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Thank you for your valuable medical opinion Professor/Doctor of Psychiatry Jon Clark. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor (an M.D. or D.O.) who specialises in mental health, including substance use disorders.

Why did you not do a simple Google search? Here is your starter for 10 points. Try starting a Google search here Institute of psychiatry Thailand Here are 2 of about 7.400,000 results for you. Look up the rest yourself. https://www.rcpsycht.org/en/home https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So This institute was founded in 1889 making it 133 years old. Is that long enough for you? History Founded at the behest of King Chulalongkorn in 1889, the hospital initially occupied a five rai plot of land on one side of the Chao Phraya River. A decade later, it transferred to its current 44 rai campus. The institution's original name was the "Hospital for the Mentally Ill" (Rong Phayaban Khon Sia Sati). It was changed to the "Thon Buri Psychosis Hospital" (Rong Phayaban Rok Jit Thon Buri).[2] When Phon Sangsingkeo assumed directorship of the Mental Hospital, he changed its name to "Somdet Chao Phraya Hospital" in 1954 to remove the stigma associated with the hospital's former name. Its new name was the name of Somdetchaopraya Road where the institute is found.[3][4] In 1955, the hospital started to offer training programs in order to increase expertise in the field of psychiatry and mental health. Shortly after, the Psychiatric Association of Thailand was founded.[5]

How do you know that these are wild assertions? Have you checked with the hospital? Do you know more than qualified psychiatric doctors? Remember that this hospital is only one of many in Thailand.

This is probably the best I can do as the system won't allow me to copy and paste. Processor AMD A9-9425 RADEON R5, 5 COMPUTE CORES 2C+3G 3.10 GHz Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.45 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Windows 10 specifications Edition Windows 10 Home Single Language Version 22H2 If I use WiFi it is 2.4 GHz band and less than 50 cm from the router. I cannot connect to the 5 GHz link for some reason. I must call 3BB to see if they can set it up for me. The LAN port is OK no matter which one I use and my son's pc has no download problem. I have swapped the LAN cable twice and the new one is a cat5e cable. I have used the speed test site as well and it is a little better but as the network is 3BB that is what I use. The first image is the 2.4 GHz LAN connection. The second is the speed test rate. The third is the Internet status. The fourth is 3BB speedtest

I have just disconnected the LAN cable and done a 3BB speed test using WiFi. Both download and upload were between 40 and 50 Mb. I reconnected the LAN cable and re-ran the speed test. Download around 150 Mb and upload around 350 Mb. In settings it tells me Link Speed (Receive/Transmit) 1000/1000 Mbps My 3BB plan is Download 1000 Mbps and Upload 300 Mbps.

It actually is quite hard work. Easy if it is flat and small but if there are humps and dips, slopes and holes, bits of dead tree, flooded trenches and 2 or 3 rai to cut, it IS hard graft. If like me you have 2 STS kneecaps and a buggered up back it is hard before you start Nowadays at 78 I can manage about an hour in the early morning with a few minutes break or 2. When I first retired in 2009 I could manage about 3 hours a day. Now I am down to a hour a day on a good day.

On Thursday I took my pc back to the shop so that they could upgrade Windows 10 and hopefully fix my download problem. It cost me 300 thb for the work, about 350 thb in diesel and 2 hours travelling. They duly upgraded Win 10 and carefully managed to wipe out my Opera browser with all its book marks as well as a few other programs that I use at times. Not a problem I thought when I fired it up back at home, I can re-download Opera and Chrome has all my bookmarks. That was not quite correct as they replaced Chrome with an updated version as well with no bookmarks. I have managed to remember a lot of the bookmarks, banks, emails etc and the good thing is that I now have a lot of room on my bookmarks toolbar. It took a while to remember just how to open the bookmark toolbar, and longer still to load replacement bookmarks . Now I am more or less back to normal. As for my download problem? I still have it, even after all that work. The lesson I have learned is not to buy another AllInOne pc and to make sure that the ethernet connection is 10:100:1000Mb at least. Thank you to all of you who sent suggestions.

If you mean me then the nearest Immigration office is 70 km away and they know that I cut the grass and scrub. Quite simply they have better things to do than worry about one farang cutting the grass. So long as I am not doing a Thai out of a job (nobody wants to do the hard work anyway) nobody cares.

What is weird about wanting to keep the place tidy, even though it isn't yours? It doesn't matter to him if he isn't a member of the community and he never will be. If my wife or I can find somebody to cut the grass and scrub for me I would give up tomorrow.

It depends on where you live ant the attitude of the local villagers. I have been cutting the grass and scrub outside since 2009 with no complaints. Most passers by give me a smile or a thumbs up. Out in rural Thailand nobody cares and there is no money in it for the police either. It is like most of the laws, unenforced.

