Khaeng Mak

27 minutes ago, GreasyFingers said:

He was all about self promotion and money. Not the aussie type that I grew up with.

They were good nextdoor neighbours until they bought Whale One and parked it in front of their house. I had to navigate around it every time I wanted to head out for a sail.

2 hours ago, atyclb said:

 

 

likely causes drowsiness.   the advantage of pseudofed no drowsiness and can perk you up if you need to work

Its an antihistamine. But I don't experience any drowsiness form it.  If anything it gives a bit of a buzz like caffeine that makes it harder for me to sleep. 

49 minutes ago, HLover said:

What if the stop sign is completely obscured with trees or plants?

What is a cop waves you through a red light? Happened to me on numerous occasions.

Surprising really.  Lots of threads flying at the moment about moving to an alternative retirement destination, but hardly any posts here regarding the availability of drugs.

Would seem to be very essential information for elderly expats.

But disregarded in favor of discussion of beer and bar girl prices.

16 minutes ago, Letseng said:

IThe hospital pharmacist had quoted me the price for 4 items I was prescribed. I found it outrageous and went to buy it outside. It saved me 120 Bht. Btw, it was a prescroption from Bnh. The "saving" cost me 2 hrs of my time plus taxi fare. A saving isn't always a saving.

And sometimes the hospital pharmacy is the only place you can find a drug.

18 minutes ago, skatewash said:

Yes, that's the one I meant, the big Supercheap on Thepkrassatri Road.  There is another Supercheap that has a pretty good pharmacy near the Naka Weekend Market (on Wirat Hong Yok Road).  Other smaller Supercheap outlets don't have pharmacy sections as far as I know.

When I used to live in Phuket I would go to that smaller Supercheap because the drugs were the same price as the big shop but it was so much more accessible.

I have for many years however lived in a very remote rural area.  And to my surprise I have found that the prices of the drugs that I buy from local pharmacies hereabouts are about the same as I was paying at Supercheap.  The take away point here is that pharmacies in Phuket, be they on the street or in a hospital, are price gouging.

15 minutes ago, skatewash said:

I like the system in Thailand.  It puts more responsibility on the patient, but with that responsibility comes more freedom.  Your doctor will discuss the dosage and how to take including basic interactions and side-effects.  In the US the pharmacist might also cover these things, not so much here.  But I think it's the responsible thing to take 30 minutes and read the full data sheet that comes with most medications or look it up online.  After all, who cares about you more than you do?

Yes.  A thing one must take care with when self medicating is contraindications.  Reading data sheets and checking online is essential.

Oh.  And why dont you just spray the future board with acrylic paint.  A spray can of white paint at a mom and pop hardware will cost you about 45 baht.

all the mom and pop shops sell contact glue DOG brand. Works fine and will not degrade the Styrofoam.

If you want to use latex glue TOA sells bottles of it.  Also you can get little non brand name bottles of latex and any mom and pop shop that sells kids school books and stationary.  It comes in a little tear drop shaped white bottle about half the size of your hand.  I bought a bottle last week for 5 baht.

The Thai word for glue is "gow".

PM me if you need more help.

Hydro or cookhouse operation.

4 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

On the subject of meds sold by street vendors...

 

 

Thanks for the post Sheryl.  

But I don't envisage that I will ever be in the market for a fake vibrator!

I keep most of my cash in accounts that have no card attached.

I then have a specific account that a keep a balance of 50K thb in. It has a debit card attached.

I use the card for online purchases such as booking a hotel room or plane ticket.

No problems to date.

I figure if I get hit by a skimmer the damage is contained.

24 minutes ago, atyclb said:

 

i went to a pharmacy in sri lanka looking for a few pseudofeds for a cold and sinus problems and the pharmacist said not available and he was very critical of his government telling me morphine tablets are abundant and over the counter no rx but no relief for sinusitis.

At the onset of any cold and sinus problems I always commence taking CHORPHEN-Y tablets.  They come in a little yellow plastic bottle from the local pharmacy and are as cheap as chips. Work well to avert the symptoms.

