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Never work here Thai drivers are too selfish to leave an empty lane ????

Exactly !

???? I was telling my wife about the counting crows Big Yellow Taxi song they paved paradise put up a parking lot ????

Yes I agree those places were always "busy" but now are basically full gridlock Also we were not going to Nim as it always was a cluster F@3\#! always ! ( My bad for describing that poorly) But instead as I said we were on Canal heading towards Nim direction as we were headed to 700 year stadium, But that aside the Canal road is just full stop. I felt bad for an ambulance as they tried to get thru as obviously they could not. Yes there are some nice new areas outside CM & we did in fact go visit a few considering whether or not we wanted to maybe move back to CM. Some nice homes for good prices actually! But after two trips of a week each we're sad to say giving CM a pass as any future living idea Was nice though as we are cyclist & rode the usual Bhubing Palace & Samoeng Loop etc & those were nice...Suthep climb crowded as heck (a Saturday so expected)& we started before sunrise but nice

Yes actually we bought our Chiang Mai Condo in 2004 but lived there only 3-4 months a year till 2012 then full time. So I agree it was very nice back then. Clean not overcrowded & still looked like Thailand Hahah also like you we now have a house in the country in an area we too will not mention ???? Bangkok folks already traveling here a lot to take back to the land type selfies ????

I guess that can be said about almost anywhere but... We lived in Chiang Mai from 2011 till 2016 loved it but sold up & left for various reasons Came back to visit in 2018/2019 & thought it still nice then Covid hit & we did not visit again till now 2022 What a difference! Population/traffic etc has really exploded. Anywhere we went too so long by car. I know it is always faster by scooter & we usually went that way when we lived there but also used out car a lot without problem back then. But now? I mean it is crazy IMHO going along canal road around 3-4pm trying to get to Nimmanhaemin road took literally over an house to go 4km Same if we were in town at various times & tried to go up Chang Phueak crazy traffic with super long waits at stop lights Chang Klan road? What happened? looks like so many places boarded up now & the whole road basically in a state of disrepair So whats going on? Is it just a population explosion? I assume much of the boarded up sections were victims of Covid But overall was saddened to see what is no longer. Even around the moat is just not as well kept anymore ????

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I am so very sorry to read this! Condolences to her husband As so many have already said she was such a nice & helpful person & was always there to greet & help newcomers to Chiang Mai Chiang Mai has lost a real gem in her ????

https://images.app.goo.gl/1rRqH5QHWfYcLXmk8 The J bend in the pipe holds water so sewer smells cannot backflow into home

He wrote a song about it???? Like to hear it? Here it goes ????

Yes of course but there are in fact levels & that is why a true justice system has levels of punishment Some get a slap on the wrist/warning some get the death penalty Look it is obvious you bought the T-shirt & your all in for Thailand great enjoy but To try & justify this kind of corruption is just a perfect example of how you yourself have been assimilated into accepting hit and run such as this It is also why even the religion of Thailand has had such a upswing in bad deeds. Whether it be monks raping or taking drugs or worse. Recently a whole Wat has has no monks or abbot as all were arrested for failing drug tests. Worse yet they were tested when snared in a drug trafficking ring. That likely meant they were also selling drugs But hey TIT right? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63792923 Not wrong? Why? because it is taught in the same way you have been now taught...This is Asia...yada yada yada Sorry that is just BS wrong is wrong And the sad part is the moral fabric or what is left of it is now deteriorating faster than ever

Are you actually trying to say he paid his way out so all should be forgiven?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4375556/Wanted-Red-Bull-heir-pictured-partying-hit-run.html Below is one example that article shows even more F1 appearances Vorayuth 'Boss' Yoovidhya, second left, whose grandfather co-founded energy drink company Red Bull, walks with his mother Daranee, second right, at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi on November 26, 2016

Hear Hear! ????

This is why Thailand cannot escape the inherent corruption that permeates Thailand You put this case in front of grade school kids in any other country & ask if this minutia matters in light of their reluctance to just grab this POS Vorayuth It would be so easy to bring him to justice. Don't believe it? Put a bounty on his head. He will be returned this week to Thailand by one of many capable bounty hunters But no instead all this BS posturing use a scapegoat & yet not really as even he will not be prosecuted for his part in this cover up. Instead he will likely retire with a fat envelope for his willingness to take one for the team This in general is a big reason many no longer live full time in this corrupt hole. Yes it was always bad but even worse/more blatant since last coup. We all (hopefully) grow up get wiser & take off the rose colored glasses

"AFAIK" is not saying much when a cheerleader declares it Yet many undeclared wars, puppet regimes, supplying weapons to the currently favored & drone strikes prove otherwise No need to "try & keep up" race has run & results are obvious thanks ????

Israel has quite the track record themselves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Israeli_assassinations https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Kill-First-Targeted-Assassinations/dp/1400069718

Sorry if already mentioned as I did not read all 5 pages but.... For myself one large benefit is for what ever reason stopping coffee really lowers my BP On coffee 145/90 off coffee 113/72 (averages) Could be I am one who is BP sensitive to caffeine I dont know? But I know I have tested it many times & yes lowers a lot if caffeine is stopped. It is not that I feel any bad effects from coffee/caffeine as I do not. But I have checked BP within 20 min of ingesting & always up quite a bit After days of 2-3 a day up all the time & the reverse is true when I stop a few days I am an avid cyclist & coffee is part of out routine so I go back & forth but yes I notice that in regards to BP

With the current warmongering US Administration it is not hard to believe/expect this

We arrived International with two stops in other countries. Both wife & I had the single original vaccine years ago because we thought that was the only way anyone would be allowed to travel Been here a month now neither of us got sick...So I guess it just depends on many thing eh ????

Kind of like this ? https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3960192537/?playlistId=tt0113627&ref_=tt_pr_ov_vi

Funny thing is if you go ask most Thai's why they are wearing them they do not say because of Covid or fear of spreading covid etc etc Instead the ones I've asked while out visiting friends in CM all say because people look at them funny when they don't. So basically they feel funny about judgemental folks like your OP so they go full sheep mode Yet back in the villages nearly zero mask usage here

The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has acknowledged that it invested $95 million U.S. (Cdn $126 million) into cryptocurrency exchange FTX that is now on the brink of insolvency. Ontario Teacher's pension fund to write down investments of $95 mln in FTX

Gee why does that sound so familiar????? Ah right

No for my wife & I We do love it here & have a home in the country that we are at now for our 3 months. But No it is far from saner. Then again we live in a nice spot when not in Thailand & we do not get all riled up about politics etc. In fact we don't watch TV although do have Netflix etc But yes when here we also spend time in Chiang Mai where we lived for 6 years previously & to take care of business like passport renewal etc. While there we really notice how insane it is here. Traffic,crazy drivers, sanitation lacking,road conditions,air quality Many things really & again we do love it but no it is nowhere near sane in any way. Other countries had real support during the whole covid mess & things like that were in reality small & look at how Thailand (lack of leadership as always) handled that? Imagine something much larger & how would that go ..especially for foreigners So yeah No vote from us ???? We love it & always will return but never again to live full time.