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"Didn't glue any of the 8 PVC pipe sections. Or use sealing tape." What is the reason for that? I would have thought gluing or taping are the norm, but then I know sweet eff all about this stuff.

Why would I make excuses? It is something I do. Not sure if it is 15 seconds on the dot but I glance in my mirror very frequently. It is something I do in my car, on my motorbike and on my bicycle when on a tarmac or concrete roads. My wife has even asked me about it, thinking that I checked the rear mirror too frequently. I do not do it when I am on a red earth road riding through a rubber plantation in the middle of nowhere though. If I were cycling in a group and not the one at the back, perhaps I wouldn't do it then either, but I mostly cycle alone.

If I see a car driving behind erratically or very close to the verge, I pull over and get out of the way. BTW, a rear view mirror replaces the need for me to have eyes transplanted in the back of my head. FWIW, I am mostly cycling on country B roads, and red earth roads, where the amount of traffic is quite low.

The ice delivery pickup trucks, followed by the parcel delivery service providers such as Flash, Kerry, etc. are the worst in my neck of the woods in Issan. Drive at crazy speeds and overtake as close as they can to the slower vehicle. I just swear like eff at them. It's all I can do.

Wrong. I have a rear view mirror on my bike and check it constantly. Whether car, motorcycle or bicycle, I always drive or ride defensively, i.e. checking the actions of other road users, and anticipating the possible idiotic actions of other road users such as pulling out of side roads without checking whether there is oncoming traffic (which seems to be a speciality here), etc.

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Are these articles all AI created now?

I try to avoid riding at night. When I go out on my long rides, I always try to get home by 6 p.m. at the latest.

Surely, if someone is driving up from the rear, as appears to be the case here, the color of the bike wouldn't play much of a role (you'd only see the rear wheel, seat stay and seat post). What would normally help would be having rear lights, although it did not appear to help in this case, if the latest image is the actual bike.

What language did you speak to your wife in? My wife only spoke Thai so I spoke to her in Thai. As a result, we only spoke Thai in the home. A screw up on my part but I didn't want to have to translate everything I said to my son for my wife to understand. Kicking myself now but what's done is done.

Only two days this year!

The police could actually make post burning arrests too. Just drive around the countryside and wherever they see evidence of burning, it is not hard to see, inquire as to the land ownership and issue a warrant against the owner. Do that for a couple of years and they'll soon stop burning. Also, close down, or at least heavily fine, all sugar mills that accept burnt cane. If they stop accepting burnt cane, the farmers will stop burning. However, local authorities need to help out with supplying cane harvesters, as locals can't afford such machinery.

You hiring???

Yes, I had to with UOB. Drove nearly two hours to their nearest branch to do this.

Okay, I wasn't aware of that. Probably because those restrictions do not apply to me.

I barely do any banking on my PC. I use mobile banking apps for most of my transactions, even including withdrawals from ATMs, investments, transfers, etc. I have found it convenient and more user friendly than the online banking sites. The facial recognition requirement for larger transactions is good too. I have also set the apps so that I am immediately alerted to any transactions.

Wish I had that amount of money to invest. I'll just ride the tech wave with my Innotech mutual fund. Up 112.89%, but that is over about 7 years. Also up 15% on India over 4 months. But don't ask me about China, I'm down 51%.

If true, that totally sucks. But I seem to recall that it was terrible during the last Pheu Thai govts as was the PR scheme. Crazy that things improved under a coup government, only to revert to the old norm.

I have a relatively new Omron HEM-7156-A which has supposedly been clinically tested. I trust its accuracy now but who knows in a couple of years down the road. The differences in your reading from hospital are way too different. I would be questioning that too.

Yeah, even when I'm about to take a reading at home, I usually worry a bit that the result may be high. As a result, it may cause a rise in pressure. Hence the need for a calming technique. Thanks.

I just tried that at home and I could not believe my readings. I need to try that next time I have my health check up.

132/77 now, sitting in front of my PC, just played sudoku.

Aren't you allowed to say anything negative about Thailand? There is a lot that is good, but there is a lot that is totally effed up too, including the attempts at holding on to power by the dinosaurs, military, crooked politicians, oligarchs, puppet judiciary, etc. which does not benefit the people of the country only their own pockets. The system is screwed and needs reform.

The only people to suffer from this are the owners of mom and pop shops that are located near 7/11s. Their sales of alcohol will go down as they were making most of their sales to people buying during the off/ban hours. Those customers will mostly start relying on 7/11.

My tax ID changed to my Thai ID when I informed the tax office of the change in my status.