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Depends on what time you are out and about. I avoid travel after the sun goes down, that's when most of the drunks and druggies are on the road.

I don't know if you remember Leo McKern in Rumpole of the Bailey. A frequently-repeated line of his was about Pommeroy's claret keeping him astonishingly regular.

I wouldn't say I am extremely fit. I play golf, swim. I have two exercise routines I do every day. I am 80 yo. I frankly don't understand boredom and loneliness. IMO that is a choice. How can I be bored, with so many threads I can respond to?

Codiphen works for me, a drowsy antihistamine. 50 mg. I don't get any hangover the next day. 100 baht for 10 at any pharmacy. Everyone is different, it's a matter of experimenting with the medications until something is effective. The OP might want to try melatonin, although it does nothing for me. More expensive.

AFAIK spirits have shelf lives of centuries. Beer certainly does, 6 months at best.

I think you may be right for quite a few expats. Back in the day when I still frequented bars, I reckon I bought far more lady drinks than I had myself. I had a scooter, and getting on it half cut never seemed like a good idea to me. Especially if I was doing takeout with a pillion passenger.

Alcohol is one of the factors in mouth, esophageal and stomach cancers. In the colon, it can induce diarrhea.

IMO if you consumed more than 4 standard drinks a day alone and every day, you would be getting into the alcoholic category. Perhaps I should have said 4 or less. Obviously, there are quite a few permutations and combinations of alcohol and other drugs, I can't explore them all in a poll. One word of caution. Paracetamol is a very common painkiller. Combined with alcohol, it can cause lethal liver damage.

I can usually find a hotel for 500 - 700 baht/ night. All I want is a big bed for myself and my GF, clean linen and towels, and effective aircon. Almost always we find it.

A post on another thread got me to thinking how many farangs here are dependent on alcohol. I am not judgmental or virtuous about this, just curious. I have seen a few people die quite badly from their prolonged consumption, and I know several others who will go out the same way. I also see the eruptions of angst which occur when it is a dry day due to a Thai holiday, and the railings against Thai liquor laws. Alcohol has been listed as a Class 1 carcinogen since 1989. Its health effects in terms of liver cirrhosis have been known for about 300 years. What do you think? Cheers.

I have been using a Philips blender ( 5 speed ) for years to make soups and smoothies. IIRC, 800 baht at PowerBuy.

IIRC the cost of the extension is not included. 2-3 minutes? I wish. Before I stopped using ATV and did my own extensions, the usual wait at Immigration was about half an hour. When it blew out to 2 hours one time, I dumped them. That was about 7 years ago, they still send me 90 day reminders by email. It's a reasonable service; however, not as stellar as you are posting.

I seem to stumble on unusual places through no design of my own. One time, I took a wrong turn going to Alpine Golf Club in Chiang Mai. The road was a dead end which ended in a clearing, under what was an earthern dam wall. There was a well in the clearing. My GF got very excited, and set me to garnering any containers available in the car. She said it was a sacred well, and the water had therapeutic properties. Later, she asked me how I knew the well was there, I said finding it was accidental. Below is Chiang Mai Erotic Gardens, a real hoot. Run by an eccentric Thai lady with a Dutch husband. Close to the Samoeng turnoff.

A member of the PTA of longstanding, your record on Trump threads is well known. I won't waste my time any further.

IMO Biden's age is irrelevant. Eisenhower and Reagan were not all that functional in their second terms. The advisers that both men had kept the engine of government ticking over. Trump's administration was shambolic, surrounding yourself with yes men and women is a guaranteed recipe for bad decisions.

A jury believed E Jean Carroll when she sued Trump for defamation, and won. IIRC $5 million. Trump is not guilty of sexual assault? Spare me the BS. Given what is in Jack Smith's indictment, only the most purblind Trump apologist could believe he is innocent. Most of the media lies are on Truth Social. Republicans are scared of Trump because he is a bully. I don't think the legal system is, as he is going to find out.

I don't know. However, if you are traveling from Suvarnabhumi airport to Don Muang, there is a free shuttle bus every hour. All one has to do is show a plane ticket leaving from Don Muang.

According to Dr. Google, boric acid is effective in poisoning termites. https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu&q=termite+poisoning+methods As for dogs and cats, I would have thought the sensible thing to do is to leave the baits where they can't access them. Termites process wood ( carbohydrate ) into sugar, they would most likely appreciate the short cut.

Mix boric acid or borax with honey, and leave it near any signs of infestation. Worker ants carry it back to the nest, and it kills the queen.

Phu Chi Fa is a fairly strenuous walk which requires good footwear. Halfway up, there is a side track which leads to a marker delineating the border between Thailand and Laos. At the top, I was looking down on a village in Laos about 1000 feet below. Every January, Thais flock there to camp and watch the sunrises. Some years ago, I did a big circuit through the top half of Thailand. I'm a bit long in the tooth for the big trips now. Many memories. One in particular was a meeting hall near Udon Thani, built by a holy man by villagers to thank him for banishing the tigers who were plundering their chickens. It has a wooden floor, which is polished daily by volunteers using coconut husks. Walking on it in bare feet is a great sensation, like walking on silk. This is in the mountains on the way from Loei to Phetchabun. Don't ask me what an Easter Island replica is doing here, this is Thailand. Gorillas don't belong here either, even if they are only straw.

I remember a guy who was called "Wet Cement", because he could talk while under it.

I haven't propped up a bar stool for nearly ten years now. IMO Chiang Rai is an ideal jumping-off point for the Golden Triangle sights. Phu Chi Fa, Phayao, Wat Sang Kaew Phothiyan, Doi Mae Salong, Mae Sai markets, Chiang Saen Skywalk. I keep finding new things the average tourist never sees. Exhibit 1 is a lily pad farm near Phan. The pads will take people up to 85 kg. Exhibit 2 is a restaurant past Rajabaht University on Highway 1, well off the main drag. It was built by a Thai couple who worked in the Netherlands for about ten years as IT consultants. They liked Dutch architecture so much they replicated it. Exhibit 3 is Doi Mae Mon, the only place I have seen hydrangeas growing in Thailand. There may be others.

IMO that is very quick. Getting a colonoscopy in Australia, even with private health cover, is 1-2 months for an appointment. 9800 baht is also quite cheap. Having said that, pathology testing in Thailand can be quite slow, 2-3 weeks compared to a couple of days in Oz.

Fails to answer my question, a deflection.

So these researchers tested their hypotheses on babies and young children? Your post proves nothing except a faulty experimental design directed at adults.