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It depends on your definition of "addicted". Physical addiction not likely. Mental addiction or dependence highly possible. If you can't start your day without getting high first, you are addicted.
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45 minutes ago, connda said:Again - Thai doctors consider a patient's pain to be due to their own bad Karma. They are reluctantly allow cannabinoids to be used for a handful of conditions while totally ignoring conditions such as arthritis. The message is: "You must suffer due to your own bad Karma. It's not a Thai doctor's duty to ease that suffering!" And the Thai elite are on board with that policy.
How very true. This antiquated, primitive, superstitious, backwoods attitude has no place in the modern world. I recently broke my hip and laid on my back for 4 days in the hospital begging for morphine to relieve some of the pain. They brought me paracetamol.
In the US, the top priority would be to relieve my pain by any means necessary.
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Dear Penthouse,
I never thought it could happen to me, but...
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I'll be glad when April Fools Day is over and we can get back to the the real nonsense...like the election.
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Looks like a real high tech operation with the tin foil on the bottles.
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At least he wasn't rubbing a picture of Prayut.
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6 hours ago, AlexRich said:
I love their bread.
Where do you get good bread in Nan?
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21 hours ago, ubonjoe said:
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The same handout has been given to people at Jomtien.
It think the person you talked to was not familiar with new rules.
Handout or not, you are at the mercy of how the IO interprets the new rules. Best to play it safe and figure 3 months. If you hit a brick wall, they aren't going to give a damn when you say, "But ubonjoe said..." (no disrespect, Joe).
Another question is how they figure the 3 months. If you put the money in the bank today (Mar. 15) is it 3 months to June 15, or are they going to say it has to be 3 full calendar months (April, May, June) to July 1?
I may be over-thinking the matter, but if you haven't learned to cover your butt, you haven't been here long enough.
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I thought the Thai way is to never lose your temper, and keep a cool head. At least that's the BS they tell us farangs.
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I enclose a self addressed biz size envelope with 36 baht worth of stamps on it, and write "EMS" in red ink. That goes inside an A4 size envelope with all my paperwork which I tell the PO to send EMS. I use the Nan office, and have been doing this for years.
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They ARE basically idiots, and not just on the issue of burning. Just take a look around.
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3 hours ago, soalbundy said:Then there was the question, "who's going to make me breakfast"? it was just too much.
Is that supposed to be funny?
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7 hours ago, JaiLai said:
The amounts that crusty old foreigners send to meet the new criteria is a mere drop in the ocean (maybe not even that much), the Ex rate is hardly manipulated for that......seriously?!!!
Actually I was being sarcastic about a conspiracy. But your comment that 800,000 baht multiplied by the number of old crusty foreigners only amounts to a drop in the ocean is like your avatar, "insane".
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Yeah, great. Just when I need to transfer more money here to comply with the new immigration visa rules.
Anyone else smell a conspiracy?
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Translation apps may not be perfect, but they're better than nothing.
Furthermore, even Thais speaking to other Thais seem to have a hard time being understood. Many times I have been with Thais who order food in a restaurant, and we still get the wrong items.
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Like so many things here, Thailand's policy on euthanasia is pathetically out of date. Stray dogs should be rounded up and put down if not claimed. People who find their pets have become vicious and uncontrollable should have the option of having a vet humanely euthanize them, rather than just turning them loose. The same goes for old, sick pets that have no quality of life. The Buddhist belief of letting them suffer has no place in today's world.
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The Thai way of saving face: When you don't know the answer, make something up.
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Changing a Thai wife's name from Miss to Mrs is pointless. We went to the Amphur to do it, and they said no, have to go to Bangkok, blah, blah, blah. Then they said there's no problem just leaving everything the way it is. When you're in Thailand, you are Miss. When you're in the US, you are Mrs.
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Bohemian Rhapsody was a boring movie about a boring band.
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Hell, let's just make Songkran all year long.
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How come I can't get away with this?
To US expats - Registration with Medicare at age 65
in Home Country Forum
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Well, automatic is not exactly correct. You still have to sign up for it and authorize the payment to be deducted from your monthly benefit. The Welcome Packet will explain it all in detail.