Lunghans
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I had my shots in The Netherlands, the last one 3 months ago and no side effects at all.
Not even a sore arm, perhaps it is the way the para-medic is administering the shot and the size of the needle. I do take a daily dose of blood thinner, (aspirin) because of a stent placed 8 years ago in Thailand after a heart attack.
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I had mine in the Netherlands, upper arm, no pain, no side effects.
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1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:The virus could have spread through Thailand already (in Nov / Dec / Jan / Feb) and Thailand didn’t recognise it at the time (although there were reports of massive increases in viral pneumonia at the time).
I was in Thailand in Nov/Dec 2019 and was seriously sick, high fever, coughing, enormous amounts of green sputum for two weeks.
Could have been Covid-19 indeed.
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Thanks for all the advice and comments. 500thb is not a problem and maybe in the third week I will take a trip to Malaysia, this will solve this little problem I guess.
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@ubonjoe Thanks for the info.
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Just booked a flight from the Netherlands to Thailand and made the payment.
Now I realize I made a miscalculation that results in 1 day overstay, 31 days instead of 30 days. I cannot change the dates without making €150 costs.
How to prevent problems, report at arrival that I am going to have a 1 day overstay, or just pay the fee at departure?
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OK, I will take your word for the 300 baht rooms. All I can go on is that I have looked for, and stayed in, lots of different places in CM (I taught in Samoeng and commuted each weekend) and have never run into a 300 baht room.
As for the guys who applaud the police checkpoints: no one in their right minds is in favour of drunk driving, so you are not exclusively enlightened in that regard. But there are many reasons, aside from being drunk, to want to avoid the police: not having your passport, expired license, no license, registration issues, etc. Last month I was stopped twice in one week, albeit on my motorbike. Each time the cops found me at fault for something (no passport, registration 1 month expired) and each time it took a 400 baht "donation" to settle the matter. The police can always find something to ding you for.
Mr K has never paid or been asked for anything. He's been pulled over many times for a check, he's had 2 tickets (both of which he deserved, he was in the wrong) which were issued without any mention of making what is after all an illegal bribe. He carries a copy of his passport and green book under his seat and his driver licence in his pocket and wouldn't pay an illegal bribe if he was asked.
If you're not doing anything wrong and are polite, they aren't going to do anything. This is from almost 5 years riding his bike around town several times a week. I don't know anyone personally who has made such a payment.
Believe me I was happy to bribe my way out. You don't want an conviction for DUI as a Farang here In Thailand. See my earlier post.
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Let me begin by stating that in no way, I condone drunk driving and there is no excuse for what happened to me.
I haven't been to a bar in about 8 years, stopped the serious drinking 10 years ago.
Last Friday I was invited by friends to have a drink in downtown Korat. Drove downtown on the motorbike about 18 km from my house.
I had a nice evening had some good conversations with other foreigners and the Chang was tasting good.
When I stepped on the motorbike at the end of the evening to go home, a tuktuk driver warned me that the police was checking down the road for alcohol and where arresting people.
I asked him about an inside route and he told me no police there, so I took the inside route. This all went well and I praised myself lucky that I had no encounter downtown.
Well my luck was about to change, about 3 km from my home there was a police check point and I was stopped and had to do the breath test, the reading showed 0.64.
They explained me that the norm was 0.50 and they would take me to the police station and stay locked up until Monday to appear in court and that the fine would at least be 5200 thb with a reading of 0.64 maybe even higher, but this was up to the judge. I was treated very politely and I responded politely and they complimented me on my ability to speak Thai which I do. They took my foreign driver license and my keys of the motorbike.
I then overheard them talking to each other that they kind of pitied me (Farang songsaan). They then offered me a way out by asking me if I wanted to "help the police".
I asked them how much and they told me 4000 thb. I agreed and told them I had to go to the ATM to get the money. One of the police officers told me to come with him in his private car and we drove to the nearest ATM. After taking out the money I handed over 4000 thb and he gave me my keys and driver license back. Back at the check point I was told to go home and drive carefully.
