Tropicalevo

I was on doxazosin for a very short time. My ankles and feet bloated up so the doc took me off it. One ankle/foot is still bloated after many years. May be a coincidence or a side affect. I really have no idea. Since then, I have been on a number of alternatives including duodart, finesteride and others - all to no effect.

I have one and know of a few more. Back in the early 2000's I was asked to run an NGO in Cambodia. The sponsor was a rich millionaire and he raised money for the charity in the USA. The reason that he was a millionaire, was because he only sent a portion of the money to us in Cambodia. My friend worked with the millionaire and was not happy when he found out a few home truths. Millionaire had my friend shot and eventually went to gaol. NGO's in Cambodia back then were a close knit community. We learnt a lot from some of them. Mostly not nice so we stopped talking to them.

Here on Samui it is for security. Back in the day, crooks would come to Samui, hire a car and drive it back to Bangkok or wherever. Never to be seen again. Since then, all rental cars have a sticker. At the ferry terminals, they are supposed to check that if there is a sticker, then the driver also has a letter of authorisation to take it off the island. Same for bikes. I do not know if they still do the checks now but I have not heard of any thefts for a long time.

I have seen that done with lemon juice. (Squeezed a lemon into the battery fluid.)

Aargh. I am jealous. Had the TURP in October and now have scarring inside the tip of the penis. Urinating is very difficult. Still trying to resolve that one.

The answer to that one is simple. As explained to me by a doctor friend. If your doctor suggests a biopsy to 'look and see' if you have cancer, an MRI scan, carried out periodically is much safer. A biopsy puts wounds in your prostate. If you do have cancer, then these wounds can allow the cancer to spread further, more quickly. MRI first and then if anything is spotted - go for the biopsy (targetted).

I searched Koh Kradan only because I had never heard of it. No way do I want to go on holiday there.

Assume makes an ASS out of U and ME.

My Shark also has a flip front. (lower section) Most of the time I do not use it as I do not like the way it restricts vision and I like to feel the breeze. Only use it on longer journeys. Living on an island, I do not get many of them!

Wow. That is not good. Been riding bikes in Thailand for 23 years - never had a helmet go missing yet. 🤞 Just rest the helmet on the mirror. The current one is a fairly good one (Shark) cost 14,000 baht. Being an old fogey, I also tend to forget and leave the key in the bike. I have had the key taken once - by a security guard at the ferry terminal when I went away for a few days. Never lost the bike - a very old PCX.

There have been a few more than that. https://www.thaipbsworld.com/seven-boats-sink-in-gulf-and-andaman-sea-in-four-days-eight-people-still-missing/ and at least two more since that article. It is going to be interesting with the Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan tomorrow and another one on 31/12. Mind you, the forecast is looking a bit better and people have been arriving to catch ferries all week.

Seven according to Thai PBS with at least one more since that report. https://www.thaipbsworld.com/seven-boats-sink-in-gulf-and-andaman-sea-in-four-days-eight-people-still-missing/

So why do they need to close the line? Surely the trains cannot run without electricity.

These children are desperate to keep Thaksin in gaol and away from power. Very sad. They should get a job.

According to the Daily Telegraph, she was a British artist living in Thailand.

Things posted on most social media are anonymous. Many people will post things there but they would never say them to the person directly. As my mum taught me - if you cannot say something good about someone, then say nothing. I try very hard to follow that - but it is difficult sometimes.

Yes.

Similar - just the yellow Tabian Baan and passport. Did not bother with the pink id. For villas that we manage, just the blue Tabian Baan. They asked for owner's passport details as well but we never had to show them. They accepted my passport details.

I understand that there are four different strains of dengue but you do not catch the same strain more than once. Each time that you catch it, the symptoms/pain can be worse. I have had it three times. Two definite and one probable. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/dengue-fever/facts

In other news, a dive boat sank this morning on the other side of the mainland (near Surin islands). Two folk missing, 14 saved. Now is not a good time to be on the water. A good idea by Seatran to warn people.

Nowhere that I can find, does it say that the vessel had a leak. Where did you glean that little gem from? That boat sits low in the water. With waves of up to 3 - 4 meters, they will break over the deck and enter the vessel. One report says that this then caused the water pumps to stop working. Apart from those two little errors, your comment is accurate.

So three suppliers say that sales are not as good as the could be. I bet that somewhere, three suppliers are saying that sales are better than before.

Now that is a good move for folk. A plus there for the immigration people.

Here you go

Thank you for the update. I have received messages that Seatran are not accepting reservations at the moment as they cannot guarantee sailing times. Also, not taking bookings for transfers to the airport as again, no guarantees.