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1/ I have no photos of old girlfriends. They are fondly ensconced in my memory. I remember their faces and bodies in detail. 2/ Italy, for the food and rich history. Never been there. 3/ Cambodia. Nepal has the world's most dangerous airport, and I prefer not to experience altitude sickness.

This was some years ago, and may only have applied in Chiang Rai.

The reason may be they are evading predators. Quite a few male humans in Thailand have the same pattern of behavior.

Running Windows on 4GB of RAM? 555.

How would you know? That's like saying you never forget anything.

In my career, I did write many technical reports, and some papers for scientific journals. I enjoyed the bench work and field investigation, less so writing everything up. After I had finished the report, I always felt let down. The Latin phrase "Post coitum omne animalium triste est" applied. Perhaps that is true of any creative activity.

Move on to a free, Linux-based OS. I quit Microsoft after the abortion that was Windows Vista. I have never had a problem with any of the Linux systems I have used. I am bewildered by people who pay good money for an OS with so many bugs, greedy for memory, and under constant attack by hackers. IMO they are all masochists.

I have used a Hop Inn at Chiang Rai before I moved there. Amused by the towels, I had to pay a 500 baht security deposit beforehand. Which was refunded when I checked out the next day, after they were counted in the room by one of the maids. The towels were very new, large and looked expensive.

We never book. Just roll into town about 4 pm, my GF reads the accommodation signs. Aim is 500-700 baht/night. Aircon, big bed, clean, working plumbing are the criteria. We ask to inspect the room, she gives me the nod if it is up to scratch. Walk away if not. It usually only takes one or two inspections, I think the most we have needed is three. In low season, vacancies IME are never a problem. I have stayed in 200 - room hotels when there were only two vehicles in the car park. For breakfast, we usually head to the biggest hotels in town. They always have a buffet.

I am Australian, no problem on any of my devices. Perhaps it is a bug in the cookie or blocking functions. If the OP has Windows for his operating system, I have zero sympathy.

Four so far - Sinovac, AZ, Pfizer in Thailand, Pfizer bivalent in Australia. I had COVID after the first two, 3 days of a runny nose and sore throat, no after-effects. Except perhaps an decreased ability to suffer fools gladly. My unvaccinated Thai GF, 23 years younger than me, had all the symptoms and was quite sick for 11 - 12 days. She declined to be vaccinated, due to the negative posts on Thai social media. After her bout with COVID, she was off to the village clinic to get vaccinated.

Do it on a scooter, more exciting. I met a guy in Thaton who had come all the way from Krabi and was pushing on to Luang Prabang in Laos - on a bicycle.

I usually find half a teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate in a glass of water fixes that.

Muriatic acid is hydrochloric acid. Oil of vitriol is sulphuric acid. Spirit of niter is nitric acid. I thought you might like to know. The most dangerous acid, by a country mile, is hydrofluoric acid. It has caused some agonizing deaths.

You should have stopped with the first four words.

A bit difficult to laugh with an intubation tube down the throat. The statistics are there, unvaccinated people are six times more likely to become seriously ill from COVID than those who got vaccinated. Perhaps you feel lucky. Have you been vaccinated for polio, tetanus, typhoid, hepatitis and pneumonia? Or do anti-vaxxers claim they have had none of those?

Safest places to buy are big gold shops on the high street, or shopping malls. IMO no-one strays very far from the market price.

Been there, done that. A travel book, based on my experiences in Thailand. Looking back, it was dreadfully naive. I dealt through an on-line publisher, who charged me about $800 for a marketing campaign which was non-existent. Their proof-readers actually introduced quite a few spelling and punctuation errors. IIRC I made about $500 in hard-copy and Amazon sales, then it disappeared. Total loss on the exercise about $1500. I actually was in brief contact with the American IRS, who demanded I send them my passport ( not a copy ) for identification purposes. Kiss my a##e, guys. I never heard from them again. My introduction to erotic and arousing literature was via a translation of "The Golden Ass" by Apuleius, which was all the rage during secondary school, going through puberty. Other influences were certain passages in the Bible, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, D H Lawrence, Mary McCarthy, and "Konung of White Walls" by Naomi Mitchison. A far cry from the plethora of pornographic literature and video published today. The dots were much more difficult to connect back then. Has anyone else noticed the vast majority of erotic/pornographic books on Amazon are authored by women? I have written my autobiography, which I add to occasionally. Currently 153,000 words. I have no intention of publishing it, a legacy to my son. He may decide to publish, his decision after I am gone.

It probably does.

I report death threats to the mods. As for the rest, I only do that with a##eholes.

There is a marketing opportunity staring at you. Establish a spa, the darker skinned Thai ladies will pay for the whiter skins they crave by bathing in it. You could even have cameras while they cavort in the water, for your own viewing pleasure, or for profit.

Water out of a well ( groundwater) will sometimes contain pesticides, herbicides and other agricultural chemicals, depending on its proximity to sources of said chemicals. IMO it is doubtful whether boiling well water would eliminate such compounds, although some of them may degrade with heat. The only way to be certain is activated carbon filtration. Tap water supplied by most water authorities would be safer in that respect, because the contaminants tend to be absorbed and precipitated out during floc clarification. I only boil tap water for drinking, untreated well water is very probably unsuitable for anything except showering, and maybe not even then. I have traveled to many countries, and always boil what I drink, leaving it to cool down overnight for the next days' supply. I've been doing that since i was a trainee chemist, and can say I have never contracted a water-borne disease in about 60 years.

Ozonation after filtration would work against parasites, ozonation alone would be no better than chlorination. I am puzzled as to why people insist on having expensive filtration and sterilization systems, requiring regular maintenance, when the simple act of boiling gets the same result or better. Perhaps there is some kind of social cachet attached to such equipment.

I guess COVID shots will become the same as annual flu shots. With the usual outbursts from anti-vaxxers. I am in the most vulnerable age cohort. I've had two Pfizer boosters. No side effects, and I have not grown two heads. It's quite noticeable in Australian hospitals, the first patient information asked for is their COVID vaccination status.