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Don't disagree happiness is the goal. My son taught me the most important thing in life is time. I already knew about quality.

Perhaps the reason for why she has aged so drastically has not dawned on you.

Not all of them. My Thai GF is 55, and she looks 35. That's not just my opinion, other men can't believe it when I tell them her age.

Life is full of risk/reward. Touch wood, I've been driving a car and scooter here for 10 years now accident-free, so I must be doing something right. If you look at the road safety figures here, or most other countries for that matter, IMO you'll find teenagers up to mid-twenties are the bulk of the toll. They think they are immortal.

The safety of any vehicle is completely dependent on the mindset of the user. Maintain a vehicle properly, drive defensively, concentrate on threat assessment and avoidance. It's not rocket science.

I used to take pantoprazole ( similar to omeprazole ) every night for gastric reflux. I don't anymore, because I have trained my stomach. These are my rules: 1/ I avoid fatty foods 2/ I quit eating before I feel full. 3/ I only drink alcohol two days in a week. Even then, 2 - 3 standard drinks. 4/ I keep water by the bedside at night, take a sip if I wake up. 5/ Perhaps most importantly, I eat at 6 pm, with bedtime no earlier than 10 pm. IMO we take too many pharmaceuticals to fix health problems we inflict on ourselves with our lifestyles.

If it works for you, fine. I limit my speed on a scooter to 40 km/hr, and stay as far to the left as I can get. Works for me. If I was to be obstructing cars with the increased width at 40 km/hr, IMO jai yenn yenn would be thrown overboard by other road users.

The three factors most common in motorbike and car accidents are speed, alcohol, and fatigue. I don't speed, and I don't drive if the other two are present.

IMO those prices are very reasonable, given the cost includes sedation. Someone to drive the patient home is essential, and the patient should avoid driving and alcohol for 24 hours afterwards.

I've adjusted my driving here to ultra-defensive to compensate for slowing reflexes, and wear prescription driving glasses. After 10 years of driving scooter and car here, my only accident has been a female car driver who shunted me on my scooter when I was stopped for traffic. She was very apologetic. I do hear what you are saying, and at some point my GF will take over. I'm not looking forward to that, as she does not have my driving skills and experience, acquired in 60 years.

The flexibility of most Thais always astonishes me. If I was to try this exercise of my GF, I would probably have torn quads and half a dozen slipped discs.

I would agree for cities such as Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, it is much easier to get around on a scooter, and I do. Having said that, I need a car to travel to my GF's village, and also haul my golf clubs around. I don't fancy my chances trying to balance a golf bag and drive a scooter simultaneously. There is also the age factor. Eyesight, balance and reflexes inevitably deteriorate, and at some point it will be much safer for me to be on four wheels.

Buying a new car for a 19 yo is not something I would do. Secondhand banger, so he could learn driving without all the modern frills. Statistics say most new drivers have their accidents in the first three months of driving. Myself and my son both reinforced said statistic.

He said he had not traveled to other countries, when in fact he went from Serbia to Spain. Alex Hawke, the government minister in charge of granting or denying visas, has rejected Novax' visa on the grounds it is not in the public interest. Djokovic is a poster boy for the anti-vaxxer movement. The rules for travel to Australia include a requirement for double vaccination, as do many other countries. IMO many Australians were outraged by the shifty scheme of exemption cooked up by Tennis Australia and his team, having suffered through multiple lockdowns and being urged to get vaccinated. They felt they were being taken for fools. Djokovic's situation reminds me of when John McEnroe was disqualified in the 1990 Australian Open. He didn't think the rules applied to him either.

I respond if needed to the positive notifications, and ignore the rest.

I have to say Chiang Rai is a lot easier than Chiang Mai in terms of Immigration. Even with an agent, CM was more than an hour. Last extension in CR was 20 minutes.

This is a 36 sqm guest unit, built about 5 years ago. Local builder, 15 crew, Chiang Rai area. Only power tool was a welder for the roof frames, everything else by hand. Total cost 350,000 baht, can't buy a new car that cheap.

My GF does not understand why I crack up, when she starts talking about elections.

The other interpretation is one of attention span. I can watch a one-hour TV series. I've given up on most full-length films, too long.

Yes. Somewhat spartan though.

I did 14 days quarantine in Phan Hospital after being diagnosed COVID-positive with a nasal swab. I was not really sick, just a sore throat and runny nose for 2-3 days. Double vaccinated beforehand. I did not get the option of isolating at home, I was the captive of a bureaucracy. Although that may have been due to my age, being in the highest risk group. My GF and I were asked to isolate at home for 5 days after leaving quarantine, which was free. When someone is sick with gastro or the flu, no-one asks them to quarantine at home. Severely ill patients go to hospital. Some people die there. AFAIK there are no self-test kits for either ailment. Perhaps when the hysteria over COVID dies down, it will simply become a matter of staying at home if you diagnose positive with a swab, or going to hospital if you have severe symptoms. It makes sense in terms of the strain on hospital resources.

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IMO the only time I have negative thoughts about Thailand is about two weeks before November 3, when I am applying for my retirement extension. I can't help thinking my application in perfect order will be rejected by an IO with an upset stomach.

You have now. Fact.

Do you know how those village girls finance their education? Some of them are "sideline girls". They advertise quite openly for what would be known in the West as sugar daddies. Or they become freelancers. Most village girls have zero chance of getting through university without their own income from somewhere, their parents can't afford it. The 7/11's don't pay enough.