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On 5/4/2024 at 12:42 AM, Wuvu2 said:

Damn! That must be some fine peanut butter 😆

Had a couple similar remarks lately about the dose.  I equate the high of decarbed weed to to smoking a gram of the same batch of weed.  Is .1 gram really that small?  That equates to over 25mg THC which is not a small dose? 

8 hours ago, AreYouGerman said:

 

I just looked into it... it seems he went legit insane or the personality disorder went out of control. His content was pretty funny once it started be comedy and not this 'how to get female attention'. He seem to have just stopped uploading videos half a year ago and now focuses on his onlyfans (so it seems).

The concerning part about his story is that I was captivated be his downfall.  It's odd how sometimes I find these types of things interesting.   I was going to try mushrooms this year but after reading his friends opinions of what happened,  I think I'll skip that trip.  He possibly is stuck in an endless bad trip loop. His new content isn't funny like his old self but some of it is still erratically interesting and he far from stupid.

11 hours ago, Highlandman said:

Which is a totally different thing. 

 

A credit card is a physical card. I'm not interested in the truemoney wallet or any electronic wallet. I use cash most of the time and credit or debit cards when I'm out of cash or if it's a high value purchase. 

 

You're making your life overly complicated. Just go to an ATM and withdraw cash. Paying for low value items using anything other than cash is ridiculous. 

 

I'd be embarrassed to pay for a coffee with anything but cash.

 

Using cash is overly complicated if you have your phone with you.  A 100 baht electronic payment is clean and simple.  The local vendors seem to like it.  In many cases they beg you to to avoid dirty cash and locating change for your bills.

Simplicity is king but I get why some enjoy swapping dirty bills.  They are comfortable with what they have always done.  Bet that British man that slapped the taxi driver over a 100 baht bill and was taken into custody wishes he would have gone the simple electronic route.

On 5/1/2024 at 8:55 AM, SportRider said:

 

Revolut is great.  Multiple accounts in any currency you like.  Instant creation of electronic debit cards and link to any currency.  Make 'burner' cards for one-time online purchases. 

Add a card to Google Wallet. 

 

So to answer the question - tap my phone. 😄😄

 

 

That is interesting.  I need to get out of my cave in the sticks and see what electronic transactions are available here.  I opened a another KTB account and keep less than 20k in it for online purchases. BTW - this internet thing is also cool.

9 hours ago, BritManToo said:

You're right, I'd leave tomorrow if it weren't for my Thai wife and kids.

 

The problem for many of us, before we learn the reality of Thailand, we've accumulated a Thai family.

Didn't this happen back in England and wasn't that even worse.  Some just seem to always mate lousy women.

21 minutes ago, CG1 Blue said:

Covid vaccine or not, the measures taken during the pandemic probably tipped a lot of younger people over the edge mentally. 

 

Locking down the world like that, making people stay home, banning travel etc. World economies wrecked for years to come. Nobody did a proper long term impact assessment on locking down the world, and how many deaths would be caused vs lives saved. 

 

This guy could have flipped as a result of lockdowns, but either way he needs to be locked up before he goes walkabout with a machete (which seems to be the latest fad - see Hainault UK this week). 

I thought the OP was interesting and did some research.  He has had a wild ride the last 8 years.  Hard for me not to feel bad for him...

https://www.sportskeeda.com/health-and-fitness/the-rise-fall-connor-murphy-from-fitness-influencer-clinically-insane

This dude was making a lot of money pre covid with millions of views on most of his videos.  He now has 5% of the views he had and looks like a different person.  Watched some of his older videos and he had talent.  Maybe it was the vaccine...

4 hours ago, tpiety2 said:

What US bank do you use that has no int. wire fees? If you send direct to your Thai BB acct. you would have no $10 US BB fee or US bank wire fee only the .25% Thai BB fee. And yes you get the current TT exchange rate. My US Chase bank charges me a $40 wire fee.

 

Interactive Brokers and it might depend on the amount in your account.  They also only allow one free wire a month.

Just now, Dioj said:

Sounds like a flashback to the eighties with all that PCP laced weed.  

I hope not - now you are scaring me.  Off for a run in 40c weather - no fun.

3 hours ago, Dioj said:

The main concentrate forms are cannabis infused oils, butter, alcohols (tinctures) and waxes. As we have been discussing, oils are very easy to make yourself and don't require any special equipment. You basically only need about 30-40 grams of ground up weed, 200ml of MCT oil, a mason jar, a small pot to slow boil it in, a fine strainer and/or some cheesecloth, and some small glass dropper bottles to store it in. You can order all this stuff online in Thailand for next to nothing. It can also easily be flavored if you like and can then be kept fresh for a long time in the fridge. You can also consume it discreetly without any issues of any odor that might otherwise bother some people. 
 

