Fat is a type of crazy

I want to un reinvent myself when I retire. No longer be defined by what I do in my working life.

Psychology is 6 years in Australia. Psychiatry is 12 years. 6 years medicine. 1 year on the job and 5 years psychiatry.

Why not acknowledge they have gone too far - been too indiscriminate in their bombings and not taken reasonable steps to limit damage to life and property. It is not to say the war was not justified but that they have at times gone too far. I have only read a percentage of your posts on this topic, I admit, but you seem reticent to do that.

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Sounds like you pay in full as it is in total less than 100,000. I do note that my policy does have a proviso that a deductible, of $750 in my case, applies to first visit to a hospital and not to others in that calendar year. I would suggest that is not the norm and others may know better. Further point is the operation and subsequent visits may possibly be treated differently depending on the cover i.e. the operation covered under hospital cover and cleaning of wounds not as a part of hospital cover even though done at a hospital. You might have to pay for the later regardless. Worth a call.

Hard topic but it could be universally a feeling amongst some individuals at certain times. Dogs maybe do feel something similar. Cats are different. Insects may feel some driving force to survive and do their thing that maybe could be defined in some obscure way as a love or love of life. ThaiBeachLovers seems to feel similar to romantic songs that it's more than a feeling - there is some thing universal in the air rather than a shared separate experience or feeling.

Your definition of love must be some universal thing. Could be strong feelings and that's it. You could go one further and say humans in love feel good, sometimes, and act a certain way that tends to be consistent with a positive outcomes for the community and therefore is held in high regard ... as compared to negative feelings that have bad outcomes or something.

I don't think love is evidence of a god. We all feel stuff. Some feelings can seem minor, and seemingly inconsequential, such as the good feeling of eating food - important though to my survival. Other feelings can seem overwhelming or bigger than others but are still feelings and they do not necessitate belief in a god or similar. No feelings or thoughts or ideas can be touched.

For what it's worth, I took the point of the post as noting the pointlessness of consumers at a restaurant, or the religious, debating and admonishing each other about what is the best food, or religious ideals, to consume. Since it is all food or all religion so let individual choice reign. Pineapple pizza or a Napoli pizza with traditional ingredients. It's all good. My point then noted that to the non religious, it is not comparing different foods, but food and an empty table. The religious sit at an objectively empty table and say they are, if you like, having a satisfying meal that only they can see. Or maybe others of a similar ilk feel they can see and may well see who knows. Of course I concur the religious should not be admonished or ridiculed or similar. But if they stand up and say, take my word that this is a thing, or do these 5000 hours of meditation or read a 5000 page book and you'll see it's a thing, it is not unreasonable that they get some hopefully polite debate and or pushback, about whether it is a thing, or that they could provide evidence that doing the hard work leads to a thing.

In the restaurant there's actual food. You are talking about something in your mind that you think is a thing. Imagine someone saying they are tasting something so yummy but there's nothing in front of them to see. You might then question, admonish, or ridicule. So if you believe something and wish to talk about it you have to cop it as a reasonable thing to be criticised when nothing can be seen on the table.

The hope of eternity was much more tempting, as you say, when life was much more unfair, people dying and in pain all over the place, still true for many in the world. Simply lighten your load and believe that god serendipitously arranged for your parents to meet, for that seed to get to the egg, for you to enter the body somehow depending on the religion, and eternity waits, and there it is. Faith means that for confusing bits - God.

Putting aside money, appearance and age, a reason why some expat types may not be seen as an attractive option is their thinking - their perception of superiority based on not much and their outspokenness and extreme opinions on politics, social issues and world news, culminating in a tendency towards conspiracy theories. Strong opinions that are not open to suggestion. Stubborn. Boring. Not fun for girls who want to have fun. A fair few of this type.

