Lacessit

Does any positive news ever come out of anywhere? Bad news sells. Except to me, I cancelled my media subscription in Australia because I was fed up with reading doom and gloom. Instead, I bought a Netflix package for the same outlay.

A carpenter's dream.

Semantics, I'll have to disagree on your definition. There's sometimes a line dividing the inside lane from the left shoulder, maybe it does not register in your peripheral vision. I'm on a scooter, a round trip of 10 km is my upper limit. You are on a motorbike, horses for courses. There is no way I would have the speed, acceleration and reflexes to stay alive in your preferred position. As Clint Eastwood said, a man's got to know his limitations. I've seen quite a few foreigners here with permanent damage arising from accidents on bigger motorbikes. To me, big bikes are a lottery. It would be interesting to compare the per capita death and injury statistics of scooters vs motorbikes, although that would have to be weighted against Thais who think 110 cc scooters are made to be driven at 120 km/hr. If I want to travel 700 km, I'll take my car.

Most probably overloaded as usual. I sometimes see pickups here, if they got a gust of wind from the side, over they would go.

If that is the case, please explain how I have been accident-free for ten years using the left shoulder. The left shoulder IS NOT the inside lane, can't you read? I agree the inside lane gets the worst potholes. Because the traffic on the left shoulder is mostly scooters, I have found it's actually the smoothest surface, except for the occasional gravel patch. It's about reaction time. At 40 km/hr or less, I have plenty of time to assess and react to threats, and take avoiding actions. So you are on your chosen lane, doing 100 km/hr to stay ahead of the traffic. How much reaction time do you think you have when someone behind you is closing at 150 km/hr, or someone in front of you decides to change lanes? How much time do you have for threat assessment? You do it your way, I'll do it mine. Good luck, you're going to need it. Or super-fast reflexes.

Esters such as lanolin have been used (unsuccessfully) as rust preventitives. They only function as a barrier. Their ability to prevent rusting via chemical inhibition is zero, in the presence of water and oxygen they are useless. Which is why, way back when, I found all Japanese steel mills were using metal sulphonates as corrosion inhibitors on the steel they were shipping to Australia. Esters do a great job in lubrication, that is their function in oils. If you care to look up "Proceedings of the International Corrosion Conference on Corrosion Inhibition" Dallas, Texas 1983 ( Edited R H Hausler ) you'll find three of my peer-reviewed papers there, on the subject of steel protection. I'm part of the literature as well. You're just a guy pretending to know something of the chemistry and function of oils, an area where I was doing successful research for about 5 years. AFAIK, the systems I developed are still in use today. Perhaps you could post your own academic and experience qualifications in the field. I'm all ears.

I would need printed evidence of a traffic offense before paying anything. Some chancer on the other end of a phone call - no chance.

Don't eat it, don't complain, never go back. If the restaurant does that to multiple customers, it will be out of business soon enough.

A low blow. She is a grandmother. A very shapely one. I am not hansum man like you, but my wallet compensates for that deficiency.

Correct, whisky has zero carbs. OTOH, beer is packed with carbs. Alcohol has been listed as a Class 1 carcinogen since 1989, so don't get too comfortable with the notion whisky is healthy. Particularly if drunk neat.

You are a safe distance from the car in front. You are traveling in a straight line, so presumably you are not drunk. Whether you do or don't post on ASEAN because someone disagrees with you is of no interest to me.

I asked the question first. If you don't want to answer it because it's only your opinion a lot of deaths are caused by vehicles going the wrong way, fine by me. You do know what they say about opinions, don't you?

He's talking about your video, where you are approaching a U-turn intersection at speed, without any attempt to slow down.

Got some accurate statistics on the number of deaths caused by a vehicle going the wrong way?

SOP here, scooters and cars both. The etiquette is to stay on the RHS of the vehicle going the wrong way. IMO it's not particularly dangerous, because the wrong way vehicle usually travels quite slowly.

Interesting, thanks. I guess my GF hasn't got around poisoning me, I have yet to encounter bitterness in any of the bamboo she buys. It's almost sweet. I eat it as an evening snack, dab it in ground chili to go along with a whisky.

As I said before, I seem to survive OK on the left shoulder. For ten years. I don't get above 40 km/hr, and I check my mirrors constantly for traffic. If I am forced into a lane change, I'd rather stop before the obstruction than try conclusions with whatever is behind me. I'm in full agreement with your Golden Rules. There's another one - I only travel within the city on short trips, take the car for anything longer. Two wheels demands too much concentration for long journeys.

IIRC, a convicted drug felon who served time in Australia is currently a Thai government minister.

Makes me wonder how I have survived here for twelve years. Can't say I have ever courted AIDS or bad water, the rest is part of life. Do you leave your condo or house at all?

He was going in mid lane. I assume everyone on the roads in Thailand is trying to kill me, and drive accordingly. That means I travel on the left shoulder as far left as it is possible to get. I've been doing that for ten years now in Thailand. One minor shunt at the Chiang Rai Clock Tower, female driver very apologetic. The friend of the OP may well be in the right, but I don't think much of his sense of self-preservation.

I would take any statement from Flight Centre with a bucketload of salt, IMO it's more likely they are not getting enough kickbacks from Thai Airways. The explanation they are offering is in the interest of Flight Centre customers, right? My first visit to Thailand after retirement was booked through Flight Centre. I later found out there was a $480 discrepancy between what Flight Centre charged me, and the airline's prices, on top of the agent's commission. Flight Centre have been prosecuted several times for misleading advertising and price fixing. They have an extensive track record. https://www.minterellison.com/articles/high-court-upholds-price-fixing-judgment-against-flight-centre https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-15/former-flight-centre-palmerston-travel-agent-pleads-guilty/8621038 https://www.australiancontractlaw.info/news/flight-centre-penalties https://comcom.govt.nz/news-and-media/media-releases/archive/flight-centre-warned-over-advertising-and-promotion IMO, anyone who books through Flight Centre has rocks in their head.

Is it inflammation, or just itching made worse by scratching? I get itching about once a fortnight, use an ointment with betamethasone valerate which settles the irritation down in a few minutes.

As I said, minerals and fibre. AS for the rest, I now get the sensation of going around in circles.

Yes, I have read it too. it still mystifies me how my Thai GF can have the radio or TV blaring, look at her phone, and simultaneously be having a conversation with one or two women in the room. I throw in the towel, and retreat to somewhere that I can think.

From what I understand, you made full use of your knowledge.