Twenty years ago I quit smoking. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. Cold turkey. One of the best decisions I've ever made ( smoking broccoli for fifty years ). Good luck Steve. You'll make because you're a survivor. Thank you and Tim for an enjoyable episode.
Smoked marijuana for 50 years and you stopped 20 years ago? Your minimum age would be around eighty five if I m reading this correctly? Sorry just trying to understand your comment..
Tim, I saw & had forgotten about Welcome to Woop Woop! lol. Steve, Congrats on the smoking cessation:) And thoughts and prayers for Tim during this time of elevated grumpiness:)
That was an awesome show, we really missed not having a program last week. I love both your shirts! You both look very suave, and a happy coincidence that the colour. 😊 We didn't mind the background sounds. It just proved that you were recording in a real restaurant ... plus that delicious looking food! YUM! So now we know when to visit to immerse ourselves in the full cultural experience at Thai Meuang. Sights, sounds ... and smells. 😅
thanks for the good show in this nice restaurant. the street noise is not a problem. Steve, I'm proud of you for wanting to eliminate smoking from your life. every attempt costs a lot of nerves and willpower. Eating paprika/bell pepper always helped when I tried it. this immediately eliminates the feeling of addiction
Loved the show in a location theme. You worried about the noise Tim but to be honest it shows more of the reality of life in Thailand (my belief).That is amazing Steve. Keep up the good work. Been there and done that. Bloody difficult to quit. Please don't do what I did on holiday and start a little bit. It got me again. The whole process of quitting starts again believe me.
if you must have a cig....chew it :) it'll be much easier to stop haha (I actually found it easy to stop using Skoal, but you can't GET that in Thailand).
Great banter Tim and Steve love your Life stories very knowledgeable Steve with Thai culture good luck with your move Tim with your cats good luck Steve with stopping smoking
Reached a new heigh with the stories of health , shrimps and age problems. The back drop is top notch considering the background noises. I don't mind it and think it adds to the stories as you order foods and consume them in between. Lovely restaurant. As I wish you both well with treating health issues I wish myself luck with my up coming minor operation(hemorrhoids). Tim's facial expression when Steve is talking is priceless.. Thanks to you both for very enjoyable episode of GOM. Cheers guys.
Tim - loved your crawfish story. I spent a week in Gulfport/Long Beach, Mississippi every year for 4 years (until Katrina hit) for work. Every night after sales meetings (when we didn't go to New Orleans), the obligatory evenings were spent drinking and going through giant bowels of crawfish. Two things I learned on my first visit: don't wear nice clothes to the bar as there will be crawfish, and they don't (didn't) sell liquor at stores on Sundays. Back in those travelling days, when I would've won the Olympics at drinking, I would always buy a bottle of rum to keep in my hotel room for the pre-night and return back solo moments. I arrived on a Sunday, went to a liquor store and there were two men sitting on the porch - sitting on rocking chairs (no kidding!) and wearing overalls. I asked if the store was open and the big guy got up, put his thumbs through the suspenders and said this to me: "You can't buy alcohol in the state of Mississippi on a Sunday, boy." I'll never forget that...the only thing missing was him turning his head and spitting...
@@roystevenson1375 lol - yes, I remember some of my Canadian compatriots and sales people from the UK, Australia, and South Africa lamenting on the beers there...if I recall correctly, American beer is generally weaker at 4% or less to begin with so, from what you've said, it must have been really light. Fortunately, my body can't tolerate too much beer except Japanese, Mexican, and Venezuelan (so far), so I remain a rum drinker since my teens.
Thank you both, another very enjoyable program today. I can relate to giving up smoking. I started at a very young age. I mixed with the wrong crowd. I smoked for about 20 years, before I decided that they were getting to expensive. Some 30 plus years later still don't smoke. It was a hard couple of months when I gave up. 😊
Guys, get a tripod for the camera, put in front of the table, hit table all you want. Great show, I'm grumpy as well and in hua hin for some reason. Keep it up !
I hope things work out for Steve - always a worry with medical issues in Thailand. Costs of course, but also getting the right things done by the right doctor/hospital. Overall the medical services in Thailand are good - but they aint free for Expats. Any other old guys thinking of going to live in Thailand - get yourself prepared for medical issues when you hit mid-late 60s. Whether it is insurance, or making a slush fund (my method), and having a Plan B (go home). Old guys need some sort of plan about it because it will happen eventually. Steve is not the only Expat who has trouble paying for medical problems - not the first and will not be the last. It is one of the reasons some media pundits and Thai 'spokespeople' (for insurance industry?) are suggesting they make health insurance mandatory for all long term Visas - new ones and annual extensions. A plan for health costs as we get older is just like having a Will - no one really wants to have one but we all should have one.
LOL! Dude, I love your optimism. As it happens, I don't have a will, either. What would I leave, and to whom? I own nothing except an old laptop computer and some checkered shirts. My daughter wants nothing to do with me and my son already has everything he needs, or wants. By far the odds are that I will either die of my third sudden STEMI heart attack or die on a motorcycle. Either way, insurance won't be useful. So I'm going to keep plodding along as I am. But I do thank you for your advice.
