steevjee

4 hours ago, Rockhound said:

I visited the hospital in Sakeow last week.  There were thousands of people all waiting to see a Doctor.  Every one of them masked.   Probably all still worried about Covidbollocks.

Didn't see you at our last Flat Earth Society gathering? but I saved you an aluminum 5G hat , size XXS as you requested.

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

The smog comes from the burning forests on the mountains surrounding Chiang Mai.

It's not from the farmers, diesel vehicles or foreign countries.

The villagers are out burning vast areas of forest every year, and nobody stops them.

So then explain why Phetchabun is full of toxic smoke when the farmers are burning off

If its actually Chinese Triads and Russian draft dodgers and any other low life criminal undesirables they're after then just state it, I mean they actually deserve to lose face yeah?

But this article almost suggests that all Farang are targets, so we all should expect to be stopped in the streets Nazi SS style

On 6/8/2023 at 9:08 AM, sirineou said:

Thank you for that,correction, but excuse my ignorance in the terminology,  I am American and we have a different much supperior governing system 

But as appreciate the correction is , it does not answer my question 

Had Trump as your POTUS and say that its a superior system ......ROFLMAO ????????

On 6/5/2023 at 11:24 AM, EVENKEEL said:

Did anyone finally pull the knife out?

NO... much smarter to leave it there until inside a hospital, you might bleed out lose consciousness and die 

22 hours ago, bignok said:

Can google it. Bolt is illegal but can still use it.

Wrong, must be an old Google reference

On 6/5/2023 at 4:27 AM, harleyclarkey said:

Great image for Phuket. 

A load of thugs that act with total impunity. This points to a large pay off to those in charge for protection.  

Rotten to the core and nobody is doing a darn thing about it. 

The Royal Thai Police, who is the ultimate boss?

36 minutes ago, steven100 said:

where's the sniper when you need him ....

Ease up its the daily Poker game at the station

13 hours ago, scorecard said:

Use BOLT taxi service, app is super easy to use, a little cheaper than GRAB.

 

Bolt has options of car with full taxi branding, motorcycle or 'econo' car, meaning basic car in good condition and very clean, no taxi branding. I use 'Econo' car, about 10 to 15 Baht cheaper than branded taxi. 

 

One item: BOLT curently only accept cash, soon to be changed to have QR code etc. Drivers always have change.

 

Can add extra details of location of pick up in English, their app automatically/immediately changes your message to Thai for the driver. 

 

App shows where the car is all the time. 

 

BOLT driver's courteous and focused.

100% I second that and for 3 reasons

1/ I save money

2/ I save frustration trying to deal with scam taxi drivers

3/ Using Bolt or Grab denies a scumbag taxi scammer an opportunity

7 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

Really?

sup whitey !!

On 5/8/2023 at 4:23 PM, pjuk said:

Hope he has the original receipt from Rolex.

 

If he bought from a beach vendor in Bali probably not

5 minutes ago, still kicking said:

I guess you never had a trailer I used to build them where I live every second car tows a trailer or caravan there is hardly any accidents involving trailers or caravans.

Where you live, in Thailand do you mean?

Cant say I have ever seen a caravan towed in Thailand

Thanks heaps for all your input people, thinking I'm a bit off the idea of using a trailer, so now its down to either upgrade to a Ford Ranger with my own nice new bike or rentals?

I hear the Post office will also freight a bike from town to town, anyone have experience with this?

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

 

Very good front airbags 

I am wanting to buy a Honda ADV 160 bike and I'm therefore looking at options to move it as I travel around Thailand.

I currently have a Honda Jazz and it's perfect for our travel purposes and I have seen a lightweight single bike trailer made in CM that only weighs 165kg,  so with the bikes 135kg it's a combined tow weight of 300kg which I believe the Jazz will handle with no problems, but not entirely sure?

Just wanting to get feedback from anyone who has towed a bike trailer around Thailand, is it practical and also is it relatively safe?

My other option is to upgrade to a used Ford Ranger Extra Cab truck which has a tray long enough to carry the bike, but this has drawbacks in that it's a larger vehicle that will cost more to upgrade to and also cost more to run, plus I'm not sure on how difficult it may be to load and unload the bike using a lightweight ramp.

All experienced opinions are welcome

Thanks

Hi,

I'm heading up to CM in May for a month or two and I am hoping that somebody may be able to recommend a very good Masseuse, he/she does not necessarily have to be based in a clinic, just someone who is very good with backs

cheers

On 1/21/2023 at 8:56 AM, spidermike007 said:

I would not disagree. Wonder how many work for the triads (Master Xi), and the CCP. 

Drawing a long bow there ol' mate, a bit like saying Biden's in bed with the Cartels

On 1/12/2023 at 11:28 PM, richard_smith237 said:

And a blind driver who clearly should never have been behind the wheel of a vehicle. 

Big statement given the lack of driving skill of any Thai driver

Hi,

When I go to create a post a drop down Topic menu shows the Forums I can select, however all of these are greyed out and therefore not selectable except The Cannabis Forum?  are you able to fix this please?

regards

Steve

Are there any Financial Experts here that might be able to throw some light on the current drop in value of Oz dollar against the Baht? I know it's a crystal ball thing to a large degree but an opinion from a money sage would be appreciated

2 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Possibly more dangerous in the sense that more vulnerable people are being hospitalised due to a much higher rate of infections. I accept that the virus itself is not more dangerous for an individual. There are also likely to be more cases of long covid for the same reason.

Long Covid is just like the occasional effects of any virus, you can have Long Flu or even Long Cold.

Just another Media disaster beat up, it's real but not common or unique

4 minutes ago, phetphet said:

Do the older vaccines that most of us have had here: AZ, Pfizer, Moderna etc., work against Omicron variants? Or only the newer bi-valent ones?

 

 

They work according to Senior Western Health Authorities, you can still catch Omicron but its effects will be weakened