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What's the fine for all those spray painted white number plates (usually the rear plate) I've been seeing in increasing numbers?

What are the environmental conditions used in these labortory tests? Driving conditions, heat, cold, humidity, how the car is driven, will all affect battery life. It's the same situation when companies quote their range (which quite often over estimates range compared to real world conditions.

I would say most of those cars in the list are hybids, not EVs. Honda accord and crv are hybrids, for example. I would really try to avoid any kind of accident that may damage the battery of an EV, even with first class insurance. As an aside, has anyone driven their EV through a deeply flooded road. Sometimes we come across that situation and it can't be avoided (on a one way street and stuck in traffic, for example). I was at Salaya a couple of nightd ago and the soi was flooded, The byd in front of my decided to u-turn. Erring on the side of caution, I guess. My car was ok as it has reasonable clearance.

She doesn't need a salary with over 500M in assets in her name!

So who owns an EV here who charges at home and homw much is the electricity bill before having and EV compared to after, and how many kms are driven per week/year? I'd like to see some real data from users. And when does it become more economical to install solar (which one SHOULD do, if they actually care for post car production zero emmissions).

Factor in the price of electricity (to charge ones car - most don't run on solar). Demand for electricity will increase it's unit price. I doubt the current grid could support hundreds of thousands of EV's charging at home daily. More demand = more coal burned to suppy the electricity.

Unless the Thai is a governmnt worker, and they pay tax on evey baht earned. My wife wife is paying tax on her civil servant pension. Fortunately she can still work full time and that does not affect the pension (unlike in Australia).

30-40K baht or thereabouts.

Yes, under what conditions are cars combusting? ICE cars are MUCH more common, and accidents can cause combustion, obviously. How many ICE's self combust vs EV's? Are EV's more likely to catch fire while charging or when just sitting in the garage? Personally, I will not being an EV within the next 10 years or so. I want to see how technology changes, longevity and cost of batteries, how much prices will come down, charging stations, effect of many ev's on the unit cost of electricity, introduction of Japanese EV's...etc. I have cost/performance/range requirements and no EV's currently match what I'd be willing to accept.

This isn't the first Chinese related kidnapping for ransom to happen in Thailand. https://www.khaosodenglish.com/featured/2023/04/21/police-expect-chinese-kidnapping-for-ransom-cases-to-continue/

Just make sure they DONT have internet access! Imagine having to patrol a class of 60 students just to check they are actually working and not on tiktok, IG or chatting / passing answers to other students on Line.

How do you not rote learn the numbers 1 to 10?

Could be worse...could be Mandarin ????

*lose.....

On yer bike Noddy....noone will miss you.

It depends on WHO is organising the workshop. I've done short workshops for government agencies. WP has never been required. And I'm quite sure the government is well aware of WP policies for foreigners. But if those folks are "working for themselves" in the Island, then yes they should have a WP - for any kind of work, even non-paid work.

You speak like that's a bad thing...

It's not just western food, but an increase in calorie intake with increasing wealth - mainly food rich in calories in restaurants. Combined with many kids these days stuck on their devices on their butts. They simply are not buring off excess calories. I would say 30-50% of my students are overweight, and a few (these are kids from well-off families, and not indicative of the wider population). It is often gils who are overweight, or "soft" as I put it, as the boys that play sport at lunch breaks are in better shape.

Buy your own blood pressure meter and measure it at home. Measure in the morning (several times), before lunch and after going to the toilet. And also in the evening. Doctor clinic readings can be elevated for many people (mine are).

My students dont need to wear them, but almost all of them do, so do all Thai teachers. I have worn one for almost a year. Had covid in June, almost no symptoms to speak of aside from a dry throat and fatigue. had the AZ vaccine 2 years ago, no boosters, and none planned.

Get married, get a job or set up a business. That is what most of us do. The TE visa is not geared towards us on non-O or non-B or retirees. I doubt even digital nomads would spend this kind of money.

A simple xray would determine if the tooth is worth trying to save or not. The dentist at Mahidol said my chance on my rear molar was 10% (due to some bone loss as the tooth was cracked and allowed bacteria to get into the pulp). So I went the implant route. Despite some bone loss he said that a graft was not required, and that tooth has been good for a few years (got a removable/adjustable type).

That's correct. They have a special clinic where professors do the dental work. I'm in the process of finishing my second implant there, though I have not used the doctors you mentioned. Their queues are long, but that is not a problem for doing implants. Having had both implants and root canals, the implant surgery is a breeze (though stitches are usually required), so a revisit is needed. It a tooth is in a bad way, I would go for an implant, especially if said tooth has already been worked on and is in a bad state.

Cambell's fallen off the trolley and mainly posts to attract new antivaxxer/conspiracy theorist subscribers. He bangs on abot excess deaths and completely failed to mention the 70+M exces deaths following the 1918 pandemic (with ZERO vaccines given!!).

Nothing wrong in making a buck/baht. The problem is when people come and dont bring the money....and stay. I can't fault any conutry/people for not wanting this. If you come, don't expect citizens to support you financially.