ChrisKC

That's how your god makes them from it's own examples numerously and graphically depicted in that dusty old book called the bible. 

Ha ha!! America and England

 

Two countries separated by a common language!

 

If anybody wants to have a fantastic experience of the English language, I can thoroughly recommend the audio book (nearly eleven hours long) "The Mother Tongue" by Bill Bryson, available on YouTube and which I downloaded for free.

 

You will be captivated in the first two minutes!

3 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

You neglected to include two important pieces of data:

a. The average low temps at the coolest time of day.

b. The relative humidity.

c.  Two degrees difference is a LOT, and if the humidity is also higher, than this will severely impact the body's ability to cool itself.

 

 

Not to mention (d) the ever pervasive element of pollution levels.

 

My comment does not address the matter of the two degrees that makes a difference to the danger levels, but the term "skyrocket" might be more accurate if the temperature went up 10C not just by 2C

So the temperature is going to "skyrocket" from 42c to 44c

7 hours ago, redwood1 said:

This heat wave is costing me a lot of money...

 

My usual electric bill in the condo cost around 1500, 1600 baht a month....Last months bill was

a whopping 3200 baht......This is my highest electric bill EVER in Thailand

 

I tried to not use the air so much but I was sweating like a pig in the condo with the aircon off...

 

3200 baht for one month of electricity is crazy......I would rather spend that money on more important things like drinking in bars....

 

They really should give farangs FREE electricity because we are not use to this heat like the Thais are.....

 

Has anyone else seen a big increase in their electric bill

 

If one has aircon, their bills are definitely higher at this time - why wouldn't they be?

For those who seem to misunderstand what an "accident" is in the context of this topic:

 

An unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally. I accept the principle of "an accident waiting to happen"

 

An event that happens by chance or that it is without apparent or deliberate cause.

 

The replies to my earlier point suggest that if someone is drunk or speeding for example and subsequently cause a collision that it is not an accident. It is!

 

It's true, the offending driver caused the collision but whether someone is to blame or not, it is still an accident - unless the incident was deliberately motivated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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37 minutes ago, dogfish180 said:

"The accident, involving a green and yellow taxi with licence plate 1มค67".......... How is this an "Accident"? An accident implies no one is at fault 🤔

I think an accident is an unintentional incident. 

Your definition would seem to infer there aren't many accidents, as in most cases, there IS somebody at fault. 

I think that even Thais recognise Trump as someone who does not require anyone to advertise their seeming support for such a tyke.

 

The looks you are getting for the attention you seek is not something I would consider as anything other than being intelligence-free.

 

Don't pass Go -  Straight to the Post asking for definitions of Intelligence.

The appropriate application of innate and acquired knowledge

I calculated from research last year that the increase in my British pension would be worth now just over 50% more than now, cumulative over 14 years.

 

If I add to this figure a more favorable exchange rate from the B46 now from those days - closer to B65

 

If I add the possibility of living in Philippines where I believe increase are still being paid and their exchange rate of around PHP to THB hovers around 65, my pension would be worth at least 75% more than when I first received it!

 

Given that the greatest burden of old age and equivalent demands on the NHS are zero when living abroad I am disappointed that the freezing of every increase for ever is seemingly justified by the British Government.

 

When I was paying National Insurance contributions for 40 years that were only ever increased, I feel it is only fair in my pensionable age that I receive the increases they reflect. After all, until Brexit, agreements in the EU meant that wherever an expat lived in one of those member countries, annual increases would be paid. Do they now not receive further increases?

 

Can we fight this? Of course not, we are forgotten citizens!

I have a question

 

Why don't you state the subject matter in the title?

 

Then those not interested in it need not click on it!

 

Like me for example

Carrying sticks makes you the aggressor. Soi dogs don't like being threatened. They are not looking to attack or bite every person they meet. Staying calm is not easy in the face of potential danger but a good strategy. 

Thais dont like Soi dogs and many of them carry sticks and I have only observed that makes the dogs angrier, so people like me  have to work harder to keep their peace. 

 

I have been bitten twice while out biking requiring hospital treatment and neither of them were soi dogs. 

