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22 minutes ago, Nightcrawler said:

Must say, that I have not visited the likes of Soi Chaiyapoon and Soi Post Office for yonks, since pre Covid days. 

Any recommendations of bars/gogos in these Sois, perhaps that weren't there before ? Getting bored with LK and Buahkao these days. 

Have Chaiyapoon  and PO had a  face-lift ? Are Nevada and Far East Rock, Pump Station  still in existence?

A couple on Soi Pothole that are worth a look are Kubla Bar, Dive Bar, Pothole Bar.

Soi P.O. I haven't been to in yonks.

While DK Beer Town gets built...

The beer bar complex behind Myth sits empty...

Based on the dust on the floor I suspect two bars in the middle that look ready to go are for show and not yet rented.

Not sure how one should interpret this...

King Charles’ official portrait divides public as new artwork branded 'monstrosity' by critics

Enjoying this series.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074CGHDP2

7 hours ago, Stillearly said:

Have done absolutely nothing today ... walked a total of 19,000 steps yesterday and my knees are fcuked today , my left one normally gives me jip ( old injury and no acl on that side ) but the right one hurts more today ...🤷‍♂️

hoping a day of rest and I'll be okay tomorrow... just ordered room service 

Do you wear any kind of knee brace? I've long suffered from a slight tear in the meniscus, but wearing a knee brace designed for that type of injury I've been fine.

Here's a heart warming dog story.

I have one of these gizmos for cleaning and drying my hearing aids. Use it about once a month. Other times I keep the hearing aids in the charger case, along with a packet of silica gel that acts as a dehumidifier.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B096BMPS64/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00

17 hours ago, Nightcrawler said:

Had my second consultation with an ENT  specialist this morning, following my hearing test last week. We discussed my hearing loss and Tinnitus. He didn't think that the two were necessarily linked. Because the Tinnitis is more ore less on both sides, he ruled out having an MRI brain scan. 

He recommended an app on my phone which may help as I am going to sleep called Ambience and also suggested a sound pillow.

I have accepted a hearing aid which apparently will be free and I shall have to wait a couple of months to recieve it at my next appointment. 

One interesting thing I picked up on, was that he said, that the ringing noise is actually the sound of my nervous system. 

I wouldn't say either my hearing loss or Tninitus is debilitating at present but I think it was wise to start doing something about it Now. 

I think the device will be free under NHS because I am a follow on cancer patient at the hospital and I should imagine the device he will prescribe would otherwise be quite expensive privately, although I don't yet know the specific brand yet. 

Either way, it's better than using an "ear trumpet" 😁

 

Most often the cause of tinnitus is degeneration of the hair cells in the cochlea. The ringing sound we perceive is the damaged hair cells sending a constant signal to our brain as if they were activated by sound.

I'm surprised the ENT specialist wouldn't think tinnitus and hearing loss are linked. The ringing sound interferes with the ability to hear sounds at certain frequencies, most often on the high end of the sound spectrum. As my test results indicated,
"You may have trouble hearing higher-pitched voices like women and children, or consonant sounds, like K, F, S, TH. This can lead to misheard words and misunderstandings."

9 hours ago, Glasseye said:

 

Better to keep these types of posts in the politics section.

Another Jackson Browne favorite of mine.

31 minutes ago, Yessongs said:

Rain here yesterday in Minburi, like others have reported, same, temp goes down, feels great..until the humidity jumps again....then it feels miserable again. 

Tell me the truth gents, are there times here when you say to yourself "WTF am I doing here"? 

For me there are times like that.....can't wait to get back to Calif next month. 

20 minutes ago, Pumpuynarak said:

A very big NO Mike, we are different lol, i could'nt wait to get outta the shithole UK and its weather, Thailand and its oppressive heat/humidity is something i don't like but can cope with, bring on the Aircon lol

Another no regrets from me. I'm very happy here. 

38 minutes ago, Pumpuynarak said:

Why is it called 'Green' ?

Perhaps the lighting was bad in the video so the green feathers didn't show up as well.

Had a chuckle at the latest bogus survey published in TPN. Pattaya Beach is the 12th best beach in the world. That's some good stuff they're smoking.

https://www.facebook.com/Thepattayanews/posts/1380087346093176

16 hours ago, Glasseye said:

BTW - AA premium econ is just about as good as biz class, IMO. It might save you a few quid.

No disputing you'll save a few quid going PE vs BC, but in terms of seat space and service not even close between the two products.

https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/American_Airlines/American_Airlines_Airbus_A330-200_C.php

2 minutes ago, Pumpuynarak said:

Expensive ehh 🤔hope they did the job.....

Those are actually in the mid-range of pricing. And yes, they're doing the job. Much better than the Lucid hearing aids I had before.

I hope life doesn't imitate art.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17279496/

41 minutes ago, fygjam said:

I have suffered from tinnitus for many years and at times it can be frustrating. If the magic genie were to appear and say " I can double or treble the size of your dick or get rid of your tinnitus" it would be a no brainer. Sorry ladies.

I can handle it during the day, plenty of things to occupy my mind but at night trying to go to sleep and there is only one "sound." Mine is cicadas at 4 -6 kHz.

At the moment I'm into "coloured" noise. You've heard of "white noise", well I'm into "yellow brown noise". I got it off YouTube but I can't find the URL. It's just a fairly low frequency rumble, reminds me a bit of seat 63K on a Thai Airways A-330. Anyway plenty of these types of files on YouTube.

I'm not trying to hide or mask the tinnitus, been there, didn't work. It just gives my brain an alternate to the cicadas. I've got a pair of Bluetooth speakers which face each other at the head of the bed. I've loaded the sound files onto an old mobile phone and before I go to sleep just kick off the playback. The files are 10-12 hours long.

Anyway, works for me.

Mine is a constant ringing at about 4 kHz. Same as you, if there is background noise it's easier to ignore and forget about the constant ringing. When sleeping I always have a fan running that acts as a white noise generator.

If anyone is interested in testing their hearing, hear's (pun intended) the link to Jabra's online hearing test.
https://www.jabra.com/hearing/hearing-test

I have tinnitus as well. It's gotten worse over the years, but I manage to ignore the constant ringing in my right ear. If I didn't, it would drive me batshit crazy.

Just took a remote hearing test. Results were, my hearing sucks.

For those that from suffer from hearing loss, I thought I'd post details of the hearing aids I bought last year.

What I bought were the Jabra Enhance Select 200. Cost after promo discount was $1,845 USD.

I went with Jabra as they offer remote testing via their website, and updates to my hearing aid settings based on the hearing test via their mobile app.

I just retook the test and it confirmed what I already knew, I have significantly impaired hearing in the right ear.

The test results will be forwarded to one of their audiologists, and I expect when they return from their weekend off I'll have a notification my hearing aids have been updated based on the latest test. Much better than the old days just a few years ago when you had to do all this in person.

Cool video of a rock fall, but the guy that recorded this was pretty stupid to think going inside the building and closing the door during the worst of it would have saved him from a flying boulder if it had hit the building.

3 hours ago, Bazle said:

Thanks, but that is disappointing if the burning season is over.

It suggests that a major cause of the pollution is something other than the burning, and that will be difficult to control. 

In the Pattaya area the dominant source of air pollution is industrial. Not unexpected given the concentration of industrial estates nearby.

https://www.krungsri.com/en/research/industry/industry-outlook/real-estate/industrial-estate/io/io-industrial-estate-21-(1)