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I was taught defensive driving in Australia, which is why I have survived here accident-free. Of course I use my mirrors, dumb comment in keeping with others you have made. You expect foreign drivers to be able to read Thai signs? 80% of them here can't even speak Thai, let alone read it. You are Greatest Of All Time in one attribute only, and it is not flattering. On ignore now as an annoying troll.

All ages are welcome. Why do you feel you are nearing 80?

For me, it is in Billy Joel's " Goodnight Saigon" when he sings "and we were so gung-ho to lay down our lives". That single line encapsulates all the waste of young lives in war. An honorable mention to Johnny Cash's " Man in Black". "Each week we lose a hundred fine young men". What is yours?

I don't concern myself with what other people do. Their life, their decisions. I am now down to one glass of wine and one Sangsom and diet Coke once a week. My life, my decision. I've seen a couple of alcoholics die when I lived in Chiang Mai, and it was far from peaceful.

Trump can't complain justice is not even-handed, but he probably will anyway. Being the victim is part of his playbook.

We are fairly infrequent on the sex front, it's more a lot of cuddling and playing nowadays. She fusses over me, doing up extra buttons on my shirt, or turning down my collar so I look "nice". She worries that since my diet change I have become too thin. Like yourself, my GF will be well looked after when I pass on, but she hates any discussion of the topic. I sometimes get the feeling we become father figures to much younger women. My GF uses me as a sounding board, and turns to me whenever there is a problem. While she will travel with female friends in a minibus on excursions, there is no way she would get on an aircraft without me, or drive on mountain roads. She got quite scared on a recent trip up Doi Mae Mon, to see hydrangeas in bloom. Started a bit of back seat driving, I put a stop to that by asking if she would like to drive instead. When we were back down on the flat, she thanked me for getting us down safely, and said never again. Which will last as long as her next itch to go somewhere.

The HR guy was quite incredulous, because I was the first person he had tested that had achieved a 100% score in those categories, and he had tested thousands of job applicants. How's your own literacy, Mr. Snarky?

I would not call it simple when four variables are created, when only one variable exists in the solution I proposed.

It's a waste of time pursuing it, move on. Lesson learned, I won't even take a hotel room for one night unless I have seen it first.

I get that, but why add an extra layer of cost and complexity when the solution is as simple as reduction to one variable?

Makes four variables out of the current two. More components to break down. KISS.

Sleep disorder is a well-known precursor of depression.

I understand the Balinese hate the Javanese, who are the dominant force in Indonesian politics. 14,000 islands and about 30 cultures, what could go wrong. I also understand the ban will not go down well on Sulawesi, where the locals have the reputation of screwing like rabbits.

Those land-based banks just love charging excessive fees and applying wide spreads on all currencies. WISE and XE would not exist if it was not for those facts.

The OP is trying to control temperature of two streams, two variables. If he shuts off his cold water supply, he will only have one variable. On both my water heaters, there is a temperature control dial. I set it to the desired water temperature, cold water in, warm or hot water out. Basic Hitachi and Toshiba 4.5 kW. The water temperature in the condo shower remains unchanged, because my GF is too short to reach the temperature control. In her house, it goes back and forth because she prefers colder water. Mounting a water heater above the ceiling doesn't sound too smart to me, inaccessible for either temperature control, or if the heater develops a fault. KISS.

The only vehicle I would feel safe in here is an M1 Abrams tank.

It may be helpful to other posters if you outlined your reasons for wanting a sleep study, and what a sleep study is supposed to do. I must admit I have never heard of one before. Googling, Bumrungrad offers a range of options from 9900 baht at your abode to 25,000 baht for the full monty.

Coffee and alcohol are both diuretics, which means they do dehydrate. It depends on personal physiology, some people are more sensitive, age and other medications can also be involved. IMO nothing wrong with napping in the afternoon if you feel like it, I do the same. Dehydration can lead to cramps. If you are feeling faint, it may be because of a drop in blood pressure due to getting up from a prone position too quickly.

Given the incompetence of about 95% of Thai drivers, I drive defensively, and assume everyone else on the roads is trying to kill me. It's not a good idea to insist on one's "rights" here, better to just let idiots do what they want, and stay out of their way. I suspect the dogmatists who want right of way, when they are in a Nissan Micra, with a cement truck bearing down on them, are not long for this world.

His subsequent posts gave me that impression. I'll leave it there.

Great photos, I recommend a trip to Doi Inthanon if you want cool to cold. King and Queen's garden well worth some camera time. I'm just wondering how you manage to maintain concentration for hours, particularly on dirt roads. I'm sure I couldn't. Safe travels.

IMO gold is not a speculative asset, it's a hedge against inflation and currency debasement. It's impossible for the gold price to fluctuate as wildly as bitcoin, and it is solid, not some stream of organized electrons in cyberspace. I have never lost money buying and selling gold over 30 years. I am damn sure I would lose my shirt on crypto.

What you say is definitely true of Western societies, where the pressure to stay looking young is enormous. Just check out the number of plastic surgeons making fortunes in every Western country. Failing that, shunt us off into aged care where we are no longer a burden to our relatives. Here, my GF does not care how old I look. She is still quite happy to sleep with me, and she has a vested interest in keeping me alive for as long as possible.

I drive a small scooter, and a small car. Don't bruise yourself jumping to conclusions.

I have found Ubon Joe to be the most helpful as far as visa issues go. Point taken concerning IO's, however, when I am wrong I admit it, and move on. I don't have much tolerance for those who won't. Especially when they want to appear as experts in the subject matter What he posted was wrong, full stop. Check Ubon Joe's post on the same point if you don't believe me.