JensenZ

If I'm using my Thai ATM card (debit card), I don't care where I use it as replacements are easy to get. If I'm using an international card, I only use them in shopping malls at a bank. If the machine eats your card, you can get it back at the time they normally open the machine by showing them your passport. The ATMs on the streets have numbers you can call, and they should return your card. Thai banks destroy cards left in machines and issue new ones except at main branches of your bank, where they can return it. The K-Bank charges 300 baht, but they give you 250 refund immediately. I believe that's only once a year you get a refund.

My packet does not say "Maxwell". It is distributed by Food Great Products Ltd, Bangkok. They call it MS. We have a different supplier.

You're right, I jumped to the conclusion too fast. Upon further examination, I see the product was imported from the USA, and it's tested by ALS Labs, probably the bulk product before importing. They don't produce it. ALS - Food safety & quality testing I'm not particularly concerned about the source of whey as the USA is the biggest exporter of whey products and to me, it's all the same. I suppose if you message the Lazada supplier they may give you the name of the producer of the product in the USA. Here's some info on the US production of whey: World's Largest Whey Producer I already used about 100 grams of the pack I received yesterday. The product is as good as any whey I've bought in the past. It has over a 1-year expiry date. WPC has a yellowish tint, whereas WPI is white. WPC gets darker (deeper yellow colour) with age. I've used a lot of whey in the past. At one point, about 10 years ago I was consuming about 3 kilos a month. Maybe a world record LOL. It might just be coincidental, but I had more energy today than normal, and a very good workout. Here are some serving suggestions: 1. 300 ml of low-fat milk (2%), 30 grams of WPC, some honey or Equal if you're avoiding sugar, and 2 scoops of instant coffee. That's a total of 33 grams of protein (WPC: 24, milk: 9). It's a good idea to use some milk as you get extra casein protein, which makes the protein even more complete and bioavailable. You could also use lactose-free milk if that's a concern. I make this in a shaker. 2. 300 - 500 ml of low-fat milk (2%), one banana. 30 grams of WPC. Blend together. No sweetener is necessary as the banana provides enough sugar.

If you're paying government rates directly, you can save money using 3 meters as the price per kWh gets more expensive the more you use, calculated on a tier-based system. It would be illegal to split electricity usage this way. The MEA obviously thinks each meter is for an individual residence.

It depends on the efficiency of the air con units mainly. I'm in a 4 bedroom 240 m2 condo with 2 refrigerators, and much of the day we run 2 air-con units at the same time, but at high temp settings 26 - 28C. Bills range from 2000 lowest to 3000 highest. We had 2 air-con units changed last year. to the latest Daikon inverter units and it saves around 1000 baht per month in the heaviest use months.

I suspect, due to the much larger population of internet users from America that UK English spelling will slowly be phased out in the following decades. Even now, in many forums, I tend to use the US spelling as the majority of users are American. What English spelling do they teach in Thailand?

No one has mentioned the exceptional penmanship of Thai people. Most English speakers can barely scribble. It's ironic that they write in English far better than English speakers even if they cannot speak it very well. It puts my writing to shame.

Probably, for universal understanding, UK English is one of the worst considering all the local accents that are difficult for outsiders to understand. Cockney, Geordi, Brummie, Scouse, Estuary, Scottish, Welsh... the list goes on. Don't get me wrong... I enjoy hearing the variety, but it's hard work for many foreigners to understand. I even have trouble with some of them.

Tendon injuries can become chronic and permanent as the tendon degrades over time. Chronic Tendon Injury My guess is the OP has chronic tendinosis (explanation in the article I linked above) in the bicep tendon. You can rule out rotator cuff injury with some simple tests. This one is quite comprehensive: Rotator Cuff Tear PT Evaluation with Rotator Cuff Special Tests

"It might be longer in time" is an understatement. Including the wait for the next buses at Pattaya North and Ekamai Stations, you've killed at least 6 hours already and possibly more, the total return trip time of the border run from Pattaya... and you're still only in BKK.

I would definitely prefer roughing it with 5 other people who haven't taken a shower or had a bowel movement than messing around with that LOL. You know the price - the job gets done - no unforeseen drama. BTW, if they force or entice you to pay extra for what should be free, it's not a bribe. A bribe suggests the traveler is corrupt, and that's not the case here.

I've also heard that people trying to do it on their own can have trouble coming back to Thailand on the same day. The Cambodian border officials actively discourage them.

I suppose we could say twice, if we count 2023 BC, but that's only retrospectively as they would had a different name for it back then.

It's better than sitting on a farm in Nakonsonowhere pretending to be content. Perhaps 1000s is ok. Millions might be a bit much LOL. If there are lots of tourists and other expats around, the available services (rentals), food, and shopping are better. Also, it is not usually necessary to learn the local language. You don't become a focused target as you are when you're isolated from other foreigners. I've lived in tourist areas all my life and I like it. I have no complaints about Pattaya. I've also lived in places (in the Philippines) where there are very few other foreigners around, where I stand out from the rest - and I don't like that. There you go, some reasons for you. Each to their own.

Dangerous to society how? He's only dangerous to himself and has done his fair share of donating to make others happy. Hopefully, if he finally decides to jump, he'll make sure the ground is clear.

Calling the police would have been a total of time, especially on that night with the huge crowd. Beach Road fireworks are right at the police station. An invitation for the driver to attend at the station to sort it out would have been sufficient to send him scurrying on his way. A simple, "Sorry I don't have the cash to pay you as I don't carry that much cash" would have been quite helpful.

IMO one of the biggest missteps of this forum was to do away with the ThaiVisa mobile app. In these days where everyone is mobile it's an incredible step backwards. I used to use it a lot. I wouldn't even bother to access this forum from a browser on my phone.

Of course, he would be conscious. The fall took about 5 - 6 seconds. That's too quick to think about anything at all. He fell from the 45th floor to the pool on the 6th floor, so assuming an average condo story height of about 3.65 m, he fell 39 floors or about 142 m. According to the online "Splat calculator", using a body weight of 70kg at 142 m: The Splat Calculator - A Free Fall Calculator Speed at impact:52.76 m/s or 189.92 km/h Time until impact: 5.38 s Energy at impact: 97412.00 joules

They wanted to keep it a secret, yet they posted a photo of the condo's pool and mentioned 46 floors. Not hard to figure out which building. The Unixx has 47 floors.

There are many wild animals that love getting drunk or high, and some become quite addicted, usually to their detriment. Here's one video of a series of 3. The wild African elephants are really into alcohol. 3 Animals That Enjoy Being Drunk And High

I have a friend who lost a leg in that bombing. He was in his 20s at the time. I've been there 3 times, the last time in the late 90s, so my impression is a bit dated, but Bali doesn't hold a candle to Pattaya as a retirement option. It's a nice place for a vacation, but not permanent living unless you're into surfing.

It would probably depend on where you live and what is growing in your backyard. Pot or opium use would be more convenient than producing alcoholic beverages if these plants happen to be growing in your garden LOL

I suspect you have other problems and you're blaming it on your pot smoking. Correlation is not causation. People suffer all types of psychological conditions with or without pot.

Albeit at a much slower rate. The forum runs about 10x slower than before their outage. Often pages don't load at all, and I have a very fast internet connection. This will deter a lot of people.

I agree it's much better this way, not knowing who left the reputation. People just use the sad or confused emojis because they got rid of the thumbs-down emojis, so there's no other option to express dislike or hate for a post. In the latest update, they also stopped displaying reputation scores (you can still find them, but they are buried now), which is also a good move as it slows down trolls who are obsessed with such metrics for whom it became their main goal in posting.