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A quick question about flooding and EVs ..... my village and some surrounding areas experience some flooding every year, up to about 30cm deep. How well are EV batteries protected from water? ( I am thinking next car will be an EV).

War with Cambodia seems to have been good for the baht? I would have thought not. Or maybe UK government is just doing badly as usual.

My daughter was born in 2011, I was not married at the time, but was named on Thai birth certificate. Applied for UK passport for her in 2023, just an application, no biometrics needed. Just my experience.

Depends where you are. In Udon Thani, we had a lot of rain in May-to July, ponds all in overflow. Now its August, height of the wet season, and in the last week just one short shower.... been looking for the watering cans that were not needed once in 3 months!

We live in hope....

The Israeli troll farm got onto this thread early, with there denials and misinformation. There is a reason why Israel denies most Journalists access to Gaza - because it would undermine their lies about what they are doing - Israel always - DENY DENY DENY Only works the first 100 times

Are you named on the Thai birth certificate? If not, hard to prove right to UK passport.

I am on Duodart - side effects for me have been minimal, Urinary frequency slightly better, main benefit is much improved urinary flow; emptying bladder still a bit of a problem, but maybe slightly better. Sex still possible.

In the UK lived just far enough from London so that i would survive the first strike. After that i would have headed west (prevailing wind would with luck keep fallout at bay for a time). Here in Thailand probably unlikely to experience a direct hit, fallout may get me, depends on how many bombs drop. I try to keep enough stuff to survive most disasters, we have land, food and fish, can keep going for a while. Pitcairn? You would never get there after the war started. If by some miracle you did, you would probably be considered as food....

Maintenance loans are higher for lower income households, but just means the student debt ends up higher. Most free grants no longer exist. Only advantage of student loans is that they get written off after 30 years, when you are 65, or die. Interest rates are also relatively high, but varies on when you started university, It has been projected that maybe as much as 50% of loans will never be fully repaid. University is a career choice but no longer a guarantee of financial benefit.

Yes.... Before Brexit, 55 baht to the GBP, ever since rarely over 45 baht. An average 20% hit, When Johnson took over, it dropped below 40 for a while. Morons F***** up my retirement, but they still 'believe' it was good for UK. And migration - before Brexit, mainly eastern Europeans, who at least worked and were only a minor problem; many of them just worked a few years to get a nice bit of cash to buy a house or start a business back home. Ever since, the dregs of Africa and Asia, who never leave. Last year the population of England and Wales grew by 690,000, of which 95% were migrants.

15 years of travel through swampy and never yet bought anything at King power.

Doesn't mean you have to get more rain overall - Just more likely to get more in one go - that is what causes the problems. In some areas. e.g. Isaan, trend seems to be less rain, although this year has been an exception so far

Gus is still going strong. Only 4 of us left. Ray (Indian born chap, you should remember him from the night market meet ups) not so much, currently in ICU.

Lets cut all the bull<deleted>. Are a lot of Thai drivers bad drivers? Yes. Full stop. I routinely have to avoid drivers driving the wrong way up roads, undertaking on the left then turning right (often without indication), driving straight out of side roads and only THEN looking to see where vehicles are, not stopping at Zebra crossings; should i continue? Lack of driver education and zero law enforcement are major contributing factors. Fortunately i expect most drivers actually want to die/kill me and drive accordingly. 15 years driving in Thailand and have never caused an accident. Otherwise everything else @kwilco posts are the typical caricatures of Expats in Thailand. Some truth there, And about as accurate as all Nigerians are scammers.