I do it all the time alongside the road and I also cut the grass between the road and the power pole out the front of both our house and the neighbours house, both parts belong to the government. The Pu Yai Ban has no objection. At 78 years old and it is hard work, why do I do it? Because I live here and I like it to be tidy.

At home none of us wear a mask, Not me, my wife or our 18 year old son. My son wears one at school, my wife sometimes wears one when she is out and about, I don't wear one, but carry one in case a Thai asks me to wear it. My neighbours don't wear one at home. Some shops in the village do wear masks but don't ask me to wear mine other than the bank. Even the MoH says it is not compulsory. If you want to wear one the please do so, but don't complain if others don't. If it is compulsory then I will wear one outside. As it is not compulsory, it is MY choice to wear one or not, and NOT yours to choose for me.

Then you would not have been served and perhaps escorted out. I try to do things the easy way. Unlike the bank staff and many other places, I don't have to wear a mask all the time.

I didn't because he simply requested that I put it on, so I did. His instructions probably came from the local or provincial manager via head office. He is merely doing his job which I can understand and why I put the mask on. If I had not they would either have given me a mask, told me to get one or asked me to leave. It is no hassle for me for 10 or 15 minutes, as it is only the bank in the village which enforces it.

Out in rural Kamphaeng Phet I don't wear one and less Thais are wearing them too. I carry one and use it in Kbank, BigC, Makro and Global House but rarely elsewhere. The only comment I have had was the KBank security guard asking me to put it on. I had just walked in the door.

I found this dated September 13th 2022 https://aseannow.com/topic/1271714-a-guide-to-thailand’s-new-rules-of-the-road/ Harsher penalties Jumping a red light or failing to stop for pedestrians at a zebra crossing carries a maximum fine of 4,000 baht under the new laws – up from 1,000 baht. Driving against traffic and not wearing a crash helmet or safety belt, meanwhile, come with a maximum fine of 2,000 baht – a fourfold increase from 500 baht. Those found guilty of driving without care for the safety or lives of others face a fine of between 5,000 baht and 20,000 baht and/or a maximum of one year in jail. The penalties are raised from a maximum three-month sentence and a fine of 2,000 to 10,000 baht. Which in turn led to this link https://www.thaipbsworld.com/a-guide-to-thailands-new-rules-of-the-road/ which is where the story above came from.

HE was in the right place at the right time. It was the numpty in the ambulance who was in the wrong place and the wrong time. Driving far too fast, no warnings on, running red lights, causing death by dangerous driving. My sympathy is with the motorcyclist's family who have lost a father, husband, family member, bread winner to some stupid p***k who shouldn't even be allowed to drive a wheelbarrow.

But far superior to his government appointed (general) predecessor.

But it will be the Thai peoples choice to make and not us foreigners. The generals and the military have been a blight on Thailand since 1932. They need reeling in and a full and thorough overhaul to take place. Exactly the same for the civil service . YOU may think that the youth are naive and should NOT have their way, but THEY are the future of Thailand. If you as a foreigner wish to "butt-out" of Thai politics then please do so. Many of us here have Thai wives, children, families, friends, houses and businesses in Thailand. To so many of us, Thailand IS our home.

Now that report will be a serious poke in the eye to the current government . the PPRP and the BJT parties. Just imagine Thaksin coming 3rd, his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra, coming 5th, with the current lot, minnow parties and all coming in the also rans. IMHO there will be some serious cheating going on before, during and after the next election. I also truly believe that the wind of change is coming and getting stronger, and that cheating will be exposed and NOT accepted by the majority of the Thai people. It may result in another coup if the current mob are allowed to win and are rejected, but that too may be opposed and not accepted. This is only my opinion and from talking to some Thai friends.

If you really want to know then do a Google search for yourself, instead of asking others to do it for you.

Anutin IS the minister of Public Health. These are his own words. From the Thai ministry of public health. 03 Feb 2022 https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG220203155951127 https://www.thaipbsworld.com/tag/face-masks/ From Thursday June 23, the wearing of face masks outdoors and in public places is no longer mandatory and people are free to choose whether to wear one, according to an announcement published in the Royal Gazette yesterday. The relaxation is in line with the improvement in the COVID-19 situation, which has seen the number of new infections, severe cases and fatalities steadily decline in recent weeks, enabling people to resume a life close to normal. Although mask wearing is voluntary, the Ministry of Public Health recommends that people consider the benefits of wearing them, which can reduce the risks of contracting COVID-19 or other respiratory diseases when they are in a crowded venue, where air circulation is poor or where social distancing is not possible. https://www.thephuketnews.com/anutin-says-no BANGKOK: Thailand’s Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has confirmed that there are no laws forcing people to wear face masks, but he also sought cooperation from all parties, including Thai citizens and overseas tourists, in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Neither. Both are nearly 90 km from me The Mae Wong national park is on the other side of the back fence.

No dirt trails to most peoples houses though.

There ARE many better alternatives than this lot, but they are not allowed to be viable candidates by the current mob in power.