Dressing for Thailand

[frequent]

rocket, there is an effective treatment for toenail fungus. It is an oral medication by Lamisil. Expensive, unless you have a drug plan, and takes months to realize results. worth the expense.

My podiatrist recommends the Thursday Plantation range of products for everything, including toenail fungus. It's available in Thailand and is, I'm told, both effective and relatively inexpensive. It's made from tea tree oil. I'm surprised The Wombat isn't spruiking it, as it's an Australian product

http://www.thursdayplantation.com/pr...nail-solution/
https://www.lazada.co.th/thursday-plantation/

[scottish-guy]

rocket, there is an effective treatment for toenail fungus. It is an oral medication by Lamisil. Expensive, unless you have a drug plan, and takes months to realize results. worth the expense.

You can buy the generic for peanuts (should be 10-20B per tablet).
It's called Terbinafine and the strength you want is 250mg.
I recommend Fortune Pharmacy in Pattaya for any medications - reasonable prices and if she doesn't have something in stock she will get it in.
As you say, several months of treatment is required and you absolutely CANNOT take it if you have any form of liver complaint (and I don't mean not getting onions with it)

[dab69]

rocket, there is an effective treatment for toenail fungus. It is an oral medication by Lamisil. Expensive, unless you have a drug plan, and takes months to realize results. worth the expense.

I had tried that. It is absolute HELL on your liver, made my skin itch for WEEKS while I kept taking it, and didn't do shit.
The topical acid you brush on worked better for $10

[mr giggles]

My suitcase yawns hungrily as I prepare to pack for visit to Thailand number three for 2018. As I took -out my clothes from the cupboard, I was reminded how my kit has changed over the past twenty-three years. In my Pattaya salad-days, I took tailored, short-sleeved shirts and trousers with a crease in my suitcase. As ever, a prisoner to my upbringing, dressing for dinner has always been de rigour while on holiday. Come to think of it, when I used to holiday in Grenada and other Caribbean islands, hotels would insist on such attire. Of course, shorts and T-shirts were fine on the beach....but once it was time for my pina colada and dinner, I obeyed the rules. And was happy to do so.

In the 90s, most of the gay falangs I saw in Boystown dressed in much the same way. An older guy in a bar in shorts was a rare sight. I dressed in much same way as my contemporaries. Now my evening dress consists of chinos, jeans and polo shirts. The more formal stuff ended up in Oxfam shops years ago. Come to think of it, it's probably still there.

I suppose this is progress. As long as we falangs look clean and tidy, dress appropriate to our ages and (for me, very importantly) don't embarrass our tee-raks, then why worry? Not that the issue of dress in Thailand is entirely angst-free for me. P's politeness is such that he'd never criticise directly, but over the past few years he has made it clear that my refusal to buy trousers that are more narrowly-cut than I'm used to has led him, very subtly, to suggest that perhaps my chinos were perhaps a tad old- fashioned.

As usual he won and they are now similar in cut to the ones I demanded of my parents as a young adolescent. Plus ca change. At least he's not insisting that I buy the winkle-pickers with which I was obsessed back then..

How does P like your spats?

[Impulse]

That drug is tough on the liver. I had hepatitis b and did drugs at an earlier age, so I’ll give it a pass. My nails are so bad I’d be surprised if that drug would work.

Oh and I forgot to add in my original post that I wear women’s belts, usually orange. I hate the gaudy buckles on men’s belts. Is that weird?

[francois]

Oh and I forgot to add in my original post that I wear women’s belts, usually orange. I hate the gaudy buckles on men’s belts. Is that weird?

Yes, it is weird to answer the question. But keep on with the socks and sandals.

[bkkguy]

and here was I thinking this thread was going to be about the need to start dressing "to the right" to fit in with the current political climate here

bkkguy

[aot871]

In pattaya im shorts and tshirt with trainers in the day , at night im long lightweight trousers and a polo shirt, , trousers to stop been bitten by mozzies

[Old git]

I work a routine where I go to the laundry every third day, dropping off and picking up at the same time.

I use two shirts a day, XXL (Thai size) for day and XXXL for evening (one X less if I bought them elsewhere) - given that I have to wear something when I go to the laundry, that demands seven day shirts and six evening ones.

Boxers and ankle socks I change daily, so seven of those each, cargo shorts and handkerchief I change every two days, so I have four of those. For the journey over and back I also have one long sleeve shirt, one thin jersey and one pair of long trousers..

- Simple really..

[frequent]

I use two shirts a day, XXL (Thai size) for day and XXXL for evening (one X less if I bought them elsewhere) - given that I have to wear something when I go to the laundry, that demands seven day shirts and six evening ones.

What size knickers do you wear? Boxers or briefs?