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I've been taking Melatonin pills / gels for years, about 10 nights per month, 10 or 12 mg. Always work for me, doze off quickly, good sleep and no hang over etc. I've always bought on line and try to buy 1 or 2 bottles (120 pills bottle) each time, depending on prices which is a roller coaster. Bought many different brands from many different manufacturers / distributors. Always seem to be the same quality /affect. And I have bought from Lazada on a good price, but the bottles didn't mention the Lazada name. Is Lazada really relevant? From my understanding they are not pill manufactures and I very much doubt they have any real knowledge about any type of medications.

There has been on Thai web boards, my Thai adult son just mentioned it, and son and wife were just discussing reminded themselves the need to monitor the whereabouts of their 4 kids at all times.

Trumps national approval rating also down quite a way.

But joe public is not allowed to take that leeway and is required to not move his / her vehicle so that the cops can gather evidence.

Lots of salient points. Here's another example: farang goes to local private hospital (small city), talks to the receptionist at the main desk and explains what the problem is and mentions an allergy he needs to be careful about. Receptionist prints a document then take the farang to another office. Then chaos: Fifteen minutes later nurse at the specific dept., who speaks good English brings the farang back to the main arrival desk and says 'wrong department'. Two assistants at the main arrival desk also speak good English and now speak up to the farang. 'Sorry but main receptionist can speak zero English and he just guessed where to send the farang. Farang now getting a bit annoyed and says 'Let me speak to the supervisor'. Supervisor arrives and gets all the details, speaks English and says to the farang 'why did you come here, the receptionist cannot speak English. By this stage someone has called the 'hospital international office and a young look krung man (speaks perfect Thai and English) arrives, he realises this situation is not acceptable and says that he will explain in Thai but then realises the main receptionist has disappeared. International office man asks the 2 reception assistants if they are sure what dept., the farang should go to. Yes, and documents prepared. International office man then escorts the farang to the correct dept., along with one of the reception assistants. They stay with the farang until he has seen a doctor, had blood taken and has a next appointment slip in English and farang pays the bill. International office man gives the farang his business card and says (in English) 'at next appointment please come direct to my office and I will escort you as needed. Farang asks 'why didn't the junior reception assistant speak up quickly to indicate the farang is being sent tp the wrong dept? Answer: 'they are very junior in rank compared to the main reception guy who cannot speak English and it would be very rude / insulting if they spoke up and made the main receptionist lose face.

And why would trump single out Thailand for special tariffs / zero tariffs?

So do you have a clear specific definition of 'look shady'? What about if their tattoos are all hidden under a shirt / blouse on arrival?

Quote: "...I agree with you about what this clown in the White House decides and I do not see why any decision about Ukraine is down to him. " I wish someone with credibility would strongly tell trump he's out of his territory; he has no right in any way to tell Salensky or Ukraine what they have to do. If this were another country many leaders would be giving trump clear indication 'absolutely not your call'.

Seems to me that trump and his 'team' have not realised that many / most countries can trade with more than 100 other countries if needed. Many countries; At least China and many EU countries have clever folks who can search out the products they want outside of US manufacturers. And many might well be inclined to do business with alternative countries / suppliers on a specific basis of 'no import / export duties or tariffs'. And very possible the countries these suppliers come from would very much like to move totally away from any trump bs.

I certainly agree that trump is all over the place at the moment. I do wonder if trump realises that Russia taking all of Ukraine is a very bad move for Europe. As said trump is everywhere in his statements and I wonder how logical his thoughts are. I've read in other reports that Zelensky is correct when he says he has no absolutely no authority to 'give' Ukraine or Crimea to Putin. Seems to me that trump doesn't buy that line, I guess because trump believes he can override US law / any law / any country.

Unfortunately stronger / faster development is often held back by Thai teachers who are tasked to teach English but can't themselves speak English or speak it very poorly. My granddaughter went to a primary school in CM with an 'English program'. First period 80 minutes every day was English and the focus was on conversation. Teacher a mid 20's young guy from the UK who has gained specific qualifications (and good experience) to teach English conversation and limited time on grammar. An old Thai female English teacher had to sit in the back of the room for every lesson (above), take notes and last period every day reteach the same lesson to same kids. Her lesson focused mainly on criticizing the morning lesson conducted by the foreign teacher. Progressively the students realized her negatives were unfounded / wrong and the kids found / invented reasons to miss the afternoon class. My granddaughter never missed the afternoon class but came home and shared with me and her Thai father (who speaks near perfect English). She wanted to be very sure what was correct. She had very good English course books and if needed I found the 'item' in her course books and we constructed perhaps 4 or 5 further examples to emphasize the correct 'version'. It all came to a head when the Thai English announced she was going to start a new course labeled 'TINGLISH'. School headmistress soon put a stop to that and within 24 hours the old Thai English teacher was retired early.

But it is changing, more and more Thais are speaking some / more / better English. This is life.

Is visiting Vietnam different to visiting other countries? Or are attempting to make negative comments re Vietnam?

I don't agree. Americans are concerned about their borders and keep in mind for many decades the borders were open and nobody got concerned about it, in fact were happy for that situation. And yes they are concerned about the situation in Ukraine, good news.

I continue. My Thai son (34 years old) went to one of the 2 shops late last week. As always the staff listened carefully, did a repair, son tested his notebook, all fixed, all less than an hour 200Baht.

Agreed cannot be Chinese! You can't be serious, there's scum / dishonest people in every country in the world.

Example; 2 hours late to start end of term exam, after being reminded many times 'exam date cannot be changed, exam cannot start late and exam time cannot be extended. One 'gang' of 4 students came 2 hrs late. Their excuse: - 'we had to go to the airport to say good bye to a friend so it's OK to be late'. - 'our group will do the exam tomorrow, we promise we won't be late. NO, and NO. This gang spoke very loudly on arrival (late arrival) and one member of the gang kept asking other students who were in the midst of doing the exam things like 'are there any questions about xxx? Plus a further 12 friends were outside the exam room being very loud and causing a disturbance. Because of the noise the deputy dean arrived, she ordered all concerned to leave the room and go to her office. Took forever to get the late arrival exam takers to be quiet and listen, the deputy dean then gave all four a grade - F (fail), then threw them out of her room.

Stupid ignorant comment.

What are / is "Liberal Science Books"?

I'll adjust my comment: .... It has only one opening, it has a heavy duty zip all the way around the bag and a triple digit lock and I always engage the lock.

...and reasonable prices.

Is there not a bottom line here. Easily available there's thousands of short / long HD video clips of M/F, F/F, M/M penetration etc., in every conceivable position, with sound. Kids know how to find these clips, hide them, and how to delete them after they replay them a hundred times.

My error, my apologies, now removed.

Posted in error, my mistake, apologies, removed.

I use the same 'overhead locker' bag every time I fly. It has only one opening which has a triple digit lock and I always engage the lock.