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On 5/22/2023 at 2:03 AM, In the jungle said:

If you must buy this sort of thing the 911 Dakar would be a better choice.

These guys pick apart (and rightfully so) the new 911 Dakar.  The thing will get bashed off road.

https://www.theautopian.com/we-took-a-close-look-at-the-new-porsche-911-dakar-and-weve-got-some-questions-about-off-road-capability-and-aerodynamics/
 

I always like the original 1978 911 Safari.   Porsche custom built a couple “Safari style” 911s for an endurance team and the thing is absolutely bad ass!

https://www.guideautoweb.com/en/articles/68411/safari-style-porsche-911-takes-on-the-world-s-highest-volcano/

24 minutes ago, NextG said:

Snippy? Perhaps you are sleeping. I posted the link, you priced it up. I asked his much you think they should charge and you got ‘snippy’. It was a genuine question. How much including overhead and wastage etc?

They also have to take into account that they don’t sell it all. 
This is why….again, that I would most certainly make my own, unless it was heavily discounted. Then I might check it for quality. Not necessarily quiche, but most overpriced delicatessen products. Most are far below the standard of whatever I can produce for myself. For the prices charged, I can use premium products in mine. Your were preaching to the choir. Perhaps you thought we were disagreeing on something. 

Sorry….I’m a little brain dead today.   I agree….I’d make it home too.   And with the price….honestly…I don’t know what should be charged.  To me, something like quiche is a common simple food…something I too would have had at school like the other posters stated.  Shepherd’s pie would be another simple dish.  So….to me, it is an odd thing to sell in a deli case here and if they need to sell it at 290/slice in order to cover their overhead then so be it.  To me, quiche isn’t a premium product.  290 a slice….Thailand….doesn’t compute.  

57 minutes ago, NextG said:

Have you been paying attention to anything that has been written here?

I have…why so snippy?

someone posted a link to a recipe for high quality quiche with all the fancy ingredients.  So, out of curiosity, I went to tops website and sourced the ingredients including the crème freche, double cream and Gruyère….that’s how I came to ฿700 for the ingredients.  So, in my own personal opinion, here in Bangkok…even if they were using the good ingredients (I don’t know if they are or aren’t)….I think a ฿1000 markup is fairly substantial.

9 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Not sure about that:

 

WHAT’S A MELO MELO PEARL AND WHY IS IT SO VALUABLE?

Ahhh….I see.  My mistake.  There was mention in the story about another couple finding an orange Melo Pearl so I assumed (wrongly) that was what they had found.  

4 hours ago, Celsius said:

Decided to google. Hardly priceless 

 

An oyster pearl's worth depends on various factors, such as quality and significance. Oyster pearl prices can range from $20 to $5,000 or more per pearl.

Now google “melo pearl” as it appears that is what they may have found.

*further information provided shows it wasn’t a Melo pearl

33 minutes ago, NextG said:

If the ingredients alone cost 700 baht then at what price should they sell it? 
Let’s just hope their effort is tasty. I would have gone to Big C Extra for something closer to real creme fraiche…

What price?  Dunno.  Do you think they are using real crème fraiche, double cream or Gruyère at Tops?  If not….then maybe they are making it for far less than ฿700….not to mention that they are buying the ingredients in bulk and not paying the retail prices that I quoted.

If quiche is your thing and you think ฿1740 is a good value….have at it.

Bon Appetit!

2 hours ago, NextG said:

Actually I quite liked Quiche Lorraine as a school dinner, but I suspect the quality will be lacking here.

If you take a look at the ingredients you might understand why a good quality version might be expensive: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/ultimate-quiche-lorraine

I wouldn’t hold out much hope for even the £42 version. Most of the delicatessen foodstuffs here are relatively disappointing. Can knock up much better in my own kitchen. 

Adding up the cost of all the ingredients in the link you provided would run about ฿700 (Tops had everything but the lardons on their site so I just ballparked ฿1000/kg for decent ham).  More expensive than I would have thought.  
 

Still…almost ฿1800 is pretty pricy and I’ll bet that there is nothing imported about it (as many posters seem to believe) because if it was imported, it would have the little flag/country of origin next to it as they do on (probably) every imported product in all the major higher end supermarkets.

21 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Yes it has.

In fact I have an appointment for 90 day report tomorrow.

Also will try obtain certificate of residence. 

They post that out.

 

Will update tomorrow. 

Here is link for appointment for 90 report 

https://www.immigration.go.th/?page_id=20131

Thanks….much appreciated!  That was easy.  I’ll be there tomorrow also  ????

22 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Received means little.

You need to check status.

Needs to change from "pending to approved" 

My current online report has been pending for a week (CW) .As a result I'm going Thursday to do one in person as now already 2 days past due date. 

