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my nephew is one of them... I will be glad when he returns home.

Blackmores Hyperiforte... which as I understand is St. John's Wort - - I have had some occasional event induced anxiety - - when I feel the nervousness coming on, I pop one of these and within an hour, it is gone. Last time I took one was probably 2-3 months ago... good luck.

I have a nephew working there - he is ok and I expect that the 'war' will now be nearly all one-sided...

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Sure, we all have that experience... We have all had posts about the moon that devolved into fights about Pluto... Maybe? Is this relevant? I had a friend from Pattaya visit and he was stunned that I was conversing in Thai w/o a hitch - - - I asked if any of his friends in /Pattaya could speak Thai - - he said, "yes, they all do - but nobody understands them.' Which might be why people are telling stories.

oh, I have no objection to learning anything... I am conversational and speak in sentences so when I miss a tone, they probably pick it up in context... I can read, a little - my Thai friends message me in Thai... sometimes it takes a few minutes to get all the words... my biggest deficit is in comprehending - again, context helps but I do not always know every word that is used... almost no Thai person speaks to me in English. I enjoy the language and am always working at it, in my own way... I had a neighbor from England who could read Thai language - - he just didn't know what any of the words meant... and he never ddi learn. Seemed pretty useless to me, but...

It is not that complicated if you listen and hear - - entrance, and rice just don't sound the same to me in both length and tone... identifying those tones is complicated for me... we each learn differently

"long time passing"

They are both correct... everyone learns differently... I am pretty conversational - can read a little - and I have no idea what tone I am using. The words just sound different to me. KHAOOOW - does not sound like Khao

And where better than Cha'am could we all be?

Buildings in the tropics have a lifespan - it would be important to know the maintenance fees and if there are many in arears... What is the management company like? I like older buildings too - - more character, but having people around is nice too... I looked there many years ago and was a bit put off by it being dark and too quiet... Are there any restaurants or convenience stores nearby? But I did like the style and location... I guess every place will have plusses and minuses... How competitively are the units priced?

I sold the home 20 years ago... I didn't really need it anymore. Being an absentee landlord is a vulnerable place to be...

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In USA I had a lovely cottage that closed down easily, but I learned that if nobody lived there for 3 months it was considered abandoned and insurance was not valid. I tried letting the wife of the Senior Circuit judge in the county live there for free - and she let her son and GF move in when she was away - they pretty much stole 50% of my stuff...

My niece wants to go to Thammasat. is it a good school

Yes siree, that's the truth.

doesn't help.

I was asking those questions when I was a teenager... everyone is different. At one time, I thought I would work forever because I loved being in business - then it stopped being fun and I stopped working at 48... I have a friend who was a lawyer but only managed about 3 years of gainful employment in his 30s... he lived very very stoically. Then in his 50s he took a government job which paid very little. He is still working at 73 and still living in a small rent controlled apartment that he was in when he went to law school. He lives alone and has poor social skills and is very unhappy. We make our own lives - money plays a part... I would not want to live in the manner that I did when in my 20s or 30s... money enables a transcendence in comfort. That's nice.

You can always find things to worry about...

Oh that Sadhguru - he's a pip. Have a kid and you stop wondering about purpose.

huh? I've been misled.

Because America the beautiful was already taken?

Tracy is wonderful -- not sure I understand where the connection to bargirls comes in... but... love me some Tracy - a wonderfully principled lady...

could that be because money does buy some happiness, even if fleeting? It sure buys security, nicer houses and cars and better food - right?

That would be sad for anyone, my condolences...