habuspasha

Thanks, Spider, for the breakdown.  I'm in NYC where housing prices are somewhat higher.  Median rental is more like $5,000.  But there are rent regulated places that can be quite reasonable (half that) and comfortable.  Also Medicare covers cost of most procedures you mentioned.  That supplemented by state pension plan means I pay virtually nothing for most medical care.  Not everything:  I did get almost all my teeth replaced in Thailand for a fifth to a tenth of the cost in NY.  In general labor is 1/10 the US price in Thailand (basic massage $6/hr vs $60/hr.)  Local food maybe 1/3 (though I have on occasion paid less for mangos here in NY).

29 minutes ago, Kopitiam said:

OP, you may want to read this.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9167431/

Thank you for this.  I wanted to get a second bivalent booster shot before my trip to Thailand the end of this month.  (I had my first bivalent (5th Moderna) last Sept, before my last trip.)  The pharmacist wouldn't give it me.  She said the CDC (I'm in NYC) didn't recommend it.    I called the CDC for clarification but so far they haven't gotten back to me.

25 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

I've tried to get you to click on the link in my earlier post, if you were to do that you'd see the covid fatality rate showing unvaccinated versus fully vaccinated vs partially vaccinated, the unvaccinated is where the vast majority of deaths occur.

I know that and have never disputed it.

11 hours ago, habuspasha said:

12 hours ago, BritScot said:

You need to read the medical reports now coming out because the figures are showing the opposit. Here is a figure to look up 1 in 800 and that is in the uk and USA's injury figures......

Please cite "the medical reports," explain what you mean by "the opposite," and what you are referring to as "1 in 800."

My question about the meaning of "1 in 800" was in the context of BritScot's challenge that medical reports and that figure showed the opposite of what I said on a previous post to the effect that the shots were meant to reduce serious illness and death, not minor infections.   (I guess the "opposite" would be to reduce infections but not deaths?}

1 hour ago, nigelforbes said:

Surpassing 400,000 deaths means that 1 in every 820 Americans has now died from Covid-19. 

OK.  But what does that have to do with the effectiveness of vaccine?

5 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

Look at my post on the previous page and the link to Worldmetter and the US unvaccinated death rate, it's 1 in 820 people.

I don't see 1 in 820 anywhere on that post.  In any case, what does that mean?  What is the claim?

37 minutes ago, BritScot said:

You need to read the medical reports now coming out because the figures are showing the opposit. Here is a figure to look up 1 in 800 and that is in the uk and USA's injury figures......

Please cite "the medical reports," explain what you mean by "the opposite," and what you are referring to as "1 in 800."

On 12/27/2022 at 6:43 PM, BananaStrong said:

1.  good friends  

2.  relationship, intimate.

3.  structure in your day

4.  job you like

5.  passion for anything

1.  good friends:  4 for 60+ years; 3 for 40+ years; 3 for 10 years.

2. relationship, intimate:  TGF 40 yrs younger for 8 yrs.

3.  structure in your day:  Care for ailing wife, gym, reading & writing, no alarm clock in 50 yrs.

4.  job you like:  Retired in August from almost 60 yrs college teaching.

5.  passion for anything:  GF, periodic writing projects, music, life.

Looks like Air Force One in the photo.

10 hours ago, JimTripper said:

On 11/25/2022 at 8:53 AM, HuskerDo2 said:

Some 80-year-old people are in better condition physically and mentally than some in their 50s.

What dating profile did you copy that from?

Certainly some 80s are in better condition than some 50s.  That's indisputable.   More important is the capacity we have of improving ourselves to that degree.

7 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Well do tell us how much younger your wife is than you , the current record is 38 years younger , can you beat that ?

40 years.  Actually 40 1/2 at 81 and 40.  We met at 73 and 32.

1 hour ago, Lorry said:

Not available in Thailand for ordinary people

Does "ordinary people" include falang, hi so, and w/$$ ?

Is Paxlovid available?  If so, where?  

23 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Given that a female's sexual desire apparently diminishes with age, only fall in love with an old woman if happy with celibacy.

So your argument is that the oldermale/youngerfemale combo is built into the biology while the opposite is not?

10 hours ago, RafPinto said:

On 12/1/2022 at 1:47 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

When you were 38 years old, did you fall in love with an 80 year old woman ?

No.

When he was 38, life expectancy for women was 63

I can answer for myself.  No, I was never attracted to older women.  When I was 38 I was still in love with the girl I fell for when I was 28 and she was 16.  It had nothing to do with life expectancy and everything to do with patriarchal double standard.  I'm not sure how that makes Mac's point, if it is any different from mine.  

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Thailand has thousands of wonderful places to live that are not like Phuket.

How about places that have:

-An air quality index average below 50;

-Access to clean sea water and beaches (like the Andaman vs. the Gulf);

-Access to restaurants, good hospitals, and markets?

3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

LOL. Phuket is about the worst place in LOS, even worse than Samui, IMO.

Pattaya may not be the bee's knees, but the taxi mafia doesn't rule there.

I can't base my choice of a home on the price of taxi rides.  

22 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

81 is very young, if you are a young 81.

 

Thailand and Pattaya is the place to be when you are 91, for sure.

Not sure where in Thailand I want to be when I'm 91 but I don't think it's Pattaya.  Maybe Phuket.

2 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Burgess was a linguist.

 

This is why A Clockwork Orange is more interesting to guys who are older.

 

Most young guys don't understand A Clockwork Orange.

Thanks for the Nadsat primer.  I loved the film but I missed the lingo.