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One hamburger and French fries is not a big order. I eat half of it and then four or five or more hours later, eat the rest of it. Some days that is all I eat. I make a cheese sandwich, three thin pieces of cheese on two pieces of bread, 10 ounces of milk or a 8 ounce soda, and sometimes I don't finish eating that. When I was hospitalized one time, it was documented that I ate less than 2000 calories of food a day. The doctors and nurses were encouraging me to eat more. I only eat till I am not hungry, then stop. I don't eat everything on my plate. According to the internet, the ideal weight range for someone my age and height is 194 - 210 pounds. I weigh 184 or 185 after getting out of the shower. Also according to the internet, my weight is normal. I recently had my yearly physical, doc said my weight was in the normal range. So, no weight problem it seems.

I am rated by the VA at 100% disabled with PTSD. That started when I was in Vietnam. There are several triggers that will get my adrenaline going, more so when I am experiencing stress. I retired 13 years ago. It was 3 or 4 years before I began to feel relaxed for some or most of the day. I don't recall hearing the term Rapid Eye Movement desensitization before. I did a search for it. The description sounds very much like what a VA doctor tried with me in 1988 or 1989 (16 or 17 years after leaving Vietnam). The process caused such extreme reactions that he decided that I was not a candidate for that kind of therapy.

I understand about the addiction part, but not from personal experience. In my life, I have found that doctors were overprescribing addictive medications. One doctor prescribed 90 10 mg valiums per month, for muscle spasm problems. I would use what I needed and dump the rest. The last bottle I had in a prescription, a 90 day supply, was only half used 2 or 2.5 years later. I turned it in to a pharmacy to be destroyed. I have had oxycodone (I forget dosage size) prescribed for after surgeries. Take every 4 to 6 hours every day was the prescription. I took one, then 8 or 10 hours later I took half of one. After that first day it was 1/2 pill every 12 hours. Worked well to make the pain tolerable, then I stopped 2 or 3 days later. As for the lorazepam, I took hundreds of pills to a pharmacy for destruction after I stopped going to the Veterans Administration doctor. I had no problems taking them when needed. I found it would break the adrenaline build and stop the anxiety attack with .25 mg (half the prescribed dose). Melatonin and Hydroxyzine do not work with me. Neither does doctor prescribed regulated drugs to make a person sleep. I could feel something in my body a few minutes after taking them, but did not get sleepy or wanted to sleep. My problem is my body lost the ability to deal with adrenaline caused stress. Too much stress and the adrenaline can go out of control. Mindfulness, as I understand it, does not deal with that. A loud unexpected bang, that sounds too much like an exploding mortar round or rocket, and my adrenaline level is sky high. It's the fight or flight syndrome.

Along the line of off topic putting on weight issues. I used to weigh 165, then alternately put on weight and losing some of it until I was up to 205 pounds. I also became lethargic and almost any kind of sustained exercise, including long walks, caused a feeling of overexertion and feelings of fatigue. When it reached the point of nearly passing out after walking up a flight of stairs, I started talking to doctors. One of my doctors, at a Veterans Administration (U.S of A.) medical facility orders a bunch of blood work. She found that I had a hyper active parathyroid condition. One of the four parathyroid glands was, malfunctioning, which required surgery to remove it. In four weeks I lost 20 pounds. Four years later I am still about 180 pounds and still have some residual fatigue issues that may or may not be age related (I'm in mid 70's), exercise regularly, and have no more problems walking up stairs. Without the surgery I would have continued to gain weight. I don't eat a lot of food. I eat until I am no longer hungry. I eat all the unhealthy fat producing food, like a Burger King whopper hamburger and a large order of French fries, I usually eat half the order, getting two meals and sometimes a snack from one order. At restaurants that gives you a salad before the main course, I don't eat the salads because it will satiate my hunger and then I have to take the rest of the food home to eat later. Regarding those orders of Burger King Whoppers and large fries. I have seen people eat two of those orders at one sitting! They were also skinny. Sort of like a 3 foot or more diameter beach ball with legs, arms, and a head on it.

I am seeing reports on youtube news channels that more than 1000 are dead from the hamas terror attacks. I read someplace on the inter web that, if you compare the number of people living in Israel to the number of people living in the United States, then, 20 dead in Israel is equivalent to 1000 dead in the United States! If true, then the equivalent death toll in a country with a population the size of the United States, from a terror attack, would be 50,000 dead!

Not completely about Israel or Thailand ... but that is how I felt when I was gainfully employed and had to work in certain parts of Philadelphia or Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, or in Newark New Jersey. I am now retired and no longer have to work in those cities. Since certain political party politicians are in control of Philadelphia, which is about 35 minute drive from where I live and I still have to go there on occasion, Philadelphia is more dangerous than it was before. That political party supports hamas and the palastinians, and have disparaged Israel many times in the past, perhaps they are cheerleading (in private you know) what is now happening in Israel!

