alien365

Travelling at the moment is perfect without the waves of Chinese.

I've given up looking. The only real downside is that I can no longer rent a car back in the UK as they don't accept debit cards.

I have a CVT in my 1.2l Honda amaze. 8yrs and 140,000km later its still going strong, but it laboured once or twice on the road to Doi phu Kha in Nan. I've had no problems driving the hills in Chiang Mai though. I wish it had more power but I know I have a heavy foot. This way is better for everyone. Zero speeding tickets is a testament to that.

Kudos to the police for not giving up the chase, but I do worry about how common methamphetamines seem to be here causing people to do a lot of crazy things.

I await the price of Australian wine and beer Lao to go down if that's the case.. .

Once again another business deal thats worse for the customer. Its sickening that things like this continue to happen because of those in charge.

I'm my opinion, anyone found with serious drugs (not weed) should no longer be allowed a gun and license. Its safer for everyone. Why the need for their guns at a private party anyway?

You seriously wouldn't go if they paid you 25k? 25k for 2hours watching paint dry is easy money.

Another one with serious anger management problems. The public need to be made safe from people such as this. I don't care in which country it happens.

I agree that it's ridiculous but just look at all those Mercs BMWs and other European cars on the road in and around bkk. 25k is less than one months repayment on most of their cars. Look at all the boob jobs, nose jobs, designer handbags and the rest. Even the lower class seem to be able to afford to cover their bodies in tattoos somehow.

Could he not see through his heavily tinted windscreen?

The beautiful women of course.

I keep trying different hairdressers/ barbers in my area and I've yet to find one I'm happy with. It's usually being impolite or not up to the job. A nice lady tried cutting my hair a few days ago and I showed her my last cut that I liked. She asked about the back and showed me a silly picture to which I quickly found a more suitable one. She cut it her way anyway! She also shaved my forehead. That's a sensitive area for guys like me who are worried about it receding. I walked out my longest termed hairdresser a while back as she never smiled, and her fat friend drying my hair was messing around pulling faces while using the dryer on my fringe. There's a difference between funny and insulting. I'd be happy to pay more than my usual 200 here for a cut, but I don't want to travel due to time.

Tell me about it. I just went to lotus and a box of tiger is now ฿652! It uses to be ฿620 and a few months ago 610. If it keeps going up I'm going to cut out beer altogether and just drink whisky. Thanks government for pushing me towards the harder stuff.

Within Thailand we only use Thai Post as a last resort. Flash are way cheaper. We recently paid ฿40 with Thai Post. A similar box and weight costs ฿27 with our local Flash. Sure it doesn't sound much but when you send about 10 boxes per week it adds up.

For me it would depend on the situation and the reasons behind the invasion. If I felt a moral duty to do so I'd be picking up a gun. I've only ever shot shotguns (clay pigeon shooting), but I think I'd still be useful with a rifle.

If anything similar happened in Thailand would you stay and fight?

I want to like Hua Hin as its only an hour or two from my place, unfortunately I find its quite dirty and that main road through the centre of it completely puts me off. I usually drive straight past it and stop by or stay in Sam Roi Yot, which I think is more suitable for relaxation. It has fewer people, less traffic, a quieter beach and more nature.

They should make it so tickets can be bought online and in the traditional way. If the online are 80 baht it forces the middlemen to reduce their prices. To keep the sellers alive maybe limit the number of tickets that can be bought online to 3 or something like that (set by ID card number). This would also reduce the cases where people argue who owns the winning ticket. OK my idea is not perfect, but at least it's something that would allow the current sellers to stay afloat and be fair for the customers.

That's a huge game changer for me then. I have a non b which I extended last month. The cost of a year's covid insurance combined with the pcr tests and day 1 quarantine would have been more than my flights. If I can buy 30 days covid cover instead of a whole year I'll start booking my flights out of here to see my family.

The drivers who won't wait at the u turns are most likely the same drivers that speed up to not allow others to make one.

I think the damage is already done by that point. As someone who gets to know others in the community, I'd be hurt by that 'quote' of 3k if a neighbour did that to me. I know everyone handles things differently though. At least the dog got laid to rest in the end.

The u turns would work a lot better if people didn't put the pedal to the metal when seeing others waiting to do one. If they'd just be consistent with their speed it would be so much easier and safer to execute the manoeuvre.

I can understand the villagers wanting some money to bury the dog as it is manual labour, but asking for 3k is taking the proverbial. If I heard 300 or 500 I wouldn't have thought much about it. If I were in your area I'd have done it for nothing. Like you I feel its the right thing to do.

Joke aside, they have some decent players too but Suthasinee is the only Thai contender who can make it difficult for the Chinese and Japanese right now at the top level.