At home I checked the internet what the fines are for drunk driving and their story was confirmed 100%. They lock you up at the police station until you can appear in court, in my case from Friday night until Monday morning. The fines start at 5000 thb until 20.000 thb, confiscation of your driver license and a conviction and possible community service.
I consider myself very lucky I got of the hook, I was wrong, no doubt about that. Apart from losing the money I feel good about the fact that for once I see the police doing their job. A lesson well learned, this won't happen to me again.
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I was lucky having a Time Machine backup, I installed the old version of Pages again, Apple did it again with Pages, many of the functions are not working, can't group or lock items in a new document, the guides don't seem to work. The funny thing is the options are available in an older document but disappear when you use one of these functions. I guess we just have to wait for updates like the previous time.
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i don't know about signals in thailand but i do appreciate that the thai people seem quite patient when you are making a turn onto the highway or somehow getting in their way. and the fact that you rarely hear a horn is a blessing.
Using your horn is not advisable, it may well cost you your life, due to loss of face.
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Thai people need to learn more about food safety, I don't know how some people don't get sick when I see raw meat hanging for the whole day?
Just have a better look a the raw meat, it was probably slaughtered this morning because it did not have any flies on it, it is too fresh.
Flies are only attracted to meat that is starting to decompose already. Hang up a piece of meat butchered in a western country it will immediately attract flies.
This meat has been butchered 3 to 4 days ago, transported to probably 2 to 3 different cooling cells before it is packed for the supermarket, there it says on the package it was packed on day xx and has to be consumed before day xx. I never had any problems with meat bought on the market here, did have problems in Europe.
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Well, start by suing and confiscation all possible means from the police officer that send her back to this couple after she fled the first time.
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As far as I know, gutters and a down pipe are mandatory in cases like this even in Thailand. This is a standard building regulation, go to the local Tessabaan and ask for a copy of these regulations and present them to your neighbour, he will get the message.
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Similar experience in Nakhon Ratchasima at the Two Wheels Shop where I bought my Trek 3900. Opposite the Military Hospital near Bung Ta Lua water park. Friendly and professional staff.
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"Do I need a work permit for writing a book that I will get published? Answer: Probably yes. People are generally willing to pay for writing books that get published, it's called being an author and that's real work".
So this is in reality impossible because you are never able to get a WP for this activity. Who wants to write a book and then start a 49/51% company with a Thai national and employ 4 Thai people to help you write this book?
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Penang moo gets my vote...aroi mak...definately in my top five!
Although my wife is an excellent cook, she never cooks Penang moo, we have so many local purveyors(stalls) of quality dishes, she only cooks the things that she feels no one else cooks as well as she i,e. Pad Hoi Li (pad pua bua) and her excellent BBQ pork ribs! To name a few..
Mmmmhh, Pad Hoi Li, one of my favorites as well. A little bit difficult to get real fresh Hoi Li here in Korat.
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Roi Thai has a base for massaman that I use, the coconut milk is already added. I think that they also have a base for phanaeng but I've never tried it.
The Penang base made by Roi Thai is excellent, I use it all the time in combination with fresh penang curry paste from the market.
Love to add some baby corn, big chunks of the large green chilli peppers, some hot red small chillies and finely chopped up lime leaves.
Start by frying the fresh penang curry paste in a little bit of oil to release the flavours, add sliced pork and stir until the pork is covered with paste, careful not to burn the paste.
Add the Roi Thai penang soup, add some palm sugar and lime juice and naam plaa to your taste, let it simmer until the pork is well done and tender and finally add the baby corn, chillies and lime leaves.
Cook for some minutes more until the corn is done, enjoy.
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look at the way he throws !
It's a lady boy !
As expected,those are the most dangerous!
Any one with a little bit of military background know that this is the way to throw a hand grenade. You swing your arm from the back of your neck forwards. How else can you trow when standing in a manhole. This guy is for sure military or ex-military.
