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Neither. The really valuable stuff ( cash, debit cards ) stay on my person.

Eva Cassidy died too young.....

Plant grass, and buy some sheep or goats to graze it quietly.. Be careful of the billies, though. I understand alpacas make excellent guard animals.

Very probably, given Mae Moh power station in Lampang is one of the dirtiest emitters on the planet, and is currently undergoing expansion.

He's too lazy to use my full nom-de-plume.

Likewise, you have no idea who you are talking to. As for women, anyone can boast from behind a keyboard they have shagged more women than Gary Cooper or Errol Flynn. I suppose next, you'll be saying your cock is bigger than mine, the usual infantile BS.

Keep us posted when her photoshopped image turns out to be a menopausal checkout chick with three kids from three fathers, and a B Sc in BS. Like your initials.

You may be right, I will check that.

Don't bruise yourself jumping to conclusions. How long have you been here, anyway? You sound like a typical 6-month know-it-all. You don't like Aussies? Dilligaf.

I get that higher wages = higher cost. Extending that to higher quality of life is total BS. Don't YOU get it? My retirement pension and assets go so much further in Thailand than they ever would in Australia. A condo here cost me AUD 50,000. I couldn't even buy a decent motor home for that in Oz.

Where else can I rent an apartment with a swimming pool for AUD 400 a month? Same apartment in Melbourne would be AUD 500 - 600 per week. Where else could I have a GF 23 years younger than me? Where else could I afford to have two cars, and two scooters? Who cares about corruption, bureaucracy, double pricing and Thai politics? It's none of my business, and does not affect me. 90 day reporting is 5 minutes of my time on the internet. Having given up alcohol, its cost is irrelevant to me. Some posters are only happy when they have something to bitch about.

My thought exactly. Bignok did it a couple of months ago.

I would attempt to find the owner. Failing that, I would hand it in to the police. They can choose if they want to be thieves, I'm not.

My GF buys shirts, trousers etc. for me in the secondhand shops. If they don't fit perfectly, there's a seamstress in the village to make them so. She has a good eye for top shelf brands, it's amazing what people discard after wearing once or twice. She loves shopping, can spend 5 or 6 hours in a store with a friend who is similarly inclined.

Most Thais would probably prefer to grind it up themselves. Supply and demand.

Attacking the messenger is a common feature of dishonest posters.

A great interviewer, his 3-celebrity format was always entertaining. Billy Connolly and Barry Humphries were memorable. RIP.

Ironic, because one of America's most cherished institutions has many socialist features and dependency - the US military.

15 plus emoticons, IMO you nailed it.

Left-wing is a perception thing. Americans react to the term socialism as if it is another form of leprosy, whereas there are other nations that periodically elect socialist governments with no fuss. The most interesting aspect of this thread for me is the number of posters I see in grayscale, who have made it onto my ignore list.

AFAIK making an extract of the leaves with boiling water is legal.

Kratom is legal in Thailand. IMO whether it is leaf or powder should not matter.

Most sales people I encounter in these stores have little technical knowledge of the products they sell, except upselling is always good. I remember a salesman in the same brand store who tried to convince me I needed a 40,000 BTU air conditioner for a 35 sqm condo. Funnily enough, my GF was the first to lose patience, and walked out.

Liver cirrhosis has no respect for anyone. Neither does a portal shunt.

The medication approach would probably fly. I have never been a big drinker. The last two years, I was probably averaging a glass of wine or a Scotch and Coke twice a week. I quit entirely in February this year. I went on to medication which requires 7 glasses of water a day. I'd be beyond stupid putting alcohol on top of what my kidneys and liver are coping with. I can't say I miss alcohol, although IMO a steak cries out for a glass of shiraz to go with it.