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For the best coffee experience in Thailand try Ristr8to. They have 2 branches in Nimmanhaemin.


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Any leads on the thieves, like cctv footage at the ATM's?


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I have an iOS phone and since the re-design/re-boot of the TV website, the app does not work. I have like bluesofa deleted it, re-installed several times and still does not work. I always mainly used the app as oppose to the website which I am sure many people prefer.

I am surprised no info on the main website about any problems with the app, I am sure bluesofa and I are not alone.

 

This is what my app is showing:

Chiropractors as far as I know do not use x-rays. Answer is no.
Do I feel better after seeing him? Answer is NO and 3000 Baht poorer, not that I mind paying but needs to be worthwhile.


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I went for the first time last week to Dspine who have several branches in Bangkok.
In The reception area, there are posters to show how much taller your chiropractor can make you - maybe with posture but not anything else.
I see the doctor and try and explain my recent medical history and what I have been diagnosed with. American Doctor says they are all labels and did not want to hear anymore. In fact, he came across very dismissive about any condition I had. He cracked my neck, used some kind a staple like instrument on my back, it lasted no more than 10 mins before he sent me to a resting area for another 10 mins. Cost 3000
Baht.


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Excellent service, nice new cars, helpful drivers and safe from the 2 rides I have had.

Well done on giving Samui a choice, hope you guys succeed.

There's a place on 3rd floor of Times Square, near Sukhumvit 12

today, dear children, we get a lecture from a renowned scholar pertaining to halal slaughtering of fish

I presume that means the salmon was brutally killed by slitting its throat without stunning whilst the executioner said a pray dedicated to the Moslem "god".

Oh dear. Somebody lost their sense of humour?

Nothing to do with method of "slaughter", gelatine or prayer.

Apparently Salmon counts as Halal because it is has scales:

"Eat any fish that has scales, and do not eat what does not have scales". Iman Baqir

Halal - Haram Food & Drink FISH - ISLAMIC - LAWS

"And lo, it was seen that truth is indeed stranger than the fiction of the unread and ignorant...... who had not bothered to Google"

(Don't lose your sense of "humour" now)

Never heard of Imam Baqir, but it is clear in Islamic law that all that comes from the sea is halal. If something is added (and definitely not smoke or salt) it may require a halal certificate. If no halal certificate is required, then it is a scam to sell certificates when not needed. If You have lived in Muslim areas, you will see shops called "halal butchers" but you will never see "halal fishmongers".

So called "serious bodybuilders" seem to have an inferiority complex which leads them to want to have unnatural sized bodies, and end up with very small dicks. They be better to go see a shrink!

I love Khao Soi, this wonderful dish from Northern Thailand but cannot find the fresh egg noodles needed for the dish. Does anyone know where I could find some.

Just watched the C4 version which did not tell us anything new except the frequency of unexplained deaths on the island, with the incompetence of RTP.

I'm surprised no one has started an online campaign to promote not visiting Koh Tao - that would hurt most the probable killers and the island mafia. Been there once and will never go again.

It is enormously addictive psychologically, though

Djingen - there are government programs for drug abusers and the local government hospital, even a small district hospital, will have info on it. There are also high priced private residential programs but very costly. And there is the temple program you refer to, which is http://wat-thamkrabok.org/

The Wat program is free of charge, residential - but voluntary which means she has to want to stop and be motivated enough to enter such a program. Which is usually the sticking point

I took my friend to Wat Thamkrabok a few years ago, he stayed there for 3 weeks and did him some good.

However ya-baa and ya-ice like all drugs are very addictive, when people can't get it or money to get it, they can turn violent (beware). He even did jail for 1 month for being arrested in posession.

My friend stayed off the drugs for 6 months, then stated again but I never gave up, in fact as he got older he gave up and now has not touched any drugs for 4 years. I was patient and it payed off, we are now best of friends.

Good advice from Sheryl to see good doctor who can establish the right cocktail of anti-retroviral drugs that suits your body, and get them from TRC at about 1200 Baht per week.

I have a cousin who has been HIV+ for 25 years and cycles 15 kilometers a day, which proves you can have a normal life.

I was recently at a talk by the President of AOT, and he said Suvarnabhumi and all other 5 AOT owned airports around Thailand were running over capacity except for Chiang Rai. There are a number of expansion plans for Suvarnabhumi including Thai Airways having its own terminal, and a new departure apron to be built. He did recognize that Suvarnabhumi was congested.

Overall I don't think Suvarnabhumi is all that bad when you compare it with the likes of Heathrow or CDG and the issues I see are immigration counters never fully manned and too slow, there not having enough check-in desks, and getting into a taxi. Food outlets and duty free also needs improvement and a system that can cap over priced goods and food.

Just watched ITV's Piers Morgan interview with Trump.

1. Questions were not exactly hard, but Trump manages to waffle on and change the subject, so he does not really give any clear answers.

2. Piers Morgan does not challenge him at all, he is a very weak interviewer, actually quite hopeless!

I would love to see Jeremy Paxman interview Trump, he would be able to show him up for what he really is.

During my frequent travels around Thailand, I always try and avoid big hotels and big restaurants where you can fit these hordes of Chinese tourists.....and I'm sure no amount of education is going to change their approach to buffets. Oink oink oink!

Here is a novel approach. Why not try to lose some weight ! You will find lots of Medium (M) size choices on the market.

......and you'll save enough money to buy those M&S underwear!

I thought the minimum wage for a Farang to have a work permit was 50k???

Stupid young man.

I hear Shenanigans owner closed, including his lake side bar, and about to flee the country. Too many court cases he cannot win and does not want to spend time in the Bangkok Hilton.

Sad day, great food on Soi 38 always - will miss it.

The food courts at shopping malls seem to be giving the street food vendors a ride.

Not an easy time to be street food vendor, being squeezed from all sides.

Despicable attacks by heartless cowards!

One strip of 200mg or 400mg are available in all pharmacies in Thailand ranging in 80-120 baht (normally 1 strip of 5 per day) but this is short term use only. Please google side effects of acyclovir as it can damage kidneys amongst other things, and would suggest seeing a doctor for any long term prescription.

All the beach mafia types have now retreated to the streets, which makes Phuket worst.

Can't remember the name but just past Makro on Sukhumvit rd. excellent vet and speaks good english