Drumbuie

Aspirin is better for COVID as it dissolves blood clots. But it's out of patent so nobody is pushing doctors to prescribe it.

In a situation where I and/or someone else will be signing lots of pieces of paper ( immigration, bank, phone company, hospital), I take the actual passport. For everything else, photos on my phone seem to be enough.

" The fat doctor" happens to be a friend of a friend and in real life he's not fat, it's an unflattering photo. He also has an M.Sc as well as an M.D. and is an Associate Professor at Chulalongkorn Uni, specialising in public health. Can I ask, what are your medical qualifications? ( and while we're at it, what's your BMI?) And are you aware of the complications of long COVID, and the exponential damage that repeat infections case? It's *not* 'flu.

Unsurprised but still disappointed that some of the regulars here cannot, apparently, ever pass up the chance to make unfunny jokes at the expense of a fellow human being in distress. I sincerely hope his family don't stumble onto this page. In the midst of your clumsy efforts to out-snide each other, do you guys ever stop to think about the effect it could have in the real world?

No hospices? Not true. Here's one :- https://qscbc.org/en/qscbc-foundation/

A friend with cancer was admitted to hospital for " End of Life Care" . That was last year. After some stem cell immunotherapy treatments, there was so much improvement they were able to have a meal in a restaurant just a week or two ago. It's not a cure, but it's definitely improved their quality of life at a very late stage .

What arrant and arrogant nonsense. I travel around the centre of Bangkok by BTS and on foot: almost all drivers will slow down and wait for me to cross the road - and I gesture a thank you, and we both feel pleased by that exchange I have only ever experienced rude or inconsiderate behaviour from other foreigners. I am guessing the OP may be one of them.

When I had this problem with the Bangkok Bank statement showing both FTT and TPP, I requested a statement through the banking app, printed it, highlighted all the transactions, went to the branch and asked them to confirm that all the transactions were from abroad. An hour or so later, I was given letters confirming each transaction was a FTT. I submitted those with the printed out 12 month bank statement, and a printout of my bank book. Chaeng Wattana accepted that and since I leave the 800k untouched, building up a small surplus with the interest, have had no problems since.

The UK signed up to the Common Reporting Standard in 2017 so you should probably set aside a day and take your documents to the bank. In my case at least, the Thai tax regime gives more generous allowances than HMRC and I have chosen to pay tax here rather than there.

A large proportion of the indigenous population of the UK can't speak English fluently and certainly not to " academic" levels

The reason the warning was given to Brits is that it was given by the *British* Ambassador.

The momentum of a C-130, reverse thrust or no reverse thrust, is considerable.

Legal advice on wills, power of attorney etc, is offered by the Office of the Attorney General for free to all Thai residents, no matter their nationality. I now understand why from a Thai friend whose family spent decades in litigation after the grandparents died without a will - apparently Thais, especially the older ones, are v reluctant to face up to the necessity. Their case tied up the courts and enriched lawyers for years.

If you are in Thailand now, go to the nearest Office of the Attorney General and ask them for assistance. It should be free.

Had a message from Bangkok Bank last week. I'm in the queue at my branch right now to show them that the bill is aid by my son ( but you can do it at any branch).

I've used OpenOffice for years. It's free, it's stable, they don't keep changing it for the sake of change, and it's even better now because it doesn't keep pushing AI doodads at me. Gradually trying to move everything away from US-based software - for reasons which will be obvious to anyone capable of critical thinking. About to try NextCloud for online storage, for example, to remove all my stuff from the Googlesphere.

I would guess that it might be due to the fact that the offices have been closed for three days last week due to Songkran.

I wonder how the Italian tourist would have responded to a Chinese tourist in Italy saying "hallo" to him in Arabic? Or Hindi?

Thanks to the internet I can tell you that acetone ( nail polish remover) and peroxide ( hair bleach) combined can be used to make the explosive mentioned above. Both are commonly available ingredients and it's not impossible that if some of his Thai friends were female, a drop or two if those substances might have contaminated his bag and triggered the sensor.

Also guilty of a very serious crime against fashion.

Good. The influx of oligarchs has ruined London, especially the ones who bought properties as investments and didn't actually live in them. Friends tell me of restaurants closing because there aren't enough actual residents to keep them open, people moving because the oligarch next door's digging three extra basement floors to add a garage, swimming pool and cinema and the structural damage is spreading .. and house prices are completely unaffordable for 99% of Britons.

That would work... IF the raw materials for the stuff the US makes were sourced in the USA. But.... PS Russia is noticeable by its absence from the increased tariff list. Who do you think told Trump to make this move?

Somewhere I saw a note that after 2007, Bangkok buildings were designed to be earthquake- resilient. However, having seen that video of Park Origin's Sky Bridges shearing away, I'm not 100% convinced, tbh.

CREC has seven decades of experience of building railways, smoothing gradients, tracklaying etc - but no experience of building high rises. Contracting them was a bit like asking a bus driver to tailor your suit. CREC was the company whose railway tunnel collapsed last year in Nakhon Ratchasima. Some of their officials were caught yesterday trying to remove files from the Audit building site.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/2758639/italian-thai-development-faces-b108bn-debt-crunch-as-overseas-projects-fail ItalThai is already in financial difficulties. The Chinese company is the same one whose tunnel collapsed in Nakhon Ratchasima, suffocating workers: their expertise is in tracklaying, not building high rises nor, apparently, tunnels. But their bid was the lowest. The whole thing stinks to high heaven.