Lacessit
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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.
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Anyone have suggestions for indigestion?
Lacessit replied to Kenny202's topic in Health and Medicine
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. -
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.
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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.
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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.
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New car time! This time - the 19 year old son
Lacessit replied to pedro01's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
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.
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I respond if needed to the positive notifications, and ignore the rest.
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Assistance please.
Lacessit replied to malt25's topic in Real Estate, Housing, House and Land Ownership
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. -
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.
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You have now. Fact.
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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.
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Try reading what's under my nom-de-plume. Three days ago, there was a small truckload of soil from the rice fields that needed distributing over my GF's garden. Her nephew came and did it, about 4 hours' hard work. Gave him 200 baht, he thought it was Christmas.
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Go back to the adjective I used: AVERAGE . When villagers are working in the rice fields, they get 300 baht a day. Or 250 baht/day if they are women. The rice doesn't need tending every day. Perhaps you have only seen it on a supermarket floor.