Steve might check with government hospitals for hernia operation. I had the open surgery done at Udon Thani Hospital. Price was reasonable and the surgery room was top notch.
@@steverossegreat!! Many of the government hospitals are really good. In Udon Thani they have a special desk for forigner waiting room with Aircon 555... Anyway, you aren't 3-4 hours in a queue waiting and prices are great. For my checkups, x-ray and blood work just 10% from BKK hospital. I doubt you see the same price difference, but it will be significant.
Gave up the smokes 15 years ago and never looked back. I know you are not begging mate but can I suggest an fund giving set up that us viewers can donate to help you out man, let’s call it a sponsored give up the smokes. Clive
I gave up after 45 years of smoking, it is always worth it to give up the smokes Steve. Stay strong and best wishes from another subscriber in Melbourne.
I just remember i wanted to correct Tim, The crawfish are not like shrimp, they are like little lobsters claws and all, In New South Wales and Victoria they are called yabbies, in Western Australia the Koonac, Gigly and the Marron, while Queensland has the Redclaw
Steve, don’t fall off!! Just decide, you want to live! I smoked got 40ish years and quit 9 years ago. You will actually feel better, things will taste better and if anything like me regret smoking and more so exposing the people in my life!! You can do it dude! 👍
Quitting smoking at Steve's age will do f-all to increase his life expectancy. It may, however, increase the quality of life for the time that remains. Wishing him luck.
Steve - A quick comment about Boontong's: it doesn't only exist in your mind. It's out there. You put it out there. Once you shared it, it became real. It lives in other people's imaginations, discussions, and thoughts. Without splitting hairs or going down an existential rabbit hole, Boontong's exists in the same way as the Daily Bugle in New York, or even Wayne Manor in Gotham City.
Steve, I reckon you could tell yourself yourself that you were waiting for a health crisis IN Thailand for this opportunity. Now you’re in your dream retirement location, I believe getting past the 6 months mark of abstinence will be easier. Because, after the physical addiction is gone, it’s purely psychological (unless you re feed the beast by reigniting those nicotine receptors by smoking). And… psychologically you’re way better primed to deal with abstinence now you’re in Thai Muang. Just my 2 cents worth. I reckon you’ll win this. However, when you go to Phuket for your millionaire 3 days … you may want to avoid smokers… maybe it’s a blessing in disguise that you need to save up for this hernia operation? All the best. Massive golf clap on 2 weeks. Worst part is over.
Good show as always Tim and Steve. Stay stong on quitting smoking Steve. I quit over 20 years ago and can't imagine ever starting again. BTW the hernia surgery would probably cost about $7000 in the USA.
Thaksin was PM in my years there. He ordered the killing of 109 drug addicts in Chiang Mai, his home turf. But my ex-president (Duterte) did 30K in, a more decent number! Did Shinawatra ever get indicted for this?
Gosh, CDT, I've written five books about why I moved to Turtle Beach. I've made a video every week since a month before I came, it's all in there, if you don't like reading books.
@@steverosse sorry I was asking why Tim is moving to Turtle Beach. I do know your story quite well Steve. I have found that cutting a straw down to the length of a cigarette and using it to take drags on, and them slowly releasing the air really helped when I was trying to quit smoking. Good luck. 🙏🙏
Really good to be 'on location' for a change. Background noise probably sounds worse to you than it does to the viewers. I wish you both well with your ailments. Laughter is the best medicine and I am sure for a short period of time you can both forget about your problems. Being an ex-smoker that managed to quit successfully by doing cold turkey, the only comment I would make is if you start up again when you visit Phuket then you are never really going to quit.
Giving up smoking is so hard. Glad I never started, my father gave me a hug as a young toddler and dropped his cig down my crack. Cured my desire to smoke. Surprised you have not gone electronic.
Steve, I have had open surgery and laparoscopy surgery for inguinal hernias. You don't want open surgery. Took about 2 weeks before I could do simple things after open surgery. Laparoscopy, I was good to go after a few days
Sadly... Sometimes (aka often) the money will decide what options are available. Laparoscopy... Double the price? I guess they are occupying the surgeon and room longer. Still... 50k extra in an hour.. That's not minimal wages 😂
Just had laparoscopic surgery for bilateral inguinal hernias last week. Steve can correct my writing lol. The hydrocodone is nice, helps keep you from coughing too, that hurts. Sore as F for 3 days but getting better. I was an outpatient but wish I had stayed one day. Take a stool softener, you don't want to grunt either.
After 60 I have always got something wrong with me, carpel tunnel, trigger finger, Plantar fasciitis, and leg pains at night, you name it. The conditions usually go away by themselves, if you try some alternative medicine, it takes your mind off the problem, and the body heals itself. You also have long boring anecdotes to exit, unwanted conversations with people.
Steve, anyway, you are Big by trying and succeeding for a bit. I can not do it. Even for 1 day, it is so difficult. I managed once for a month or so, but then back again happily. ) Tim and Steve, thank you for another fun conversation. Have a good week. Be well .
