Lacessit

Perhaps you think your jokes are funny, even when they are not. We all are guilty of that from time to time. Here's a topic for you: what is the average reflex time of a Thai in any vehicle. My reflexes are pretty slow at 0.42 seconds. If I am first off at traffic lights, when I look back in the rear vision mirror, most have not even left the lights when I am 100 yards away. I am not a leadfoot. Come to think of it, are there any Thai F1 racing drivers?

Are you bipolar? Seems to be a fair-sized fluctuation between humility and arrogance in your posts.

He'd have to be a masochist if he does.

Oh, there you are. Some people were worried about your absence. I wasn't.

Be of good cheer, the fire stats are on your side. Just don't park too close to any 2006 Vios's at Big C, OK?

Oddly enough, I feel more at risk when I am driving back in Melbourne. Different traffic tempo.

I came to Thailand as a technical consultant about 30 years ago. I was astounded by how cheap everything was, compared to Australia. I can still remember the president of the company I was working for taking a dozen people, including me, to a seafood restaurant in Rayong. Including beer for everyone, AUD 70. When I retired, I researched moving to the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. I had worked in 3 out of 4 of those countries. Thailand came out on top after 6 months of mulling options. IMO it still does, 12 years later.

And here's me thinking you'd be busy building a fortification to park your EV.

I remember a Thai woman who, over the dinner table, said she liked eating bulls^!t. Turned out she liked blue cheese. My GF stated she wanted to go to Wat Ching. Where the hell is this Wat, I asked. Eventually I understood she wanted to go home to do the washing. She does now understand the difference between an election and an erection.

AFAIK the majority of bogans live in Queensland. I would not restrict their vehicle choice to Holdens, any pickup weighing more than a couple of tonnes that towers over normal sedans is equally acceptable.

May I be excused, I have some shopping to do.

Did I say that? I was talking about posters who fill up a thread with 30 or 40 posts of vapid observations and statements of the bleeding obvious, not looking at anyone of course.

Why do we use the term AI? Intelligence either exists, or it does not. Perhaps sentient would be a better expression. I recommend a novelette by Roger Zelazny, "For a breath I tarry". It's a post-apocalyptic story of a sentient machine wanting to become human.

It doesn't worry me, I'm just curious about their compulsive behavior. I have a hypothesis - the root cause is inadequate potty training.

Doesn't everybody?

I would like to know why some posters are unable to shut up.

Is the term Muslim more acceptable? Irrespective of the term used, I give groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah the same status I would give a rabid dog.

I can't see anything ever being resolved in the Middle East until all the Arab countries recognize the right of Israel to exist.

As I said, everyone is different. CBD oil does absolutely nothing for me, and I have taken it well above the recommended dose. THC acts as a sedative, and affects my balance. I have never got to the euphoric level pot smokers or eaters report. I buy kratom infusion locally. It's also available on Lazada, very inexpensive. The last time I looked, 49 baht for 1 kilo of leaves. The infusion formula is ten leaves boiled with 600 mL of water. Quite bitter in taste, I usually have a slice of mango after.

I have chronic osteoarthritis of the lower spine, and pain from some kind of sporadic quad strain. While everyone is different, I can play 9 holes of golf ( walking ) pain free after drinking half a cup of kratom extract on an empty stomach. It may help you. Caveat: It is addictive.

Did your blood testing include haematology? There are about 16 parameters in it, including variables such as white blood cell count, neutrophils, haemoglobin etc. Worthwhile checking for any abnormality.

How old were you when you had the operation? Maybe my age is factored into the advice given.

It baffles me why anyone would risk an overstay stamp, when leaving one or two days earlier than the visa expiry date completely avoids any problem. Is planning no longer a skill-set for some people?

Some posters here are Olympic podium in boring.

It does also reduce CO2 emissions, although the manufacture of the panels has to be offset in calculating that. As one of the first people in Australia to install panels on my house, I can say the cost savings with the feed-in tariff I had were substantial. My quarterly power bill went from $300 to a couple of dollars, the capital cost was recovered in two and a half years. Capital recovery now is probably not as good, due to power companies reducing the feed-in tariff. It was a purely commercial decision, virtue signalling was not on my mind. The next evolution, happening now, is powerwall batteries that can store solar energy, making a household completely independent of the grid. That really has companies who gold-plated their assets very worried. They can only hike prices so far.