RocketDog

Thanks for your opinion. That's all there is on these forums. And like noses, everybody has one.

I missed it. Did anybody mention ovaltine for health benefits? It's just another warm comfort drink as far as I know.

Ah. You mean a politician.????

Ah, but the construction was not sub-standard because of lack of money spent. It was sub-standard because...... well, nevermind. We all know why.

Blasphemer!

Words are cheap. It's actions that count. ????

I gave up caffeine in graduate school when I realized I was so jazzed up I went in circles all day. Never had the feeling it was OK to hype my nervous system synapses that way. Admittedly there is a debate that is not conclusive but it seems that moderate caffeine can be helpful it seems. Now I'm do sensitive to caffeine I avoid it in all forms, including energy drinks. It isn't really energy anyway except for the sugar. Caffeine simply enhances the transition of nerve impulses across nerve synapses, but decreases the natural production of epinephrine so that one becomes dependent on it for several days. That passes quickly, if uncomfortably, in a few days. Still, I drank decaf for several decades until I came here 6 years ago. Being unable to easily find decaf and the ridiculous prices charged for it when I could, I started drinking ovaltine. That has worked fine for me. However, lately there are reports that researchers are implicating the chemicals (such as MEK) used to decaffeinate coffee in neurological issues. Easy to search so I won't give a link. I'm suggesting that you just make a clean break and habituate to something more readily available and less controversial. There is no hard evidence that caffeine is truly harmful. Of course there is mounting evidence that claims ANY amount of alcohol is harmful, but I'm hardly going to give up my small Leo every night. Just a thought. To each his own, and nobody lives forever. Plenty of compelling evidence for that claim ! ????

The title is click bait. Surely everybody knows that it is impossible to be shocked by a 12v battery. I always laugh at the movies where the bad guys torture the hero with a car battery and jumper cables. ????

Agreed. OR: the poster is so far from being correct that I want to believe he's simply confused.

If he is that short-sighted he has a rough road ahead of him in the Kingdom. Makes me wonder if he is making a similarly blind move with his pending marriage. I'm not sure about truth setting one free but know for sure ignorance can make life rough.

Did you contact SCB and gain any new info? I'm finding it hard to believe they allow no other access than their stinkin phone app. I resent that kind of aggressive coercion from such service providers. I have been happy with BBL for the last six years and have three accounts there, including one just for visa purposes. They push their phone app too, but I declined. Thanks

Good for you. I agree. I have a mobilephone but refuse to put banking apps on it. Just an invitation to fraud if I lose my phone. I do most of my banking on a laptop at home,with Bangkok Bank. I have an SCB account too but may well just move the money and close the account. This was a mistake on their part IMO.

Thanks. I too am a fan of the Thai space program. I look forward to the planned landing on the Sun.

Thanks, but no thanks. I got out of the martyr business after being hung on a cross a few times in my younger days. I don't care as much about helping strangers now as I do keeping myself out of conflict in a foreign country. Leaving negative reviews on hotels here is as foolish as getting involved on brawls between Thai nationals. There is no clear benefit to myself or the strangers in such idealistic pursuits. When was the last time anybody heeded the advice given them by friends or parents, much less some idiot on social media? I quit trying to save the world a few years ago when I realized that we can never save us from ourselves, and really don't deserve to be saved anyway.

Very true. And several machinists who work Teflon claim that the resultant vapors make them nauseous if they smoke cigarettes immediately after working with it.

I use Bangkok Bank for the fixed account. Of course I don't know about others.

OK. So wiki agrees with one of the sources I quoted. And......

You meant that Thais sell defective junk made by non-Thai companies, mostly in China. The warranty issue is a failure of Thai companies to enforce the manufacturers' warranty. It behooves them to wear you down until you give up and just buy a new product. Win-win for the producer and the seller, loss for the buyer. It's ironic that consumer spending is the major driving force in economies now, yet consumers are at the bottom of the ladder in respect. S**t flows downhill. Many international brand products like Dewalt, Bosch, etc are assembled in Thailand, so obviously workmanship issues arise there. And, as others have said, the quality of design and robustness of the design have declined seriously in the past few decades. My experience these days is that if something lasts for two years you're doing good. These things are made to fail early but cost less. Consumers affirmed these decisions by purchasing these products. We've made the tradeoff of quality for lower prices. The manufacturers simply accommodated our desires. We are complicit in this race to the bottom. In the new world of inflationary economies based entirely on fiat currency, product prices can remain low only by decreasing quality commensurately. Be careful what you wish for...... You may get it.

Joining several others here. I got a Fixed deposit acct on advice from an immigration officer I know in Huahin office. Definitely the way to.go.

? Calibre of reporting we've become accustomed to. Sigh........

June 20 re-run. Been there, read that.

And almost never turns out as you expected, has to be replaced /repaired sooner than you think, and is much more difficult to get fixed, etc

In the old days they were napthelene. Not now. The ones my wife buys at Tesco claim to be non-toxic. Check for yourself before using though.

It will be interesting to see how many participants are mowed down and left for dead by the local drivers. Happens every year. Being anywhere in the Kingdom within sight of a road/path /sidewalk/trail is a life-threatening activity.

I've had to do this most of my life in America. Any words of more than two syllables are derided as, '$20 words'. It is a fact that vocabulary not used, especially verbally, is finally lost altogether. Americans speak in strings of cliches, colloquialisms, and idioms so only vague and fuzzy concepts are easily conveyed. Sad actually.