thaiophilus
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ChatGPT on aisle 3 ?
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Phone maps aren't always reliable, either. I have in the past posted a couple of Google "reviews" which say "this restaurant doesn't exist". Both of them had been mangled by transliteration of a Western name into Thai and back to the Latin alphabet to the extent that they were unrecognisable, and then misplaced on the ground by several blocks.
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My understanding is that the phone number is only used once (to receive an SMS or missed call for 2-factor authentication) when you create the account. Once it's set up, WhatsApp uses that phone number only as an account identifier, not for making calls, and doesn't interact with any of your SIMs at all. The messaging is done via secure TCP/IP over WiFi or mobile data, not via SMS.
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Chinese directives can require all kinds of things - but enforcement is another matter. For example, the "Measures on the Management of the Reincarnation of Living Buddhas" require the Dalai Lama to reincarnate in Tibet according to Chinese law and some very Confucian bureaucracy when the time comes.
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There's lots of official NHS advice specifically for diabetes here: https://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/advice/general-travel-health-advice/diabetes
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Also UK: Doctor Fox. But I think they will only deliver to a UK address.
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For me the A380, preferably upstairs 😊.
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...and the nearest shopping mall to Jomtien is?
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... and their passengers 🙃
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So are the Trat taxis ☹️
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Depends who's in it 🙃
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I've received random blackmail emails of this kind on several occasions. I'd have been more worried by them if I actually possessed a webcam...
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No. Some of us just skip those posts. You only write it once, but you hope many people will (try to) read it, or why bother? So make it easy for them.
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That strikes me as asking for trouble. You're buying her as a commodity, in order to show him that he's something more than a commodity? Think about the social dynamics in terms of Thai culture. Who gains or loses face, remembering that face is not a zero-sum game? And it's a three-way (at least) transaction, so even more complicated.
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And vowels 😊
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I have no personal experience of Club Med, but "all-inclusive activities" and "childcare" are prominent items on their website: "Club Med specializes in premium all-inclusive vacations packages for families "
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perhaps I should add that the above is from Wikipedia, not personal experience 😀
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Yes, don't mix alcohol with metronidazole (aka Flagyl). Not because it makes the antibiotic ineffective but... ... the "disulfiram-like reaction" consists of nausea, vomiting, flushing, dizziness, throbbing headache, chest and abdominal discomfort, and general hangover-like symptoms among others. (Disulfiram is better known as Antabuse.)
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Look out for smallpox. That one's a killer. Oh, wait... nobody seems to get that one any more. I wonder why not?
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In about 25 years of trips to Thailand I've only been questioned once, for a slightly different reason: I checked in (with Emirates at LGW) with a return ticket, but the return was dated more than 30 days after the outward flight and they noticed that I had no visa. I explained that I had tickets from BKK to Delhi and back from a different airline, so I would actually have two stays of less than 30 days in LoS. They took my word for it.
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which reminds me, one thing in its favour that Scandic used to offer was the full-body foam "massage", but I suspect they stopped doing that some time ago.
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Yes, I'd recommend Gun, but I have no recent experience of any of the other Scandic staff so can't comment on them. He was formerly at Narcissus, then moved to Ambiance when Narcissus closed. Good to know he still enjoys his work.
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In principle, there's the MRT, but TiT so it's a 650+ metre walk (according to Google) from Bang Sue MRT to what may or not be an entrance to Krung Thep Aphiwat.
