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3 minutes ago, off road pat said:

My wife had a very good instructor in Chiang Mai. He told her the most important rules, and to watch around every time she maneuvered....He was really good. She had her driving license easy ! (That's no Guarantee I Know)

A couple of years later she did her driving lessons again in Europe and that was a lot of studying,...She studied a couple of months, did her exam and got it the first time. And I swear the exams were very hard and strict. They tried to trick her into making mistakes, but she did it excellently. She is now a excellent and safe driver. I let her drive as much as possible to get as much experience as possible, she drove in Germany, Switzerland, France The Nederlands and Belgium,...without a problem.

Yep, she did in EU and drove our Motorhome more than 20.000 km already. 

But as I said, many license holder never met any instructor so far and make their own rules.

Thais in general are not rule or law followers.????

22 hours ago, koratkarlos said:

  I see no rationale for these decisions

When was it last time that you saw it then?????

So to warm Up or heat up your booze is the solution?

Btw there are countries where warm beer and a Herring is very common.????

6 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

Just to make it absolutely clear, there is nothing in my policy, either the English language version or the Thai one, that excludes crash helmets or anything vaguely similar.  There is a list of what is included which ends in 'and other personal effects normally kept with the house' and a list of what's excluded - no helmets there.  In my opinion my helmet is covered in those 'personal effects'. No amount of reading of the policy would have alerted me to the fact that the helmet would not be insured and I am confident that the insurers will have to back down on this.

 

Their stance at the moment is that the helmet is not in what they call 'the definitive list' of things that are covered.  Well, given that said list only includes around 10 items, a hell of a lot of other things would also not be covered - hence, I'd guess, the author's INCLUSION of the phrase 'and other personal effects normally kept with the house', otherwise the 'definitive list' would have to run to several pages.

That's awful I agree. So what you intend to do? 

On 12/10/2021 at 3:11 AM, BritManToo said:

Rabbit food I can get for 18bht/Kg on Shoppee, nowhere near that price on Lazada.

But for bigger items Lazada is the best, very few problems considering how much I order online.

I'm confused.....

Is it......food for rabbit.....

Or.........food of rabbit.....

?????

First case it's something the rabbits will eat.....

Second case you will eat the rabbit.....

????

3 hours ago, Aussiepeter said:

Not really relevant but I just "have to know" as I am desperate for a break from my Thai missus and daughter ! Is Greece worth a long look these days Terry ? I did a posting there 30 years ago & speak Greek really well. Many Greeks think I am from Crete, as they do have some locals with blond hair there.. I speak Turkish too, plus six other languages including Thai & Lao thanks to a career in the army, but after English & Thai, my third language is Greek. I can read it too, which was a real pain to learn, as they have different letters for upper & lower case (sneaky, that). Is Crete ('Kriti') worth a look these days ?  With a stopover in LOS on the way, of course..... for shopping & R/R. I am a biker too, but motorcycles are a breeze to rent in Greece. Positive or negative comments are welcome ...Cheers !

Who ever could give you advice. You are too smart.????

11 hours ago, Kenny202 said:

If I were you Id be looking for something on FB marketplace second hand. You are not the first farang husband here who's wife wanted a coffee shop and there is a ton of used stuff for sale. Usual scenario wife takes selfies for the first week as the new business owner then loses interest as Thais generally aren't willing to pay 40 baht plus for a coffee, and in reality to cover overheads, rent etc in a mall or busy area you will need to be selling for 60 baht plus and have a lot of add on product (Cakes, snacks etc). Coffee machines are one of those things. 2 categories, good and useless. Forget the machines that grind and make the coffee, they are toys. You need something with a brass boiler, quality components and it needs to heat for at least 30 minutes before use. 100 cups a day is fairly high turnover for Thailand...to be honest (respectfully) Id say she's dreaming. If it were me Id be going for something low tech but good construction. Find something suits your budget and check the reviews. A proper burr grinder is as important if not more important than the machine and will set you back at least 20000 baht. Again secondhand is ur friend. If you get a decent machine it will be robust and generally easy to repair. Make sure it is a known machine in Thailand for spares, service etc. Other thing you need to consider is how many head machine you are going to need. If she is thinking 50-100 cups an hour she will be getting several customers at once (they don't come one at a time in a timely manner) and making coffee one serve a time will make the process difficult and annoying to the customers. A single group head dispenser wont be enough. I would say two at the least and a new machine like this, even low tech is not going to be available for 35k. There is quite a lot to making decent coffee and it goes far and beyond a good machine and grinder. If you are investing in this you need to make sure she has some training. Grinder and grind control to suit your machine is imperative. Tamping...Good quality beans. Minimizing wastage. I would definitely be looking for an Italian quality built simple machine that was well reviewed. There is no such thing as a semi commercial set up. Coffee is either good or <deleted>, there is no in between unfortunately. Forget any domestic style machines (Breville etc). You may as well use Nescafe. They look nice but that's as far as it goes.  

