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Now you've reminded me of the Flanders and Swann song, "The Reluctant Cannibal". IIRC, the preceding dialogue contained the line " Always be sincere,whether you mean it or not."

IMO a gentle Thai massage would be helpful, also try hot showers.

23.37 is not a collapse, even if you would like it to be. No need to trim my budget, I have enough in Thai baht to last for the next two years without touching my pension income. Also heavy weighting in gold and silver. Which both go up as currencies are crunched. IIRC, I saw the AUD briefly below 20 baht about two years ago. It came back then, it will come back again. It's called a cycle.

I love my scooter, so much more convenient for short trips round town and shopping. Hate to think what life would be without it. I can drive manual and automatic cars. Good luck to those who can drive bikes with a clutch and gears, that is too complicated for me. I guess the manual versions mean one can do wheelstands, not interested. Tough enough surviving on Thai roads as it is.

I am 79. I have a regime of cardio, stretching and swimming. Pushups. Climbing stairs, golf walking. Unfortunately, I find when I start pushing on the weights side, I tend to injure myself, which defeats the purpose of the training. I will give the super slow hint a try.

BMI is in normal range. My guess is your personal trainer will slowly increase the weight regime.

Agree with the "local" recommendation. I also look hard at supplier ratings, and feedback. I prefer payment in advance, as I don't want to have to wait around for deliveries.

At some point, does he not have to get his virgin passport stamped with a transferred visa? Or does he continue to carry his old passport around with him for the next ten years? I can understand what you are saying with a freshly minted passport, not one that is six or twelve months old.

I have 11 pages of orders with Lazada. I have had only one problem, with a non-functioning heater where I got a refund in about a week after sending the item back. It does baffle me why people have problems with Lazada. I am in my late seventies too. I would suggest to the OP he is never too old to learn. Life is easier when one can utilize some of the technology available.

I am somewhat confused by your statement, why would I cart an old passport around with me if I have visa stamps in the new one? I last entered Thailand in February 2020, with the new passport. From that, I am assuming the visa was transferred to the new passport, otherwise I would have been refused entry.

I have never had the situations you quote arise in Thailand. IME if women are treated with consideration, they will respond favorably. I always tried to put them at ease. If a woman was reluctant, I would let it go. So many options available. As several posters have said, sometimes we don't pay for sex, we pay them to leave.

What's astounding is you can make these claims without any way for other posters to verify what you say is true. Apart from dubious anecdotal evidence, is there any empirical data you can cite?

3 hours driving is a pretty long jump.

The right are intelligent? IIRC, it's the Republican states who have the higher COVID death rates. A $99 NFT is worth nothing, except to Trump. One has to buy a slew of them to get invited to a dinner with him catered by Maccas, assuming he honors that promise.

So are your put-downs, very unoriginal. Goodbye.

I order supplements online. I would never buy meds online, too risky. Some antibiotics can become quite dangerous past their use-by date.

My GF of 8 years is from Chiang Rai, after several attempts by Chiang Mai women to move to a more permanent footing.

Yes, even when. The ones that didn't get into it only got one shot. The ones that did were repeaters.

I got three stamps in my new passport when I took it to Immigration with the old one. TR 2014, NON-O 2014, NON-RE 2019. Plus a bigger stamp which had dates of 2010 and 2014. On that basis, I'd say you are the one that's wrong.

I agree with what you have said. In the post above. It does seem to be at odds with previous posts of yours, which state you pay your wife to pretend to love you, or your only interest when having sex is your own satisfaction. It does sound misogynistic to me. Personally, I enjoy sex more when the woman is satisfied too, maybe that's just me.

I could include Chiang Mai Erotic Gardens, if it is still going. There's an interesting collection of Thai proverbs in Thai and English at the Doi Saket temple. Chiang Rai is a jumping off point for so much more, Mae Sai markets, Phu Chi Fa, White Temple, Blue Temple, Black House, Doi Mae Salong, Doi Mae Mon, Chiang Saen Skywalk, the Mekong, Doi Chang and Wat Sang Kaew Phothiyan. I suppose with time Chiang Rai will become as congested as Chiang Mai.

My attitude to men who hit women, or use them selfishly for solely their own pleasure, is on record. Guilty as charged. I get along fine with most guys. IMO it would be a lot cheaper for misogynists to buy battery-operated inflatable rubber dolls. Plus a supply of KY. She's got bruises and is bleeding, to most people that denotes an assault. In terms of who did the damage, and in order of probability, I'll stick with Occam's razor.

Assuming your guess is correct, how does that justify an assault? Your attitude to women is well known on this forum, I'll leave it at that.

I don't count Loi Kroh grannies in my list of attractions.

Rest, ice, compression, elevation. I got relief from golfer's elbow with two sessions of acupuncture, that treatment may not suit everyone. If you are going to take an anti-inflammatory like ibuprofen, short-term only. Longer term causes kidney damage.