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Pretty rich, coming from someone with 100% self-absorption.

I would not want to be any celebrity, unless I could squirrel away a good portion of their money during the week.

IMO caused by threads started by certain posters.

Given our posting exchanges, I am not going to tell you anything except to take a hike.

Just once, would it be possible for you to retort with a post displaying a modicum of originality? They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

As are you. I am fed up with posting facts on threads which are then deemed irrelevant by some misanthrope with OCD.

IIRC Alan Bond is the only businessman known to have lost money on a brewery.

Correct. I was making the point water shrinks until then.

I've been off alcohol for the past seven months, so my post is solely out of academic interest. Prior to that, I preferred Sangsom over beer for dietary and taste reasons. Here, the only drinkable brand of beer seems to be Lao Dark. Many years ago, when I audited the laboratory of a large brewery in Australia, the chief chemist told me beer has a shelf life of six months at most, less in hotter climates. It's probably why beer here is variable in taste. I don't worry at all about what people think of my eating and drinking preferences.

Only when it becomes a solid.

Do the math. A 5% beer at 620 mL contains 31 mL of ethanol. Cost 60 baht. A 700 mL bottle of Sangsom at 40% ethanol contains 280 mL of ethanol. Cost 286 baht. One is paying approximately 2 baht/mL of ethanol if they imbibe beer, and 1 baht/mL with Sangsom.

A 5% beer has a density of 0.9895 g/mL, so it's a 1% difference. Beer is the worst possible choice in terms of carbohydrate load, which is why the term beer gut evolved. The OP would be better off drinking Sangsom, less expensive for alcohol content as well.

It gets even better for criminals. There's a checkpoint on the main highway near my GF's village. It is manned by police in the morning. At 12 noon, they shut up shop. I've never seen a cop there in the afternoon or evening.

I only click on topics started by bignok and bob smith ( Identical twins? ) when I am in a masochistic mood. They rarely disappoint me.

Trump will continue to cast himself as the victim, and his gullible supporters will be blind to the truth. It's possible his only source of income will be donations from them, as I would be betting the $250 million in penalties Fani Willis seeks is the low-ball figure. After all the time he spent on his golf courses during his Presidency, it would be ironic if she seizes them first.

Natural gas is mostly CH4 and C2H8, burning it still produces carbon dioxide. Less than burning coal, admittedly. You think natural gas comes out of the ground as pure methane and ethane? Here's a news flash - natural gas at the wellhead contains up to 30% carbon dioxide, which has to be separated. Damn straight it doesn't get pumped back in, it's another emission no-one wants to admit to. Pretending natural gas is a cleaner fuel is more palatable. Electricity worldwide averages 70% coming from fossil fuels. Virtue signaling can commence when it is less than 10%.

As I have said before, which you choose to ignore, electricity in the Chiang Mai - Lamphun - Lampang area come from Mae Moh power station, fueled by lignite, the most polluting fuel on the planet. Mae Moh Is currently being expanded.

EV's are without doubt cheaper to run. They are also a good solution to air pollution in urban environments. It's when they become a religion with some, against the facts, that I say whoa.

I have yet to see Thai police do anything outside manning checkpoints and positioning themselves near markets for scooter riders without helmets. When they are on the road, they are going somewhere. I have never seen a police officer booking someone on the open road.

3 or 4 days should be enough, Pai and Mae Hong Son are worth seeing, Mae Sariang and Hot less so.

Feel free to pollute with your EV as well on that charging route. Do you understand those stations are deriving their electricity from fossil-fueled power plants, and you are simply transferring the CO2 emissions from your vehicle to them? No wonder John Cadogan talks about insufferable t^ats.

I drive a scooter and a car here. Without an accident for 12 years. The key to driving here is to be defensive, and constantly assess potential threats. To be quite blunt about it, I regard cyclists as temporary road occupants. While I extend them road courtesy, IMO they simply don't have the acceleration to take themselves out of harm's way. I would as soon get on a bicycle as I would eat uncooked bamboo, or red kidney beans.

I asked my urologist whether I should have a TURP., based on having an obstructive prostate. His response was to stay with the medication as long as possible. According to him, the Rezum treatment is no better than a TURP. The risk of impotence, incontinence and retrograde ejaculation he put at 80-90%. As he has about 20 years surgical experience, with the qualifications FRCS/FRACS after his name, I am more inclined to accept his opinion than yours.

Why should I get bothered by what people address me as here? I am better educated and more financially secure than the majority of Thais.

Snakes and scorpions are part of the rural Thai diet. I'd say the mosquitoes would get more protein from you than you would from them.