scubascuba3

9 minutes ago, zhounan said:

Italian here. 

Could be surprising, but Café Amazon's Espresso is one of the best.

And stay away from those thousands fancy cafeteria, with apparently professionals baristas. Their Espresso is literally undrinkable.

 

p.s. I drink 3-4 espresso/day since I was young.

You only drink espresso?  they are just too small for me, i like the drink to last a little longer

9 minutes ago, Dan O said:

Not based on a research study i did before covid for a real estate investment group here. Are all condo management's bad,  no but most are not properly funded to support the structure over a normal life span of 25 years. If yours is run properly thats great as long as you stay on top of the meetings and require transparency in budgeting and financial management.

Yeah we got lucky with a good JP, common fees and sinking fund increased

13 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

IMHO the grinder and espresso machine are very important.

With a bad grinder and/or machine, don't expect a good end result.

 

Grinders are over rated, i have a 250 baht Lazada one and it works very well, you have to control the grind by how many seconds you use it

39 minutes ago, Dan O said:

Only if they are managed and budgeted properly to maintain the condition of the whole bldg and very few are.

"very few are" is wrong based on where i live, many condos well maintained, of course i could name some that aren't 

16 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

Turn on your aircon then....

i will later, I don't want AC daytime

31 minutes ago, Korat Kiwi said:

Yes. Near open windows 

ah but your humidity is a lot lower? currently I'm at 32.7⁰ 74% humidity

13 minutes ago, Korat Kiwi said:

I'm dreaming for it to drop that low here in Korat. 

 

At 8:15 last night it was still 36°

 

Currently sitting on 39.7°. however hoping to get rain tomorrow afternoon.  85% chance with possibly 10mm of rain.  Fingers crossed! 

 

 

inside temperature?

Ex wife? divorce? clean break, say no. Women here try and hang on to their ATM for as long as possible, sadly men are often mugs 

13 minutes ago, JeffersLos said:

My 2 sons are under strict instruction to let nature take its course. Passing away is natural, it happens to everyone. I've made it to old age and am happy with my life both past and present. My sons will be well taken care of and will be secure throughout their life. Why waste money trying to change nature when the end result is the same either way, and the chances are the company will wriggle its way out of it and the money you spent might as well have been flushed down the toilet. 

Some will develop dementia, Parkinson's etc, then it's a slow torturous death over many years

17 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

Don't rule out the gay card. Jomtein and dongtan beach is actually very gay. That's not far from where you are.

Possible but I'm talking about central Pattaya, I don't bother with Jomtien or Pratumnak 

Lazada, trial and error buying different beans until you find the perfect one. I currently blend 100% Arabica with Vietnam Robusta

38 minutes ago, 2long said:

Am I a bad guy?

if it's the same shop no issue

38 minutes ago, lexxy said:

 

on your blue fold out letter, down the bottom in the payment section in brackets you will see a 6 digit number 3 lines above comp code.

Got it thanks. Never needed it previously. Last year i didn't get the bill until towards end of June so it's still early, I'll probably pay again by QR, same last year

Earphones are handy for sure if a farang bore sits next to you. Many of them have predictable chat, wanting to play trumps, you know, been here longer, more money, done more, bores best avoided

In Pattaya my condo reached 33.1⁰ yesterday afternoon, a record, that's with wind blowing from the sea through my condo front to back

2 hours ago, lexxy said:

 

I added them to line. They dont really ask anything, i sent a photo of the paper i got send asking for payment and they said send the money.. But as my condo lady said everyone has a 6 digit ID number which will suffice. The line can be found on one of the QR on the actual payment request paper thingy

Where is the 6 digit ID? 

15 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I agree, just looking at the news in Thailand.

 

But I wonder, are there laws in Thailand to protect the buyers? Do developers go to jail if they don't deliver? Do people get their money back, maybe many years later?

Or is it like: bad luck, no money, next one please? 

Depends, my lawyer friend was approached because a guy paid off plan and it hadn't moved for years, basically kaput, she checked the funding of the company, nothing, so no point pursuing. Seems easy for these dodgy companies to just move the money out before things kick off

28 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

I think, never buy off-plan, and never buy new.

 

There are always motivated sellers in the resale market, and that is where you should be looking if you want to buy and not loose you shirt.

Yep buying off plan is mainly for suckers and noobs, were popular with Russians and Chinese, not now it seems

1 hour ago, Nemises said:

Exactly! My phone’s download speed at my BKK residence (where I get 5G) is over 900 Mbps and only 20 Mbps (4G) at my farang land residence. Yet I cannot notice any difference in the speed in any of the phone apps, some of which are online live interactive games and streaming of live TV, sport etc. 
 

IMO the hype around obtaining supersonic-fast internet speed (and the associated costs) for phone  internet is not justified. 

Very true, it's all garbage, my 10mbps AIS sim and 30mbps DTAC sim streams TV as good as my 3BB 250+mbps fibre, the main advantage i guess is unlimited data. The AN upgrade last week proved that, it was them all along

1 hour ago, arick said:

Underlying lesson to learn don't invest or by condos in this country.

Not really, ok for buying to live in

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I think so but initially the irregular grammar about Line confused me. 

When you add them to Line they usually want your reference which is the chanote number

11 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

understand now?

Probably better to add them to Line first, their ID is on the bill and ask for their payment instructions, if they aren't already on the bill 

6 hours ago, Jingthing said:

So that means I could pay from a non Krungthai online bank, correct?

I don't understand the when you're paid part. 

If you're not using SWIFT, is that relevant?

understand now?

10 hours ago, Jingthing said:

That's good to hear but incredibly annoying that the QR codes don't work! Thanks.

Worked for me using Kasikorn