The high you get though from an infused oil concentrate, as opposed to smoking it or vaping it, is different though. The oil high is more of a slow creep that takes about 60-90 minutes to reach full effect, as opposed to smoking or vaping which hits you almost instantly. Also, the high from an oil lasts about twice as long in my opinion. But once you have the oil it's a very fast and convenient delivery method. Far better than eating any form of pure cannabis and avoids all the other downsides of smoking it. 

Thanks and I'll try making some soon.  The high sounds similar to my decarbed weed and peanut butter but I won't know until I try 🙂

2 hours ago, Dioj said:

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you mentioned before you are using brick weed, and, if that's the case, then it's likely nowhere near 25% THC and has got less than 10% THC. Even the higher priced and better quality 30 Baht per gram weed (often shared and discussed within this topic) is probably no more than 15% THC (maybe less). But the 30 Baht stuff is very cost effective for making concentrates and will certainly do the job. I wouldn't use any brick weed to make a concentrate though. 

I agree but this last batch was a rare exception.  Maybe it is the pesticides and not the THC 🙂 It is too strong! So many variables when it comes to purchasing weed in Thailand which I rarely do because friends drop off more than I could ever use and honestly throw large quantities in the trash after 6 months.  Probably not going to be buying brick weed again but only because I have too much free organic ( claimed) weed laying around.

Thanks - guess I'll try the direct transfer to Thailand next time and see what happens.  Also it will speed up the process. Wired money to NY on the 29th and still not here in Thailand. Thanks for the info.

14 minutes ago, Mike Lister said:

This might depend where the currency conversion from USD into THB is done. The Thai banks forex margins on currency exchange are much tighter than in the West, the spread between buy and sell is quite narrow here. If the conversion is done at BB NY, the the ex rate will be worse than if the exchange was done in Thaiiand. Do you remit USD when you send funds to BB NY or do they make the exchange in NY?

I submit dollars.  I didn't know there was difference in the exchange rate. I wrongfully thought the telegraphic transfer rate was static. 

40 minutes ago, Dante99 said:

I send US Bank to Bkk Bank in Thailand direct, no NY stopover.  Get TT rate every time, no $10 fee.  Thai bank receive fee 500 or less baht, small %.

Cool, missed this post.  Just sent yesterday so have to remember to use Swift ( BKKBTHBK)  in 6 months and save the $10 NY fee 🙂  Probably be posting this same question in six months 🙂

21 minutes ago, Mike Lister said:

Your problem is the BB charge which none of us seem able to escape in a Thai banking market that is really a monopoly with no real foreign competition.

Yes, I agree but why not avoid the $10 New York branch fee? Aren't the exchange rate the same regardless if you use the New York branch or send directly to Thailand using Swift?

5 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

personally i rarely eat any form of cannabis. when i first started making cookies in a galaxy far far away i was using the weed into butter method. really turned me off because of the intense flavor of the weed. 

 

started using concentrates and it is so much better but i still don't like the buzz. mostly i frequent infused joints. 🙂

I have forgiving taste buds that aren't too nuanced. In  teaspoon of peanut butter, I can't taste the weed at all and rarely even notice the texture.   I have to look into concentrates.  As for the buzz I get from edibles, it is much more powerful than smoking and I take a small dose.  Below is a more than I usually take and weighs about .1 gram ~25 THC.  I could smoke a gram of the same stuff and not be close to as high as eating it.  I'm am a newbie of sorts and find this interesting and sorry if I'm boring everyone.

Just now, Mike Lister said:

Using BB NY for your international transfers means you're using the US ACH system and BB is taking care of the long haul. If I understand what you've written correctly, BB NY charges you $10 for that?

 

If you send the money directly to Thailand you would need to use SWIFT or IACH, both of which charge for their services, plus, BB Thailand would levy a receiving charge.

I think you understood me correctly.  Issue I have is that Bangkok in Thailand  still charges the .25% or 500 baht max transfer fee.  $10 NY Branch + 500 baht in Bangkok Bank fee in Thailand.  The benefit of the NY branch is to avoid international transfer fees but my bank doesn't charge any fees hence no reason for the extra step of using the NY branch.  Confusing 🙂  Blessed that I have the time to worry about a $10 fee I pay twice a year...

11 hours ago, stoner said:

 

o woah. missed that. i could never eat cooked flower. mct is the best as you said. 