Thanks for all the input.  Looks like this thread is heading in a nice and useful direction.

A couple of points.

1. Yes, never get your pills or creams at the hospital. Especially if it is a private one.  However, in some cases the hospital might have a drug that is not available at a local pharmacy.

2. The big Supercheap in Phuket does have a good wholesale pharmacy inside.  But when asking for your drugs the staff will usually give you the most expensive option.  Always ask "mee brand tuug mai". By doing this I recently found a alternative blood pressure med that was nearly half the price of the one I was using.

3. There is a secret waterfall with a good swimming hole in my area.  Bit of a ride into the jungle on a motorbike to get there.  Was a beautiful spot for a picnic. A few years back I went there one day with my girl for a picnic and a swim and there was some young guys there cooking up their kratom drink. They were quite shocked when we arrived but they settled down when they saw we were not going to blow the whistle on them. They were lads aged between 12 and 15 I would guess.  It was interesting to see how they made their drink.  It is quiet a process and involved boiling the leaves and then adding coca cola, lots of bottles of cough medicine and then cooling the mixture in ice.  I didn't see them adding any mosquito coils which I read they sometime do. When they were finished they offered me a shot.

I have stopped going to that spot because it is now a complete trash dump.  There are HUNDREDS of cough medicine bottles strewn around the ground and in the swimming hole and the broken glass makes it impossible to go for a swim. 

Where are these kids getting this many bottles of cough medicine from? 

On 2/21/2019 at 10:51 PM, impulse said:

2 different issues here:

 

1) Whether the government deserves to be reimbursed for the costs they incurred during the rescue.

 

2) Whether the money will actually be spent on government programs as opposed to disappearing into the pockets of some officials.

 

It wouldn't make a very good movie had the government not spent millions of public domain baht supporting the rescue efforts...  

 

 

They have taxes to recover their money. Going after the boys windfall is just greed and corruption at play.

Why don't the parents of the boys demand as an express condition of any deal with an incoming film maker that an offshore (outside of Thailand) trust be set up and the deal money be deposited therein for the sole benefit of each of the team members and their coach.

By what legal right does the Government have any claim over the boys deal money?

14 minutes ago, sanemax said:

No one has stated that he was a "baddie" for having sex .

Its is the fact that he did it in semi public and then refused to pay for her stay and then began hitting people , all over 200 Baht.................and no one has suggested that theres any scam going on

All I saw was a young reasonably well dressed man being assaulted by a mob of people and trying to defend himself. Are you looking at a different video clip?

3 minutes ago, peterb17 said:

A question- I personally have never stayed in a ‘hostel ‘ - all sounds a bit grim. Would the other people in the dorm be happy with the grunting and groaning - or did they try to be very quiet ? 

Or does this happen - and just adds to the hostel experience? 

That is the problem.  Most of the TV keyboard warriors posting here have never stayed in a dorm room.  In fact most of them, SammyT for example, are not even real people, just employed trolls on the TV payroll.

1 hour ago, Otis Cribelcoblis said:

Seems no one here watched the video.  I see a man trying to pull away from two Thais holding on to his backpack and pulling him off balance.

 

Am I to believe that it is proper for two Thais to commit a battery against the American?

Yes it is a clear case of assault and self defense.

And the young foreigner also piled in to assist.  He can also be sued.

5 hours ago, MadMuhammad said:

I’m Aussie and I got lucky, I saw the writing on the wall early last year so I transferred more than 12 months living costs @ 24ish. 

Hoping to ride it out when it bottoms out at 20 mid year 

The AUD is heading well below 20 for certain.  It is near that level now and there has been no black swan event.  When that arrives and funds flee back into USD the aussie peso is headed for 13 to 15 range. Bookmark my post.

The most interesting thing about this video is noting that none of the Thai guys step up until one guy is by himself and outnumbered.  Then they all pile in.  Speaks volumes about the ignorant and cowardly Thai male mind.

Thai media. Incorrect reporting again.

This is clearly just a game of round and round the garden.

Was there a tiger in his room?