BritManToo

Hmmmmmmm ............ Well off Thai Chinese don't allow their sons to marry Issan girls. Her story sounds unlikely.

Did you visit the store while she was working? Just wondering ...........

Stealing money from someone that no longer has any use for it ......... Doesn't fit my definition of evil, in fact fairly harmless (but wrong).

Doubt it was her first theft. Normally they've been doing it for years and got away with it.

If your existing phone is so good ........ why can't you wait to buy a new one? The only reason I buy a new phone, is because the battery in the old phone is failing (2-3 years), or I smashed the screen. I stopped buying all Samsung products 4 years back when they started failing really quickly.

Old technology, much the same as a car battery. Your link points to a 100AH battery. No feedback, low seller rating.

The answer to that is very easy. You can't trust any woman. You probably shouldn't trust any man either. Trust No One!

Is it any different to showing off a new Ferrari or Rolex?

Would point out she was not a tourist, but in Phuket filming a TV show. Looks cute though ............

The bus bars are a real problem. Managed to find some thicker bars, 12 for just over 400bht (they only had 12) on Lazada. The thin bars supplied will have to be doubled up 1" x 70mm x just under 1mm thick. I really need them to take 120A ............ I might get away with 2mm ........... I purchased an 'experimental' Daly 4s 100A BMS with Bluetooth just to play with the existing batteries. Should arrive later today or tomorrow (2,500bht). 8 more cells on their way (I tell the seller I'll buy more if the ones that arrive are good, I felt buying 16 in one go was tempting fate) So far I have ........... Another 'problem' purchase was a 120A 2 pole DC MCB/breaker so I can switch the battery on/off. Thai distributors wanted 400bht for this item ........ 150bht shipped from the Risin factory in China.

I can tell the difference. Brass will do it for 1,000bht. Hiso wants a lot more money to bang her.

Earth wire is to stop shocks when you touch the metal casing. If the equipment is out of reach, or encased in plastic, it doesn't need to be earthed. Getting a shock with the individual circuit breaker off. Usually caused by the live and neutral being reversed at the meter before it enters the house. If so, NONE off your single pole breakers in the house work (because they're braking the neutral and the live is always LIVE). The main 2 pole breaker/RCBO is the only one that works.

Mom & pop stores in CM are generally cheaper than 7-11. They have no franchise fees to pay. I went to an island once (Koh Libong 10 years back), same taxi mafia there. I've never been back to any Thai island, seem too risky to me. Better to holiday in Vietnam where there's a public bus service to all the airports.

Governments deliberately destroyed the travel business for no good reason. If AirAsia had been allowed to operate normally, they wouldn't have been in trouble.

Any spare money I have stays in my UK bank earning nothing. Which is a lot better than the 100% loss I made from one 'Blue chip' UK defense company. And the 30,000 pound loss from my IFA buying worthless mutual funds in a bankrupt company. One of my pal's lost most of his pension money investing in bank stocks. Better to lose your money on the horses, at least that gives you a good day out. I'd suggest you leave your super alone, and just take drawdown when and if you need it. Which is where mine stayed after all the losses from Pension advisors and IFAs.

Every IFA I ever used stole from my fund. They me sold items that paid them big commissions, they churned my portfolio, they even bought Mutual funds that had already gone bankrupt. Good luck finding an honest one, I never managed it.

Nah, you can often just tell by the size and weight of the package. I once ordered 3x solar panels @20Kg each ...... the delivery driver turned up with a brown envelope. Delivery refused. Today I received 4x 200ah Lifepo4 batteries at 5Kg each. Could hardly lift the box. Delivery accepted and paid.

Women aren't very good at taking punches to the head, men are. Winning against another woman doesn't really mean much. I think it's a design feature.

My Brit wife was more of an 'infrequent root'.

Nearly all women see men as a career opportunity. The trick is to not let them take over the company.

You must live in a different Thailand to me. Almost every Thai woman I've encountered would hit/stab/run over someone that annoyed them.

Broken or cracked ribs give intense pain for 3-6 months. So painful that you want to scream when you sit up. If you aren't coughing up blood and the bones appear to be inline (just from touch) there's nothing to worry about. ZERO need for x-rays ever, it the bones are inline to the touch. I also had Tramadol, only to be taken if you can't sleep or have intense pain. Tramadol is addictive, don't take it every day.

I've seen a few punch ups in the street. My neighbour and his wife were giving it a go a few years back (both university educated in their 40s). Full force punches in the face, she won and ended up standing over him while he lay on the road sobbing. In Thailand the women are just as likely to beat the men (from what I've seen and experienced).

The first 4 of my batteries have arrived, not bad for 6,229bht delivered CoD. No swelling and all reading 3.40V ........ the free bus bars are a bit thin though.

I'd definitely offer her a lady drink ........ attractive and violent ...... my sort of woman. She appeared to be tougher than her boyfriend!