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As its the same price, B7 all the way. The pickup is a year old and can run B20 but I see no reason to use it without a price incentive. When the prices return to normal market rates, we'll see. Like my previous petrol car, I'll probably try them all and see which feels best to drive (91 was the best for my car). So far Shell B7 is what I'm sticking with. I'd love to try the premium but that's more than a thousand baht extra per tank.

I wouldn't exactly say her life is the 'real world'. She has 5 kids, her choice, that she cannot support. Her place doesn't allow kids left alone, which I find an unusual clause in a cheap rental contract, so she should move. Why doesn't the deadbeat dad with no job look after them? He is doing nothing anyway or has he been actively looking for a job for three months too? Out of the house at all times? In the real world, a person with responsibilities does whatever they can to look after their children. As I say, if she's pretty I'm sure she could get a job that pays more as she's earning less than minimum wage anyway for the capital (the real world). Could she not work in marketing or try selling something? Even working as a lottery seller would work.

If I was paying bottled water prices I'd be outraged at this. Where I get my water from they effectively fill the water this way too, but I get 20l for 10 baht. I'm not too fussed as my body handles it fine.

As a beauty technician, I'm sure she could find an extra source of income to support her kids... You'd have thought after having three kids she'd understand she can't afford to look after them on 320baht per day. Her kids clearly mean nothing to her.

Regarding point 4. My easy pass has worked on all toll roads for many years. You can buy one immediately after a tollbooth (stay far left). Take your passport and give them some cash to put on it. Normally though you'd have to wait a few hours for it to activate, or that's what they told me anyway and they were right. I had to reverse out.

I would never use a toll road from Nakhon Pathom to head his way so the same applies from Phuket. There's no 'local' roads to speak of. It just makes sense travelling on Phet Kasem to Rama 2, to Kanchanapisek, to 1, 2 and onwards. The only spot I see that could cause confusion is the signage getting on road 1 from Kanchanapisek road (9), but that's not a toll issue. While I understand the OPs anxiety about the tollbooths, some will be slightly different, but they are mostly signed well in advance to 'keep right' for easy pass /MPass (makes sense considering the right lane is the fast lane on the road and using those passes is meant to be faster). If the road is painted blue, then move out of that lane as you're in the wrong one. The booth itself will also have a blue sign saying easy pass on it which is easy to spot. I really dont see what toll road you would use though in bkk. You'd just be going through the center for no reason. If the new one has opened at the number 2 section,then I wouldn't use it either. The original road isn't busy unless you're travelling at a holiday time.

What I tend to do is order my food and then tell them I can eat spicy, followed by I like to eat khuar kling (I usually get a 'wohooa' kind of sound from them). When they hear I can eat southern spicy I always get the correct spice level

The American definition of capitol relates to government, so it doesn't matter whether they are using US or UK English here. Capital is correct

It could have been advertised earlier. Bit late now to book a flight and accommodation, then drive to Bankok and hop on the plane to check it out.

Another one actively going in search of things to be offended by.

Do you have to have a 4x4 to go up here or will a normal pick-up truck do?

Ang Sila, never heard of it. But I've been to Bang Saen and Sri Racha many times. I knew they were in Chonburi province, but not part of one city.

From Google maps I'd never have known. I guess I must have driven past it quite quickly on the motorway.

I thought it was a province, not a city.

Culture is relevant regarding how societies follow those rules. Many simply don't follow the rules here as society allows them not to. If you call someone out for bad riding, you are seen as the problem to others, not the person doing wrong in the first place.

What is the point in commenting though if someone else has already said what you are thinking? That's were a simple emoji works well.

The bigger and heavier bag you buy, the more likely it will be put at the bottom of the pile and be damaged. I used to religiously use the hardcase by samsonite or American tourister. I now use duffel bags or my big rucksack (Decathlon) as they are very light and get put on top of the heavy bags. I've never had any damage to the these.

Make sure you don't collect them for too long as the coins now have expiry dates.

Tried the Tawandang weizen tonight and it's only the second alcoholic drink I've ever thrown down the drain after one sip (the other was Sato). The carabao lager was drinkable but lacking flavour.

According to my work permit I am, 365 days a year.

I'd say based on the words they used maybe. Bignok is likely Australian as he uses bogans whereas I'd say scroats. He says utes and I say pick up. For info, I mentioned bignok just because I saw his name in this thread first and on one earlier today. It's nothing personal.

I've never seen a poster pretend they are someone they are not on here apart from Yinn. Gender means nothing in this case to me. Many talk about ex sas etc on barstools but I haven't read people posting on here claiming to be that all. I'll admit I see quite a few oddments but I'm not exactly mr perfect either.

If I were to give my votes though I'd go 3. KhunLa 2. Crossy 1. BritManToo BritManToo always seems to make me laugh as he never beats around the bush.

I know Yinn won POTY but many were calling Yinn out before that point saying that it wasn't a Thai female. After winning POTY Yinn suddenly disappeared further adding to the fire. (too much hassle keeping up the charade). I gave Yinn the benefit of doubt to start with but also found it quite surreal how gullible many were protecting a poster that was probably a westerner with nothing better to do.

But it is their culture, that's the thing. I'm not saying I agree with it but they wouldn't do it so often if it wasn't. As a driver I expect this to happen every day. My heart rate doesn't rise anymore for everyday occurrences like this. It's normal.