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What kind of surface finish do I need to use? Do I need a sander too or will a bit hand sanding work?

What about a nice Mouse Mat  ?

My own mouse mat is 120 x 55  .....  my desk is 180 x 80   the odd 33 cm to wall is taken up with a low cupboard with my full size tower PC.

2015 in Hospital with Stage 5 CKD,  told to cut out salt, fish sauce, Diet drinks , eat red meat rarely, or I would be on Dialysis  

= 7 years of stage 3, so changing what one eats works, will see next month as is my yearly Blood work checks

Model Code: FR25D2020-KO

Believe 2019/2020 some 4 door Ranger were still fitted with the 2.5 engine....  ??

Pill cutters are very cheap from the Pharmacy [paid 25 baht a few years ago]

I say this because often it appears pill are all the same price no matter what mg.

my BP pills are  'Prenolol' 25mg mornings [Atenolol] they cost the same price as 50mg pills, so it works out a lot cheaper to cut them in halve the same with 'Losartan' 50 mg evenings I have the 100 mg and cut in halve

I have the same problem with AIS while watching IPTV on my android 10 box, had the same problem on my Android 8 box [reason I bought a new box].. Never used a VPN

NO idea, if [often] when I watch the same TV stations on my PC also NO VPN there is never a problem. never suddenly stops/freezes  ??  Use Bluestacks so all the different TV contents are the same as on my Android box 

Also odd, thought I would try. just a few baht a month added Nat Geo offer from AIS to my box = perfect No sudden stops/freezes   ❔❓

Small Automatic Pick-ups

Daihatsu Mira  comes with 660 cc or 850 cc both come as single cab or extended cab  from around 70,000 baht.

Daihatsu Hijet 660  Cargo Auto pick-up Newer around 200,000 Baht +

 Mazda Familia 1.4 S STR Auto pick-up from around 70,000 baht

 Mazda B2500 Auto pick-up Smart Cab  bigger engine  around same price

Nissan NV  1.6 Auto pick up Queen-cab or Wing-road.

On 1/30/2023 at 8:56 AM, DrukenMallardy said:

Yea, I'd go with scoth brite

 

The lazada one looks like it's from China too, the Lazada/Shopee Chinese no name brands have a tendancy to suck

having dogs = lot of dog hairs, so maybe will look into these  ones that have a tendency to suck  ????

Red Meat is bad - is hard on your kidneys, having CKD for many years eat very little. would rather not eat red meat than being on Dialyses for rest o my life... managed to get down to just under Stage 3 from Stage 5 in 2015.

Red Meat, Salt, and Diet Drinks, cutting them out worked wonders

10 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Interesting, i never heard of LADA diabetes, the things I've read are about 1, 1.5 and 2.

 

Edit: just read up on it 1.5 is same as LADA

There are 7 types of diabetes,  yes 1.5 [LADA] is found in the older people,  1.5 [MODY] is normally found in young people, often found because of sudden weight lose/thirst/peeing 

2 hours ago, Celsius said:

 

Perhaps it was. But I still blame Thai food. It's junk.

 

Anyhoo, when I was in Canada I bought myself implant sugar monitor. You wear it for a month and can check your sugar levels all the time, but they do have a recommended times in the instruction manual to correctly formulate the graph at the end of the month. I see it being sold on Lazada. 

 

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/abbott-freestyle-libre-glucose-monitoring-system-readersensor-i4129320146-s16186087767.html?exlaz=d_1:mm_150050845_51350205_2010350205::12:19039203577!!!!!c!!16186087767!653816252&gclid=CjwKCAiA5sieBhBnEiwAR9oh2qJVgTlHgYrGAJE434A7J3S1YCi8eCjquSmSAx04Y4xMa3gSZ_OVBBoCS30QAvD_BwE

Shipped from overseas ++ No product warranty

Also in Thailand..... Abbott House Lumpini Building

I asked them a few years ago, the implant needed changing every 14 days, set up for a years supply was something like 24,000 baht....  + Dr Fee and training

I just use the normal Accu-Chek monitor, the strips can be bought in lots of places, Red Cross Hospital Pharmacy ground floor 100 strips = 1,200 baht, around the same opposite in the 3 Pharmacies on Rama 4 -  normally buy on-line around 800 baht for 100 strips,  been using a Accu-Chek monitor for about 25 years

With NO needles pricks at all per day would be an Insulin Pump and Glucose Sensor. all in one ? but injection site must be replaced every 3 days ? 

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 Fasted blood sugars 286, a1c 9.6%.

Do you have a Blood testing machine ?  you need one you need to test every day...  286 is high do you know what the reading was this morning ? after taking 2 x 500 mg Metformin since December... R U going down ? going up?

you need to test mornings [fasting] + To start with  before eating + 2 hours after every meal, after a while you will know what is rising your blood sugar levels

Everyone is different + different food reacts differently in different people..  as for There's a lot of misinformation in the nutrition field - I agree 100%....  2 Thai friends [one is 64 the other early 40's] have Metformin + Insulin every day = nothing to do with being overweight as both very skinny thin

diagnosed with Diabetes 34 years ago, remember back then BS was over 500 Fasting + a1c 15%.  but think I had it for many years before then,  Red Cross Hospital BKK, diagnosed in 2015 have LADA Diabetes and Insulin 2 x day was added, last few years keep around 95 - 120 every morning [102 this morning]   103 with A1c 6.1  last week Hospital blood work.

