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Here's an actual comparison... vs a $15 Walmart fan. I've never tested it myself since I won't pop the money for a Dyson. The guy (Dyson) is a genius at hoovering money out of pockets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS0oFmzU06g

And be sure you know how to do it if the need arises. That's not the time to learn a new interweb skill.

The OP asked if it was dangerous. Statistics say it is. I didn't tell him not to do it. I gave him information to make an informed decision. Not based on a few thousand miles of driving myself accompanied by some scooter porn, but billions of miles driven by millions of riders. I'd post up the Thailand numbers but they can't be trusted even if they did measure deaths per billion km. Here's the UK for example: 50x as dangerous. Edit: I'd add that the foreigners who have been killed in scooter wrecks aren't here to post up their advice. Makes it pretty one sided...

Anyone who believes that inflation is just 8.5% must be living in one of the states that just legalized weed. Or they hire someone else to do all their driving and shopping.

Google "rent a ticket"

Sorry to drop the turd in the punchbowl, but taking the trip on a scooter is 20-40 times as dangerous as taking it in a 4 wheel vehicle. (Statistics out of the USA and Aus. In the UK, it's 50x as hazardous per km driven). Up to you, but I prefer seat belts, 4 wheels and air conditioning for bopping cross country in the heat. That said, they track fatalities on the basis of deaths per billion km driven, so "crazy dangerous" is a relative thing and you may make the rip 1000 times before it's your turn in the barrel. But that's largely up to the crazies you'd be sharing the road with.

Thank goodness the guy posted in Thai and no foreigners will ever find, much less understand his posts... How much worse can it be than pre-Covid when the immigration line was often hours long?

That's why I get such a kick out of the guys who are thrilled that they can build the way they want, with no pesky permits, inspections, tradies, or codes. Then spend the next 10 years tracing mysterious electrical, plumbing and structural "quirks". With fingers crossed that their loved ones don't get electrocuted.

Where did it say 10 against 1? It could have been 5 against 5, with just one guy stabbed. The other 9 melted away- both sides...

Forgot to mention, whenever I had that problem in a hotel, I took a small towel, soaked it with water and covered the drain with it.

Lots of interweb reviews that show the >$500 Dysons are noisier and less powerful than the cheap $25 Walmart models. But they do look cool. My experience with plain old cheapo Hatari's was good. Just had to clean out and relube the motor bearings once a year or so from all the dust. About the same time the blades got all funky and had to be wiped down.

The smell is how you can tell if it's windy outside.

On the plus (??) side, you don't read about many anti-gub'ment protests since they locked it all down. Perhaps there's method to the madness?

At least they're finally acknowledging that it is his... Small steps toward a full reveal. Where they're checking the other recipients' emails to see if they jibe. And checking emails against published travel schedules, and... and... Just like they're finding that the US has funded biolabs in Ukraine, and it's not Russky disinformation. But it'll be denied because funding is coming from the NIH or CDC and not the CIA or State Dept. And the MSM will go along... Great source, BTW. And yes, that's sarcasm.

Must be an election coming up...

Whenever I read that a claim is baseless, that usually means it's really a spoiler alert. Disputed... Sure. Unproven... Okay. But claiming it's baseless when Biden's own spokeswoman lamented there are biolabs in Ukraine that they don't want Russia to get their mitts on... Spoiler alert. Like a certain laptop that was "Russian disinformation".

Isn't that how all good stories start?

8 million? They must be including migratory birds.

Cracking down on dissent and defamation, or real crimes?

Where did you go on your honeymoon?

With that kind of work history, she may get a 10 year multi entry tourist visa in a few weeks (or maybe not). I had a friend come to the US to visit me just before Covid and she had no property. Just a good job, a little money in the bank and she had gone to school in Australia so she had some international travel history. She hired a local BKK visa agency and they suggested she keep my name completely out of the process. Told her it would just complicate things. What worked for my friend may or may not work today, or for someone else. Covid has probably changed things and made some processes quicker and some slower. Professionals keep up with those changes to make the best suggestions based on today's conditions. Here's an excellent thread and linked articles for why they make it "complicated":

I can't speak for K-Bank, but I've had many wire transfers returned to sender over the years. Usually, it was clerical, like mis-spelling the name, leaving out the middle initial, or some other mistake where the name and account number don't match exactly. Keep in mind the Thai naming convention and alphabet are so different that oddities that may be overlooked at western banks may trip them up. Like Joe and Joseph. Or Doe, John isn't the same as John Doe. Talk to the bank. They'll tell you why...

One of my flights to China, I sat next to a guy who was flying to Beijing to have it out with the US Embassy staff who had declined a fiancé visa for his gal. He was livid because they'd been internet dating for 2 years and he'd actually spent a week with her in a Beijing hotel to make sure it was the real thing. I came away with a new appreciation for what the embassy workers are up against when they make their decisions. Sometimes, they're protecting us from our ourselves. Edit: Which I agree, shouldn't be their job. But they're also protecting the USA and the integrity of the immigration system.

I'd have been tickled pink with a 6800 baht power bill for 3 months on my medium size BKK apartment. That's about $72 USD a month. If you've been using the A/C at all, that's cheap. You may also be paying for those months when they apparently weren't reading the meter. Maybe it was malfunctioning, or maybe Covid was keeping them from reading it. My typical bill was 3-4K on a normal month and 5k baht in the hottest months. Part of that is because I was on the top floor and I paid for the view in higher electric bills. The ceiling insulation was pretty poor.

Or you can concede that it's not about punishment or rehabilitation. It's about warehousing them where they can't harm anyone else. For a long, long time.