Lacessit

I'm so unlucky if I bought a funeral business, people would stop dying.

I'd start chewing razor blades before I get on a bicycle here. No acceleration to escape a situation if necessary, and next to no vehicle mass. Even a scooter packs 150 kg of weight. As for your assertion it's safer in the "normal" traffic lanes, we'll have to agree to disagree. I'll cite my driving record here, do you have any facts to back up your opinion?

As The Fugitive has explained, the rear vision of the Thai niece was obstructed by vehicles behind her, although that explanation assumes she would have been using her mirrors. IME most Thais don't. It also depends on the speed the motorcyclist was doing. I don't agree with the term "undertaking" if the shoulder is regarded as another lane. If the shoulder is as lethal as you claim, how do you explain my survival on it for ten years? I am not that lucky, otherwise I would have won TattsLotto multiple times. Certainly there are road hazards on the shoulder. I adjust my speed accordingly. It's called threat assessment. If necessary, I will stop behind a parked vehicle and allow traffic to clear before proceeding. IME most main roads have a clearly demarcated lane, and I use it gratefully. Extremely rare to encounter gravel or a pothole. OTOH, the stupid <deleted> on two wheels that insist on occupying a car lane at 50 km/hr when the average car speed is 80-90 km/hr IMO are dicing with sideswipe death.

Yes and no. Some shoulders are clearly marked as scooter lanes, others are not. IMO it is safer to ride on the shoulder, and I have 10 years of accident-free scooter riding in Thailand to prove it. Defensive driving. Do you want to do a legal 90 km/hr in the right-hand lane with a pickup bearing down on your two wheels at 120 km/hr? Or would you rather be doing 130 km/hr there when a soi dog decides to amble across? Good luck with both scenarios. IMO the Thai niece was in the wrong, careless driving.

I remember a Belgian guy in my condo in Chiang Mai who decided he could make extra baht by renting out a couple of 110 cc scooters. Two French guys rented them for a month, and returned them as wrecks. No accidents, but they racked up so many kilometers in the mountains around Chiang Rai the engines were essentially rooted. IIRC he sold them for a fraction of what he paid for them. I used to rent myself, before I bought my own scooter. 5000 baht deposit, copy of passport, take the scooter back once a month for a check. Big rental shop on Loi Kroh Road. I did try another shop, and they wanted my passport. No thanks. I'd say forget it, unless the OP enjoys heartache. There is no control over how responsible your renters will be.

Oxymoron and contradiction of terms were my thoughts. I'm just wondering what schizoid wordsmith came up with the phrase.

I am not sure how relevant your response is to the OP's situation, which is how to restore stopped payments. I accept Centrelink and the ATO may be separated under the MyGov umbrella, although things can change. IME doing things online with Centrelink can be a minefield, after one experience where the computer refused to accept a supporting document, I prefer speaking to a real person.

Whether it is carried out in the case of rich and/or influential people is a different question.

Not twenties in the 'burbs, maybe Mt Macedon or Olinda. I don't believe everything Google says, and have known it was wrong in fact on occasion.

If you believe these herbals are assisting you, that is probably reinforcing the result. Known as the placebo effect, it's what cures some believers at Lourdes. Can't argue with your statement the pharmaceutical industry makes products that are bad for the liver. Kidneys too. I recall reading many years ago an article which said 95% of medications have an organic chlorine component.

You don't say where in Thailand you are located. I've found the best recommendations are those coming from fellow expats who have had work done by a Thai in the same area of expertise I am seeking.

Noise cancelling headphones.

Women are up for it anywhere, it's a question of reading the price tag.

Perhaps you are not capable of perceiving the supreme irony of your last sentence.

I'd suggest a bit of skepticism is worthwhile. In your 60's, you may still be able to handle the side effects of some of the herbals and supplements. It's a different story when one is late seventies or early eighties, toxicity to kidneys and liver may be lethal. How much research have you done on the side effects of herbals you are taking?

