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Met her at sister's restaurant at local night market. Only chickie here that constantly told me NO, when asked out to lunch & dinner. Finally warmed up to me, after more than a few months, as daughter & I were regular customers of Sis' excellent food. Moved in after 6 months of dating, then 8 yrs of 'courtship' before marriage, and been together 15+ yrs. On 3rd house build together, as I get bored and move on rather quickly, though this will be last house, and a good base to explore.

I personally won't drive any vehicle here through water higher than 10cm or the low rubber side of the tire. Reason...most wheel bearings on cars are NOT seal here. Already had to replace a few on my Toyota or Mazda, forget which. Everyone knows water & electric don't mix, so surely precautions are made. Was trying to find one vid I saw, Thailand, guy submerges his whole scooter in stream and runs the motor. Impressive. And this is 3 yrs old ... wonder if any advancements since ????

Asia ... just China & India account for 35% of the world population No market there ... ????????????

Don't think referring to you. Reference to someone on my ignore list (seedy) that was quoted with silly photos. If people don't want solar and or an EV, for whatever reason, fine. It, both just works for me. But when trying to reason why solar & EV don't / won't work, with silly reason & examples, they simply show their ignorance, or trolling. Anyone that can afford a nicer SUV (Fortuner) can afford an EV and solar system at home. Be self sufficient, and hell, even sell excess back to the power company in some countries, helping support the grid for those who solar might be impractical for. DISCLAIMER: previous photo of solar & car not mine, posted earlier by another in this thread. Just using as example, in Thailand & affordable.

Trolls ... simply amazing For the same price as an nice ICE Fortuner, you can buy an EV car + home solar system that will power both, day & night. Car - 1 m (MG EP) Solar - 350k (7.5kws w/5.8kw ESS) or 150k for just daytime solar.

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The simple fact that I said I did .... no need to substantiate anything.

Before calling me a liar, did you read the whole study. A few things in there I had issue with, especially what they excluded from the study. This also turned me off: "All authors have completed and submitted the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. Runxin Huang reports support for attending meetings or travel from Dynavax Technologies. Nicola P. Klein reports institutional support from Pfizer, Sanofi Pasteur, Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, and Protein Science (now Sanofi Pasteur to support vaccine studies). Elizabeth G. Liles reports research contracts from the National Human Genome Research Institute and Pfizer. Kerresa Morrissette reports research contracts from the National Institutes of Health, GlaxoSmithKline, and Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation, outside the submitted work. No other potential conflicts of interest were disclosed."

I read the linked study in the OP. Unless there's another mentioned somewhere, then yea, didn't read that. Are you with the NSA ? ???? Next time before I post, I'll make a vid of me reading ... ???? Although I'm pretty good at 'editing' and could probably fake that ???? TV/AN never disappoints meeting my expectations, mind boggling

If you read the whole study, and not just the headliner ... agree, misleading indeed. CDC cred ... lost that a long time ago with me.

I find that hard to believe, unless getting married in the UK is extremely hard. USA is simply, get license, pop into JoP / magistrate and bang, legally married. Heck, fly to Vegas and make a weekender holiday of it with even less paperwork. Thailand is a pain & time consuming with the translations. You can have the 'wedding ceremony' / party, anywhere anytime, as no legal official is mandatory to attend here anyway. I also courted / lived with for 8 yrs before signing up for long term. After having 2 houses together, so never a trust issue. On 3rd house now.

Notice a few high performance cars mentioned, and do people really want or need one here. I've always had practical vehicles, and never a 'look at me' kind of shopper. Started with a practical WV van (1st car) then station wagon, as a young lad, since doing a bit of camping. Trucks for work, (air freight & chimney sweeping, tools / slum lord), along with also having at same time as truck, cars, Firebird for playing, Caddy for cruising. Scooters for cheap thrills (750) or cruising (900). Would I have the 750/900 or Firebird here - NO, as total waste, as nowhere to play with as I use to enjoy playing. Even most inter-province roads I wouldn't feel comfortable doing 125-150 MILES per hr. on. That's just silly and dangerous here, and I've matured pass those times, almost. Besides, speed limit of 120 is more than fast enough, and the traffic and or conditions of the road, I find myself rarely hitting 120, or wanting to. You all spend your baht on whatever makes you happy, but MG offers some of the best values out there. If avoid only for anti China stance, then som naa na, you really are being foolish. Feel free the pay way too much for more vehicle than you'll ever need. Good luck finding a parking spot, or will you be one of the arrogant POS that thinks their life is so much more important and cause bottlenecks on the town streets.

