JensenZ

I would separate big bikes into 2 categories. Sports bikes and Harleys. I've been riding all types of bikes for 50 years, so I'm somewhat of a bike enthusiast, but there is still one big bike I dislike. It's a Harley, which has more bark than bite, designed to get the attention of anyone within 200m... and not in a good way but by pure ear-numbing noise pollution. Sometimes it's like being attacked when someone suddenly opens its throttle behind you to overtake. In contrast, I enjoy the sound of a superbike accelerating into the distance with the mild and pleasant hum of advanced technology. They used to have a Harley in the condo next door to my townhouse. As soon as the owner fired it up, our whole building would start to rumble, and that was just when it was at idle. Of course, other bikes with modified or removed exhaust baffles are not pleasant either.

Really? I don't appreciate any bad driving behaviour by any people of any colour. Why do you have a specific dislike of "Farang"? To the OP: If you want to relieve the congestion of traffic on Pattaya roads, relieving it of a few big bikes you dislike is not going to help - you need to get rid of cars, tour buses, and Baht buses. You might as well stop whinging because congestion is only going to get worse as tourism ramps up to full capacity in the coming years. Currently, it's Road works along 2nd Road causing most of the congestion. The council decided to start the road work AFTER covid when the streets were starting to get busy again.

I don't have any problem with sweeteners, but I like to add my sweetness to the level I prefer. Here's the problem with sweetened (and flavoured) whey protein. They select a standard sweetness (and flavour) for a specific standard serving size to be mixed in a standard volume of liquid. If you want to use more whey or less liquid to mix it with, it will be too sweet (or the flavour too strong), and even the standard level of sweetness (and flavour) for a suggested serving might be too sweet (and/or strong). You might want to add some fruit (blended), which will make it even sweeter. Another point - at some point, you might get sick of the taste of chocolate or whatever other flavour you've purchased, but you're stuck with it for the whole container. With unflavoured, unsweetened whey, you can flavour it and sweeten it any way you wish. It's the only way to go, and cheaper too.

Yes, I got quite a laugh reading about how the price of gold is different in Thailand than anywhere else. They certainly don't understand the gold market. You can buy 99.99% pure gold in Thailand. Current Gold Price 96.5% (baht measurement) hit 34,000 before closing on Friday. Spot Gold hit a record high of $2075 about 3 hours before close, closing at $2072. What makes Thailand special for gold trading is you can buy and sell it anonymously, and you pay a low commission. It's just about as easy to buy and sell as getting milk at the local 7-Eleven if you live in places like Pattaya. Most people waste money buying jewelry, but you can get bars at any gold shop, with lower commissions and no manufacturing markup.

It's not all doom and gloom. I stayed at the 5-star Gems Mining Pool Villa in Pattaya 2 weeks ago, for 2 nights. They were doing very well, even with room rates over 7,000 baht per night for their cheapest rooms. Our room was over 10,000 per night. The breakfast room was quite busy.

The whole world has to pay the cost of Covid and the massive devaluation of most currencies due to QE. Payback started last year with massive inflation the world over and still has a long way to go. I suggest the real estate market is next to fall. Everyone has to pay back all the free money people were paid not to work.

That's a very rough job, running the air conditioning tubing along the base of the balcony rails. It must have been an afterthought to save installation costs. They couldn't find a better place, like on the ceiling?

That's only a forum member's opinion. The problem with a court action is the timing would not allow compensation for tourists as court actions can take many months. A visit to City Hall with a good lawyer would probably get things moving. I would think that someone at City Hall would be sympathetic. In reality, it's more than likely that a 61-year-old Belgian tourist would have travel insurance.

Sure, but making sure footpaths are clear of hazards, like spikes, loose paving, holes, etc is not difficult to achieve. All they need to do is a thorough inspection of all "completed" jobs. It's what you'd do if you were paying someone to do some construction work for you, but the council is using taxpayers' money, so they don't seem to be as invested in the quality of work done.

These street vendor motorcycle sidecars full of food are a road hazard even when they don't pull out unexpectedly. Many of them are sporting vats full of boiling water and other loose cooking items and implements that can go flying. They often slow down unexpectedly when items in their carts are shaken loose by the wind and they need to secure them. Fortunately, most Thai people have a lot of patience with them and give them a wide berth.

I agree, and it's also a pet peeve of mine. They use a ridiculous number of adjectives and adverbs. It's not reporting, but storytelling. The reader should decide how fast, well, and good tasks are performed, not the reporter. They wouldn't get a job writing for real newspapers.

You don't see too many billionaires in prison to compare notes with. Even if Thanksin doesn't have a billion $, he has plenty of rich family members to pick up the slack. I'm suggesting that any very rich prisoner would get special treatment.

