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    Problem with increasingly aggressive & violent wife

    in Family and Children

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    2 hours ago, NextG said:

    Which came first, the chicken or the egg? People take drugs for a reason. Healthy and happy people don’t mess around with with hard drugs unless there is an underlying issue. 

    Nonsense.

    Plenty of people use hard drugs recreationally for no other reason than it's fun. Then on Monday morning they go to work, no underlying issues at all. I think you are out of touch.

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    Awesome Pizza on Soi 11 Bangkok !

    in Bangkok

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    1 hour ago, Hugh Cow said:

    Must try I haven't had a decent pizza since I left Australia. My mouth is watering just at the thought of a deep pan crust with a vegemite base tipped with mushrooms, kalamata olives, capsicum, salami, cheddar cheese topped with banana mango and pineapple... Heaven!

    I hope you are joking.

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    Electric Vehicles in Thailand

    in Thailand Motor Discussion

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    6 hours ago, Issanman said:

    I posted it because it was a brand new review that seemed relevant to this thread as the Dolphin is one of the models under discussion. But it did seem that he was only comparing the specs without having a car.

     

    My personal opinion is that everyone should buy Teslas.

    They are actually very cost competitive, even in Thailand. 

     

    A very good friend loaned me a Tesla Model X P100D for a week while I was in Florida. I'm a believer.

     

    Full disclosure: I own shares of Tesla stock.

     

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    I admire Teslas for the technology and the fact they really changed the industry. I have ridden in a few as Ubers in Dubai and they are cool, but I find them pretty ugly and dumpy and not special. I am all for EVs and my next car will definitely be one, but Teslas just don't do it for me. Almost certainly I will go with an EX30 or one of the Chinese brands (depending on what's on the market in a year or so from now) - I don't think a Tesla will come in to the reckoning.

    Not sure why I felt the need to post that but there you go.  ????

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    How much does the Royal Family cost ?A breakdown of the key figures

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    52 minutes ago, billd766 said:

    A very badly written report which completely omits how much was brought into the accounts and where the surplus went to>

     

    Republic, which campaigns for an elected head of state, called on William to report his income and expenditure in full, and for his Duchy income to be given to local communities across the country instead.

     

     

     

    Who really cares what they think?

     

    They certainly do NOT speak for me, or possibly millions of other UK citizens IMHO.

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_(pressure_group)

     

    In 2016, it had over 5,000 paying members and about 35,000 online supporters.[9][7].

     

    Wow, so many people.

     

    All they need to do is to organise a referendum, AND accept the result.

     

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/66018052

     

    Prince William is launching a project to help tackle homelessness in the UK.

    The five-year plan, called Homewards, will see six towns and cities work together with local organisations to help find places to live for homeless people.

    Each night around 300,000 people in the UK are homelessness, half of whom are children.

    "It's a big task" said Prince William "but I firmly believe that by working together it is possible to make homelessness rare, brief, and unrepeated and I am very much looking forward to working with our six locations to make our ambition a reality."

     

    What is the Republic group doing to help?

     

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7712678.stm

     

    Prince William has met young homeless people who were spared life on the streets by a charity both he and his mother have worked with.

    He chatted and joked at a drinks reception with 10 young people helped by homeless charity Centrepoint.

    It works with people in the 16 to 25 age group, providing them with accommodation and other support.

    Princess Diana was the charity's patron at the time of her death, and Prince William has since assumed the mantle.

     

    What is the Republic group doing to help?

     

    Those who can, do or at least try to do.

     

    Those others don't even try, but talk a lot without knowing what they are on about.

     

    Nothing like a good bit of bias by the BBC.

    Nice rant, but what on earth has the BBC got to do with this?

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    The New Skytrain (continued for 2019)

    in Bangkok

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    1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

    That's an unfortunate situation to the extent it exists... When I read about the new Yellow Line and the fact that one of its stations was in the vicinity of Seacon Square and Paradise Park, I was hopeful that those places would finally have a good public transit connection. Just how far off is the station there?

     

    On Google Maps,  it looks like the King Rama IX Park Station is kind of halfway between Seacon Square to the north and Paradise Park to the south, but some walking distance either way to get to either of them. I wonder if they basically decided to split the difference between the two in terms of locating the station...instead of building two nearby stations or choosing one over the other.

    Yeah, it's kind of equidistant to both and really not that far. A 3-4 minute walk max, probably less - I haven't tried it, just been past it a few times. The station is pretty much directly connected to Paradise Place though (not Paradise Park) but I've never been in there so no idea if that is good or not.

     

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    My wife used to have the same issue with the Airport Rail Link Line and its Hua Mak station. She used to work in the area, but they built the ARL station there pretty much in the middle of nowhere, and not proximate to any major road in the area.

     

    So once you exited the train there, you pretty much only had access to whatever taxis had decided to come and park/stay at that station... and no easy access to any nearby bus routes or even regular taxis traveling on major roads in the area.

