Jamie

Definitely not good to be spraying water on an unknown chemical. Perhaps the sacks had identification marks on them? In any event, I have a feeling HAZMAT response teams are not the norm there.

Maybe you could go on sabbatical for a year in Thailand to see if it's the right choice for you. I'd discuss this option with your work first and see what they have to say. It gives you a full year to test the waters and if it's not for you, you have a job to go back to.

Be careful with the anesthetic cream. I have heard of patients dying from an overdose while having laser procedures done. It's best to do a test patch and then if you opt to use the cream that you remove it ASAP after the treatment. Use as little as possible to take the edge off the laser zaps.

If you don't go on a schedule, you could be wasting your money. Laser only works on those hairs in the growth phase. That is about 30% of the hair. The others will not be treated. If you go and get a treatment, and then wait too long, you could miss a number of hairs that are in the growth phase.

Remember that laser is NOT 100% effective. A lot has to do with the proficiency of the technician. If they have a bad technique or don't use the proper setting, you could end up just stunning the hair follicle and not actually killing it if the energy setting is too low. On the other hand you can get laser burns if they use too high of an energy setting.

Some people have wonderful results with lasers. Others get little to no result...even those that are the optimum patient for the procedure.

Neither...please stuff me in a freezer.

If anyone is interested the technology is already proven. An American company Changing World Technologies holds most of the patents on the technology. They have a plant online joint ventured with ConAgra Foods that converts Turkey guts to oil in about 8 hours as I recall. The process does even better with plastic waste. Old tires can also be used as feedstock. In fact any organic material including sewage and medical waste can be used as feedstock. Previous attempts such as the one mentioned by Pepe failed. This was largely due to the water. The technology employed by Changing World Technologies makes water part of the process. It will be interesting to see if the Thai government is seeking proposals from this company. If so it might work. Below are links to articles on the process including one in National Geographic.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/20..._turkeyoil.html

http://www.changingworldtech.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changing_World_Technologies

I read about this company, but there hasn't really been much new on it. I think if their process was as good as they claim it to be, there would be more plants going up. I haven't heard anything else on the plant in Missouri either nor has their website been updated in quite some time. I think that it is a great idea, but I'd want to see some solid numbers, from a real world scenario.

I'm not a lady but I'll chime in anyway.

This is a common procedure, but it won't be 100% effective. It depends on the type of scars too. Are they just discolored marks? There are lasers to fade scars. Are they indented? There are lasers that can help stimulate collagen that will make the scar fill in some. If they are raised, or keloid, lasers probably won't be very effective.

I found a site (consolidated-fares.com) for my next trip to BKK. They gave me a "promotional airfare from $630"...whatever that means. They give no details, so you have to call. If anyone has used them before, I would like to know how well they worked for you.

Yes and look at most Americans - frangs gut hanging out over there belts, guess why this is happening????? You guessed it all the "JUNK" food places like discribed in the titled posting-

Most of the "farangs" I seen last week weren't Americans, rather Australian, British, German etc etc...They must love their fast food too as I don't think most could see their feet for their large stomach being in the way.

You forgot the "beer factor"

True, but the ladies also seemed to suffer from gut overhang.

An excellent source of waterborne disease !

Naka.

Really, some people are just toooo paranoid. Relax!!!

Paranoid !! few years ago at last 32 died in Holland of veterans disease after walking true an water fountain which was contaminated with the veterans bacteria.

Copy from Dutch Newspaper

Netherlands, 1999

In March 1999, an outbreak in the Netherlands occurred during a flower exhibition in Bovenkarspel. 200 people became ill and at least 32 people died. There is a possibility that more people died from it, but these people were buried before the Legionella infection was recognized. The source of the bacteria were probably water sprinklers ( fountain ) the exhibition area.

So please don’t say that it is paranoid, I walk always around those water fans and don’t use there terrace better careful then dead.

And as you may also know, most of the problems with what you describe comes from water that has been sitting or is recycled over and over again. Not the case with these misting fans.

Yes and look at most Americans - frangs gut hanging out over there belts, guess why this is happening????? You guessed it all the "JUNK" food places like discribed in the titled posting-

Most of the "farangs" I seen last week weren't Americans, rather Australian, British, German etc etc...They must love their fast food too as I don't think most could see their feet for their large stomach being in the way.

What exactly are the reservoirs dug in to? In order for most metals to dissolve in to water, you need the water to be pretty acidic.

Sometimes you have to keep trying. Had problems with a few sites while there last week...kept getting warnings, but if I hit refresh a few times, it would go through.

Was in BKK last week and my girl friend and myself did get some looks in the hotel lobby, but it was mainly from the western women...not sure what their problem was, as the staff were very friendly and never gave us any problems. We are both similar in age though.

On the contrary, in some of the restaurants, she giggled a few times when the older, 60+ year old guy came in with the 20 year old thai girl.

Crohns can be found anywhere along the digestive tract. It can be found just in the large intestine, but if you just had a colonoscopy, you probably didn't have the ileum looked at. I'd also suspect ulcerative colitis.

