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That's the best way to add minerals to the diet, but many people don't eat enough variety of fruit to cover all the bases. Leafy green veggies, avocados, coconuts, etc. are all great sources of minerals, but are not necessarily 'complete' mineral sources. These days, you can find mineral supplements in every drug store or health food shop. Even Decathlon sells packets of minerals for electrolyte replacement. ... unless you eat a processed-food diet, fast-food diet, or just not an adventurous eater, so you only eat the same things every day.

A 'Reverse Osmosis' system will remove all the minerals from the water. But that can be a problem for drinking water... The body needs minerals so you'll have to supplement for better health. You can buy (and have installed for free) an under-counter system for under 7,000 Baht in most home centers.

If they want a Pope, let 'em have a Pope. People need a leader, regardless of how well or poorly he leads. Religion = "My imaginary friend is more powerful than your imaginary friend."

Is this book as 'dark' as the rest of the Dave Robicheaux series?

He can't try the suicide prevention hotline... wasn't it shut down by Trump, or was it Musk? Along with many other health and human services that our taxes paid for. We paid for them because we needed them. We wanted them. They worked for us. Now they are gone.

I'm also 78 and decided against implants. I only need three, all rear molars, so I opted for little clip-in "Smart Dentures." These are just a bit larger than a tooth itself, and do not require wires all over your mouth holding them in. I've been using them for the past 4-5 years with virtually no downside. Comfortable (don't even realize you're wearing them,) and cheap. They cost about 3,000 Baht here, but not all dentists seem to be able to make them.

I slept with a CPAP machine for about 3 years. It helped tremendously, and I was finally getting a restful night's sleep. Then someone suggested I lose weight. Hey, I WAS obese. No question about it, I was carrying around an extra 25 kilo. I did some research and decided to try the Keto Diet. It worked. It worked quickly. I dropped that extra 25 kilo in less than a year, and stopped needing and sold the CPAP machine. That was six years ago. I kept the weight off and haven't needed any sleep-aids since.

Some years ago, on a trip to the U.S., I stopped by a New York City sandwich lunch counter in mid-Manhattan. I sat at the busy counter for several minutes, with 5-6 servers behind the counter completely ignoring me, while taking orders from people who had arrived after me! I tried politely to catch their attention, but to no avail. Finally, a customer sitting next to me said; 'You have to put your tip on the counter first before they will wait on you.' At that point, I noticed that everyone who sat down put a few dollars on the counter in front of them before even looking at the menu. I left. I have no problem leaving a gratuity for good service. Happy to do so! I will NOT cover a worker's salary because the employer is too cheap to pay a living wage. I've lived and worked in too many countries around the world to know that there is no necessity for patrons to be forced to do that.

It seems just being in Pattaya is grounds enough for getting into serious altercations. Every day we read about another beating, stabbing, attack by motorcycle taxi drivers, ladyboys beating up another foreigner, etc., etc. We've lived here in Chiang Mai for 25 years and haven't even been stabbed once!

Truer words were never spoken.

I guess that tainted water dripped all the way from Texas to the Canadian border. That must be it. If you're satisfied with that explanation, I'm happy for you.

I guess you must mean except for the current Measles problem and the three children who died from it so far?

Ask most riders. The probability is extremely high that you will have an accident one day, especially if you ride a motorcycle every day here in Thailand. That accident may kill you. It certainly does kill a lot of people. Does that fact stop bike riders? Not very many. We know we're going to die some day. I've been riding daily over 50 years. So far, so good. Will it kill me? Maybe. Will I continue to enjoy the ride until it does? Absolutely! In the case of vaccines, we KNOW that they are very effective in preventing the widespread devastation of many diseases. That's a provable fact. That some people have adverse reactions to it is also a fact. But the percentages of people helped by the vaccines versus the few that have problems are reason enough to protect yourself and your children. At the same time, you are doing a service to your neighbors by reducing the chance of disease spread.

If this was about food; Trump would rather starve 1,000 people on the chance that one person may not deserve free food. Dems prefer to feed 1,000 people on the chance that one might be hungry and not be able to afford it. The same has happened in every US Federal department; fire thousands on the chance that a few may deserve it. And it's happening with the deportations, too. Thousands and thousands deported on the possibility that a few may be criminals. Yeah... sure... a few US citizens also get incorrectly caught up in the net but they shouldn't complain. The US will certainly bring them right back. Oh... wait...

Someone willing to be wrong, if that will make him right.