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I keep 500K baht set aside for medical emergencies. If that's not enough, so be it. I am not going to leave my GF a pauper by paying for overpriced, greedy private hospital treatment that may only give me a bit more lifespan. She is under instructions to get me to a government hospital if needed. I am uninsurable, with a list of pre-existing conditions as long as my arm. Ironically, the medicos assure me none of those conditions are going to kill me. What irks me is sanctimonious posters intoning if one does not have health insurance, they should not be in Thailand. Spare me your vacuous bletherings, one size does not fit all.

Perhaps you should stop, you seem to be accident-prone. Or change your modes of exercise. Given your record, perhaps you should not buy dumbbells.

If I got cancer of the bowel, I'd be thinking about an exit with some dignity left.

I would tend to call the appliances being used coolers instead of refrigerators, to me a refrigerator is something maintained at 4 degrees C, with a freezer section. BTW, when are Americans going to get with the program, and go metric? Fahrenheit and gallons went out with bustles and button-up boots in most other countries.

I have had a Samsonite suitcase for many years. Baggage handlers would have to run over it with a tank to make an impression.

Each to his own, I keep the luxury stuff such as cheese, ice-cream etc. at the condo ( my man cave ) where the electricity supply is much more reliable. While I am in the village, a tub or two of yoghurt is all that is at risk, plus local meat and vegetables. My GF cooks a mix of Thai and Western food, the photo is her mussuman curry.

I tried CBD oil, did absolutely nothing for me, even at 5 times recommended dosage. Expensive at about 900 baht for 5 mL. OTOH, 25 mg of THC in an edible cookie sedated me for 5-6 hours, one hour after consumption. Also relieved hip pain for about 24 hours.

You can get anything fixed anywhere, whether it stays fixed is a different question. I am fortunate to have a good car mechanic and scooter mechanic in Chiang Rai. They've both been independents in the game a long time, most of the dealership mechanics don't know their a##e from their elbow.

The local stuff is about 10 baht for a small bottle. MY GF buys it in 2 litre containers and divides it up for sale. I don't know what the alcohol content is. It burns when lit with a match, so it is more than 50% alcohol by volume. My best guess from tasting it is about 80%, double that of Sangsom. Lao Khao consumption is also mostly responsible for village idiots, due to fetal alcohol syndrome.

My point is a Stihl has a very low probability of giving problems or needing servicing, although your point is valid as well. It's a really good brand, although I suppose at some point the bean counters will get in there and screw up the products in the name of the bottom line.

I would have thought this would be an object lesson in not having too many eggs in one basket, but perhaps your village does not have a morning and evening market where fresh food is available. The most we would lose in a prolonged power failure would be 500 baht.

Sorry.

Lean beef is still about 10-15% fat. Each to his own, when I eat a ribeye the fat gets shovelled aside.

That's always the regret of wine lovers, I should have bought more. Had that thought quite a few times.

PM'ing you once I have retrieved a video I made of the process.

I used to drink quite a bit of irrigated wines from the Griffith area, passable. Would load up there on my way back from hunting trips. They don't match up to the vineyards that rely on natural rainfall. Having said that, the wine is a fairly standard product year by year. OTOH, non-irrigated vineyards can be a gamble, terrible one year and superb the next. The best wine I have ever had - and it was only $15 a bottle from the cellar door - was Booth's 1990 Premium Shiraz. Once it was opened, there was no stopping until the bottle was empty. Cliffy Booth was the winemaker, how he made those hypnotic Shiraz is a secret that died with him.

He did say juicy chicken and pork roasts, what on earth has happened to your attention span? I bought an air fryer mainly because, unlike a frypan, it cooks the fat out of whatever meat one is using. Healthier.

No experience with Honda, Makita etc. Stihl is the only brand I would consider for a brush cutter. Expensive. You get what you pay for, Stihl appliances can go for 15-20 years with minimum maintenance. OTOH, Chinese stuff will have anyone on first name terms with the repair shop owner, because they will be seeing each other quite often.

Most Thai women are sweet, it's not hard to spot the dragons.

I cook for myself when I am alone, or get takeaway. My GF cooks for me when I am in the village. As I am on a low-carb diet, I enjoy thinking up new dishes which are also tasty. This is a diet soup or puree I make, served hot. Made from sai ua ( Northern Thai sausage ) green beans, cauliflower, cabbage, and broccoli.

Do they remember you too?

It's an irrigated wine from the NSW Riverina. A passable drop with a steak, a bit metallic. Made by Cranswick Wines, another bulk producer. 650 baht for 1.5 litres is actually reasonable for Thailand.

This man has come up with the perfect diet for Type 2 diabetes. I am wondering about the posting style, it is reminding me of the departed Nyezhov.

IMO they have the soil and climate. What they don't have is freedom from smoke taint, and modern technology. Every Thai wine I have tasted has been out of balance, it seems to me they can't complete fermentation of the sugars.

Assuming Tops has it, I'd say at a guess 3000 baht a bottle.