I died at "dim sim." It's dim sum, easily remembered if you win some, and then dim sum, or vice versa. Love getting my Sunday dose of you guys. It's like watching dumb and dumber, but in this case, smart and smarter.
@@steverosse I seriously love you and Tim. You two have a great dynamic going on. You share life knowledge with your own twist and twang. We may not agree on everything, but I'm always eager to hear what your take on things are. You guys are humble, self-reflective, and open-minded. Thank you for always pepping up my Sunday mornings. PS, I'm a fellow American from the SF Bay Area, and settling down in Pattaya, so I enjoy and can related to your Thailand insights very much.
Love the show as always, great idea to have new location introducing new place to the audiences. You may consider Songkha University Hospital, it is medical school.
Tim you need to start selling murch, you always have the coolest shirts. Always love Steve. I had hernia surgery in Pattaya about twenty years ago. Amazing total cost about $1000 USD including 3 days in the hospital. Living life after 65 with out some sort of health insurance is scary. If you want to save, go to a thai state hospital, they do a good job and are very cheap.
I was telling my second thai wife steve speaks and understand thai after living in Thailand for about 8yrs and married to a thai wife for about 12yrs and Tim dosent speak thai at all living in thailand for 12yrs. Her reply was how about you married to first thai wife for 25yrs and second thai wife for 8yrs and cant speak or understand a word of thai...😢
Living with a Thai partner will hinder anybody's study of the Thai language. There's absolutely no benefit for her in you learning any Thai, and a whole fistful of drawbacks: if you speak Thai you can understand when she talks about you with her friends and family. You can understand when her friends and family talk about her. And if you speak Thai you need her less. Also if you study Thai seriously you'll be constantly asking her to tell you how to say things, and who needs that aggravation. Sometimes Thai partners will find ways to actively scuttle a farang's attempts to learn Thai, but even if they don't they'll never really help much. It's rare to find a farang with a Thai partner who speaks Thai well. They're out there, but they're rare.
Totally agree, many family and friends are shocked that I am not fluent in Thai after twenty years in the country, but it wasn't through ignorance it was that obstacle were put in my way. I bought and studied Thai language in all sorts of media, books, videos, online even interactive AI lessons, where I would score highly, all to no avail. The root problem was I could speak thai but couldn't understand it, as spoken by Thai people! @@steverosse
Hey Tim, I've been suffering from Sciatica for 15 years and drugs never work on nerves except for very strong anti-inflammatories.... the BEST thing for Sciatica , imo, is gentle stretching yoga. Luckily you're surrounded by yoga bunnies I'm sure you can find a class ;)!
Proud of you, Steve , Not easy to give up smoking, not that I have ever smoked, but my husband had . Though my husband did and when he proposed to me !!! He said Simply said If you Marry me, I will give up smoking !!! (Romance wasn't his big thing. Bless him ) Not a fancy man but a good man , I was doing a television Fashion show to raise money for the Childrens Hospital back then . I did many of the shows, as his companies sponsored all of the with many other sponsors, He like you, Tim he loved his yacht A Double Mast, the "Golden Pearl" He owned several steel and metal businesses plus a Bindoon Pub and a Vineyard. , Not a Fancy man but a very clever man , We had many wonderful years, He lost his battle with His health 9 years ago , Thailand Cancer Institute Bangkok kept him alive 9 yrs ten month's . My Thai Agent arranged everything for us , Another Reason I love Thailand, Love you 2 boys down to earth and knowledgeable and fun , plus the bonus is Thailand Up to date Thai News all through the week . Love to you both . EM 🤗💙💙😊 EM.
I had surgery for a hernia 12-13 years ago on one side, I wonder if I will get the same problem on the other side. In that case I hope I get it before I move to Asia.
Great show again thanks guys Gave up smoking 10 years ago and grumpy ever since 😂 Agree double minimum wage will be issue unemployment Thais and increased migration along with increased prices perhaps
Hey Steve I did the cold Turkey too. I found having a pack of ciggies in in the car allowed me to go through the motions of reaching for them asking myself, do I really want one? Or more to the point do I need one. Allowed me to get over that reach for one habit. I still crave them on occasion but the craving is more of a rose tinted memory, as knowing the reality of smelling like and ashtray and actually smoking one after 6 months was akin to licking an ashtray clean. Smoking Broccili probably doesn't help. Perhaps using said veggie in baking products would allow that clean break you are seeking. It is will power and it can be a challenge... took me 5 times to break it.
I enjoy the restaurant venue from time to time as it creates a lively atmosphere. Reminds me of the earlier episodes from The Grind Cafe and then later that other nice cafe close to the boats/docks (what was the name of that place? I think it was close to 5 Star Marine?). Tim’s shirt reminds me of artist Jackson Pollack. Only one guest was able to match Tim’s shirt from several years ago. Tim conducted an interview with an eccentric professor based in Phuket who was wearing a “Thomas Magnum” Hawaiian shirt as loud as Tim’s previous shirts. The professor was really eccentric and Tim had a field day by delivering sarcastic remarks throughout the interview (about Thai culture). I loved that guest and it would be cool to see him on a future episode!
