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Oh look! EVs that nobody but the upper 1% can afford (or the highly indebted Somchai and Sumalee average who attempt to keep up with the Sretthas and Thaksins) In the meanwhile, as the same 1% create laws to force the real common-folk to ditch ICE vehicles and to purchase EVs (the only reasonably affordable being from China), the already highly indebted Thai public as well as banks with over-extended balance sheet make another 1997 highly probably.

All I'm finding is Natrol and that is priced into stratospheric silliness (in excess of 1000 to 2000+ per bottle). Melatonin was affordable if not downright inexpensive as a sleep-aide. Not anymore unfortunately. Oh, and get your shipments before May when the Thai government hits consumers of imported products, like iHerb, with a 7% VAT.

Way cool. Thanks!

Do you have a link?

Such will be the plight of any populace party which dares to raise it's head and challenges the status quo. Well, unless Gen-X and Millennials become a majority in the Army, and then they can do it the "old fashion way."

A little drinking music for ya bob: THE SONG OF THE TEMPERANCE UNION Away, away, with rum, by gum, Rum by gum, rum by gum Away, away, with rum, by gum, The song of the Temperance Union. We're coming, we're coming, our brave little band On the right side of temp'rance we do take our stand. We don't use tobacco, because we do think That the people who use it are likely to drink We never eat cookies because they have yeast, And one little bite turns a man to a beast. Oh, can you imagine the utter disgrace Of a man in the gutter with crumbs on his face? We never eat fruitcake because it has rum, And one little slice puts a man on the bum. Oh, can you imagine the pitiful plight Of a man eating fruitcake until he gets tight? A man who eats fruitcake lives a terrible life. He's mean to his children and beats on his wife. A man who eats fruitcake dies a terrible death, With the odor of raisins and rum on his breath! We never drink water -- they put it in gin, And one little sip and a man starts to grin. Oh, can you imagine a sorrier sight Than a man drinking water and singing all night? We never eat peaches because they ferment, And a peach will ferment at the least little dent. Oh, can you imagine a sight more obscene, Than a man getting tipsy on peaches and cream! Beware of plum pudding, the kind that they light. They drench it in brandy so it will ignite. The thought is revolting to temperate folk, For people go blotto inhaling the smoke. We never touch coffee; it makes our eyes gleam, At least when they add Irish whiskey and cream. Oh, can you imagine a fate more unkind Than sluggin' down coffee and going stone blind? We never drink milkshakes 'cause they're made with malt, And one little slurp makes your brain somersalt. Oh, can you imagine behavior so rash As bartop gymnastics with a frothy mustache We never play jumprope 'cause jumpers take hops, And once they start hopping, they hops 'til they drops. This vile degradation starts out as a game And grammar school innocence turns into shame. We never have backrubs because it's a crime, And we will oppose them in song and in rhyme. For an alcohol backrub is worse than straight gin When you think of the liquor absorbed through the skin. We never use Brylcream 'cause that's got bay rum, And too many rubbings can turn your head numb, But if there's a thought that'll leave you in fits, Just imagine the millions of paralytic nits. Now if you go hiking and get sores on your feet, Don't use rubbing spirits as a means for to treat, 'Cause it seeps through the pores of your feet by osmosis, And you end up by having ten drunk little toesis. We never eat cornflakes because they have malt, And we can't imagine a much greater fault. Oh, can you imagine a sight that's more droll Than a woman at breakfast slumped over her bowl! We never dance Morris -- you have to drink ale, And respectable people, who see us, turn pale. Oh, can you imagine the staggering sight Of a man who drinks ale, dancing ''Saturday Night?''

<insert smoke-blowing emoji here> (cough cough cough)

Which is one reason the Gen-X/Millennial based "youthful" new party poses an existential threat to the old guard and the status-quo. And why lawfare will be dialed up to an "11" on the Spinal Tap dial in order to get rid of them.

@Sheryl Hey Sheryl. Do you have a web link to the seller who is sell Puritan's Pride 10mg 120 tabs for 500 THB. I've looked and the best I can find is ฿850. Thanks!

You haven't been back to El Paso or any of the Blue State cities in the US lately.

He's still bent out of shape that the "Ai farang" wouldn't take his masks from him three plus years ago. Anutin is a quintessential Thai elite: Hates foreigners; loves foreigner's money.

It's nothing 20M THB can't cure.

Of course it does. The up-coming generations pose a direct threat to the status-quo. Lawfare 101: If it poses a threat - make it illegal.

My cats eat them and you need to give your cats worm meds on a consistent basis. The little buggers do contain worm eggs and larvae.

How many Thais were arrested for drunk driving on the same day - and never were reported in the news?

Not when your wife to be is 47 and has kids and grandkids. That is not a normal part of Thai culture.

"Was I stupid to agree to........." Yep! 👎

... she is wayyyyy past her expiration date at 47 - and - she has grandkids? Either way, I'd say that sinsot would be out of the question. Sure, if Khun Farang was marrying a 25 year old Isaan beauty who is pure as the wind driven snow and never had children? Ok - I can see a marginal amount of dowry for the parents. At 47 years old, ie, just a few year away from menopause plus she has children and grandchildren and probably was previously married? You've got to be kidding me. I think my wife was 47 when we got married, had a kid, and previous marriages. Sinsot wasn't even a topic of discussion. Had it been we wouldn't be married. Find me a Thai guy who has paid sinsot for a 47 year old "used" wife with kids and grandkids. Heck. There are plenty of 47 year old childless spinsters out there as Thai guys don't want them. So - "Stupid is as stupid does." The Thai net-citizens are applying conventions to a farang that they would not apply to themselves.

Sorta like claiming all foreigners will need to wear masks, 'eh?

Time to leave Thailand again bob!

This is about hoovering more wealth from those who can least afford to pay. "Fairness for small businesses?" Bunk.

Year in, year out, by this time during the annual "burn season" every country other than Thailand is blamed for Chiang Mai's and Northern Thailand's bad air. Meanwhile as we drove up our mountain valley yesterday, the mountains are burning on both sides of the road and on into the distance. Obviously fires set by Burmese, Cambodians, Indonesians, and Chinese arsonists, no doubt.

And the printing presses go, "BRRRRRRRRRRRRR..."