Paradise Pete

11 hours ago, Gobbler said:

Perhaps, the Bangkok Dentists are stunners and work in a Dental A gogo

 

Does 4K include the clinic fine?

19 hours ago, leverito said:

For high blood pressure-grape seed extract,hawthorn extract.

For cholesterol-red yeast extract.

But for high blood pressure exercising will help better.

And for cholesterol a specific diet will help better.Google diet for healthy cholesterol.

 

The first generation statins, such as lovastatin, came from red yeast rice. 

Fourth generation statins, such as rosuvastatin, are much better.

High LDL has a large genetic component. Some people will never have high amounts of LDL no matter what, and some people will have high LDL even with proper diet and rigorous exercise. For them, statins or other meds are life-changers.

There is no one-size-fits-all answer like those found in online forums. A cardiologist will work to find a proper solution for their individual patients. If you're in the US, find one who's board-certified.

If your LDL is high the first step is to get it under control, often through medication, and then focus on diet and exercise.

Also, the known best diet for long-term cardiovascular health is now well established. Thousands of papers have been published in the last 10 years.

Eat fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, legumes, fish and seafood.

Limit saturated fats.

If you regularly eat those, you can also enjoy (in moderation) whatever else you like to eat.

Ignore the gym-bros who promote things like the carnivore diet.

4 hours ago, KhunLA said:

that's funny ... 4 countries out of 200+ 

Of premium phones, Apple's worldwide marketshare is 62%. Second is Samsung, with 22%.

https://www.huaweicentral.com/huawei-ranks-third-while-apple-tops-in-q2-2024-global-premium-phone-market/

Prescription medication for these things has been throughly tested and is relatively inexpensive. Production is tightly regulated and the dosage of the active ingredient carefully controlled.

None of these things are true for supplements.

The corporate side of Big Pharma is evil to be sure, but these drugs work.

Diet and exercise is great, and of course a good idea in general, but when that's not enough the medication is the answer.

On 9/15/2024 at 3:24 AM, up2you2 said:

My son's Apple 13 iPhone's battery needs replacing.
From people's experience what's the best recourse, replace it through Apple Care or risk a non generic battery alternative, from many of these repair shops?

iPhones are difficult to service. If something goes wrong Apple will deal with it. If you go to a third party and something goes wrong you might be stuck with it.

Batteries are not outrageously priced. Considering the risk I personally would only let Apple do it.

14 hours ago, OneManShow said:

what is the currency exchange rate ?
I guess currency exchange rate is lower than Wise. 

$5+currency exchange rate difference. 
 

To me the only advantage of using debit is the speed, in case of emergency needs. 

 

I don't know what rate they use, as I've never done it.

I've always thought the same as you, that they would squeeze me on the rate. But looking at the links posted earlier, those were actually slightly better than Wise. If those are the rates I'd actually get I can't say until I try it.

I'm pretty happy with Wise overall, and the money hits in seconds. So no trip to the bank. That's worth a few bucks right there.

21 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Understand that those are the standard MC and VISA network exchange rates....

 

BUT, your U.S. bank can and often does charge foreign currency transaction fees on ATM withdrawals

 

Thanks. Mine charges $5, but for some reason they love me so much that any time they charge me a fee I can ask them to waive it and they do. I'm honestly not sure why. It's saved me a few hundred dollars over the years.

1 hour ago, gamb00ler said:

The exchange rate is set by Visa or Mastercard and is updated about 7AM every Tue-Sat.  See my earlier post for links to Visa/Mastercard.

Thanks. Those are handy links.

On 9/2/2024 at 12:24 AM, edwardflory said:

My Thai bank TELLER swipes my US Card, I sign 2 slips of paper, check my bankbook for correct deposit as I head to ATM, withdraw THB at ATM as I leave bank. ONE trip, one place, done in about 5 minutes. Total cost of transactiom of a 30,000bt transfer last week, $3.12  ( usually 3 to 5 mins wait time for teller not included )

What exchange rate are you getting?

3 hours ago, John Drake said:

 

Trump is a gruesome narcissist, a conman, a cheat. But he at least hasn't denied his origins and created an entirely fake personae. 

You're right. We can truly see what a horrible human being he is.

3 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

The report says he did not have the girl's consent, and was not married to her. I can only assume this was a reporting error, the only issue being the fact that she was only 14.

I took it to mean that's how the law is worded. 🤷🏻‍♂️

5 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

He's lucky the shards didn't cut his femoral artery (though thats more to the front).

 

What a way to, uh, go.

1 hour ago, kwaussie said:

If i was going for treatment i wouldn't trust him because of those silly tattoos.

I wouldn't trust him because he's stupid enough to conduct an ongoing enterprise he was certain to be arrested for.

On 8/29/2024 at 7:41 PM, gargamon said:

I wonder what she did to make him that angry?

Really. What was she wearing? Maybe she was asking for it. 🙄