Steve, congrats on the non-smoking stretch. I hope you succeed. Both good for the ticker and the pocket book. I myself got the mesh surgery in 2017 w/general anesthesia. I was released ~2 hrs later since I had someone else drive me home. I can't recall if it was lap or open, but I had a 3" or so souvenir scar when finished if that helps determine which way it was done.
@@steverosse That's good news then. It means open surgery allowed for outpatient w/o overnight. Hopefully if you go that route, you can be home same day if someone can get you home. I remember not lifting much for a week. Light pain meds, but I don't remember terrible pain after. For a few months prior to surgery, I bought a hernia truss & wore it. It helped when I had to cough/sneeze. Found mine at a surgical supply store in the US.
I smoked my last cigarette at 11:59pm on new years eve 2009. The first month is hard. But after about 3 months you don't crave it anymore. And I can't even stand the thought of cigarettes now.
Steve, when younger I was almost unbeatable at the game of Operation. No nasty buzz noise. Just saying, if you need the work done a little cheaper. Say..for a couple of beers. 😁
Use an anti-inflammatory along with a muscle relaxant. This will help the sciatica. It made my back new again. Only took two nights of these meds and I was done. It was an Egyptian doctor in Saudi Arabia that prescribed this for me and I was stunned by the change.
Tim I have knowledge about sciatica nerve pain, and no medecine will help in the long term. Only some really specific exercice will resove that as it's a problem of pressure on the nerve. I teach a and a specific stretching technique that is really efficient and that I've taught for decades. Not a scam. And free. I'll be on the island in october. take care. I Love your channel.
Go Fund Me.... Steve, if you decide you do need help, set one up, I'm in. Tim, I enjoy some of your facial expressions while Steve is talking. Sorry to hear you lost 1 of your 3 furry family members. I will be leaving my cat in Amereca. Sad. Loved the location.
Thank you, but I think it's a little early to be asking strangers for money. So far, the only diagnosis that has been made was made by a typist. Plenty of time to panic later.
I've had laparoscopic done on both sides. Best advise I could give is to make sure you have someone stay with you for a couple days to help you get around. Recovery can be painful for this. Mine was outpatient. I also just Google'd it and found that BKK Hospital shows 220K BHT for laparoscopic one side w/ mesh, open 160K. Might want to actually contact them direct.
As my go to Sunday morning vlog, I'd be happy to make a contribution to a Steve repair fund.... I'm sure he could make some kind of art installation which incorporated the individual contributers if he so wished.
I look so forward to this program every week. I missed it a lot last Sunday
Twenty years ago I quit smoking. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. Cold turkey. One of the best decisions I've ever made ( smoking broccoli for fifty years ). Good luck Steve. You'll make because you're a survivor. Thank you and Tim for an enjoyable episode.
Smoked marijuana for 50 years and you stopped 20 years ago?
Your minimum age would be around eighty five if I m reading this correctly?
Sorry just trying to understand your comment..
Stopped smoking cigarettes twenty years ago. Steve new what I was talking about. I'm 65 buttface.@@matthewanderson6254
@@southpaw1755i love the slight insult at the end 😂. This comment thread is approved as funny.
If 10% of subscribers donated a $1 Steve's hernia op would be paid for.
These episodes are to short for me :P . Good stuff guys, great team also!
Awesome work Steve!!!!!!!
Thanks again gentlemen. Sunday is always better after listening to you two. Steve good luck with quitting smoking, I hope you can do it.
Thanks, Buster.
Tim, I saw & had forgotten about Welcome to Woop Woop! lol.
Steve, Congrats on the smoking cessation:) And thoughts and prayers for Tim during this time of elevated grumpiness:)
Excellent show lads, really missed it last week. 👍
"I've been light headed since 1997" classic Steve line! 😂
You guys are the best!
Thank you, William.
One of my favorite shows on You Tube!
Thank you, William.
I enjoyed seeing grumpy old men out in the wild, nice change of scenery and the noise wasn't too bad.
I am always late to your shows...that was way too much fun...thx you 2!
Enjoyable as always! Thanks😉
Tim, I liked the change of venue idea. Good to change it up here and there. Sound quality was not bad at all.
Tim’s cats will love the Shrimp aroma 😻
That was an awesome show, we really missed not having a program last week. I love both your shirts! You both look very suave, and a happy coincidence that the colour. 😊 We didn't mind the background sounds. It just proved that you were recording in a real restaurant ... plus that delicious looking food! YUM! So now we know when to visit to immerse ourselves in the full cultural experience at Thai Meuang. Sights, sounds ... and smells. 😅
thanks for the good show in this nice restaurant. the street noise is not a problem. Steve, I'm proud of you for wanting to eliminate smoking from your life. every attempt costs a lot of nerves and willpower. Eating paprika/bell pepper always helped when I tried it. this immediately eliminates the feeling of addiction
Loved the show in a location theme. You worried about the noise Tim but to be honest it shows more of the reality of life in Thailand (my belief).That is amazing Steve. Keep up the good work. Been there and done that. Bloody difficult to quit. Please don't do what I did on holiday and start a little bit. It got me again. The whole process of quitting starts again believe me.
if you must have a cig....chew it :)
it'll be much easier to stop haha (I actually found it easy to stop using Skoal, but you can't GET that in Thailand).