Ex-PMs convicted of crimes and jailed (or in exile) - Ex-coup leaders become exalted beings, yet people like you cheer it on. I can imagine how this would go down in your home countries. The only way to become a hero in Thailand is to be a general and responsible for a military takeover of an elected government. In most civilized nations, that would be called treason, but in Thailand, it's a badge of honour.

The first responsibility is the council which should be overseeing road and footpath safety in their city which attracts millions of tourists (and pedestrians). They need to ensure that contractors always consider safety issues when doing work in public areas. It's not difficult really. You (the contractors) pay the medical expenses or we find a new contractor. They could appoint safety officers to inspect all work done on roads and footpaths and issue fines for non-compliance. If it happened to me, I would start with a personal visit to City Hall. Of course, if the tourist has full insurance to cover it, that's the end of it.

And despite all precautions taken, accidents happen. It only takes a momentary lapse of concentration. In this case, shoes might not have helped as you can trip in any footwear.

If I'm using my Thai ATM card (debit card), I don't care where I use it as replacements are easy to get. If I'm using an international card, I only use them in shopping malls at a bank. If the machine eats your card, you can get it back at the time they normally open the machine by showing them your passport. The ATMs on the streets have numbers you can call, and they should return your card. Thai banks destroy cards left in machines and issue new ones except at main branches of your bank, where they can return it. The K-Bank charges 300 baht, but they give you 250 refund immediately. I believe that's only once a year you get a refund.

My packet does not say "Maxwell". It is distributed by Food Great Products Ltd, Bangkok. They call it MS. We have a different supplier.

You're right, I jumped to the conclusion too fast. Upon further examination, I see the product was imported from the USA, and it's tested by ALS Labs, probably the bulk product before importing. They don't produce it. ALS - Food safety & quality testing I'm not particularly concerned about the source of whey as the USA is the biggest exporter of whey products and to me, it's all the same. I suppose if you message the Lazada supplier they may give you the name of the producer of the product in the USA. Here's some info on the US production of whey: World's Largest Whey Producer I already used about 100 grams of the pack I received yesterday. The product is as good as any whey I've bought in the past. It has over a 1-year expiry date. WPC has a yellowish tint, whereas WPI is white. WPC gets darker (deeper yellow colour) with age. I've used a lot of whey in the past. At one point, about 10 years ago I was consuming about 3 kilos a month. Maybe a world record LOL. It might just be coincidental, but I had more energy today than normal, and a very good workout. Here are some serving suggestions: 1. 300 ml of low-fat milk (2%), 30 grams of WPC, some honey or Equal if you're avoiding sugar, and 2 scoops of instant coffee. That's a total of 33 grams of protein (WPC: 24, milk: 9). It's a good idea to use some milk as you get extra casein protein, which makes the protein even more complete and bioavailable. You could also use lactose-free milk if that's a concern. I make this in a shaker. 2. 300 - 500 ml of low-fat milk (2%), one banana. 30 grams of WPC. Blend together. No sweetener is necessary as the banana provides enough sugar.

If you're paying government rates directly, you can save money using 3 meters as the price per kWh gets more expensive the more you use, calculated on a tier-based system. It would be illegal to split electricity usage this way. The MEA obviously thinks each meter is for an individual residence.

It depends on the efficiency of the air con units mainly. I'm in a 4 bedroom 240 m2 condo with 2 refrigerators, and much of the day we run 2 air-con units at the same time, but at high temp settings 26 - 28C. Bills range from 2000 lowest to 3000 highest. We had 2 air-con units changed last year. to the latest Daikon inverter units and it saves around 1000 baht per month in the heaviest use months.

I suspect, due to the much larger population of internet users from America that UK English spelling will slowly be phased out in the following decades. Even now, in many forums, I tend to use the US spelling as the majority of users are American. What English spelling do they teach in Thailand?

No one has mentioned the exceptional penmanship of Thai people. Most English speakers can barely scribble. It's ironic that they write in English far better than English speakers even if they cannot speak it very well. It puts my writing to shame.

Probably, for universal understanding, UK English is one of the worst considering all the local accents that are difficult for outsiders to understand. Cockney, Geordi, Brummie, Scouse, Estuary, Scottish, Welsh... the list goes on. Don't get me wrong... I enjoy hearing the variety, but it's hard work for many foreigners to understand. I even have trouble with some of them.

Tendon injuries can become chronic and permanent as the tendon degrades over time. Chronic Tendon Injury My guess is the OP has chronic tendinosis (explanation in the article I linked above) in the bicep tendon. You can rule out rotator cuff injury with some simple tests. This one is quite comprehensive: Rotator Cuff Tear PT Evaluation with Rotator Cuff Special Tests

"It might be longer in time" is an understatement. Including the wait for the next buses at Pattaya North and Ekamai Stations, you've killed at least 6 hours already and possibly more, the total return trip time of the border run from Pattaya... and you're still only in BKK.