No market for it, just sell on FB, Instagram, LAZ and or Shopee. Only really need if wearing 'half' helmet. Forgot all about those foam ones, (made available at work / airlines) and the only ones I'd use or recommend. Any others / harder (soft rubber) and you may be pushing dirt and wax into the ear canal / drum if not up on your 'ear maintenance' ????

Network map for 3 of the larger service providers for EV charging stations.

Just realized y'all talking about Ronny's in BKK, not my hometown, Sharon Hill, PA ... ???? Had a Ronnie's Steaks there (cheesesteaks / hoagies)

We didn't call it 'Philly' pizza ... just pizza, as everyone basically made it the same. Then came Wolfgang Puck, and everything needed a label. If from Philly, don't call it a sub ... blasphemy. It's a Hoagie, and most have never had one. And please tell me you are referring to Ronnie's Steaks (Mills) in Sharon Hill. The Geater with the Heater (Blavit)...my brother, a couple years older was into the Chez Vous scene ???????????? Probably Veal parm, as a big thing, till people realized what veal was, or how / why so tender ????

Yes, you'd think it would be noticeable, but I don't notice any difference. My laptop is set at 1080p , and duplicated to my 55" LG TV / monitor, and no noticeable loss of resolution, pixel distortion. LG recommends 1980p, I think, and the monitor is set at that, though handles all my 1080 HD media with no problem.

OP is correct, he did read it on the LA site: https://thaiconsulatela.org/en/non-o/ highlight OPs #7 text, and google that, and you be directed to above link. ALTHOUGH ... same site, contradicts itself, and also states 800k, if using this link: https://thaiconsulatela.org/en/visa/visa-type/non-immigration-category-o-a/ ????????????

Loving the high inflation in the USA. Got the largest SS COLA (5.9% for 2022) in 20yrs because of it. Hoping inflation hits 20 % of more in the USA in 2022, so maybe we'll get 6 % for 2023 ????

Depends where you live, as we're below Hua Hin, and 3500w is more than enough, and usually have it set at about 1300 hrs. Just bought 2 Electrolux 3500s from LAZ / LUX site, best price, tested, work fine. Did not have copper 'tank', but heated up and held temp with no problem. I would avoid Mazuma, as had very bad luck with them, product & cust. serv. Had a German brand at one house (Udon Thani) 8000w and would brew a nice cup of tea, or scold the hell out of you if not careful.

Don't know if mentioned yet, but I'm a big fan of Pizza Company's NY Style pizza, since that's as close to the type I grew up on in Philly, PA, USA. Partial to the double pepperoni. Along with 18" being best value in Thailand. Most other pizzas in Thailand fail miserably IMHO, except SOHO @ Krung Thep.

There's this thing called Google, for those the don't own an EV, and don't know where, the at least over 400 charging stations are. If you can find the MG stations, then the dropdown from the same page, shows the other 4 service provider, EA being the next provider with the most stations. Unless on the extreme outskirts of BumF nowhere, finding a charging station shouldn't be an issue. And those Q,s, don't exist, as I've yet to see any of them being used, which is actually surprising, as I'd definitely plug in while shopping at the mall, if available. And yes, they are at some petrol station, as I've noticed them at PTTs, as the only ones I use. Be quite silly not to have them there, as captive audience to the vendor at their mall shops & food court. All the providers have apps and payable right from your phone to app. Along with loyalty programs, I think. I'll be charging mine at home with solar, as soon as installed. Lots of anti EV posting, but so far only 2 posters + myself actually own, and seem more than happy. Sales are skyrocketing year after year, stocks making millions, billions for some (36b in 1 day), and I read 9 new billionaires in China, I think, this year, all vested in batteries. BYD got the new wave battery, for those falsely & overly paranoid about safety. Oh Yea .... ... CHINA ROCKS, and as always, the rest of the fossil burning world is falling way behind. Except Tesla, though without China, wouldn't exist, at least at present level. Just my thoughts

Yea, you do, impossible not to. Where do you think the chips come from that control the electronics. Chinese made is far from rubbish. That's why most buy Asian made / branded vehicles, no matter where assembled. Top sellers worldwide are not USA or EU / UK branded vehicle, even in those countries. Except maybe Sweden, since Volvo is promoted there.

Sounds like a deal to me, as I just sold our 13 yr old Honda Wave 125i w/20k for 24k. As stated, 2 yrs old low kms, what's not to like.