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23 hours ago, gamb00ler said:

Maybe I'll just borrow the stepsons sound bar to see if that's enough improvement over the small and back-facing TV speakers

An excellent alternative are Edifier "active" speakers, sold locally on Lazada.com.  These are "powered" bookshelf size speakers, that is, they have their own built-in amplifier and require no outside amp or pre-amp.  I use 1280 DBs on my bedroom TV and R2000DBs on my living room TV.  Excellent sound.  many YouTube videos about them.  
https://www.lazada.co.th/catalog/?q=Edifier+speakers&_keyori=ss&from=input&spm=a2o4m.home-th.search.go.11257f6dMqsgFs

On 11/4/2023 at 10:49 AM, impulse said:

 

Good info.  I've always done my own repair work, but I can see where, since it's not a high volume business (like gas scooters) it may be hard to find parts and expertise locally.  Several shops in Chinatown BKK work on them.

 

Edit:  BTW, I forgot to mention it has F-N-R and the bigger wheels make it do quite well on rough pavement (though I wouldn't call it an off road beast).

 

Another problem with parts is the ebike and scooter business is still really fragmented with many small manufacturers assembling them from parts sourced from a variety of overseas suppliers; mostly Chinese.   

I bought such an ebike, assembled from Chinese parts by a Bangkok distributor.  When the control module went pffftt, the distributor was no longer answering the phone and the part had no name or part number to refer to.  I ended-up giving the bike away.

I live near Jomtien Beach and there seems to be a sizeable wheelchair community here. Also, I'm seeing more electric carts on local roadways.  It's pretty flat with a fair supply of curb cuts.  The condo building I'm in has flat entry into the lobby so no 30 degree ramps to deal with.

I guess the two things I'd suggest is first to determine if regular physical therapy with a trained and licensed therapist would help him retain what strength he still has and perhaps enhance it a bit.

Second, would be to do an eyes open survey of his residence building and neighborhood.  Is it wheelchair friendly or are their a lot of obstacles that would require him to always have assistance at hand.  If that is the case, then perhaps moving to a more user friendly residence and neighborhood while he sill can.

12 hours ago, phetphet said:

I wonder why the large discrepancy in pricing between countries. Thailand THB139, UK £12, US $13.99

YouTube has a number of different access plans in different markets.  You might be confusing dis-similar plans.

13 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

I use Brave and YouTube blocks my viewing. I'll play around and see if there's a setting I can change.

I had the same problem when I started using Brave. Turned out I had inadvertently transported "AdBlock Plus" to my Brave extensions.  Brave has it's own built-in ad blocker.  It was the "adBlockPlus that was triggering YT blocking.  As soon as I uninstalled "AdBlockPlus" from Brave, YT blocks went away.

Even if it's his own mother, it's still an eviction whether she lives with his permission or not and as any former landlord knows, evictions can go sideways very easily. 

Look how difficult it is for owners to evict squatters in many European countries and in many US states.  In their haste to protect tenants from "greedy" landlords, all sorts of roadblocks were enacted that can make it very difficult to remove somebody from a property.  Even if an owner puts locks on the door, he can end up the looser in court, ending up paying the tenant.

It really is an upside down mess.

36 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

Not sure why you bring BritTim"s unfortunate incident up here, he was not a passenger on a mototaxi in Pattaya.

Not "BritTim", "BritMan2"

5 hours ago, Jingthing said:

No!

It's absolutely the front one now.

Have you even done this recently?

 

Sometimes you might get on a bus on beach road and when it gets to South Pattaya it turns towards Jomtien.

 

You CAN stay on it if you like but they are not committed to go as far as you expect in Jomtien then. 

 

Also they know where you got on, and they know about the queue system so there's a good chance they'll demand 20 baht anyway.

 

Enjoy

This is correct.  Front bus.  Took it last night.

On 10/31/2023 at 8:44 AM, JimTripper said:

what i need is like a costco in the usa that has a premium selection of 2 pound bags at a good price, not a novelty bag of beans from a cafe that's way overpriced for someone that drinks coffee all day. yep, 2 pounds, not a small 250 g bag to make tiny cups and skimp on the coffee. i also don't re-use the grounds a second time if your asking 🤔.

If you are in Bangkok and at all handy to Phra Khanong, on Sukhumvit 71, just a few doors past Soi (Pridi) 16 is "Abstract 13", a high end coffee equipment and bean distributor servicing the hotel industry.  They have their own blends of beans, sold in whatever quantity one wants.  I have directed several coffee aficionados with more discerning taste than mine and they all now buy beans there.  The "Abstract Blue" blend, available in both medium and dark roast seems especially popular. 

On 10/31/2023 at 5:51 AM, HappyExpat57 said:

Has anyone tried those beans predigested and extracted from elephant poop?

Looks like "Big Joke" is being moved to a smaller stage.  Not as many nightly news stand-ups in women and children's divisions.

I've tried a number of Northern roasters that advertise promotions on Facebook.  I will usually try a single 250g bag and see how I like it, usually paying no more than B300.  I especially enjoy the medium roast beans I've gotten from "RODS" however I do not claim to have a particularly discerning palate.  

On 10/13/2023 at 1:31 PM, brewsterbudgen said:

This is the email for their Sales.  They are normally good at responding.

 

http://[email protected]

Hard to have confidence in their service when their website is still incomprehensible, nearly endless lines of code.  It's been this way for more than a month.

On 10/6/2023 at 10:22 AM, sandyf said:

Quite. I have had several over the years and not a problem. 

Google is very integrated so I have used a separate google account just for the android boxes. You don't need to lock an empty box.

You just have to make double sure when setting up the Google account in the box not to select any of the "Sync" or "Share" options with any of your other devices or accounts.  Very easy to inadvertently share accounts and a RPIA to back out. 

