formanth

*Bump*- really would like to move this on to a new home

> price now reduced to  20,700 baht.  

That's a decent discount.

Sorry for delayed response gentlemen- thought I had mentioned the price and green book in there somewhere-very important details!

 

Yes, comes with the Green book ( wouldn't have bought it without one)

Location: Pattaya

Price: asking 23,700 ,  happy to negotiate a little ( as tax is due, seat lining has a small tear which could do with attention and little things which will usually come up with old bikes)

Selling my classic '97 Honda Nova Dash, unmodified, original example (standard piston and ring). 125cc, two stroke. 
Rare colour and original body work/ stickers.              

 

Used to commute to work so needed it to be safe, as well as reliable.. and it has been ( foreign owner is a 2 stroke enthusiast so well taken care of- maintenance was performed regularly).  Always warmed up properly and never abused when cold, still has good compression/ power.

*All Receipts for work done available*

 

- fresh transmission oil (Honda Protech 10w-30) & new spark plug - both changed 27/ 1/ 24 
(last trans oil change was January 6th after clutch was replaced- oil changed regularly> every 6-7 weeks)
_ -*new fork springs, seals and fork oil replaced June '23
- new battery July '23
- radiator and coolant checked & fine
- new spoked rims and near new rubber (September'23), 
- near new chain + near new front and rear sprockets 
- new headlight assembly,
- new black visor
- * new clutch and clutch handle, new internals(basket) and new gear shift bearing bracket replaced by one of Chonburi's best 2 stroke mechanics , shifts beautifully.

- New 2T auto lube tank

- Near new 2T oil pump hose
- Brake pads replaced 4 months ago.
- New throttle cable
-Near new back grab handle with original spare.

 

 

 A classic, nimble bike with that 2 stroke sound of yesteryear. streetable powerband. Not peaky like a motocross bike mild mannered when needed but with plenty of character. More comfortable for the pillion than the 150s with their flat board seats.

I've spent more than the asking price.

Currently it does not have tax/vat but I wish to move it on to a good home so yes,

slightly negotiable. (but no silly low ball offers or swaps please).  

Reason for selling- buying a 2001 model Nova Dash as a project

       

*Will throw in the spare rear grab handle and a near full bottle of Veloil 2T oil (to keep you going for the next month or so (bought 6th January '24)             
 

Thank you for looking.

1 hour ago, LALes said:

Don't be deterred.  Go back there.  Its the best pizza in Pattaya, maybe the best in Thailand.

Real deal pizza from a real deal New Yorker.  The only competition is Soho in Bangkok.

Simple is best. Their sauce is superb. Family recipe. 

Mediocre imposters?    Fahgeddaboudit orrite!

Do NOT travel on the shoulder indefinitely or for long periods or distances, particularly on those 3 lane highways.

Be especially attentive if you are near built up areas with petrol/gas stations and stores on your left. 

As has been mentioned, lazy, inattentive and ignorant drivers as well as some police don't know the rules or don't care.  Cars may be (illegally) stopped halfway on the shoulder and half in lane 1, to daydream/decide their next move, just at the time you are passing. Quite a shock may ensue.

Ask me how I know..

12 minutes ago, mikebell said:

More proof that working CCTV cameras can help Pattaya Plod solve crimes if they bother to look at the screens.

That would involve actual pohlees work

 but that might take precious manpower away from more pressing duties...

being most helpful in assisting wallets to become lighter through vigilant  road safety stops... to check hellmeht and lie sense. 

Yes, Wise works well sending from Europe, the U.S, Canada, Australia, Japan to Thailand..i.e rich countries to here. They don't seem to be keen the other way around. 

I second Aublumberg's advice- try Deemoney.  I have sent money out of Thailand before.  They have an app.

If you don't want to use the app, you may be able to send as a TT / in person. Need to call them and ask. They may have a solution for you if Zloty  is unsupported.  

Money transfer from Thailand to The World with DeeMoney

17 hours ago, BusyB said:

What are you trying to say?