Great show as always ...... Thank you both. Tim good luck with your move and Steve good luck with quitting smoking.
Great banter Tim and Steve love your Life stories very knowledgeable Steve with Thai culture good luck with your move Tim with your cats good luck Steve with stopping smoking
Reached a new heigh with the stories of health , shrimps and age problems. The back drop is top notch considering the background noises. I don't mind it and think it adds to the stories as you order foods and consume them in between. Lovely restaurant.
As I wish you both well with treating health issues I wish myself luck with my up coming minor operation(hemorrhoids).
Tim's facial expression when Steve is talking is priceless..
Thanks to you both for very enjoyable episode of GOM.
Cheers guys.
Thank you, IWGYT.
Good morning ))
Great to see you again
P.
Tim - loved your crawfish story. I spent a week in Gulfport/Long Beach, Mississippi every year for 4 years (until Katrina hit) for work. Every night after sales meetings (when we didn't go to New Orleans), the obligatory evenings were spent drinking and going through giant bowels of crawfish. Two things I learned on my first visit: don't wear nice clothes to the bar as there will be crawfish, and they don't (didn't) sell liquor at stores on Sundays. Back in those travelling days, when I would've won the Olympics at drinking, I would always buy a bottle of rum to keep in my hotel room for the pre-night and return back solo moments. I arrived on a Sunday, went to a liquor store and there were two men sitting on the porch - sitting on rocking chairs (no kidding!) and wearing overalls. I asked if the store was open and the big guy got up, put his thumbs through the suspenders and said this to me: "You can't buy alcohol in the state of Mississippi on a Sunday, boy." I'll never forget that...the only thing missing was him turning his head and spitting...
And when they did sell it the alcohol content of the beer in Mississippi was a wicked 2 %
@@roystevenson1375 lol - yes, I remember some of my Canadian compatriots and sales people from the UK, Australia, and South Africa lamenting on the beers there...if I recall correctly, American beer is generally weaker at 4% or less to begin with so, from what you've said, it must have been really light. Fortunately, my body can't tolerate too much beer except Japanese, Mexican, and Venezuelan (so far), so I remain a rum drinker since my teens.
Thank you both, another very enjoyable program today. I can relate to giving up smoking. I started at a very young age. I mixed with the wrong crowd. I smoked for about 20 years, before I decided that they were getting to expensive. Some 30 plus years later still don't smoke. It was a hard couple of months when I gave up. 😊
2 thumbs up 👍👍 Tim & Steve
Guys, get a tripod for the camera, put in front of the table, hit table all you want. Great show, I'm grumpy as well and in hua hin for some reason. Keep it up !
Well done guys. Another enjoyable show.
I was 50 a day. Have up 38 years ago. I'm now 70. Extremely difficult to do cold turkey. Very happy i did it. Good luck.
I hope things work out for Steve - always a worry with medical issues in Thailand. Costs of course, but also getting the right things done by the right doctor/hospital. Overall the medical services in Thailand are good - but they aint free for Expats. Any other old guys thinking of going to live in Thailand - get yourself prepared for medical issues when you hit mid-late 60s. Whether it is insurance, or making a slush fund (my method), and having a Plan B (go home). Old guys need some sort of plan about it because it will happen eventually. Steve is not the only Expat who has trouble paying for medical problems - not the first and will not be the last. It is one of the reasons some media pundits and Thai 'spokespeople' (for insurance industry?) are suggesting they make health insurance mandatory for all long term Visas - new ones and annual extensions. A plan for health costs as we get older is just like having a Will - no one really wants to have one but we all should have one.
LOL! Dude, I love your optimism. As it happens, I don't have a will, either. What would I leave, and to whom? I own nothing except an old laptop computer and some checkered shirts. My daughter wants nothing to do with me and my son already has everything he needs, or wants. By far the odds are that I will either die of my third sudden STEMI heart attack or die on a motorcycle. Either way, insurance won't be useful. So I'm going to keep plodding along as I am. But I do thank you for your advice.
Love you guys! ❤
Steve might check with government hospitals for hernia operation. I had the open surgery done at Udon Thani Hospital. Price was reasonable and the surgery room was top notch.
Like I said in the show, I'll be going to the government hospital in Phang Nga tomorrow for a consultation.
@@steverossegreat!! Many of the government hospitals are really good. In Udon Thani they have a special desk for forigner waiting room with Aircon 555...
Anyway, you aren't 3-4 hours in a queue waiting and prices are great.
For my checkups, x-ray and blood work just 10% from BKK hospital.
I doubt you see the same price difference, but it will be significant.
Great show guys!
Gave up the smokes 15 years ago and never looked back. I know you are not begging mate but can I suggest an fund giving set up that us viewers can donate to help you out man, let’s call it a sponsored give up the smokes. Clive
Great show guys, you've got great chemistry....
You guys never looks better! and that backdrop is sic! love it. You should it every week in that restaurant and pick another mural. So colourful. wow
I gave up after 45 years of smoking, it is always worth it to give up the smokes Steve. Stay strong and best wishes from another subscriber in Melbourne.
