FolkGuitar

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

In today's political climate in America, being sexual predator will only help his rise in the political arena. It puts him in good company with the president-elect and a Supreme Court justice. What the <deleted> have we become?

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?

You and Yagoda could be poster boys for Homophobia. Perhaps it's time to stop judging others.

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?

May I ask a serious question? Why are you so wrapped up in judging the behavior of other people?

Have you begun taking any new medication recently?

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!

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?

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.

I've been 80% fat, 15% protein, 5% Carbs for the past five and a half years. I began this for weight loss (took off the extra 50-70lbs I was carrying around) but reached my goal after the first 18 months. I continued with this way of eating because my whole body felt better. I do use sugar substitutes such as Allulose, Eurithrytol, Monkfruit, and Stevia (Stevia tastes pretty bad but it's very sweet!) and to date, have had no problems with them. Warning: If buying in the local supermarkets, don't be fooled by the bottles of sweeteners calling themselves 'Stevia' or some derivative of that. Looking at the labels, there is 1% Stevia, and 99% Malitol inside. Stevia won't raise your blood sugar or spike your insulin. Malitol will... Every 5-6 months I'll break the diet for a week, eating breads, pastries, potatoes, regular ice cream, pasta, etc., etc. All the things I've cut from my usual diet. But after 4-5 days of eating this way again, my knees start to hurt. Arthritic pains in my hand start up again. I feel bloated after meals... even 'normal' sized ones. Body aches and pains increase. So I go back on the diet. In less than a week those pains have disappeared. I'll stick with this lifestyle another five and a half years. 🙂

And the people bowed and prayed to the Neon God they made...

Want to improve Public Safety? Put some cops on the streets. Put some cops at the intersections. Let them do something other than roadblocks.

This is what is known as the 'I'm rubber, you're glue' defense. Worked well in 3rd grade. Not as effective with adults. 864511524 (By the way, that's tomorrow.)

Can someone explain to me why, when a mention of Trump cheating and getting caught, or Trump stealing from Children's Cancer Charities, there are people who find it funny and post laughing emojis? What is funny about a man who steals from sick children?

864511524 LOL! I guess it's obvious to all that you never served your country or you would have recognized the meaning; 86 (get rid of) 45 on Nov.11, 2024 However, I do appreciate the inside view into your thinking. 🙂

Unfortunately, there will be a lot of people who don't realize this is joke. Wait a minute... You were being serious, weren't you! Well, reading it was two minutes wasted I'll never get back.

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It's not a matter of Politics. It's a matter of morals. If you support a racist... If you support a convicted felon... If you support a misogynist... If you support a liar... a man who publically mocks the handicapped on TV for all to see... ... they you are no better than he.

Wow. Just wow...

Quite understandable! Most restaurant critics have their foods delivered so that they can critique a meal that had been cooked 30 minutes before it even arrives at their table... after being bounced around on the back of a motorbike stuck in traffic. Sorry you didn't enjoy your meal. We usually do. But then, we eat it while it's still fresh and warm in the restaurant.

How kind and polite of you to say so... I don't drink so perhaps I can recognize the quality of food, and I enjoy my meals at Gekko Garden, along with dozens of others who eat there regularly. I don't find it necessary to eat at fancy, expensive restaurants every day. A good family-style place is fine for me.

The facts are that those who support Trump are NOT moral, decent Americans. If they were, they would never support a convicted felon (they make excuses to say he was convicted unfairly,) a misogynist who cheated on his first wife while she was pregnant, cheated on wife number two while she was pregnant, stole from a Children's Cancer fund and now is forbidden to open any business in the entire state of New York, was taken to court for non-payment and breach of contract by hundreds of different contractors, lied about hush money to a porn star, .... hell... the list is just too long. If you support Trump, you have no morals. It's that simple.

Been here for the past 24 years, and never felt the need to leave, either for Burning season or floods. We are humans. We have learned how to manage our environment to keep us safe and comfortable. We no longer need to live in caves shivering in our animal skins. Between a mask for outdoors and an air purifier for indoors, Burning Season is just a name people cry every year, but people need something to bitch about, and this is as good as any. I don't think too many people have been forced to live here, so there must be some attraction.

Between the road construction and rains in Chiang Mai, I've had to repair my motorbike three times in the last two months just because of the damage from hitting the numerous potholes that keep popping up... or should I say down. Some are big enough to do serious damage if you hit them, and with the busy roads from three lanes of cars merging down to one in so many places, you can't even see the potholes before you're on top of them, and then there's no room to avoid them because of the crush of other vehicles! One would think a little police presence at some of these construction sites might reduce the chaos...