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I have had Dexa scans done at Samitivej Hospital in nearby Sriracha. The cost was a little over 3,000B. The scan included lumbar spine, left hip, and left forearm. I received a summary report and detail picture copies of the three scanned areas. You can just walk in and get it done.

When I went to the Resort and Home Stay I asked about food and was told they only had coffee and toast in the morning. They said that patients that stay there including lots of expats eat in the hospital's cafeteria.

Here are the two closest places to stay: ING Swiss Place (087-405-2600) which is about 1.5km to the hospital, 500B/night or 5000B/month: Resort and Home Stay which is across the street from the hospital (081-295-1372) 700B/night or 10000B/month.

Is it the Cancer Hospital at 300 Moo2, Samet in Chonburi? I live near by an can recommend a hotel.

Starbucks - Only coffee shop I found that has decaf coffee.

Joint account for extension of stay has been accepted at Chonburi Immigration as long as the account balance at 50% meets the required amount.

I go there for treatment by a Thai doctor who in my opinion and others who I recommended her to is excellent.

We have purchased two through our dentist at Samitivej Hospital Shracha. You can also buy from Waterpick thailand at www.waterpikthailand.com

Avocado Oil

The reason I asked you about your calcium was that if it was above 10.1 your symptoms would be consistent with a hyperparathyroid problem.

What was your blood calcium level? The normal range for your age group should be in the 9's.

As you plan to go analog out from your Denon the speakers for the 5 channels should be 5 equal full range speakers (18K Hz to 40 Hz). The reason is that the MC SACD's are mastered to produce full range sound from each of the 5 channels.

An alternative would be to go HDMI from the Denon (if it supports SACD) to an AVR that has equal or better DAC's then to the HT speaker configuration you listed using the AVR's Audyssey MultiEQ Auto Setup and Room EQ.

You can get an Oppo at Piyanas for 22,000.

Siracha requires a medical certificate for retirement extension.

A friend who has had annual Retirement Visas for the last 10 years wants to use the new B200,000 account balance requirement.

Anyone have actual experience using this?

I listened to all you "experts" that can read and quote the regulations that a medical certification is no longer required when I went for my annual visa extended two years ago at Siracha. When they said I need a medical certificate I told them that it was no longer required. They said they are aware of what the regulation requires and that they have the right to request additional information and they want a medical certificate. Now, whether they have the right to request additional information or not under Thai law,I don't know and I don't think any of you do either. So I think the prudent thing to do is just ask the immigration office what is required in advance.

Lopburi,

Bad news is I can match you stone for stone plus some. The good news is I retired here 5 years ago and no stones.

All the expats in the area end up going to the Swiss Garden for lunch or diner at some time. It's about 2K from Lotus in Uttaradit.

Uttaradt has ADSL if they have a land line phone. If not only option is GPRS via a cell phone.

The correct answer is .... NO.

Naka.

You are wrong, Sirracha office also requires a Doctor's Certificate.

The correct answer is it depends on what office you go to for the Retirement Extension. Just go to or call the Korat Office and ask if the Doctor's Cert is required.

The universal docking station is what you want. To connect to your stereo you need a Mini to RCA cable. By going through the doc you can bypass the iPods volume control giving better SQ. Also import using Apple Lossless Encorder with error correction.

Bob

Thanks for the various suggestions. I hadn't thought of the idea of just connecting the iPod to the stereo via the headphone jack.

Being a decidedly un-technical person, Bob's message confuses me. Is the universal docking station (a) truly necessary, (b)somewhat useful or © just another way for me to waste money? I'm not sure what "better SQ" implies or what an "Apple Lossless Encoder" is. Ignorance is not always bliss.

Sorry for the confusion, first "better SQ" means better sound quality, secound "Apple Lossless Encoder" with error correction enabled is one of the encoding options in iTunes(in iTunes Preferences>Advanced) for ripping a CD into iTunes. It is a compression format you can use without loss of any data from the original CD unlike MP3 compression where a significant amount of the data is lost from the original CD.

The docking is not necessary to get sound out, it just will sound alot better.

Bob

The universal docking station is what you want. To connect to your stereo you need a Mini to RCA cable. By going through the doc you can bypass the iPods volume control giving better SQ. Also import using Apple Lossless Encorder with error correction.

Bob

I also live in Chonburi in a housing complex on a main road and have no water. I can stay here without water or go to the upcontry house where the neighbors are making charcoal 24/7. So it's water or clean air.

I have the Nespresso C100 that uses the Nespresso capsules. They are not available in Thailand. You can go to the Nespresso web page for ordering and product info.