Thanks, Keith.
Steve is wearing Charlie Sheen - nice bowling shirt sir! Looking good!
Thanks much 👍
Another good one, thanks guys.🙏🙏 Giving up smoking, like everything else, takes one day/hour/minute at a time. Keep at it Steve.😉
So good to see Steve has given up smoking. New location yes was a bit noisy but I found interesting and be ok to see this done again.
I'm sure a bunch of us can club together Steve😊😊
No need for that yet, Neil, but thanks.
You both complement each other
Noice. Kudos for knowing the difference between "compliment" and "complement." And thank you.
another great show to make my weekend whole
Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky in the morning sailors take warning.
I just remember i wanted to correct Tim, The crawfish are not like shrimp, they are like little lobsters claws and all, In New South Wales and Victoria they are called yabbies, in Western Australia the Koonac, Gigly and the Marron, while Queensland has the Redclaw
Steve, don’t fall off!! Just decide, you want to live!
I smoked got 40ish years and quit 9 years ago.
You will actually feel better, things will taste better and if anything like me regret smoking and more so exposing the people in my life!!
You can do it dude! 👍
Thank you, A.
People helping people , that's so good .
The Most Difficult thing i have ever done was Quitting Smoking ! but it is the best thing as well .
Quitting smoking at Steve's age will do f-all to increase his life expectancy. It may, however, increase the quality of life for the time that remains. Wishing him luck.
Thank you My Neighbor.
Steve - A quick comment about Boontong's: it doesn't only exist in your mind. It's out there. You put it out there. Once you shared it, it became real. It lives in other people's imaginations, discussions, and thoughts. Without splitting hairs or going down an existential rabbit hole, Boontong's exists in the same way as the Daily Bugle in New York, or even Wayne Manor in Gotham City.
Please. It's "Stately Wayne Manor." And my saying that proves your point.
Steve, I reckon you could tell yourself yourself that you were waiting for a health crisis IN Thailand for this opportunity. Now you’re in your dream retirement location, I believe getting past the 6 months mark of abstinence will be easier. Because, after the physical addiction is gone, it’s purely psychological (unless you re feed the beast by reigniting those nicotine receptors by smoking). And… psychologically you’re way better primed to deal with abstinence now you’re in Thai Muang. Just my 2 cents worth. I reckon you’ll win this. However, when you go to Phuket for your millionaire 3 days … you may want to avoid smokers… maybe it’s a blessing in disguise that you need to save up for this hernia operation? All the best. Massive golf clap on 2 weeks. Worst part is over.
Thank you, Narelle.
Hopefully I will get to meet with you two guys early next year , just love your show . Yes I also am a supporter of Steve’s channel as well.
thank you for coming back, don´t ever do that again, I missed you so much last sunday
Good show as always Tim and Steve. Stay stong on quitting smoking Steve. I quit over 20 years ago and can't imagine ever starting again. BTW the hernia surgery would probably cost about $7000 in the USA.
Steve, congrats on kicking the cigarettes. Well done.
Thaksin was PM in my years there. He ordered the killing of 109 drug addicts in Chiang Mai, his home turf. But my ex-president (Duterte) did 30K in, a more decent number! Did Shinawatra ever get indicted for this?
I still say Grumpy Old Men is the best TH-cam show in S.E. Asia.
Did I miss a segment where you explained why you decided to move to Turtle Beach?
Gosh, CDT, I've written five books about why I moved to Turtle Beach. I've made a video every week since a month before I came, it's all in there, if you don't like reading books.
@@steverosse sorry I was asking why Tim is moving to Turtle Beach. I do know your story quite well Steve.
I have found that cutting a straw down to the length of a cigarette and using it to take drags on, and them slowly releasing the air really helped when I was trying to quit smoking. Good luck. 🙏🙏
@@ChasingDreamsInThailand Ah. Well, Tim has given me a few reasons, but I should let him explain to the public.
Thanks!
Really good to be 'on location' for a change. Background noise probably sounds worse to you than it does to the viewers. I wish you both well with your ailments. Laughter is the best medicine and I am sure for a short period of time you can both forget about your problems. Being an ex-smoker that managed to quit successfully by doing cold turkey, the only comment I would make is if you start up again when you visit Phuket then you are never really going to quit.
Giving up smoking is so hard. Glad I never started, my father gave me a hug as a young toddler and dropped his cig down my crack. Cured my desire to smoke. Surprised you have not gone electronic.
Steve, I have had open surgery and laparoscopy surgery for inguinal hernias. You don't want open surgery. Took about 2 weeks before I could do simple things after open surgery. Laparoscopy, I was good to go after a few days
Sadly...
Sometimes (aka often) the money will decide what options are available.
Laparoscopy...
Double the price?
I guess they are occupying the surgeon and room longer.
Still... 50k extra in an hour..
That's not minimal wages 😂
Steve, hope you can succeed in kicking the "habit". Keep positive and fight the desire !! Wishing both you gentlemen well.
Just had laparoscopic surgery for bilateral inguinal hernias last week. Steve can correct my writing lol. The hydrocodone is nice, helps keep you from coughing too, that hurts. Sore as F for 3 days but getting better. I was an outpatient but wish I had stayed one day. Take a stool softener, you don't want to grunt either.
