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If the guard doesn't recognize us and wave us through, then I just say 'pai khlong won krup' and away we go. Not sure a tourist can get away with that. Was actually there today for lite munch & choco/sugar drink fix ... damn tasty. Saw a few Q'd up, signing in as we drove past. I don't think they question you much coming from the Khlong Won side, as I think they assume you're live local and don't really bother. Most tourist would be coming from the PKK side.

I don't eat processed chocolate candy bars or whatever anymore, and just eat dark chocolate. Wife even got some pods a couple times and did her thing. What a difference ... heaven. But a lot of work, for small yield. Thankfully the pods were free. That would be the way to go, if finding pods cheap, and were a purist.

It's all foreign to me, and regret not getting in way back when. A friend of mine did, and doing very well. It is a roller coaster ride though. He got in very early. I really haven't looked at anything in past 10 years. Funny, the crypo was flat for a while, and he asked me what I thought, and told him, I haven't a clue. Ask me to peak. I did at a few, and one looked decent, chart wise and reports/news, so I simply said take a peek. Damn if he didn't buy a bit. A month later told me, 'thanks, next visit is on my, made 10k with your recommendation' "Holy sh!t dude, I say take a peek, not buy" ... He gave me one of my best trades, % wise. Inside info and made a 1000+%er on a penny/pink sheet stock, on rumour, just before company got bought by another (NWA/DL). Just before the sale, they dropped the stock symbol, and anyone still holding, got screwed

Our local swimmer's beach, well, not today 😎 11 kms from home If cruising the western Gulf beaches, then Hua Hin, Sam Roi Yot, Ao Manao, Ban Krut (all PKK province) & Thung Wua Laen (Chumphon) are all worth a peek. A few others between HH & SRY may interest, but don't do much for us.

It's called nature, and at times, it's no kind. You want to live, then you kill & eat ... period. Shark, lion, croc eats man ... oh well. Man eat beef, pork, poultry, fish ... oh well. Fish eats fish, man eat fish, always something bigger. Without weapons, humans would not be top of the food chain.

If you're asking, that's not a good sign. Good rule of thumb, pull up historical chart, and look at the hi/lo cycles, and buy on next low cycle. Though it takes a lot more research than just that.

They have choices, they just prefer not to exercise them. 1000s of others make a different choice, coming from the same circumstances. Once confronted, they could have simply raised arms, white flag, whatever & surrendered, if news-blip is to be believed. 2M pills less on the streets, hopefully. And a news-blip to others, to rethink their career choices. win win

I've driven all over TH, and personally, I think 99.9% of the roads are excellent. Pay attention when driving usually keeps you & vehicle damage free.

Oh well, live by the sword, die by the sword. As stated earlier, deal in misery & death, and Karma has a way of catching up to you ... thankfully. Live & Die By Your Choices

It would only depend if you are affected by it. Personally haven't given it much thought.

Our favorite Gulf beach, and we pop down (<1 hr) couple times a month. Usually at Baan Jib for a nice green curry& roti, alone w/dessert, then pop over surfside, make sure it's still there. 2nd Gulf beach would be Thung Wua Laen, Chumphon, and about the only 2 I'd swim in. Not sure about TWL, as a bit more developed, not much, but more than when we visited regularly, yearly.

Not really a fan of either, evaporated or condensed. Curious about the difference, so google substitute for: Condensed milk ... use 1.5 cup sugar with can of evaporated milk, heat, stir till sugar dissolves

Mostly in house eating: Yank ... if there is such thing (Philly cheesesteaks, scrapple) Mexican Italian Thai, when I do, it's fusion, pasta vs rice Wife cooks Thai mostly, and does western quite well. When out of the house, usually Thai, Malay curries/massamans, and things we can't or won't do in house. Again, fusion version for me, if available (ex: drunken seafood noodle) instead of rice. Roti and or potato for carbs. Veggies, anything will do. Purposely get sweet & sour for the veggies, and a safe bet if not familiar with the vendor. Usually don't do deep fried anything, just chips or an occasional Cordon Bleu at the one local place. A good part of our outside munchies is pastries @ coffee shops probably too much, but I'm addicted.

Yes, some insurers put many together to offer better plans with lower risks to the insurers and pass saving on to the businesses. Another part of ACA, not so small print, insurers can not take a loss ... nice. The only reason more are signing up for ACA, is a sign of the times. Since Medicaid is part of it, simply shows more can't afford private insurance. Along with Medicare show more people are simply retiring as the population ages. Neither has much to do, with ACA. Still benefits the insurers & big pharma, since written by their lobbyist. Remember .... "If you like you plan or doc, you can keep your plan or doc" ...

