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What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2022)
gargamon replied to CharlieH's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Just took a look at the first 2 episodes of Shantaram which recently dropped. Looked like it might be a bit cheesy but I'm quite impressed so far. Almost feels like you're watching a movie. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429087 A heroin addict incarcerated for a robbery escapes prison and reinvents himself as a doctor in the slums of Bombay; his ties to the crime underworld there lead him to Afghanistan, where he partners with a mob boss locked in a battle with Russian criminals. -
Onward flight unpopular forum opinion
gargamon replied to aussiexpat's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Sorry, no lineup for business class. You're still 9n the back of the bus? -
Onward flight unpopular forum opinion
gargamon replied to aussiexpat's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
You missed my point. I don't care if it's the cheapest onward flight, as it will be canceled shortly anyway. It's a valid, temporary ticket that satisfies all the requirements and costs absolutely nothing. You do need a credit card, of course. And as I said in my first post, some people are dense... -
Onward flight unpopular forum opinion
gargamon replied to aussiexpat's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
People are so dense about this topic. I've flown in with a return scheduled 6 months later. Occasionally the airline requires a return/onward ticket within a shorter time period. If that happens, I leave the counter, book a flight on Expedia where you have 24 hours to cancel for most flights(indicated when you select a flight), and return to the counter and proceed. After I'm through there and at the gate, I cancel the Expedia flight. No costs, no problem. And if immigration asks, you now have the canceled Expedia ticket to show. I do show up to the airport an hour earlier to allow enough time to do this if necessary. -
A good example of why one should rent, not buy a condo. Much easier to get out of this kind of situation. You obviously need to move. Hopefully it won't cost too much to extricate yourself from this situation.
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Student "sex creator" leaves luxury condo in a stinking mess
gargamon replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Is that a fetish now, like scat? -
Worth it to buy new forks? Kawasaki 650R - 09
gargamon replied to Kawazaki650R's topic in Motorcycles in Thailand
I had a 2011 650r. These bikes are notorious for having to replace the bearings in the front shocks. When I sold mine the purchaser found the steering very stiff and we split the cost of replacing the bearings(2). As the deterioration was very gradual, I had never noticed it myself. So what exactly did they want to replace? The bearings? The whole fork? -
One trick a cardiologist told me years ago when I would get dizzy when first standing up is to rock your feet a few times before standing up. This means keeping your feet on the floor, raise your toes a few inches, then lower them. Then do the same with your heels. Cycle those a few times then stand. It actually helps.
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No, blood pressure drops with age, all other things equivalent. However, if you have other conditions that raise blood pressure, that may cause the rise. General consensus is that it's better to have a slightly elevated heart rate in the elderly. Bad luck for me with mine dropping. As for consistency of rates, they vary tremendously throughout the day. Best to take yours at the same time daily. For the OP, are you drinking lots of fluids(non alcoholic)? Dehydration can be a cause of low BP.
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I used to have to take 3 medicines to control my blood pressure. Now I'm down to none. As you age your heart becomes weaker and therefore provides less pressure, so of course you will require less pills. My drop from 3 medications to none was over 20 or more years. See a doctor for advice, but if your pressure is low all the time I'd bet the doctor would agree and will reduce dosages and maybe even stop some. Good luck.
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What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2022)
gargamon replied to CharlieH's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
As I said, have a few more drinks then it's OK. -
What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2022)
gargamon replied to CharlieH's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Essentially a British version of Gilligan's Island, if you like that kind of stuff. I need to be drunk to watch it. -
Brit 'dumped' in Thailand after his flight home is cancelled
gargamon replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Sept 11th is the best day to travel. I've done many flights from North America to SE Asia on the 11th and the flights were relatively empty. Very easy to find 3 or 4 empty seats in a row to lay down on sleep. Wonderful... -
Psychiatric Help (Auditory Hallucinations)
gargamon replied to ELLHNAS's topic in Health and Medicine
Sounds like the delusions that happen to people that do too much meth. I've seen a few in this state and it's not pretty. Listening at the door of their hotel room and hearing voices in the hall. I open the door and show them no one is there and they still don't believe it. -
Life expectancy in the U.S. continues to drop, driven by COVID-19
gargamon replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
Don't forget all the people dying from opiods... -
What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2022)
gargamon replied to CharlieH's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
The first 2 episodes of the second season of The Capture have dropped. I found season 1 to be exceptional. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8201186/ -
I have had similar occurrences. One was a white guy who started talking to me while we were sitting at a bar eating breakfast. All the same questions as i the OP. He was clearly looking for a newbie so he could feel like a god when he doled out his wisdom. He soon figured out I knew more about I knew more about what was going on than he did and left me alone. Interestingly enough, I rented a townhouse in the area and one of my neighbors wouldn't do anything without approval of the breakfast bar guy.
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They have the capability. The voice request(and all other noise in the room) is passed from your alexa to Amazon servers where it is processed. They don't necessarily record it all but could. I worked for a telecom equipment provider way back when and occasionally had the need to visit telephone switches. The workers routinely listened to juicy conversations, without the involved parties being aware. The few I heard were interesting. First thing I do with any new device is disable the voice search capabilities.
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You really want Amazon recording all your conversations? Same with google and apple when you use their voice search capabilities on their phones. Maybe they'd appreciate all the moaning and sex noise though.
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Justice Department makes redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit public
gargamon replied to Scott's topic in World News
If we compared this to Hillary and her emails, there is only one possible result... LOCK HIM UP, FOREVER... -
What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2022)
gargamon replied to CharlieH's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
You're responding for the second time to my 5 week old post? You know this isn't a race. You don't get a prize for the most posts. You average well over 30 posts a day. Get a life. Or maybe you're getting old and don't remember what you did an hour before. Oh, and if you looked back at my July post, you would see that I qouted your second post on the same video. If it's not in the quote, it's on you. -
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/22/health/brain-stimulation-memory-wellness/index.html Up for a little noninvasive brain stimulation to boost your aging memory for that next big project, work meeting or family get-together? One day science may be able to offer such treatments, new research suggests. Sending electrical currents into two parts of the brain known for storing and recalling information modestly boosted immediate recall of words in people over 65, according to a study by a team at Boston University published Monday in Nature Neuroscience. The study "provides important evidence that stimulating the brain with small amounts of electrical current is safe and can also improve memory," said Dr. Richard Isaacson, director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic in the Center for Brain Health at Florida Atlantic University's Schmidt College of Medicine, who was not involved in the research. =================== I could probably find a taser if somebody wanted to try it out... ????