 

Really mate I have NEVER seen a coffee shop here doing those sorts of numbers, not unless she was in a busy mall with great coffee. Apart from some decent shops in Bangkok I would say I have never had a decent cup of store coffee here that was better than a 14 baht 7/11 3 in one. Usually bitter and awful. I would say have a real think about what her real usage is going to be. And forgive me if she has some experience at this and you do know for a fact the turnover is going to be as she says. If not, and she will only be doing a few random cups here and there you may be better off with a decent 6 cup Moka (Stovetop) pot, a decent grinder and a milk frother. Will be a much better result than a so so machine with a so so grinder which is only being used a few times a day.

 

One other way to consider is a Nespresso machine with the little pods. It is an expensive way to make coffee for a shop (10-15 baht a pod) but will be easy for her and a guaranteed decent shot every time. Easy storage, no waste, electricity usage way lower and no need to grind. She will need to be selling for 65 baht or so a shot though. 

A very qualified comment. Thank you. ????

On 12/10/2021 at 10:38 AM, bdenner said:

What's the solution?

 

Don't leave your House. I suppose it's not foggy inside?

14 minutes ago, Chris.B said:

Sure, in addition to electric mosquito killers. There is no single solution. Build up your protection in layers. 

You mean those at the butcher's? In your bedroom?????

Yeah, what about mossi nets and fly screens?

I got it everywhere, in particular on all doors. ????

11 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

seriously though if Omicron really is mild and a way out of the pandemic to endemic then surely once they know the death rate they should just open the planet and be done with it. Isolating the mildly infection variant could lead to more serious infection problems later rather than less now

As you said....."If".....and "when"....

At present nobody knows for sure...????

Don't tell anybody.....????

7 hours ago, steven100 said:

even

Delete this, then your statement is OK.????

It is not in his hands how many tourists will come.

It depends how easy it is to enter Thailand and how much afraid tourists are to travel anyway.????

5 hours ago, Tropposurfer said:

Turkey ... no thanks. Have eaten it in so-called excellent eateries all over the globe and it aint' my idea of good game bird.

Much prefer juicy, sweet fleshed, free-range fresh chickens roasted in a good oven (by me & must use a thermometer to judge cook time!) in the French style (rubbed with garlic, slits in skin with fingers of butter inserted, rubbed over with olive oil and salt, pricked with a sharp knife. 

Then stuffed with my own lightly blitzed stuffing of apple, left over brown bread crusts, onion, garlic, shallots, coriander, English parsley, eggs salt & pepper, red capsicum, sweet sun-dried tomatoes. No comparison or competition from turkey any day of the week.

Frozen or store cooked birds of any description aren't a patch on well prepared and home cooked birds i.e. dry flavourless, mass produced barn bred hormone bags - most of them. 

I love to enjoy and share an Aussie styled Xmas fair; home cooked chickens as above (cold or hot as preferred) beautiful (double smoked) ham cut straight off the bone (Central Food Halls sell nice hams), (the Swiss butcher in Rawai sells great hams too), home made potato salad, fresh sea prawns (peel em' yourself as they lay pink juicy n languid on a bed of ice waiting to be devoured) ????????????, green fresh garden salad (I/we grow ????????) homemade coleslaw, homemade hummus and tabouli, French baguettes, pavlova or trifle with home made ice cream for desert????????????????????.

Of course nice chilled French Provence Rose and a few nice icy golden coldies to choose from (I like Moretti, and Asahi Black label beers these days as a Xmas treat), and of course French Champagne (Perrier (white & pink), or Bollinger Vintage for me please).

For evening dinner a combination of Aussie grass fed steaks and fresh seafood BBQ'ed (repeat the salads). 

Hmmm .... I'm hungry already and its weeks away till family descends !

Give me your adress..... I'll be there,????????????

6 hours ago, DaLa said:

Wouldn't it be fun to wave a magic wand and all plastic disappear tomorrow

......and all Dildos should dissapear too....? 

Desaster's coming

23 hours ago, anandra said:

what do you mean one shot is not enough? Where did you get it from?

Published in all serious news and science papers.

14 hours ago, jacko45k said:

pollution

What kind of? The nocturnal ones?????

7 hours ago, fangless said:

Does he buy his crystal ball from a 20Baht store?

To be honest I wouldn't like to have Crystal Balls........????

12 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand is a Buddhist country, therefore, such an idea is against Thai morality

Yeah.....Thailand the Hub of moralty....????

4 hours ago, JaiMaai said:

I guess the steering was also defective?

No, the brakes, the brakes....????

23 hours ago, SidJames said:

You can say that again.

I've been looking for the old fashioned Monopoly with the Old Kent Rd etc but all you can get here is themed versions like jurassic pk or star wars etc

Why not try ebay?

Everything you can buy in Thailand in the meantime.

I send a lot of stuff to Thailand 11 years ago but wouldn't do it nowadays anymore. Too expensive

4 hours ago, Walker88 said:

Several ways this could go, one of them even being a positive.

 

1) Omicron could be easily spread and deadly

 

2) Omicron could be easily spread and about as deadly as existing variants

 

3) Omicron could be easily spread and less deadly than other variants.

 

#3 is the best case, as a fast-spreading variant that isn't deadly could bring about the end of Covid, as its ability to spread quickly allows it to overwhelm the other variants. So far the evidence suggests Omicron spreads faster than Delta. Unknown still is how virulent---or not---it is.

I hope Omicron will read it,????