mania

10 hours ago, ezzra said:

Just curious, is there a procedure to shrink a male penis? 

Do what most do & just fold it in half 

18 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

Anyone else notice this?

Yes & the sad part is they usually would have looked better growing older gracefully & thru diet & exercise.

Instead they go the Joker route & for some reason they chase it more & more after each alteration

Till they look alien & usually have so much scar tissue

Sad testimony to themselves & society that thinks that is beauty & it should come from a knife/creams/drugs

21 hours ago, jmd8800 said:

This is actually what I do now though where it was transferred from USBank to Wise instantly it now takes 4 days. Then of course the Wise transfer to Bangkok Bank is usually the next business day so it comes in as FTT.

 

With USBank requiring a standard mobile operator phone number, I am down to one way to transfer money to Thailand for Immigration reasons. I am one who likes to have a few different methods of transferring money in case of changes in the systems.

The thing I have found doing similar with Wise is check operating hours of your bank which if open tends to result in instant transfer

Same with Wise to Thailand...If during Thai bank business hours it is instantly done.

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16 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

 

They also pay to get into government positions even at local government levels in the towns, government run hospitals, teaching positions, etc

Which is a big reason behind the total corruption mindset here. These unqualified folks once in place want a return on their investment...Sad but true

On 11/3/2023 at 1:29 PM, webfact said:

“The Thai Embassy in Myanmar has settled the Thais in a safe shelter and is providing them with necessities.

Myanmar military using foreigners including Thais as human shields

Oh!! ...they thought they meant they were shielded from harm 🙄

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Shortly thereafter, Pu received a disconcerting phone call from a woman who claimed to be her husband’s spouse

Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can
And when it's time for leavin'
I hope you'll understand
That I was born a ramblin' man

Firefox could not get rid of it or the big drop down ad that came soon after Even with the usual unmentionable extensions 

But Brave browser does very well & neither ad shows

9 hours ago, JimTripper said:

Do they greet people at walmart?

I am sure some do but...Not all

My sister for instance is now 70 works in medical field (imaging)

She keeps working & I ask her why?

She say's she wouldn't know what to do if she didn't work (kind of a slave mentality IMHO)

But at the same time her company uses golden handcuffs to keep her too because it is so hard to find reliable folks these days. They keep paying her more & more to stay....The older generation had that reliability show up at work daily in spades usually.

But again I retired at 54 & always ask her wouldn't she like to do something else...anything?

Folks are all different I guess. I always said work to live not live to work

42 minutes ago, GypsyT said:

We plan to move to Spain in the future. I wonder if recent name change will harm our plans. Any experience in the EU?

Well of course she must change her govt ID as well as passport if she has one

Secondly I do not know about the EU but when my wife originally came to the USA & after went for citizenship

I would say it was an added hassle for sure as my wife had twice done what your gf is contemplating

Reason being is FBI wants all previous names listed & proof/time etc of change & reason for background checks

I imagine the EU probably has a similar check

To be honest if it were my decision I would advise Thai's against it especially for silly reasons such as "luck"

51 minutes ago, Jumbo1968 said:

is this an old rule they have reintroduced ?

It sounds like the old TM30 ....which is not the same as the 90day check in

On 10/28/2023 at 9:41 AM, webfact said:

Top 6 most haunted places in Thailand

 

I thought for sure Chiang Mai Immigration would make the list 🙄

If this goes forward it will likely be the same cluster f@ck that the marijuana was....meaning not well thought out & everyone that supplies the brown envelops to the right offices gets to open mini C's everywhere 😂

Not to mention as others said household debt will go thru the roof when every somchai & his girl borrow from loan sharks to play 🙄

5 hours ago, BritManToo said:

car rams me from behind.

The worst of the worst

Just glad your ok as that is not an easy one to survive.

Wishing you a Speedy Recovery!

On 10/21/2023 at 7:28 PM, Confuscious said:

But if I can enjoy a good cake with lot's of cream or a juicy hamburger, should I refuse that because it would upgrade my sugar levels?

Actually that you ask this is pretty telling

Folks with healthy nutrition habits actually don't crave such & the way your describing it says you do 😉

Similar to exercise for some folks it is a pleasure but for others it is a chore

But that aside...you should do what you want to do life is short live it as you like. That is why the 82 year old guy you mentioned in your OP is so happy & probably a likely reason he is still going strong.

9 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

It is far easier to discern horrific and ignorant foreign policy from a distance than it is when you're at home. Alot of Americans that I talk to in the US don't really have a clue, they don't see how ridiculously expensive things are, they don't see how the quality of life is declining, they're really blind to a lot of that, but once you get away from it and you see what life is like elsewhere, you perceive the truth and it's pretty easy to be critical at that point. America is broken. 

Sad but true

Also due to the fact the US News is basically censored

Only when we moved to Thailand & started watching Al Jazeera did we see a more balanced news that was not trying to hide things or at least gave a better non-biased report of things

About being blind to decline most have no choice & yes many are blind due to having their noses so firmly attached to the grindstone to keep making all the payments they have on all the toys they own...Sad really

We actually are living back in the US now but we are not "normal" Americans. We own outright do not watch TV nor get excited about politics / take sides as both wings are from the same bird. We also still live in Thailand 3 months a year

But yes we also feel America is in decline now even for folks like us as we see less & less maintenance being done on infrastructure & we sure notice that. Here in Thailand they are developing & for now at least labor is still cheap enough that they can develop & keep what they have maintained & clean.

