FolkGuitar

I won't ride without a helmet, a GOOD full-face helmet with the strap fastened!

We see too many chalk marks on the roads. I can replace a leg, or replace a hand.

I can't replace a head.

... and then he woke up.

I used to be bothered by seeing 75-year-old men pushing a baby carriage with their 18-year-old bride, thinking the baby would not grow up with a father, the mother dealing with raising the child alone...

... Then I remembered 'This is Thailand.' The whole family does the child-rearing, with the parents often away working. That's the norm here, quite different from the US or UK. 

I'm not suggesting it's better or worse, just that this is Thai culture.

I can't imagine trying to do our grocery shopping for the week! Who knows what we'll feel like eating for dinner on Thursday?!?
I enjoy shopping for fresh food every day. Our freezer holds ice cream, ice cubes, a couple of packages of vacuum-packed steaks and chops for emergencies, and perhaps a bag of frozen raspberries. The fridge is half empty.

All the rest of our food is bought fresh daily. Veggies fresh from the talat, meats and seafood from the talat, Makro, and Rimping. I pick up the occasional item at Kasem's Mkt too.

Often on international sales or banking, waiting for a one-time passcode by phone is sometimes a losing proposition! My bank in the US takes about 45 seconds from the time I answer until the voice begins to dictate the code.

Just to cover all bets... Are you a smoker? Cigarettes, pipe, marijuana?

When I was a cigarette smoker, I would get bronchitis once or twice every year. That stopped when I stopped smoking.

A spoonful of chia seeds and freshly ground flax seeds soaked for 10 minutes in a glass of water every morning solves the problem for me. When I was in my early 70s, constipation became a problem. Someone suggested chia and flax seeds, so I tried them. By the third day, my body was back to 'proper' function! We've been taking them every morning since!  78 now and comfortable.

58 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

Are you only interested in meeting people that have the same interests as yourself?

Wow!

No. I'm interested in making friends with people who have the same interests as myself.

I never suggested it was a requirement for simply meeting.

Over the years I've met with 6-8 forum members, for lunch or coffee. To a man (and two women,)  all were nice, very pleasant people. Lunch conversation was enjoyable, interesting, and lively, and the lunch hour usually became two.

But in fact, common interests were few so most of us slipped back into remaining 'forum friends' while friendships grew with a few.

Bangkok Bank.  I think it addresses all of your needs. It certainly has for us over the years.

Are we permitted to ask 'why' there is so little police presence on the roads?

I've been driving in Thailand daily for the past 25 years and have never seen a cop pull over a reckless driver or three on a motorbike! Only daily roadblocks to give out tickets for not wearing a helmet.

Sitting at a traffic light with several riders not wearing helmets and one cop sitting right next to them completely ignoring these violations because he was already finished with the helmet detail. To hell with the fact that a cop was sitting right next to lawbreakers, right?

9 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

Your post is one big load of nonsense. Read my reply to Jingthing.

You and Yagoda could be poster boys for Homophobia.

Perhaps it's time to stop judging others.
 

7 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

One day I walked into a public toilet and noticed a guy standing at the entrance, I thought nothing of it and just walked to a urinal, the guy immediately appeared at a urinal next to me, there were no other guys at any other urinal.

What sort of behaviour would you call that?

You didn't mention it so I guess this guy didn't talk to you, didn't touch you,' didn't threaten you (other than your manhood,) and so was really no threat to you at all, right? Except in your mind?

Have you begun taking any new medication recently?
 

6 hours ago, Wuvu2 said:

Smart Sugar Ingredients: 99.5% Unrefined Sugar / 0.5 % Steviol Glycosides, Stevia Extract FDA Registration  

 

99.5% Unrefined Sugar - Smart marketing but sounds like nonsense to me 🙄

Yes!  This is basically what I mentioned in my earlier post in this thread, except I was referring to the liquid sweeteners I found on the supermarket shelves. 1% Stevia and 99% other sugars!

6 hours ago, bradiston said:

Erythritol is available on Lazada, and it's not expensive. Been using it for years. Buy 3 kilos or so at a time. Lasts months. Beware of some Stevia and monk fruit products. They often have other ingredients.

Yes, that is where I've been buying it since, but ...  would you know who carries the 'powdered' Allulose or Erythritol that I like to use in my chocolate?

25 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Arthritis is inflammation. Sugar is inflammatory. There are several ways in which sugar provokes inflammation.

 

My diet is as much protein as I want, plenty of cheese ( 40% fat ) and a small amount of butter. Unsweetened yoghurt.

 

My carbohydrate intake is limited to low carb vegetables - broccoli, lettuce, cabbage, green beans, cauliflower and bamboo.

 

On that diet, my weight went from 93 kg to 78 kg. I have since backslid to 81 kg, as I allow myself half a small bar of chocolate a day. I don't drink alcohol.

 

If the body is deprived of sugar, it has to start burning fat instead, for energy. IMO it's that simple.

My diet is very similar to yours, with the addition of a LOT of Kalamata olives and avocados! Olives, cheese, and a bit of deli meat for breakfast every day! We make our own Greek yogurt and eat a lot of it.

But getting back on topic...I love my sweets, so make my own Chocolate Almond Bark, or Coconut Almond bars too... 🙂
Sweeteners for that is a bit of a problem now that 'Sweety Cafe' has closed. That was my source for 'powdered' Allulose or Erythritol.

Want to improve Public Safety?

Put some cops on the streets. Put some cops at the intersections. Let them do something other than roadblocks.