Negita43

47 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

They come in on different numbers many times so blocking them doesn't help - are you a five-year old child?

Your point is correct except for the last part which is completely unnecessary - not everybody might be as "tech savvy" as you.

3 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Or get something like Bitdefender

On you phone here in Thailand?

On 5/10/2024 at 1:39 PM, mfd101 said:

Yes. If you don't know that you probably haven't lived amongst the millions of poor Thai peasants living in rural Thailand, poor as dormice.

Firstly, I live in rural Isaan amongst the doomice.

Just because you are poor doesn't mean you live in a feudal society. The UK has many "poor" in its population.

Granted on some fronts there may be elements of feudalism (as viewed through our western eyes)  but to call Thailand a "feudal society" is somewhat overstating the case

I don't know any feudal society that has universal health care for the poor doormice.

1 hour ago, eisfeld said:

malicious router can tell the OS to route traffic whereever, that's its job in a way.

So it's a router issue - no malicious router no VPN issue

16 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

In any feudal society, peasants couldn't just move around as they liked, and moving to a town was also dependant on certain restrictions.

So Thailand is a feudal society?

21 hours ago, AreYouGerman said:

ALL VPN's are affected if they are connecting to a compromised Wif with enabled DHCPi. Facts, bro.

So it's not a VPN issue. it's a router issue because if the router isn't compromised then any issue with the VPN can't be expoited

5 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

I know we can basically just walk into Ireland from Northern Ireland

You have to (are supposed to) report to the nearest police station after crossing I believe

Slightly off topic but are people aware of the "Cascade System" for Schengen?

- The rules are slightly complicated but if you have had previous Schengen visas within a certain time scale you can ask for a longer validity than 1 year Visa

For example we have just got a 2 year validity Visa (Austria)  for my Thai partner (still 90 day max in 12 months) because she had a 1 year validity visa (Spain) less that two years ago.

I think I saw that Eire (southern Ireland) allowed people with a UK visa in BUT I looked at this some time ago so please double check on the government web site

On 4/3/2024 at 2:37 PM, Negita43 said:

I'm 80 my PSA was 46 had a biopsy in a Government hospital (Korat)  - Biopsy showed Cancer restricted to prostrate  only. Gleason 3+4

Finish my radiation on friday Varian Halcyon Linac Device - very few side effects - some restriction of urine flow not serious - but more frequent

But my hormone treatment started 6 weeks ago.

Total cost so far about £10K I am impressed with this hospital.

Just to conclude my post - PSA yesterday O.4 (1 month later)  - watchful waiting (and I was watchful waiting for 20 years - my PSA in 2000 was 7) and then action when required pays of!!

On 5/6/2024 at 3:04 AM, dinsdale said:

Very little chance of dying from covid these days.

Key words -  "these days" - any ideas why that might be the case?

The age old paradox - risk versus reward:

If you have the Astra Zeneca Covid vaccine you might die from Thrombosis if you don't you might die from Covid BUT you cannot know beforehand which category you might fall into - all we can do is look at the statistics and make our own decisions or not as the case may be.

Being quite old my plan (made early last year) was to move all my money assets to Thailand so my Thai partner could access my money easily when I "pop off".

This new interpretation (for want of a better word) put the kibosh on that. So this year I will not be in the country long enough to be a tax resident and I will transfer all my money here this year (both income, what I had before Dec 31st and proceeds of the sale of my flat - after that I will be happy to pay tax on my meagre UK pension should it reach the required threshold.

Where possible I always pay the exact amount plus any "tip" always ensure I have plenty of 20s and 100s in my wallet

4 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Then better stay away from the internet, and none-cash payments, registering for anything. 

Doesn't answer the question what exactly is "legitimate interest"

Of course I use the internet since "online" in the late 60's and I know they steal my data but that doesn't mean I can't question/complain about the underhanded tricks used to steal it.

This morning when I accessed Asean I was confronted by a "cookie permission screen" so I see Asean are busy "monetising" my data.

Not only that but there were an enormous number of "legitimate interest" buttons to individually switch off with no "reject all" options  only "accept all" and "save selection"

My view:

The only person who has a legitimate interest in my data is ME.

On 4/22/2024 at 5:51 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

What are the traffic rules on that intersection? 

Even if there were "rules" do you think anyone would abide by them ?

7 hours ago, Confuscious said:

Can anyone explain this" -> CLICKBAIT POST!!!!!

et tu Confusious

3 hours ago, Jeffrey346 said:

Just received an item declared at $185. no VAT was charged

on all imported postal goods next month

2 hours ago, ThaiFelix said:

Throw away your meters and kits and enjoy life.  You are looking for problems.

I find if you don't look for potential problems they have a habit of surprising you when they arrive as the surely wil as you get older.

4 hours ago, ignore it said:

What brand of raspberry jam?

Streamline from Lotus (I think) - I prefer raspberry to strawberry

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

MO the OP is testing too often, and going to find problems where none exist.

I hadn't tested since I returned in September!!!

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

The true guide is the HbA1c test, which measures how much glucose is attached to the red blood cells.

Sounds like that is not "self administered"

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

What's your hba1c?

No idea and no idea what hba1c is - as I said I only monitor occasionaly just to keep an eye on it