I stopped listening to broker's suggestion early on, when I noticed my car in the parking lot, was better than theirs

Little update/info to above, the BYD's <10% (9%) equalization process. Guess I should have search before doing, but no problem and did recover 2 of the 4 kms, so a success. Certainly would never consistently go below 20%, let alone 10%. MG ZS uses CATL batteries, did search CATL & Tesla recommendation for maintaining and both recommend not going below 20%, as BMS functions better. OK, makes sense, and TBH, 10% vs 20%, I really didn't see the point of going <10% then back to 100% vs starting at 20%. So won't purposely go <20% again, and rarely have, and I think only twice in 22k kms, while out & about. So degradation was 0.6% for the 14 months/22k kms, and as stated, expect ~4% over the battery warranty period of 8yrs/180k kms. All of 14 kms off out local driving range of 360 kms per full charge after 8 yrs. As stated again, probably less, as doubtful we'll put 20k kms on yearly in the future. HAPPY MOTORING

Little update/info to above, the BYD's <10% (9%) equalization process. Guess I should have search before doing, but no problem and did recover 2 of the 4 kms, so a success. Certainly would never consistently go below 20%, let alone 10%. MG ZS uses CATL batteries, did search CATL & Tesla recommendation for maintaining and both recommend not going below 20%, as BMS functions better. OK, makes sense, and TBH, 10% vs 20%, I really didn't see the point of going <10% then back to 100% vs starting at 20%. So won't purposely go <20% again, and rarely have, and I think only twice in 22k kms, while out & about. So degradation was ~0.6% for the 14 months/22k kms, and as stated, now expect ~4% over the battery warranty period of 8yrs/180k kms. All of 14 kms off out local driving range of 360 kms per full charge after 8 yrs. As stated again, probably less, as doubtful we'll put 20k kms on yearly in the future. HAPPY MOTORING

Y'all need to leave the tourist ghettos. Finding good areas for food is easy. Hop the rail line to popular station; Ari is a good one, use Gmap for local restaurants. Pick a spot, and zoom in/out and refresh "search this area" and you get more options. Pick the ones with most reviews, w/menus & photos. You want halal, vegan, pick one of the large Mosques, and explore the sois near them. Just get out & explore ... too easy, too much fun., and if wanting a beer to wash down your munchies, just pop into a 7-11. Use a Yeti to be discreet and keep it cold. Can even take it into a restaurant with you, just make sure you order water with any food. One thing Krung Thep is good for, almost impossible to be bored there ... though you do have to leave the barstool. Also a few floating/canal side markets worth a visit, though avoid weekends, or not. Accessible by rail and or bus, if not wanting to drive. I don't when in town, unless I know I can park at a mall. Then hit the streets, means it's not a late night, which never are anyway. Stayed at iCheck Inn/Sathorn a few weeks back (since pet friendly), and decent street around the corner there with some good munchies. Had Mexican, OK, a little pricy, and there's a Charlie Brown's there for the 'non experimental' types. At night the street vendors showed up. Just OK, though TBH, didn't explore too much, as just hanging out with daughter, she's a bit lazy.

I would expect penguin, ostrich & kiwi crossings but not those bird crossings. Yea I know, there's a few more.

Or live a little ... vibrating

"While the frequency of these popping sounds is too high for human ears, insects, other mammals, and maybe even other plants can likely detect them. The sounds were also found to differ depending on the type of stress the plant was experiencing, which could be distinguished using a machine learning algorithm." Please don't kill & eat me ... Murderer ..

@jakow condolences .. ... agree w/L3, why go through the hassle (& expense), of transporting father and probably not getting visa for your immediate family. Anyone in states, can easily come here. Since he chose to retire here, guessing not much interested him, along with folks there, enough to stay. Remember when my mother passed in USA, cancer, so no surprise, and during the 3 months I was there, nobody by my brothers tended to her, or visited. Lived at my house, that I gave to my brother when I left, 3 yrs prior, and he asked what about a viewing & funeral. I simply said 'for who ?'. And she'd be pissed if we wasted money on a depressing departure party she didn't attend. So easy, private & inexpensive cremation, and ashes taken to the surf, that she wanted, near where she worked last and longest job - Trump Casino, AC, NJ ... Just have something here, as that's where he chose to finish out his time 👍

Looking good ... ... yes, eating anything is murder, unless it was already dead. Any of you vegans/vegetarians out there foraging for dead plant life ?

Equate our ZSs to GM ... blasphemy More like origins, though not much resemblance to BMW MG Rover 75. Group owner, Nanjing Automobile Corporation (NAC) acquired the tooling for the car. Both companies launched revised versions of the 75/ZT in China. SAIC's model was named the Roewe 750 (following the purchase of the Rover brand by Ford, the Roewe marque was created by SAIC for use worldwide) and NAC's the MG 7. SAIC purchased technology relating to the Rover 75 ... after the 2005 collapse of MG Rover. The Roewe RX3 is a subcompact crossover manufactured by SAIC's sub brand, Roewe. The RX3 crossover shares the underpinnings with the MG ZS, and is positioned below the Roewe RX5 compact crossover.