Maybe so.. but you have to acknowledge that woke has taken on a different meaning regardless of the dictionary definition. Based on the wider use of it do you not see that people can go over the top in trying too hard to be inclusive and non racist etc. Doesn't mean being racist, or non inclusive as such is a good thing ever, but simply that trying too hard in the opposite direction can be tedious and damaging and can result in people being judged too harshly for having different opinions that may have some merit, or for saying something out of turn or making a mistake.

I come across things here and there - in tv advertising, tv shows and films, at work, where there is a clear attempt to seem hip to the jive of what young people are thinking, and on occasion they go too far or muck it up. Mainly harmless - and hardly new for the powers that be to try and win favour for dubious motives. It's impact, in my opinion, is somewhat overblown, mainly by the right wing politicians and media, who will scour the world for more extreme examples and say - fear this - this is what democrats or other lefties want to do to you and your children. For sure, point out where things are over the top, but be honest about it's implications on our lives, and being a bit kinder and aware of the feelings and point of view of others, is not so bad.

Suspicious with some of these posts. This guy Jan1970, first post, starts with 'thank you for accepting my membership on the forum' and talks about his real estate issue involving someone wanting a deposit back. There's a post by Robyn2222, first post, that starts as 'thank you for accepting my membership on the forum' that talks about his real estate issue where he is looking to get a deposit back. Take from that what you will.

They introduced a scheme that has some elements of fairness initially with a carrot and a stick. The stick got bigger as it was harder and harder to avoid the extra tax while the cost of the private insurance you are somewhat forced into, goes up and up, in the past well above inflation. The carrot got smaller too as the benefit of the rebate is chipped away going down and down. Not fair but there it is.

Exactly. That too. One trick had been for years, as part of that, they didn't increase the income cut off limits meaning as people's income went up bit by bit people went over the limit, or went to a higher tier, that were forced to get health insurance or cop the tax. The one sweetener was the rebate you got on the cost of the insurance. But they had a further nasty trick too, brought in by Abbott I think, where that rebate percentage is decreasing a bit each year as well. So initially you got 30 per cent off if your income was lower than the lowest tier but that has now decreased in 2023 to 24.6. Same for higher incomes. Thanks Tony.

Fair point. The problem is that they have that rule in Australia where if you are over 30 and you don't get health insurance the premiums go up by 2 per cent each year. I haven't look that much into it but as far as I can tell if I stopped, then wanted to start later at say 60, I have to pay the going rate plus say 30 x 2 = 60 per cent extra. When you are over 60 you are most likely to need it most. The other thing is I have an old plan that is a bit better than the latest ones in terms of coverage and price so if starting a fresh they are a fair bit more expensive too..

One example. Friend was in Patong. Caught Dengue. Got quite sick. Covermore were fantastic. They can't reject most proper claims. Haven't seen them denied except on here and other media and normally the reasons make some sense. Don't see how talking about successful claims is narcissistic. I am trying to work out the best way to keep health insurance in Australia but be covered in Thailand. Credit card insurance should do the trick for initial 2 or 3 month trips. Some say it's useless but mine is identical to the paid for ones. Still have to pay in Australia though if both here and there.

My google search found this. He is a christian after all. Later in John 7: 37-39 Jesus once again speaks of living water, saying, “'Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them. ' By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive.

No. It would be too much of a salty taste as far as I'm concerned. I knew it as yeast extract but apparently it is more specifically brewer's yeast extract - a left over from the beer brewing process.

Pineapple on pizza is one of those things that sound bad but if done nicely the combination with ham once in a blue moon is nice. In Australia we put beetroot on hamburgers which seems strange to some too but is a nice combination.

A lot of Australians feel a bit 'Been there done that' with Bali and Phuket and go elsewhere. Me too as a tourist. Apparently Japan is the popular place for Australians which I can understand as it is really different. Suppose for Americans being so far away makes it seem a bit exotic still but also an awful long way to go so closer places may be better.

Not sure but it was apparently manufactured in Thailand according to Google. Might be easier than the other option - hopefully others know.

Delete. Was going to recommend Astrazeneca approved in Australia but apparently not in United States.