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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.

Amen.

AFAIK arthroscopy is repair, surgeons don't waste their time going in to just look around. Surgery was certainly a win for me, after a couple of months trying to sleep upright in a chair. About 30 seconds after I laid down flat in bed, the knee would start aching, and ramp up to about 8 out of 10 on the pain scale. As soon as I sat up in a chair, the pain went. I could walk without pain. After the surgery, the surgeon said he had just done a bit of trimming, and my recovery was completely dependent on the work I put into the rehab. I have not needed RICE, Celebrex, knee bandages or any other paraphernalia for 15 years. A couple of other things the OP could do to assist his cause. Ditch sugar entirely from the diet, and lose weight.

Anti-inflammatories should only be used for short-term relief, long-term they cause kidney damage. Diclofenac is one of the worst NSAID's in that respect. X'rays are fairly useless, in your shoes I would be getting a MRI done. Given the circumstances you describe of the first occurrence, it is possible you have torn the knee meniscus. That can only be fixed with surgery, via an arthroscopy. I had an arthroscopy on my right knee about 15 years ago. One month of rehab, and I have been good to go ever since.

IMO it's more important to think for myself. Talking to myself would be too embarrassing for me, my voice sounds like a castrated bullfrog. Sometimes, I don't even understand myself. What am I doing behind a keyboard, when I could be out and about on my scooter?

It is virtually impossible in Thailand to find packaged food that does not have sugar in it, with the exception of a few yoghurts. Like you, I do a lot of my own cooking. It's the only way to keep the damn stuff out. A small correction. Fruit contains fructose, which is a sugar that is not metabolized by insulin, and does not show up on the fasting blood and hBA1C tests. It is processed by the liver instead, and can cause fatty liver disease. It's best to eat fruits low in fructose, such as apples, guava and berries. Bananas, pineapple, mango and lychees are too high in fructose/carbs.

Look at it now. Celsius,Babel Finance, Vauld. Luna, TerraUSD. The list of failing and teetering companies in crypto is growing. When someone is promising a risk-free investment return of 18% on an asset that is nothing but a stream of electrons, any sensible investor would be saying <deleted> off.

My destiny is unchanged. I would still be living where I am now. As my GF loves travel, and I have traveled enough for five people, I'd say the virus has been beneficial for both myself and my wallet.

My mistake, omitted the 3 in the first number.

The virus is not over. Perhaps one of its undeclared symptoms is unpredictable effects on mental stability.

"Google is your friend" and "Do your own research" are the typical evasions on ASEAN by anyone who actually does not have anything to support a claim they have made. Not my job at all, I stopped working for other people 15 years ago.

I made the mistake of believing I should adhere to the concepts of duty and responsibility. In hindsight, I should have walked out after two weeks. It did convert me to a mindset of trying before buying.

As I explained in my previous post, I usually get waved through a fair bit faster than the "nothing to declare" lane. The difference is, I have declared something, you have not. Frankly, if your hostile response is replicated at the airports, I am not surprised Border Force would give you a hard time. On ignore now, goodbye.

Your friend needs to phone the Centrelink International section to find out why his pension payments have been stopped. He will probably be asked to provide a fair amount of information for security reasons, so he should assemble as much as possible. Centrelink number, passport, tax file number DOB etc. The phone number for the international section is +61 6222 3455.

If I was to marry my Thai GF, and the authorities in Australia found out, my age pension would be docked by about 10,000 baht/month. As my GF will have a secure future after I die, I don't consider marriage is necessary in my circumstances. It's just a bit of paper. Commitment comes in other forms. I certainly did not enjoy my marriage in Australia. None of those flaws have surfaced here.

A 9 hour flight indicates to me the departure point was somewhere in Asia, which is always treated with suspicion due to drug smuggling, and the fact some Asian nationalities are always trying to bring foodstuffs into Australia that go beyond ridiculous. They must think they are going to starve in the country without their cuisine. Here's a tip you may want to try if you go back to Australia. I always put an innocuous item, such as dried fruit, coffee or tea in my luggage, and declare it. About 90% of the time, I just get asked what it is, and are waved through. The other 10%, I'm asked to open up my luggage, which reveals exactly what I claimed, conveniently placed at the top. IME I usually get through the whole rigmarole a fair bit faster than the nothing to declare passengers, because I am a goody-two shoes who has done the right thing.