FolkGuitar

It's just a computer glitch. If you refresh the page a few times, the 'Out of Stock' message disappears and the price shows up. This does NOT seem to be the case for many grocery items from Italy, which have been out of stock in all the supermarkets for the past 6 months!

What is the difference between salt from a pharmacy and salt from a supermarket? NaCl will be NaCl regardless of the vendor. I suspect buying salt from a pharmacy will be drastically more expensive and no different in chemical structure.

I haven't laughed so hard in ages. Thank you.

... yet no more police on the roads where it really matters. Does the government think that people believe them when they say they are 'working to reduce road fatalities?' 'Good Intentions' are not the solution. Proper policing of the roads is.

So busy with this plan and that, tell the people, spread the word, putting up posters, setting up tables for 'safety checks,' having meetings, even handing out helmets... ... everything except putting more mobile police on the roads.

We chose Chiang Mai as our home. We have no need or desire to leave it every year because of repeated occurrences. Problems can be solved. Our solution to the yearly pollution... and its worked well for us for the past 25 years without any feeling that we need to leave... - Two small Hitachi air purifiers, 1000B each for the house keep the numbers in single digits inside. No need for us to hermetically seal the house to achieve that. - N95 masks when we go outside. - PMA To date, living through the smoke for the past 25 years, we just don't find it that big a deal! Sorry. I know that will upset some people.

Once the holiday is over, where do all those cops who were manning the roadblocks go? You never see them on the streets, only at the roadblocks. They must have some tasks to keep them busy, other than stopping bad drivers. We occasionally see a few high-ranking police making a photo-op tour of walking streets, but that's about it. Maybe one or two making rounds of guesthouses to check names and data of the last night's check-in. Where are they and what are they doing the rest of the day? We never see them!

I don't really believe age to be the important factor. I believe it should be physical and mental abilities. I've seen 50yr olds who were 'dottering old men,' stumbling on smooth pavement, and 85yr olds still out there playing, dancing, and living life to the fullest, looking as if they are in their 60s. No... it's not about age. It's about the body and mind.

I've noticed that many people 'start' to be old simply because they reached a certain number of years. "Now that I'm XY years old I'm going to give up all my fun, and spend my days in an easy chair with a beer dreaming about the past." Certainly, physical health plays an increasingly important role in what we can and can not do as we age, but to give up living because we reach a certain age that someone else thought should be the end is foolish! As Richard Bach said so well in his book; "Defend your limitations, and sure enough, you own them!"

Since I stopped paying attention to World News and US politics, my life has been soooo much more relaxed! At my age and in my location (here in Thailand,) the daily mass shootings in the US, rocket attacks by Hammas, changes of local laws in San Franciso, etc., etc., have very little effect on my life so why get upset about it? There is nothing I can do to change the facts that a little girl in Podunk, Iowa was hit by an 18-wheeler, or an angry ex-employee shot up a pizza place in Milwaukee and killed 7 people! Not even the rocket attacks on Israel have an impact on my daily life, nor does President Musk's influence on government. So why waste energy being upset about it? If I were younger and figured to live another 25 years I might feel differently... but I'm not. I know all this crap goes on. I know it's not stopping simply because I'm no longer reading or hearing about it several times a day. I just no longer wallow in it. Life is so much more serene.

No changes... The big bikes are a bit more to handle at walking speeds, but once moving, no problems. In town, which is where most of our riding takes place, I use a 125cc Honda and my wife rides a 110 Yamaha. For weekend and longer touring, we ride two-up on a Honda 750

Life is good in my old age! My goal is to be still riding motorcycles at 85. I'm 78 now and ride every day, but I do feel the difference in mental agility and reaction time. I'm still active in my sports 3-4 times a week but can see the writing on the wall. My health took a big hit two years ago, and my body still feels it. Because of that, I no longer feel 'young.' I've lived a life rich enough for 5 men. If I die tomorrow there will be none who can say I haven't lived. That said, I do NOT intend to put up with any long-drawn-out lingering slow deaths. My father got sick at 65, bedridden by 70, but hung on for another 12 years draining money and life energy from my mother trying to care for him. I've already made my plans for a quick and easy departure when needed. I don't want to put my wife and son through what my mother and so many others have had to deal with. For that matter, I don't want to deal with what so many others have had to deal with... When it's time, it's time.

It's a step in the right direction, but a few cops on the road every day of the week might actually show some real positive results. Other than around the biggest Thai cities, when have you ever seen a cop writing out a ticket for a moving violation? Unsafe vehicle operation? Overloaded vehicle? Underaged drivers? But let's check to see that the buses are OK...

What's the point? Winning an argument in AN is equal to sitting at the cool kid's table in a mental hospital! Hell, STARTING one is even more foolish!

We live on a very low (compared to most ex-pats here) retirement fixed income. But it's still a lot more than the staff in my building make each month working. We give the cleaning staff and security staff a Christmas envelope with a 500 baht note each. I wish I could give them more as they really do make my life in this building much easier, but I can't afford it. The security staff stay awake and are very helpful, often running to open elevator doors for us if our arms are full! The cleaning staff are always right there when you need them, and unobtrusive when you don't! Although American, I don't believe in the American style of tipping everywhere I go. But I do eat in the same restaurants every week and so leave the staff a small tip. Most are married with young kids and need the money more than I need another cup of tea.

Defend your limitations, and sure enough, you own them. Certainly... but that doesn't mean it's going to make you happy.

If your contentment and satisfaction with life are based on anything other than yourself you're in for constant and repeated problems.

It's not as if we haven't discussed this before... If you want to fix your heart, fix your body. No meds needed. Stop eating foods that are bad for your heart. No... it's not easy. It requires self-discipline. But the difference might just save your life.

It's true! I heard that they are going to add more than 10 policemen nationwide, perhaps even 12 of them, to reduce road fatalities. After all, it's a very serious matter.

With all the road construction going on around the Old City, the traffic congestion could become a real nightmare! Entire sections are blocked off, exits closed, unpassable surfaces, etc. But thankfully... ... we can turn on the radio or read the local newspaper to find out which roads are blocked off today so we can avoid adding to the crush by taking alternative routes and not creating traffic jams! Oh... wait...

I used to think that the Japanese were the professionals at creating 'visual policing without creating change.' I was wrong. Thailand has so many different 'programs' that ostensibly improve the safety of its citizens without making any real difference! New programs are announced often but are greeted with rolling eyes. Put some cops on the streets.

Relaxation all around me, rather than the rush and hurry I've lived through before. Incredible variety of ethnic foods at very low cost. Ease of daily routines. Friendly neighbors, smiling people on the streets. Plenty of good weather to enjoy the recreational facilities year-round.

I enjoy both cash and cashless, depending on the venue. I don't live in fear of the government having my data. There really isn't much hidden now from those who wish to know. The government already knows how much money I have, where I travel, and even who I meet. I don't need to hide myself for any other reason than to avoid spam email... and my email client removes most of that!

Perhaps not 'deny' them, but certainly put them at the end of the treatment timeline. All self-abuse should be identified as such, and be far more costly to treat, maybe even help subsidize costs for those whose health problems were not of their own making.

Unless you have a vagina, you have no say in the matter. Men do not control women's bodies. Women do not need men's 'approval' to do anything.