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Quite a few Thai folks from Chiang Mai posting bloody tissues on Social Media. Claiming their noses are bleeding due to this pollution.

It should be a condition that those like Prayut & Prawit eat it the rest of their lives in a small jail cell...Since it was one of the claims they orchestrated to overthrow a legally elected government ...Oh but wait they also created that Get Out OF Jail Free card 🙄

I just logged in both on my laptop & with phone app No such questions Hopefully yours was not a password fishing scam/bug? I did note there was a update available for my Android phone app so did install it Good Luck

I have not read all the replies so sorry if this has been mentioned already Things I found interesting in my own searches about cholesterol Regular statins like those mentioned here efficacy is 85% benefit at 25% dosage Once this is realized folks can avoid many of the side effect/complaints many have for statins Which is why many informed doctors now reduce statins dosage to 10-20 daily doses & sometimes even every other day compared to much higher doses previously ApoB which can easily be checked in Thailand is a better indicator than LDL This is a simple video on ApoB I do not know if you folks have these drugs in Thailand & they can be expensive but are better than Statins & considered "Pro Drugs" Because they do not affect your whole body but instead target liver Things like PCSK9 Inhibitors like Repatha or Praluent a 2x a month self administered injection slashes ApoB / LDL to very low levels Also other new drugs like Ezetimibe lowers LDL 13-20% & Bempedoic Acid Nexlizet is a drug that combines Ezetimibe & Bempedoic The newest drug is called Inclisiran & is a twice yearly shot that silences PCSK9 gene in the liver In any case I highly recommend videos by Peter Attia Also check his other videos on diet, longevity.. etc Also as some have said diet does help but for many myself included it still may not be enough. I am plant based no oils except a tiny amount of extra virgin olive oil, no dairy, no sugar & yet my LDL is still 100-124 I may be starting PCSK9 next month I also am a life long endurance athlete which you would think is great but at the same time many of us endurance types have high CAC scores because after all heavy exercise is a form of inflammation to your heart at extreme levels too & causes calcium. BUT.... about CAC scores IMO they are pretty useless as they do not differentiate between calcium inside the artery or outside. But they tend to alarm folks right away. Better instead to acknowledge it & follow up in many directions. Checking ApoB, Doing Duplex Ultrasound checks of carotid, aorta,legs etc This is a Good Peter Attia video on the subject

Nice video Wow 14 rai / 6 acres is a large piece of land! You must have plans for something big ...Looks like you folks cleared it all or was it already cleared for a crop? Good Luck should be a great adventure!

Yes I agree & do wonder what is going on FIRST OFF....I will say nothing justifies a man beating a lady for any reason period BUT....what I cannot understand about this case is it was in a mall yet police say no CCTV coverage was possible but they have many bystanders that witnessed it & testified This being Thailand if there were many bystanders who testified then there are many phone videos of this altercation.. we know this is a fact in Thailand & most of today's world. Lastly I have lived in Thailand long enough to know there is no way in H#LL Thai people would stand by & watch a falang beating on an older Thai woman...No way period. ....Even Thai girls would have been on him kicking the crap out of him So either that story about witnesses watching is false or for some reason those watching had a reason? for not jumping in?? But I agree with you there is something missing from this story/event

Good & deported is the proper route but due to violence it should be after times served On the second Swiss the pics of the Thai lady he mauled was terrible & not a scratch on himself. I would like to see or hear more about that case as it is extreme & odd at the same time They say no cctv footage available yet say many bystanders saw & testified. That means in today's world there is also a lot of phone videos. But also makes me wonder how so many could stand by & watch yet not help

Light him up with the Defibrillator then ask him again or ...let him pay his bill? 😂

My wife often comments on where we live most of the time...(Not Thailand) But so often on the roads when cars stop & wave our car thru or when we cross roads & they stop for us etc She always asks why do you never see this in Thailand? I always reply as you did & say it is a me first culture there. Probably because they were raised with that whole face thing & a hi-so/lo-so class system

We did the same & looking back we are glad we did. Life is too precious to be breathing air such as that. Yes you can hide & use a filter in a room but that is not living & that is not as purified as folks like to think. That you even have to wonder about the safety level of exercising outside was unacceptable to us so yes we left. We do return yearly from Oct to Jan (we have a home there) but even last year it was already starting in December 🤔

Seems at least 3 weeks now 😉

A photo posted today on FB flying over Chiang Mai It is amazingly bad what a layer looks like from above too

This shot posted on FB today 😐

I know right?

