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Am i losing my mind, Im sure I didn't write this headline as "for TAXI" Some of These apps encompass alot more than just "for Taxi" Ah yes I see now, moderators changed my post, why? Grab, Lineman, Robinhood all offer other services apart from just taxi

How many of these have you used and which do you rate highly? Are they available all over Thailand?

I am seeing a specialist already and paying through the nose. His consults are not covered under medicare in Oz. Luckily most of the bloodwork is but all of it. The foodprint is not covered. Ive already spent 1000s on this. Based on all the blood work/piss tests carried out at his request (pages and pages) he already said I would need a strict elimination diet to make a recover from the markers that were flagged in the blood tests and the various symptoms. We have not had a consult since I carried out the Food print but it just adds more weight to what he already said. Everything I have read says you need to eliminate the trigger foods to give your gut the chance to heal. That is the path im trying to take. My consultant is booked out for the next two months and I know even if I got an appointment he would just tell me what he has already told me given he now has the footprint and blood tests that match up. I dont think all the foods will be causing long term issues but whatever damage I have done is likely allowing other things to pass through the gut that wouldn't ordinarily be there. Dairy is a very common trigger food for people and I think that may be the case for me.

My understanding is once you remove the trigger foods and you stop producing an immune response to them you can then reintroduce the foods and it won't necessarily trigger again once your body/gut has healed. So I want the test to see if the level of immune response to the foods outlined in the blood has been reduce when I have eliminated them for a period. Maybe from the 88 U/ml to 40 U/ml over a few weeks. It's a progress report to tell me that yes the immune response is reducing keep up the good work or it could also say after a few months that some foods will have to be eliminated at all times because there has been no reduction from the body attacking Given some of the foods on that list I dont ever remember eating, I suspect they will always be on the list or they are false positives. The foods that I was regularly eating might or might not go from red to yellow to green over time by being unable to permeate the gut lining once it has had time to heal. If you rub a scab it will keep opening and starting to bleed. If the scab heals you can do alot of rubbing on that skin and there won't be any blood unless you do big damage again. From what i've read it's the same principle with the gut. It needs time to heal to offer proper protection. But yes you are right, seeing some symptoms resolution would be great but I think this is also a way to show that the first test and second test align and that there is improvement over the period between the two if not seen from symptoms. Im not going paying 20k baht again thought this soon. Is this something healthy insurance would cover do you think?

Yellow group causes an immune response to a lesser degree than the red group. As per the testing company guidelines, limit yellow group foods but not necessarily needed to eliminate fully, for three months. Red group should be eliminated for a minimum of three months, The testing company says. That brings me back around to my original question, is there any places that you know of that test select foods instead of paying huge money for a 200+ test? I will try eliminate the red category foods, if I cannot eliminate all I will try to vastly reduce the consumption. I was hoping I could maybe test after the 4-6 week mark to see if I have lowered/knocked some of them off the trigger list without paying huge money for full testing. The test I linked above checks a few of my red list items but surprisingly not for corn, barley, yeast.

Thats incredible, where do those estimates come from? Who makes the MG batteries? CATL maybe. BYD produce their own if im not mistaken.

Its not working ive got 30 immune trigger foods in my diet according to this test

Yes, initial test was carried out in Oz. 200 foods. Trigger foods I posted above in order of bigger immune response per the figures beside the food type. I was drinking raw milk while I was there and more coffees than usual (with milk) and that's top of the list. Second is Casein which I would attribute to my collagen powder supplement that I was taking on a daily basis. Third is brewers yeast and fifth is barley . It was Xmas/New years and I wasn't holding back on the beers. No idea about the Ginko, Mussel, Cola nut, Pistachio, Agar Agar, Winkle, Hazelnut (maybe chocolate?), white haricot, cashew nuts. The yellow group is giving less of an immune response but its more of the same. Based on the result I need to avoid all dairy, gluten, alcohol, corn, some nuts, some veg and other stuff that I dont think ive ever eaten. From what I can see all im left with is meat and veg and rice. A near impossible task when eating out in Thailand or when trying to live a normal existence. From what I can tell most gluten free products contain corn of some sort so it's not like I could go out every now and then and even have a <deleted>ty gluten free pizza or similar.

Just so I have it clear. BYD will replace your battery if the car won't drive more than 400kms up to that 8 years period, The last day of that 8 year period if you cant drive more than 400kms they will under warranty replace it for you for free? Or they will replace the battery if the vehicle software doesn't show that the battery is below 70% capacity within 8 years? After 8 years your on you own?

Interesting. Thailand has become alot more developed since 2010, almost 15 years ago and that means massive amounts of condos have been built in Bangkok, Pattaya, Hua Hin, Phuket etc since then as people leave the countryside and move to cities where there is more work and opportunities available. I would think these stats have changed alot.

How would you go about doing that when you have a few dozen problem foods? Im questioning the accuracy and efficacy of this test. Most of the "big ticket items" foods on this list are foods I ate regularly in the weeks leading up to this test. Apart from Ginko, Mussel, Cola nut, Pistachio, Agar Agar, Winkle etc which are unusual to me. Does this mean everything I am eating regularly is causing an immune response? Ive not had a chance to have a consult with the doctor who suggested I get one done yet so just going through it all now in the next few weeks before I get to consult again.

