Bad money won
Re: "Outlook dour after January SET decline", (Business, Feb 15).
It was obvious to me long ago that "big cap Thai stocks" here were mostly way overvalued, over-hyped, and over-punted.
I wrote so often already three to four years ago and told MDs at various Thai brokers how "bad money will chase out good". How many legitimate investors will leave? In time, the traders would get burned and retreat, leaving few to none left. None answered.
Now they got "a fine mess", as Laury and Hardy would say. It's why I firmly and continuously viewed only investing in very high dividend value stocks here until one day, sanity returns.
Paul A Renaud
Beating the flu
Re: "Influenza cases surge, worst in 4 Isan provinces", (Online, Feb 17).
As I grew up not far from Canada in rural Wisconsin, I might have some helpful, old-school advice on dealing with the flu in our very long, ice-cold winters. While I am not a doctor, Dr Adam Reindfleish, MD (Wisconsin) agrees most of what I present is very safe if used appropriately:
First, the biggest key is avoiding the flu, which we do by dressing in layers and keeping a scarf for when it gets down near or past freezing, as well as staying close to the fire if outside past sundown. There are many older remedies that may reduce symptoms with no medications, should a person not have access to modern medicines, which doctors like Dr Reindfleisch support.
The biggest remedy is often a lot of water to stay hydrated, particularly hot tea. Hot showers help soothe aching muscles with no toxic pain medicines. Chicken noodle soup seems a big help and is a "must-have" in Wisconsin. And, a 2006 German study shows that eating horseradish, combined with nasturtium, may be very effective at treating sinusitis naturally.
Finally, the biggest thing one can do for certain is maintain a healthy diet and weight and exercise daily. Obese Americans routinely fare poorly with the flu, so if you are out of shape and intend to travel to cool Thai areas, getting in shape might be something to think about, and that is something you can do for free.
Jason A Jellison
Rules? What rules?
Re: "Crash victim to get payout", (BP, Feb 19).
After driving in Thailand for 14+ years now, I have noticed that Thai drivers of cars or motorcycles hardly ever obey the rules of the road or stop at pedestrian crossings.
The Thai way means that most rules are there to be ignored -- motorcycles riding down the middle of the road, splitting traffic, weaving in and out between cars.
Then there are the truck beds overloaded with human cargo and tailgating, riding motorcycles without helmets, blatantly using mobile phones while driving even if it means slowing down traffic, etc.
SJL