I have PTSD due to service in Vietnam. I was diagnosed as having PTSD with anxiety reaction. The Veterans Administration doctors tried to get me on anti-depressants and some other strange drugs. The only thing that I eventually found that helped me most when I had anxiety attacks was Lorazepam. Sometimes it helped me get better sleep. I don't take it as prescribed. I take .25 mg to .5 mg which breaks the anxiety cycle and I feel better until a stressful situation causes the anxiety reaction again. I do not take Lorazepam twice a day as prescribed! Only as needed. This medication was prescribed by a doctor at the Veterans Administration hospital. I did go to a head doctor to talk about issues but he was a psychologist who did not prescribe any medication. I found this helpful for me, it may or may not be helpful for you. I also drink ginseng tea made from ginseng imported from Korea. I think this helps me too. It is the only herbal or natural supplement that I use.

Oh come on man! Weed has never affected me like that ... uhhh.. what are we talking about?

That is how I returned to my hotel in Thailand two times. Both times when I was in a city I had never been to before and had forgotten the name of the hotel.

Saved me from being attacked by a drug user that had told his girlfriend he wanted to kill me. Then he later, kicked the door in where I lived. I didn't shoot him, but would have if he had not stopped when I pointed my pistol at him. Instead he turned and left. I reported it to the local police, two of them came to the house and took a report. The police asked what his last name was, I didn't know, but described where he lived. They knew who he was!!! The police did nothing, even though I had a witness that confirmed he had threatened to kill me and kicked my front door in. What most news media does not report, about the so called "gun crime" (actually criminal behavior), in their news reporting, almost all the "gun crime" is committed by, criminals, not law abiding citizens. Most of those criminals commit a felony by illegal possession of a stolen firearm or a strawman purchased firearm. Illegal possession because they were previously charged with felony violation of criminal law, and by law, are no longer, legally, allowed to possess a firearm of any kind!

I know this is about Thailand, but I need to have a short rant about a bicyclist here in the U.S. of A. I made a right hand turn at an intersection onto the center lane of a street. A man riding a bike against the traffic, with almost no space for cars side by side, much less space for a bike lane, was so close to the front end of my truck I could not see the wheels of his bike, just him. I could have run over him if I had turned into the lane next to the curb. Riding against traffic in the U.S. of A. and not being seen by the driver of a car who is turning right, the driver not expecting a vehicle coming from the wrong direction when turning, is the reason the traffic laws requires bicyclists to ride bikes in the same direction as the traffic flow. U.S. of A. rant over.

I beg your pardon sir! I do not steal! ????

You misspelled axx! ????

Somebody does, otherwise I would not hear it being played loudly on loudspeakers by people walking by my house, riding bicycles by my house, and driving by my house, as much as I do. But, since it is the U.S. of A., there are people who like it. Strangely enough, none of my black neighbors like it either! Everyone that goes by my house listening to it are white!

I was working when a shutdown occurred. I was deemed an essential employee so I had to work rather than go on a paid leave that did not count against accumulated leave time. I was also paid during that shut down, while the shut down was in progress.

That's pretty much what I tell people when they want me to post links to back up what I post. Do it yourself!

I had an emergency visit to a hospital in Thailand back in July this year. They billed my U.S. medical insurance almost $900.00. I only paid $140.00 ..

I could afford to spend that much a month, but I won't. Nothing wrong with it if you can. You get a much better place to live than the 8,000 to 11,000 baht a month crowd.

My wife wishes I would sell everything I have in the garage, so she could park her car in there. I keep telling her, it isn't a garage, it is my hobbyist machine shop!

Well, it was only highly sensitive information. Although this information was not classified, it was deemed highly sensitive because it could pose significant operational security concerns if disclosed to a foreign government or if made public. As I remember it, when I had access to sensitive and classified documents, I would have gone to jail if I had done something like that!

I heard menendez sold restricted and low level classified documents to Egypt! Allegedly if true, then would that not be acting like a spy?

https://tm30.immigration.go.th/TM30/Foreigner/ https://tm30.immigration.go.th/TM30/Foreigner/RegisterEn/Register.html https://tm30.immigration.go.th/TM30/Foreigner/RegisterEn/ https://tm30.immigration.go.th/TM30/Foreigner/TM30EN/ Probably subject to change as they figure out why some of their links have a 404 error, or a blank web page etc. e.g. https://tm30.immigration.go.th/TM30/

Thailand's radio frequency allocation chart. http://spectrum.nbtc.go.th/thailand_nfat/visualization/ Penuel Technologies webpage shows what the Kenwood TK-2107 operational characteristics are. Seems the radio's can operate in different authorized spectrums, not just one. Programable for 16 operational channels. http://penueltech.com/kenwood-tk-2107-3107-vhf-uhf-walkie-talkie-compact-fm-portable-radios/

Nah, we hired these guys to watch the plumber.