I've had a HISENSE E7G 70" 4k HDR TV (B18,000 on Lazada) for two years now.  I've run a number of 4K demo videos and can find no fault with it.  Perhaps if side by side with a B60,000++ OLED TV I'd be aware of differences but what I see seems pretty good to me.  No problems or issues so far. The only negative is if you would have a number of viewers sitting at off center angles as the picture does degrade at when the viewer is significantly off center.   It has built-in Android TV along with Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video and Google.  I use a mini PC as a video source and a condo antenna feed for local TV channels.  The support legs require about a 60" long cabinet surface.

The Hisense 6500 series is almost identical.

BTW, If I were buying again, I'd go with a 65" rather than 70".  No real noticeable difference in viewing experience and just a little less huge, also a few thousand Baht cheaper.

12 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

Sad and sucks for sure, but where's all the silly "karma" comments now❓Or 'his time was up'...or other such nonsense❓The Universe is random, dangerous, hit and miss pure chance. Lightning would have struck regardless whether he was there or not. No matter how "good" or "bad" a person. 

Seems you are the first and so far only person to bring the subject up. Complaining about something that hasn't happened yet.

16 minutes ago, transam said:

WWI..............😆

 

Tell me about Brit stuff in WWII, or later.............🤗

But you will find the Russians did shoot their own in WWII...🤕

The Russian NKVD were stationed behind every combat unit.  You retreated without permission of the political commissar, you died.  Russia was said to have suffered 20 million dead during WW2. Probably 2 million of those were at the hands of the NKVD and other security services. 

On 10/27/2023 at 9:57 AM, Will B Good said:

Violence should be realistically portrayed so idiots know what really happens.

The original "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930) was so brutally accurate in it's depiction of the horror of WW1 that it was banned in many cities and states.  The US Government forced Hollywood to come-up with a code forbidding a long list of combat scenarios.  Even such "accurate" films such as "Full Metal Jacket", "The Longest Day" and "Saving Private Ryan" were subject to cuts demanded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 

No more boys with their guts hanging out, being eaten by rats.

9 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

If you are looking for a small clinic in Pattaya area try the one on Thappraya where the road turns right to Jomtien.

 

Another one is on Pattaya Tai by 3rd road crossroads 

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On 10/25/2023 at 7:07 PM, Jingthing said:

i'm easily amused.

One time I dumpster dived an item from there for myself.

A huge fake houseplant.

Gotta act quickly. Don't dawdle! 

I have wondered why they threw it out.

Does it have cooties?

Forty years ago, I pulled a 2 foot, scrawny sapling out of a garden center dumpster.  It still had an intact rootball and the attached tag said "Flowering Dogwood"   My house at the time had a tiny back yard.  I planted it is the sunniest spot I could find.  It survived the first winter and started growing bit by bit, putting out beautiful blossoms after a few years.  I sold that house 25 years ago but I recently looked it up on Google satellite view. The satellite photo must have been taken in May because there it was, still standing and in full bloom forty years later.  Not bad for a dumpster rescue. 

Reminds me of a famous incident in Boston.  In 1921, a storage tank holding 2.1 million gallons of molasses burst in Boston's North End.  21 persons were killed in the resulting flood.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood

Not sure if accurate but I remember reading sometime ago on the predecessor forum that often the results of criminal court cases are not released to the public.  No doubt a good reason for that (ahem)

A good friend who lives in Buriram caved in to pressure and bought his 15 year old son a new Yamaha Aerox.  The boy is a good kid and generally responsible but the dad is worried.  

I had already been driving motorcycles for 25 years when I took a MSF weekend rider training course. Not that there was anything I could learn that I didn't already know but because completion of the course entitled me to a significant insurance discount.  Boy, did I get a surprise.  Turned out, most of what I "knew", was wrong!  Proper braking, line projection, steering...every facet of riding was relearned that weekend.  It disturbed me enough that I later took a racing course just to hone my skills even more.

I told my friend about this and he agreed something similar would be best for his son.  I know Yamaha has some sort of training course at their headquarters off the BangNa-Trad Hi-way.  Do any here know of any other well run rider safety courses available?  Any associated with the Buriram race track?

Has anybody here ever taken a local riding course?

5 hours ago, mikebell said:

It's obvious we are miles apart depending on which cop/station is involved. These are NOT myths:

1  A female Thai hired a car from my S-i-L & sold it.  The family took the thief (in my car) to Dongtan police station where a fat officer demanded 10K to proceed.  The S-i-L (a nurse) spent four years paying back a bank loan on a car she did not have.

 

2  I was waiting at a U-turn in Bang Saray when two tearaways crashed into me at 90kph (I have photos).  A scruffy cop turned up 15 minutes later & deemed the farang was at fault (for crossing a major road from a minor!).  A hopeless car Insurance agent eventually cost me 90K in damages + the cop at Sattahip took 15K off my wife or my next-year's visa would be 'difficult.'

Clearly, I was too hasty in saying "Totally untrue" and labeling "myths"   As you say, different situations, different experiences.  In my 20+ years here and sometimes on this forum, farangs have reported being surprised at how even handed police were in dealing with a Thai-farang accident but indeed, there are a host of other reports that go the other way.

On 10/23/2023 at 9:59 AM, mikebell said:

In Pattaya this means who can pay the most.

Totally untrue!!  When my friend was hit by a car, the Pattaya police were amazingly helpful, assigning an English speaking officer to mediate the case.  Though the driver was from the UK, his wife brought in their village headman to negotiate but the senior cop in charge was totally even-handed and no bribe was asked or even hinted at. Everything was on the up and up and totally fair.

Please stop the ignorant perpetuating of myths.