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I can't predict what is going to happen with EV cars. There is not enough lithium being mined to enable replacement of every ICE in existence. I think I can predict when insurance companies wake up to the cost of a vehicle that has to be scrapped instead of being repaired, or causes catastrophic damage far beyond the vehicle itself, that premiums will skyrocket.

Fair enough. I am not interested in having my personal data and preferences harvested for sale to the highest bidder.

Senna is the principal ingredient of many laxatives formulated to relieve constipation. Given some of the posts I read, it seems to be working too well.

One is paying out now a premium which has a certain purchasing power. With inflation, in 20 - 30 years time ( or whatever ) the purchasing power of what the insurance company pays out on the policy declines to the point where it is probably only enough to buy a secondhand car. An insurance company salesman in his cups told me when he sells a life policy, his commission was the first year premiums. Insurance companies would not be paying out that kind of money unless the sector was very profitable.

Yes. Public hospitals in Thailand are limited in what they can do. Assuming the treatment I had was even available, it would have bankrupted me in any private hospital.

I am selective in the insurance I take out. I have car insurance here, which I consider essential. I have top level private health insurance in Australia, which paid out big time early in 2023. The treatment I got was simply unavailable in Thailand, and that includes Bumrungrad. I have never taken out life insurance or travel insurance. IMO life insurance is a scam. In all the years I have traveled, I only needed to pay once for a missed flight, about 2000 baht IIRC. I would have paid 50 times that in premiums.

I ignore Facebook and Twitter completely, as I don't think they add anything to my life. As far as I am concerned, Facebook is for narcissists, and Twitter is for twits. IMO ASEAN resources such as Sheryl, Crossy and UbonJoe ( RIP ) add value. CharlieH adds a dose of common sense. The only thing pot does for me is affect my balance, and act as a sedative. I don't get any high from it at all, in either CBD or THC forms.

Good one, what are you watching? I have downloaded Reacher Season 2 from YouTube, IMO it is bootleg due to the quality, or lack of it.

Clock Tower is closed off, big concert with a Thai superstar for the next couple of days.

I simply cannot be bothered with them anymore, life is too short.

My thanks goes to the mods, and those posters who either agree with me, or can disagree civilly.

Way back in 1983, I resolved to give up smoking. And did. In 2021, I decided to get fit. My resting pulse rate is now mid-fifties. In 2022, I resolved to lose weight. I went from 93 kg to 78 kg. I have backslid slightly, to 81 kg. In 2023, my NY resolution has been to stop drinking. I had a glass of red wine last February, nothing since. For 2024. I have decided to stop responding to posters who lack good manners. No return fire, they just go straight onto my ignore list, where they can rail fruitlessly. What is your New Year resolution, and how successful are you at sticking to them? Happy New Year.

Males are not the only gender who can exaggerate.

Sorry, Drambuie has sugar. The label says heather honey.

That's Ok too, although I might have nightmares with the mental image you have provided.

I am a cheapskate, so I use an analog scale thrown out by one of my neighbors in the condo, in perfect working order. The technology of the scales is not important, as long as they are reasonably accurate. I suggest you weigh yourself every time in your underwear, for a consistent baseline. If you can't see the readout, you need to stick with a diet until you can.

I found weighing myself once a week was sufficient.

If you don't measure something, you can't control it. So yes, scales will help you measure your progress. I went from 93 kg to 78 kg. I am back up to 81 kg, after relaxing my regimen a little. Here is what I did to achieve weight loss: Eat as much broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and green beans as you want. Eat as much protein as you want. Eat as much cheese and unsweetened yoghurt as you want. Eat low carb fruits, such as strawberries and blueberries. Apples are OK. So is avocado. Eat bamboo. It has zero carbs, chock full of fibre and minerals. Eat almonds. Avoid peanuts, cashews, pistachios and macadamias. Banish all sugar from your diet. If it grows below ground, don't eat it. Potatoes, carrots and onions. No rice, pasta or processed carbohydrate. A small amount of whole grain bread. If you drink alcohol, spirits only. Beer is loaded with carbs.

Anyone would think you were stalking me. AFAIK, ICE's don't generate clouds of toxic fumes, or burn at 2000 C like EV's can. ICE's can be extinguished by fire brigades, EV's can't. I have been driving for over 60 years. I have never had a front-end collision. Infrequently, I have been rear-ended or T-boned. I do maintain all my vehicles, so I have never encountered the problems you describe. Sorry, you'll have to carry on the vendetta by yourself. Have fun.

The subject is the problem with EV's. How is comparing the cost of tires required changing the subject?

The tires on a T-model Ford probably cost considerably more nowadays than a modern day tire, perhaps that did not occur to you before making a daft comparison. I'm guessing buyer's remorse will only set in with you after you have had an accident, or try to offload your EV. Drive carefully, it's high season on Thai roads for the idiots, and it's irrelevant what you are piloting.

OMG!!! There's a poster on ASEAN that believes ad hominem argument trumps facts and experience. I suppose I should not be surprised.

IME bigger tires usually cost more.

No thanks. https://www.9news.com.au/national/alice-springs-residents-write-open-letter-to-criminals/e6565342-a889-45f2-821f-9f2a500f6b2d

Kookaburras sounding off in the morning is about as noisy as it gets.