MarkBR

Mine were about 99% mentally intact at the end. Not sure I want to be mentally intact unless the end is very very fast.

Keep looking for good friends, good people still exist everywhere even among farang in Thailand.

Also depends on your age and the mood you are in as to what is an awesome song.

Yes, ELO were awesome

Indeed - bitter laughter.

I think it is just a question of how far along his dementia is. Need careful & correct diagnosis to slow with correct drug treatment regime.

Too many to claim to be best, many equally good - Je Ne Regrette Rien (Edith Piaf), Padam Padam (Edith Piaf), Feeling Good (Nina Simone), Ne Me Quitte Pas (Jacques Brel), I heard it through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye), Smalltown Boy (Bronski Beat), plus many songs by Siouxsie and the Banshees, etc.. The list is endless due to the sheer number of good songs

One can assume, typical Thai speed, at least double speed limit.

If well-educated when young, and had very good nutrition when very young into teenage years, then you should have built up a lot of cognitive insurance (cannot remember the correct term, apologies). So DON'T PANIC. Just enjoy not worrying about all the things you worried about when younger.

Changes are essential to deny the people having a choice.

Need to solve the massive poverty problem before any drug policy will have much effect.

Agreed, no one will buy 0.2% cannabis, has little functional use - will kill industry leading to de facto criminalisation of recreational cannabis users. Back to the stupidity of the Wars on Drugs, when they should focus on Yaba which is destroying rural Thailand!

Indeed

Main problem for all countries is corruption & nepotism resulting in incompetent sycophants climbing upwards who would never get to their positions without corruption &/or nepotism (UK - House of Lords (many members), Jeremy Corbin, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson to name a few) e.g. 'promoted' far above their abilities. This, may I suggest, leads to the decline of countries over varying lengths of time.

Would they rather that non-Thais who are really poor become criminals? Malign policy.

as Pattaya's reputation is operating 24/7.

Constant talk about Pattaya's reputation. Thankfully, I do not live there.

Seeking to replace Prawit's party. Look forward to some internecine feuding between them.

I agreed that mental health & physical health policy & treatment of British veterans & the mentally ill is appalling. The existence of foodbanks is appalling. But they are still viewed far more sympathetically (although, I think it is just words often rather than effective help) than those who are asylum seekers (one of my ex-students was from Benghazi, Libya - a very good decent human being - but had to escape when Force Majure was declared as it was disintegrating), immigrants or refugees. Your statement/comment illustrates my point.

Same effect in most countries those viewed as native to country get far more sympathy than those viewed as alien/foreign. Note treatment of asylum seekers, immigrants & refugees by redtop media/internet media in UK.

Must be very carefully with lending to other Thais; my Thai partner lent to his aunt (a substantial sum), she paid back but took much longer than he had anticipated for her to pay back - this caused much stress. Never use loan sharks, for poor Thais the question becomes why do they need to use loan sharks, what is going wrong the official sources of loans? I hope the police help this situation.

Loss of reputation sentence, I agree with. the BBC is worth it but MUST enforce effective monitoring and standards on ALL staff. Being a CREATIVE, is not grounds for allowing behaviour that is morally & criminally wrong. You noted the horrendous Saville case as one example; this Hugh Edwards case is another - his sentence is FAR too low. I am not far right, in case anyone queries this, but think that standards & enforcement should be across the board - this is what many in the upper levels of British society and the BBC as a reflection of that fail to adhere to e.g. BBC, Boris Johnson, Mohamed al Fayed, etc.. the list is long of the Elite acting badly and getting away with it.

If you use other, I wonder whether this may be flagged for further investigation. Sorry, just being paranoid.

The Elite - the system is maintained to keep them almost Untouchable.

Maybe mental health problems involved and Pattaya authorities should do something to help. Lack of effective mental health policy & treatment in Thailand (and many other countries generates far more problems).