P'M d

13 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

What does this rant have to do with mass shootings? AFAIK most of the mass shootings in America are perpetrated by disaffected and deranged white supremacists. If you have better information, post it.

Perhaps it has not occurred to you without labor from south of the border, most of US crops could not be harvested economically in California and Texas. While Trump was building his "beautiful wall" ( the unfinished one ), he obviously did not shy away from employing undocumented workers.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/5-questions-about-president-trumps-use-of-undocumented-workers/2019/12/04/29439928-16a2-11ea-a659-7d69641c6ff7_story.html

Don't hide your hard on for "good" politicians and "better" parties, mate. 

AH yes, little Johnny Howard confiscating all those evil semi auto firearms.

 

So Howard was justified to knee jerk react...to a mentally disabled young man with an IQ of 82, who incredulously  had a kill to injury ratio on par with the top 5 sharp shooters in the WORLD at the time, who walked in to the gunsmith shop in Tasmania and did not even know a rifle was jammed with a LIVE round in it ( facing the rifle in the direction of the gunsmith)... who was coerced by his "appointed" lawyer into pleading guilty so he wouldn't be tried by jury to save Howard the embarrassment...

and then conveniently making a minority, law abiding group, ALL recreational gun owners, who had done nothing illegal, ever scapegoats,  to prevent  a future occurrence of what had a small statistical probability of happening...? 

 

If that's the case, divorce has a much greater greater probability of happening and affects millions of lives negatively, especially vulnerable children...so why don't they ban guys with an IQ of 82 or more from marrying  ugly, self centred women that the rest of us can see are trouble?????  Just being facetious...

 

If that's the case, Australia should've banned rear wheel drive vehicles , saving many. many deaths and injuries, as any knowledgeable driver KNOWS that a rear wheel drive vehicle is extremely difficult for the average layman to correct, after losing control thru oversteer.....and therefore to reduce mayhem, FWD vehicles are safer for everyone and the community..

 

So is Albo and Penny gunna save Straya and Australians, mate?  

30 minutes ago, BusyB said:

There is also no way that any civilian can be trained with firearms the way I was in the military - and even there they were kept under lock and key and only handed out and used under strict supervision.

There is no way any civilian can be drilled enough to develop the necessary respect and proficiency needed to handle firearms. Never mind the notion that 'good guys' can use them proficiently to blow away 'bad guys' in their local supermarket. What utter rot.

That is a very good point. So when's the compulsory military service happening?

And will you step in to lead the group and 'straighten 'em out ?

Good luck getting their attention from their phones or them not freaking out once they hear a gunshot not on Playstation.

If you do your job effectively, then any "good guys" won't have any need to "blow away" any "bad guys" because they will have been trained to give the utmost respect to firearms and society at large, right?

 

Which is the whole point of training "any civilian", right?  

1 minute ago, sawadee1947 said:

Vote for the Democrats, give them majority and the nonsense with guns for everybody will stop.☺️

Voting for big, bloated governments of either persuasion have just given you more of the same.  Are you connecting the dots?

 

For those who have lived, or are still living in the U.S , who would agree that for most people, life has gotten better, easier, with less rules and regulations over the past 2 decades?

The same goes for Suicidal Europe, Scandinavia, the U.K, Cuckoo Canada, Authoritarian Australia ( and N.Z). 

 

Protest, whine,, bitch, whinge, curse. Elect ! Elect ! Elect!

 

 

45 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Is Canada also an Island? Look up their stats and laws including new ones just announced. The US could learn something

Yes BkkBrian, feel free to move to Canada where the P.M froze bank accounts of protesters.

P-R-O-T-E-S-T-E-R-S.

People who needed to put food on the table for their kids and buy medicine for their mom's with dementia.

 

Didn't we fight  2 world wars a few years back because of meglomania and a Will Smith extreme " You shut your mouth "  attitude in  dark coloured shirts?

