orang37

i found a recording of the sing-along: they sing !

but, have not been able to find the species name.

there are other places i know of where they roost, some on very heavily trafficked roads.

thanks ~o:37;

p.s. could they be nok iang (Mynahs) ?

7 hours ago, worgeordie said:

" the Chinese Government has decided to allow group tours to visit 20 countries, including Thailand, effective from February 6th."

Are you suggesting the official government Chinese tourism news as published in major newspapers does not apply to this Lunar New Year ? uhhh ... okay ????

As I said, perhaps I was not in the right place in CM to see any evidence of the kind of tourism I have seen in previous Chinese Lunar New Years.

7 hours ago, brommers said:

Considering that there are only a handful of flights per day from the PRC and the fact that direct flights only started a few days ago there are probably no more that 3 or 4 thousand Chinese people in Chiang Mai. So spotting a Chinese visitor is rather like looking for hen's teeth. By the way how does one spot such a person?

Assuming you are not just trolling ... implying "racism:"

You imply that any Chinese would arrive here only on direct flights ? I am talking about Chinese tourists, including tourists from HK, Malaysia, etc,. who are culturally Chinese. Coming in via BKK or other.

"spot:" ? : i'd look for the same kind of groups I have seen here for the Lunar New Year in other years, I'd hear Chinese spoken, particularly the distinctives cadences of Cantonese, As in other years,  I would ask at the Duangtawan, and maybe get a response.

Saturday, I was at a friends' gem/jewelry shop on Loy Kroh, near the Wat: about 5PM: walked to the Duangtawan/Centara to use the fitness center about 6PM ...

Very little traffic on the street, few pedestrians; the Duangtawan had a few people in the coffee shop, and I almost had the fitness center to myself.

Reclining after a red-hot sauna on a lounge chair by the pool, looking west, in the clear night air, at the temple lights on Doi Suthep: about 8PM I saw a single powerful firework from, maybe, the Thapae Gate area ... but no more bursts.

Later, the Night Bazaar seemed relatively quiet.

Hypotheses ????

1) I was not where the supposed influx of Chinese tourists were

2) the Chinese tourists were somewhere else in Chiang Mai, partying, celebrating, staying wherever.

3) there was no influx of Chinese tourists here.

But, a big daily (English) Thai newspaper said, today, that Chinese tourism for this lunar new year was reported by the usual infallible official sources as exceeding pre-Covid levels.

I conclude: the one firework I saw was a message.

On 1/18/2023 at 1:45 PM, 1FinickyOne said:

I am trying to be helpful... you are trying to question my integrity and are being an.... ? 

Okay, and "no insult intended"

27 minutes ago, eisfeld said:

Thailands exports and tourism have grown heavily while western countries obviously can't do the same at this rate. Money goes into Thailand, Baht gets bought with foreign currency, Baht strengthens. Simple as that.

Did you happen to notice that the last few years saw Covid devastate Thai tourism, a major economic input/factor ? That many businesses shut down, and many are not reopened.

Proof tourism/exports have grown heavily ?

On 1/17/2023 at 4:36 AM, 1FinickyOne said:

PM me w/the details as to what is preferred, live-in or not... particulars of the job... 

And, your credentials for performing this service when you have the OP's private information ? And, who would you share this information with ?

5 hours ago, Moonlover said:

How much do you do to help yourself @jippytum? 

 

Exercise is very important/ .... by keeping fit and healthy I've kept medical treatment to a minimum, which amounts to just 4mg of Cazosin (Doxazosin) per day.

Congratulations on your conscious health practices,  and results !

Without questioning your experience, I will say there is a danger in generalizing from what you believe/experience works for you to others with different genes, family histories, metabolism, life histories, and current medical problems.

What the original poster is dealing with is probably very complex.

I wish I could tell you the name of a local doctor(s) who was up to date on possible drug interactions with other drugs, and common food and drink ingredients, let alone took a comprehensive medical history [1] !

Hopefully, the internet can help us get the "bigger picture."

cheers, ~o:37;

[1] good luck getting that in the US medical care system ... unless you pay cash, and are wealthy. I hear Canada is a much better system.

Hi, best wishes for your friend's health/recovery !

quote from private email from www.LannaCareNet.org

In the past, they would be the place to ask, but, with the passing of "leading light," Nancy L, I am not sure what their current availability is.

