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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!!

Man, anyone who decides to do the expat life and doesn't put in place provisions for old age health care is really just asking for trouble. I pity the man, but his troubles could have easily been avoided by making sure he had an exit plan. This is fair warning for all trying to "live the dream" Have medical insurance and continued care in your home country. If you cannot then DON'T sell it all and come. Anyone with an ounce of common sense would not soley rely on the Thai health care community for all health care needs. This man should have setup a way for him too easily go back to the home country in the case of medical emergency and get care. If not able too then he should have not gotten himself stuck here. This kind of thing is absurd but all too common.

I can hear it now. He'll be trying to get the prize and talking about peace at all his rallies. It will go something like this: Let me tell you, nobody loves peace more than me. We're talking about tremendous peace, the best peace, everybody agrees. We had peace, the greatest peace, really, with the Abraham Accords, nobody thought it was possible, but we did it, we got it done, beautiful. Now, some people, they don't want peace, they want to fight, it's terrible, very bad people, but we're going to have peace, believe me, total peace, the most beautiful peace, and it's going to be so great, you're all going to be so happy, it's going to be tremendous.

Just smoke a bowl and you'll mellow out. Toke up and let the anger melt away.

Lot's of data concerning paranoid schizophrenia associated with long term THC use. It's still not well understood how long term use effects brain chemistry. Best not to use such a crude intoxicant unless there is significant data to show it's OK. My personal experience is after about 7 years of more than twice weekly use I developed severe paranoia. I stopped. In fact I don't remember any real benefit from smoking weed. Just made me lazy and eat too much. Stupid drug, at least for me. Paranoid delusions CAN induce violence in the sufferer. So anybody saying it's a "fact" that weed does not make people violent are speaking in half truths and insufficient data.

I wonder if they will be able to even organize any kind of protest. Potential protestor: Dude, this is too much work. Wow man. Why don't we get together with all those Goverment big shots and smoke a bowl. Everyone will mellow out and understand just how great weed is. Don't they know if everyone smoked weed the world would be a better place?

The truth is you have no idea what you are talking about.

Man, that is such a sophomoric and hyperbolic statement. Let me ask you a favor. Make sure you and wear your MAGA cap when you are out and about town. Some of us would like fair warning .. please help us avoid the nonsense. You might as well just post this instead: "My thinking is about as blunt as using a hammer to fix a watch and crude as a fart in church"

I've lived in Thailand a good portion of the last 12 years. I still cook a lot at home because I like traditional salads with lots of leafy greens, bell peppers, tomato, onion etc. Trying to find a good large salad even at a western restaurant in Thailand is difficult and when you do they are much more expensive than taking a few minutes to chop up some vegetables and add some dressing at home. I usually supplement the salad with one of those 7-11 small Thai meals which usually give some rice and meat of some sort or another. Good and cheap meal. I would, fairly often go out and buy som tom thai from a food stall or cart and maybe some barbecue chicken .. Gai Yang etc.. This is my personal diet. If one is OK with all the Traditional Thai fare than, it's quite obvious that eating out everyday is certainly very affordable. The USA obviously has a very expensive standard of living. Most EVERYTHING is at least double or more. When I stay in USA I rarely eat out because, as you point out, it's very expensive and for me the availability of good vegetable options is not that great and when available way too expensive. I have really grown to hate the USA HOMOGENIZED corporate infrastructure. There are so many corporate brands that have taken over most facets of retail it makes choices limited and it makes ANYTOWN USA look like every other ANYTOWN USA ... really bad IMHO. I really don't like it.

I'll be there but in disguise. I'll be wearing my "Make America Great" Cap along with my "Rainbow Coalition" T-shirt.

Mine still works thank you very much. You never saw me post otherwise did you? Everything is working just as it should and pleases the few mistriesses I hvae going. I have named my junk. Let me introduce you since you are so interested in my penis situation. My penis is the "The Octagon." My left testicle is "James Westfall." My right testicle is "Dr. Kenneth Noisewater." Lucky girls get to meet the whole gang!!