    Hua Mark ARL couldn't really be anywhere other than where it is. It is about 200 metres to Srinakarin Road. If it was any closer it would jam up Srinakarin road as people got dropped off / picked up on the main road. Now people drive down the little street and there is a loop for dropping off and picking up. A lot of moo bans in the area have shuttle busses, lots of private vehicles doing the drop off / pick up. If all that was happening on the main road it would be a nightmare.

    Agree it is a bit sparse on the taxi front unless you walk to the main road. Plenty of motorbikes though. But I really don't see where else the station could have been. Also it remains to be seen if they will ever build a direct walkway between there and the Yellow Line. No sign of anything happening at the moment.

     

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    In  contrast, one thing I really like about the original BTS Green Line in central Bangkok is a lot of its stations have direct, easy connections to many of the big places people tend to go... like Siam Paragon, Central Chidlom, Terminal 21, EmQuartier, Victory Monument, etc etc...

     

    You don't have to hike a mile to get to those endpoint destinations.

    Yeah, the green line connections are great. But mostly they didn't exist when it was first opened. Hopefully over time we get more of those on other lines as private businesses fund connections to their own locations (as happens on the green line I believe).

     

     

    Looking to buy Jaguar

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    56 minutes ago, DavisH said:

    Here's one for the OP....

    https://www.one2car.com/for-sale/jaguar-xj220-กรุงเทพและปริมณฑล-เลียบด่วนรามอินทรา-เกษตรนวมินทร์/10997635

    Saw it parked outside Villa Thonglor (assuming this has to be the same one).


    Also a couple of days later I saw a beautiful Ferrari F40 drive down Thonglor, my favourite car of all time.
     

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    Good place for 50th?

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

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    3 hours ago, save the frogs said:

    If you want to go to China, Dali is cool.

    You would need to fly to Kunming and then take a 2 1/2 hour high speed train. 

    Charming old town with old-style architecture. 

     

    Wow, that does look like a cool place.

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    Renewing from EU/UK red passport to new UK black passport

    in Visas and migration to other countries

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    6 minutes ago, billd766 said:

    Which company did you use and did you pay in cash (thb), Thai bank credit or debit card or an offshore bank credit or debit card.

     

    The reason I ask, is that I live about half way between Bangkok and Chiang Mai and I have 1 year left on my passport.

     

    I can pay in cash or with a KBank debit card but I don't have any UK bank cards.

    If applying in person you can't use cash. You don't need a UK card, they accept Thai credit and debit cards, you just fill out the details and submit with your application. Your card will be charged once the submission has made its way to the UK.

     

    https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/190989/OS_Payment__Instruction_07.13.pdf

    I did it recently and they said 11 weeks. Finally I think it was about eight and a half weeks.

    Thailand’s first tokamak device for fusion energy research to begin operating in July

    in Thailand News Headlines

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    1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

    From the link:

    The Chinese Tokamak HT-6M parts were delivered to HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn on July 15th last year, under a memorandum of understanding signed in August 2017, to be used for research into high-temperature plasma and fusion energy, which may drive electricity generation in the future.

     

    Thailand says it will have their own version in about 10 years time.

    [reverse engineered no doubt]

    Yes. And? Why the "hmmmm"? Because it's Chinese?

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    Farang vs banana lady-part2

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

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    33 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

    Have you never been to a tourist attraction - things are always more expensive than in a market or on the street.. same as USA... is Disneyland in USA more expensive than a local restaurant - But wow, you are harassing a banana seller and you can probably bring your own bananas from outside - but this is your big competitor in life? 

     

    I hope your children are learning how ugly this type of conduct is... I have a kid too and I am also teaching her to not get ripped off, but by large sums to con men. I would hope she also learns to have compassion for poor people and the wisdom to see the difference. 

     

    Wow. My daddy can beat up a poor lady selling bananas... 

    I agree with this. And his first story was that he bought bananas but couldn't find any monkeys so he demanded a refund! That is just appalling behaviour to be teaching a child.

    Three Pit Bulls abandoned, starved, and turned cannibal in Thailand

    in Bangkok News

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    1 hour ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

    Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source  for citations elsewhere on Wikipedia. As a user-generated source, it can be edited by anyone at any time, and any information it contains at a particular time could be vandalism, a work in progress, or simply incorrect.

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_reliable_source#:~:text=Additionally%2C it is possible that,%2C and non-English Wikipedias.

    So you're saying that people haven't been killed by pitbulls and someone might have edited Wikipedia.

     

    Ok.

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    No rain forecast for most of Thailand in July

    in Thailand News Headlines

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    3 hours ago, KhunLA said:

    Don't know where most of Thailand is, but it's rained everywhere we've been recently, while out & about, and also at home/PKK.

     

    That would be; Surat Thani, Phang-Nga, Phuket & Chumphon.  Few riverside accommodations, and rivers running high, as not dry bank between river level & vegetation. 

     

    It's rained every day at home, and why we waited to leave, so garden would be watered.   Easy to tell be the production peaks & valley in the solar system's app graph.

    Not in Bangkok. A couple of storms but no more than 45 minutes to an hour of rain. Pretty unusual this late in the season.

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