OneMoreFarang

Is it really so bad? Obviously that is not impossible, but I would think Thailand is not so far behind the rest of the world in hygiene.

Be aware that electric bikes, which obviously have to be charged, are a fire risk. And if they start burning, then they burn, and burn, and burn.

I think I paid at least 10k for a root canal and I think more than that for a crown in a private clinic (not in a tourist area). Just in general: Private hospital charge a lot more than private clinics, with the same doctors working a few days here and there. If you can live with not so perfect English then avoid dentists in tourist areas. There are enough dentists a little bit away from the tourists.

You're the first one who recognized Frank Zander. ???? I work with computers all day and sometime night. And obviously I need a distraction from time to time. That's when I look at this forum. And because I do this since over 10 years the posts add up.

This turns into something unexpected. I love it.

That reminds me of this Bruce

My current favorite:

It seems you have difficulties with these complicated things. Are you by any chance a farmer from up-country? There is very little black and white. There is a lot of grey. Like the grey matter. Some people use that a lot, others not so much. I leave it to you to figure it out.

In case it wasn't mentioned already, make sure you have a slight slope so that water can drain from the surface.

Sure. Now tell me, how many farmers in the northeast care about my life in Bangkok? Nobody. So I think that is fair enough. And just in general, I like the idea that everybody is happy. But if especially the farmers up country vote again and again for the same corrupt politicians, then they shouldn't be surprised that they have again and again a corrupt government.

Thanks for all your information. It seems now the battery gets worse and it is definitely time to replace it. I will let a professional shop do the replacement. Work like that is cheap in Thailand. I won't spend an hour of my time to try to do this, and do it somehow not perfect because I do it the first time, when the alternative is to pay a shop a few hundred THB to do that job. And they did it probably already hundreds of times.

This is a box from the tiles I used. There is lots of information on that box.

I never did it myself. It seems the best way is that you have an assistant to prepare the adhesive, hand you the tiles, etc. The following picture is from my renovation done by a professional tiler. I made the picture after he finished for one day. You see that there are no plastic parts at the edges. The tiler will put them there when he puts the next row of tiles next to the already installed tiles.

Why would I care if people from that area are happy? They are all up country, far far away from Bangkok, the center of Thailand.

Here is "my" concept how to use all those property websites: Look at the area you want and the type of property, i.e. 100sqm condo in lower Sukhumvit. Then look at what is listed, the buildings, the prices, etc. Likely you will soon find out that maybe you want something in building A or B. Often there are many units of the same type, especially in high-rise buildings. And then visit the buildings. Look at the common area, the people, the cars, how it is maintained, etc. And if you like the building then look at information which is shown of a board, or ask the shop or hairdresser in the building, etc. Sometimes you will also get information from the receptionist. But don't expect that, and don't expect that they will tell you about all available units. Because, of course, all of them want to get a commission.

No, the point is that you contact the agent. And once he has your contact details, he will try to sell you something.

Confirmed - at least with many of them.

I am sure more or less all of them are corrupt. A big difference is how they present it. Thaksin did it right in the open like: See here, I give Myanmar a loan so they will give that money to my private company. See, I can do that, and you won't stop me. Others are also corrupt but at least they make it a little more in the background. And who is worse? We will never know. Because the principle of corruption is obviously to hide it.

I know about lithium batteries from the RC world. Some of those batteries are designed for fast charging, some are not. If a battery which is designed for fast charging is fast charged all the time that is no problem. But it a battery which is not designed for fast charging is fast charged a couple of times, that reduces the lifespan considerably.

No, they will never beat America with all those idiots over there.

I wrote today in this forum (I don't remember the thread), that I think there are often many components which influence the outcome. It's not: X happened and because of that Y happened. It's more like: A, B, C happened, and then E happened, and F and G. Was A the most important factor? Or B, maybe together with C? I don't know. What I know is the following: When the (for me) first coup happened in Thailand (2006, Thaksin) I wasn't really surprised and many of my friends were not surprised that it happened. It was like: Thaksin got away with crimes for so long, and he behaved like he is invincible, it was only a question of time before he would be stopped. Exactly who will stop him and how was not obvious. But the fact that it happened was no surprise. And same for Yingluck. As soon as her government decided to whitewash her brother at 3am, it was obvious the next day that her days were numbered. Did "the people" decide that it's time for coups? No. But many people, at least in Bangkok where I live, were not surprised and welcomed the coups. Were there other reasons? I am sure there were. Did the old elite want to get rid of Thaksin? Sure. But only a combination of things made it possible.

Abhisit

And sometimes it does justify the coup.