.

She has been prescribed omeprazole previously. I was thinking it might have been appendicitis, but she was not running a temperature, had no abdomen rigidity, and her breath was OK.

I was not aware there was any medical body in Thailand which deals with malpractice. There may be civil lawsuits. However, I'd say there would be Buckley's chance of laymen winning one.

I've watched American football, boring. When it is ten minutes to half-time, and it takes half an hour to play with offense and defense trooping on and off the field, spare me. Of course they would be off the field on a stretcher, they have none of the padding, and don't weigh 120 kg. They'd be cut from the team as too slow. How many of those lard-a3ses could do 16-20 km in a match without blowing a gasket? Australian Rules is about speed and agility. American football is about knocking down barn doors.

Oh, come on. Half the time NFL players are not even on the field. Check out an Australian Rules midfielder. They will cover 16 - 20 km in a game. One of your linemen would have busted a gut at that work rate.

Correct in that Kerry Packer came up with limited overs ODI, which has further evolved into T20 etc. The rules of cricket were not reinvented, only the format. It rejuvenated a game which had become stodgy and defensive. How many people remember Trevor Bailey, Geoff Boycott and Bill Lawry? The latter batsman was called "a corpse with pads on".

I make my own stewed apple with ginger, eat the all-bran with that and plain yoghurt. Works a treat for regularity. To give the doctor some credit, he did say to use the medications until she feels OK, then stop.

I did not go to the clinic with her, so I could not ask what the green ones were. She prefers to go alone, says when doctors see a farang, the prices increase. As far as stress goes, she does have a 60 yo brother who cannot walk due to years of imbibing lao khao. She has to transport him into two hospitals almost weekly. Waiting times at government hospitals are not conducive to being relaxed.

She has a history of mild gastritis, I was there for the gastroscopy. If I could persuade her to get off the diet of white rice and sticky rice, I would. I introduced her to Kellogg's All-Bran, which she quite likes.

Modern medicine can't cure everyone, a probability of 0.9 is about as good as it gets.

Depends on what their outgoings are, apparently Elton John is nearly broke with his extravagance. Having said that, point taken.

My GF was recently complaining of a belly ache. Off she goes to a clinic. She returns with the following pills: Flupentixol - a medicine for schizophrenia and psychosis. Gabapentin - an antiepileptic and anticonvulsant. Why it was issued to her in 300 mg and 100 mg doses is a mystery. Simethicone - anti-bloat. This one I can understand. Green pills. No identification on the pills, or the plastic sleeve they came in. She has never shown any signs of psychosis or epilepsy in the 8 years I have known her. She did get rapid relief after taking all the pills. I am wondering how much of this is a placebo effect. I am also wondering if Thai doctors operate on the principle more is better, or at least one pellet in the shotgun spread will hit the target.

IIRC, apart from making money the other reason was to pull chicks. They are still making lots of money, I doubt they get as many freebies.

Done that already, we invented farnarkling for them.

IIRC, the turned-up side brim of the hats originated from the First World War. The chip on the shoulder probably arose from the fact purblind British generals got so many Australians killed and maimed with their incompetence. I suggest you read " Monash - the outsider who won the War" by Roland Perry. It was an Australian general who saved the English bacon, although in class-ridden Britain his contribution was never acknowledged, as Monash was Jewish. Only the British could have a statue of Douglas Haig in Whitehall. He was the architect of the Battle of the Somme, in which 1 million men were killed or wounded.

They can afford the best doctors to keep them alive.

There are exceptions to your statement. I have lived in two condos, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. Both are old, but well maintained. The CR condo has a manager who is one of the best I have seen, and it takes a lot to impress me. Developers nowadays are focused on profit, and cut corners to maximize it. Thailand is not the only country where it happens.

Rich is when one has more money than they can spend in their lifetime. Rich is when one can do whatever they like or want, without looking at the price tag.

Given the way the Poms were mouthing off prior to the match, it seems to be som nam na. Better to let the bat and ball do the talking.

Monkeys live for 20 years, baboons ( meat eaters ) live for 40. I would not describe a lifespan of 20 as healthy.

Social consideration in Japan has arisen from special circumstances. Given the lack of free personal space most of us take for granted, the alternative to good manners would be a vIolent reduction in population size. There's a lot of repressed anger in Japan. One only has to look at the manga which are openly read on public transport.

What Dr. Berry says makes a lot of sense. IMO we rely too much on medications to bail us out due to lifestyles of poor diet and exercise. Ask your cardiologist how many conferences he has gone to that were funded by the pharmaceutical industry. Also ask him who funds the 30 years of statin research. I can't argue with results. Going on some - not all - of Dr. Berry's recommendations, I shed 15 kg of my 93 kg to go from overweight BMI to normal. My blood sugar retreated from pre-diabetic to normal, and my eGFR ( measure of kidney function ) improved by 25%. Mind you, I have no knowledge of statins because I have no cardio problems.