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52 minutes ago, simoh1490 said:

There are no numbers on the aircon setting but I know from history that it doesn't turn out anything close to 27 degrees C on a cold morning, not anywhere close to that - my aircon may be odd but it doesn't do hot or warm, it only does cool and cold.

Got it.

I can report my aircon has never been set to run at 27, far from it.     It goes down to 16 C.  I believe and then to "cold"    I let it run almost always at cold.  the single place in SouthEastAsia where  I felt a bit chilly was in Bagiou in the Philippines at a mountainous look out point.     I find SEA seriously warm at last as far  the countries I've visited is concerned.

Good luck  in reaching a toasty  state around Chang Mai.

On 3/10/2018 at 3:40 PM, johnarth said:

OH I have a headache, but I would like to know why the Bangkok bank is trying to get rid of foreigners

No No No!     " Bangkok bank is trying to get rid of foreigners"

That's only certain foreigners.       

17 minutes ago, ezzra said:

You be surprised how little information the tellers and the bank staff

for that matter has on their screens when it comes to where your monies

go, apart from name and account  number they have nothing showing,

and if you want more info on a customer like address, ID number or

god forbid a picture, you're up a stone wall faces... 

I would definitely not be surprised after being told the banks keep no account records past 12 months.    Now that did surprise me!

Shit Happens:

41 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

More than a little, considerating how desperate and in dreadful pain this poor guy probably was and the grief and suffering his death will bring to his family.

 

Clearly this man did not need "assisted suicide" and would have benefited, as would so many others for whom life has become unbearable, from being able to obtain at an affordable price the means to make a painless and pleasurable exit from the world.

 

Surely Big Pharma has the ability and financial incentive to come up with an inexpensive Happy Pill which, with safeguards, could be made available to those of us who feel our lives have become a burden to ourselves and, even more importantly, our loved ones.

I think Digitas provides a valuable service

From their website:

In the case of medically diagnosed hopeless or incurable illnesses, unbearable pain or unendurable disabilities, DIGNITAS offers its members the option of an accompanied suicide. DIGNITAS procures the necessary medication for this, a lethal, fast-acting and completely painless barbiturate which is dissolved in ordinary drinking water. After taking it the patient falls asleep within a few minutes, after which sleep passes peacefully and completely painlessly into death.

I wish those  seriously contemplating suicide would consider  such a service before attempting a painful and potentially unsuccessful method.

http://www.dignitas.ch/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&lang=en

4 hours ago, simoh1490 said:

 

I wish my 7 year old Vigo had a heater, there are two months each year when it would be a wondrous thing to have in the mountains north of Chiang Mai, it gets seriously chilly in the mornings.

 

And anyone looking at RTA deaths in Thailand needs to back out the motorcycle deaths from the figures before commenting, M/C deaths account for 75% of the total.

How hot does your aircon get in your  Vigo?     I don't have a Vigo but my car's aircon has a setting for 27 Celsius,   maybe higher.    Are you looking for something wamer than that?

I wouldn't call Thai assembled cars inferior but I would appreciate it if  a portion of the taxes charged on the car were allotted to some of the known worthwhile safety features such as airbags and possibly  reinforced side panels.    When I was looking  for a new car to buy the only well equipped car in terms of airbags I saw was the Prius.   There may be more now.   I don't know.

4 hours ago, simoh1490 said:

If the import charge on cheese was removed, the cost of a block of Mature English Cheddar at Tops would drop from 350 baht, to 345 baht almost overnight!

I buy whatever food items I want at any given time.    No problem  at all.   Spending 10's of 100's of thousands of  baht for a  vehicle is an entirely different matter.

I'll trade your cheese issue with my car  price issue if you agree?    Fair exchange?  

OK?

Free to believe or not believe.

On 4/28/2018 at 9:25 AM, canthai55 said:

CRF250 is what I have.

Service manual and owners manual say oil and filter change 1 6 12 24 36 K km

More frequent oil changes are OK.

No harm done other than to your  pocket book.

You may do your bike good..

5 minutes ago, mikebike said:

What, in your opinion, makes the USA great at the moment?

5 minutes ago, mikebike said:

jimmyyy

It isn't fair to challenge someone with an impossible question to answer.

Please start with an easy question?   