What kind of flow are you looking at? As far as the head, it can be an issue if you are just using the power of the PVCs and not running the pump off of batteries that are recharged by the cells.

Not to say this is your problem, but when I seen your list of symptoms, it sounded like Crohn's disease. I have it and your lists was pretty much the same list of symptoms I had. You can be perfectly fine and then one day/night end up with all the symptoms.

With Hep B and C, those generally can take years before the onset of symptoms. Any problems with jaundice?

A little background on yourself might help. What's your education level, and what is your expertise? I think beyond teaching, having your own business or being transferred there, you aren't going to have much luck. English is the main subject taught by foreigners there, but it is not the only subject. Depending on your qualifications, there is a need for math, chemistry and general science teachers.

I inherited my father in law's truck. I got it with 24,000 km on it and it's a 2004 Strada. The back of the truck is higher than the front. I didn't like it when I got it and wanted to make the truck normal again. After reading this, I now know that I was correct.

When I turn the wheel all the way to the right, I and start the truck, I heard a grinding/crunching noise that is not normal. I do not hear it unless the wheel is turned completely to the right.

I'll assume until someone confirms or corrects me the the Universal Joint is totally F#$*$cked. What will it cost to fix? I need a ballpark before I take it to my Mitsu guy on Sukhumvit Pattaya.

Knowing her father, he did it on the cheap. What he did was put two 8 inch extenders where the axle connected. I doubt he did anything to the front of the car and that is why the noise comes from extreme right hand turns.

I just uploaded a picture. If you carefully look, you'll see the difference in height at the front vs. the back.

When you say that you hear a noise when you turn the wheel to the right, do you hear it when you are moving or any time, like just sitting there? If you are hearing it just when moving, I would check your CV joints. If you are hearing it any time, it could be the power steering pump or the steering wheel gear box.

What about DIY - that would be alot cheaper and you can do it in the comfort of your own place... Anyone have recommendations on how to do that ?

Grab yourself a 64 oz. bottle of Gatoraide and another bottle of Polyethylene Glycol 3350 from the drug store. Combine the two and it'll run you <150 baht.

Not a fun experience tho...

I believe Polyethylene Glycol is the same thing they make you drink before having a colonoscopy. They call it Golytely here in the States. It will definitely flush anything in your system out. Bad taste of plastic and salt though

So...maybe you ought to go in and get a colonoscopy. You get your colon flushed and you get to have your "plumbing" checked out as an added bonus.

Big Atlantic sharks disappearing, study warns

Posted on Fri, Mar. 30, 2007

Humans, mainly those in countries with a craving for shark-fin soup, have devoured so many of the oceans' top predators that it has rattled the length of the marine food chain, according to a study to be published today in the prestigious journal Science.

BY CURTIS MORGAN

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just to throw a bit more fuel on the fire ...................................

They don't call it the food web for nothing. Kill off a major predator and you're bound to see repercussions else where. I read it caused a population explosion of skates and rays. They will answer by harvesting as many skates and rays as possible now.

Water doesn't make iron rust...rust is oxidation. Put a piece of iron in a low oxygen environment with water and corrosion will be extremely slow. Of course water contains a certain amount of free oxygen, so that will eventually react with the iron.

Distilled water has a "flat" taste do to lack of minerals/salts. I don't think that by drinking just distilled water you are going to run in to problems with electrolyte imbalance because you are going to make up for those minerals in the foods you eat.

Jamie...you mentioned that you have an old truck with an automatic transmission. Just out of curiosity, what kind of truck is it? Thailand is number two in the world (after the States) for pickup sales and in proportion to the population, trucks are much more common on the roads than in the States. I like the safety, handling and comfort of a car but I also like the durability/longevity of these diesel pickups. The roads here are bad and a tough suspension is needed to handle that constant pounding.

My truck is a 1988 Chevy Silverado, half ton 4x4, gas tbi. It has just over 230,000 miles on it with no major engine problems...just a tranny rebuild since that was the weak point in this model. It was rebuilt with a stronger sun shell and has been good for the past 175,000 miles.

Manuals are built to last, but they can be a major PITA when driving in traffic or having to come to a stop on a hill with the idiot behind you right on your bumper. I drive both manual and auto but much prefer using an automatic. Computerized autos have come a long way from their earlier models and have become more efficient.

My old truck has a non-computerized auto tranny. I've never had any problems with shifting on hills. It's got about 175,000 miles on it now and the torque converter likes to lock and unlock around 35 mph, but it doesn't do that all too often.

also, excessive lifting may screw your drive train angles and lead to premature failure of universal joints etc.

You will also raise the centre of gravity of the vehicle and it may be more prone

to overturn in extreme conditions.

I cannot see where the size of the "fenders", bumpers comes in, but the wheel arch

size certainly affects the size of wheels that can be fitted.

I've seen people put oversized tires on their truck only to have them hit the inside of the fender in a turn.