Don't know whats going on with Swiss guys but here is another & this one seems much worse A Swiss Man Seriously Hurts Thai Woman in Trang Supermarket

Well no of course not The point is the total price is not worth the value of the visit per year. It was actually not just this Visa 500% increase but instead just perhaps the final straw The $2500 is just the International air fare which has increased a lot since COVID. We use to travel for $1400 airfare... Then travel insurance is roughly $300 & we always buy it as we are sports folks + other fees for various things. Because of where our homes are both here & in Thailand there are also smaller flights to & from + hotels here & there before we even reach our Thai home In our case by the time it all adds up for just a 30 day visit THAT is what is not worth it for us. The total for a trip is just tipped past what it is fair value "in our" minds for an every year trip We of course will still visit just not yearly is all... BTW: it is my Thai wife who has said this is poor value & yes I agree. For that price we would like to switch it up a bit or stay here & do more at home

Same thing my wife & I initially thought we would likely do if the prices wen 500% up like their suggesting. But after we thought about it paying $2500-$3000 avg for our flights then staying only 30 days instead of 90? We think that juice is not worth the squeeze. So if this goes as suggested with $488 prices on a Non Imm 90 day visa based on marriage to visit family & our home there...We we think we would switch it from yearly to once every 3-5 years Sad though as we would like to visit family & out home there...but really it would not be worth it when so many nice alternative destinations exist

Well that 30 day visa waiver may be because they want to take part in the visa waiver program. If they pulled that they might lose benefits for Thai's wanting to go to other countries in that program too. Although Thailand is not one of the 41 countries currently in the program I'd imagine they aspire to be That aside ...sadly the 30 day visa waiver is probably exactly the type of tourist Thailand wants...Come bring/spend money then get the H*ll out

There is no way it would be only NZ The only explanation is someone at NZ office jumped the gun posting it...but if true & goes into effect in NZ it will surely be enforced worldwide

I'm guessing but...I think NZ just jumped the release gun & posted on their site sooner than the rest In typical Thai new rules fashion they were probably all supposed to wait till March 18th 😉 But yeah agree no way it is just NZ & looking at document sure seems real enough.

Yeah sorry didn't see that but the thread you posted is also closed already In any case I think these jumps are over the top but expected as after the Junta drained the rough the new govt needs to find ways to refill. Seems their preferred methods will be tax the Falangs & raise visa fees for starters. Anyone think the 400/800k required will not also be increased? 😉 This is the latest....

Stickman Bangkok reported that the Thai embassy in New Zealand published its new visa rates schedule online. Scroll down to pages 3 & 4 for English & note prices are in New Zealand dollars so convert to your currency It is pretty dang hefty IMO Where I use to pay $80 for my 3 month non imm visit yearly it is now going to be about $500 USD A one Year Multi entry Non Imm is $1222 USD It seems this is due to start on March 19th 2024 & NZ just leaked it a bit earlier than the news being reported

He can't make his account that he uses for his Visa a joint account. But he did say he has two accounts so he could add her to the other non Visa one Also some banks like BKB do have the form to add a beneficiary name to your account in case of death

I think this will be the most interesting thing to see...as to how that is sorted/proven In simplistic terms I would guess for Thailand both government & banks it will be easiest to tax all incoming transfers period. Then leave it to the tax payer to file a claim for a refund yearly with proof provided. Otherwise I can imagine more banks balking at trying to sort this out