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BBC News - Ukraine war: UN chief Guterres slams oil and gas firms' 'grotesque greed' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62415904

Still not sure if the OP is serious .... suspect a troll. Jumping from an auto scooter to (I guess) a Honda CB500 without knowing how to use clutch and brakes properly seems like a high risk plan .... but just in case the OP was serious ..... Except in an emergency stop situation, you go down through the gears to slow down, adding a touch of front and rear brake if needed, then to come to a complete stop from low speed, you can use either brake, but it easier to use the rear, or perhaps one finger on the front. To prevent the engine stalling, you also pull in the clutch. If riding an older bike (or an old design bike ... i.e Chinese) you will flip it into neutral before you stop, otherwise you'll be faffing about trying to find neutral. For an emergency stop - you need to practice this, a lot, so it becomes an automated reaction. Ease on the front brake quite firmly until you feel the front wheel load up (you can sense this by the suspension diving and the sound from the tyre) then pull the front brake hard, but release a little if you feel the front is going to lock. At the same time lightly press the rear brake, and go quickly down through the gears - so you are always in the right gear for your rapidly reducing speed (as accelerating quickly may become a better option than braking, depending on the situation. To do all this quickly is why you need to practice - ideally on different surfaces ... wet, dry, gravel, off road. ABS adds to the safety, but still good to be able to 'feel' your wheels when stopping.

I get about 3 or 4 a week. Recorded message in Thai about DHL package, customs duty or similar. I ignore any calls from countries where I don't have customers, but the scammers VOIP system seems to generate random country codes, so I answer UK and US numbers, then hang up and block. I once let it run out of curiosity, when my TGF was worried that the call may be genuine. It's an impressive routine. You press the number, a person answers and tells you the tale ...... "your DHL package has been stopped by customs at the airport because it contained illegal items". He then offers to connect you to 'the police' to explain that you did not order the items. He gave us a Line account - which has the Royal Thai Police logo on the account. The 'policeman' waffles on about how much trouble you're in, then asks for a bribe. By then the TGF agreed with me that it was a scam, and we rang off. But as others have said, the scam is reliant on the victims believing that the police would ask for a bribe - which is why Thailand, India, Pakistan are top of the scammers league.

Well you asked ..... then you disagree with what I said. Fair enough, although why ask if you know everything? ..... but I've not eaten red meats for over 30 years, and seem to be in decent condition, and sugars in fruits are not a problem compared to the high sugar levels in most Thai foods and most carbonated drinks.

Taa tiab cruang-bhin ท่าเทียบเครื่องบิน Or just 'sapan loi' ..... same as a footbridge.

There is a very effective tablet, although I wouldn't recommend you take them due to potentially severe side effects. Isotretinoin also known as Roaccutane. Better to look at your diet. Cut down on red meats and chicken, eat more fruit and veg.

First time it was just what everyone did in my town. You paired up with who you thought was the best pick from all the girls in town, and got married. Lasted a couple of years before we both realised there's a big 'ole world out there. Second time, my favourite girlfriend fell pregnant. To be honest, on that perfect summer afternoon, I felt so in love and felt no need for precautions. Third time ........ and hopefully the last time ..... this Thai beauty just stole my heart. She's a smart, exotic beauty, and I want her to be mine forever. Smooth, cappuccino coloured skin, long shapely legs, deliciously full, natural breasts, stunning Asian eyes ..... and a witty, sparkling intelligence. Good English as a bonus. Not HiSo, didn't have a degree at the time I met her 11 years ago, but slotted into her international life seamlessly.

Don't get married Don't sell your property Don't get married again Keep the Mk 1 Celica GT2000 For f#☆<s sake stop with the marriages

Not sure if this has been covered in the news section, but last night the under-contruction flyover on Rama 2 in Bangkok collapsed, trapping some cars, then this morning part of the Bang Pakong tollway collapsed, fortunately nobody hurt this time. Another risk to add to the list of safety hazards when driving in Thailand?

Looking at the trends in the economy, the environment and politics, no rational person could not be worried about the future.

No ..... you have a business strategy based on your normal operating margin and growth plans. External factors cause the price of your raw materials to rise, so you increase retail prices in proportion and your margin is maintained. Or, if you're a responsible company, you reduce your margins to minimise the price increase for your customers. But if you're OK with blatant profiteering, then you use the increase in oil costs to increases prices more than needed to maintain your margins, and so you achieve record profits. That is classic profiteering, and as the cause is a war, it's also immoral. I accept that nobody in the history of Thaivisa/Aseannow has ever admitted to being wrong - but in your heart you know the oil companies are in the wrong on this one.

News Now with 'Thailand' set as your option is a good tool. Aseannow and The Thaiger tend to be poor translations of 2 day old news.

..... you hope. Could be any white powder.

At the start of a foot massage, I say "Phom mai ow mai" ..... I don't want stick. An experienced masseur will use her fingers to hit the points, but as others have said, a good foot massage will hurt a bit.

Blatant profiteering. Demand should fall due to price hikes, so you'd expect profits to reduce due to lower revenues, but as profits are up, they've just used the tragedy in Ukraine to push prices up even more than the rise in oil prices. A pox on both your houses..

Yes, lots of Go Pro accessories in Fortune Town - genuine and some intetesting ones that use the same screw mount. There's also the small 'video/phone/photo lights shops in most malls ..... one on top floor of Terminal 21 Bangkok, a few in MBK upper floor, one in Central Bangna and one in Central Chonburi that I know of. I got a good clamp on Go Pro style bracket fron one of these shops in Central Mall - stronger than the original Go Pro clamp. I'm now considering a 360 camera for the bike, as the editing options look interesting.

All dogs can learn, even Soi Dogs. I keep a BB gun near the door onto the balcony - and if they are barking outside my house they get shot at. I rarely hit them, as they scarper when I appear, but they all know the sound, and after 3 or 4 nights of being shot at, they now nip quietly passed my house. I also put ground pepper and chilli powder along the house frontage, it stops then sh÷tt÷ng in front of my house. I can still hearing the howling sessions in the distance some nights, but packs of stray dogs are inevitable in Thailand, so you just have to get used to the background noise, but at least they don't fight and sh÷t near my house. As an added bonus, I went to a shooting range to try a real gun (a Glock) ..... and I"m a good shot after all the dog shooting practice ????

I just hand the bags to my new Thai girl, and she sorts. It out. By coincidence, she mentioned she was in a bar with some fat bloke who fell asleep, then she met this cheap charlie who took her to Koh Chang, but he didn't even pay for the hotel.

Police around Asoke junction and Thong Lor area are infamous for hassling tourist. Spot searches, drug tests, asking to see passports ..... they are just looking for a reason to extract a bribe. Uniformed beggars.

" ........ brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness." His quote on a piece of paper sold for $1.3 million...... bought by someone who got rich by pursuing success with constant restlessness?

Meanwhile in Thailand...... - Young people protesting, 'government' silent.

If you're old enough, you probably had the smallpox vaccination as a kid - and I believe this would give you some protection ..... although you are also probably too old for unprotected sex with strangers. And if you're younget and have unprotected sex with strangers who have boils and lesions, you are probably at greater risk of Herpes (or you're a zombie).

Is there a name for the tip, of the tip of an iceberg? In an institutionally currupt organisation, this isn't even window dressing.

Nobody in Thailand cares about a country so poor and insignificant it had to sell it's embassy on Wireless Road and move into a rented shop house.

Yes ..... and talking about risks or taking precautions is inviting an accident.