They say things come back in fashion. Must be an economic mini 1970's again- high oil prices, high gas prices, inflation. 

What would be really awesome is a mini 1980's - yeah , a lot of you secretly want mullet hairstyles to come back!

 

 

 

4 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Here's an idea. 

 

Guns have one purpose, and it isn't to defend as some claim. It is to kill and injure. That's it. And guns have no place at all in any civilised society. No good, none at all, can come from them.

Complete hogwash. 

Everyone is more than welcome to express their opinion without name calling but such black and white inflexible thinking is usually what leads to irrationality.. and  everyday we see where irrationality leads to....right?

 

Certainly an emotive issue and I agree SOME kind of initial step forward needs to be made.  

History tends to show that real, lasting change tends to come from the bottom up, from the PEOPLE... rather than the top down ( as in  forced, which is rarely long lasting). 

 

If you hate guns, that's your choice. But to say they "only have one purpose, have no place at all in a civilized society" and they should be completely  done away with, while I understand your intent behind such statements, is just as incredulous , divisive and irrational as saying guns should be available, easily, for everyone, with 30 round clips, at every convenience store, with no checks, balances or consequences whatsoever. 

 

You may not appreciate the craftmanship and skill, the science and the physics that have gone into making them, but plenty of "civilized" people do. 

How about the farmers dealing with a huge feral pest problem, should they just use knives and explosives  from now on?  Should we be blowing up feral hogs instead because a quick, almost painless demise is worse then a louder, more spectacular one?

 

How about the trap/ skeet shooter ( clays)- bad luck, go find another sport?

 

Have you ever fired a shotgun ? They do more damage than rifles at close range so if you are going to ban rifles you should include shotguns, handguns, bows, crossbows ( literally medieval), scuba diving spears and whatever else that teaches our kids "violent methods", including video games. 

 

How about the parent teaching their son or daughter how to hunt for food ,under the well meaning and loving guidance of "never to be wasted or taken for granted"; by only taking what you can eat (soon) and to respect nature (don't be greedy).  Are these mothers and fathers amoral ?

 

What about museum weapons of war.. would educating people about weapons used in history be completely obnoxious? Because then you'd have to be outraged at dozens of countries that have places of interest/museums showing these artefacts. Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan just for starters..

 

Would each of those scenarios be pointless, abhorrent, repulsive and immoral and need to be stamped out immediately??  

 

Yes, it's tragic. They say one of the hardest things to do is to bury your own children. But let's not turn this into a free for all for everyone to pick on/ blame/ ridicule U.S citizens, when it's their time of mourning, in a time of national introspection. ( Becoming too often , I must admit).

 

Isn't your point  1 death is too many? Or is it that young people with no moral compass are killing children? 

Or is it the way they are murdered?

 

Simple, ban all knives , machetes, buses, cars, lorries in the U.K, Europe, Australia, N.Z and ah yes, Japan - ( almost zero gun deaths but gassings, beheadings... plus 150,000 children EACH YEAR  in Japan lose COMPLETE contact with their fathers ( and mothers) by being a black hole for domestic and international abductions. Yes foreign fathers and mothers as well. 

Where is the world's outrage at the DECADES of deprivation of children's and basic parental rights they have in every other G20 country?? Did you celebrate their Olympics? Which part of "civilized" humanity was that?)

 

Who here can say, with a straight face, that you are proud of your own countries politicians, always, in every decision?   

Good. Now get to work, those 3 other fingers pointing back at you are giving you a clue as to where there's more work to do and where it all starts..

 

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, KhunLA said:

OK, I'll repeat myself.  Raise the age to buy, high cost for permit to buy, AFTER training / certification.  Require proper gun safe in every home w/guns.    Start enforcing laws, no revolving prison doors any more.  Violent crime, any crime, 25 yrs to life.  Gun crime, any, life, no parole.

 

Illegal sale of gun used in crime, seller does same time as criminal that used it.  Illegal sale of gun not used in crime, 10 yrs in prison, no parole.