Did you have it done in Thailand?
No, in the U.S. luckily was fully covered by my insurance too@@steverosse
Steve painted the house quick fast, damn you can move
After 60 I have always got something wrong with me, carpel tunnel, trigger finger, Plantar fasciitis, and leg pains at night, you name it. The conditions usually go away by themselves, if you try some alternative medicine, it takes your mind off the problem, and the body heals itself. You also have long boring anecdotes to exit, unwanted conversations with people.
Steve, anyway, you are Big by trying and succeeding for a bit. I can not do it. Even for 1 day, it is so difficult. I managed once for a month or so, but then back again happily. )
Tim and Steve, thank you for another fun conversation.
Have a good week.
Be well .
I died at "dim sim." It's dim sum, easily remembered if you win some, and then dim sum, or vice versa. Love getting my Sunday dose of you guys. It's like watching dumb and dumber, but in this case, smart and smarter.
Thank you, Kchu (gesundheit!)
@@steverosse I seriously love you and Tim. You two have a great dynamic going on. You share life knowledge with your own twist and twang. We may not agree on everything, but I'm always eager to hear what your take on things are. You guys are humble, self-reflective, and open-minded. Thank you for always pepping up my Sunday mornings. PS, I'm a fellow American from the SF Bay Area, and settling down in Pattaya, so I enjoy and can related to your Thailand insights very much.
Love the show as always, great idea to have new location introducing new place to the audiences. You may consider Songkha University Hospital, it is medical school.
Dim Sim, similar to a big spring roll
The cafe was a lot of fun.
Do it again.
Good video, guys. Smoking, that's a tough one. Hope it works out better for you than my experience. :) Until the next one, keep smiling.
Tim you need to start selling murch, you always have the coolest shirts. Always love Steve. I had hernia surgery in Pattaya about twenty years ago. Amazing total cost about $1000 USD including 3 days in the hospital. Living life after 65 with out some sort of health insurance is scary. If you want to save, go to a thai state hospital, they do a good job and are very cheap.
Restaurant looks like a good venue for a Pastafarian meeting.
Don,t normally watch but interested about the health section.
I was telling my second thai wife steve speaks and understand thai after living in Thailand for about 8yrs and married to a thai wife for about 12yrs and Tim dosent speak thai at all living in thailand for 12yrs. Her reply was how about you married to first thai wife for 25yrs and second thai wife for 8yrs and cant speak or understand a word of thai...😢
Living with a Thai partner will hinder anybody's study of the Thai language. There's absolutely no benefit for her in you learning any Thai, and a whole fistful of drawbacks: if you speak Thai you can understand when she talks about you with her friends and family. You can understand when her friends and family talk about her. And if you speak Thai you need her less. Also if you study Thai seriously you'll be constantly asking her to tell you how to say things, and who needs that aggravation. Sometimes Thai partners will find ways to actively scuttle a farang's attempts to learn Thai, but even if they don't they'll never really help much. It's rare to find a farang with a Thai partner who speaks Thai well. They're out there, but they're rare.
Totally agree, many family and friends are shocked that I am not fluent in Thai after twenty years in the country, but it wasn't through ignorance it was that obstacle were put in my way. I bought and studied Thai language in all sorts of media, books, videos, online even interactive AI lessons, where I would score highly, all to no avail. The root problem was I could speak thai but couldn't understand it, as spoken by Thai people! @@steverosse
Yo Steve, what's the budget for a "weekend millionaire" trip to Phuket Town (or whatever beach you visit)?
Three thousand baht for hotel, six thousand for her, and whatever else, taxi, food, shopping, medicine, etc.
Hey Tim, I've been suffering from Sciatica for 15 years and drugs never work on nerves except for very strong anti-inflammatories.... the BEST thing for Sciatica , imo, is gentle stretching yoga. Luckily you're surrounded by yoga bunnies I'm sure you can find a class ;)!
Temporary fix. Resistance exercise needs to be added (gym).
Proud of you, Steve , Not easy to give up smoking, not that I have ever smoked, but my husband had . Though my husband did and when he proposed to me !!! He said
Simply said If you Marry me, I will give up smoking !!! (Romance wasn't his big thing. Bless him ) Not a fancy man but a good man , I was doing a television Fashion show to raise money for the Childrens Hospital back then . I did many of the shows, as his companies sponsored all of the with many other sponsors, He like you, Tim he
loved his yacht A Double Mast, the "Golden Pearl" He owned several steel and metal businesses plus a Bindoon Pub and a Vineyard. , Not a Fancy man but a very clever man , We had many wonderful years, He lost his battle with His health 9 years ago , Thailand Cancer Institute Bangkok kept him alive 9 yrs ten month's . My Thai Agent arranged everything for us , Another Reason I love Thailand, Love you 2 boys down to earth and knowledgeable and fun , plus the bonus is Thailand Up to date Thai News all through the week . Love to you both . EM 🤗💙💙😊 EM.
Thank you, Edna Mae. Did you get your fashion museum?
