Lacessit

We are a nation divided. The bogans have Christmas dinner with roast beef and plum pudding, just like Brits do. Sensible in the UK, insanity in 40 C. We civilized Australians, who are not descended from the dregs of English society, eat cold crayfish with a Vasse Felix classic dry white on December 25.

A few memories: A guy in a Tony Romano's restaurant in LA, eating ribs. About 2 feet long. Roast beef in Pittsburgh, the size of a loaf of bread. Baked scrod in Norwalk, Connecticut, the size of a small pillow. Spaghetti bolognaise in Consohocken, served in a tureen. And Americans wonder why they have a problem with obesity.

4 degrees C in civilized places like Australia.

Good food can be made terrible in the process of cooking. I've always liked brussel sprouts. My ex-wife was a terrible cook, who would boil them to death, then feed them to my infant son. It traumatized him for life. Or take the dish beloved by Americans, pork ribs. Delicious when the fat is cooked out of them, revolting when it is left in.

I wouldn't say a nation that drinks warm beer and eats cold pork pies is the pinnacle of culture. Are you still using woad for makeup? My mistake, I see you are American. The land of overflowing plates.

Assuming I get a Thai tax number, how do I convince the RD I am bring in savings, not income?

You guys have never tried eating cheese with a fork?

You spray it on top of wine? I always thought Brits had no taste buds, but this is plumbing new depths of depravity.

You are the soul of kindness, we need more like you on ASEAN.

A bit of a handful? Is he a reincarnation of the hound of the Baskervilles?

I would have thought you could pay one of your neighbors or the wife's relatives to look after him. I'm surprised you can't find sitters.

The cherub looks like he is quite capable of looking after himself. Sorry, could not resist.

You're a little bit late on this topic, I was relying on information of another poster, KhunLa corrected it yesterday, I acknowledged. Do you always use wet lettuce leaves for your floggings? It tickles.

Show me any post where I disagreed with the price fluctuations shown in that graph. The math I am talking about is the calculation of how long it will take for EV's to replace ICE's in the marketplace. No one so far has tried to refute said math. Your post is an attempt at deflection.

Out of curiosity, how difficult is it to get a long-term visa for Laos? I am getting a bit tired of the Thai BS, including the latest tax changes.

I like to think there are people who will mourn my passing, while rejoicing I have left them something.

Did you get both reactions when you bought an EV?

If you can afford it, why not? The Scots genes in me shy away from spending money unnecessarily, if what I have is functioning perfectly well. Having said that, a couple of my worst investments have been in women.

After 7 years, all vehicles are required to have an annual mechanical inspection, which costs 200 baht. My Vios passes easily every year. Part of the air pollution problems of Thailand is the fact those inspections are obviously open to corruption. I have seen guys getting registration stickers for vehicles which clearly belonged in a wreckers yard. 3 new ICEV's selling at 125-150k IMO is not financially sensible. Either buy a new car, and run it into the ground, or ( more sensibly ) buy secondhand with low kilometres on the odometer.

Good, I'm tired of being slagged off by people who can't see both sides of an equation.

There's a lot of dilatant syrup being created by EV owners. I'm trying to add a bit of thixotropy.

KhunLA claims his battery will be good for 900,000 km, perhaps you should buy his.

An ICE fire burns at 700 C, and can be extinguished. An EV fire burns at 2000 C, and can't be extinguished. IIRC, Occam's razor is the antithesis of whataboutism.

It's suspected a Porsche EV was the originating fire aboard the Fremantle Highway, perhaps there's some buyer's remorse out there. No one seems to be stepping up to correct my math on how long it will take to replace ICE's.

This city boy worked for 6 years in Port Hedland for Goldsworthy Mining. It was a small mine compared to Hamersley and Mt. Newman; however, also the most profitable because its' operating costs were lower. I've also seen a farmer plant canola on marginal land, and make a good profit. When his neighbors tried to imitate him the next year, their crops failed.