KhunLA

And which one of these worldly crazy issues, do you think your voice will have an effect, make a difference on ? Have you ever written you politicians ? I personally can only effect the eco/MMGW/CG issues, that I'm pretty sure aren't ever real. But hey, since it benefits my wallet in the long run, I can go solar & operate EVs instead of petrol. Surely helps, but to what degree, if any. Raise my kid properly, not to add to the social disorder, and that's about all we can do. MSM is the new comic strips no longer available. If you didn't laugh at all the silliness, you'd end up offing yourself ... "Good bye cruel world" Contrary to MSM, I believe life on this rock, most things. is getting better & better everyday in almost every way. You can buy into the doom & gloom if you want ... I'm not.

No ... but some have removable battery. DECO 1000w versions do.

Anything beyond me & mine is irrelevant. Read MSM/comics for the entertainment factor.

As safe as any metro, common sense rules.

So your problem is Trump received the money. his company. What if it was Obama or Clinton then I guess it would be okay. More anti-trump no matter what. They have to stay somewhere but not a trump property any place but. Got it.

When legally required to, after everyone else is paid, and they are out of bankruptcy protection. No time soon if in your lifetime.

Making a pass at someone vs groping is 2 different issues. One inappropriate but legal, the other, not so. Judge deciding on the evidence we apparently aren't privy to.

That doesn't help when you return to your car and it's booted.

If needed anywhere I would use the hotel.

Haven't you heard, HH, starting point of all the millions of tourists coming to see the new Riviera. The same down here PKK, new station is a huge, relative to need. I guess it's a not a bad thing planning for the future growth. Can't see it myself, as there's not much of a draw for tourists, between Krung Thep and Surat Thani. The Gulf isn't exactly beach holiday material. High speed line when done, is going to need to be very inexpensive to motivate people to take that instead of a 1 hour flight. Although I do like anything that competes with Bangkok Airways monopoly of Samui airport.

So... 14 mil over 4 yrs. Who cares ? And... "U.S. taxpayers spent nearly $16 million for President Obama and his family to travel to Hawaii and Africa last year, according to records obtained by watchdog organization Judicial Watch. The documents, obtained from the Air Force through a Freedom of Information Act request, show the president incurred $15.9 million in flight expenses alone for 2013 trips made to Africa and Christmas vacation in Hawaii. https://www.al.com/wire/2014/03/taxpayers_spent_16_million_for.html

So traffic will be like high peak season at rush hour, all day, everyday for the foreseeable future. That's why I don't live and stopped visiting Phuket, the past 12 ish years, except during covid & lovely it was.

Double walled insulated Q bloc or whatever named version of, is a bit redundant, IMHO. 2 houses using and I didn't bother and houses were fine. More important is shading your exposed walls; E - S - W. I'm assuming foil insulation is for the ceiling/roof space, then yes use, and they have 37/38 here, which we used. I would also recommend BluScope rolled steel roof, with thickest insulation available. Not that much more expensive, and all, insulation, will pay for itself vs cooling bills. We just got done a build, using said materials, and the house stay quite cool.

So TAT thinks folks concerned about their utility bill will be planning international holidays. IF from an area with snow, then need to leave the heat on anyway, so pipes don't freeze.

May have to rethink an upcoming O&A ... Phuket mid Nov ... ???? And I was worried about tourist numbers ... hmm Might give that a pass, hello Krabi, Trang, Satun

Simple mismanagement of all things by govts ... worldwide. More so in 3rd world countries, with the seemingly endless growing pains. Why they remain 3rd world. Simply accept or leave ... options abound.

Coming / going to beaches, to/from HKT, nobody needs that road: For others, oh well, just add another 30ish minutes to you commute to/from, if need to go there. Though if in more southern part of island, wouldn't use anyway.

Been around for ... ever, but now, masks are suggested as a precautionary measure. How long will it be, before every viral, bacterial infection re-hits the headlines, and masks will be recommended to prevent. To the point of mandatory mask wearing in the future, to prevent all respiratory diseases, and then some, when never in the past was it recommended, with exception of high risk patients, and simply awareness for 'their' protection. Control control control ... for all in the future. And yet in the past, the highest of risk groups were rarely if ever warned or advised to wear a mask. Along with personal hygiene highly suggested to the level of today. Guess we could have avoided a few million old folks dying of the common cold & flu over the past century. Now that billions of $$$ can be made ... nuff said.

Not necessarily, as if store policy, then so be it. Though yet to see any enforced of late. Our local Makro has removed the temp screening monitor. The local Lotus still has the mask detect turnstile installed, which I haven't seen anyone use in months, simply walking around it, and no mask requirement. Along with 7-11s locally. BluPort Mall / Hua Hin, and Hua Hin Imm. no mask required, as we were there Tuesday. Just lovely.

I'd be surprised if 70% leave the beach areas, and those that do, another 30 minute won't kill them, hopefully. Unlike the now impassable road, as more than a few deadly accidents on that every year. Besides, now the taxis can charge 2 or 3k baht instead of 1k ????

With that attitude, I wouldn't drive on Thai roads as they all my collapse underneath of you. Which of course never happens elsewhere outside of TH. You better walk ... just pray there isn't a sinkhole under the walkway ???? In your mind, no matter what Thais do, it will be inferior, and you won't trust it. Why do you live here ?

I could care less about 'assistant features' especially if they take control of the vehicle away from me. If so, I prefer not to have them installed. Give me ABS, anti sway features, but nothing that hinder my actual driving in an emergency. If I want to put the car in a ditch to avoid a head on, I don't want the car taking control, since it can't detect a road surface. Or if the vehicle on one side of me is getting too close, but in my mirror I see a semi about to pass me at speed, I don't the 'car' to move me over half a meter, away from a top on the one side by a car vs a top by a semi it doesn't see yet. Make them 'allowed' features in the settings, not default settings. I only care how the occupants will do in a collision.

If you mean road along the surf, patong to karon, I'd be real surprised, as I think that is built on mostly rock, unlike the one in OP news-blip, which every year needed repair, and hasn't been right since day 1. I believe it's called 'job security' ???? Looking at the photo, I think it's a bit beyond quick fix. They may decide to do it right once and for all. A concrete & steel bridge/elevated roadway, across or around the valley would make a lot more sense.

To the title ... when did it ever stop being the norm. We smoked it from early teens. My friends kids smoked it, from early teens, and their kids have smoked it from early teens. 3 generations in my peer group, and no noticed increase or decrease over the 5 ish decades of smoking that we've lived. People smoking publicly without fear of incarceration is the only difference.

Assume nothing, check the policy. It will be for 'named' drivers or all 'legal' drivers.