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Doesn't work for me in Chrome or Edge on Windows 10 I've tried opening in New Tab and New Window and tried reloading pages. All that happens is that the notifications that were bold indicating that they've not been read yet revert to normal type when you read them. But they're all still there. However @frantick that is the behaviour I'd expect - what you're seeing is technically wrong! Would you mind sharing your config information please: What OS? What Browser?

Allow me to correct that for you..... "Lucky Pity that this idiot was not in Australia where the police get out their guns and shoot them dead if they resist arrest." That's better

I realise it won't help everyone but the alternative is if the Brit has enough savings to show in support of the foreigner's visa application. Then income doesn't matter. I don't have the figures to hand but I presume the amount has increased along with the required income amount.

Maybe he was standing too close...... 🙄

Years ago I visited Sisaket to stay with a friend who lived there. He spoke passable Thai. We went to several bars in what he called the "local twinkle town" and, because he was known and spoke Thai we were welcomed, cautiously. I got the impression that had I gone alone I wouldn't have been received so well which my friend later confirmed. Bear in mind, it's nothing like BKK, Patts or Phuket! Also be very careful as many of the ladies present were, I'm sure, very young - uncomfortably so, for me! Oddly enough, when visiting Pichai some years later, another friend, who lived there, pointed out the "local twinkle town" to me although we didn't indulge. As @Bday Prang said above "it's everywhere, just look for the bright lights or the fairy lights,"

Bearing in mind the fact that I'm NOT a medical professional, I do think this adds a little weight to my previous reply to you @Sheryl in that (IMO) "I do think it behoves anyone with any medical condition to keep up to date on developments from reliable sources and then ask the pertinent questions." Basically, what you don't know CAN hurt you but it's also very easy for we amateurs to get bogged down in unnecessary hypotheses from unestablished sources.

Thank you - all very clear. 👍 Tbh, there's no way I'd alter my prescribed meds without consulting my GP / specialist. But I do think it behoves anyone with any medical condition to keep up to date on developments from reliable sources and then ask the pertinent questions. Had I been a little more assiduous 5 years ago, I may not have had the attack at all 🙄

No you're wrong. They only ever go one way.....AT A TIME! 😲🤣

Therein lies the rub! I had high cholesterol and high BP which, stupidly, I basically ignored. Then I had a heart attack! Now I'm on a Statin and several BP-reducing meds. I get a blood test every year confirming that the meds are working, and not causing any bad effects to my liver, kidneys etc. So my (possible) dilemma is do I stop taking the meds and risk another attack, or carry on and risk....something else???? As medical science advances, today's cures are sometimes discovered to cause more harm than good - as others have said this article says ".............we present a perspective that statins may be causative in coronary artery calcification........" @Sheryl you confirmed it needs further study but what did you mean by your comment "Statin use by people who do not have CAD is more controversial especially for borderline lipid levels."? And is the source of the OP considered to be reliable, would you say?

It's not! It's just that this has gone unexposed for far too long. Parts of the world are moving away from battery chickens - I don't know about Thailand. Here in UK one can buy free-range eggs, for example. The only SMALL saving grace is that the chickens are at least there for food - does NOT mean it's OK though. The tigers were there for so-called "entertainment". 🤬

And then there's religion!! 🤣🤣

How did you handle the situation? Did you have to make a bolt for it or were you too keyed up to screw up the courage?? You're just unhinged!

Ah my hero - that well-known spoiling misteake - Spoke Milligna from "Q". The only one to keep a straight face in that sketch was Katie Boyle but I often wonder what would have happened if she'd turned round and seen the capers. 🤣

Nor is the imaginary friend of those who believe in the "creator". Exactly. Talking to one's imaginary friend might be construed as a sign of mental instability, but call it religion and call the "friend" God, and it becomes OK ! IMO, religion (ALL of them) are the world's biggest conspiracy theories

Actually, I who visit Pattaya regularly, would love to take a small side-trip on a ferry to HH. Last time I visited HH was when driving, with a friend from Patts - BKK - Phuket. We did a "comfort stop" at HH and I thought I'd like to spend a couple of days there. Just don't fancy the bus to BKK and then HH and back. 😩

I don't think I'd have waited to be asked.... In the words of Groucho Marx "I don’t want to belong to any club that would have me as a member."

Bumping this thread but "Clear notifications" button still missing. Any clues @george...?

Love it - especially as, at the bottom of your post it says: Intentional use of that particular feature perhaps? 🤣🤣 🤣🤣

I fink it wos er wot teached me to speak proper......innit!

I never knew about the original, 1964 version which came from the "Sykes" TV show. I always thought the 1967 one with Tommy Cooper was the original Now have all 3 in my collection. As you say @Crossy many late lamented British comedy stars - between these 3 a real collection. Thanks 👍👍

That's an interesting angle. A sine of your thought processes perhaps.......or am I going off at a tangent?

@RichardColeman I quite agree with what you say, especially your first sentence! There is a "however" though. I have NOT looked this up to confirm, but there used to be an alternative for those, like yourself, who are not earning but are financially "comfortable". That was the option to show one's savings instead of income. So if you have, as you say, minimal outgoings, but own a property outright, have savings and basically "do not need hand-outs" that may, or rather should be, a route.

Merely the sum total of my calculations 🙄

You seem to have a formula for these. Now I don't mean to be divisive, or subtract anything from your total, but are you sure they add up? 🧮

I have annual insurance via my bank account in UK. Their standard is to allow 30 days per trip, but you can extend it to 60 on payment of a supplement which I do. My next trip in February will be for 59 days total absence from UK. Plus, because it's annual cover my already bought ticket is covered immediately.