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I thought this was going to be: a true mate is someone who goes into town, gets a couple of six packs of beer and a blow job, then comes back and gives you one.

A few friends of mine back in the UK have been banging on recently about their ISPs sending them notifications of DMCA copyright infringement complaints.

What on earth is a British ISP doing following American law? It's not like Britain is an American colony. (Last time I checked it was the other way around.)

Your domain name is almost certainly worthless. Not worth the effort to develop.

For discussion of this topic, see http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/682469-best-way-to-sell-domain-name/

Also, the side effects are absolutely frightening - hepititus!

Hepatitis is a word that's commonly misunderstood. It's commonly caused by viruses (such as hepatitis A, hepatitis B ), and by things such as excessive alcohol intake. In these cases it's a serious conditions. However, the word just means "a swelling/inflamation of the liver". It's an indication that something isn't quite right, but isn't necessarily serious. If hepatitis is a possible side effect of a drug, I'd expect the doctor to monitor liver enzyme levels and identify whether hepatitis has arisen, and if so, for him/her to change the prescription.

Any chance of a summary of what's changed?

Transam had a good point with the HP sauce its 0.95p(50b) on the tesco.co.uk website yet in tops its 125b(2.50gbp) taking into account delivery thats still a massive markup the thai companys are putting on compared to UK

It works both ways. Have you seen the price of Thai chillies, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and the like in the UK? That's the nature of capitalism: to hell with the workers, squeeze them for every last penny to add to the bosses' already overflowing coffers.

Incidentally, there's a fairly recent comparison of the prices of common food items at http://postcardsfromthailand.com/2013/07/the-price-of-eggs-thailand-vs-uk

According to that website some are significantly more expensive in Thailand (onion, red cabbage, whole chickens, beef mince, salmon filets, milk and most dairy products, bread). Others are quite a bit cheaper here (pineapple, beansprouts, potatoes, green beans, limes, pumpkin, sweetcorn, shitake mushrooms, chicken breast, belly pork, smoked salmon, eggs).

A couple of things look odd about that list.

Clay mortar? For somtam? I've never seen a clay mortar in Thailand. Somtam is made in a wooden mortar. But then, if you mean a granite mortar, then it's used with a granite pestle for making pastes, not somtam.

What sort of clay pot? Is this for Chinese-style rice and bits baked together?

Anyway, you should find all of that, apart from the clay pot, at any regular supermarket - Big C or Tesco-Lotus being the obvious choices. (The shredder won't be Kiwi brand, but a local brand that will cost a fraction of the price and do the job just as well. The one I have has a swivel head which makes it easier to store.)

I think you probably mean "Lantus", which is available in Thailand.

NovoRapid Penfill/NovoRapid FlexPen is also available.

Both are Thai FDA category D (Dangerous Drugs), so will only be available at top pharmacies and hospital pharmacies. They are not prescription only, though, which is good news.

Declaring oneself bankrupt gives you some protection from creditors and places restrictions on you.

In Thailand bankruptcy can't be a voluntary act - you simply can't declare yourself bankrupt.

In which country can it be a voluntary act? It's always a court's decision, not an individual's.

Putting it differently: in Thailand an individual can't apply to be declared bankrupt.

Declaring oneself bankrupt gives you some protection from creditors and places restrictions on you.

In Thailand bankruptcy can't be a voluntary act - you simply can't declare yourself bankrupt.

"Black Olive Nut Paste" is a total red herring. What you're looking for is Chinese olives, known here as námˑlîap. The dish you refer to is khâawˑphàtˑnámˑlîap. Jars are readily available at probably every supermarket in Thailand.

<snip> One can only be declared bankrupt if owing more than 1 million Baht to a single entity.

From the Tilleke & Gibbins website:

"The debtor may submit an application by way of a motion to the Court asking for an order of discharge from bankruptcy. The discharge will be granted if at least 50% of the assets have been paid to creditors and the bankrupt is not a dishonest person."

Assuming no prior bankruptcy or dishonesty:

"An individual... may also be discharged from bankruptcy based on the tolling of automatic discharge periods which start running as of the date a debtor is adjudged bankrupt. A bankrupt will be automatically discharged after three years."