80% capacity disclaimer after x amount of cycles reminds me of my iPhone. When I replaced my battery recently it said I still had 90% capacity. I don't care what it says I know what once lasted me a day and a half for 0-12 months now went dead after 3/4 of a day after 18-24 months of use. I know and Apple knows too there is no way that battery had 90% capacity or even 80% capacity but they give warranties to say they will replace it if it goes below 80%. Instead of me getting a battery on warranty I had to fork out and pay it myself. A self sustaining house is something that appeals to me alot but I think it's only viable for people who are very hands on or who have plenty of coin and/or are willing to experiment. Im curious How do these EV's manage from a heat POV especially when charging in a garage or outdoors? Does the charging cycle stop often with the BMS due to overheating or Is it recommended you have it charging in a garage with air con? I note some forgivings in the payback calculations which would make it alot more complicated but no less relevant. I haven't seen the inclusion of the margin of costs of paying for an EV compared to a comparable ICE vehicle. In the real world people may want an SUV but most people don't care about 0-60 in Thailand. How much is a Ranger/Hilux/BMW 3 Series/Merc C class vs a name the BYD/Hyundai/Tesla EV equivalent. Also the depreciation costs of said vehicles, Ive read nothing but higher depreciation reports of EVs and often struggling to sell them at all. I think a breakthrough in battery technology is needed to make an investment like this undeniable. Even then it's only suitable for a small amount of people in Thailand as most people live in Condos

Trying to find a test that isn't obscenely expensive in Phuket. Ive seen prices from 18,000 - 37,000 baht. https://www.andalab.net/allergy-screening-tests/ The J245 or J108 test online in the link above is 2500/2700 baht but it's limited to only 20 different products compared to 200 with the other tests. I dont need 200 again, 30/40-100 would be ideal but not sure that's available.

What are the best websites for sales and rental property in Cambodia? Does anybody have an opinion of Cambodia from the POV of real estate investing, is it an up and coming place? Thailand of 20 years ago maybe….

I prefer to pick my own stocks and manage my portfolio myself right now. Will likely transition to a fund if the fund I want to invest in opens to new capital again in the future.

Whats the current annual yield on this, Must check it out. What is the yield in the money markets? I am >30% cash right now and I get 4.83% on that through IB in USD cash account. I often take short term bets when I see an opportunity so being liquid is a factor for me but would be willing to tie some up if I got >6-8%. Latam is super cheap, Brazil and Columbia gave me most of my returns the last 12-18 months. There is some double digit yielding companies (dividends + buybacks) trading on <4 PE ratios with modest earnings assumptions that are very solid companies.

When you say equities I guess you mean ETFs, Is so which ones? How do you decide which bonds to allocate capital to? What money market funds and "other things"? In regards to why the S+P is a good place to park money in 2024 Id look at the returns over the last few years. S+P 500 % Returns 2016 - 12 2017 - 21.8 2018 - (-4.3) 2019 - 31.5 2020 - 18.4 2021 - 28.7 2022 - (-18.1) 2023 - 26.3 These figures are extremely unusual returns to the upside historically. With such large outperformance I expect the next few years to be a stock pickers market. Almost all fund mangers are holders of the Mag 7, where is the buying pressure going to come from? There has been massive lack of capital invested in companies/sectors that are vital to peoples day to day living. I.e Energy/Resources I think we will see that revert over the 2020s. This was an interesting post on twitter - NVIDIA now worth more than: Exxon Chevron Shell PLC TotalEnergies BP PLC Suncor Energy Marathon China Petroleum Chemical Corp Valero Energy PetroChina Cenovus Energy Imperial Oil Canadian Natural Resources Combined. If we lost Nvidia tomorrow or all the above which would cause more pain on a global scale?

This dealer that I went to yesterday never mentioned a work permit. It was luck on my part. I was doing nothing and found another dealer close-by that I hadn't been to and I said let's go for a drive. They had 4 ADVs, each colour sitting there when I walked in and I thought to myself this is too good to be true. It was, they were all allocated, a small dealership with very few bikes but they knew about residency cert. They actually showed me the cert that a Russian buyer had given them to complete a purchase and said I needed to get this from immigration. For anybody having the same hassles I will put a google maps locator to the dealer. Not only that they were equal to the cheapest price I have found in any other garage I checked. https://g.co/kgs/DuT99zV

The same document are require either way so why not do it right the first time?

I've seen a couple of ADV 350s in dealerships. Too big for my girl to use. They are nice though. I dont see too many ADV 160s on the road. Compared to Clicks and PCX there are way less ADVs driving on the roads. Clicks coming out the Wazoo at every dealer. I think they look ok but I want something a bit better for going on longer trips I think the ADV will provide that.

Luckily the dealer I ended up going to is only a 5 minute drive.

I dont know what the issue is with ADV 160 supply? I must have rang 10 dealers and only one had any in stock and I want a black one so I didn't want what they had. There was 4 in the garage I just went to today but they were all ordered waiting for pickup. I am upgrading from another bike so I can wait until it gets here. Im hoping max one month but ideally 2 weeks. How are you finding the bike and what way does it work from a break in and ongoing servicing POV?

You must have gotten the Marvel edition ADV 160?

Yes can get in Patong. 200b I can stomach. I guess the labour to take the plates on and off!! Do I need to pay for the permanent plate then aswell for another sting? They said there is no more charges in the dealership. I find everything is infinitely easier when you have a Thai with you when your doing all sorts of things like this. I think its a case of its just too hard when they are trying to converse in a non native language and CBF

I think its actually only for motorcycle not for car based on the picture of the bike on the back