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Went to CentralWorld 1 yr for fireworks ... terrible display. Even stayed at hotel right across the street, for convenience, and didn't make the experience any better ????

Nothing wrong with MSG, for most people, and I even add it to some home cooking dishes. Oil, olive & peanut only, and pretty much cut sugar out of diet, with few exceptions. Really wasn't that much of a challenge, as didn't use much sugar to begin with. Easy enough to avoid in restaurants.

Cooking isn't everyone's forte', or facilities to cook if in small condo/apt., or not a fan of doing dishes. Maybe just being minimalistic, and go bag at the ready. If good food available out the door, then we'd cook a bit less at home. As stated, when single parent, most meals out of the house, but convenient and tasty, so yea, worked then. Doesn't now.

Downloaded ... I'll wait for next 3 episodes before I start. In the middle of Jack Ryan now, and got a few others. Don't like waiting for next week installments.

Yes, GWM dealership at HH, in case Chevy signage nowhere to be seen. @JetsetBkk take a peek here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Chevrolet+Phuket+by+Goodservice/@7.9381716,98.3955804,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x13cd558d29448f48!8m2!3d7.9381716!4d98.3955804

SeaWalls are job security also, as the main one here/PKK has been revamped, full & partial twice in 20 yrs. Have 2 sections now that didn't fair well lately and caved in. About 1/2 km of, on the N shore of the bay caved big time, and that's been an ongoing project this year, and a much better job, materials being put in this time. Sort of like the constant resurfacing of asphalt roads & highways. Buddha forbid you'd do a proper concrete job to start, and then only do touch ups every 5 or 10 years. Saying that, locally, they have done excellent job when replacing the asphalt with concrete. We're supposed to get a new village road at the end of our stone soi, and surprisingly was told it will be replaced with concrete. Also told the wife to request a proper road for our dead end soi, which we are the only house of 8 lots on. Pros & cons, undecided as kind of like the stone, and less interesting access for others to venture down.

After 1 week, any eggs we don't egg, fresh cooked, get hard boiled. Eggs @ 1:10 of vid:

Chevy pulled out of TH, at end of 2020, sold any remaining stock at like 1/3 off the price to get rid of. Guessing it's closed. Peeked at Gmap, and one Chevy dealer at BKK, now a MG dealer, does seem to be servicing Chevys. Airbag recall & regular check up/maintenance (7 month old review) What site on your computer are you looking at ? https://www.thephuketnews.com/general-motors-to-withdraw-chevrolet-from-sale-in-thailand-by-end-of-2020-74866.php

And it appears the powers to be aren't to pleased about having their propaganda machine taken from them. Never read so much negative news-blips about Musk since he started exposing the influence they exerted with Twit's content, and what they allowed and or censored. Like Trump, he is now the enemy of the puppeteers ... more drama to follow ????

I guess I need to wait till late Feb, Mar & April before getting a good ROI. Even charging the car most of yesterday, and I couldn't break the 40kW ceiling ????

If you're not into fireworks, as only interesting part of NYE/NY for me. Seen them more than a few times at riverside Krung Thep, and quite impressive shows. Especially with ICONSIAM now. Wouldn't mind seeing again, but hotels are getting a little silly priced, and if not staying close, then a little too much effort for me, just to see fireworks.

I would give Boots a pass, if there, would be higher priced than other places. Got to make up for that high rent overhead. Only used Boots when I was an ignorant ding dong farang, as simply convenient. I was experimenting with tramadol, while treating pain from shingles, along with every other drug out there ???? Read the warnings and thought it might be strong enough, but wasn't very impressed. Don't know how anyone could get addicted to it, unless eating a whole sh!tload for long time. Same with valiums, as 10mg a day, I wouldn't even notice ... ???? Want some good sh!t, try Oxy, that will kick your butt.

Our sea wall looks a lot better than say, Cha Am, where it's nothing but chairs & umbrellas. Although nobody would be sitting on our beach, Ao Prachuap anyway, as too many storm/sewer drains. Even if sitting on/near the wall, need to position yourself away & upwind from the drains, or one would easily lose your appetite. Days past, before the wall, and prior to the small amount of 'major' development, obviously the vendors were illegally pass the high tide mark, and got seasonally flooded. Easier & cheaper to spend tax money for a wall, than enforce building code, if there were any back then. My first trip here, the wall was either getting build for first time, or getting a major upgrade. And no wall on the N shore of the bay. The Wat on top of the hill where I took photos from wasn't even open, let alone developed as a tourist attraction. I had to climb over a locked fence to enter the vacant grounds. Along with few monkeys noticed vs now easily a 1000+ in the area.

It depends what aspect of the pharmacy is illegal. The pharmacy itself might not be illegal, but certain drugs that they sell may not be allowed without a prescription. Or if a pharmacist is not on duty to advise, which I've yet to have any pharmacist advised me on anything that I purchased. I just walk in, I asked for it and they gave it to me. Years ago I walked into something like a Boots or Watson and wanted something I knew was behind the counter but the cashier was not allowed to sell it to me, because the pharmacist was not on duty.

The one pictured in news-blip is at Prachuap, and it is very necessary. Since the bay is nothing more than a sewer the wall is quite practical. It's also nothing new and been there 20 years.

He didn't ... ????

200 million ... what orifice did they pull that number out of ... ????

Did you not research it before taking it. Warnings of extended use, are not in 'fine print'. @JayClaytramadol is readily available. Think I have some in the house, no script needed.

Looking at one of the CS apps, and 'ChargeLoma' is pretty interesting, as it shows you the vendor at the CS at a glance. Along with info & reviews. https://chargeloma.com/

"Can anyone advise the best/cheapest way to go about it?" Yea ... don't get married. Ask yourself, 'Why are you getting married ?" I can't think of 1 advantage, except if you can't afford a retirement visa or younger than 50. Which case, rent rent rent. Easy to keep everything separate. If you have that much equity/assets that you're worried about, just get the elite visa, if not old enough for retirement visa.

If not the best thing all year. Quite entertaining & enjoyed it. Sad I'm enjoying TV series, with B list, or unknowns, rather than big budgets and A lister's movies. None of the big box office hits, highly rated, 100s k $$$ budgets have done anything for me, except kill some time, and sadly more than a few were wasted time. Wouldn't recommend or watch any again. Sad for being action movies, which I used to watch more than once or 5 times. Watched Glass Onion last night, and actually dosed off occasionally. The Recruit was quite good, as is The Rookie, which I started watching this year, past month or so, from S01. Both entertaining, not too serious, a nice mix. Slow Horses, very good, and got Jack Ryan downloaded and looking forward to that. The Cleaning Lady has kept my attention. The rest I watch are basically time killers.

yes & no ... yes, because absolutely nothing on there that is a security issue, with exception of BBL, which gets my USA Soc Sec DD. It goes in one day, and out the next. That app simply to see if arrived, and current balance, usually <5k baht. no ... as don't know a Thai site yet that hasn't be hacked, or any site for that matter. Except for BBL, there isn't much on my phone. I use it for camera, GPS and that's about it. Only phone calls I get are delivery folks letting me know that are on the way. Don't think I myself make 5 phone calls a month.

only for the past 2 months, as fairly neck in neck until Nov.

Plenty of time to leave ship safely ... ... Water entered the front portion of the 252-foot (76.8-meter) long warship around 8:45 p.m. Sunday ... flooding continued for more than three hours" Paraphrased from: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/21/asia/thai-warship-sinks-not-enough-life-jackets-intl-hnk-ml/index.html