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Dick Crank

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  1. On February 21, 2018 at 4:32 AM, NancyL said:

    End-of-life care is available at McKean Rehabilitation Center in Chiang Mai.  They don't call what they do "hospice" since that has a specific meaning.  Instead, they work with the patient, the family and the attending physician of the patient to fulfill the patient's desires about end-of-life care.  This is why it's important to have an Advance Directive, i.e. Living Will that spells out what decisions you'd like to be made on your behalf about care and medical procedures if you can't make decisions yourself.  

     

    In general, Thai hospitals will do everything possible to keep a patient alive as long as possible (regardless of ability to pay).  This includes elderly people, stroke victims, people with dementia, etc.  They use CPR, ventilators, drugs to fight infection, drugs to raise falling blood pressure, feeding tubes, kidney dialysis, etc to keep someone alive even when it's evident they will never again enjoy life, or actually even have a clue they're alive.   Meanwhile, the person is in an ICU unit that's like being inside a pinball machine, surrounding by whirling, noisy, pinging machines in a well-lit room, with people talking and moving around.  

     

    At McKean, a dying person is in quiet private room, with minimal intrusion, no invasive medical treatment and kept comfortable with medications to control pain and anxiety.  Their mouth is kept moist with gentle swabs, but at end-of-life, it's not appropriate to use a feeding tube or IV with someone whose internal organs are shutting down.   The staff knows how to read the body language of someone to keep them in a comfortable position and certainly, they're kept clean and in a room that is cheery and at an appropriate temperature.   

    I don't want to die inside or with others around. Is it possible to state in the will to be at Mckean and in the final days be left in the forest at a specific spot selected beforehand?

  2. On 12/2/2018 at 1:12 AM, cyberfarang said:

    I can never understand why elderly westerners would even consider retiring abroad without enough funds put by for a rainy day, living on a month to month basis and having no plan B for changing bank rates and changing immigration policies, then blame immigration and others for their predicaments.

    they probably wouldn't, the choice is either staying in asia and getting more for your money or staying in your home country and paying more for everything.

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  3. 21 minutes ago, BadSpottedDog said:

    That is probably true. However, I do not feel entitled to any of it. I just really really really do not want the US govt and lawyers to take it. My deceased friend would have a conniption.  

     Not up to you, they left it to the executor to decide what to do no matter how you think it will work out.

     

    you can't challenge someone's will just because you have access to financial accounts.

  4. Does anyone know if that quiet  biker dude with long grey beard passed?

     

    He ate nightly at the chiang mai gate food market, did a lot of walking around there for years. Usually by himself, quiet tough looking dude.

  5. First of all if you don't have the beer yet your free to go without paying. Tourist police would be all over this place if you reported it.

     

    i can understand your trepidation if your in a remote location with nobody around, but right downtown? Should have just bailed when the bill came.

  6. 10 hours ago, Bournville said:

    LOS since being here 6 years is a mystery to me. No smiles! emoji23.pngemoji23.png Most days now a get zero smiles.. Not even a nod of the head. Sad indeed.

    I've found that getting to know the locals is not that easy, but superficial type greeting stuff is fairly common.

     

    the whole land of smiles stuff seems based on a superficial view of cultural norms or etiquette, rather then genuine want to know you friendliness.

     

    this from living in a local cm area for several years.

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    6 hours ago, Mike West said:

    Why would you tip for food delivery services? when they already charge you a delivery fee. ????????????

    Why tip anywhere when the wages are baked in?

     

    if wages are not enough that's between the employee and the  establishment, not the customer.

     

    if I want stellar service I will goto a more expensive establishment, not tip at a place where I don't expect or need extra services.

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    On October 11, 2018 at 8:28 AM, melvinmelvin said:

    The US is a special case. Am very uncomfortable with the tipping culture in the US.

     

    Anyway, I remember one occ., can't remember where but a late afternoon I had to wait several hours for a flight change

    decided to have a meal

    nice restaurant with nice view into the sunset

    had the lot, some dry martinis - 3 courses - a bottle of red wine - brandy - the works

    the bill came, efficient airport style computer bill, with fields for this and that

    did some calc on the backside, subtracted tax, added a very generous tip added tax back on

    then filled in the total field on the bill

     

    the waitress went ballistic, totally pissed off that she would have to work out the tip herself

     

    I was annoyed, said I will help you - give me  the bill;

    look here; we strike out the total, we take this sum (wares+tax) and we put that as the new total,

    all done - no calculations by you needed!

