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Been there. Done that.

Put stuff in a box. If you don't use it for 1 year - give it away.

Ditto - "Bye bye."

Lamphun.

I'll buy two bottles of wine. I'll drink one and leave the other on your urn.

The problem is being to obtain it when you need it. Thai doctors think the dying in agony is simply your bad karma. What they don't understand is that withdrawing palliative care is their karma.

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Tramadol doesn't do s**t for pain, but it makes you feel good about your pain. Morphine? Good stuff short term. Watch the Tramadol. You don't get an opioid high, but when you try to quit? You'll go through opioid withdrawal. Read up on withdrawing from Tramadol. Eventually you will have to, and trust me, the doctors who gave it to you don't know how to taper you off. But plenty of resources on the net to learn how to do Tram tapers when you get to the point. Which given your injuries that may be awhile. Be careful. If you're taking 150+ mg - you're "Tickling the Dragon." Beware. Moderation is your friend. Tram can be a tool, or it can be an anchor tied to your leg. Just saying. I've been around. Read about it. You're smart. You'll adapt. Don't let your dosage get out of hand. The more you take, the longer you'll withdrawal. If you can withdraw.

1. An illusion. 2. Gone. The quintessentially question is - what is your thought Right Now? Where did it come from? Where did it go? Who was The Thinker? Is there a Thinker? Or is there just That Which Experienced The Stream of Consciousness? And Who Is That? Is It A "Who?"

Buddhism delves into the nature of non-self (annata). It's the essence of Buddhism. Without direct experience of the nature of self and non-self, the best you'll obtain are analogies that may seems like complete tosh. Well, there you have it. With enough experience in meditation, if it's time, you'll catch a glimpse of the nature of annata. Once you experience it, you can't um-experience it. Then you'll understand. Of course you can take the philosophical route - but it's a rabbit hole, and it leads nowhere. You'll never understand by reading about it. And there is plenty to read. You'll come away confused as what you'll read from even Buddhist scholar will come across as contradictory. Self. It's illusory. Your better off inquiring about annata. But that's just more words. Ultimately, if you want to know the nature of annata? Dedicate your self (pun intended) to intense meditation practice. My recommendation for where to start? Right here. https://www.paaukforestmonastery.org/about-us Best of luck.

An illusion.

The progressive media is constantly fanning the flames while screaming "Right-Wing, Wingnut, MAGA-supporting, Gun-Toting Domestic Terrorists Are Gonna Get You!!!" <Fear> In the meanwhile progressives are out on the streets protesting one "injustice" or another my hooding up, covering their faces, and beating the crap out of anyone who looks like a regular average person, stopping traffic on highways, pulling people out of their cars, defacing public property, gluing themselves to the road, and having "fiery but peaceful protests" - and? The same press writing about "Right-Wing Wacko Nut Jobs Who Are Gonna Get Ya" completely ignore the current and present violence by the progress left, many of whom are actually pretty unhinged crazies who ARE a clear and present danger to most average citizens minding their own business. The liberal media would like nothing more that to see a civil war (and help to promote it too). Why? Great for the news-cycle and viewership which equated to advertising $$$$$$$. Half the AN members would be glued to their favorite left-wing TV stations and engaging in their frothed hatred toward about 1/2 of America. That attitude doesn't end well. So OP? Enjoy fanning the flames? Those who are part of the problem aren't part of the solution. There is a name for this: Agitprop.

Nothing like the smell of injected estrogen in the morning. However, with all of the testosterone still pumping around? Problematic.

A little background. Mods, I'm assuming it's ok to post Nation links as AN is owned by The Nation? If not, please remove without prejudices. This article give background on his case. https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30353979

I'd think a recommendation for "Reefer Madness" would be more appropriate.

Westernized countries tend to exploit all labor from countries like Thailand. They get paid less than a citizen of that country. Or worse, the employer takes their passports and refuses to give it back when requested. Now that Israel is a hazard zone. I'd expect hazard pay to stay. if refused? Bye bye. Then on the flip-side, is Thailand exploiting workers from Myanmar? If the shoe was on the other foot? How about the pay for Myanmar labor in Yala, Narathiwat, and Pattani? Do they get hazard pay? Higher wages? Especially if they are Buddhist. Just saying........

I buy based on the fact that everyone here seems to buy Technocrat white, black, and grey. Look at the road and it seems to be Henry Ford's wet-dream. You can have any color of Ford as long as it's black. <gag> Me - any color but white, black, and grey. I'm partial to red.

As can I. But, try asking here: Ban Mha Ka Maew Animal Hospital Address: 255 10-12 Mahidol Rd, Pa Daet Sub-district, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai 50100

It would be a waste on my laptop, but 4 TB on my desktop I could use as I could use the additional space for Virtual Machines. But at 15+K THB? With the pace of technological improvements it will be in my price range in 2 or 3 years.

