SteveK

Our guy charges 400 baht.

I woke up early too, had the choice of doing the washing up or going for a bike ride. Easy choice.

On 6/28/2020 at 2:31 PM, Paiman said:

 I love to see a weaker Baht.

I'm sure the Baht's heyday will come to an end at some point, but it certainly won't be anytime soon.

I'm British, so to me that Mainland stuff has almost no flavour, although it has a decent texture. It's not bad for cheese on toast but have to add a few drops of Worcester sauce to jazz it up. If only I could get the proper cave-aged Cheddar (from Cheddar!). 

On 6/25/2020 at 4:38 PM, possum1931 said:

Why is there a number of people doing 90 day reports why they don't need to get done before the 29th July?

I did mine anyway because this is Thailand and despite the amnesty, you just know that somewhere down the line, someone will question why you didn't do it.

7 minutes ago, ChouDoufu said:

nah, it works sorta like this.

 

bad guy gets his hands on some date-rape drug, loads into a syringe, and heads out to find a convenient victim.

 

bad guy wanders into a park and spies a jogger getting ready to run.  victim puts his stuff on a bench, stretches a bit, then does a couple laps around a lake.  while runner is out of view, baddie injects drug into water bottle then walks a short distance away.

 

victim returns from running, drinks water, goes sleepy-time.  bad guy takes stuff and leaves.

Hard to believe someone would go that length for a $300 watch which when second hand, he would be lucky to get $150 for.

Want to fly Ubon to Don Mueang tomorrow. Is there any funny business going on that I should know about or is it business as usual?

Data is off. It seems these useless messages like DailyVDO etc. are costing money, going to go and ask in a phone shop.

Hi. I am on Truemove H. If I put 50 baht on my phone intending to make a call, by the time I go to make the call my balance is zero. I can only think all these dumb messages from various sources like CampusCute (<deleted> is that anyway?) are draining my balance.

Any ideas on how to stop this? 

I would never want to own a Ducati in Thailand and would stick with a Japanese brand. Unless you are very lucky and live not too far from a good dealership, then you're going to be at the mercy of a quite possibly untrained Thai mechanic working on your bike and ordering the parts. If you are on a trip to a more remote part of the country and you break down - good luck, with a Jap bike you could probably find someone who can fix it every few km. Owning a Ducati in a first world country is great as they are now just as reliable as anything out there, but they do need special knowledge and parts to be ordered, many of the Jap bikes do not.

Therefore I would do some research on your local dealer first. With a CRF250, you could do a lot of the maintenance on that yourself with some basic tools, as could Somchai down the street. A much easier, not to mention cheaper life.

How do they know it's actually booze from a photo?  

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

  Not entering the TM6 number correctly is common error.

What's the correct way?

If you want to make this a lot healthier, brown the mince first. Add some water to the cooked mince, the fat and all the gunk will float to the top of the water. Pour this away leaving you with much leaner, healthier meat.

A tablespoon of worcester sauce would also be a good idea. 

You should look into getting some of those strips that line the tyre to give some extra protection, and maybe some sealant that you squirt in through the valve.

On 5/31/2020 at 9:09 PM, DaRoadrunner said:

It seems to be a Thai male thing, to show off you can afford a Gik.

 

Are giks always expensive? I'd love to have one seeing as my wife is not far off 50. However, the logistics of having one seem too complicated, the last thing I want is a Thai bloke chasing me down the road with a machete.

I only use COD, then it's not my loss when something never turns up. Which happens regularly.