     

    she was not happy

     

     

    When I got back to the USA from Living in asia Once several years ago I went for a pint and tried to give my change as the tip at a bar. The barmaid threw the coins at me as I was walking away.

     

    don't even think about leaving anything less then a dollar in the USA even if it's for a single beer. It also has to be a paper bill, any coinage is frowned upon.

     

    i have come to realize how spoiled people are in the USA now. It's a mafia racket much like tuk tuks or taxis have become in some Asian tourist cities.

     

    and of course it does not end there, the more people pay the higher the tip requests become. Soon it will be two dollars if it's not there already.

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  9. On October 29, 2018 at 6:50 PM, BritManToo said:

    VISA and travel costs would be negligible, plenty of monthly apartments for 6000bht/month.

    Although I wouldn't bother with Laos as it's dead boring and I would substitute Vietnam.

    Not all that keen on Cambodia either, would replace that with the Philippines.

    Malasia gives you a free 90-day waiver on entry. Some good beaches around Kuala Lumpur.

    China is huge, and the VISA isn't expensive for non-Americans (1,000bht).

     

    It's not as if there's any shortage of countries around here for expats to live and have a bit of fun.

  10. On November 4, 2018 at 6:22 PM, Dmaxdan said:

    From my experience no invitation is necessary providing that one or two of the grieving friends or relatives recognises you. I would be very surprised if anyone was ever turned away as Thai funerals are normally big events.

    It is customary to make a small donation to proceedings. There is normally a box for this with envelopes provided. Don't forget to write your name on the envelope. It's purely up to you what you choose to give.


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    This helps pay for the food and beer consimed in cases where you don't know the deceased at all.

  11. 12 minutes ago, Ctkong said:

    I think TE is packaged for those high net worth individual who has not reached retirement age yet (50 yrs old) but intend to stay long term in Thailand and enjoy the life . No working allowed. 

    I can easily get as many metv 6 months as needed in USA and visiting my home country there once a year is doable.

     

    Therefore I'm paying elite so I don't have to fill out a visa application, lick a stamp or visit immigration once every 3 months when I've got loads of time anyhow. Or for side perks like the limo or golf cart ride?

     

    still does not make sense for me...

  12. 21 hours ago, galt67 said:

    Perhaps he wants a flat-rate, clear, no-hassle visa to live in Thailand for the next 20 years?

     

     

    If you have that kind of cash why would you not be travelling around anyhow to nearby countries and/or back to your place of origin once in awhile?

     

    if your not used to be bothered standing in a cue or licking a postage stamp why would you be in Thailand at all?

     

    the elite visa never made much sense to me, cash issues aside.

  13. Looks like over 18 to me. Anything else is iffy.

     

    does the bribe thing work, or does it simply lead to more requests and payoffs?

     

    your then left with paying more and more people and/or money down the line, or taking it to the judge, and I don't believe the court system is very impartial. Get a good lawyer.

  14. 1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

    VISA and travel costs would be negligible, plenty of monthly apartments for 6000bht/month.

    Although I wouldn't bother with Laos as it's dead boring and I would substitute Vietnam.

    Not all that keen on Cambodia either, would replace that with the Philippines.

    Malasia gives you a free 90-day waiver on entry. Some good beaches around Kuala Lumpur.

    China is huge, and the VISA isn't expensive for non-Americans (1,000bht).

     

    It's not as if there's any shortage of countries around here for expats to live and have a bit of fun.

    It's a different ball game accessing cheap (6k) local apartments in countries other then thailand without knowing the ropes. Even if you could you looking at long leases of a year or 6 months if your lucky, sometimes paid up front in entirety.

     

    thailand is the easiest around in this regard when it comes to accessible housing and tolerant landlords.

  15. 3 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

    Well I owned rental condo's in Bangkok, and honestly ฿2K is going to get you nothing in any major city.
    In Podunk Central my wife's cousin has some one room rentals, and they are ฿1k

    Some of these rooms seem cheap but come with backend expenses, ie they are so far out you need to pay 100 baht to get to the food market or rent a motorbike, there's nothing to do so you spend more drinking all the time etc etc.

     

    the poor don't really ever save money on housing they just get poorer

     

    wow, that seems cheap...

    but, "where's the beef!" "Wheeeere's the beef!!"

  16. 4 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

    As usual, solid info from BritManToo. 

    There are days here where I have spent as little as 400 baht, and that includes my rent and utilities. And I had a good time doing so.

     

    4 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

    There are days here where I have spent as little as 400 baht, and that includes my rent and utilities.

    Wow, that's cheap.

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