 

Soi dogs are a problem, I agree. 

Matters relating to retiring to Thailand are entirely determined by personal circumstances and desires!

 

I have lived alone, albeit seven years ago, that I did for about six years around the Chiang Mai area, no commitments, no car, three small houses each self-contained with a garden in the countryside (B5000 for all three - really good for me! Not slumming it in the slightest!!

 

Can live on a monthly expenditure of a good deal less than B20,000 (closer to B15,000) per month and having everything I need and desire!

 

The question about "how much" money can be very low with considerations in my first sentence.

 

The point I am making is that some people want an inexpensive living and I have proven that it is possible as a single person.

 

So back to my first sentence, if we are talking more people, children, education, cars, etc, one doesn't have to manage or cater for as a single.

 

From a low baseline that is easily possible, the only way is UP in the form of more necessities and luxury (desires)

 

Yes, I know, personal circumstances might include Health insurance, live in Bangkok, Phuket  and so on but I speak for what is possible for an everyday living without "what if' eventualities.

 

There are other factors such as home cooking, biking, local transport - sawngthows for example

 

None of this is part of my current circumstances - but I am retired in Thailand for 21 years, now living with my Thai wife in her very nice house.

 

 

43 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

It is not, even under the current unfortunate xenophobic climate.

 

For about 100 Euros, you get a few drinks and hour to chose the nymphet you can do back in your hotel. That's still cheap. 

It is a rip off. It is an overcharge, it is exploitation and abuse of power ( I can so I do) This topic is about drinks - no mention on the bill for lady accompaniment. In addition, there will be a substantial charge in the form of a bar fine B500 minimum if the girl then goes orf with 'im

 

No such thing as Euros here - this is Thailand And I don't see the connection with "xenophobia"

 

But the men are mostly happy with it and very little actually illegal about it.

 

 

12 hours ago, proton said:

Mugs game for sex tourists, why waste your money on this scam?

Not a scam. It is a rip off

1 hour ago, retarius said:

What if the commanders don't accept the suspension? Who is going to enforce the suspension? 

The RTP?

I am neither a hooter or a flasher!

I would think to ask the manager or owner to ask offenders to stop disturbing the peace and if they do nothing, they don't care so not worth my business. 

Before you automatically condemn your old OMRON, check with a couple of other people to see if measures are showing discrepancies, also get a measure from someone else's monitor and compare.

 

I bought a new one about three months ago OMRON 7121 from Lazada. (a specialist Supplier). My old one simply wasn't working any more.

 

Over more than a year now, I have taken more than 2,000 measurements and there is a tendency for great variation even between three within a few minutes.

 

It all averages out at 110/70 for the entire period - yes, I record it all.

 

I don't have a blood pressure condition and never have but as I get older I recognise the need to keep an eye on it.

I know what it is like to operate a health and fitness schedule for more than 40 years but I will not be a slave to it.

 

There are many hotels in Bangkok that have excellent facilities and nice pools but it seems for you it has to be perfect or...

 

Make do while you are away from your regular facilities and accept that any perceived shortcomings will have little or no effect on your fitness levels.
 

 

35 minutes ago, Umlungu said:

What is a 'stupid idiot'? A genius, perhaps?

Lets think of something new here,

 

There is no such thing as a "stupid idiot". On an official classification scale, "idiot" is the lowest measure of intelligence; imbecile comes next and moron third in the "higher" group

 

What there is though is a  morosoph  (a learned fool)

 

I don't know of a definition of a "stupid" person but could include those terms above to describe some of their actions and behaviours

 

I would say that everyone on this forum is not stupid per se but from time to time they say and do stupid things.

 

 

25 killed and a few more that will die from their injuries. 

They left home and will never return. 

Many families and loved ones ruined for the Songkran period and for the rest of their lives. 

So tragic

RIP to all those that are no longer with us. 

Bob,

 

Do you ever ask yourself about why your posts seem to attract so much negativity?

 

If it were me, I think I would be "getting the message" by now and try another approach to get the attention I yearned for.

 

So the woman over the fence is your neighbour and doesn't know you?