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I don't suppose you considered the possibility that he was very sick, and that's why he chose to return now, knowing that he would be in a hospital ward rather than a prison cell. He's 74.5 years old now, fast approaching the average life expectancy of Thai men of 75.5 years. He has led an extremely stressful life. Politics and exile for a 70-plus-year-old man is not a healthy lifestyle. Do you think old men don't get sick just because you hate them? Take your hateful blinders off and start thinking rationally.

You can watch the Democratic Party in the US on the news every day of the year. They wrote the book on it. It's absurd for people on here to accuse Thailand of being corrupt when their own countries are much worse. It's just hidden a bit deeper. It seems many forum members are looking for any excuse to condemn Thailand. 3rd World? - not even close.

Going directly from the Bible, your allotted years were determined by God after the flood as "three score and ten", or 70 years. This is a pretty good estimate. On average people live longer than that only because of medical intervention, but through the ages; before modern medicine was invented/discovered, most people died much younger than this. God intervened after the flood, (before which people lived nearly 1000 years), by resetting your body's time clock. It has nothing at all to do with what you eat, how often you pray, or anything else you can do. You can pray all day long but you're still going to die. Sure, you can maybe extend it some years and you might be lucky to have extra good genes. Interestingly, a study of centenarians discovered that on average, they were more likely to smoke and drink, and less likely to exercise or eat well. It's more important how well you live rather than how long you live. We can call this your health span, which comes to an end in your marginal decade. Your lifespan can have several useless years near the end if you're not lucky enough to die suddenly, avoiding the endless suffering of a slow death.

Hottest December (so far) I've experienced in Pattaya in 18 years here. The cool weather hasn't reached here yet - maybe tonight. I just went for a ride on my motorcycle at 10 pm and it was 27C. My electric bill which arrives on the 20th of the month was higher than in November and October. That hasn't happened before.

In all your excitement and Trump hatred, you couldn't even bother to read the article and then posted a fake thread title. The Colorado Supreme Court is made up of 7 Democratic Appointees, who ruled 4 - 3 against Trump. This is the Democratic party becoming desperate. It will be shot down in the Supreme Court by January 5.

There's nothing wrong with eating processed candy bars, as long as they are a regular part of your diet. Trying to find healthy chocolate to eat kind of defeats the purpose of having luxurious treats from time to time.

I should have mentioned regular milk chocolate. I would not eat the chocolate you're referring to. It has to be sweet... just as my ice cream has to be sweet and creamy LOL.

There's nothing crazy about it at all. The Thai product is 13.33% sugar (serving size = 15 ml, containing 1 gram of sugar and 2 grams total carbohydrates {probably 1 gram of lactose}). That's less sugar than most people take in their tea or coffee. A teaspoon of sugar weighs about 4 grams. If that's a problem for you, you better stay away from chocolate (52% sugar) and ice cream (24% sugar) both with a lot more fat.

You're right, the Carnation brand available in Thailand is labeled as "Milk Product for cooking and bakery", although online shopping sites list it as "Condensed Milk". If you live in Thailand, you either use it or you don't. What they use in the UK is irrelevant because it's not available here. Maybe you can convince one of the major retailers to import it then everyone will be happy. I would also prefer the real deal, as it's also real condensed milk in Australia and NZ.

It has happened more than once with my wife. One time she heard an invader in the house while I was out. She heard footsteps in the house - and I'm pretty sure a neighbour was inside snooping around as he thought the house was empty. She called me and said that she locked herself in one of our bedrooms while I made my way back to the house. She was terrified. These types of incidents can cause reactions of pure terror for some young ladies. This prohibits rational thinking and it is possible to understand that the poor victim lost balance trying to escape on the balcony as she was terrified. It is not safe to be climbing around balconies while shaking from terror. There might be some female rambo types as Spidermike was suggesting that would open the door and club the intruder to death with a baseball bat.

