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Open Google Maps of your area and copy it by hand.
Back in the day I actually surveyed streets and villages (utilities). I had an Immigration officer reject my carefully drawn map, internationally recognised symbols were "wrong" and all roads had to be represented by double lines, which on that scale meant they were about 200 metres wide. Never mind, he meant well.
It is. or was in pre-Google days, a way to see that you actually lived where you say you do and know the area.
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Hi.
Angkor Wat is a 5 hour drive away, yet I still haven't seen it.
So, question 1: Can I get a visa on arrival at the border?
Question 2: can I get car insurance at the border, or is it better to get one here in Thailand?
Thanks guys.
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18 hours ago, jaywalker2 said:
There are currently smart watches on the market that purport to monitor blood glucose (such as K watch), though their accuracy has been questioned. Apple is working on its own CMB but it will probably be a while before it comes to market. Dexcom makes a glucose monitor that attaches to the arm with micropines, so it doesn't require constant pricing of the finger. It can also transmit the results to some smartphones.
Thanks. I'll wait a year or two on that, I watched : which indicates that these aren't suitable for following short term trends
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49 minutes ago, Sheryl said:
If you were pre-diabetic then by defintition your Hb1Ac would not have been "well within normal range".
It is now.
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On 12/23/2023 at 10:36 PM, Celsius said:
You can get an implant on Lazada.... around 3000b
Yes I know. So I put it in place myself, probably reading a badly translated instruction manual? First time, I want a professional to do it.
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4 hours ago, Sheryl said:
Some people have way, way too much time on their hands and , as the Thais say, "think too much".
If your HB1Ac is well within normal range and you are not overweight or have an excessive waist circumference, then your body is coping just fine with your diet and it really does not matter that your glucose goes up more rapidly after certain foods than others. That is a normal temporary occurrence (and useful at certain times).
My wife is diabetic and I don't find it normal that she is being told to not bother about what food she eats. She doesn't understand what carbohydrates are and this is why I want to enable her to check up on her blood sugar without the finger prick which she hates. I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic, threw the meds away and through lowering my carb intake drastically got my levels down to 'normal'. I don't think that this is 'thinking too much'.
It's not a hobby
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Just now, youreavinalaff said:
There's surely a fundamental difference between a, seems to be, homeless man washing in a stream in a field and a naked drugged up man walking naked down the high street.
You again? Really on my case aren't you? Of course there's a difference, I never said there wasn't. The post just reminded me of this fact. I truly hope that you are still in Leeds, which I know well, you deserve it.
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I know this has been asked before, but I intend to get a CGM for my wife, she really hates pricking her finger (I have to do it) and I can't adequately explain to her that eating carbs raises your blood sugar. Apart from Bangkok Hospital in Bangkok I have been unable to find anywhere in Thailand that will get her fixed up. We live 6 hours drive from BKK, Buriram.
Thanks.
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Driving into Buriram every day I saw a guy every month or so, stood out in the rice fields (where Robinsons now stands) a guy completely naked sort of rinsing himself down near a stream. This didn't seem to bother anybody. I occasionally still see him, fully clothed, near a 7-11 and give him some money, he just buys water and some food.
I mean, so what?... concerning the headline here, .... this is Thailand.
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My first reaction is to go to another bank. If this fails and you can't show proof from your embassy of ฿40 000 a month, go back to Immigration and ask what they suggest. You might try a visa agent also, plenty of those rapscallions about.
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On 9/3/2023 at 4:07 PM, nglodnig said:Good idea - post your query on a website where there is a team of medical experts online who can diagnose you instantly and give you the correct advice.
GO TO A DOCTOR
(Sheryl excepted of course ???? )
Some of us lost faith in doctors during and since the Covid panic. I certainly would go to a doctor if I was worried about my health, but collecting anecdotal reports from people you don't know can be useful. Being a sneering, mocking oaf doesn't help anyone. Are you a sneerer?
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7 hours ago, Chris Daley said:
You ran 8 km? Why would anyone do that? It's too much to be daily exercise and a one-off marathon is dangerous.
Little but often is better than 8k once a year.
On what evidence do you base this statement? Most health specialists as well as WHO recommend daily exercise for a healthy longevity. Might do you good too.
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Thai Beach Lover seems to think you can increase IQ through social engineering. IQ can be stimulated to some degree, but not much. This is where I (and many scientists) get accused of racism. To survive in Northern Europe you do need a certain amount of intelligence to survive the winters, planning ahead etc. Here, food is available all year round so even the less fit tend to survive.
