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In a top-notch dental clinic in a private hospital in Bangkok last year... I had an upper rear molar that was giving me grief. The excellent dentist who has done two crowns for me took a look and said I probably needed a root canal but wanted me to get a second opinion from the professor who was her teacher in dental school. A few weeks later, she took a look and, despite x-rays, wouldn't commit to the treatment required. Referred me to an endodontist; the waiting time for an appointment was two months. Back in Australia, my periodontist took a look and told me it would be a very difficult root canal if required and two month wait for an appointment.

I used to wear sandals from the typical brands you find in Tesco e.g. Adda or Gambol. Not the very cheapest versions, but say 400 baht. The last few years, while they are still comfortable, the build quality has gotten worse. I keep having to throw pairs away as they fail at stress points that are near impossible to repair. I like the ones from Decathlon. Not too expensive, and they last a long time. Regular slides or flip-flops I can't wear; I need the support of a strap type sandal.

Way back when, I used to enjoy an iced coffee while out and about, until one day I watched a street vendor pour in half a tin of condensed milk followed by two large scoops of sugar. It was the last time I bought an iced coffee in Thailand. I make my own at home now: coffee, water, and ice. It didn't take long to get used to the change in flavour.

I couldn't remember either, so I had a blood test to check, and it came back positive. It's cheaper to test rather than perhaps taking the vaccine unnecessarily in many countries if you don't need to. At the time, the vaccine in Australia was $300+ x2. It's now free in Australia for everyone aged over 65.

If you prefer Eaton, go to their US or Australia websites. Go to support and e-mail them your requirements and ask for their recommendation for a quiet UPS (available in TH) suitable for a home office environment. I get the feeling you are getting caught up looking at units more powerful than you really need, designed for server rooms where quiet operation is not a priority. For home use, a 650 or 750 does the job of allowing you time to save your work if the power goes out, 1000VA tops, unless you have a ton of gear. If there is an extended local power outage, I just shut down my desktop and go on to my laptop using my wi-fi hotspot. I've used a few different UPS models over the years and never had an issue with noise. For me the must-have feature in Thailand is AVR, to cope with fluctuating local power. Next time you are in a bank, department store or hospital, try to see the brands they are using. Often they will be using common local brands, nothing enormous, nothing expensive. Years ago the two-storey house we were living in had a water pump that needed replacing. Clever me decided that going a few levels more powerful would improve the water pressure to the top floor. While it did, it was noisy as. Should have kept to a similar spec the builder used. We did eventually solve the problem by upgrading the pipes. In other words, why buy a Mack Truck when all you need is a Toyota Corolla.

Nice unit, but it sounds like it's not the quietest for desktop use. While it makes an audible noise, it should be bearable once all set up. https://www.comx-computers.co.za/CPS-OLS2000EC-specifications-169734.htm#:~:text=Audible%20Noise%20at%201.5M%20from,Surface%20of%20Unit%20(dBA)

Most people don't know COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a silent killer. It's the world's fourth largest cause of death, according to the World Health Organization. The readings we keep seeing are not good for anyone living long-term in Thailand.

I guess Thailand knows now where they stand with the US. Cambodia Indonesia ✅ Laos Myanmar Philippines ✅ Thailand Vietnam ✅

Your previous number probably made it onto some spammers' list and was shopped around. Once you're on such a list, it is almost impossible to get off it. For years I hardly had any spam, but then I picked up a call I was expecting from Sydney... it turned out instead to be some Chinese visa spam. From then on, for a year I kept getting regular calls from Sydney numbers that were more of the same. I wouldn't answer them, but still sometimes they would leave messages in Chinese on my voicemail, After an Android update, my Pixel phone had a screening system so that any suspicious calls had to leave a message first for me to review and decide if I wanted to call them back. That cut out most of the spam. The best way to avoid being spammed is not to answer calls from unknown numbers. If the call is important, they will leave a voicemail for you.

Just wait until you price the RAM you require... 🤣

Mine was flooded not long after we bought it new, back in the epic 2011 Bangkok floods. The water level was over the transmission tunnel, so the transmission was completely replaced, along with a few other things. Off the road for nearly six months, covered by insurance. It runs perfectly fine to this day. I think most people with flooded cars that aren't junkers would get them cleaned professionally. I had a car years ago that didn't have good rust protection. Every time it rained, it smelled off, but it wasn't worth it, getting all the work that needed to be done, so I drove it until I could afford to buy something better. If it isn't a very old car, then I think most people would get flood damage sorted out under insurance. Cars that get fully submerged, if they are insured, may get written off if they aren't worth the cost of repair. My experience in Thailand is cars don't get written off as easily as in the West. I did get taken to a very interesting, out-of-the-way repair shop once where the cars they were repairing would have been 100% written off anywhere else. I think the low Thai labor costs must have made it viable. They were cars I would not have wanted to buy, destined for the tents, I guess.

A friend of mine's place is like that. I had a big old car and had to reverse out with no reversing camera, so I came close to hitting the new Audi parked opposite a few times. One day I saw the driver and asked her if she could park a few meters either side because I didn't want to hit her nice new car. There was always plenty of room for her to park, but I got the death stare. A few months ago a friend of mine reversed out of there in her huge SUV. Hit the Audi hard and caused a few thousand dollars' worth of damage. The Audi doesn't park there anymore...

It was a few years ago, but there was a small shop in Fortune IT Mall that stocked Google products. I no longer have their business card, but they were on one of the lower floors, at the hotel end, in the audio and camera shop area, not at the food court end. Whether it's still there I don't know, but they also stocked top-of-the-range headsets like Jabra.

Bradycardia. It can be diagnosed when adults have a resting heart rate below 60 bpm. If you are an athlete e.g. a top Tour de France rider, a low resting heart rate is not unusual. Some elite riders have tested as low as 28 bpm, but in older people it can require investigation. My own resting heart rate is 45-55 bpm. I did tests with a cardiologist, including stress tests, and everything seemed ok but it can be a concern. While I'm reasonably fit for my age, I'm certainly not an athlete. I could still run Park Run (5 km) in 25 minutes three years ago but I've had to give it up due to knee and hip issues I can still hike twenty kms as walking isn't as hard on the body as running.

I always wait outside for ten minutes first, so they don't do it right after I've walked fifteen minutes from the MRT and up a flight of stairs. Your pulse rate of 49. Has a doctor ever commented about that to you before?