It is not normal behaviour for a single lady living on her own to open the door to pounding, and absurd to suggest she should open the door and attack the stranger with a bat. The normal behaviour would be to hide and try to call for help. Most men could easily take a bat off a woman. Something like this happened to my wife at a hotel quite recently. My wife was alone in her hotel room when a drunk guest from another room at about 2 am tried to get in. He was trying for about 10 minutes. This scared the living daylights out of her. She called security, but even so, she was traumatized by this event and it took her a full day to get over it.

Why are you jumping through all the hoops? If any of your extended family members stateside want to attend a funeral, they could travel to Thailand. My mother died last December. I didn't travel at all, just watched the funeral online... we're not a close family, and all this fuss over ashes and corpses is not my thing. Like you, I wouldn't care what they did to my body when I'm gone. If your family stateside wants to have a funeral for ashes, you can have them shipped to the US. This would be the cheapest option for everyone. Disposition of Remains Report: Bangkok

Every 7Eleven staff member has worn masks at all Pattaya outlets I've visited since 2020 and they never came off. I was wondering if they ever will come off.

It's not a Hat Yai thing... The banana pancakes come with condensed milk everywhere... If it's a problem, just say no. It's not compulsory.

Yes, Simpson, Fertility rate or Total fertility rate is what I meant. You know how to Google. You can continue with Google to answer your questions. You take these conversations too seriously and I'm not here to educate you.

And your reply is utterly repellant too. Bringing up 1930s Germany is pathetic. You're on ignore, and hopefully, you'll do the same.

No Simpson, I meant fertility rate, which is the birth rate.

I'll explain it. The producers of these shows/movies are twisting it around, to show that being a minority is more important and that being normal is a sin, something you need to make excuses for. A large number of contributors here are already apologizing for being straight. ... then, with the younger generations brainwashed by this twisted nonsense, minorities become the new normal. The damage in most Western nations is already past the point of no return as the fertility rate continues to plummet well below the replacement rate. The younger politically correct generations are the ones who are ultimately going to suffer from their "good deeds".

Apart from the fact that most people (expats) don't watch TV these days, and stream or download everything... good luck switching to a movie or show which doesn't have gay interactions of some type. It's on every show or movie of every genre these days. It started with the occasional female-gay interactions, which most straight men enjoy, and graduated to men kissing, hugging, and making love. Even my wife doesn't enjoy seeing that. Then it graduated to gay families being accepted as totally normal, where children have 2 fathers or 2 mothers... men talking about their husbands, women talking about their wives... and then there are the persistent lessons about how to use pronouns correctly. I have no problem, in real life, accepting gays, transexuals, and every other minority. It still doesn't sit comfortably with me to watch it all close up and personal on the screen. I have gay friends but don't watch them making love. What's wrong with me - why don't I enjoy it? Is there a pill I can take to cure me? I accept it, but I don't enjoy it, and I do often turn it off unless there's enough good in the movie or show to compensate.

You haven't been down to a 7Eleven or corner store lately... or a supermarket. They all have an extensive supply of dairy products. Thais consume quite a lot of dairy if they can afford it.

Same here - enjoying that Christmas is just another day without all the fuss and bs.

You're right about many posters being here just to bicker and insult, but some of us are very interested in the work you are doing to soundproof your condo. It is currently one of the more interesting threads on here. Put the annoying members on ignore and keep us posted.

You also have to factor in things like climate. The warm/hot year-round temperatures in Thailand make moving around with arthritis a lot easier, versus if you live in a cold climate back at home. Stiff or aching joints are nearly a universal problem for people in their marginal decade of life. This is a very interesting subject as I often think about whether I'm doing better or worse here than back in subtropical Queensland. In Pattaya, the air quality is very bad for much of the year.

Life expectancy doesn't mean a lot. It's how well you live in the marginal decade (your last decade) that's more important to consider. Are you bedridden or still mobile? Do you require care or are you still self-sufficient? Do you know who you are, or have you forgotten your name?

That's some serious dedication. Another easier method is sleeping with music playing. It got me through 2 years of construction noise next door. It might take a bit of getting used to, but it can be very effective.