DualSportBiker

I avoid minivans, however I've sat on Nok Air's vans to complete trips to Mukdahan... On every occasion I wear my seatbelt to the amusement of everyone else, regardless of age or superficial sophistication. With that kind of attitude, this story will repeat ad nauseam.

They are not hard to find. You can get 1:2 up to 1:8 VRV/VRF types. Generic retail shops are always maximise revenue per sq.m; find a specialist via manufacturers' websites.

I know a guy who was on that project, ex-USAF. He told me that the operators were told not to f&*k with the AC, but would bring their girlfriends in who would then complain it was too cold. Constant need to replace fried circuits due to heat-overload.

They certainly used to: https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/thailands-special-envoy-risks-becoming-a-tool-of-myanmar-junta.html

The umpire might call it a wide...

It's not just the price, taxi drivers might be overly pushy and impatient, but they are qualitatively better drivers than the private drivers. I stopped because the first three grab car drivers I sat with were dodgy, dodgy, and outright scary! Many of the non-taxi Thais I have sat with over the years have been pretty rough drivers tbh.

I can't remember hearing that excuse before I moved here. I might be wrong... but yes, I agree. However I make an effort not to preach; I try to only ask questions or answer theirs if I must. I prefer to leave them to think rather than prejudice their opinions by injecting my own.

I've asked a few people I watched dropping the packaging they'd used; a bag of ice from 7/11, a cup and plastic holder from Amazon. When I asked why they don't put it in a bin they said it was not their job to clear up trash. So I told them it was not trash - it was theirs since they bought it minutes prior. The response was "I bought the contents, not the packaging. It's not my job to clean it up."

19th century laws? Really? The DPDA is a simplified and 'open to Thai interpretation' version of the European data protection laws. Those laws are specific to digital information, how and when it can be collected, stored, made available to its titular owners, and how it can or should be deleted. Movie censorship and digital data rights are not the same, at least not for anyone who thinks about either for a minute or more... In the age of easy access via the Internet, censorship of broadcast media is pretty silly - I'll give you that. But that is not the same as how you can control who can capture identifying data about you and how they store it and use it.

You might benefit to know that you can edit your erroneous posts within some time-limit. I need to correct typos on a regular basis.

It's a condition people on (off) bikes suffer when they are foolish enough not to wear appropriate clothing. They typically don't fall into the All The Gear, All The Time group.

What better way to pay for the appalling state of Bangkok's roads, sidewalks and general trashy state than to ask those who stay a few days to pay for it. Whatever you do, don't ask the residents, those who use the roads every day, or those who drop trash as soon as they have finished their food or drink to pay for their own city to be kept clean. This idea comes from the same smelly hole that put tesakit muppets on Sukhumvit trying to fine non-smoking tourists 2,000 Baht for dropping cigarette butts. "We made Bangkok dirty, let's have someone else pay for it."

I like the Swiss model; fines are proportional to offenders salary. If the offender is offensively rich, the judge can assign additional penalties. The largest penalty applied to date is 10.6 Million Baht.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack There is more than one black apparently!

I lived in Portland for a year - put of 10kg from beer and pizza! Outstanding beers at every street corner - loved it!

You are out of date. The US produces huge variety of craft beer that even makes its way to Thailand. It's not cheap here, but it's still tasty...

Hilarious - facts are oppressive! They impose on your right to be wrong. No, you are free to be wrong - just know how measurably you are wrong...

Mathematics doesn't care for dissenting opinions. The great thing about science and maths is that they are repeatable, and can be explained to those who accept the limitations of their own opinions. There are no alternative facts. When opinions counter known facts, those opinions can be dismissed out-of-hand and he who opines ignored.

Yet another person who has no clue about statistical analysis and is happy to tell everyone how clueless they are. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/howcan-a-poll-of-only-100/

Really? Nowhere in the text I wrote, or the text I quoted (for which I am not responsible) is there the phrase "fully vaccinated person" So what on earth are you talking about? If you are referring to A1, then you have misread it. It clearly means that when 70% of the local population is vaccinated, then allowing foreigners in is safe. It makes no mention of whether those tourists would be vaccinated, but that is stated public policy. Your point was that the question was stupid and therefore the answer would be equally stupid and meaningless. Are you going to address the fact that the questions are in fact well thought out? Or is whataboutism your only approach to discourse?

Makes sense to me. Have you read the questionnaire in its original form? I have. It is yet another well-formed questionnaire from a group with a proper working knowledge of how to frame questions and how to ensure proper collation of respondents. Q1: “5 factors” that will help open the country as scheduled A1: Vaccination is effective for more than 70% of people. - 74% agree A2: Have control over the spread of COVID-19 - 69% agree A3: Readiness of public health, hospitals, medical personnel - 68% agree A4: There is regular proactive examination / screening before entering various places. - 66% agree A5: Build confidence in safety in tourist areas such as airports and public transport, restaurants and hotels - 65% agree Q1 is a 'all you agree with' format so it is not an error that the responses seem greater than 100%... I would continue, but would you?

Sure, here the charging network is poor. From Bangkok to Korat (235km), there are only 4 charging points, fairly evenly distributed, the first being around 100 km from Don Muang. So that would be a struggle for any car with under 100 km range (are there any.) Suggesting the rest of the world is like Thailand is so far off the mark. My mate drove his Tesla from western England to Stockholm four years ago - mostly free electricity. My sister drove her Audi from Manchester to Scotland two months ago - free electricity. Another mate drove his Tesla from Portland, OR to New York for a very reasonable price. Non-Tesla drivers will find it harder for sure, but it is only 13 years since Tesla kick-started the market, so, sorry, you are holding onto old news. The rate of installation of ev charging stations is staggering. In the US, there are 14 times more ev charging stations per ev than there are gas stations per gas car. Add to that charging at home, private charging at supermarkets and hotels and the ratio swings further to ev's advantage. In the UK, there have been more EV charging stations than petrol stations since around Q3 2019. I don't know how old you are, but unless you are in your late 80s, electric cars will be more convenient and easier to operate in most countries before you pop your clogs. And, might I add, I hope you live long enough to enjoy the experience and the change of opinion. Happy travels...

Yeah - the performance of real e-bikes is terrible...

sorry for double-post - system did not seem to accept it...

The best at what? They are on their way out. Electric is just getting started. Electric already produce the fastest production cars available which, while irrelevant to normal driving in so many ways, means efficiency will outpace ICE. Teslas are made so well that the testing authorities had to change their standards adding 'extra levels' to cater for their industry leading safety standard. Advances in solar will mean most commuting will be powered by parking outside. Maintenance is so simple. Many Tesla owners claim they spend more on tires than energy for the life of one set. This guy crashed a car so badly that it caught fire but escaped with minor injuries. Try that in a diesel pick up made in Chonburi.