 

Prisons will have no AC, no heat, no exercise yard, no TV, no internet, no visitation, no medical staff.  And be subsistence farming or manufacturing.  You don't produce, you don't eat.  No pay, no credit, you come in with nothing, if you live to leave, you leave with nothing.

 

2nd felony conviction, 10 yrs prison, no parole.  Repeat felons don't deserve the right to live among the law abiding citizens.

 

Legal gun owners are rarely the problem, criminals are.

 

Oh yea .... close the damn southern border.  Put a simple, inexpensive cyclone fence along the whole border with signs, cross this border, and you'll be turned around.  PERIOD.  No entry, no court date, no asylum, no nothing.  Return a 2nd time, and you get life in prison, and work on chain gang FOREVER.

 

You will not have a better life if you enter the USA illegally.

 

Give that 1 or 2 years and watch things change drastically for the good.

This would indeed effect change. 

But it won't be implemented as you'll offend/anger 2/3rds of the country. Every snowflake in the country will have a meltdown over it being inhumane. 

Remember, the left won the culture war a long while back. 

( However, governments in most Western countries have enjoyed displaying way too authoritarian behaviours so less freedom is on the cards)

On 5/30/2022 at 4:57 PM, Dart12 said:

Where is an inexpensive place in Pattaya to get bloodwork?   (ie, NOT the TRT clinics).

And what should I expect teh costs to be?

Dart12, and for everyone else interested,

 

I went yesterday to enquire about the various tests available and for an update on prices.

I'm doing the "research" and looking to improve functioning, which the correct ( in balance) levels for YOUR body will do...

 

LifeCare Pattaya

-----------------------------

Total Testosterone               500 THB

Free Testosterone               3000 THB

Prolactin                                600  THB

T3                                           250   THB

Cortisol  or Free Cortisol       600 THB

Estradiol (E2)*                        600 THB 

 ( For men, estradiol being out of whack (low) is correlated to low libido and reduced bone density).  As your T levels rise from  exogenous TRT, estradiol levels can rise  via the feedback loop mechanism and therefore it is highly recommended to check this also.

 

* E2 is the older ( and inferior) blood assay test, instead of the much more sensitive and reliable LC/MS.          Your choice to waste your money paying for an E2.  Ask around for a place that does the liquid chromatography / mass spectrometer method ( LC/MS/MS)       ( Hopefully this is available at a hospital or in Bangkok?)

 

Clinc on 3rd road, opposite an old Tony's gym ( closed/ abandoned) and next door to a law office.

Need to ring the doorbell. 

 

Package Tests- 1. Total Testosterone, Free Testosterone, SHBG, Albumin                           2500 THB

 

                           2. Total Testosterone, Estradiol (E2), Prostatic Specific Antigen (PSA)     1600 THB

 

                           3. Free Testosterone,

                              Total Test,  SHBG,

                              DHEA sulfate,

                              Estradiol (E2),

                              Thyroid Stimulating Hormone                                                                  5000 THB

                              Free T4

                              Free T3

                              Insulin like Growth Hormone factor (IGF-1)

-------------------------------------

* Lifecare has their Program 4 if you need a baseline health check for all your cholesterols: 

15 items tested for 500 baht, which is reasonable and decent value. 

( Blood count, blood sugar, Blood group, Triglycerides, HDL, LDL, Total Cholesterol, 3 liver function tests and 2 Kidney function tests, plus Uric acid for Gout and Urine analysis)

 

Food for thought. 

**For those going the injection route, a doctor that specializes in TRT, who has assisted many men to get help (when other Drs say "you're 350, that's normal, nothing to worry about", when you clearly aren't feeling it),

whose practice is based on testing and the study of samples,  reiterates what Hummin stated at the end of his last post-

Smaller doses, more frequently are better than 1 large dose every 2 weeks, in that there are less extreme peaks and troughs of testosterone and estradiol = more stable, more "even keel " levels over the month, which is what you should be aiming for long term .

