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There are always pros and cons with an airport close to a city center, like the aircraft noise and heavy traffic to and from the airport, but improved ease of travel is on the other side of the coin if it will ever happen!

It will take decades to be completed, and by then, the high-speed trains might make the upgrading pointless?!

On 12/4/2024 at 6:55 PM, scubascuba3 said:

Electrolux is Swedish according to AI Gemini

Well, it started in Sweden, but they have bought up other companies around the globe so not that much Swedish!

Here we have a Hitachi fridge and at home in Sweden, we have the simplest version of Samsung's fridges. No problem yet (the Hitachi is around 13 and the Samsung is 3-4 years!). The dishwasher here is dead, and the one at home is an excellent Bosch.

On 11/3/2022 at 9:42 PM, YorkshireTyke said:

I'm not a wine buff by any means but I do like a bottle every couple of weeks when I'm fed up with beer.

 

Up to now I've been on a tight budget so the only wines I have been buying are the cheapest non fruit wines, the Vineyard brand sold at Lotus only for around 389 Baht. Red and White, Cabernet, Shiraz and Merlot, Chardonnay and I think Sauvignon Blanc before but my local one only stocks the Chardonnay now.

Now I don't need wine snobs to tell me it's p*ss and only good for cooking, as I've explained I've been on a budget.

 

Now I have more regular disposable income and I would like to buy better wines, red and white, let's say 500-700 Baht, what brands would you recommend please?

I used to be an avid red wine drinker, but as my wife has stopped drinking I have just a couple of bottles of wine a year, but the last one was fairly cheap and very drinkable. It was the Australia-made Jacob's Creek. It does taste wine, and not alcohol mixed with juice like some cheap ones do, and it leaves no bad taste in the mouth afterwards.

At home (back in Sweden) I usually drink Italian and Spanish wines. 

Then many years later I travelled by car and saw some bikers more banged up than I was all those years later, probably a goner, with the E1 turned off for quite a while. He had been travelling down the road at speed and lost the grip in a turn, had skidded off the road and had got one of his legs caught in the ARMCO rack, often a deadly combination!

So I don't drive bikes in Thailand!

I got run into in Glenfarg, Scotland, by a nurse in a Russian car, when I turned she hit the accelerator accidentally. My bike was a former Yamaha 500 and I was an ex-biker, and ex-out-door guy who loved trekking. After two years of operations spread out between Scotland and Sweden, some years of physio and job training (while still in a wheelchair) I was back at work almost exactly eight years later. But I haven't trekked one yard since then, not even started a motorbike.

You definitely don't have to have more speed than I had (20 mph) to die if a rugged, old-fashioned car like that Lada pushes you sideways coming at around 70 mph straight into my left leg, and by the force I flew through the air and banged into a Volvo (no damage to the Volvo) after a short trip through the air. After 13 operations I lost count, and around seven years after the latest operation (there  might be more planned) I was back driving 18-meter articulated buses, downtown.

On the way up through Britain, we had been passed by a guy who knew what he was doing, taking the turns like a pure artist over the Borders. Half an hour later we found the remains of his motobike. He had driven straight into the side of a car that reversed out from a garden with high bushes, and the road made a slight sweep just there, so he had probably seen the car just too late. He hit the little car on the left side with a massive force (almost cutting the car in two, so the female car driver didn't die at once, but he was a goner, definitely. 

in the next major city a scooter had collided in a four-way crossing, and of the scooter, there was next to nothing left (all the plastic parts had exploded but the car looked repairable.  The police wanted to send the kid to hospital, but he said that take her, I don't need any checkup!

The scooter driver, a youngster, had followed traffic rules while the young lady hadn't. The kid was a walking wounded, while girl was a goner, mentally.  this happened just south of Edinburgh, and then it was my turn!

On 4/26/2024 at 12:43 AM, G_Money said:

Surprised you’re not blaming Trump.

 

This invasion would not of happened under a Trump presidency.

 

Trump has said he is in favor of Russia taking all the parts of Ukraine Russia has claimed, so I doubt he would be offended by the Russian operation (or whatever they call it).

On 5/5/2024 at 3:33 PM, bkk6060 said:

Yes, global warming everyone should go buy an electric car and stop eating meat.

The problem with electric cars is their weight and lack of range. The infrastructure along the roads here isn't friendly for electric cars. The weight increases road and tire wear, increasing pollution a lot (and increasing the infrastructure costs, eventually increasing taxes).  In countries with snow, the wear is, of course, is no problem during the the snowy months, but frozen batteries don't give any power and refuse to take charge, unless you preheat the battery packs, an energy-intensive procedure, increasing the charging time even further — and inflates electricity costs, of course. But the electricity is cheap in Norway, so why worry+1

But for short-distance travel say shopping a couple of days a week, where you charge from your home outlet (or home charger) that's a very simple life, but try to drive your electric car from Hua Hin to Chiang Mai. I bet it will be a great adventure sitting in your car while it charges from the Tesla charge station, somewhere along the way!

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

That I have to disagree with.. technology is widely available.

Either the climate get drier, or wetter, it will get much hotter, and what technology can then cool the rice fields?! Outdoor ACs?! Cooled water? Powered with what?!

On 3/24/2024 at 1:13 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

 

One can NEVER acclimate adequately to HIGH PM2.5.

 

Therefore, just get an AC.

 

And, just get at least TWO air purifiers.

 

Or......then....

 

MOVE to Ontario.....Canada....where the Air is Clean, ....

 

And, 

The fish are jumping.....

 

 

One of the great moments in life is listening to Ella live! Wow! Fully gal, too!