I've never heard of this lady but  what I love is  knowing  the POTUS better come clean because he is in deep shit.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michelle-wolf-roast-whcd_us_5ae535a3e4b02baed1bac776

9 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

That's only if you know him well. Haben Sie einen Vogel would be more appropriate. Nein?  ( O level German)

Thank you friend,

My limited German does let me know the difference between "Du and Sie".

I appreciate you pointing that out nevertheless.    I  am   a dummkopf  regarding   German..   Long time ago as in  many decades..    I bow down to all German speakers.   Fair enough?

Back to what is a   good and understandable way for Thai drivers to understand  an act of appreciation for  what the Thai driver did. 

Controversy seems not reasonable  to me about this. But I am often wrong. 

11 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

 Yep, "Du" if you know him/her, it's not gender specific. Asking if somebody's insane can hardly be appropriate. Not too many German speakers would use "Sie"...

2 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

It would be " "Hast Du einen Vogel?" ( Are you mad?)

My limited German is  severely rusty but it actually has to do with  "do you have a bird in your head?"

Corrections welcome..

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

Delayed reaction, whatever you say,if you did not really know what to do

if a Thai driver showed you courtesy, it must have been a shock to you,

when i show courtesy to Thai drivers, by letting them in the que, they too

appear to be shocked,and i have to consort to vigorous hand waving to 

let them know i am really letting them in.

Safe driving  Regards Worgeordie

Sorry,  but you seem to get it  much  wrong,  my friend.

 To assist in the cultural reference  I made,  I offer you  this example    "Bis Du ein folgel in dein Koph"?,   Indicated by gesture by me  in traffic to a taxi driver  .       I did that once in Frankfurt and the taxi driver nearly went insane and to me it was really nearly meaningless.      I laughed a lot with my German ex wife about how upset  the taxi driver got.      

You kind of get the point about different culture things?    I hope..

Different cultures my friend.   

10 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

Just refer the police to the contract you both signed !!

Not sure if you are jabing or sincere.     I see no reference in his post regarding a signed contract.

For the sake of the OP,  I hope he has one or I'd figure I just gave a gift to someone.

4 minutes ago, BEVUP said:

I think so

Just going off the vehicle I bought (even though expensive considering ) it was made in Indonesia for Toyota.

It certainly wasn't a 400 % mark up

 

Actually the cars built here are taxed in a kind of way. There are some mild import taxes on the parts imported to fit out the shells ( hence why the sedans cost more then the west )

Japan is pissed withe this

 

The reason you see alot of Utes around is due to the fact they are tax exempt ( farm vehicle )

 

It makes buying a large  Ute tempting if it weren't for  having to navigate narrow sois. 

I already    nearly close my eyes at times thinking I'm going to hit something with just driving my saloon.

On 1/3/2018 at 6:19 PM, Mac98 said:

Good one. That alone would attract 40,000 additional retirees. That's not a lot scattered all over Thailand as they are not going to buy downtown Bangkok. If each generated an additional $25,000 income then that would be an annual boost to the Thai economy of $1 billion, or 33 billion baht.

I as well would like the  opportunity to buy land or at least a house in my own name  but the idea of it attracting additional retirees is not something I think Thailand either wants or would like.

I will wire in 10 or 15,000  USD to my   depleted KBank account.   What document, if any,  do I need from the bank  to prove the origin of said money should I decide to transfer   funds out of Thailand?

I've wired in funds in the past and never received anything I know of from the bank except fees.   

12 minutes ago, mjnaus said:

Doesn't Thailand do exactly the same thing? Isn't that why European car brands are sold at insane prices here?

Is that higher price scenario limited  to only European car brands?

On 4/26/2018 at 4:52 PM, worgeordie said:

What's ThaiVisa coming to,too many posts from people who

cannot seem to think.

Just give them a nod and a wave,like you do back home,

but here it's only going to happen in a blue moon,so why

even worry about it.

regards worgeordie

worgeordie, are you aware that different countries have different  social norms and customs?

My question was sincere and as the above posts indicate the understanding as to what  would be correct and acceptable  appears to lack a universal agreement.

20 hours ago, BEVUP said:

Well I would like to mention one area that they don't trail behind

& that's the MA & PA stores (dealing in cash )

I've seen on the news /ect, that when a 7/11 or a market chain has a computer hick up that's it NO MORE SALES

Even happens in Farang countries 

 

 

Good for the OWNER of 7-11!

Potable drinking water.    Get rid of bottled water.