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4 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

Too many fragile egos, especially within the male population.  

I will definitely not rule out the often pathetic behaviour of women mostly taking an example from the bad soaps where violence is a staple.

5 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

I was a smoker for around 35 years, and quit just under three years ago. 

 

Ban smoking in Condos? Hell yes!

 

Ten Reasons to Quit Smoking (in no special order)

 

1. You won't smell anymore. Apologies, but there is no polite way to put it; smokers stink. They smell. They reek. Their breath smells like an ashtray. Their clothes are foul and gross. They leave a putrid miasma in every room they occupy.
2. You will regain your sense of smell and taste. It is truly an amazing thing; I lived and/or visited Thailand for more than 25 years, but after I quit smoking, Thai food became twice as good. Seriously, twice as good!
3. You won't look like a dried-up lizard. Smoking makes your face/skin look old; quitting smoking means putting 'lizard-ness' off for a decade or two.
4. If you quit smoking, you don't have to listen to people like me, your spouse, your kids, your friends and complete strangers telling how smoking is bad for you. Wouldn't it be nice if we all shut up? If you didn't have to hear us?
5. It is easier to pull/keep chicks. Simply put, it is easier to pull and/or keep a hot chick as a non-smoker rather than as a smoker. Nuff' said.
6. You won't get sick as often. Yes, I know, perhaps smoking helps with c-19 and perhaps it doesn't. But, a non-smoker will catch fewer flus, colds, infections, etc. than a smoker; it is a scientific fact.
7. You won't hurt those around you. Second-hand smoke kills about 50,000 people a year and damages the health of many, many, many more; don't you want to stop hurting your wife? Your kids? Your friends? Your neighbours? Strangers on the road?
8. You'll have more breath. Smokers; when was the last time you climbed three flights of stairs without panting or wheezing? Without some shortness of breath? Without stopping for a sec to catch your breath at the top?
9. Money. Cigarettes are expensive and you get nothing (literally nothing) for your money. One example; by quitting when I did, I saved approximately 190,000 Baht. What would you do with an extra 190,000 Baht? Whooo-Hoooo!
10. Impotence. It is a medical fact that smoking reduces the lead in your pencil. Further, it is also medical fact that the more you smoke, the more the lead in your pencil is reduced. Simple question; what's better? Smoking or sex? If you chose sex (and you really should have), then it is time to quit.

 

And a bonus #11; you won't be an addict anymore. Being an addict, whether it is Nicotine, Yaba, Alcohol, Opioids, Meth, Heroin, Crack, or anything else, diminishes a person.

 

If you quit smoking, you'll be a better person to be around, your sensations and pleasures will improve, your health and appearance will be better, you'll do better with the girls, you'll have stamina again, you'll save huge amounts of money, and your sex life will improve.

 

If you keep smoking, your stink will drive people away, you won't enjoy food and drink as much, your health will decline, you will become 'Lizard-like', hot girls will laugh at you and throw rocks, you'll be awful in the sack, you'll be poorer and no woman will want you.

 

Ban smoking everywhere!

 

 

You are a typical ex-smoker still smarting from stopping!

I smoked from 1966 till 1978, just stopped one day in October of that year, never smoked again.

Never made an anti-smoking tirade

If somebody wants to smoke in his own house, power to him, if I don't like the smell, I stay away from his house.

Maybe once a month I am in the company of a smoker, don't think that will harm my health; driving a car, being in traffic, surely is worse for my health?

22 hours ago, Sakeopete said:

I am not receiving some COD orders from China. If the seller uses Cainaio delivery partner I never get the item and I can't cancel it because as soon as I place the order it generates a tracking number. After waiting weeks the Tracking Package status changes to   Your package has been mark as Failed Delivery and will be returned to seller.
Kindly provide us with feedback here! Reason: Prohibited ItemNov.03 00:00  "  This has happened to 4 orders from different sellers (ordered 3D printer parts and tools). The sellers blame Lazada and Lazada says the sellers choses the delivery partners.

