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51 minutes ago, mikebike said:

Only a kid at 62, but MY kids love punk, grunge, ska, reggae, progressive rock, new wave and garage as much as I do ❤️

But I am glad to say, that is not the sort of music I like.

I didn't like it when it first cam out and I still don't.

However each to their own.

29 minutes ago, sirineou said:

After the wonderful food you guys post i am almost embarrassed to post my  cooking. 

Almost being the operative word 'cause i have no shame 

What my cooking lacks in looks , it makes up in indigestion . 

I mean taste, 

Anyway today I made meatloaf and potatoes. 

I make my own ground beef (australian) . Put it through the grinder twice. 

Mix with breadcrumbs, chopped onion, garlick, cilantro,diced carrots  a two eggs and a bit of ketchup . Next time I make it, I will par boil the carrots first) 

On the side hard boiler three eggs. 

Peeled and quartered potatoes and in a bowl mix them with olive oil,  salt an pepper, a bit of mustard, and oregano.

Shape the meatloaf and place the three hardboiled eggs (peeled)  in the middle. Erange potatoes around, 

Bake 10-15 minutes at 350 f , take out from oven, brush , a  ketchup , soy sauce, oyster sauce and honey, glaze . 

Then return in the oven 40 minutes. ( Internal temp 160 f)

You are supposed to wait until it cooled down and firmed up a bit but I was hungry and could not wait. The eggs you see are the hardboiled eggs I put in the meatloaf. 

 

 

That looks good and I am not surprised  that you didn't want to wait for it to cool.

4 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

I've messaged you.

Me too.

41 minutes ago, Lite Beer said:

https://aseannow.com/topic/1323517-immigration-april-holiday-closures/

 

Thank you for that information.

I need to go to Immigration at Kamphaeng Phet after 9th April to get all the stamps put into my new passport which gives me Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th April clear to do it in before Songkran.

2 hours ago, scorecard said:

 

And in the news today evidence that Jesus never existed. 

But It can't be true.

It was written in the Christian holy book, and they would never lie.

Would they?

Fortunately my son in the UK is 46 now, He is there and I am here.

My Thai son is 19 and at uni in Chiang Rai, so I am spared that. My wife doesn't seem to play any music, so I am free to indulge in the music I like.

I also like traditional jazz but not modern jazz.

6 hours ago, Social Media said:

Topic Update: ‘Multiple factual flaws’: Israel contests UN-backed report on imminent famine in Gaza

 

COGAT, the Israeli Defense Ministry body responsible for civilian affairs in the Palestinian territories, said in a response Friday that “the report contains multiple factual and methodological flaws, some of them serious.”

 

It argued the report grossly underestimated the amount of water available per person per day (claiming over 20 liters versus the report’s assessment of less than 1) while noting it lacked key information amid the chaos of the conflict — as acknowledged by the IPC report — and subsequently relied on incomplete data, including from Hamas.

 

“Given the difficulty in conducting surveys and samplings, the remotely conducted surveys, or third-party surveys within the Gaza Strip, diminish the reliability of the data,” COGAT said.

 

It said it has tracked reports in Palestinian media “every day” of “food markets filled with food of all types and kinds” in various parts of Gaza, including its north. “We outright reject any allegations according to which Israel is purposefully starving the civilian population in Gaza,” COGAT also said.

 

“Even at the height of hostilities, in a war that was forced upon it, Israel places no limits on the amount of aid that can enter Gaza, and absolutely does not limit the entrance of food. Israel also facilitates entry of complementary products such as cooking gas and diesel fuel for the operation of aid centers, bakeries, etc. Additionally, 14 million liters of water are supplied by Israel.”

 

It added that “in recent months between 150 and 200 trucks are admitted per day, most of which are food trucks. This is an 80% spike in comparison to the daily average food trucks that entered Gaza pre-October 7.”

 

COGAT once again argued that the main cause for food shortages was a lack of capability by international agencies operating in Gaza to distribute the goods: “The fact is that at any given moment there are hundreds of trucks held up at the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom crossing after having completely been processed by the authorities in Israel, awaiting reception and distribution by the aid agencies.”

 

Additionally, COGAT noted the “reports and testimonies of theft, looting and commandeering of the aid trucks by armed players, some of them Hamas, others directed by Hamas, hijacking humanitarian aid and keeping it for its own interests, in a way that diminishes the amount of food that reaches the civilian population.

