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Where is the place to by this machine for the lowest price in Thailand? Normally, I like to use the traditional mercury type, but now expensive..and, they do not provide the mercury like the good old days. Is this really as accurate? Somehow, I doubt it. Also, the sound of the machine makes my blood pressure rise. So, I would need one without sound. OR, what about the same brand but with a stethoscope and cuff? Minus the mercury, unfortunately.

Either profound or....maybe... Golden.

I thought he said, upon my first reading, that I would never BE a doctor. I don't want to be a medical doctor. Too much anatomy for me.

Me, too.

Actually, I think this is NOT the case. We all know how many doctors make their choices of what to prescribe, and it is not based on science. Also, medical doctors are NOT scientists, and do not pretend to be. Medical doctors can also be scientists if they have had the extra education required. Or, they can, maybe, be self-taught scientists. I am speaking of the Natural Sciences...because....Social Sciences is NOT science.

He has a SUPER-DUPER Computer.... Probably THREE of them.

As usual... You beat me to it. One of these days.....!!!!!

As for me, I prefer objective truth. But, I guess, that's just me.

I once had many problems with the Electrolux microwave I bought quite some time ago. As is usually the case, even after I called the hotline, and sent many emails, a good resolution was not forthcoming. But, if the washer is in warranty, then just continue to send emails, for documentation purposes to the Electrolux headquarters...Thailand. What I finally did was to buy 3 more Electrolux microwave ovens so that, when one breaks, then I will have two working machines. Also, I never buy anything but the cheapest of any brand of microwave oven. These seem to be disposable products, and not worth the trouble of contacting/repairing. After-sales service is not great around here. So now, I do not buy anything unless absolutely necessary. Just keep sending emails, even one per day. Sooner or later, they will get tired of you, and do something to rectify the situation. Once you get to 100 emails sent, then you might be able to copy them and send them to Electrolux Europe, or something. One time when I did not get any response from a local name brand, an international brand, I just started sending copies to the country headquarters all around the world. As soon as I did that, then I got some response from the local Thailand office. Not sure if you might want to try that, however.

I think it would be better to eat them than to cull them. Tit for Tat, and all that....

No worries. I, for one, do not intend to engage in monkey chatter. However, if you are as interested in having a Japanese member of your group as you say, then the likelihood of actually having this happen will be greater if you were to use the internet to recruit candidates, worldwide, and in Japan, rather than insisting that your group be local, only.

These days, collaboration via internet is the best way, by far. Better access to resources, and many more reasons, such as time saved not sitting in traffic, and possible return of some pandemic, etc.

And I am a dirty rat. Although Cagney never said this, to my face.

I found a nice intro concerning the methodology of Lean & Kaizen, an intro which is not wasteful in itself, at all, and one which is simple for everyone to understand, even without your further explanation of this method of college-level Thai vocabulary acquisition. Hope this might help to clarify this strategy because I found it interesting, too.

This is still in early development, I think. The Kaizen method has never been used in this way. This is a revolutionary approach, presumably.

What do you mean: "Let Her"? Are you the one in control of her?

So....then.... One of my other strategies for learning Thai vocabulary is to.... NEVER study with FARANG. Why would I wish to do this? Especially when your proposed strategy for learning Thai Vocab has no justification, and no logic either....IMHO. So, according to your ground rules stated by you: I guess i will not be joining your Merry Bunch. Still....wishing you good luck..... But, I think you are engaged in a project similar to that of the famed....Sisyphus... I mean THIS guy.... My final advice to you, though is to..... Try to Remain Optimistic.....

If you did not want ANKI mentioned, then you should have expressly stated so in the OP. And, the reason I mentioned ANKI is that you actually ASKED ME to tell you what strategy I thought best for doing vocab acquisition work. Therefore, if you DO NOT want some subject broached, then PLEASE do NOT Ask for it....!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sounds like your little group is going to be a merry bunch, though.......for sure.....maybe.....

Unfortunately, I have only long been familiar with this, having lived in Japan off and on since 1971.... Maybe you are talking about Process Control....but I can't say for sure. I doubt that you will get to college-level Thai, if you are talking about graduate-level Chula vocabulary level. Chula already publishes a word list of Thai vocabulary from it's work at Chula. By the way... How long have you been studying Thai? And, what methodology/strategy have you tried thus far?

I will not only suggest, but I will also COMMAND you to use the same most effective method that I use, and have used, for over a decade. Namely: ANKI... https://apps.ankiweb.net/ Anki is best for vocabulary learning and retention, including Chinese vocabulary, Thai language vocabulary, and Medical terminology, including physiology and anatomy-course terminology. This app is the best, and used worldwide by medical students who need to learn difficult medical terminology and concepts in a hurry, and not forget. There is no other similar app which is as good and versatile. I thought all language learners knew about ANKI. The algorithm of spaced-repetition is quite effective. Also, I am aware of a few recalcitrant detractors that go on the internet and unfairly try to denigrate the great ANKI App, which works easily on Linux, Windows OS, and Apple, and, importantly on Android. Of course, that Nutty Apple Company makes it so that ANKI is not free for the brainchild of that Control Freak Jobs (glad he is no longer with us), but this is Apple's fault...(as if the company did not have enough money as it is). I use ANKI on Android and on Linux for free. And, in the past I used it on Windows OS for free. There are many Thai decks already created by others for free use. But I create my own. ANKI is a bit more complicated if one wishes to do more complex tasks, but it's also simple for beginners. https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks?search=thai I bet you didn't know that I know so much....right?

It's all about Entropy.

And, also... What prerequisite vocabulary knowledge is required? Minimum of 5000 words? Or, what is the minimum?

I could explain it to you.....but then... I would have to.....you know what...

Nothing to worry about, really! https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/ocean-tipping-point-climate-change-b2657442.html We will all be dead before the impact is felt in any significant way. Also, this is OLD NEWS. We have known for years that this will happen, just as it has happened in the past. Europe will become a giant SNOWBALL.... So what? Here in Thailand, though, the affects will be less drastic. Anyway....we will probably all starve to death due to drastic decrease in food production and crop yields sooner than 2150, just due to another 1.5 degree C warming, which is likely in 2050. Therefore, this thermocline problem may turn out to be insignificant, in the end. No worries. What, me worry? Actually, the Independent article seems based on this article that they link: https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2024/11/meltwater-greenland-arctic-weakening-ocean-circulation But, if you really want to know what's going on in Science, then don't get it from a UK newspaper...Instead, just read the science journals.

Does this mean I will soon be able to get my second and third PhD in Thailand? This is not as crazy as it sounds.