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The cars will be staying here ,not back to U.K. where they will be classified as stolen recovered (diminished value).As you say they are the insurers property and a deal will be done by them with whoever possesses them now for compensation,or they’ll be resold here.

While I concur with your mask wearing observation outside tourist areas and generally I mimic the wearing just to fit in,on the occasions I’ve forgotten my mask I carry on and am not met with any pushback or unsaid disapproval

Don’t fret,you now have 4 options of the same reaction! ????

What’s the essential difference between the new emoticon reaction options? They all appear to be inconsequential variations of the same sentiment. Just have a single "recommend " button if the intention is to disguise the removal of a "disagree" option.

Indeed,a very unusual place vs a typical Thai town and especially on the weekend during the market.Fully concur regarding the drive along the Mekong!

Given it’s brand presence here I’d have thought you’d include Isuzu in your short list? I’ve had one for 7years and not sure when the most recent model was released ,but given advances I’d always incline towards those that have just had a (non cosmetic) revamp.

Diesel here is half the price or less than in U.K./Europe so electric cars ,especially their higher price ,is going to be a tougher sell.

Daughter just booked end of October to come from Manchester and Emirates came up cheaper and better timings than Qatar. Last time I flew with Emirates and she came in June with Qatar. Comparing notes clearly Emirates is better and usually more expensive so I’d go for Emirates on price parity. They had the A380 too which is much nicer !

Thank you. I notice shipped from overseas (China ?) which I presume was the case when you bought? Was there a brand name apparent? OEM stands for own engineered manufacture.

It seems it’s only you manufacturing the racial element here …to suit a prejudiced narrative?

I’m after a decent pair of binoculars. Last time I found some on eBay in U.K. and got them brought over,but are there any options for buying better here?

Test your theory: run as fast as you can (which will still be much slower than around town)face first into a brick wall ,note the impact.. in fact it’s worse than that in a car because just as you’re pivoting into the steering wheel the airbag explodes into your face potentially breaking your neck. The myth about crashing into a river and escaping drowning is just that (a myth) in virtually all cases. Research indicates that the injuries/being incapacitated inside the car as you’re thrown by about not wearing a seat belt is far more common than a seat belt being released by the occupant and being in a better state to then egress the vehicle .

Sounds like the court has found a way around fundamental simple arithmetic. Perhaps they had a consultation with U.K.'s Diane Abbott!

Do you mean because this type of drunken dangerous driving is not associated with the local population? If so I’ve got news for you,look at the road death statistics (25,000 deaths per year). This is not to excuse his behavior,I hope he suffers horribly for it ,but so I do for the similar Thai drivers,something which doesn’t seem to happen. Furthermore I would suggest that any statistical analysis would likely show that proportionately ,resident farang drivers here are less likely to be involved in serious traffic accidents than the norm.

Why are you suggesting a sentence more in line with premeditated murder for a road accident that was related to inattention (careless ) rather than dangerous. A momentary misjudgment with catastrophic consequences that can happen to anyone but no question of malice .

There are much more sophisticated ways to use credit cards to your advantage these days as cheap loans (U.K.) interest free balance transfers . You can do an almost eternal loop with them . I’ve had well over a decade of practically free money which is invested in my SIPP /ISA which have given much greater returns than the tiny amount of occasional fees.

The military mind is not best equipped to understand even the basics of economics nor marketing of an industry. It’s limited to thinking a simple reopening of a severely damaged and ravaged infrastructure is all that’s required and vague wishful thinking of a 'better class ' of tourist. They will be lucky to retain a decent fraction of the numbers of old with little will to understand the new dynamics of more expensive airfares and constrained spending currently hitting many source countries . The postponement of resuming flights to Thailand by one of Europe’s most significant airlines until further notice is a signal of reality flying above the rather dense heads here.

It takes 30 days to count up to 8 starting with 2014? The maths here is worse than I thought! ????

Because I’m in a bit of an outlying area with just a few other neighboring houses we have what PEA describe as an ‘emergency' meter (although it been there 4 years) and they charge us 7+ baht unit compared to 3.5 baht at our other house elsewhere. Others also pay similarly (unless they’ve a dodgy connect to someone else’s meter down the road. There is talk of at some stage when further other houses are built (further installation made?) that there’ll be a capital charge for the infrastructure and the rate will go down to normal. Anyone else have this scenario?

Rather different scenario. That is the price of electricity in the U.K. reflecting basic costs /taxes which vary by country. 8 baht is a 100% uplift on what the landlord is paying- a practice which is illegal in U.K.

It’s a "misunderstanding "….

Not only 30% more expensive,but add in that diesel is more efficient/economical and the difference probably 50%? Take the Honda CRV SUV. Ancient 2.4 litre petrol engine or the newer 1.6 diesel twin turbo ? All those varieties however long since extinct in western markets . Thailand- Honda's dumping ground for old engines.

There are cleaning additives in normal fuel. The occasional use of a premium grade fuel may additionally help

I think you’ll find that contravenes data protection laws -access to sensitive information,especially of foreign governments is rightly tightly controlled. Revoking of passports for petty offences ??

It will be on their record,in the country they were convicted /home country. Are you saying you want Thailand (any countries) to have unfettered access to a foreign country’s police database ?