You can try:

[email protected]

Phone : 085-709-8801 Between 9AM and 5PM

6 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

I don't know why you bothered to post to be honest. Mine is a curious interest in economics, not in making money, as I would have thought anyone who lives here might or should have 

 

I hope you find something else to read that please your interest more.

In other words, anyone who questions your uninformed opinions, and speculations, about the Thai economy on a public forum about Thailand/Chiang Mai ... irritates you, and should not "be here."

Ad Hominem attacks used to divert from discussion of issues ... bounce off me, and, suggest something about your insecurity.

4 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

The average GBP/THB rate over 1, 3, and 5 years is circa 42, over 10 years it's 45/

Averages can  mask the often more meaningful information of median, and mode.

The Baht to US$ ratio has fluctuated wildly over the last 20 years: remember the crisis when the Thai economy house of cards collapsed, and one us dollar was suddenly worth 53 baht ?

imho, your predictions are more a form of astrology than hypotheses ... 

On 1/12/2023 at 10:40 PM, watthong said:

... I keyed in the wrong extension and ended up with a live person who quickly transferred me to the FBU department, that didn't help much but at least I know their "live" connection is working...

Thanks; did you, by chance, learn the extension of the "live person" ?

I was told he went to the Changpuak branch (Chotana road) when KSK closed, and I need to contact him, but, hesitate to make the long trip there, given Khun Sombat has days off that vary. I am unable to understand the Thai answering intro to the branch's telephone, a long list of 4 digit codes, which is only sometimes answered.

Pressing #0 which worked at KSK to get a living person ... no.

... if you know his extension number ...

I'd appreciate a reply or PM.

thanks, ~o:37;

9 hours ago, Pib said:

I just tried calling both from my US number and they both worked....rang/answered at the Manila Embassy.

Thanks for this informative post !  A few years ago, I made numerous attempts to call the Manila unit from CM (after they cut pff my benefits ... assumed I was dead ?),  and they never answered. Currently, I am paranoid that, once again, in the bowels of the SSA I am considered "dead."

Yet, I sent in the #7162; did not receive a termination notice; did receive a notice of 2023 benefits ... and, this month's payment came on 01/03.

I feel the need to tell the SSA I am "alive"  But, how to confirm I am "alive" ? How to stop thinking I may be in a remake of Terry Gilliam's  Brazil ?

sleeplessly, ~o:37;

I hear Kafka's applause.

10 hours ago, BananaStrong said:

....your mind must pick one story that it will like, something simple, easy to process without any real research.

how about I pick: I moved to Chiang Mai because I wanted to live here ... and, I like living here ... and, here is as different than it was many years ago, as I am ?

,,, well, as the song says: "my momma told me there'd be days like this."

~o:37;

7 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

... most young people I meet down south, did visit CM and even told me ....

“what if I've forgotten the most important thing? What if somewhere inside me there is a dark limbo where all the truly important memories are heaped and slowly turning into mud?” Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

I do not trust my own memory, let alone my memories of the memories of others.

~o:37;

19 hours ago, seedy said:

Are you driving ? Or pedestrian ?

thanks, someone will drive me to the mall, who, like me, is not familiar with Festival, or where the IMax is within (?) it, or  near it.

Hi, I am currently using a walker, and Festival is not a mall I usually go to.

I fancy seeing the "Way of Water" at the IMax, and wonder if you have had any recent experiences with access on crutches, wheelchair, etc. I am not sure what escalators, or elevators, are used to get to the IMax.

thanks, ~o:37;
 

I took a (freshly formatted) virus scanned usb drive there yesterday to get some files printed. They could not open the drive. When I came home, my AV software found a virus on the drive.

If you have the name/phone of the shop, I'd like to warn them.

thanks, ~~o:37l

I think that is a suspiciously lowball price.

For any procedure with a possible long-term impact on my health, I would want to know:

1) what equipment/supplies, do they have

2) who is doing the surgery, where were they trained/certified, and how many times have they performed this procedure i the past, and recently.

3) how old the hospital is and what its history is.

4) I'd want to research possible online feedback or reviews of patients

p.s. Colchicine will interact with other common anti-inflammatories like Ibuprofen and Naprosyn ... be extra cautious,

CMF Lab will reopen Jan. 3. They have two locations.