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If the crack is not in my line of sight, no. It's more a cosmetic issue.

What's silly is the way EV owners defend their electric Jesus when deficiencies in the technology are pointed out, as if such comments are blasphemy. Just calculate the probabilities of one EV owner encountering another EV owner, one who is equipped to transfer electrons, with the patience to wait several hours. Less than 8% of total vehicles in Thailand. Even then, I doubt you can appreciate how abjectly dumb your post is.

I bought a 2006 Toyota Vios about 7 years ago. 83,000 km on the odometer, 230,000 baht. It's worth about 80,000 baht now, more to me. It now has about 100,000 more in km, and has never missed a beat. My mechanic says it may expire at about 400,000 km. It will probably outlast me easily. How much depreciation do you think your EV will undergo in 7 years? What is stupid, me buying a vehicle of known reliability, which almost any mechanic in Thailand can diagnose and service, or you shelling out upwards of 800K baht for a vehicle whose servicing infrastructure and replacement parts inventory are unknown quantities?

I am not worried about "what if " scenarios, I am posting as hypothetical situations. I have occasional service provider outages, none of which concern me. The point I am making is even without any refuelling stations in sight, it's easy enough to transfer fuel from one ICE to another. Siphoning electrons is a tad more difficult. I usually carry about 3000 baht in cash with me, which is enough to deal with almost any situation. You are located in Bangkok. I have no doubt most people use electronic cash transfers there. Here in Chiang Rai, Thais still buy gold as a hedge against inflation, and cash is still king. I get to see customers in the banks withdrawing notes piled up like house bricks. Perhaps you should get out of Bangkok more, all that air pollution year round can't be doing your brain cells any good.

As I would not know how to do that, the advice is not much help to me.

IIRC it was Mike Tyson who said everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth. One can't plan for an unexpected detour when a road is closed by flooding, landslip, or a major accident. IME there are quite a few spots up in the mountains around Chiang Rai where there is no mobile signal. IMO it's a dumb poster who would discount the possibility of either event.

I usually pay for my gasoline with cash. So if there is a service provider outage, EV owners are basically screwed?

You mean EV's have liquid radiators, just like ICE's?

So if you are out in the boonies with no mobile signal and no recharging station, you can't get going again without a tow truck, and there's no such thing as a jerrycan full of electrons you can cadge from a passing EV. I read some time ago 25% of recharging stations on the West Coast of America are broken down, which is not encouraging. I doubt that many gasoline/diesel pumps are in the same boat.

Having two posters tell me I am wrong is good enough, with some evidence posted. I was told by a nurse at a government hospital ( age 44 ) she had to retire next year, when I asked why she said it was compulsory. Perhaps it is more a voluntary system. While it is difficult to tell the age of Thai women, I have noticed most of the nurses I see seem to look quite young.

Could someone please explain why a mobile phone signal is necessary to enable recharging of an EV, I don't understand. In fact, when refueling with gasoline, there are signs asking for mobiles to be switched off. Is there some reason why a debit/credit card cannot be used to pay for a recharge?

Have you posted a pic of yourself?

I would point out a pricing mistake irrespective of whether it is in my favor, or vice versa. I don't buy grapes, loaded with sugar.

The delay is more likely to be with BB than with WISE. IME, my AUD transfers to a Kasikorn account take less than an hour, whereas my BB account can be more than 24 hours.

Scammers would not bother with looking at individuals that way. Instead, Facebook sells the scammers the personal data in tranches of about 40,000 people, with extra data those people are unaware has been harvested.

The first part of the OP's question is easy. No person of military age wants to be sent to a meat grinder where they will be led by corrupt idiots, poorly fed and clothed, and expected to fight with questionable ammunition. All the time under the threat of being shot by their own side, if they retreat. The latest intelligence from the US, with their all-encompassing surveillance capability, is that nearly 90% of the initial invasion force has been killed or incapacitated. It would be a miracle if that kind of information could be suppressed entirely. How are they financing themselves? Some from savings, or investments outside Russia. Some from criminal activity.

It seems to me social media is a platform where any fruitcake with a few smarts can post sh!t that appeals to the confirmation bias of those following him/her/it, and get paid handsomely for doing so. Trump would be nowhere without social media. Even with more wholesome offerings such as Taylor Swift, it's an example of celebrity worship. The masses goggling at someone who might be history in a year. Nice to look at, nothing else. I don't consider I am missing out on anything by staying off social media, with the exception of ASEAN. Even here, we have an assortment of ratbags.

"Dems & their media allies have given up on debating issues & have shifted to name-calling & rhetorical fearmongering,” And here was I thinking Trump had the patent on those attributes.

Less than 2% of golfers can play to scratch or better. Only 10% can play to a 5 handicap or better. Breaking one's age is even tougher, the percentage of golfers who can shoot their age on a course of 6000 yards is 0.000009%.

No. IMO the winter so far in Chiang Rai is definitely warmer than last year. On a nominal scale of measurement, I only need a sheet to sleep under, and my GF has not resorted to her sheepskin Ugg boots. Last year, she wore them for 2 months.

I bring in one bottle of wine from Australia each time - a good one.The duty-free shops in Thailand are more expensive.

He is certainly pushing at the envelope with his comments directed at judges, prosecutors etc. It may be he gets jailed for contempt of court first. The other purpose of his rhetoric is squeezing out donations. because no lawyer will work for him without payment up front.

IMO Trump resorting to ever more extreme rhetoric is a measure of his desperation. He knows he has to delay his four trials, and get re-elected as President. If he fails in either, jail is almost inevitable.

For a fasting insulin test, I would be going to a pathology lab. The health clinic is merely a middleman. I use Mengrai Labs in Chiang Rai, and get charged the same as any Thai would pay.

As Dirty Harry once said, a man's got to know his limitations. No thanks.