Lorry

You don't know any Thais who are employed?

60 (retirement age in Thailand) I got it when I was 57, didn't ask for it. The girl at the counter looked at me, said "you are over 60" and issued the old-age card. I know how Biden must feel.

I do exactly the same.

Cialis 5mg daily is prescribed in cases of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), as an alternative or additionally to alpha-blockers like Tamsulosin. Like Tamsulosin, daily Cialis will lower the blood pressure. So any blood pressure medication that you are taking may have to be adjusted if you start Cialis. Cialis is not by itself prescribed as a blood pressure medication.

Macrogol is sold under the brand name Forlax. Most pharmacies have it. A box has 20 or 30 sachets, price is about 13 B/sachet. Very effective (high doses can even be used to clean the colon for a colonoscopy). Works within 1 day. Depending on how constipated you are, take 1, 2 or 3 sachets per day. The limitation to 2 weeks is very, very cautious. If it's clinically relevant constipation (i.e. no stool or winds for 4 or 5 days, bloated, painful abdomen, diminished bowel sounds), 6 or more sachets may help, (if there is no other reason for the constipation than a "slow digestion" - if in doubt, see a doctor) OP's stuff is more natural (which, hopefully, is a good thing)

The number of cockroaches in my place correlates with the cleanliness of my kitchen. I once used OP's gel, I was not impressed. I always put cockroach traps from BigC in kitchen and bathroom, mostly the round ones. If the kitchen is very clean for weeks on end, the cockroaches disappear. Some are in the traps.

It's their experience of 50 years. 1990s: AIDS? Not me. 2004: Tsunami, thousands of dead tourists and the government openly stating they can't tell the truth because they might get sued by the farang? Tourists loved Thailand more than ever. 2010: Riots, 100 people shot dead in a temple? Thai temples are so beautiful! 2024: Smog? I have yet to meet a single person outside of Thailand who believes me that Thailand has bad air. Some of my friends were here during smog season, they still don't believe it. "The tourists will always come" (Bernard Trink)

I am not sure about all the other Bangkok Hospitals. Bangkok Hospital in Bangkok, for instance, has different prices for residents and tourists. Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, too. Maybe you didn't notice it. BTW I don't think you can find a not ISO certified hospital in Thailand. And there is no Mario Hospital, I guess you mean the former Mayo Hospital (now bought by another chain, it is Paolo Hospital Kaset now)

Let's say, 20km is an exaggeration. 5km, many ambulances will do it, for the commission

It's a legitimate question. The "protocol" is as said above. And pay and leave asap, go into a government hospital. If the private hospital realizes that they will never get money from this patient, they will kick him out anyway, and have him brought into a government hospital. They will still try to get their bill paid later.

Wrong. Not all hospitals do this, many do, especially in tourist places. If you live here, you should always get at least the resident price (if they have one). They may want to see some supporting documentation, like your visa, a yellow book, it depends. Of course, private hospitals usually have a much cheaper price for Thais. If you don't know this, you probably don't live in Thailand. Wrong again. Not that the hospital would encourage this, though. It usually happens with much higher prices, like 4MB, not 400,000. Insurances routinely negotiate the price after treatment, there a companies who make a living doing this. You should not give blatantly wrong information. People from countries with "socialized" medicine are not used to bargain in a hospital, one has to teach them. The results can be amazing (amazing as in "50% off"). Mostly, it doesn't work. But one should try.

Impossible. That would mean, you can get killed by stuff delivered to your 5☆☆☆☆☆Hotel in Bangkok. In a Thai Hotel, this is not possible.

In your opinion. He doesn't say that

You probably have no experience. It is absolutely normal to negotiate payment in installments. It is also absolutely normal that staff put you in the wrong category. If you arrived as an accident, a farang will prima facie be considered a tourist. A resident may pay less (especially in the tourist areas, private hospitals may have many prices: e.g. foreign insurance 100,000 - tourist 70,000 - resident foreigner 60,000 - Thai 30,000 and many more) So he should check that they didn't consider him a tourist. Last but not least, it's a free market and, of course, you can bargain. You cannot bargain with the girl at the cashier counter. And you cannot bargain about the price of an aspirin. 5MB, you can bargain with the hospital director. 400,000 is not that much, you might talk to the director of the financial department, or the medical director, or the boss of the international office if there is one - it depends.

There is a slight difference between cancer and ear wax. I am too busy now, but I am sure you will find another member willing to explain it to you.

DTV (hard power: Muay Thai)

Agreed

Yes Yes I use it for cooking. I don't use it for coffee, only in an emergency

You may be right, but one advantage of Indian and Chinese markets is their proximity

Most posters here are too much concerned about Westerners. The future of Thai tourism is India, the present is China, the past was the West. The government knows this and has said this many times.

It was a Thursday in California, right? (I know on paper they moved to Texas)

PS Visiting their shop at Lazada, it seems Tamarind is there for the taste and the acidity. They have fiber pineapple, lemon, orange, apple, passionfruit. PPS I stay corrected after reading @KhunLA's post

I have seen your list before, but from this list its impossible to guess how much of each ingredient. So from the name of this stuff I guess outs mainly fiber from tamarind. Of course you should stick to it, if it works. I might try it myself

Was that in the eighties?

The name of this stuff is "Tamarind Fiber" - "Fiber" (transliterated into Thai) being written in big letters. So I guess this is the main ingredient, and recommend the other threads about fiber