 

“Moreover, Hamas uses its control over the aid to further its governance in the Gaza Strip,” COGAT said. “This phenomenon also impairs the ongoing work of the aid agencies.”

 

An anonymous US State Department official told Reuters on Friday that there was currently an average of 250 aid trucks a day entering Gaza, but more were needed. He said that separately Israel had facilitated some 350-400 trucks of privately contracted humanitarian aid to northern Gaza over the past three or four weeks.

 

Gaza health authorities have reported children dying of malnutrition or dehydration, and UN officials say the health system has basically collapsed, making the situation hard to monitor. “It’s impossible to find the data to meet their criteria in northern Gaza as people aren’t dying in hospital so it’s unrecorded,” said one aid worker who asked not to be named.

 

The IPC said that because of a lack of aid, almost all households were skipping meals every day and adults were reducing their meals so children could eat.

 

31.03.24

Source

And the source for this report is the totally unbiased  'The Times of Israel'.

JMO it all depends on what you want to do with an electric bike/trike/4 wheel/scooter or motorbike.

Will you use it as a motorbike? Or like me at 79, just use it as a trike or small 4 wheel for getting to the local shops and getting around etc.  Speed, range, battery life etc all come into the equation, along with can you tax and insure it.

Price it not so important compared to use.

I am looking at a couple of trikes, small 4 wheelers that have a windscreen and a roof to keep the sun and most of the rain off me, and they cost 35 to 50k thb. What I would need is an 80 to 100 km range, a top speed of maybe 50 kph and something fairly simple. 2 seats max and perhaps my wife will bike jack it for shopping. The bad news is that there is no a/c.

I well remember as a young boy of 15, being sent to the store for a long wait, a box of volts or amps, left handed hammers and screwdrivers.

It terrified me as the store was on the other end of the building and I had to walk through a large room full of women, young, middle aged and old, single. married and divorced.

Fortunately I was young, inexperienced and didn't understand what they were saying.

Now I could give back as good as, or better, but would probably end up sacked or in jail as a few women nowadays would take great offence at the comments.

18 minutes ago, BritScot said:

You really need to read the history of this area. Start with the bible moving forward to the last 100 years. Palestine was a Christian country and it was beautiful with beach front hotels and a paradise for holiday makers. Then they starred to take in religious people and as the persentage increased and as directed their 3 books to the letter until jihad started. Israel is attached by rockets every day plus the constant terrorist attacks. Then there are several ceasefire where Israel gave concession only for the ceasefire to be immediately broken. There are many Muslims living and working in Israel but there are no Jew's living in Palestine.  Don't fall for propaganda of terrorists and never forget terrorists have no problem killing their own people to blame Israel.  

Why would anybody want to read a fairy story written centuries after the event to find history?

16 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

Well I think one Israeli is worth at least 100 Palestinians, so we have have been fairly restrained so far. Now the Palestinians may think differently, but we have the upper hand: rule of war, rule of retaliation. Most westerners disagree for the sole reason that Jews prevail. Wecome back to 1933.

But that is simply your opinion.

IMHO each life has an equal value so 1 Israeli life is equal to 1 Palestinian life.

My opinion has exactly the same value or not as yours. The difference is that I don't preach hatred, genocide or mass murders.

Thank you for reminding me about 1933 when Jews were being slaughtered. A pity you forgot to mention homosexuals, gypsies, Poles, Hungarians and everybody else slaughtered by the Germans, but of course to you only the Jewish people matter.

It seems odd that you mention 1933, as it is now the Israelis who are doing the slaughtering, the genocide, starving the population, because, after all 1 Israeli life is worth at least 100 Palestinian lives according to you.

16 minutes ago, BritScot said:

I replied to your post in error. My apologies.

3 hours ago, Hummin said:

You forget israel goes on bombing zyria and Iran and other neighbours without direct consequenses, and have done so for decades. 

 

Israel is the only super power in the area with nukes, and are supported by the whole western world, even some few  critical voices lately, but thats just politics.

 

The whole western world backs Israel

 

Israel have done assassination over the whole world, also in Norway in the 70'ies, and they continue stronger than ever.

 

 

IMHO, I don't think that the whole western world backs Israel any more.

