Naam

On 10/7/2018 at 7:22 AM, mogandave said:

On 10/7/2018 at 6:21 AM, Naam said:

the available credit is your limit.

I’m sure you’re right, but you should tell the banks, as they all seem to list the limit and the available credit separately.

i consider all three banks i am dealing with to be stupid banks. but none of them is that stupid. could it be that your banks refer to a single transaction or daily limit that differs from available total credit?

2 hours ago, garyk said:

Was that at a private hospital or government hospital?

private hospital. a government hospital wouldn't have been much cheaper as the lion share of the cost is the (imported) pacemaker. among the latter you can of course select a Volkswagen or a BMW.

3 hours ago, mogandave said:

 

No, it depends on your available credit, yes?

The limit means nothing if the card(s) are maxed out.

I’ve never had any trouble getting treatment with a credit card at hospitals, and I’ve had some chunky bills.

Bumrungrad and Bangkok Hospital both often offer 5-10% discounts with Citibank Visa...

 

the available credit is your limit.

8 hours ago, how241 said:

As with ALL investments, it usually comes down to Timing.  Another word for good timing is Good Luck. Go back 2 years ago to date and your up a thousand percent.  Go back 2-3 weeks ago and it was 8-9 baht,  now  DOUBLE that...Timing.

yawnnnn...

1 minute ago, mogandave said:

A credit card works at most hospitals.

that depends on your limit.

6 hours ago, marcusarelus said:

Good idea except you can't get back.  Ever had a heart attack or serious immediate illness in Thailand?

yes, temporary heart failure october 3, 2015 01.00 night - pacemaker cum defibrillator implanted october 4, cost 1.2 mm Baht.

3 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

8 hours ago, Scottjouro said:

The likes of XRP or even Stellar are the chosen ones, the future  

XRP.

120baht months ago, now 16 baht.

This is a chosen one?

chosen cryptos only for chosen people!

1 hour ago, Scottjouro said:

+147% YTD good for you ?

 

no, it's not good! on jan1, 2018 XRP 1 bought USD 1.1384, today XRP 1 buys USD 0.52223 = year-to-day loss minus 54.125966%

57 minutes ago, DeeMak9 said:

No, they are the ones that are going to be burned when all comes crashing down again. And it will happen. For the first time there will be another great hedge besides gold, called Bitcoin.

assuming the hedge is not clipped too "when all comes crashing down".

53 minutes ago, DeeMak9 said:

Is that so? This year were in a full blown bear market/crash, what do you expect the answer will be to your question?

that's why it is ridiculous talking about "many cool cryptocurrencies" and when challenged referring illogically to their performance of last year.

celebration forsooth:

5 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

In this case I am using celebration to mean putting something on display for others to admire and enjoy. 

 

Putting up the images of nazi scum in this manner qualifies.

 

From Collins dictionary 

 

2. singular noun

The celebration of something is praise and appreciation which is given to it.

 

This was not a memorial service but a celebration of his life. [+ of]

 

He sees the poem as a celebration of human love.

 

Synonyms: commemoration, honouring, remembrance   

 

yawnnnnn...

8 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

12 minutes ago, Naam said:

where's the "celebration" pray tell?

Look at the pictures of the room forsooth...

i see the pictures but nowhere a celebration.

12 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

I’m not Jewish and I find celebrating the nazis in this manner disgusting. 

where's the "celebration" pray tell?

On 10/4/2018 at 5:04 AM, Samui Bodoh said:

"...Bangkok Hotel Features Hitler Hotel Room..."

 

This is, in my view, a case of stupidity and ignorance over any attempt at malice or anti-semitism.

 

However, this is not the first time this kind of idiocy has occurred but it should be the last. A few years back I had a Thai language teacher goose-stepping around the classroom; he was a good guy with no idea at all of how truly offensive he was acting. It is time for Thailand to educate its people on the evils of Nazism, the symbols of the holocaust, and the reasons why they are so utterly offensive to so many.

 

A deep, sincere and public apology is needed, along with a meaningful effort to educate Thais on the past; this kind of thing should never happen again.

 

It is sickening.

 

 

not sickening but ridiculous is that you associate "goose-stepping" with being offensive. for your information this kind of marching is used even nowadays in the armed forces of more than a dozen countries. the origin of the goose-step goes back 250 years (Prussian military) and if you associate it with Nazi-Germany you are just  ignorant.

17 hours ago, DeeMak9 said:

On 10/3/2018 at 7:43 PM, Naam said:

show us some of the "many cool" cryptocurrencies that went up year-to-day

Hah! Show us the many cool cryptocurrencies that went down between jan 2017 and jan 2018 ????

logic is not your strong side.

1 hour ago, chrisandsu said:

That would always be helpful . Am I right in thinking that the American Medicare insurance would continue if you decide to upsticks and move to Thailand ? I know my general health plan here covers me when I go to Thailand just the same as it would do in America .

i can't comment on Medicare as i'm a German having German private health insurance (worldwide coverage without restrictions). 

1 hour ago, chrisandsu said:

I know it’s not possible in all situations but if I was an old timer and I needed medical treatment surely it would be cheaper and wiser to just jump on a plane home ? You will get much better treatment and will not bankrupt you .

unless you have a proper (non-Thai) health insurance.

36 minutes ago, SheungWan said:

 

The dreams are free but there are bills other than the Hard Brexiteer refusal of the EU exit payment. The 'Nissan Factor' for starters. Whatever happened to that 350 million a week saving claim? Out of the window. Notice now it has mutated into 'A Price Worth Paying'. Bottom line is that the Hard Brexiteer project doesn't care about the economics impact of withdrawal from the EU. Its on a nationalist roll. Always has been really, just that its otherwise pretences are dropping by the wayside.

the "£350 million a week savings LIE" should be justification enough for a new referendum.

19 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

the EU villains are spouting fire and fury on tuesday at mays latest hard response ..they expect her to just roll over to their demands

what demands pray tell?

On 10/1/2018 at 5:57 PM, Moti24 said:

It's about time May grew a pair and told Brussels where to stick their EU Membership!  The EU still wants billions from the UK, so they can support the weaker members.  Well, the ungrateful bastards have a short memory; The UK has already paid, in blood and guts! 

 

The BANK IS CLOSED!

keep on dreaming, dreams are free.

10 hours ago, Finnc99 said:

I use the aircon from average 7pm until 9am,

aircon is mostly on 28

there wouldn't have been any salty comments if this info was available. there's a huge big difference using aircon at night vs. daytime.