For reasons never worked out, the few odd times will suddenly drop I get a cold sweat and shakes = test BS and sure my BS is down far to low 60 or under....   + also on the odd times my BP [Blood Pressure] will suddenly drop like to 50/30

https://www.brother.co.th/en/products/all-printers/printers/dcp-1510

https://www.advice.co.th/product/laser-printer/brother/brother-laser-hl-1210w

I have the Brother DCP-1510 and still great results after 6 + years.  

Always buy non-branded toners

Do not print very much maybe 5 pages a month, but use the scanner many times a week, [if you are scanning colour it scans/saves in colour]

It is good to have a printer at home for the odd print needed [live out in the sticks]  got sick and fed up the Inkjets {NOT cheap ones] clogging up all the time + worked out expensive as all the colour tanks replacement costs + the Inkjets appeared to be about 2 years before unusable before having to buy yet another new one...

The Brother DCP-1510 was the 1st and only Laser printer I have ever had, would never go back to Inkjets.

No idea, maybe the newer ones are not so good ??. maybe a fitting problem ? or the paint ?

Maybe km covered ?  we live some 55 km from BKK, many work in BKK, one drives to Hue Hin every day = high usage 

here in the Village, one guy with a Vigo 2016. is gold, the canopy looks more dirty muddy grey these days

and another with a Ford is dark blue very faded in places 2014,  + problems with the window struts and the rear lock, both have the same very faded canopy back lights - there now yellow not red........  saying that the Black 4 door Vigo 2018. is still perfect he will change it this year anyway as done 420,000 km.

The only problem we had with the Sammitr canopy was the motor for the  auto back release got stuck one day a  new one was fitted by Sammitr...   we normally change pickup @ 300,000 km or 3 years. because of Covid present one is almost 5 years old will change in the next few months.

Downside, the steel canopy has not got a front the roof and side are butted up to the cab and mastic makes the seal = if cab and canopy flexes + the sun = can crack and let water in if it rains,,,,  new mastic is easy applied  

The Carryboy is a fiberglass tub so has a front to it = there is a  gap between cab and canopy = better ?  mess can get down between so cover both the canopy front and cab rear windows. one old guy with a old model used to take the back off every year to clean

Best one is  https://www.sammitr.com/en/pickup-truck-solutions-steel-canopy-and-accessories/

There Steel, Canopies    - NOT Fiberglass that fades and cracks

Is the reason I use a few different browsers

No problem using Opera browser  currys.co.uk  opens fine

but blocked with that message on Chrome and AVG browsers... use AIS

Thanks

Like today, feel odd/bad + bad eyes +  the shakes,  BP OK bit low, but BS very low......  = wasted 5 strips trying to find the blood

would be so much easier to look at a automatic monitor. [or with voice]...  did ask a Dr a couple of years ago = Dexcom G6 Sensor  was very expensive + expensive ongoing supplies.

Blood Glucose Smart Watch

anyone got one do they work ?  

read last year https://thaiembdc.org/2021/04/21/thailand-develops-smartwatch-that-measures-blood-sugar/  but seen nothing since, but see China has them... + on Lazada and shopee

If they work would save a lot in the long run with the price of the monitor strips....  + convenient and can see anytime one wished

Bought the largest one a few years ago expensive

every few months went back to Samsung repair centre would not charge, was FREE for the 1st year, returned maybe 7 times always the same problem, would take 3 days to repair...   Then they started charging so has been sat in a draw for the past 3 or so years....

1991 high cholesterol  Dr Prescribed   20 mgs of bestatin every night.

Still prescribes them every visit so have taken them for 32 years  = cholesterol is fine get the full works blood test every year

Friend has been on 40 mgs of bestatin every lunch time for about 6 years and is still on the high side

Friend tested Positive last Tuesday mouth saliva test..

He went to the Hospital and took another test = Negative

Dr said before testing brush teeth + use mouthwash, take your med's wait 30 mins then test... to many people are testing positive because of old germs in mouth giving false readings.

He has tested every day since all Negative..  something I did not know - [only use for years C 20 Antiseptic Mouth Wash]

only read the other day passenger boarded with tickets and boarding passes to find there seats were not even there

The plane seating + the computer did not match... there was 3 rows of seats less fitted then showed on the computer/booking staff did not know.

Think the OP answered the question ..  "no intention to ever live back in the mother country"

me at over 70 never bothered to renew my UK license, cannot see myself ever returning to the UK. [needs to be renewed every 3 years + Medical for the over 70's] . had my Thai license for 18 years, so will just keep renewing that..

Also have a German, French, Dutch and Portuguese Driving licenses no idea if or when then run out likewise cannot see myself ever returning.