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Many people can afford anything. Because we don't buy things because we can, but because we want to.

As much as I was happy to leave UT area, around the same time OP did, have to admit, if forced to live in a NE metro, that would be one of, if not the best. Can't imagine things have gotten better, unless soi samphan has been revamped and most bars closed Traffic & pollution was horrendous (rush hours & cool season), and why we lived out of town (15+ kms) to avoid. Enjoyed our daytime visits (1000-1400 hrs), but avoided mostly, unless visiting sis at night market. Was actually there Aug 2022 to get rid of last RE holding, and only stayed to 2 days required to do that. Couldn't wait to leave, and didn't notice much of a change. Didn't even bother visiting anyone aside from family or bother with old haunts, that we frequented when living in the area. Only 1 still open, I think. Didn't notice any new condo complexes, as they went a bit silly, and an over abundance of empty ones when there.

If just looking at condos, that's going to limit the areas, as most are along the main road, near the Uni & hospital, as one would expect. Khon Kaen as most larger metros, and not yet condo crazy like Krung Thep area. Wouldn't exactly be the area I'd want to live, or the Khon Kaen area at all. Might want to look at townhouses over by the lake, and a better value for you baht per m².

Not much of a fan of either, Amazon or 7-11 Cafe coffee. TBH, I'd rather just drink the Hazelnut flavored instant for 20 ish baht that's offered at 7-11. Inthanon at Bangchak petrol/CS is wee bit better, but not something I'd actually recommend to a coffee drinker.

hmm ... I question the use of a restaurant named Khao Thom as a baseline for good Thai food. Hopefully they serve more than Khao Thom, and I couldn't find them on Gmaps or elsewhere. Good Luck

I've only sampled twice at MEM airport, and truly terrible, besides expensive airport pricing, even with a discount. Other coffee drinkers who's opinion I respect, concur, and also sampled TH's StarCrap, and agree, not worth the price of admission. Their muffins on the other hand were damn tasty, if fresh. That's about the limit of my experiences with SC.

Authentic would probably cost more than most are willing to pay, as imported ingredients (Turkey) would be a bit more expensive, if even allowed, and homemade (from scratch at vendor) more time consuming, and time is money. Make your own, easy enough, or simply accept what most closely resembles what you expect. Been to Turkey*** have you, and sample more than a few ? *** If referring the döner kebab, which is simply rotating meat, so leaves a big window for variations. Even in Turkey, I would imagine. Got to love all the purist experts with no real experience.

This thread is better than reading the comics

Just the headlines, and not MSM. Been around long enough to know, the news doesn't give you information about your home country that is useful for you, just propaganda for their benefit. Nothing has changed since I took the red pill ... except more people happily take the blue pill than every before.

But a great way to keep in touch with those a far. Free & easy contact, msgs, phone, vid calls if wanting. As with everything, you have choices. Knowing how to exercise them is the key to your satisfaction of.

Another false headline, as looking at menu, only one coffee comes close to minimum wage. The rest all in the <150 baht, and that is a rather large cup of coffee, 2-3X the size of some other shops. So not even silly priced ... aside from the terrible flavor. DISCLAIMER: only sampled in USA

why complicate things. read the recommendations, go to Gmap, look at photos of. search Gmap, simply type in kebab. Not rocket science. Pics & reviews from more than 1 or 2 AN members. The more reviews the venue has, the better. Will it be authentic ... doubtful, you're in TH. Will they be tasty ... hell yea. Just watch when the put the sauces on the order before you, as I find the always OD on the sauces. I prefer to taste the meat & veggies.

Certainly isn't skipping any meals ... so has a little jingle in his pocket, or is he stealing food also.

A fan of just garlic sauce on my non Mexican wraps. Hard to call anything a doner kebab if wrapped in a tortilla. Just a kebab, and I'm a flatbread fan myself and even do my 'Mexican/tacos-ish' thingys, with flatbread when having available. Saying that, wife just made tortillas ... Guess we're have Mexican later today or tomorrow.

