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16 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Night-time GERD can be avoided or minimized by changing eating habits. I was taking pantoprazole for years.

I do not go to bed until at least 3 hours after my last food consumption.

About half an hour before going to bed, I have half a teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of water.

I still keep a bottle of water by the bed to wash down any reflux. However, I have not needed it for several years.

IMO soda bicarb is a lot cheaper than medication, with much less risk of harmful side effects.

 

https://www.uclahealth.org/news/ask-the-doctors-you-should-know-the-long-term-side-effects-of-taking-ppis

 

Instead of drinking the horrible tasting water with baking soda, you could swallow a couple of small Sodamint tablets before bedtime. They are usually sold in pharmacies in Thailand at 150 Baht for 1,000 tablets. However be careful with baking soda (and Sodamint) if you already have a high sodium intake. I have succesfully reduced my daily salt intake, which also resulted in way fewer GERD and Heartburn situations. But a person would still have to find and avoid the foods and drinks that triggers GERD and Heartburn. 

The below shirt is advertised at around THB 90,000. I would ask to be paid the same amount a month to wear it.

10 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

Don't get it why not copy Magdeburg and make "Kra canal" like this:

 

 

Would avoid having to move cargo from one ship to another and trucks in between, as ships could just sail right through...

 

They would need to reload the cargo to smaller vessels anyway! Why would ships be better than trains and trucks?

Insomnia, poor guy!!!  He is probably suffering from jetlag or missing his high thread count sheets.

I visualize that there would need to be constructed muslim prayer rooms in all go-go bars!

5 hours ago, nahkit said:

So according to the linked story, he lost 10,000 baht and then spent another 350,000 baht trying to get it back. Was he studying economics?

Maybe the fake cops needed access to his bank account, in order to get his lost money back to.

I guess the chinese invasion will be absent this low season, since the real estate market back home, where most have their savings placed, is in the middle of a collapse.

The chinese tourist should have been arrested and banned from entering Thailand ever again.

Many of those motorcyclists in Bangkok, especially the delivery guys, drive like crazy overtaking left and right in full speed, even with oncoming traffic.

That's a heavy cost. The waterways exists already and just need to be cleaned up.

As long as MFP not give up to scrap the lese majeste law, they will have to stay in opposition.

10 hours ago, SoilSpoil said:

Debt problems are comparable to substance abuse. Increasing the price of tabacco, alcohol or drugs has no effect on drug addicts. It only creates more problems, and make preditory lenders very happy. The keys are education and regulation, both for banks as households.

Increasing prices may not have an effect on drug addicts, but will certainly prevent many people from becoming drug addicts.

21 hours ago, SoilSpoil said:

Higher wages mrans less profit for big companies. Thailand thrives on exploitation, low wages and debt. Keep them in debt, keep them enslaved.

Higher wages means higher production costs and inflation, which will quickly eat the wage increase and more for workers with the lowest income. 

2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

He wasn't doing it in Asia!  He was stupid enough to overstay in Thailand, which was his downfall.

I guess that Interpol had sent an arrest warrent to Thailand and that he was well aware, that he would have been arrested, if he went to Immigration to extend his stay or tried to exit Thailand.

Sadly we expats have no legal way to watch tv from our home country and have to choose between being a pirate or watch Thai-tv.

Increase the fee for visiting a government hospital from 50 Baht to 200 Baht and immediately the congestion will disappear!

2 hours ago, farang9392 said:

Anyone know if it's intended to get faster? Quicker stops or just speeding up? Seems to be slow in comparison to MRT or BTS from the other day

The speed has gone up a little since the first day of trial. But it is still a very bumpy ride and definitely not safe for elderly people to be standing, when the younger population have occupied all seats.

The worst scam in Thailand is the dual pricing in national parks and other places.