Lacessit

Every food we eat is subject to cellular destruction, starting with salivary enzymes, then hydrolysis with strong hydrochloric acid in the stomach, finished off by gut bacteria. The phrase "My dear friend and better start asking you some question" in your response tells me all I need to know, goodbye.

I am not disputing your statement proteins and fats can be molecularly damaged in a microwave, anyone who has heard the crackling that goes on in a microwave when operating on said substances would know something unusual is occurring. Having said that, I'd like to see evidence the damage generates harmful compounds. Acroleins from fats, maybe. Where's the evidence? One can generate acroleins just as easily if a frying pan is too hot. Sensible people operate microwave ovens as intended, with water-based foods.

Prediction of the future is based on models. They are only as good as the input data. When peak oil was talked about in the 70's, no-one knew the US was sitting on a bonanza of shale oil, or that Australia would become one of the world's biggest gas producers. Focus on what is happening NOW, verified by measurement. The Larsen Ice Shelf is melting at unprecedented rates. Australia has had record interior heat cells over the past decade. Greenland has lost a significant amount of its ice cover. Iceland lost 7% of its glaciers in the last two decades. You think those trends are going to magically reverse?

It's generally agreed global warming is the result of anthropomorphic emissions of carbon dioxide. The trend upwards since the Industrial Revolution is unmistakable. You can dismiss the statement 95% of scientists agree. That ignores the fact only 1% of the world's population has scientific training at the tertiary level. We have far more politicians and lawyers.

While I agree with the substance of your post, I would point out laws change, usually to the detriment of males. I've yet to see one that reduces women's entitlements, except in Muslim countries. I'm just wondering when that will happen in Thailand. To the OP: If getting married has the objective of saving yourself 400K baht on deposit, IMO it is not a very good reason.

What you say about ice is quite true. Unfortunately for your argument, most ice in Antarctica is land-based. The accepted calculation is if all the ice in Antarctica, Greenland etc. was to melt, sea levels would rise by 70 metres. 95% of scientists agree climate change and global warming are real. The 5% who don't are mostly linked to the fossil fuel industry, which has a vested interest in politicizing the issue with whatever venal politicians it can find. Which is probably the vast majority of them. My standard approach with climate deniers is to ask them to explain the meaning of the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics, which applies to climate change, which applies to global warming. 99% of the time, I get blank looks. I would then ask them to explain what albedo and clathrates are, and how they could trigger a black swan event. So far, I haven't got one person who had the foggiest clue what I am talking about. You could go away and Google all the terms I have used. However, knowing what they are and actually understanding what they mean are two different things. Your post is a good example of a little knowledge being dangerous.

I know governments make up the rules as they go along. Having said that, how does the UK government justify having different pension rules for different countries? AFAIK US and Australian age pensions are the same wherever their citizens are on the planet.

I do not know what other outcome is expected when Bangkok is one metre above the Gulf of Thailand. All it will take is a black swan event, such as the collapse of the Larsen Ice Shelf, for one metre above to become one metre below.

Personally, I like the Thai passbooks. Scamming a passbook is virtually impossible, when one has to provide passport ID and signatures to operate the account. Two of my accounts are linked to debit cards. Another two I don't touch, they are my 800K and medical emergency reserve. I might be a dinosaur, but the systems they have now of having banking apps on a smartphone for payment seem to me to be a big juicy target for hackers.

Try the big secondhand shops.

I was not aware foreigners could legally own a gun here. Home defense is easy when one is surrounded by neighbors who all know each other, and are all related in one way or another. Even easier in a condo. Comparing Thailand to America IMO is false equivalence. Mass shootings, which are common in the USA, do not seem to happen here, probably because Thai teenagers and assorted nutjobs can't buy semi-automatic weapons.

What has the OP tried in pursuit of a good night's sleep? 1/ 50 mg of a drowsy anti-histamine puts me to sleep for 6-8 hours. 2/ 25 mg of THC in an edible cookie sedates me for 5 - 6 hours. 3/ Memories of the women I have bonked may not get me off to sleep, but it does IMO beat staring at a ceiling.

I don't know if I have ever been in a place in Thailand where every single person was maskless, although I do notice it is mostly foreigners who do not wear them. When in Rome etc.

You have access to a VIP checkout at a supermarket? Every checkout I see at supermarkets is crowded. I don't know what the strict letter of the law is. I wear a mask in such places out of common courtesy, and consideration of others.

I think the photo was taken in 1991, just after he won the PGA.

Probably 6 or 7 years ago. The insulation was on top of the ceiling ( fibreglass encapsulated in aluminium foil ) with air space between that and the roof itself.

He's actually one of the prime examples of wasted talent, his flexibility is freakish for someone of his build. This is he before stacking on the avoirdupois. You are quite correct, he is well known for his clashes with authority, although AFAIK he has not yet thrown a caddie in any water.

Please post your evidence, AFAIK microwave is non-ionizing radiation with zero health effects, unless one was to climb into a microwave oven. Manufacturing standards for ovens are quite rigorous, in order to prevent stray radiation. Perhaps you have been looking at conspiracy websites too often.

IIRC, insulating the roof space on my GF's house was about 11,000 baht. Not a huge capital investment; however, it depends on what the time of payback is. The house does not have to be new to install insulation. I'd agree 1500 baht is not a huge bill for a house, having said that mine is 500-600 baht/month.

When you insulate the attic space, also ensure the roof space is vented so heat is not trapped inside. As other posters have said, solar panels are probably the best at reducing the electricity cost of a household.

It makes sense for places such as banks and 7/11's to want their customers to wear masks, as their employees are exposed to hundreds or thousands of potentially COVID-infected people in a working week. Too many sick employees affects service, and other functions of the business. It's a minor inconvenience to me, to some it is apparently like root canal therapy. As for closing an account because one has to wear a mask once a week or a month, banks have hundreds of thousands of customers, they are not going miss you. Moreover, I have better things to do with my time than opening a new account with another bank which may well have the same mask rules.

Clinking glasses is symbolic of medieval times, when a host would exchange some of his wine for that of a guest, to demonstrate the wine was not poisoned. I grow a naval beard out of laziness, it means I only have to shave every second day. I don't buy new things to impress friends, neighbors and relatives. I read books by authors many people have never heard of, and listen to classical music. I am not on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter. I don't modify the exhaust of my scooter to make it as loud as possible. I only have debit cards, no credit cards. I wear secondhand clothes. I don't eat McDonald's, KFC or Pizza Hut. I use a free Linux OS on my computer devices, in preference to Windows or Apple. I can't say what classification I fall into. I'm reasonably sure I am not a sheep; however, I would not get my knickers in a twist on something as trivial as clinking glasses.

Gas is usually prohibited in condos, which is why I bought an air fryer I could use on my balcony. The attached photos are a pork steak I bought for 40 baht, fairly tough and only rescued by the marinade. Also a beef eye fillet from Cape Grim, Tasmania. Tender, and I was not going to modify the flavor with a marinade. The temperature probe told me both were cooked as I wanted. Maybe I can do better with fancier equipment, to me it's unnecessary. I'm getting what I want.

For something that deep, fecal and total coliform testing would be prudent.

Educate me please. What does a gynaecology chair do? BDSM? Now stocks, that I can understand.