I hear that often but why is it difficult to eat decarbed weed?  Maybe I'm just a brute 🙂

12 hours ago, stoner said:

 

eating raw flower won't do anything except maybe make you feel sick. 

And I never suggested eating raw weed.  But if I did, it would have mild affects compared to decarbed weed.  You ever eat a large dose of raw weed?  I haven't but curious...

11 hours ago, Dioj said:

Any form of eating weed will stay in your system for longer and keep you high for longer than any form of THC infused from cannabis into a liquid form. 

 

A friend once ate a big piece of hash in India and he said he was high for 3 days. But if you want to reduce the duration of the high then infusing it into oil or butter first would be much better. 

 

By infusing it into oil I know approximately how long I will be high for and I prefer that. I can always take a few more drops a few hours later if I want to keep the high going. Much better than the weed itself sitting in my intestines for many hours. 

 

The main reason people infuse weed into butter instead of oil is if they want to spread it onto bread or use the THC to create an edible like a brownie or cookie since butter is one of the typical cooking ingredients anyway. But if you are wanting to just consume the THC without making a food item from it then an oil with no taste or smell like MCT oil (which also doesn't solidify in the fridge) makes the most sense. 

 

If you are going to eat the weed though then I don't think there is any purpose to mix it into peanut butter, or any other food item for that matter. The only reason to put it into a fatty substance like oil or butter (or even infuse it into alcohol as a tincture) is as a means of transferring the THC out of the weed and suspending it in another form/substance via the process of infusion, which then requires slow heating of the two substances together. 

 

If you are still going to ingest the weed itself after you decarb it then you might as well just swallow the weed on its own since there is no added THC benefit by physically combining it with peanut butter before swallowing it. But if it makes you happy then go ahead and keep doing that anyway. All I'm saying is that it changes nothing about the high by adding it to peanut butter on a spoon without infusing it as opposed to just eating the weed directly. 

Interesting and I will do some more digging.  Thanks for taking the time to explain.  Weird, I have been told by many people and web sites that mixing decarbed weed with a fatty food improves the high substantially.  If I could just take a pinch and swallow that would simplify the process and I like simplicity.  Off to do some research. Cheers

I'm not charged for international wires from my US bank and have been using Bangkok Bank's New York branch for wires the last 15 years. 

Why not send the money directly to Thailand to avoid the $10 Bangkok Bank's New York branch charges?  I think the same "telegraphic transfer buying rate"   would be used regardless.  Am I missing something?

6 hours ago, Dioj said:

Hard to imagine anyone could get so high from .1 gram of brick or any type of weed. Seems virtually impossible. Sounds like some sort of placebo effect. 
 

Anyway, weed quality for making any edible only matters to the extent of how much THC it possesses.
 

Most people don't want to actually eat the weed though because it needs to be digested first to feel the effect, which could take at least a couple of hours, and then it remains in the intestines for many more hours, so people normally infuse it into butter or oil which has quicker absorption in and then back out of the blood stream. 
 

The best thing is to infuse it into MCT oil which has no smell or flavor and doesn't solidify when stored in the fridge. You can also flavor it with a bit of natural cinnamon or vanilla if you like. 
 

If you infuse it into vegetable oil it could go rancid after a while if kept outside the fridge and stored in the fridge it can harden a bit, making it more difficult to consume. 
 

But once you infuse it into MCT oil then you can store it in the fridge for many months. Also, very easy to control the dose that way. Start with a drop or two under your tongue and work your way up.
 

I recently infused about 40 grams of a combination of 6 different strains of some inexpensive weed into about 200ml (6 ounces) of oil. It came out pretty potent. About 5 drops (.25ml) will give you a pretty strong high for about 3.5 hours. However, some people might require a smaller dose. 
 

I then put into small 10ml dark glass dropper bottles after infusing it and then store it in the fridge. Very easy to administer this way using the glass dropper and MCT oil remains liquid in the fridge and doesn't harden so you don't need to bring it back to room temperature first to use it. 
 

It takes about 60-90 minutes after ingestion to reach full effect. I've been tempted to try using 10 drops of it (.5ml), but it would likely be too strong of a dose. 

It do get very high off .1 gram edible(25% THC ). It hits me "MUCH" harder than if I had smoked a gram.  Smoking rarely gets me really stoned.  I assume many are like me but not sure.  My friend ( not a weed user) also had less than .1 gram and he told me he was a mess.  

As for infused oils speeding up the digestion vs peanut butter (high fat content), I didn't know there was much of difference.  Sure you're right but I think most enjoy the process which I get.  The simplicity of peanut better and a pinch of weed is my preference.