GroveHillWanderer

According to the info posted by @Paradise Pete earlier in this thread, that's not quite accurate. He posted the following:

*/Quoted post removed/* Are you sure there's thousands? According to the paper below from PubMed Central, between August 2020 and December 2022: However, as that same paper also points out: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9926928/

The question was whether any other country allows bail for people on a murder charge. As that list shows, many do. Yes, there are restrictions and yes, it's quite rare but that still means that many do allow it.

Are you saying an English breakfast there was only 69-89 baht? And if not, how much was it?

That's simply not true. There is no vaccine that is 100% effective in preventing the disease it inoculates against. Some of the vaccines against common childhood diseases are incredibly effective, at over 90% - but many others are not. Seasonal flu vaccines for instance, are only around 30% effective. Some of the newer malaria vaccines are about 50% effective. A Three-Dose Malaria Vaccine Shows Safety, Efficacy A vaccine is merely a medical product that elicits an immune response against a specific pathogen. And, as mentioned above, how effective vaccines can be varies widely, with many of them less efficacious than the Covid vaccines. It doesn't mean they aren't vaccines.

That's not how I read the info on the two articles, taken together. As I understood it, no-one (in a position of authority, at least) knew he was traveling on a false passport until he turned himself in to the police after having arrived back in Norway.

Pretty much any country that operates a bail system, can allow bail on a murder charge - depending on the exact circumstances, and at the judge's discretion.

I read the OP - in it, you propose a discussion on the notion that a new government wanting to move Thailand forward might somehow be bad news for expats - I'm just wondering where you're getting even that speculative idea from. I'm not quite sure what the point is in even proposing a discussion about something that has no apparent basis. Unless you can point to a basis, that is.

I haven't seen any policy statement from Pita or the MFP related to changing anything related to expats. What are you seeing in this regard that concerns you?

According to @beammeup(the originator of this thread) he already swapped his passport at a land border. See @beammeup's last post above.

I don't think that's any point in going for an Astra Zeneca booster at this point. The original Covid strain it was designed to protect against has long since disappeared. If you're going to get a booster, I would say the only one worth getting is a bivalent one (either Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna).

Except that he just did. See post # 196 above. As @beammeup states, "He did the border run on Thursday and he was able to swap passports..."

Yes, I can confirm that - as has @KhunLA, who actually owns an EV and has driven all over the country in it (including to Phuket). The longest distance from Bangkok to Phuket without a fast charging station is approx 120 km. Here's a Google Map showing fast chargers from around Hua Hin to Phuket. (There are plenty between BKK and HH, I just couldn't get it to show the chargers for the entire route all at once). Incidentally, it's my understanding that the Google Maps info is not quite comprehensive nor completely up to date so there may be even more than this.

The principle is indeed "innocent until proven guilty" but you seem to be conveniently ignoring the fact that Bannon founded this scheme along with a number of associates - all of whom were convicted already. Since he was the chairman of the organisation, how is it that you reckon that they can be guilty and yet he isn't? I've got another question for you. Bannon helped raise $25 million dollars from MAGA supporters for the "We Build the Wall" organisation, which promised that, "100% of the funds raised … will be used in the execution of our mission and purpose.” Given that prosecutors already presented documents showing that Bannon (and the others) used hundreds of thousands of dollars of the money on personal spending such as "home renovations, payments toward a boat, a luxury SUV, a golf cart, jewelry, cosmetic surgery, personal tax payments and credit card debt," and that Bannon siphoned off at least $1 million into a non-related organisation under his personal control, how is that not fraud?

Doesn't change the fact that it doesn't take 8 hours to charge the battery at all times which is the impression you were trying to give. For instance, you said, "a 1000 km trip to Phuket will take you 3 days, of which 16 hours only to charge," which is patently untrue. Also, both you and the reviewer you quoted seem to have got completely the wrong end of the stick about the automatic engine shut off feature of the car. In common with many other newer vehicles, the engine shuts off when stopped in traffic (or, as in this case, at extremely low speed just prior to stopping). The engine does not stall, this is not aberrant behaviour and it restarts as soon as you need it to. If you're not familiar with auto engine off, it can be a little off -putting at first, as I found out myself. The first time I drove a car that had this feature, I thought it was horrible and was going to cause me all kinds of headaches while driving (as this reviewer apparently also did). However once I got used to it, it was fine. Oh and by the way, I never said anything about the availability of fast chargers. You may be confusing me with somebody else.

What on earth are you on about? You've taken the time it would take on "trickle charge" with an ordinary 120V AC outlet at home and made it sound as if that's the time it will always take to charge, no matter what the circumstances. On a road trip (to let's say, Phuket for instance) and as stated in the article below: Neta V review article

That's definitely not the impression given by you saying, "he says it is the worst decision he every made to buy a EV car"? Were you being deliberately disingenuous, or just accidentally?

Your friend seems to have ignored one of the main points about owning an EV which has been mentioned over and over again in this thread (as well as in many articles found elsewhere) which is that if you don't have at-home charging, then an EV is probably not the best choice for you.

This. Having a UK passport does not imply any tax liability. I've held a UK passport since I got my first one at age 14 and I haven't paid UK tax since 1981 when I became non-resident for tax purposes. Conversely, if you're resident and earning taxable income in the UK (and don't have non-dom status) you'll have to pay UK taxes even if you don't hold a UK passport.

It's not been explicitly stated but it seems he probably wants to stay in Thailand longer (and with less bureaucratic requirements) than he would be able to do so at present, having entered on a non-Thai passport.

Not sure about that: WHAT’S A MELO MELO PEARL AND WHY IS IT SO VALUABLE?

What's the point of a mug shot where only the person's eyes are visible? The normal purpose of a mug shot is both to allow law enforcement to have a photographic record of an arrested individual, and to allow for identification by victims, the public and investigators. This mug shot serves neither purpose.

That's just a total straw man argument. This thread has absolutely nothing to do with economic performance, it's about systems of government.

I don't imagine it's the cheapest EV around but at least the range-extended versions with a 1,100 km range would allay a lot of people's range anxiety.

Silly question perhaps, but if he's unidentified and had no papers on him, how can they be sure he's a foreigner? There's people from all different kinds of ancestry and racial backgrounds with Thai nationality nowadays.