Yanks don't make the news much here. Could be the reason. Now, since you mentioned, who has that axe to grind ? Google 'brit arrested thailand', then 'american' then 'russian' ... nuff said arrival #s up to and part of Nov 2023: RU ... 1.4M USA ... 1.1M UK ... didn't make the top 10, but get a bit more negative press Just an observation, but the anti RU, CH, USA, IN folks, may want to focus their bigotry / ire to different nationalities. Doubt will happen, as I suspect most vocal board members are British. I get along with, and avoid everyone equally

I like the filter option, which PlugShare doesn't have. Then when O&A, easier to peek at that app, than each vendor app or plugshare, which has to be opened to see what vendor at CS. Charge Loma, filtered with fast conx plug only, and vendors we use, will find the next couple ahead of us easier. Then wife can look at the vendor app, make sure operational and not reserved. Gmap, still the least informative.

A quick search found this tidbit of info posted on AN, Oct 2023:

Use forum search, as surely someone posted on another thread. You'll probably receive before Manila answers the email. I'm assuming this isn't your first DD from SS.

Mine also arrived on 3rd (TH time), @ BB. Always arrives on 4th or before.

Not specific to EVs, but more about RooJai insurance & MG's body/repair shop. Aside from being an inexpensive ins. policy, compared to other policies, and MG's lower price point to buy in, we're receiving excellent service from both. So I had an oops, 100 kms away from home (upper Hua Hin). Won't say who's fault it was (too embarrassing), but got clipped in rear driver side quarter panel/door/wheel assembly. Emphasis on the wheel assembly, and not drivable afterwards. Jacked it up in an attempt to change the damaged rim/tire, and the car body was going up, but the tire wasn't leaving the ground PoPo comes, all sorted out, fairly quick fashion, considering it was the weekend, and PoPo station not busy at all. RooJai was excellent, and at the scene very quick, along with assisting at PoPo station. No problem having MG doing the repair, and thankfully, our local MG dealer (A. Muang PKK), a couple kms from our house, (but 100 kms from HH PoPo), and seems to be the area body repair shop/dealer. Hua Hin MG dealer is extremely small. Car transport to PoPo station (mandatory at Hua Hin), charge covered. Then transport to MG/PKK, again covered. MG does the repair estimate & submits to RooJai, and policy to approve, should be within 7 days, but took a couple more, since long weekend. MG called today, and repair cost approved, and without any hiccups, car should be ready in 15 ish days. Not sure if work days or total, as wife talked to them. But all in, ding to final repair should be about 1 month, so very happy with that. Comparison to living in Udon Thani, and very minor ding with T. Vios, still drivable, but Q at Toyota body shop was 2 months long, and paid extra to even get in that early, and took 2 weeks to complete a 1 or 2 day repair. Our baby will be back in couple weeks, hopefully. Does highlight how little we need 4 wheels. As the E-MB is filling in nicely, without much of any extra outings, as I drive by the markets during my daily park/surfside cruise anyway. Though we did make a couple fresh market runs. Even though passing on my daily routes, don't want to leave the dog in the basket that long unattended. Wife and myself did a few local cruises for a munch, as usually take the car. Actually a nice change, as weather has been nice. Dog is disappointed, as can't really go with us on the scooter. Not going to leave her in the basket while we munch. Scooter range is 75+ kms w/large reserve, so not limiting at all. Happy (safe) Travels

I always mispronounced it, until I saw a YT'er from Germany doing a kebab vid, and good luck finding something similar here:

Don't let you dogs/pets run free if you notice them spraying chemicals. My dog got a slight poisoning and thankfully recovered. Simply by the idiot a couple lots down spraying weed killer along the road, under the barbed wire fence. A warning sign would have been nice, as well known I walk my dog along there, for her evening Ps. Took her to the park for land mind dropping, this at a rental, to avoid land mines on neighbors front areas.

and does anyone pronounce it correctly here? Actually it's called a spit, it's the motion/rotation that is called 'Döner'

Yes, and when the rest of the car can't keep up with the battery pack, it would be a fine addition to our solar system. Phones have peaked on what they can do. Just a better camera, if willing to pay. Phones have peaked on new abilities so much, that now they make the battery not user friendly, so have to replace the phone, simply because the battery no longer holds a charge. Main reason I upgraded my last 2 phones. Couldn't find replacement batteries. AND ... give you a 'fast' charger, to kill the battery faster

Another wait & see news-blip Anticipation builds like the next superhero movie ... not. Who cares ? Let's see the blackmail sex-tape collection. Even that wouldn't be interesting. Do you really want to see fat old men with young gals. Like it's not everywhere on the internet already. I'm still trying to get the image of bill, monica & cigars out of mind You're Welcome ...