Further details at http://www.tilleke.com/sites/default/files/Bankrutpcy-Law-in-Thailand.pdf

Co-codamol (brand name) is not available in Thailand. Similar preparations such as Cocet and Cemol Codeine are. However, codeine is an opioid, and as such is now strictly controlled. You'll need a prescription - and you may well find the doctor very reluctant to prescribe it.

I love the part about, "pensioners coming to spend their final years in Britain will still be eligible for free healthcare"....awwww, such a touching sentiment.

It's actually very cynical. These pensioners will have no chance of being deemed non-domiciled, so their entire worldwide estate will be subject to inheritance tax upon their death. The tax raised could well be a nice little earner for the government, even after paying the costs of the "free" healthcare provided.

it surely does, it is the second most widely spoken language in the world after English.... so you can make the count \

Not that it matters, but by most accounts it's number four after Mandarin, English and Hindustani (Hindi and closely related variants such as Urdu).

You're confusing total number of speakers with most widely spoken. In terms of numbers of countries across the globe where Spanish is spoken as the primary language, I would expect it to be second after English.

And you would expect wrong.

English 59 countries

French 29

Arabic 26

Spanish 21

Again, but by different criteria, Spanish comes out at #4.

Have you checked if it may be available in India under other brand names? I would check that first.

I have but the non-generic Novartis version is the only available as it seems

You may want to check again. What about CELEROID (manufacturer: Sun) and HYD (manufacturer: Sunrise) - both are listed as available in India?

Bangkok Mail Centre

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The plane had previously been damaged.

"The missing plane is believed to have been involved in a crash in August, 2012, when it damaged the tail of a China Eastern Airlines plane at Shanghai Pudong Airport, according to unconfirmed reports.

"In the incident, the tip of the wing of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 broke off."

Source: http://www.smh.com.au/world/malaysia-airlines-plane-missing-with-more-than-200-passengers-on-board-20140308-hvgnx.html

https://www8.garmin.com/cgi-bin/dealers.pl?country=Thailand

A quick search of MIMS indicates there are several versions of the drug available in Thailand. (Generic name "Ergoloid". There doesn't appear to be the Novartis version available, though.) However, it's Class D meaning it's not "prescription only" (good news), but you need a "first grade" pharmacist to sell it. You may have trouble finding one of those outside a hospital.

Yes, I remember Thai being very impressed by the bun shops that opened few years ago and they were queuing for it...

First time I see the words Thai and critics together, maybe I don't know enough :-)

In the cases of Cinnabon, Krispy Kreme, the new-to-Thailand brand of popcorn (the name eludes me for the moment), &c. you're mixing up the lure of novelty with that of taste. Thai people have been given the opportunity to try something that was previously only available to the wealthy Thais who could travel to foreign countries, and that's going to create a certain buzz - along with the uber-hyping of the products in the media.

As for Thai people as food critics, in my experience your average Thai person analyses their food much more than a typical Westerner. In the west we're taught not to be rude about the food we're eating, so we don't discuss the balance of flavours and how "correct" the dish is - to do so would probably cause offence. Such discussion is commonplace at the dinner table in Thailand.

Most people (around 80%) have no obvious symptoms. Some may experience diarrhoea, abdominal pain, oedema. Prolonged infection leads to cancer of the bile duct, for which there's no treatment - you die.

Thorough cooking will kill the parasite, as will prolonged deep freezing.

If in doubt, best thing to do is get a stool test at your local hospital.

It's usually written "plaa raa".

There are a few recipes on the Internet for it, e.g. http://ediblyasian.info/recipes/pla-ra-padaek-fermented-fish-recipe-

However, making it yourself is dangerous. There's a real risk of opisthorchiasis (a parasitic infection of the liver which is widespread in Isaan). Commercially available plaa raa is pasteurised to eliminate this risk.

Uhm why not just use google maps on your phone?

If your just gonna use it a few months I dont see any reason to get a proper GPS in this day and age with smartphones being what they are. It works very well in Thailand.

If you're going to use a smartphone there are two issues: (i) you need a data package for the 'phone, (ii) the lag in updating your position can be very noticeable, and at times problematic.

About how much data would you use up travelling from say Bangkok to Chiang Mai?

That's missing the point. It's not about the volume of data used; you need to have a 'phone package that includes a data plan.