BritManToo

That's great but my Nissan bigM diesel pickup is 27 years old and still works well.

No real lithium batteries for evbikes sold at under 6kbht on Lazada. My evMTB takes a 48v lithium battery, cost of the 65x Panasonic 18650 cells it's made from is around 5-6kbht, but so many fakes to sort through. Just do a quick search for 18650 batteries, they can only fit 3400ma in one of those, anyone advertising a higher capacity is selling fakes that usually don't work for more than a week.

Link to any lithium battery that will run a evBike for 2k2bht please. Cheapest I can find (that actually works) is 6000bht. Lots of fakes around!

No, she was second hand.

My wife, a bargain at 100kbht for 15 years of her life. Obviously there's additional running expenses but that's the same with anything that floats or flies!

Don't think the property owners give a flying one. There's allegedly not many of them, they're super rich and own entire streets free and clear They are happy to just sit and wait for the land prices to inflate. Supposedly Niman is owned by 2 families, Loy Krow owned by one.

CM In town rents are so high now it's hard to see how the bars could make any money no matter how many customers they have or how high the beer markup is.

I'm giving electric cars a miss at the moment. 1. I don't like driving cars. 2. I worry about price drops, maybe when they're less than 500kbht. 3. I worry about the battery warranty/life/replacement cost/fire risk. I read these stories about manufacturers refusing to honour battery warranties, 'you hit the curb', 'you flooded the battery', then all the cars sitting quietly and bursting into flames stories, then think how often do I hit a curb in Thailand, how often does a road I drive down get flooded in monsoon ......... then think NO, I don't need that trouble, my 1997 Nissen Diesel doesn't care about any of those things. If my eMTB battery bursts into flames, I can just hop off and walk away, it gets charged away from the house so no problem there, and when the battery wears out (after 800-1000 charges, 2-3 years) a new one costs about 6,000bht (48v 750whr).

But if you truck on down to the Moonmung/Loi Krow area of Chiang Mai, about half the shops are locked and abandoned. Guesthouses, bars and restaurants many closed, those open mainly empty, usually more staff than customers.

Don't forget to add the 400bht/month charge for getting off peak electricity. Charging my EV from solar at this very moment. I need about 150whr, which will take 90 minutes.

I had roast pork and baked potato in its jacket covered in Tesco onion gravy yesterday. Today is roast pork sandwiches. Breakfast was honey yogurt and Japanese Nissin fruit granola.

I think you'll find Anutin's party + Senators have a controlling number in the government, plus control of the EC. Any opponents will be either removed from office, or sidelined from any of the money making trough posts.

You have some very strange fantasies Nick.

My (her) mortgage on a 3 bed detached house is 10kbht/month, back in the UK a rented room in a shared house would cost double that. There is no need for anyone to buy imported goods, make your own jam and it costs almost nothing, plenty of coffee shops charging 25bht a cup, no need for an imported machine and filters. As for taxing our foreign incomes ...... it'll never happen!

I married a lady 20 years younger than me, that left school age 12, then I sent her to high school and university, didn't even cost much. 15 years later we're still together, have a great 12yo son, and I'm still happy with her, and don't feel the need for any other female company. I hesitate to pronounce on her feelings for me, but earlier this week she announced I'm the best dad she's ever had! PS. I do all my own shopping and cooking.

The only cost that matters is housing! Nobody needs a pot of jam, but you do need a place to live.

I wouldn't fight for any bunch of rich people wanting to run any country either.

Kid should move to Thailand, ice cream only 10bht in KFC.

Don't see where the danger is as long as you're sensible. Don't buy a house and car in her name upfront and where's the risk. After 3 years marriage (and 1 son)I bought mine a house, 300kbht down and 10kbht/month for 23 years. Been living in the house 10+ years now, so hardly a major loss if it all goes wrong.

I'd also not have got married to my Brit wife. Thai wife is no problems at all.

Got one for the bedroom 2 years back. Does very little, waste of money.

Same as every other politician then!

Not so sure on that, the guest house I stay at in Siem Reap has a smoking sala beside the swimming pool and everyone is smoking pot, bags of cannabis on every table. I was told the police don't care what you do on private grounds. I also had a girl sitting on my lap or rubbing against me within 5 minutes of entering any of the bars.

I came here to avoid women .......... Massive fail!

I don't think many foreigners realise how hard life is for single moms in Thailand. If they have no degree they'll be lucky to earn 9kbht a month (chain shop workers wage). But even if they are fortunate enough to earn more, many seem to have no money management skills. My misses friend was unhappy this afternoon (hairdresser) she can make 2kbht/day but no customers today, so no money for food (her and her teen son) until at least tomorrow afternoon. I gave her 400bht, can't have them going hungry.