Sometimes you can mount the single-hose portable A/C on the outside, just screened (or otherwise protected) from rain, and just hose the cold air indoors you get a win-win. Our stands in a DIY plastic greenhouse, and has done so for many years now, and the hose passes through a small window. Condensation water is the only issue, but we pipe that down the side of the house. We had planned to use it for growing plants in the greenhouse, but we never got that far. Only used summertime, of course!

Life goes on, and plants can be bought!

And now we're in Thailand, in a house with A/C! Lots of A/C!

6 hours ago, ezzra said:

Muslims settles feuds with blood for blood and honour killings, Muslim warriors have been knows to be cruel and mean and most blood thirsty of all armies in history, so maybe Islam is a religion of peace but not those who practice Islam...

Thailand has not always a peaceful country, but is nowadays.

On 11/6/2023 at 12:01 PM, KhunLA said:

As with everything, choose the products you buy and where you plan on living with a bit of research.   It's not rocket science.

 

Better research = Happier life

You need to know if the charge stations along the route on your car map are free, working, and possible to use with your car to be able to plan, as otherwise, you risk spending as long in queues to get access to charging (and charging) as your time spent on traveling to your goal. That is sadly what happens to many EV owners if they plan to travel a decent distance!

Our local truck plant only makes heavy trucks, all powered by electrics, as they are designed for local delivery, and garbage collection (thus about 100 miles per day). They have given up making long distance trucks!

15 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

I'm not convinced that EV's are the future, I've always been convinced that Hydrogen is the real longterm solution.

 

Maybe EV's are fine in certain locations, Singapore springs to mind since can drive across the whole island in less than an hour and charging mid journey isn't an issue.

 

But live anywhere where long distance trips are the norm, EV's just don't work.

 

I can fill my car in 5 minutes max, in an EV you might as well go get lunch while your car is re-charging!

 

If I had an EV here in the US and I was to drive to Denver, six hours through basically the nothingness of Wyoming, couldn't do it on a single charge. There is one charging point half way, and I watched a BBC show recently about how unreliable those charging points can be, so if that's down, you are well and truly f???ked in the middle of nowhere.

 

You can carry a can of gas in your car, can't take a spare battery with you

I love Gin!

Anyway, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyPQNsJsxjQ

2 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

 

The electricity won't be manufactured i on neighborhoods and sois in Bangkok. 

 

Pollution at local levels where we walk and live is horrific, and most of THAT is caused by car exhaust fumes. 

 

If we lived in Bangkok and even 30% of the vehicles were electric we would have less local pollution. 

Even better would be if all two-wheelers stop using petrol, and there was an annual inspection of every car and motorbike that excluded every vehicle that did not follow US exhaust regulations!

Toyota's new barebones pickup truck will cost €10,000 according to Mr. Toyoda (grandson of the founder), and be both a fuel miser and suitable for families and small businesses. And it runs on fuel, not electric supplies!

I love EVs and electric tools (and aircraft), but only if you can charge them at home. If you need to go a fair distance, say 400 miles and back (including overnighting) electrics aren't the cheapest option, and even more so if you include depreciation.

To go longer distances fuel is sadly the way forward, or sailing! At home we have hefty electric ferries that ply back and forth over the river, and out into the archipelago, but they never stray far from home, and get charged overnight with no problems.

If the news is to be believed both Ford and GM are stalling their electric vehicles production, diverting their resources to other types of propulsion!

On 10/13/2023 at 3:59 AM, HuskerDo2 said:

I guess being a vegetarian doesn't necessarily mean you'll live a long life.

Sadly, no. But a healthy lifestyle, no alcohol, no sugar, no smoking, and avoiding the sun is the recipe (it sure helps if you're a vegetarian)!

2 hours ago, Guderian said:

Yes, this is the composite rainfall radar picture at 12:30. Hardly alarming, is it?

 

Where can I find that map?! Would be interesting to keep a tab on the weather here!

21 minutes ago, OJAS said:

I was under the impression that it was low-pressure systems which brought rain.

 

It is when warm air collides with colder air that things go crazy, like it did here in Hua Hin last night.

3 hours ago, Crossy said:

Do the Thai's have an equivalent to "The boy who cried wolf"?

 

We get these "forecasts" of heavy weather daily and it never materialises.

 

One day it will and nobody will be ready.

 

We had a lot of lightning and rain last night here in Hua Hin, so loud that it hurt our ears!

Much better today, Monday.

6 hours ago, KannikaP said:

And how much is SEK 750,000?

About £56,000 (2.476,000 Baht)

On 6/23/2021 at 3:30 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

I just saw a website of one of those.

About 3/4 of the description was about that display. A family calendar, receipts, and entertainment, amazing. I guess some people will pay 50k extra for that instead of 10k for a tablet... 

Our Samsung is very basic, one of the cheapest on the market here, and it has not even a display, but cool, quiet and very efficient!

On 6/25/2021 at 3:19 AM, thonglorjimmy said:

I suppose that'll mean that there will be even more trash dumped along Soi 102 ????

Definitely!

8 hours ago, khunPer said:

#Metoo, and also TV, fridge/freezer and laundry machine...????
Perhaps Samsung's warranty periods equals lifetime warranty minus one day...????

Their fridges are surprisingly good, and the model we bought was the cheapest full-size

there was. Simple setup, no display/TV, as some have nowadays.

On 6/17/2021 at 6:21 PM, KhaoYai said:

Samsung, full stop.

Agreed! We have a cheap one that works flawlessly. Freezer at the bottom, though.

Amazing step up from the old deluxe Swedish model we had! And just as quiet, if not better!

Circulating air, no condensation anywhere, and dead silent after the first 24 hours of start-up running at full tilt.