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3 hours ago, digger70 said:

Bars in Thailand Set to Close This Week for Buddhist Holiday 

 

Ok Fine ,  It's Not going to make Any difference .

Everyone Knows and Prepares.

Except for tourists, many of whom have no idea

9 hours ago, CallumWK said:

 

The track has never been approved by the FIA, NEVER. Which part of that is t that you don't get in your head?

 

Show us 1 source that says the circuit was approved by the FIA

 

Ecclestone agreed IN PRINCIPLE

 

https://www.ttgasia.com/2012/10/04/buyers-welcome-f1-in-thailand/

 

The kingdom is inching closer to securing a race for the 2014 F1 season after the Sports Authority of Thailand announced that F1 chairman, Bernie Ecclestone, had agreed in principle to a night race on the streets of Bangkok.

Jeez! Splitting hairs seems to be the appropriate phrase here! Approved or Agreed in principle, who cares (other than you of course)?

1 hour ago, Bandersnatch said:

 

I imported my inverters and batteries from China and paid a local guy to fit them. If you go the supply and fit route you end up paying a premium on both.

And a big premium at that by the look of it. Our inverter and battery are Alpha ESS also from China but not imported by us

13 hours ago, Bandersnatch said:

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the video links. Very interesting, I will be checking out options to achieve something similar. I noticed in your video that your batteries cost 68k Baht! Wow, that's a good deal. My single 8kWh LFP battery cost 140k! 1kWh less than yours.
Anyway thanks again for the links 🙂

On 10/25/2024 at 8:53 AM, Bandersnatch said:

BYD Battery optimization

 

https://bydautomotive.com.au/brochures/BYD-SEAL-Owners-Handbook-2023.pdf

 

Charging to 100% at least once a week is no problem for me having solar, but getting to less than 10% takes a bit more planning. I had a long trip yesterday and then used the car to power the house over night. For good measure we took the seal out in the morning for an Amazon Coffee.

 

I plan to fast charge it to 80% this morning then do the final 20% on AC at home 

 

What do other people do?

 

 

If I charged it all at home I couldn’t do it all from solar in one day

 

We have solar too and I am i interested in knowing how you hooked up your system to run your house from your car if you have the time to explain it. Thanks 🙂

On 10/31/2023 at 4:35 PM, macahoom said:

 

Thanks. I'm now understanding this a lot better, sort of.

"Be sure to engage the EPB every time before parking and leaving the vehicle."

This instruction is redundant as, when you park and leave the car, you simply press P below the gear selector which automatically turns on the EPB. No need to go to the trouble of turning on the EPB option in the infotainment touchscreen, wherever the option is located, and then selecting P.

 

Over complicated for no good reason.

Setting this on in the menu means that, when you brake and come to a complete standstill the brake (equivalent to a handbrake) will automatically be applied even after you have taken your foot of the pedal. Very useful, especially at traffic lights

14 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

Lucrative police jobs generally incur an upfront fee and then monthly rental payments. In most cases it is said that officers higher up the chain set a rental amount and the officers can keep anythiing they make over that which means they could end up making a loss or a big profit. This is the most pratical way to manage things, as it is difficult to get audited accounts for roadblocks etc. This system according to a study by Chula goes all the way up to the police chief who also has to pay for his position.

Which begs the question who is the Chief of Police paying for his position?

On 1/31/2023 at 9:47 AM, internationalism said:

at the very same time a group of 5 korean female tourists were stopped at that checkpoint, also lileky for some extortion.. 

Through all night they might have 10 such cases - so 270 000 by 8 almost 35k.

And that might be going every single night

But they don't usually keep all of the money. They take a cut and pass the rest up the chain. Checkpoints are usually given monthly budgets of how much they are expected to collect to be passed up. How else are the guys at the top going to be able to buy condo buildings?

6 hours ago, steven100 said:

oh believe me !  ......  I understand their culture alright ....  every bit of it. 

The evidence of this thread strongly suggests you don't

6 hours ago, jacko45k said:

One time he was berating foreigners, because one had the effrontery to complain about the noise he was making..... my Mrs suggested his attitude was not as to be expected from a senior monk.  Sometimes preaching... sometimes listing those who had donated, name and how much, other times telling others they should come and donate. 

Yep, sounds like an oddball exception

23 hours ago, steven100 said:

They did up near Udon Thani ....  they visited the down and outs every now and then.

Visiting down and outs doesn't amount to preaching. What were they saying to the down and outs? Were you listening?

My point really was that people don't go to temples to be or to show themselves as being good people. It's a totally different mindset that you seem to not have understood. Perhaps you haven't been in Thailand long or if you have you have not made much of an attempt to understand the culture

23 hours ago, jacko45k said:

We had one in our village who used to get on the microphone who certainly did..... fortunately he seems to have moved on. 

What was he saying? Was he preaching or just giving out news (in place of the village headman) or simply rambling? Even if he was preaching, he shouldn't have been and he was one single monk 

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

I think it's got alot to do with it, they are so fake, all their temple visits and tree wraps and worships is suppose to mean being a good person, a person of credibility and honesty... geeze i wouldn't trust one person here,  but that's just me, obviously you believe it and that's fine, each to his own.

Seems you have misunderstood such things as temple visits and have transferred your understanding of what that would mean with Christianity onto Buddhism. More often than not people will visit temples or shrines to ask for something (good luck in exams or finding a boyfriend etc). It rarely has much to do with piety. Hence you never see congregations and people preaching (Buddhist monks don't seek to lecture people)   

On 11/9/2022 at 11:43 AM, LukKrueng said:

 

Proven you say? So where is this proof? You are more likely to find that the proof, proves the exact opposite. See below

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/09/surgical-masks-covid-19.html 

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014564118

On 11/9/2022 at 9:26 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

LOL. scared people can protect themselves with proper masks. It's not non mask wearers job to protect them.

 

But it is their civic duty to not willingly spread a virus that is potentially very harmful to some of those they come into contact with. What a selfish attitude.

Do you also advocate that men with STD's should not have to bother wearing condoms?

On 10/15/2022 at 7:49 PM, happydreamer said:

I've heard boxing announcers use it.  It sounds fairly dramatic and ostentatious at best.  May I ask which English-speaking country you hail from?

Hi Happydreamer. I'm from England. I just finished a book (Troubled Blood) which uses it too. It seems to be quite an ordinary unassuming phrase to me.