BKKBike09

Since when is Nonthaburi "central Thailand"? Makes it sound like upcountry madness, but basically this is Bangkok.

Thailand in a nutshell. Can't buy beer in a supermarket at 4pm but you can buy weed and a giant garishly coloured Chinese dild0, as you watch the tessakit city police guys ignore the illegal sex toys while shaking down some hapless tourist for dropping a cigarette butt on the, ahem, 'spotless' (and bin-free) street.

People die as a result of stupidity all the time. But to blame "collective stupidity" for Covid deaths? Really? What is hilarious is how some people turn a disdain for outdoor mask-wearing into something only "covid hoax believers" would suggest. I'm not American and am not under the thrall of any ex-president, nor do I have a disdain for "book lernin'". Only a fool would say covid is some sort of 'hoax'. Patently it is not. Patently, though, three years later, most of the rest of the world has moved on. What, pray, is so different about Bangkok, compared to any other global city, that sees the vast majority of the urban population continue to mask up? That's when your 'healthy caution' starts to look like paranoia or, perhaps, a disdain for all that lernin' of which you speak. The onus of self-protection should devolve to the individual, not be mandated by the state.

One might equally ask: "I really don't know why we have to put up with the abject covid paranoia which infests this board". Covid is clearly not going away, but neither are people dropping like flies in the streets. Personally, I think that wearing masks outside, in 40 degree heat, is the height of stupidity. But that's just me, and I am aware that some people will consider this to be both ill-informed and 'inconsiderate'. Not that I care.

If she didn't like the main house, the adjacent 'guest annexe' might be an option?

Some 'mansion'! And really old, too. Built 'more than 30 years ago'. What a dump.

Of course you should use an appropriate calibre depending on the purpose. However I was quite specific in saying that I don't see any civilian need for semi-automatic high-capacity long guns. People have hunted for more than a century using bolt-action long guns. What's the problem using, say, a 5-round mag bolt action for hunting any sort of game, or for humanely killing an injured farm animal. If you can't do any of these things with a single round, you'd best not be using a gun. Same for long-distance accuracy shooting. I'll take a bolt action .308 over a .223 AR platform any day.

I'm curious. Such as? [Disclaimer: I like shooting sports, I own various firearms, but I also have no problem with a ban on civilian ownership of semi-automatic high-capacity long guns in any calibre with more ballistic punch than, say, .22LR.]

Hopefully also a subliminal message in this photo that it's safe to ditch the masks now.

Ah - I thought that was sent to you (meaning your name on the list). They don't give much notice for the interview; in my case, the MOI (actually, DOPA) rang me on a Thursday and said I was to go the following Tuesday. I ended up postponing it twice because of work commitments (me the first time, my wife the second time). So it went from June to September.

This letter (dated 12 April) appears to be inviting the recipient and spouse to attend the interview TOMORROW 21 April at 1400 in the Ngamwongwan Conference Room on 3rd floor of the Nonthaburi Provincial Office.

Phrakhanong.

In Bangkok you often have no choice as to whether you drive in flooded streets. It just needs a heavy downpour and in an hour or two, bingo. If you're already in the car, not many options. There's an argument for not driving at all when there's likely to be heavy rain, but then you're reliant on public transport. And leaving your car at home might not stop it getting flooded anyway ...

It's also going to be interesting to see how the myriad of EVs that have hit the roads in Bangkok in the past 6 months are going to fare in the rainy season. My soi frequently gets flooded to +30 cm or more. That was never fun in a low-slung car like a Scirocco. I did ponder on this quite hard before buying the Atto and am still quite apprehensive. We shall see ...

Yep, BEV instant torque is hard to beat. I also agree fully with your comment about having to drive one to appreciate the lack of noise, vibration and harshness, and how relaxing that it. Commuting to work in the Atto in BKK is much more pleasant than in my Scirocco (which does about 2-4 km/l in heavy traffic). However ... I still think that 'on the road' charging is an issue and will probably get worse, not better, over the next 1-2 years as more and more EVs compete for chargers. Just going by my experience charging my Atto in Pattaya. DC chargers are few and far between and there's invariably someone else using them if you just roll up. I know PTT has a booking system, but that can mean at least 60-90 minutes of the day gone (time to drive to/from charger + charging time). The problem on a journey from say BKK to Chiang Mai or Phuket by road will be that everyone will start with 100% charge and then want to stop for a break/charge at roughly the same time / distance. So certain charger locations will always be much more in demand than others. EVs still can't compete with ICE in terms of convenience of fueling and I'm not sure that's going to change much in the near future (next 5 years).

That's not very clear (at least to me). I'd say it basically says: "Next month I will summarise and submit for the interview. [That] should be May 2023. Up to the province to fix the date and notify" But not really clear whether he means province will fix the date for interview, or date for submission of the documents. I don't understand though why the police would wait to be asked to submit the documents? I did everything in Bangkok so no experience of a provincial application. Good luck!

Actually that test just shows someone tested positive; unless they do a DNA analysis to see if it matches his DNA, then who knows. Maybe one of his mates showed it to him and said "you have Covid" and he died of shock? If the police etc will automatically assume that a positive Covid test next to a corpse means "death by Covid", then seems like a positive test could be a useful way of covering up a death from other causes.

I can say with certainty - having lived in the city for decades - that, prior to Covid, it was extremely rare to see Thais in Bangkok wearing masks. Actually, mask wearing because of air pollution did increase somewhat in the immediate years before Covid. I suspect because of the advent of AQI apps, making data on air pollution easier to come by. But numbers were still very, very low. It's easy to prove, too, through resources like Google image search.

PTT in Pattaya. Green one is mine (I actually only went to put air in the tyres but couldn't resist the photo op).

Actually what this genius was reported as saying - according to the Thai language original - was "even though the Covid 19 situation has improved, masks are a must to protect against Covid 19 when in groups or doing risky activities". It then goes on about how people should take their elderly relatives to receive their 37th (okay, I made the number up) booster to improve their immunity. Fools.

You realise it doesn't have any internal staircases? That's kinda odd (not to mentioned inconvenient) for a 3-storey shophouse ...

Indeed. This is a better picture. Hard to claim "I thought it was documents" ... Surprised he didn't have some fawning lower-level apparatchik with him to do the literal 'heavy lifting'. I didn't think pooyai ever carried their own bags. I wonder if he'll be charged with 3,200 counts of bribery, one for each note?

If the seats are made of fake leather like the Atto ("vegan leather", as it's marketed by BYD in Europe), then a quick wipe and they clean up well. Staff on the booth told me they expect it on sale here end 2023 but pricing will likely be high. Nice looking car though inside and out (albeit another one with a pale interior that will showcase any dirt).

Exactly. Need to get a lab analysis done to know what it is. The OP's picture looks exactly like an MRSA infection my daughter picked up at her school (two other kids picked one up shortly before her). Lab analysis determined what antibiotics would work. Cleared up but took two weeks of heavy duty antibiotics. If it's a bacterial infection then trying to squeeze out the pus is a bad idea - pushes infection deeper into the tissue. Need to get it lanced and properly cleaned (if that's what it is). I thought my daughter had been bitten on the calf by an insect of some sort. Looked exactly like an insect bite to start.

That is suspicious in itself. The reg book for the red plate should reflect the vehicle currently using that plate.