BritManToo

Direct to hospital, I have a tab of 30kbht and used about 10kbht so far. Hospital deals with everything direct. M/c repairs paid direct to Honda garage. Billed direct to insurance co. I've seen no paperwork at all, apart from signing a copy of my passport now and again.

I'm looking at diesel Ford Ranger pickups, 5 years old can be had for 300-400kbht.

I was the victim of a hit and run 2 months back, wife made police report later that afternoon Hospital on Friday, gov min insurance paid out for up to 30kbht on Monday. Driver traced by police 2 weeks later, his insurance repaired my m/c and agreed 'sick pay' a week later. Haven't had the sick pay yet, as it's a daily amount paid out when my doctor signs me off as 'fit'. I've never seen insurance work so fast anywhere in the world. The only expense to me was 6kbht for the hospital on Sunday aft, that they returned Monday aft after insurance approval.

This thread is pointless without a photo of the waitress!

They also phrase the questions to get the answer they want. I doubt there's been any unbiased opinion polls in the past 80 years.

I was speaking for educated Brits ............ 'you' aren't part of 'we'! I suspect the Brits speaking with Jamaican accents, aren't that educated either.

As an educated Brit, I would point out we generally hate all foreigners, especially those from our former colonies.

Only war with France/Germany would stop the flow of illegal boat people crossing the channel. Brexit was the first step. Only war with France/Germany will stop the EU from economically punishing the UK, for leaving the united Europe under German rule. The EU can't afford Brexit to be a success, else other members will leave. These are the truths, but don't blame me, I was happy with Germany being in charge of the UK. I didn't want Brexit!

Can your box remote control a LG TV and Samsung Sounbar? Can your box be voice controlled by Google Home Mini-nests? If not, it's no use to me!

My Mecool Km2+ arrived at the weekend and I've spend a while battling through the apps/setup. Google assistant almost useless as it only searches Netflix/prime video, and not KODI (which I use to stream from my NAS) KODI 20.2, I had some problems as browse-able SMB network is disabled (for my own security you understand) after V19.1, eventually I got it working by typing in the SMB address by hand. (smb://NAS326/WD-Elements-24A3-1013/HD Movies). Now it works quite well but isn't searchable by Google Assistant. HBO GO, this is also quite well integrated, but again not searchable. The remote is very useful, it can control my TV inputs and my Soundbar volume, and the four 'goto' buttons are programmable so I can use KODI, VLC, an HBO Go directly. So pretty good for 1,780bht, shame about Google Assistant, would have been good if it searched the apps I selected an not the apps they selected.

I prefer my local coffee shop, hot Latte = 55bht.

I have very good business sense ......... which essentially made me enough money to not work past age 45 for the rest of my life.

As far as I can see the only additional costs for a full Vs empty room would be cleaning materials and electricity (almost nothing). Presumably you would still pay staff wages whether empty or full. And the full room would generate extra income from food, drinks and trip bookings.

Was the car an EV?

Inertia, same as for all of us. If I wasn't already here, I wouldn't be coming. Vietnam is a far better tourist destination IMHO.

They (DSLAM/MSAN?) usually have battery backup, I lose grid power all the time but my internet still works without interruption. https://www.facebook.com/NS.net/photos/a.699290313417141/944921128854057/?type=3 "Typical outdoor MSAN cabinet consists of NarrowBand (POTS), BroadBand (xDSL) services, batteries with rectifiers, optical transmission unit and copper distribution frame."

Cos there aren't many expats owning hotels in Thailand.

Not really appropriate to this forum then. OPs English did seem a bit odd.

I've always found booking cheaper through a booking company than direct with the hotel. Sometimes I can pay cash for additional days when in the room, but often they want more than through the booking company. It's a mystery to me! Can't say I care if the hotel is making money or not, I'm only concerned about me.

Why make things so hard for yourself? Book using Agoda/Booking.com/Airbnb like everyone else. No need to ever deal with flaky owners.

How do you know they're not just chatting with family and friends?

Well I bought a whole house UPS good for 16hrs if no solar and no grid. Only 100,000bht.

Watched the video, and couldn't tell the cowboys from the Indians ........ they all looked the same to me.

Would you be able to speak their language?

Yep, you just reminded me to take them.