I have complained to LAZADA (mentioned Cainaio's bad feedback online) but despite their polite customer service they do nothing. They advise me to refuse the package if it does someday arrive, honestly I don't like that. I often make online orders and the delivery people know me, some even by name. I hate the thought of wasting their time refusing COD shipments. I wish LAZADA would just cancel the order.

 

Buying from China has become a hassle because I have to ask the seller what delivery partner they use before I purchase anything. If they use LEL Express my items arrive within a week. Unfortunately many Thai sellers now ship direct from China so there isn't much choice in country anymore. I will try using Shopee more often but I like Lazada's interface better.

 

Rant Over

Cainaio delivery partner?

Problems.

3 hours ago, Natai Beach said:

Performance? 
 

Because of 4 cylinder rubbish performance, rubbish handling, rubbish build quality and I suspect they will have rubbish servicing standards in Thailand.
it is well documented, one of the main reasons they have gone broke so many times. 
 

I wouldn’t buy one, that is my opinion, if you think they are good, then go ahead. They are cheap. I wonder why?

 

UK cars are infamous for their poor build quality. I suspect the only people defending them are from the UK who have taken it personally. 
China is also infamous for poor build quality. They will continue the MG tradition I am sure.

 

Dream on......

4 hours ago, Natai Beach said:

I wouldn’t risk it. 
- MG have a history of going broke. I can’t see them being around for ever in Thailand. 

- MG were always poor quality, I can’t see the Chinese improving on it. 
- about a month ago I popped in to their dealership in Khok Kloy to ask about their EV. The lack of knowledge of the staff astounded us, she couldn’t answer any of our questions (I was with a thai, so it wasn’t just the language barrier). 
 

Forget it.

Not only MG had a tendency to go down.

Or bad quality.

But they were, in British times, fun to drive.

4 hours ago, Grumpy one said:

The previous model was LDV T 60

It sold in Aus

A mate of mine has one, treats it like hell and it keeps going

Also a lot cheaper than the jap models

Even cheaper?

The Foton pickup, or the Malaysian pickup, name escapes me.

4 hours ago, darksidedog said:

The  whole country is suffering under the current administration, whose performance is the reason for the protests.

Bring in real democracy and the country and economy will flourish.

So you think that democracy, Thaksin style for example, will repair the economy overnight, and that while the world is reeling under the Wuhan virus?

Dream on......

Democracy often is not bringing any good to the people.

I am flabbergasted.........

30 minutes ago, lust said:

I find that many of the westerners I come across have some quirks about them, or are total nutcases to be honest... Not all, but many... Thailand is a place for many misfits..

Sorry for this remark.

Is that place for misfits based on yourself, maybe?

Obviously you mix with the wrong people.......

14 hours ago, Okis said:

If they do the same on twitter as on facebook then no wonder they dont have any impact.  On facebook they will create a account with 10-50 friends and then go into comments or send messages and just trow some random insults at people. 

 

 

 

 

Guess what?

The anti's do the same....

2 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

Volvos do, or at least used to have a good reputation for strength and safety. To make one completely unrecognizable to what it once was would take some doing. But, of course this is Thailand and when it comes to road safety, they don't do things by halves.  

They do things by halves re road safety, they do things double, at least, by road carnage.

6 hours ago, YetAnother said:

just keep piling on more obstacles; then wonder why so few tourists are interested

If ever the Thai government tells me to wear a gps thing on myself, besides the 90-day idiocy, I am gone.

I am not a bloody criminal!!!

Now what would they say if the EU makes it a law that all Thai must wear a ankle band and can only go to another country if all extensive paperwork is in order, and of course all the paperwork to come back is also ok.

Mind if something is not ok, the blacklist is ready, so is the prison and a huge fine, and of course very, very expensive quarantine.

3 hours ago, userabcd said:

Why not.

 

They seem to have the virus under control and they do make up approx 18% of the world population and are perhaps by tourist numbers spending and investing the most in Thailand travel/tourist/property industry.

 

Unfortunately, in the US, UK and many countries in Europe, the virus is out of control as the inhabitants of those nations feel their freedom of whatever is important.

So you believe the Chinese?

I am really afraid Thailand missed the boat in the rice and tourist business.

Sincerely hope I am wrong, the poor have been hit too much already.