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Hua Hin Women’s Half Marathon 2022 proves a great success
alien365 replied to webfact's topic in Hua Hin and Cha-Am News
Were facemasks required at this event as I see several, including the winner, without? Either way, wearing a mask is surely not going to do you any favours in winning a race. I hate running on the treadmill with a mask on. -
Speed speed speed. The Grab driver in the opposite direction was riding at a suitable speed for the road giving perspective. Speedy Gonzalez was going way too quickly and got quite some air at the end because of it. I do wonder though why the golf buggies are left hand drive. Surely this is not suitable for places where we drive on the left.
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Thai government planning to adjust Covid-19 daily reports
alien365 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Once he stops posting about what I consider irrelevant covid figures I'll probably start following him again. -
VIDEO: New hope for improving Thailand’s road safety
alien365 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
The video is incredibly boring. I didn't even finish watching it. No chance in a million years will this change anything. -
What is the advantage of an expensive smart phone?
alien365 replied to OneMoreFarang's topic in Mobile Devices and Apps
I've had the same phone for a while now and I'm very happy with it. I like the battery life, the size and the macro camera. My wife takes pictures of her cactus and small flowers with it all the time. I take pics of small insects or things like that. For a phone the quality is very impressive for the price. Portrait mode on the camera does let you choose the f stop but the brokeh (quality, not amount of blur) is not great in my mind. On another point, I know that some feel appearance is important and part of the reason they buy expensive phones, but I feel most put them in a case as soon as they get them anyway. A couple of days ago we bought an ipad. They didn't have the colour my wife wanted, but now it's in a case so we'll never see the colour again until we buy a new case -
How to get a Thai Tax number?
alien365 replied to Chris.B's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Wow, those are strong words. I hope you at least spoke to the manager about her. We'd have stated we are closing our accounts because of that one person, unless something was done immediately. She should be on the ground kow-towing to you. -
The forest rangers I've met are very nice people and genuinely care about the land and animals living on it. Last time I was in Nan the rangers were discussing what to do with a king cobra nest that some tourists (Thai) wanted removing (I don't understand how people can travel to a national park and then complain when they meet nature). They were also concerned that a local bear was injured, which also presented a potential danger to us. They were inspecting faeces on the ground to monitor the movements of some rare to the area deer type animal. Snakes that had become roadkill were taken away for inspection if they looked unfamiliar. This is what we need more of: people who genuinely care for the environment around them rather than money. This is also one of the reasons I don't begrudge the entry fees so much.
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PM Assigns ‘Anucha’ to Address Expensive Lottery Tickets
alien365 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
I've only ever seen the tickets at 80 baht once, apart from that they are a minimum of 100 everywhere I go. Electronic and online sales are the only way this issue will ever be fixed. -
I couldn't imagine not having a car in my city close to Bangkok. A couple of weeks ago we were looking for a sofa meaning a trip to global, then home pro, then index. That would be a right PITA with taxis. I like to buy food from local sellers. Grab takes a lot of their profits and charges more so I drive to them. No bus comes to my side of Phet Kasem either. Same with trains, which never turn up on time. In bkk though I wouldn't need a car. When I go I normally park up at the hotel and use other forms of transport to get around.
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There is always someone bigger or better than you, unless you are the world number one in your field. Even then you have to accept you will not win every time. Unfortunately there are some out there that just can't face losing. If I play a better player at my sport (table tennis), I tell them to play properly. It helps me improve my game by identifying my unknown weaknesses.
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Gov’t boosting economic recovery through tourism
alien365 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
And what does this mean? Do we not pay enough in National park fees already?