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by DDD
Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:51 am
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Preparing for end of life in Thailand
Replies: 1
Views: 2566

Preparing for end of life in Thailand

The following is from the Chiang Mai Expat Club on an excellent 4 part class they put together in Feb. They videoed the sessions and I’d say it is by far the best I’ve seen on this topic (full disclosure - its the only class I’ve attended on the topic but still brilliantly put together). Prepare for...
by DDD
Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:28 pm
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: Vitamin supplements
Replies: 138
Views: 41045

Cytomel and Synthroid

Trying to order Cytomel and Synthroid (T3 and T4 replacements for thyroid) into Thailand. The US, Canada and Norway prescribe it (made by Pfizer). Not Thailand though. Found a couple companies in US and Canada that ship it. Also something in Singapore. Anyone had it shipped here?
by DDD
Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:48 am
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: Wise formerly Transferwise
Replies: 200
Views: 98357

Re: Wise formerly Transferwise

Money is also at risk in Wise in various ways. I read that Wise only facilitates the transfer of funds, never touches the money and deposits the money using multiple banks for a given country. I recognized the major banks they use in the US. In the US, bank funds are guaranteed by the FDIC (Federal ...
by DDD
Fri Aug 25, 2023 5:43 pm
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: Electronic cigarettes/vapes in Hua Hin and Thailand
Replies: 38
Views: 50296

Re: Electronic cigarettes/vapes in Hua Hin and Thailand

Wondering if Thailand collects license fees, taxes, etc from weed? Great way to build back up the baht reserve. Guessing no taxes/fees on vapes. Reminds me of prohibition in the US ( alcohol banned) - where the government charged people with tax avoidance… Also - was the idea of legal weed a sustain...
by DDD
Tue Jul 11, 2023 8:36 am
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: Videos: Portrait vs Landscape Mode
Replies: 21
Views: 12303

Re: Videos: Portrait vs Landscape Mode

This discussion is like my wife and I talking; lots of interpretations on both sides. On rotating a screen (TV) vertically, in the old days I remember using it with a laptop to read in portrait mode or horizontally to see 2 pages at once. These days, I read news and books with my tablet held in port...
by DDD
Mon Jul 03, 2023 12:39 pm
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: NAD IV in Hua Hin
Replies: 6
Views: 6414

Re: NAD IV in Hua Hin

Thanks for looking this up. My wife is looking into it. She tells me just the NAD IV costs $1,500 in the US, so maybe a relative bargain?
by DDD
Sun Jul 02, 2023 8:37 pm
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: NAD IV in Hua Hin
Replies: 6
Views: 6414

Re: NAD IV in Hua Hin

Something like that. My wife has tried the 10 I’ve series and I see an increase in her energy after. Our Dr. also takes the iv before she runs 100k marathons (but probably not relevant to any of the rest of us, just interesting).
by DDD
Sun Jul 02, 2023 8:30 pm
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: Thailand Censorship Thread: tilting towards Chinese-style internet controls
Replies: 79
Views: 31549

Re: Thailand Censorship Thread: tilting towards Chinese-style internet controls

I’m wondering if this is headed to something like the Florida book banning where one person can complain and an item will be removed. Turned out that a small number of people had instigated all the banned books.
by DDD
Sun Jul 02, 2023 4:39 pm
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: NAD IV in Hua Hin
Replies: 6
Views: 6414

NAD IV in Hua Hin

Any experience with Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) intravenous in Hua Hin? It’s used as an energy, memory boost. Available thru doctors in Chiang Mai and wondering about HH.
by DDD
Sun Jul 02, 2023 4:24 pm
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: Baht falling, which is best currency to transfer in, USD or GBP?
Replies: 20
Views: 11464

Re: Baht falling, which is best currency to transfer in, USD or GBP?

That’s my bet also. I find elections bring an optimism which doesn’t pan out as hoped. Thinking the baht may drop into August at least
by DDD
Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:36 pm
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: GBP vs THB
Replies: 1781
Views: 233626

Re: GBP vs THB

THB dropped a bit today, ideas on whats causing it? Political jitters, Burma, China?
by DDD
Sat May 20, 2023 8:17 pm
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: AIS eSim for travel
Replies: 9
Views: 9808

AIS eSim for travel

Anyone used an AIS eSim for traveling outside Thailand? Can it be topped up and used for an extended time period?
by DDD
Sat May 20, 2023 7:24 pm
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: E-books and e-book readers
Replies: 379
Views: 115805

Re: E-books and e-book readers

I use the free library service app Libby. Gave it my Canada library card and can read books and magazines with good usability and no adds. Can set character size, etc. holding my iPad in portrait orientation makes reading magazines easy. I like reading the weekly “The Guardian” from the UK and multi...
by DDD
Thu May 18, 2023 9:34 am
Forum: Foo
Topic: At this moment in time...(expressions that P*** us off)
Replies: 57
Views: 22001

Re: At this moment in time...(expressions that P*** us off)

Another view of this is words I disliked that I now like. “OK” works in multiple languages, including Thai and gets me past many problems. I looked up the Etymology: originated as an abbreviation of orl korrekt , a jokey misspelling of 'all correct' which was current in the US in the 1830s. The olde...
by DDD
Sat May 13, 2023 3:52 pm
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: Thailand plans to decriminalize/criminalize cannabis
Replies: 173
Views: 164890

Re: Thailand plans to decriminalize cannabis

With an absence of quality control you are open to having many things show up in the weed you put in your body. I’m much more concerned about this now that I’m older and things have more of an affect on me. That includes alcohol, weed, food, coffee, medicine, sex, sleep, marriage... Just going for a...