OneMoreFarang

Does this apply to all venues? Or only the venues with license? Venues without license can obviously do whatever they want because nobody can take away their license. TiT

We all have our choices. I know I guy who used to work here for many years. He is not married but together with the same Thai woman since forever. He didn't save any money, his pension from back home is minimal. Legally he has basically no chance to live here. So what does he do? I didn't ask him because I am sure he won't like that question. I am pretty sure he stays with his woman up country, without a valid visa, and hopes for the best. The alternative for him would be living somewhere with almost no money in a country which he doesn't like. Tough choices.

Sounds like the UK.

Maybe part of this survey, or another survey, could be: Could you afford to spend more? Or are you just happy with what you have? I.e. I love good food and I spent a lot of money on it. If I would have more money, then probably I would also drink good wine. But that gets really expensive. On the other hand, I just don't see the value of buying expensive clothes. I could buy now more expensive clothes, but I don't do it because I don't care. If I would have more money, I still wouldn't buy it. We have all our priorities how we spent our money.

A general reply not only for this comment. I don't want to give the impression that everybody can stay here forever without valid visa. As far as I know the question was/is: Is it possible? And I still think it is possible. But obviously life is a little more difficult with years of overstay. But then, if someone had a year or two overstay already this person had enough time to think about alternatives. I.e. getting money in the bank account of a (girl)friend or cash from visitors or whatever. Is it convenient: No. But I am sure some people prefer that compared to living somewhere in cold and rainy farang-land.

Do it with style!

As far as I know the AQI is a mix of several measurements. The measurements must all exist to give a correct value. It seems some sites and users don't know the difference between 0 and no data. Some use 0 if no data is available. And that obviously screws up the value of the AQI.

I think for cars it depends a lot on the car and style of driving. When I was a little younger l always had BMW cars and I liked the manual transmission/action. Recently I rented a BMW without specifying manual or automatic and they gave me an automatic. Fine. I didn't miss the manual gear change but I also didn't think something like: This is so much easier or more comfortable. And by now I don't drive aggressive anymore, so it didn't matter. If I would buy a car for Bangkok traffic, then more likely I would buy an automatic for all that stop and go traffic.

It depends. I seems professionals want a flat surface. And then they apply with a trowel always the exact amount of tile adhesive. And for a perfect result they use tiling system. Others use a lot of sand with cement. There are lots of videos on YouTube where you can watch how it is done professionally. But obviously that doesn't mean you will find someone to do it like that in Thailand. My contractor hired one of those professionals for a high-quality job - and I paid accordingly.

Habit. And it feels like a real bike. ????

Yes, confirmed, that is what my question is about. Currently I have a 150cc bike and the 390cc bike, both are manual with gears and manual clutch. I can't imagine that I will ever buy an automatic bike. I just don't like them. But I am not surprised that many here, it seems the majority, prefer automatic bikes. That seems to be the trend these days.

As long as the Shinawatras don't get any power that is ok.

If that is the most annoying thing in your life...

I don't like rubber bands.

Yes, long term, at least until recently, he knew how to be successful and make a ton of money. Obviously he doesn't care about advice from this form. But it seems sometimes he doesn't listen to any advice. I am sure more than one person told him to take it easy and maybe wait a little and think twice. I am also pretty sure that would be in 101 of how to run a business. I find it sad to see that a guy who obviously knows how to run a business successfully f@$ up so badly.

It seems you think Musk does everything right all the time. Then why does he U-turn all the time with his decisions about Twitter? Obviously Musk has a brain. Maybe he should use it instead of shooting from the hip and then changing things a day later and then shooting from the hip again. And even a very smart guy will have huge difficulties behaving as if the management of a couple of billion-dollar companies is a part time job. There is a reason why Tesla is 50% down since he bought Twitter.

"turning it into a toilet of bile and discontent"? Or making it just more of the same?

Maintenance issues? After all, TiT.

I thought: yes, do it now. And then I saw this reply which reminded me that even in a bad situation the alternative doesn't have to be any better...

That is relative. My VFR400 in Bangkok traffic used about 10l per 100km. 1st gear up to 100km/h at 14,500 RPM and all that.

YES Obviously it is possible and IMHO advisable to use two hands on the handlebar on all bikes. But it seems now many riders, mostly teenagers, never take their phone out of their hand. Sitting with phone, walking with phone, riding with phone, I wonder if they do sex with one hand on the phone.

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Or real bikes and girly bikes ????

That reminds me of riding a 250cc 4-stroke bike from my friend for the first time. I had myself an 80cc 2-stroke - no engine braking at all. When I got off the throttle on that 250 it felt like braking hard on the 2-stroke...

Sure. But as far as I understand this thread is about people who live here without valid visa. I guess most of them live in one place and they don't travel. And if they travel it would be stupid to give a passport with an expired visa to anybody. Now my passport and visa are perfect since many years. But a long time ago I had a substantial overstay. I didn't have to think too much to avoid giving the passport to anybody who might check it.