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Hey, you know they'll find each and every way to cut corners. The oil that was used to fry your street chicken yesterday could be the oil that was used to stroke your meat today!

I'd wager this would just entice more Indians to sleep on the beach and do sponge baths in the public toilets. Good idea on the surface but public toilets usually draw homeless and low rent tourists.

About all that is "Golden" about Trump is his skin color and the toilets at Mira Lago. Anybody who buys into this "Trump is winning" BS has some huge misconception that the goal of government is "winning". That is just nonsense and designed to keep the slow thinking boot lickers jagging off to Trump. Way too many uneducated people bought into the Fux news and right wing social media propaganda and put this sophomore into office. Just wait, these government changes will result in some bad results later on down the line. Personally I'm getting ready for an economic bubble to burst. Mark my words. You heard it here first. The economy will tank in his term and the stock market will take a dive. The Republicans always do this. They deregulate everything, cut taxes for the rich and line their pockets then just run away leaving a sh!t storm for the next administration to clean up.

No matter what color the people are are I don't like taking vacations where I might want to take a late night stroll on the beach only to be met by a sea of low rent tourists sleeping there. You might consider that my post had nothing to do with race. It was big news not long ago that that people were complaining about all the Indians sleeping on the beach. If it were Chinese I still would'nt like it and people would also complain. Maybe you are looking for a fight? Not here bud.

What's happening there? Maybe time for a visit if things are slow. I prefer low season. I hate the crowds. I'll bet there are droves on male Indians sleeping on the beach still. Yea? or did the BIB get rid of em?

This is just what I'm talking about. There is some HUGE misconception that anti-biotics will "speed the healing process" .. this is absolutely false. Any first year medical student knows and is taught that the common cold, flu, covid 19 etc are all VIRAL infections. Anti-biotics DO NOT DO ANYTHING to treat those illnesses. They can, in fact, debilitate a persons body functions in some circumstances. For instance killing digestive tract flora. Antibioitics are not designed to treat viral infection. Most are in the same family as the original antibiotics penicillin. Illnesses like pneumonia, strep throat, sepsis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and the like are BACTERIAL infections and treated with antibiotics. A huge problem with Thai health care and pharmacies is they hand out antibiotics for THE WRONG ILLNESSES and cause bacterial tolerance problems if/when used for the appropriate illness. Viral infections are much harder to treat. Hence, no easy cure for Covid 19, the flu and common cold. The best that the medical community can do is provide vaccines which work in a completely different way than antibiotics.

Another vague, boorish and vain attempt at trying to elevate yourself. Spidermike makes some of the most well written posts I've seen on AN. Sometimes I don't agree but at least he can write. You on the other hand, well.. uh no.

The truth is stranger than fiction. Must be some kind of back story. Could be that bloke on here complaining that his long distance relationship with his Thai "GF" is costing too much.

Don't, just don't give money to any Thai gal if you are not living with her in country. Period. End of statement.

I would not recommend relying only on the Thai health care community simply because the quality of care, skill and knowledge is not up to western standards in many cases. Personally I have made sure I have insurance in the west and can go back for care if I deem it necessary. Say heart trouble or any kind of major surgery. I'd get it done in the west and not in Thailand

Absolutely, I've seen a few Doctors over the years at Bangkok Hospital and the like and they can be way behind in the latest advances in medicine. Many are just glorified pill salesman.

Exactly my point. Don't sell it all and move to Thailand unless you have a way to return to your home country in case of medical emergency. NEVER rely completely on Thai health care because they do come up short in many areas. Just the fact that many Thai Doctors (at reputable hospitals) will prescribe antibiotics for the flu or common cold is a HUGE RED FLAG. If you don't understand why then that is part of the problem. Any of you who are considering long term living here and are doing it because you can't get by in your home country be sure and visit a Goverment Hospital in Thailand before you do. They are very substandard compared to any western hospital. Far to many retirees come with enough money to get along here but not in their western homeland. Many do not give enough thought to making sure they are covered in the case of INEVITABLE illness or health issues. They wind up like this poor soul withering away in some 5000 baht a month room in Rayong. It's purely bad planning or unwillingness to look at the realities of old age. This kind of suffering is really quite unnecessary if the future is planned for. I really do hope some kind of crowd funding or charity from the Thai community might surface but I fear it won't.

I'm not looking for a discussion with anyone who makes blunt vague and irrational statements like "life in a democrat run city" in response to crime problems. Making the nonsensical insinuation that the politics of the leaders has something to do with the crime rate. That just utter BS.

There's a lot of that going on in these forums. Arm chair experts of every variety! Self appointed Doctors of science all over the place.

Said in a Bugs Bunny voice: It's a conspiracy I tell ya, a conspiracy!!