Tropicalevo

My son had brain cancer. I watched him die over a period of two and a half years. Not nice. The last nine months - in a hospice. The care there was excellent, but he was a vegetable. He could do nothing for himself and could not communicate. He was not able to make a decision. His wife was the one who wanted him to stay alive as long a possible. Her decision (she was an ex nurse) and I respected that decision. That will not be how I go. I have a living will and I have told the hospital here that no one will pay the bill if they keep me alive.

They check a lot more than that on vehicles here on Samui. Lights, indicators, brakes, tyres, exhaust etc etc. Bikes, trucks and cars. I even have to have the truck certified as safe for LPG. I do not know where they check heavy vehicles though.

Oh dear. Desperate dinosaurs trying every trick that they can think of to keep their power. Next it will be 'PM being prosecuted for wearing the wrong colour clothes.'

Not really. Most Thais who eat and sleep on the floor do not have money to buy furniture. They are used to not needing possessions. Luckily, things have improved so that most now have fridges, TV's and phones. (I am not convinced that the last two are really improvements.)

So last night, very loud music from a dodgy beach club in Bangrak. The loud music is not unusual from this club, but last night broke all records. I had to close all doors and windows it was so loud and I could still hear it. Bear in mind that I am a few kilometers away. Not next door. But I am in direct line of sight. The other thing was that they usually turn the music down at midnight Not last night. 03:00 still going strong. How come other business/hotels are doing nothing about them? Anyone else out there unhappy with them?

They are not alone Vietnamese in Bangkok. and from the Phuket Express The islands are definitely multi-national but with Russians leading the pack. The recent stories in the Samui news - Austrian tour guide Canadian drug dealer and no WP Italian locked in office Brit illegal beauty clinic Thai kills boyfriend Russian car rental Ukrainian car rental Australians collecting garbage (well done Aussies) Spaniard life sentence for murder Dane confirmed gaol sentence Gambian drug dealer Russian overstay Israeli drug dealer Russian illegal hairdresser

I have run my business from my pool villa for more than 20 years.

Oh the irony. Maybe 'Better World not very Green Co Ltd'?

I hope that he was not using the wire coat hanger procedure.

I suspect that the other party is banking on the fact that they have more money than you to throw at this. Do you have a legally binding contract? I have been involved in a number of court cases in my time here in Thailand, and I have found the judges to be pretty fair in every case. It is not always down to 'the letter of the law'. The spirit of the law does come into play at times. Only one of the court cases involved money and the judge was pretty reasonable in my favour.

AI usually has better grammar than in that story.

He does not have a passport or a visa. He has a (dodgy) Thai id card. How does that make 90 day reporting a failure?

According to the BP, this lad is charging 3,000 baht a session. That is VERY expensive. I hate to think about what goes on.

And not everyone uses QR codes.

Double ditto. A month before my 70th, as I was giving blood, the nice nurse was very apologetic and said "sorry, this will be your last donation". Mind you, at my last medicals this year, both doctors were saying that my heart is very strong. It could last another 30 years. The rest of my body though...........

With all of these 'children of veteran politicians' in control, one wonders who the kindergarten teacher is.

(from the article quoted by Foxx - thank you) So who eventually gets to spend the money?

And the infrastructure and projects silliness continues unabated.

This is starting to smell like a political appointment coming up.

Brave man.

Used to be called an amber gambler back in the day. Very sad.

As others have suggested, get a contract with a pest control company. Check the area where you live. The one that we use on Samui will also remove snakes, rats etc.

Thanks Sheryl, I never knew that. Avoid sexual activity - not a problem. Prostate removed. Avoid vigorous exercise - not a problem. COPD. I cannot even walk up stairs. Avoid motorbike riding - problem. I only have the motorbike. Here on Samui, 24 years, never caught a taxi - they are bandits. Walk to the clinic or lab? Not possible. 5 kilometres up and down hills. See COPD. Slow motorbike then. I have noticed that my blood pressure is above normal when they check it. I explain about the motorbike ride to the hospital. Wait five minutes- slow breathing. Blood pressure is OK