 

Check with this link 

https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login

I had a similar thing happen and after 10 days I got the dreaded “you must report to immigration”.

Has the 90 day reporting office moved back to CW from Muangthongthani?

5 hours ago, youngexpat said:

I went to choate rosemary hall for highschool.

 

so did John f kennedy and ivanka trump.

 

I have personally gotten high with the heirs of SC johnson, walmart, dupont, anheiser busch, the pritskers, kuwaiti princes the list goes on and on.

 

higher class people indulge recreationally

 

if you think that it is confined to rockstars, who ironically i personally wouldn't consider higher class, you are just dead wrong.

I remember Choate.  Our headmaster had to call a special meeting before “Choate Day” in order to plead with the students to not cheer “Choate Does Coke!” at the sporting events.

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/05/nyregion/14-choate-students-expelled-in-inquiry-into-cocaine-arrest.html

Those were some wild times ????

8 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

The linked article seems devoid of facts, and more of a marketing brochure. Although I'm not sure who the audience is?

 

 

I thought that it was difficult for Chinese citizens to move money out of China?

 

 

It’s a FOMO article.  We were inundated with the same “Chinese are buying everything” garbage from the REIC (Real Estate Industrial Complex) in California when they needed more bag holders back in 2006-2007.

Oh….you better act fast before the Chinese buy everything and drive the prices up!!!  Buy now before you’re PRICED OUT FOREVER!

Typical marketing spiel.

Online at whatever the brands Thai website is.  

These guys are good.  3 different grades of leather.  Showroom in Bangkok is at the Crystal Design Center.

https://128studio.com

36 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

I’m surprised this doesn't happen more with checked baggage (not the cash part, but the mistake of taking the wrong bag part).

 

It's happened to me once - someone took my bag from the carousel and went home with it !!... 

I saw a bag the same as mine going round and round again...   a bit inconvenient !!!...

 

I’ve nearly mistaken someone else’s bag for mine (exactly same type of bag again). 

 

 

 

 

It happens….but not always mistakenly. 
 

https://nypost.com/2022/11/30/meet-sam-brinton-non-binary-biden-official-arrested-over-stolen-suitcase/

9 minutes ago, malibukid said:

seen the same thing happen at Surfrider in Malibu.  only the idiots use surfboards.  automatic $10k lawsuit.  and yes the cops are on the beach with ATV's

 

Yup….I remember that from the 70’s.  Malibu surfers (locals) were well known for their aggressiveness to any outsiders poaching their waves.  Went there once as a kid.  Never again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malibu_Locals_Only

16 hours ago, timendres said:

$2,500+ flights are still a serious deterrent, at least for friends of mine from the States.

Where are they coming from?  
 

Sure, if I book a round trip flight for tomorrow from LAX to BKK it’s $2500.  If I book a couple months out it’s as low as $847

orbitz.com

On 5/20/2022 at 11:30 PM, placeholder said:

It's not a sign of the Russian economy's strength that the ruble has risen so much. Quite the contrary.

That wasn’t the point of my post.  Try to keep up.

On 4/3/2022 at 10:04 PM, Bkk Brian said:

I'll leave you with your famous last words and check back in 6 weeks time when the effects of the sanctions kick in and the economy is crippled. In the meantime feel free to buy the top...????

 

Russia’s Central Bank has just jacked up interest rates to 20%

Just keeps on winning

1 hour ago, dinga said:

INDEED - this is the issue.   The minuscule interest rate is (intentionally) extremely misleading.

 

You can be sure the Loan is in YEN (how can it possibly be in Baht....) - meaning Thailand is at the mercy of the movement in FX Rates every time payment is to be made.  

 

I am reminded of when Swiss Franc Home Loans were being pedaled in Australia at similarly ridiculously low interest rates  -  those who fell for the trap were destroyed by unfavourable FX movements.

 

 

Yeah, it’s definitely a potential “trap”.  
 

They did the same thing with the housing market in the US with 5 year (if I remember correctly…it certainly wasn’t a typical 15 or 30 year mortgage) Yen loans back in 2007.  The US$ was 120 yen at the time.  5 years later (2012) it was around 80 Yen to the $.  I wonder how many people fell for it.  Had no idea that they did the same thing in Australia…interesting to know.  Thanks.

Ok….so they’re playing the Yen carry trade game?

Let’s hope exchange rates work in Thailands favor.

Yeah….I’ve seen that at theaters too.

So….I go to the kiosk next to the ticket machines (there is always one there).  I pay in cash, they give me change and then the cashier walks to the ticket machine with their card and buys the tickets for me.

So….no….they’re not going cashless.

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