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The New "subscription business model": Have you completely succumbed to it yet?
Yes. And then.... HP Laser Jets became junk in storage as soon as the laserjet cartridge and fuser was used up, the first time. -
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Luigi Mangione frenzy : It’s time for a conversation on left-wing violence!
I love how some crazy guy can walk into a grade school with an arsenal of semi automatic weapons and mow down 60-70 1st graders and its thoughts & prayers and this is cause for the sky to be falling?... -
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Thai Taxi Driver Assaulted by Foreigner in Pattaya, Seeks Justice
People do not get violent on weed - fact. Do your research or stop commenting about things you quite clearly know nothing about. -
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Luigi Mangione frenzy : It’s time for a conversation on left-wing violence!
Not sure her own vote was fraudulent.... so maybe 0! 😀 -
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Windbag at work - again
In other news, Maralago management is still calling local police to arrest and remove trespassers and burglars, while still inviting in paying customers. Oh, the hypocrisy! -
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Less-Refined Farang: Are Farang in Asia now less refined than before?
Dear Farang Friends, Are we Farang in Asia, as a whole, far less refined than we once were,...say about three decades ago? For example, I still recall, and even shudder to this day, a small group of Farang “teachers” I happened upon ten years ago, on the campus of Sichuan University. This bunch of Farang teachers were sitting outside one of the classroom buildings drinking beer and smoking cigarettes, and gabbing away in broken English. They were illkempt and rather rundown and dirty looking. At the time, I was in horror standing near them for a while, and I quickly hurried away. Still, I can’t seem to get their memory out of my mind. All too often, I seem to meet up with these types of individuals who seemingly are unaware that they are not representing their home countries in the proper way. Why don’t they just stay home if they can’t behave properly? And, one wonders about their education and their family background, too? Here in Thailand, I have stopped going out so much, just to avoid encountering these low-class types. I will tell you that three or four decades ago, while living in Taiwan, and in Japan, most of the Farang I met had presumably been sent to Asia by their multi-national companies. But the looks of those guys, I would have said that they were CEOs, or something. Or, at least they must have been upper-level execs. And, they knew how to dress. And they knew how to offer their business cards when meeting others here in Asia. These days, nobody offers me their card when they meet me at the mall, or in a coffee shop, or on campus, either. What, I do wonder, must the local Thai people think of us? Because, certainly, I do not think much of us. Truly, as one who has spent most of my life in Asia, I can say that this gradual shift from meeting high-class Farang to now meeting rather low-class Farang is not a welcome change for me. And, for another thing, this evolution has meant that I rarely meet anyone I would enjoy talking to, unlike decades ago. I miss those days, in fact. Fortunately, there are places to meet the high-class guys, if one looks on-line. This is why I like to read and post comments on TV, TV being just one venue where I can find like-minded people who share a similar upper-middle class background. But, out on the street, in Thailand? Forget about it! 99.99-percent of the Farang I see look alien to me. Where once I used to see guys in Bermuda shorts, now I see Farang in cargo pants, and it's as if this new crew can’t even speak English right. It’s not as if I would not like to get out more and socialize with Farang, because I would. It’s just that after searching for the first several years after arriving in Thailand, without success, I think the much more refined Farang no longer comes to Asia. Have you also noticed this marked shift since the good old days? This is really just so sad…. I think. Best regards, Gamma -
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I have sugar problem
The obvious best advice is go get a diabetes check from a doctor/hospital. Assuming you are diabetic, the most likely cause is insulin resistance, but there are other causes beyond diet including diseases that cause diabetes. Hence the necessity for a medical check. Assuming it is diabetes and is related to insulin resistance then there’s a whole lot of learning to do on the range of foods that cause diabetes, it’s not just ‘sugar intake’. Get a medical check and best of luck with the outcome.
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