But they wear cloth masks to "stay safe!"

I'm not sure of BritManToo's age, but I gave up on motorcycles a year and change back after I turned 70. I don't have the reflexs or the situational 360 degree awareness that I had even back in my 60s when I rode quite often. Driving here and staying alive? You have to have situational awareness and eyes in the back of your head. I stopped riding the motorcycles when even traveling a kilometer in the village would make the hair stand up on the back of my neck when I'd hear an approach vehicle. Now I just walk or take the car. I think it's just age. I got T-boned in an intersection by a pickup the first month I had the bike. Not my fault other than I didn't yet have the defensive skills to anticipate the craziness of Thai roads. I wasn't a new MC driver either as I had a 750cc "Big Bike" in the US. But driving in the US doesn't equate to the defensive skills you need on Thai roads. I walked away with literally a scratch on my leg and utter wonderment as to how I escaped injury. Dropped the bike twice after that and rear-ended a truck when everyone in front of me locked up their brakes and came a ****-hair from getting read-ended myself, although when I heard the brakes behind me I bailed off the the bike. (Then fitted it with high-quality, well treaded tires) Learned a lot from those four instance, all at the ripe age of 56 in the first year I owned the MC. From 56 to 70 nada. I don't ever remember any close calls other than jerks pulling out in front of me which I had anticipated. But drive here long enough and eventually fate catches up for many. At a certain age I'd just get back on the horse that bucked me off. But then the realities of age set in and MC riding, at least to me, seem riskier that I'm willing to accept. I accept that I don't have the reaction time and skills that I consider necessary to keep myself safe on a motorcycle. So I gave it up. Feel safer in a car although on these roads that's a false sense of security, but I'd rather have more metal around me than none at all. Haven't sold it tho'. Never know when I may need backup transportation in a pinch. So BritManToo. Any plans on getting back on a motorcycle when you heal up? Too soon to say?

So, no damage to the "bonker" we assume? Inquiring minds and all? 🍆

Some of us analyze spidermike007. The majority defer to 'the experts' even if 'the experts' have ulterior (profit) motives to sway reality. Many of these people are intelligent but willfully ignorant. Too many times I hear that <enter the name of a main-stream media outlet> said <enter the narrative>. They don't assume the responsibility to verify the veracity of the 'commonly accepted narrative' <because fact-finding agency xyz said it's true or false> or the motives of those who issue their "expert opinions" to endorse that narrative. Funny that when highly credentialed scientists came up with contravening data, research, or opinion in 2020 - 2022 they were excoriated by the media and sanctioned by the universities and medical institutions they worked for. But? They are now being vindicated and their research is starting to see the light of day in medical journals. The hallmark of authoritarianism is the suppression of factual data. That's what is really concerning.

My guess is that you are on the extreme-pro-Covid-vaccination camp as well as "Covid is The Plague." So if anyone challenges your world-view you get angry, upset, and indignant. Whatever. I don't "follow world news." The 'commonly accepted narrative (and the only correct narrative we were told) was shoved down our collective throats for the better part of three years - who needed to 'follow it?" Instead I read scientific literature as I've got the background to understand research papers, epidemiological, and statistical analysis. I understand the virulence of the SARS-Cov-2 virus in 2020. It was nasty stuff. I also understand the primary populations who were adversely affected. And I understand there were a lot of mistakes my by front-line emergency care doctors and staff who couldn't grasp what was causing low-oxygen reading in people who did have typical respiratory infections. I have friends and family who were front-line medical care in emergency rooms in 2020. There was a lot of confusion. And I understand that there was a massive push by governmental agencies to hype the number of "Deaths Attributed Directly To Covid" as well as the media push to promoted it as "The New Plague." Long-term, that is beginning to unravel as more and more epidemiological studies surface showing the breakdown of those who "Died Of Covid" and who "Died With Covid" and a whole load of other comorbidities and the canard that massive numbers of people 'died of Covid' is coming apart with research results. And I also understand the current virulence of the now highly mutated, now highly contagious but now no more virulent then 'the flu', which by the way kills a whole bunch of people every year as well. Very old people; people who are already sick; people who are unhealthy - sort of the same target population who died with Covid's assistance. And Covid and the flu will continue to kill that same population, year after year after year. So yeah. right now? For your average 70+ year old (like myself) who isn't diabetic, over-weight to obese, or has other comorbidities - It Is A Nothing-Burger. But feel free to stew in your collective fear because "the experts" tell you to be afraid. To each their own. And add some pejoratives in your posts. You'll feel better.

You are one of the most mellow, accepting people I know. More of us should aspire be like that.