bunnydrops

2 hours ago, julsmark said:

It’s is impossible to get hep B and Hep C from unhygienic practices. Hep C can only be transmitted from blood to blood. Hep B can be transmitted from blood to blood or sexual fluid. The only hepatitis that can be spread from unhygienic practices poo to mouth spread by not washing your after you defecate is Hepatitis A. 

I know of a big box hardware outlet where the bathrooms are in a separate building. They have no paper or air machine to dry your hands, only a single cloth towel hanging on a hook for everyone to use. Been that way for 10 years.

Locally, the guys get together every week for 4 or 5 bottles of beer each. Talk for hours about nothing and run a running joke. Meet them somewhere for a coffee, they have nothing at all to say.

1 hour ago, BangkokAlan said:

Thanks for your feedback. I always get a new re-entry permit on the day I get my new extension stamp.

In Korat immigration, they would not give me a re-entry permit while under consideration.

Just something to consider. I have a pump connected to an above-ground tank. I started getting pulsing. I thought maybe I had a leak. What it turned out to be was an air leak between the tank and the pump. The pump was pulling harder than the tank could supply water and was sucking in air. I taped the joints on the pipe with electrical tape and the problem went away.

Two things I have seen talked about in the past. One already mentioned. EV service station where the battery is removed,  remaining power measured, and a charged battery inserted, you are charged the difference, plus a small replacement fee. You never own the battery. All done in less than 5 min. The second is all the advancements being made with capacitors. They could be put in the car roof, door panels, etc, instant charge, lighter than batteries

I would have loved to read a forum like this back when we were moving from horse and buggy to the motorcar.

Had a similar problem years ago. 3bb sent someone out. At first, they thought that maybe a rat had taken a bite off the insulation somewhere in the attic. Turned out to be something with the line from the pole to the house. They couldn't find anything visible on the outside of the line. They only guessed that maybe a branch had fallen and stretched it somehow.

8 minutes ago, wimpy said:

Do you have to be in the US to activate the sim?

Both Mint and Lyca have e-sims. Nanlaew activated his sim from Thailand I assume. I have a physical sim and activated it in the States

20 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Beat you with google voice. Free. Thankfully I was an early adopter and got it when it was much easier to sign up. Works fine for all my US OTP needs. 

Google Voice is good. I keep that one also. The one thing I like is that I have it linked to my Lyca phone and they send voice messages received on GV as text to the Lyca. I have never used it for OTP since I don't use it much they are always threatening to take the number back. I am afraid I will forget to use it after I get the warning.

I use Lycamoblie, I have the $29 plan, but charges me $26 since on auto-renewal. Incoming calls and messages are free. I rarely use it to call back to the US. there is supposed to be a fee (I think around $ .49 a min.) but have never seen a charge. They have a special this year $10 for 12gb. with the free incoming but I don't think you can use that data here. https://www.lycamobile.us/en/plan/35-high-data-plan/

My wife had her's removed last year. She is on Thyrosit. She used to get low BP fairly often but seems taking calcium and vitamin D fixes the problem. Even before leaving the hospital, they had to give her D shots, her fingers would get numb. Now she just remembers to take the calcium and vitamin D and seems to be doing well. She has had some weight gain but not much. She is at that age (56) whereas my grandmother would say "Her potatoes are shifting"

2 hours ago, impulse said:

 

SS isn't generally an entitlement.  It's money we paid into the system and now we're getting some of it back.  That's not the kind of program that conservatives are likely to cut.

 

That's very different from paying people not to work, especially those who have no right to even be in the USA.

 

Yes, but we don't live there. Ask the Brits or the Aussies about their benefits away from their home country. Think about it, why should they give us a COLA when we don't live in the country where the COLA set?

As an expat, my only concern is that my SS would be ended, halved, or frozen. I see it more likely under the Republicans than under the Democrats. The Republicans are always looking to kill entitlements, and it would be one that could easily done without much resistance and would put a feather in their cap.

2 hours ago, RobU said:

From the Pattaya news:

"he finds himself in a cruel twist of fate, struggling to secure the necessary modifications for his own home. A GoFundMe page has been established by his family to bridge this gap, "

Bull***t, the local authority will do all necessary adaptations for free. He is also entitled to disability living allowance at the higher rate for mobility and care to the tune of over £300 per week. It's a tragedy but the family is milking the Gofundme community.

I don't know what is considered "necessary" but remodeling bathrooms, widening doorways for wheelchair access, lifts in multi-story houses, and ramps to enter exterior doors comes to a pretty penny. I find that most government "necessary" have quite a few limits.

3 hours ago, Dante99 said:

Very unusual event.  Did you figure out the cause?

More common than you think. It happened during a cold spell. My guess is that the tile expanded faster than the concrete it was attached to due to it being warmer inside. Once a weak spot was found, the tile began shattering and peeling from the concrete. Quite a mess.

1 hour ago, The Old Bull said:

Any floor cracking?

Took 12 years before I saw any cracks in my exterior walls, and they were very small--- then my tile livingroom floor exploded. Sounded like a bomb. The center of the floor raised a good 10 inches.

One big plus about being buried is you have something to leave a message on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKNhP28T9qg&ab_channel=BossDT

A part of you lives on forever.

44 minutes ago, bunnydrops said:

I was in the government hospital once and watched this nurse check this old Thai's pressure. She checked 3 times, not trusting the readings, each over 220. He sat there smiling like he won a price.

I just wanted to add that I noticed while waiting for my name to be called, that Thai men of all ages generally had very low readings. I was a bit surprised knowing a lot of pork fat is consumed by the ones I know.

I have been a walking dead since my 40s, late 70s now,  145/85 would be average, high cholesterol to boot. never taken any meds.

5 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

212 is that high enough for you🤔

I was in the government hospital once and watched this nurse check this old Thai's pressure. She checked 3 times, not trusting the readings, each over 220. He sat there smiling like he won a price.

Why was she riding a MB near a cliff? Did she fall off the bike and down the cliff, or did she go over the cliff with the bike? If the former, she could argue that it wasn't a bike accident that caused her injuries, it was a falling accident.

No good is going to come from this. Those people don't play around. Maybe not today, but they will get their pound of flesh. In my village I have helped some, by buying some land from them so the sharks wouldn't take their house, I even bought a cow. I won't give them money, I am not a bank. But the sad thing is they will turn around a year later and get another loan. I am into the "here and now" but you have to think about the future sometimes.

13 hours ago, uttradit said:

As opposed to foreigners in Thailand dating Noi from bar number 3?

Even she had to take an extra swig before excepting.