I had surgery for a hernia 12-13 years ago on one side, I wonder if I will get the same problem on the other side. In that case I hope I get it before I move to Asia.
Restaurant looks good, what is the name of the place please Tim. Hope Steve gets his operation soon.
The name of the restaurant is Phi Sao. Elder sister.
Daily stretching has kept my sciatica at bay for 30 years. Hamstrings, glutes, hip flexors. Plenty of stretches to be found on TH-cam
Steve looks like weekend millionaire in that shirt TIM, PERTH AUSTRALIA
Great show again thanks guys
Gave up smoking 10 years ago and grumpy ever since 😂
Agree double minimum wage will be issue unemployment Thais and increased migration along with increased prices perhaps
Hey Steve I did the cold Turkey too. I found having a pack of ciggies in in the car allowed me to go through the motions of reaching for them asking myself, do I really want one? Or more to the point do I need one. Allowed me to get over that reach for one habit. I still crave them on occasion but the craving is more of a rose tinted memory, as knowing the reality of smelling like and ashtray and actually smoking one after 6 months was akin to licking an ashtray clean. Smoking Broccili probably doesn't help. Perhaps using said veggie in baking products would allow that clean break you are seeking. It is will power and it can be a challenge... took me 5 times to break it.
I enjoy the restaurant venue from time to time as it creates a lively atmosphere. Reminds me of the earlier episodes from The Grind Cafe and then later that other nice cafe close to the boats/docks (what was the name of that place? I think it was close to 5 Star Marine?). Tim’s shirt reminds me of artist Jackson Pollack. Only one guest was able to match Tim’s shirt from several years ago. Tim conducted an interview with an eccentric professor based in Phuket who was wearing a “Thomas Magnum” Hawaiian shirt as loud as Tim’s previous shirts. The professor was really eccentric and Tim had a field day by delivering sarcastic remarks throughout the interview (about Thai culture). I loved that guest and it would be cool to see him on a future episode!
Crayfish/Rock Lobster (langoustes - big, no claws) are sea water ..., and crawfish (écrévisses - small with claws 🦞) are inland water..., in 🇨🇵.
Steve, congrats on the non-smoking stretch. I hope you succeed. Both good for the ticker and the pocket book.
I myself got the mesh surgery in 2017 w/general anesthesia. I was released ~2 hrs later since I had someone else drive me home.
I can't recall if it was lap or open, but I had a 3" or so souvenir scar when finished if that helps determine which way it was done.
That's open. Laparoscopic leaves three tiny holes which usually heal without leaving any scar.
@@steverosse That's good news then. It means open surgery allowed for outpatient w/o overnight. Hopefully if you go that route, you can be home same day if someone can get you home. I remember not lifting much for a week. Light pain meds, but I don't remember terrible pain after. For a few months prior to surgery, I bought a hernia truss & wore it. It helped when I had to cough/sneeze. Found mine at a surgical supply store in the US.
Good luck Steve. Hope you can do it. สู้ๆนะ ✊🙏
I smoked my last cigarette at 11:59pm on new years eve 2009. The first month is hard. But after about 3 months you don't crave it anymore. And I can't even stand the thought of cigarettes now.
Crawdads. We call it, sucking head and pinching tail
Steve, when younger I was almost unbeatable at the game of Operation. No nasty buzz noise. Just saying, if you need the work done a little cheaper. Say..for a couple of beers. 😁
Let's call that Plan B.
Looks like a nice restaurant with nice atmosphere…
Use an anti-inflammatory along with a muscle relaxant. This will help the sciatica. It made my back new again. Only took two nights of these meds and I was done. It was an Egyptian doctor in Saudi Arabia that prescribed this for me and I was stunned by the change.
I was there last week the weather was rain almost everyday..
Tim I have knowledge about sciatica nerve pain, and no medecine will help in the long term. Only some really specific exercice will resove that as it's a problem of pressure on the nerve. I teach a and a specific stretching technique that is really efficient and that I've taught for decades. Not a scam. And free. I'll be on the island in october. take care. I Love your channel.
Delicious dishes 😋
Go Fund Me.... Steve, if you decide you do need help, set one up, I'm in.
Tim, I enjoy some of your facial expressions while Steve is talking.
Sorry to hear you lost 1 of your 3 furry family members. I will be leaving my cat in Amereca. Sad.
Loved the location.
Thank you, but I think it's a little early to be asking strangers for money. So far, the only diagnosis that has been made was made by a typist. Plenty of time to panic later.
Crayfish are fresh water. Crawfish are saltwater. Crayfish are the tropical seas equivalent of lobster. That's how I have understood it. 😢
Thanks!
I've had laparoscopic done on both sides. Best advise I could give is to make sure you have someone stay with you for a couple days to help you get around. Recovery can be painful for this. Mine was outpatient. I also just Google'd it and found that BKK Hospital shows 220K BHT for laparoscopic one side w/ mesh, open 160K. Might want to actually contact them direct.
As my go to Sunday morning vlog, I'd be happy to make a contribution to a Steve repair fund.... I'm sure he could make some kind of art installation which incorporated the individual contributers if he so wished.