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by Dr Michael
Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:39 am
Forum: Feeding Time
Topic: moshy peas
Replies: 37
Views: 2050

Re: moshy peas

I remember as a child in the UK, working class mothers produced tasty meals for very little money--imaginative often lengthy cooking methods were used. Oxtail, breast of lamb, scrag end of beef--all requiring hours of preparation and cooking. These skills that have almost been lost and paradoxically...
by Dr Michael
Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:24 am
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: The Digital Surgery (computer questions/problems here)
Replies: 3035
Views: 190140

Re: The Digital Surgery

My Mac--yes the problem free Mac died yesterday.I took it to te Mac shop they will send it to BKK--it will take a month!!!!! I do not feel like buing another and there is no such thing as laptop rental anywhere here or in the west,thst I know of. Anybody have a old l'top sitting in a drawer that I c...
by Dr Michael
Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:33 am
Forum: On The Road
Topic: Train from Hua Hin to Bangkok
Replies: 27
Views: 3153

Re: Train from Hua Hin to Bangkok

The High Speed train system in China is amazing the Chinese are now 'Advising" in building a line from Kunming in China through Laos to Vientiane-- then Thai is supposed to take it and create a HSR thru to the Malaysian border. I read an article when I was in China-it said one problem is that t...
by Dr Michael
Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:16 pm
Forum: Education
Topic: How long will English be the no. 1 foreign language
Replies: 18
Views: 3059

Re: How long will English be the no. 1 foreign language

Mandarin is an English word. The Chinese call the language putonghua--The common Language Just back from Shanghai--it took me 3 days to get a tourist visa. They asked for a letter of reservation from the hotel, A copy of my bank book showing I had over 200,00baht in the bank and if I had claimed I w...
by Dr Michael
Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:49 am
Forum: On The Road
Topic: dynasty inn soi nana
Replies: 5
Views: 1217

Re: dynasty inn soi nana

The famous Die Nasty hotel--- nearest one to Nana Plaza
by Dr Michael
Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:46 am
Forum: On The Road
Topic: Bangkok Airport to Hua-Hin
Replies: 75
Views: 18486

Re: Bangkok Airport to Hua-Hin

An earlier post said that the minibusses from Vic Mon run until 6pm--they run later than that , I think until 8.
One of the aggravations is the fuel stop, this can take up to half an hour if there is a line-up. But generally takes less than 3 hours including stop.
by Dr Michael
Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:16 pm
Forum: Accommodation
Topic: Marriott Hotel re-opened?
Replies: 72
Views: 31396

Re: Marriott Hotel Closed

Whats your bet--Reno or 'dozers. My bet 'dozers

Its not going to be a Marriot
by Dr Michael
Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:12 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: BOILING POINT
Replies: 10
Views: 929

BOILING POINT

How do you deal with this. Ring-Ring, Ring- Ring, -- Click -- Tinkly music, tinkly music --Click -- "I am sorry, all our agents are busy with other customers, please hold the line, your call is very important to us" --click -- Tinkly music, tinckly music. This goes on and on, the second ti...
by Dr Michael
Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:10 am
Forum: News
Topic: Canadian sisters found dead in Phi Phi hotel
Replies: 32
Views: 6571

Re: Phi phi is the pits for some!

The bleeding gums and bleeding beneath the skin has to be due to masssive anti-coagulation, This can occur in several terminal events but rarely so fast acting. It sounds like a toxin of some sort. Stinging by Box jellyfish comes to mind, but this usually starts with intense pain in a few minutes, n...
by Dr Michael
Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:14 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: To the Smoker at the Star Bucks Market Village
Replies: 62
Views: 7489

Re: To the Smoker at the Star Bucks Market Village

Not to concentrate on that incident but generally.

i ama non smoking,anti smaking person, but

I have sympathy for smokers who go 'outside' to smoke and are told they cannot.
by Dr Michael
Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:55 am
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: Gonorhea developing new drug resistance.
Replies: 14
Views: 2718

Re: Gonorhea developing new drug resistance.

I remember when i was a child, if my mother had to get a splinter out or prick a spot--she would take a sewing needle, strike a match and hold the needle in the flame for about 5- 10seconds---very effective sterilising technique.
by Dr Michael
Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:06 am
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: Gonorhea developing new drug resistance.
Replies: 14
Views: 2718

Re: Gonorhea developing new drug resistance.

Glass syringe and re-useable needles in early 70s--that is very believable. Disposables were coming in then but were not available eveywhere. There is a catch. Disposables are NOT meant to be re-used and are not easy to re-sterilze, ditto disposable needles. In the days of glass syringes, every clin...
by Dr Michael
Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:20 pm
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: Gonorhea developing new drug resistance.
Replies: 14
Views: 2718

Re: Gonorhea developing new drug resistance.

I am not sure who deserves the credit--the girls, the mamasans, the bar owners or public health but it is firmly ingrained into the bar girl culture that condoms are a MUST.
I would be interested to hear if HHF players have found this to be a 100% rule
by Dr Michael
Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:08 pm
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: Gonorhea developing new drug resistance.
Replies: 14
Views: 2718

Re: Gonorhea developing new drug resistance.

Frequency of urination Blood in the urine. Burning on urination Nasty greeny, yellow discharge, Swollen glands in groin. Fever. Dianosis by looking at discharge undera microscope--no bllod test for GC--but it is usual to check for other STDs---Syphylis and AIDS when you are seen by blood tests. If y...
by Dr Michael
Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:23 am
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: Gonorhea developing new drug resistance.
Replies: 14
Views: 2718

Gonorhea developing new drug resistance.

WHO is reporting an increasing number of cases of Gonorrhea that are resistant to Cephalosporins which have been the antibiotic of choice for many years. Condoms use is even more important. Once considered a scourge of sailors and soldiers, gonorrhea became easily treatable with the discovery of pen...