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

Any reason, they haven't done well against BTC over the last 10 years. 

They have done very well for me.

I do not just buy & hold but use the G/S ratio

For instance

I would buy Physical Silver (back up the truck type of buy) when the G/S ratio was 55/1

I then traded it into gold when the ratio was 35/1 which was like buying physical gold for 3-600 bucks/oz when it was already 1200-1600 spot

Why? Because I bought silver at 9-12 oz when G/S was 55/1

Then sold most of that load of gold when prices were near 2k

I do agree in recent years it has been quite quiet in both PM's but they are in fact doing what they do best & that is provide a hedge against inflation.

But if for instance you bought gold back when it was 35-55/1 you could have swapped into Silver when it neared 100/1 (it is now 85/1) Which is building wealth very safely

About BTC sorry & yes I see it does very well at times but for me it is vaporware & nothing more than the current tulip mania

But if your doing well with it great!

Just remember the difference is BTC is in fact just another form of musical chairs. Gold & Silver have been money for 2500 years

All else including the USD & every other form of Fiat is just currencies. Which is why the Central Banks all still hold gold

12 hours ago, Jingthing said:

About the U.S. age 62 thing. At that age you get reduced by 25 percent pay and that's in effect for life, so not as great as you might think. Full payout varies by birthday but is roughly 66. Wait until 70 and you get more.

That's the line they hope you'll bite 😉

But do  a proforma & see it basically washes either way

Use a simple example like 1k at age 62

Then see what you made & then start the 66 or 70 version with their payout

Remember to pay back first what the guy at 62 already got before you start to calc the greater benefit  of waiting😉

Gold & Silver

On 10/21/2023 at 4:16 PM, kwilco said:

Anyone know where a cycle tour office is in Chiang Mai?.

If road bikes & actually cyclist then Cycling Chiang Mai has some great tours

Super nice owner

https://cyclingchiangmai.cc/

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

 

People on low level social security often have a check of  1000 or so. Do the math.

Sure it's different if a person owns their home clear.

Yeah but that same math works both ways.

Anyone "retiring" to place like Thailand on 1k a month or so as you say is nuts++

That person is in no way financially able to pay for medical care If or more likely when he will need it. Que the I can fly always home while having a stroke crowd 😉

Back in America that group with a 1k SS check qualify for EBT/SNAP for food Plus United health care gives them another $175 a month for anything

Plus Medicaid pays their Part B *& Part D

Then to top it off Social Security Supplemental Insurance pay them the difference  up to X level (but they cannot leave the country for more than 30 days at a time)

https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-17-008.pdf

So yeah its not as dire a pic as you paint.

Believe it or not most of the car/van living crowds want that life

(Gawd knows why but they do 😅 )

4 minutes ago, timoti said:

 

That's also why I am surprised because before he said I need holter for confirmation but when I asked isn't both ECGs the same, he said 10 mins is short but then he said we can do ablation. So not sure if they just want to get the money.

AI report said I have those but in the report they said paroxysmal afib and PVC. He was saying you can use cold if you like cold but later said heat is better because he can fix both issues.

 

For me it always seem to happen after eating some big heavy carb meal later in the evening, because I dont eat much early on so I might eat a big meal at 8-9pm and this happens then but not always. Sometimes i can even bigger meals and nothing happens,  but when it happens I noticed always when I finish the meal or almost finish it.

 

Also the doctor said it's better you do ablation so these episodes dont turn into more serious complications.

Yeah that sounds a little sketchy

Holter is always good as they have small wireless ones you wear now for up to 14 days & shower etc with it. It gives a good show of events if your having them often

If your young they will likely fade & also if it is certain types like I sad those are not dangerous but bothersome as of course folks worry.

But aside from learning triggers to keep from starting you can also learn ways to make them stop quickly

Valsalva maneuver usually woks for many. When I was young mine would run sometimes 10+ hours then I'd go to the ER & they would give me a shot of adenocard which stopped it instantly

But for me I found if I have one I lay on floor butt close to wall....feet/legs on wall pointing straight up...take a deep breath slowly in & slowly out & it usually stops right away 😉

Here is a pic of the new modern type monitor that can track you for two weeks

Good Luck & try not to worry too much. These things are quite common in many folks

10 hours ago, timoti said:

That's why i showed them to a specialist. He said heat ablation is better for you than cold to fix both of the issues

That is odd ?

AFAIK Cryo-ablation  first freezes the pathway to check of your system will stay up....IF it goes down the cryo thaws & all is well. If there is no problem after freezing they then will burn which is permanent

But in the burn only method if your system goes down after burning a pathway then a pacemaker is needed

AFAIK the difference in using cryo is just a safer route & I remember many years ago checking & Bumrungrad had it then

All that aside as others have said you may want to check if your psvt is not life threatening then it is just a bother & will eventually fade in most folks.

Also folks who have an ablation many times will need more as they rarely hold long term.

I have had psvt,pvc's, pac,s on & off for decades now. As others have said see if you can note the triggers...keep a diary. In my case it was mainly stress & I occasionally had alcohol which I no longer drink due to that trigger.

Good Luck!