edwardandtubs
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I've posted links showing where you can buy food-safe plastic bags in Thailand by the kilogram. You haven't posted any links or presented any evidence that these cheap, unsafe bags you seem to be worried about are even available.
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So, present evidence to contradict me rather than using childish emoticons and one-word answers.
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Very considered response, showing your evidence-based approach to the subject.
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If you regularly see the same person selling food on the street and then see that person in Makro buying the ingredients and plastic bags and spoons etc you can put 2 and 2 together.
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I tend to cook for myself and see a lot of food vendors in Makro.
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You haven't presented any evidence to support your claims. Your link related to BPA which, as the article explains, is in polycarbonate and the liners of food containers. It isn't in the polypropylene and polyethylene bags used by the food vendors. Do some research into these plastics and you'll see they are indeed heat resistant and safe for hot and fatty food. If you're worried about BPA, you're more likely to find it in the lining of a soup can than the soup you buy in bags from the streets.
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Feel free to suggest what these cheap bags you fear are made of and where they are available.
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Well, they don't want to ladle some soup into their cheap bag only for it to melt, wasting the soup and burning them in the process. The fact that these bags stay in one piece show they must be heat resistant and I doubt there's a cheaper option that the widely available heat-resistant PP, PET or HDPE that have been used all over the world for decades.
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Food vendors tend to shop at Makro. Polypropylene is also used: https://www.makroclick.com/en/search-results/?keyword=pp bag but it's no different to the 'boil in the bag' trend in British supermarkets.
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Yes. The bags are made of food-grade polyethylene: https://www.makroclick.com/en/search-results/?keyword=PE Bag&keywordId=12375
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Nakon Panom Airport KOP to Mukdahan options
edwardandtubs replied to Tingnongnoi's topic in Thailand Travel Forum
A few years ago I didn't find any public transportation options from the town to the airport. I believe Nok Air has a fly and ride service that just puts its passengers on a private van to a hotel so find out what time the van departs (check the Nok Air website) and see if it fits your times. If not, doubt there's a public transportation option. That airport is very much for locals with their own ride. -
Are there any Grab cars running in Samui?
edwardandtubs replied to edwardandtubs's topic in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao
I think an e-bike would be ideal for added speed and less effort up those hills. -
It's simple supply and demand in the labour market. If a cleaner could earn more money working in a hotel (where they receive tips) than in an office (where they don't) then all cleaners would be working in hotels and none in offices. Obviously this isn't the case.
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No I never tip and for all the Americans saying nonsense like they don't get paid much so I tip, this never works out in favour of the workers. The employer will just reduce their wages by however much they earn in tips, so far from helping the workers you are just causing them to have an unstable income. Tipping is just modern day feudalism, where the worker has to kneel down and rely on the 'kindness' of the rich man just to earn a living. It makes ignorant Americans feel good about themselves but does nothing at all for the workers. If all the idiots stopped tipping then the employers would be forced to pay a living wage in order to recruit and retain staff.
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The problem is a lot of guys seem to think that unprotected oral sex is low risk, which it is for HIV but for chlamydia and gonorrhea it's high risk. This is compounded if you're getting your penis sucked by a commercial sex worker who sucks many other penises and so almost certainly has gonorrhea, chlamydia and many other bacteria and viruses in her/his throat. If you want to avoid untreatable clap you need to put the condom on before any penetration.
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What to do if Thai police stop you and attempt a ‘shake-down’
edwardandtubs replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Singapore? Costa Rica? Neither place has a problem with police extorting foreigers. -
What to do if Thai police stop you and attempt a ‘shake-down’
edwardandtubs replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
And Thai friends will usually just say pay the police what they ask for. -
As does H&M which is everywhere in Thailand including Pattaya. Lots of cotton, linen and cotton-linen blends.