Everything posted by JimTripper
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7-11 takes 1000-Baht-bill for 100 Baht, shortchanges - your take?
You need to look at the cashier before breaking a 1000 anywhere. Problem looking guys, no. Female students, yes. Learn to read people. It becomes second nature after awhile.
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Anyone else hate the shirtless?
I actually don't think waxing is for me, though I have never tried it. I want a very short stubble all over like I get with a clipper blade with no guard, not a squeaky bare skin. Go figure. There are also practical considerations. The body shave takes an hour or so about every 3 weeks. I can't take a whole day waxing, it would take too long and require a lot of effort. Having a waxed smooth skin does feel a bit too girly and feminine for me.
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Anyone else hate the shirtless?
I just don't like body hair. Not sure why. Never have, probably never will. I always feel renewed, clean and ready to go after a nice shave, so I shave it. It's all me, not about other people or sexual orientation. I do shave my balls and crack as well (by squatting over a mirror), trim eyelashes, but not eyebrows or hair, though I do keep my hair short and tidy as well. I trim my nose hair at least every couple days. I have a wahl trimmer, so it's not a blade, just a close trim. I do take care of myself well in other areas, so I think being shaven is just an offshoot of that. It's about being neat, tidy. However, I don't like seeing untuly hair on other people, would not say anything, it's just not something I want to look at. Do you shave your body hair, or just let it go?
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Anyone else hate the shirtless?
American. The French tend to be hairy to my recollection, or maybe that's only a certain european demographic. I know there are bohemian european types that go all naturel and don't wear deodorant and avoid anything with fragerances. The women don't shave either and have long under arm hair and what have you. Am I off base here? Do you like that sort of thing, or is it just me?
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Anyone else hate the shirtless?
I actually don't mind body weight on others much as long as they are clean and shaven. Is the hairy thing I don't like. Those really hairy guys with back hair, or really long arm and leg hair. Especially the guys that are overweight with the hairy thing going on as well. It looks so dirty to me, almost like a primate😅. I shave my body regularly, I can't see why guys can't shave once in awhile to keep themselves kept a bit better. Especially in a tropical humid climate you get all sweaty and have the body hair hanging all over.
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typical retiree (foreign home) situation
Sure, as long as you can pay.
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I Should Have Known Better.
I'm sorry to the Op that I went off the rail here. I'm sensitive about people complaining about small things like this. Reminds me of family problems with a relative I have who loses the TV remote control all the time and makes a big deal over it. Sorry.
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O-A Visa Pitfalls
Still cheaper at 61 then I just paid for my tooth. I think dental work is much more expensive then health insurance. I started noticing a lot of blokes in Pattaya missing teeth when I had some dental issues. Decided to goto a top dentist in Bangkok to get it taken care of. You needed to know that right? Brush your teeth. You don't want to end up an old guy in Pattaya with missing teeth and going to one of those cheap implant places and having it get infected because they don't know wtf they are doing.
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O-A Visa Pitfalls
I think a lot of people here are a lot older where the premiums spike way up.
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My last Post ( i hope its not)
Yep, It seems like you are fighting some great evil or injustice until you end up in close combat. Eventually, you realize the guy is just like you and what the hell are you doing there.
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Tourist dies after being refused treatment at BKK private hospital - Tim Newton Today - Dec 13
I'm pretty sure the oath applies only after accepting the patient, or working on the patient. Refusing care, or just passing an injured person on the sidewalk, does not fall under the "do no harm" clause to my understanding.
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I Should Have Known Better.
Well, thats pretty easy to solve. Look on the app and see what you ordered. It has the price and delivery date there. It's not rocket science, Einstein. Do you have a brain? You can't even get a delivery.
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currently stuck in Phuket airport (denied entry)
It's unreasonable to have people fly in and get denied at the border and get stuck at the airport. They need to know if they can enter beforehand.
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O-A Visa Pitfalls
Ok, it's just extending the OA each year over 2 years with additional requirements like the 800k, not technically getting the O.
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currently stuck in Phuket airport (denied entry)
It just keeps causing more problems until it's fixed then. Word gets out and people start going to other countries where they are not stranded at the airport.
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O-A Visa Pitfalls
That's if you switch while in country without leaving.
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O-A Visa Pitfalls
I'm on an OA. To my understanding you need the insurance ongoing no matter what you do unless you exit the country and come in on an entirely new visa (the border bounce for the second year is not a new visa). I will probably just return to the Usa for another OA every 2 years and keep money in the Usa.
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currently stuck in Phuket airport (denied entry)
No, he could be a tourist who comes every month. If he has the visa or regulation to enter, he should be admitted until the visa system is corrected and people are not waiting at the border.
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currently stuck in Phuket airport (denied entry)
Op said KL police said don't leave the aitport. They must have put something weird in the passport or the immigration computer. He was not just free after leaving Thailand. The problem is following him around!
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currently stuck in Phuket airport (denied entry)
No sign and let the process unfold by itself. Say as little as possible. If they stop you from entering get a ticket out. Try Cambodia or Vietnam and fly into Bangkok again. Flights are cheap.
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Foreigner Accused of Public Nuisance After Urinating and Defecating Outside Grocery Store in Ubon Ratchathani
Are you sure it was not a camel?
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Foreign Tourist Found Staying in a Tent on Patong Beach
Did our ancestors need a toilet when they lived by the sea?
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I No Longer LIKE People. Do You?
Same here. I ended up selling my place because I could not afford to keep it empty and live in a place also where I could meet new people, and no longer wanted the hassle of renting it out. Original plan was to keep the remote property, meet someone traveling, and move back to the remote property if my partner was interested. Did not work out that way, but I guess I'm happier now then just living alone forever on the remote piece of land by myself🤷🏻♂️.
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Best way to fly BKK to US west cost?
7 hrs is too short. Best you can probably do is a Star Alliance Airline aisle seat and overnight layover at an airport with a capsule hotel attached to the terminal. Now, I can get a full leg stretch with an aisle seat almost the full flight using the isle on these overnight flights. Just make sure the trolley's not coming.
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Foreigner Accused of Public Nuisance After Urinating and Defecating Outside Grocery Store in Ubon Ratchathani
I don't usually see Europeans dumping on the sidewalk, unless it was some homeless person.