Thanks for the thought; however, horses for courses. My former mother in law used to have roast dinner and hot plum pudding with custard every Christmas. Completely ridiculous when the weather forecast for Christmas Day in Australia was nearly always 40 C or more. I evolved my own Christmas dinner of cold crayfish with mustard sauce and lemon juice with salad, accompanied by a Margaret River dry white. Dessert was fruit salad consisting of pineapple, strawberries, blueberries, seedless grapes and rock melon.

Travel broadens the mind, right? The vast bulk of Thais have been circumscribed within an education system that barely takes notice of any events outside Thailand. Many can't read a map of their own country, let alone one of the world. It makes for very narrow minds. It's not just Thailand, there are areas of Australia where I would have to dumb myself down in speech and subject matter to be accepted.

IME friendships with Thai men are fairly superficial. IMO many Thai men have a deep-seated inferiority complex when it comes to Western men. It explains why they may react violently when it comes to a dispute of any kind, due to the loss of face it may entail. I go with the flow; however, I don't think pushing for something closer is worth the effort. I would suggest to the OP the only Thais that have potential are those who have lived outside Thailand for some time.

Alas, my Seven Year Itch came at 28 and 16 years respectively, when I was still wedded to the concepts of duty and responsibility. No more, I have had enough of people lying to me. Obviously, a "good" believer in any form of religion can be a thoroughly reprehensible person. One only has to look at Putin, who wears the Russian Orthodox version like a cheap suit. When I said my fellow trainee was a pretty bright guy, I meant in terms of his knowledge of how to kiss management butt. I suggest you tread carefully in any future responses to my posts. It's your thread, that does not give you a license to be insulting.

In 1962, I was working as a trainee chemist. In a laboratory, not as a pill-pusher. School four nights a week towards a tertiary degree. It depends on what metric is used, I am way better off financially now. Healthwise, obviously not. My most vivid recollection is of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It showed the world how morally bankrupt totalitarian regimes are. As they are still demonstrating. I was very naive in 1962; however, I did have an itch to travel. I can still remember an argument I had with one of my fellow trainees. He was a good Catholic, who only wanted to marry his equally Catholic girl friend so they could abandon chastity and settle down in a Melbourne suburb, where they could have a large family and live for the rest of their lives, while he barracked for his local football team every Saturday afternoon. When I remarked that was a circumscribed way of life, he said I was a fool for wanting to travel. He was a pretty bright and driven guy, who probably would have done well ascending the corporate ladder. If he is still alive, it would be interesting to compare notes with him.

I tend to avoid worrying about things I can't change, and focus on what I can. Nowadays, I have about 40 passwords, having a second verification in any is no big deal. I keep a document file of all of them, unhackable as they only display mostly asterisks. I can't say I have noticed any problems with my gmail account logging in, although I also have a standby yahoo email address in case.

They can deport him, and first detain him in an IDC. From what I gather, they are not holiday camps, especially for old people. It's a bad mistake to think the respect Thais exhibit for their own elderly extends to old foreigners.

If I assume your X and Y axes are the date of the forex on the x axis, and the rate on the y axis, you should be able to create a line graph by finding a function called X-Y scatter or similar in the Excel menus. Fill in the A column with the date, B column with the rate. At least, that's what I have done in LibreOffice, haven't used Excel for years.

You may be able to get them online nowadays, don't know if they could be shipped to Thailand for safety reasons. I just have a butane gas lighter, only used for lighting candles if there is a power failure. https://www.redheads.com.au/products

The value of a condo depends on a number of factors all potential buyers will examine, if they have any nous. * Sold unfurnished, quality of fixtures and fittings. * Furnished, furniture quality * Location and views * Effectiveness of security * Reputation of the juristic person * Parking * Presence or absence of a swimming pool * Apartment size * Reliability of infrastructure - plumbing, water, electricity, elevators. * Noise levels * Condo fees There's one condo in Chiang Mai wild horses could not drag me into buying at any price.