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780 000 illegal immigrants to the UK this year, even if they don't all receive benefits, they consume resources.(3.6 billion a year).
No money left. But that's me being racist of course.
Compare it to Thai immigration policy.
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On 11/29/2023 at 8:46 PM, richard_smith237 said:
Going to the airport and getting on a plane is stressful ???.... I just don't see how thats possibly stressful ??
What is there to stress about ?
It can be irritating having to queue - but thats about it, isn't it ?
Not really. I've been using airports for 57 years, and have seen all sorts of mishaps. even a bomb threat one time in London on the same day that my train was delayed by 5 hours, You want a list?
... not forgetting any documents of course.....
1. Getting there on time, which in my case involves an 8 hour bus trip + taxi
2. Finding out how to check in. This seems to have changed again recently
3. getting through pass control
5. Walking, sometimes for what seems miles, to your departure lounge
6. By now you are pretty tired and even there isn't a flight delay, you have a long, boring wait ahead.
Of course, some adventure-fatigued, nonchalant James Bond types take all this in their strides and welcome just a bit more bureaucracy on their departure.
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12 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:
They were banned from putting up checkpoints during COVID.
They are back now around the Pattaya area, but now have to be done more officially in most places.
Tourists are still fair game for extortion in central Pattaya though.
Well, not quite, before Covid a communication went out that traffic check points couldn't just be set up on a whim by local, end of the month police, but needed authorisation. Around here at least, we noticed an immediate effect. I sort of missed those cops that got to know me and just waved me through.
I once got stopped for 'weaving along the road' which I couldn't deny as that road was full of potholes. I gave him ฿200 for creativity.
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I consider getting on a plane to be stressful enough without worrying about getting a re-entry visa. Always do it at my local immigration, one less thing to worry about.
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20 hours ago, KhunLA said:
Why do you expect to be stopped now. Are you driving legally? Then shouldn't be an issue, that's why you're waved through.
Why do you imagine that driving legally would prevent you from being stopped?
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I believe that the idea was that the police were no longer allowed to organise end of the month tea money checks without approval from higher up. I used to remark on a certain stretch of road when there were no checks. The check points that you do see now seem to be definitely looking for someone or something special, as long as you have your tax and insurance proof you can go on through.
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In a previous life I would speak German to my Swiss wife, she would reply in English. This is the way engineers do it when dealing with international partners. Without realising it, this affects the children that are passively listening, and learning. I remember coming home and moaning "where are my bloody slippers?" and my three year old went to get them.
The worst example I saw was the brother-in-law, family real Swiss German farming stock, with his kids they decided to speak French and a pretty f**ed up version of French it was too. So they were deprived of the usage of their mother tongue, Swiss German. Result: both kids grew up with a communications impediment, due, as far as I can see, to this. Bil;ingual kids tend to start speaking later. My two sons grew up trilingual with a smattering of Spanish and Italian thrown in for good measure.
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9 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:Even more astounding that some posters seem to think that there is a real Thai market selling spuds, etc. near to everyone and that everyone can, or wants to, traipse around a real Thai market easily.
How strange. Even stranger, I find, is that if it isn't plastic wrapped and full of additives, Farangs won't buy meat and vegetables. You could replace the word 'traipsing' with 'leisurely taking your time to stroll around the local market, possibly looking for stuff that you don't recognise and finding out what it is'.
But people don't come to Thailand for that, do they? You can take a wheelchair around most markets.
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I'm not sure what you intend to do with it but experience suggests that there will be a plant in the Thai Pharmacopoeia or Ayurvedic medicine that grows better here and is probably better at the job.
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It took me two years to find out that someone had swapped the wire colours halfway along the cable run.
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1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:
Have you considered raised beds?
You could fill those with the compost you make.
See Mark on the ‘self sufficient me’ YouTube channel, he has some very good ideas and experience to share.
Well after 40 years as a landscape gardener, maybe I did. In the tropics it takes about 6 months max for any pathogens to make their way through the new soil and establish itself.
I now expect Drtreelove to come along telling people that they are indulging in poor soil management and advising the use of some obscure expensive product only to be found South of the Pecos.
A bit rude, sorry.
Do women hit on you randomly in Thailand?
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I was still getting proposals when I was 70, in the village, including the boss lady. I think the word got out that I wasn't available, wasn't rich, was no longer 70. Maybe no longer 'hansum man' either.