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Hi KKU;
You did stent in Thailand? Can you tell me where you did it and how much cost please? I try to get information about it for awhile, no one can tell me. I may need it later time. Thank you
I had a stent placed 4months ago in Maharat Hospital Nakhon Ratchasima, spent 2 days on ICU, after that went home. Total costs 130.000 thb.
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I am surprised to read that a few people got rid of their drinking problem without medical assistance : good luck to them because it shows they were probably not alcohol addicts.
If consumption of alcohol is used on a long term as a (wrong) stress management then it can change the brain settings...the same way as "recreational" drugs...can do this....and then you can become an addict who probably needs medical assistance.
I never had this idea I was addicted in all the years I have been drinking, I just enjoyed drinking with friends and the drunk feeling. At home I had never one drop of alcohol, I had this strong feeling that drinking alone at home was a very sad thing. The same goes for the cigarettes, smoked 43 years, sometimes in combination with the alcohol 2 packs a day, just enjoyed the smoke. When the doctor advised me strongly to stop, I just stopped, no side effects, no grumpy moods, just gained some weight.
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I will be 59 next week, started drinking and smoking about the age of 15, 16. Worked in a bar from the age of 20, joined the military at the age of 24. In the military there was nothing else to do in the evening then go to the NCO mess and drink. Resigned when I was 30 and started working bars and beach clubs again There was always beer and booze. Made a career change, started to renovate houses and building and designing kitchens and interiors. After work went to this particular bar down town to drink with my friends and buddies. Start at 17.00 and stop at closing time 02.00. Did that almost every day for 18 years, until one day I came to the bar at 20.00. All my friends were still there sitting at the big table, tried to mix in with the conversation but could not. I had no idea what they were talking about and could not make a connection. Then it struck me, I was sitting at the big table talking drunk nonsense for 18 years obviously having a great time, but this day it scared the shit out of me. This made the change for me, stopped drinking and moved to Thailand for a year. Four years ago moved to Thailand permanently, I now drink 5 to 6 bottles of Chang per year no more. Could not stop the smoking though, until 3 months ago. Taking the dogs out in the evening, I feel a pain in my chest, jaws and left arm. Manage to walk home, 100 meters takes me about 10 minutes and tell the wife to drive me to the hospital. Diagnosed with a serious heart attack because of a main artery that is clogged for 80%, cholesterol way to high. Next morning they operated on me, performed an angioplasty and placed a stent to keep the artery open. Went home a day later with a big pack of medicines, Simvastatine, Apolets, Aspirine and Anapril and the serious advice to stop smoking. Haven't smoked since, starting to feel better every day. Bought a mountain bike and now making a 15 to 20 km round in the morning and if I still have the energy and time do this again in the evening.
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Latest news is, the locals keep stealing the bolds that hold down the rails on the sleepers. This is the seventh derailment in 4 months.
When a rails is detached from the sleeper it will slide outwards in a curve, this is perhaps why the train topped over on the inside of the curve.
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Simple. Just check with immigration as his accommodation will have informed them of his whereabouts.
?? What ? Please elaborate.
Technically the immigration has a list where very farang is staying in every house/hotel in the country every night.
Of course what is the LAW and what happens are two different things.
Right, still remember some years ago traveling Thailand with my Thai girlfriend. Most of the times we checked in at a resort or small hotel, we used my gf ID card. Never asked for my passport, to much paperwork.
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There's one reason for drinking and driving that is hardly ever mentioned: In most of Thailand, there is no functional taxi or public transport system, and that includes most of the cities as well as all rural areas. If you want to get home, you have to drive. While I certainly agree that one shouldn't drink and drive, Thailand seems to be based on people providing their own transport, drunk or sober.
I disagree with that. Even in the remote rural areas there is transport, there are busses driving on almost every main road, from tour busses to baht busses. At every big intersection there is a bus stop. At every bus stop there are motor cycle taxis waiting for customers. When you are a local you would have the mobile number of at least one of these guys and they are more than happy to respond to a call. But if they are available at Songkran and sober as well I would not know.
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Brought one from Thailand years ago to The Netherlands and installed it. Use it all the time, feels so much cleaner.