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17 posts by the OP, 3 by other posters. That's some kind of record for TV/ASEAN. No, I was not inspired by second-rate American authors, with turgid prose. I was inspired by working in SE Asia, and the knowledge if I stayed in Australia, the boredom would become unendurable. For me, the apotheosis of American literature is Steinbeck's "East of Eden."

In a previous post you said, and I quote: "That is why such "medication" is banned on flights!" Short-term memory loss?

Aren't you over-reacting somewhat? IME, when I am roused early from a sleep medication, it's business as usual. Possibly reactions are slower. Check any passenger list, you will find elderly people who have slow reactions anyway. On long haul flights, the cabin crew want you to sleep. I would like you to post a link from any airline that prohibits taking sleeping or any other medication on an aircraft. Because when I look on the internet, there are various recommendations against taking some types of sleeping pills, depending on the length of flight. i can't find anything that states there is a legally-enforceable ban, as you are claiming.

I am known as Khun Ta by my GF's grand-daughter, and Santa Claus by the caddies at my local golf club.

False equivalence, a bed is not a meat patty. Which, BTW, is beef, not pork in the McMuffins I used to eat. How do you know those patties are not a threat to the Australian livestock industry? Post your degrees in animal epidemiology, please. You gave an official some attitude, and did not bring out the paperwork which would have supported your case. Then you're surprised you presumably got red-flagged on future trips. I'd like to be a fly on the wall when you are going for a visa extension at Immigration.

At the risk of going off topic, I'll try to explain the principle of deterrence. It's nothing to do with "The punishment should fit the crime". About three months ago, I was fined 500 baht for speeding. A slap on the wrist. The same offense in Australia would have cost me 14,000 baht, plus demerit points. The road death toll in Australia averages about 1150 per year. In Thailand, it is more than 20,000. See where I am going with this? Hopefully, the moron who brought in the McMuffins will now serve as a warning to other morons. Now please explain to me why entire industries should be placed at risk to placate your dubious philosophy. Even Thailand bans the import of meat and meat-based products in passenger luggage. As I remarked to another poster, if you don't like Australian quarantine laws, don't go there. It's not as if morons do not get fair warning.

Confiscation of goods, and a $25 fine. You really think that kind of slap on the wrist is going to have any deterrence? No doubt your "INSANE" interpretation arose from being a scofflaw, then having to pay for it.

The rules are there for good reason. If you don't like those rules, or the penalties for breaching them, don't go to Australia. Incoming passengers get fair warning. You think people with the attention span of a goldfish should get a free pass? My guess would be importing vermin nowadays would not just be a fine, it would be jail.

Can't help you with the Kindle. If you have a smartphone, you can go on the Amazon website and download every and any book you have purchased to the phone, and read them there. My Kindle gets very little use nowadays, the smartphone is less bulky and the text is just as legible.

Can't help you there, I've only been to Pattaya once, and I was not shopping for power plugs.

Some of the posters on Quora have a genuine talent for asking questions with blindingly obvious answers.

They are there to assist the organizers of trivia competitions.

I'm on that forum, although it is somewhat moribund. I am not banned, the statement "everyone is banned" is ridiculous. I'd suggest libeling anyone on scant evidence is not a good idea, even if it is supposedly a private message. If the OP really wanted to make their communication private, they should have exchanged email addresses.

It's not when one considers the cost to whole industries that can be instigated by one moronic traveler. IIRC, it was the British who introduced rabbits and foxes to Australia, to satisfy their need for upper class pastimes such as hunting. The damage that has been done by those vermin to pastoral land and native species is beyond calculation. I think it was Oscar Wilde who said fox hunting was the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible.

Certainly can, if the meat is not cooked fully. However, that's not the point. The quarantine laws are spelled out quite clearly multiple times for incoming passengers.

Flight time from Bali to Darwin is 2 hours 35 minutes. It was a person who is now on ignore who mentioned a flight time of 9 hours, so I'd say your post is an example of picking nits when you have not bothered to read the full thread, in your eagerness to criticize me. You have just joined said person.

There is a Siam Legal branch in Chiang Mai.

Presumably your desert island won't have a pharmacy, don't forget your KY and meds.

Beats me why anyone would want to do that. The three imperatives for most people are food, shelter and sex. Thailand has all three in abundance at low cost, I'm staying put.

Michael Burry is predicting a major sharemarket crash, and he is putting his money where his mouth is. One of the few that did well in the GFC.

Dairy products are not regarded fondly either . I am not sure a McMuffin that's been stashed in an aircraft hold or carryon luggage for 8 or 9 hours would fit the description of fresh. I am unable to think of a single international airport in Australia that would not have a McDonalds waiting to service incoming passengers, so to me it is stupidity squared or cubed.

A big vote of thanks to the pond life that confirms the image which some Thais in power are attempting create, of foreigners in general.

I didn't know about the kidney problem, although nearly all medications do some damage. Prednisolone gave me short-term memory loss and hallucinations, one day on that <deleted> was enough for me.

Who writes this BS? given the fact a deeply conservative state ( Kansas ) has just voted to preserve abortion, the results of the mid-term elections in November could well be the opposite of the author's predictions.

Beer is the worst for carbs, whisky and other spirits are zero. Not sure how San Mig does that. I bought into Dr. Ken Berry's diet ( well, not completely ) after making a New Year's resolution to lose weight. I was 92-94 kg last year, I am now 81 kg. It's not just the knees, it is axiomatic the heart and lungs have less work to do.