Danderman123

And now I have my visa.

I hit the jackpot here, they had 5 boxes left in stock.

Need prescription, or can you walk into a pharmacy and buy anything?

No have

Hmmm… I applied last week, but the web site says my application is still processing….

Please remember that I am not looking for the cheapest medication, I am looking for a pharmacy that stocks medications that are not common. I went to Fascino on Theppasit Road, a nice lady told me they just sold their last box of Effient, but would order more. She wrote down my contact info and told me the new order would arrive by now. I am still waiting. In other words, she didn’t want to say no have and cannot get.

I'm not looking for low prices, I am looking for an uncommon medication.

No, I haven’t. Is that a video game?

I am looking for a pharmacy in Pattaya that stocks Effient (Prasugrel). I have checked a lot of hole in the wall shops, none have it. I know it’s available in Thailand, because I bought some in Phuket. Once. My question is really where is there a large pharmacy in Pattaya with a lot of medications in stock, since many people need uncommon medications. If I don’t have any luck, I will go to Bangkok Hospital Pattaya, they may have it, but it’s very far to go on the off chance they have it. If that doesn’t work, I will have to go to Bangkok, but that is another topic.

You are talking to someone who saw Led Zeppelin live. That’s the camp I am in. But, I know from experience that a happy bargirl is preferable to one that is annoyed by old folks’ music. Not that long ago, I was in a bar band in the US, playing for boomers. You would think that they would go for Classic Rock, but what they wanted was 40s music, from before they were born. So, yeah, I can relate to bargirls having to work in an environment where they have to listen to music from before they were born. And then there are gogos that constantly play trance, enough said about that.

In the bars in Pattaya, there is constant tension over the music. The older Farang customers want to hear ancient songs from their youth, but the Thai ladies can’t stand that stuff. The bargirls, especially when they are drunk, want to hear Thai music, mostly Isaan morlam. But, it literally drives the customers away. A working compromise, at least in the past five years, is Latin tropical music, like this: The customers and the bargirls will tolerate it. The only problem is that nobody understands the lyrics. Except for me, which is kind of a nightmare for me.

Meanwhile, it seems that everyone I know has a relative with Covid.

Perhaps you might consider that the infection rate is increasing due to unvaccinated low information types getting infected. Here's a hint: the US is highly vaccinated for Polio, but the Polio infection rate is increasing.

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#rates-by-vaccine-status People who were unvaccinated had a greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 and a greater risk of dying from COVID-19 than people who were vaccinated overall (see below for the most recent rates). People who were vaccinated with a primary series and two additional or booster doses had lower death rates, followed by people who received one additional or booster dose, compared with those without an additional or booster dose. All vaccinated groups had lower risk of dying from COVID-19 compared with people who were unvaccinated.

You seem confused. Your chart shows cumulative cases. Note that in the US, where many are vaccinated, the rate of new infections is low.

I thought about it, but I had a heavy suitcase.

Neither Safari nor Firefox got those buttons to give me the list of countries, I will try other browsers, other platforms, etc. Update: Microsoft Edge did the trick.

https://www.covid19infovaccines.com/en-posts/to-what-extent-can-vaccines-prevent-people-from-getting-infected-with-covid-19 Poor wording. Vaccination reduces transmission of Covid. However, it's not 100% effective. If you disagree, please link to a study showing that vaccination has 0% effectiveness in stopping transmission.

It took me an hour at Suvarnabhumi to get a taxi into Bangkok. If the TAT numbers materialize, good luck getting a taxi from the airport.

I have done EVisas for Vietnam before, but the EVisa application is a bit different from before. There are “radio” buttons for some fields. Unfortunately, clicking on a button brings up a text box with the words “Choose Nationality”, for example, but clicking on the test does nothing. In other words, there is no way to insert your nationality, or complete any field that has radio buttons. Anyone complete an Evisa app lately?

Vaccination reduces the spread of Covid.

I am agreed. There are better ways for the US to confirm it’s’ support of Taiwan without stirring up more problems.

Yeah, my flight out was delayed by 90 minutes, and I almost missed my connection to Singapore. And there were loads of elderly Farangs with young Thai wives at the airport. If you are familiar with the 3 day rule, you probably can’t imagine having a Thai lady for years on end.

I'm in Udon Thani at the moment. The number of elderly Farangs accompanied by relatively younger Thai ladies here is fairly amazing. I guess that particular bargirl retirement strategy seems to be working, for some.

One very common retirement strategy for all Thai ladies is to have kids who will support her when they are adults. In most cases, the female children will be the prime support, as males are not reliable. I have noticed when ladyboys come out of the closet, the mothers are supportive, the fathers not so much. I am wondering if the mothers are thinking that a ladyboy will support her down the road, whereas a son may not. For some bargirls, family support can be as big a drag on earnings as a Thai boyfriend. I know ladies who send 50K baht a month back home.