5 hours ago, Srikcir said:

She was a para-military ranger aka mercenary paid by the Thai military Internal Security Operstions Command (ISOC) to hunt Malay Muslim freedom fighters in the South.

It's my impression that  ISOC uses these mercenaries to do field patrols to hunt and kill Malay Muslim rebels to minimize exposure of regular Thai military outside of their secure posts. ISOC for decades has maintained the military's State of Emergency in the Southern provinces that deprives resident Malay Muslims constitutional rights. Nowhere outside of the South is there a SOE.

Yes, her execution was unfortunate but not surprising.

They are NOT mercenaries, but volunteers who are part time rangers. She was NOT executed but MURDERED whilst off duty, by a cowardly terrorist, masquerading as a civilian and a human being, who was so bold and brave that he ran away

12 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

Understood, I hope I am still here let alone driving at 79.

I can comfortably, carefully and slowly drive to the big village 6 km away and reasonably happy enough to drive to the Amphur village 13 km away. Further than that I ask my wife to drive me.

I would like an electric trike or 4 wheeler with a roof and a windscreen but there are few to be seen out here, though electric trikes and scooters are getting more popular.

3 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

Why wouldn't you be able to charge it from home? It's never happened to me and I can't think of a scenario other than a power cut where I couldn't, and they never last very long.  That is a nonsense argument.  What happens if your fuel filler pipe falls off the tank? (it happened to me, but it's another nonsense argument).

 

I doubt I will be alive to tell you how much a new battery costs, but I am guessing a 1/10th of what it currently costs.

 

At 2 years old I got 90% of new price when I sold one and 78% of new price when I sold another, which is better than ICE equivalents.

 

What happens to any car under warranty when it breaks down?  they fix it for free, my warranty is 8 years, after that I pay for them to fix it.

 

Two garages near my home for BYD and two garages near my home for MG. nearest within 3km.

Good for you.

The nearest new car dealers to me are still 65km away.

You are obviously converted whole heartedly to EVs.

I am not, and I doubt at 79 that I ever will be.

11 hours ago, digger70 said:

Thaksin Has Not Been Seriously Ill At All: Rangsiman 

 

 That's Great News ,Now he can go to Jail and do his time like a Common Crim

Do you really believe anything that a Thai politician (or any other countries politicians for that matter) say.

It doesn't matter to Thailand what anybody on ANN says.

None of us, and I include me, has a voice or a vote in Thailand.

So why bother what ahs or will happen to Thaksin.

It has been agreed with the highest person in Thailand and I don't think that anybody in their right mind, wants to argue with that person.

It is purely a Thai problem, and one that they alone have to deal with.

2 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

If you can charge at home, you would never need one so near your house, nearest you would ever need is 150km and with a BYD Seal maybe 300km away.

Absolutely correct.

And if I can't charge it at home, then I have a very expensive flat useless battery.

Come back and tell us all how much a new battery will cost when it needs replacing.

Tell us all what the second hand value of your EV is worth at 5 or 6 years old.

You keep plugging the virtues of EV but never mention what happens if it breaks down.

How many garages can actually repair them, and where are those garages in relation to your home?

1 hour ago, vinny41 said:

However, for the provinces with the lowest number of EV vehicle registrations last year, Mae Hong Son Province, 1 vehicle

and not much better in other provinces

Number 4 is Songkhla Province with 1,614 cars, Khon Kaen 1,409 cars, Rayong 1,283 cars, Ubon Ratchathani 1,190 cars, Surat Thani 1,177 cars, Phuket 1,039 cars and Udon Thani 965 cars.

https://www.newsdirectory3.com/analysis-of-electric-vehicle-registrations-in-thailand-and-expansion-of-charging-stations/

EV charging stations and EV's are a rare sight in many provinces once you remove the EV that are travelling from the big cities

I was up in Kamphaeng Phet city yesterday and I saw about 8 EV in total. There is even a BYD dealer in the city as well.

For all the wonderful claims about EV its will be interesting in a few years time to see how the owners react, when they have to replace the battery or try to sell the car. That will be when the value of an EV will show its true value.

For me. at 79, the only EV I am interested in purchasing is an electric trike or 4 wheeler, with perhaps a 100 km range to get me to the shops in the local village 6 km away, or the Amphur village 15 km away.