- unless you prefer a 24 - 36 hour "high",  then a big drop for several days.. and then a week of ? until your next injection. 

   

Lifecare Laboratory (Pattaya) Clinic
ADDRESS:  247/59 Moo 10 Pattaya Sai 3 Tumbol Nongprue Amphoe Bang Lamung Chonburi 20150
PH. 038488048

http://lifecare.siam2web.com/

 

 

Reading> https://www.discountedlabs.com/blog/sensitive-estradiol-blood-test

 

You're welcome.

19 hours ago, Mavideol said:

what about the New PCX160 Endless Sport Edition listed

Where do they pull these names from?   Who the hell  is going to go racing or regularly motocross jump on one of these?

  Baloney- there's nothing endless about brake pads, oil, fuel, battery, rubber.

11 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

Word. And seemed it had reached it's zenith long ago. 

Or its nadir....but friendly debate is healthy..until someone loses an eye, for an eye...

Better the incoming passengers not go blind or else how would we fill in that that pesky Thai Pass! You'd be tied up, and tongue thai'd.

Every guy I know who lived in Thailand lost money. $100,000+ Married Thais and money went into family or taken by women or just wasted on randoms.

Now not rich folk either average people.

Whats the best way to avoid this?

Is there a way of living that results in fun without the downside? That is whilst still dating women etc.

People say rent dont buy but that costs. 

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Yes there is. But it requires getting rid of hills of societal programming given to you from well meaning family, friends, teachers, clergy, doctrines and so on...and "re-wiring" your beliefs and thought processes. This takes a lot of hard work and most people would rather not do what's hard but what's easy.  Outcome independence is one ingredient. Having personal goals and a mission in life to keep your occupied rather than busy worrying what so and so is doing, is another.

 

If you think men have "hills" of societal programming leading to all manner of difficult "consequences", women have mountains of it. You might have noticed how they change in their 30's with a few more rules, demands and expectations that younger women are not always so insistent on, generally speaking. ( yes there are always exceptions).                                              

 

One thing that many here will agree with is that you can't avoid the "costs".  You have to pay, to "play".

How much it all costs and if that is agreeable to you ( worth it) , is where many differ.

But one thing that many men prefer, as they get older, is pair-bonding, being with someone rather than going solo.

You don't have to be married to pair bond.  Be thankful Thailand give you choices when it comes to fun.

This thread is getting more bizarre by the the hour....Hallelujah !

 

" sorry my karma ran over your dogma but you see, I was in a hurry to get to nirvana, listening to the prophet ...

but then, "what's the hurry", science said, "you're only a billion years young and you have gotten nowhere".

"Congratulations!", God said, "you are nowhere, but paradoxically, now,here. Just like myself and science, for all who have eyes to see.

 

Why must it be one or the other?...right...

I don't take any chances in the malls and public areas. I use this. Seems to work keeping  'rona away...

7 minutes ago, rumak said:

Jeez.  lots of philosophizing and what not in some replies.    The op says they did have a big argument before the "split up" .      Maybe he was the culprit,  maybe her.    Anyway.... it happens all the time .

Not a relationship meant to be,  and if Jase is a nice guy then he should be grateful to move on.

 

as for her.   Just check with govt agency what steps you should take now .      and how to protect yourself (keep record of emails and replies to govt )

Right.  Because there's a legal aspect, which helpful members have pointed out ( needs to protect himself from any legal ramifications)...and there are the "philosophical" considerations, which some others are reminding him to consider, for the future. That  becomes even more important if he wishes to minimize the chance a repeat down the track. Unless he wants to go monk mode.   Not eliminate entirely, as that's not possible, but minimize.

 

Because it's normal for ALL live in women to throw some drama at you. The difference is...is it minor and a handful of times a year or is it the more common regular occurrence that most men seem to get.

That's up to guys to decide ( receiving end of drama, arguments, pouting, silent treatment, denying sex, etc) how much they're willing to put up with, and in what form, if any.

 

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