JackGats

Try Theanine.

Are SMSs from Australia to Thailand free for the bank? If not that might be the issue. I keep an EU cellular number to which my bank can send free SMSs free of charge.

Kratom is known to produce some stimulating euphoria right after it kicks in. Later on it makes you want to lie down. At 60 baht per bottle I don't think they would bother to add any "other stuff".

Markets where fresh food like vegies and fruit are sold will generally have someone selling kratom "tea" from an ice box. Just ask and they will point you to the general direction where that someone is sitting. It's good to stick to the same provider so you can rely on the brew's strength.

That's bad. However it's all I can do to keep my EU accounts in Thailand. If I moved to Russia I'd keep them no more than a few weeks I guess.

Well, if they moved to Russia, then got all their Canadian bank accounts cancelled because of sanctions, that's hardly Russia's fault is it?

UK banks paying 5%? Wow! EU-banks are already down to 3% most of them.

I used DHL recently to send a hearing aid from Portugal to Belgium. Got delivered the next day.

If I could answer that question with certainty and accuracy I'd be a rich man.

I've found Gaviscon to be more efficient than PPIs. Dunno if it's ok for diabetics since it tastes sweet. Besides, it is mighty expensive. It is based on alginate building a raft on top of stomach content to prevent it from soaring.

Exactly. And the media know that. They print the message they want to convey in the title and the first two paragraphs. Then they print the correcting facts and the balanced assessment right at the end, in order to hedge against any accusation of dishonesty like the one I'm levelling here. Alas, it works only to well.

Happy Water, what a crappy cocktail again! The quality of drugs in this part of the world is on a par with the quality of food IMO.

The Washington Post article was entitled "They take kratom to ease pain, sometimes death follows". Why wasn't it entitled "Kratom is safe unless it involves other drugs", if that's what the article was apparently "clear about"? The article was scare-mongering. People remember titles, not the fine print.

Mayo clinic: "As of April 2018, more than 130 people in 38 states became ill with Salmonella after taking kratom. Salmonella poisoning may be fatal, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has linked more than 35 deaths to Salmonella-tainted kratom." Hardly 4000 deaths in 2 years. Salmonella? How many people got salmonella after eating Tiramisu (or other food containing raw eggs).? The dishonesty of warriors-of-drugs knows no bounds.

It doesn't say so in the article. It says "kratom juice" which I take to mean "kratom tea".

"4100 deaths" because of kratom? Within 2 years? I thought the Washington Post would be above peddling such lies. I assume they got a paycheck from whoever wants kratom to be more banned than it is already.

Never mind, cannabis is the national disaster: 50 people treated this year for anguish after eating edibles that were too strong.

Old story. Tripadvisor ended up publishing a warning about the resort. The sueing backfired spectacularly.

Indeed. This woman was after the man's money. This time however the man was first to pull the trigger.

Most women are "romance swindlers". They steal a man's money with the help of the family courts. It's called "love". It is legal and teenage girls learn about it in the media and at school. The kind of money involved is much more than a puny 50k Baht. On very rare occasions a man manages to steal from a woman. He then gets labelled a romance or marriage swindler and is liable for prosecution.

Red herring. Plastic is the problem.

In every single condo I've rented there has been hitches with the aircon, like water leaking, aircon propeller stopping after 5 minutes ... That's one of the reasons I live in hotels two thirds of the time. In a hotel whenever there's any problem, I'm in another room in no time.

Sleeping only with the fan is ok as long as the outside night temperature stays below 28. So it depends on which time of the year. Has anyone ever had dry eye problems while sleeping with the ceiling fan? One of the things I love when being back in Europe for the European summer is living a life free of aircon.

You wouldn't say that if she were a man of course. You would say "hang the bugger". What if she has DAUGHTERS who are not working? Should they be thrown in jail instead?