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by STEVE G
Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:33 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Buying a new Forza or Xmax
Replies: 3
Views: 93

Re: Buying a new Forza or Xmax

I think one of those places renting bikes at the top of the approach to the beach near the Hilton has larger scooters like the Forza for rent, the one on the left if I remember correctly.
by STEVE G
Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:13 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Replies: 1712
Views: 331840

Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread

As for pickups:

Isuzu Unveils First D-MAX BEV Pickup Truck —Launching in Europe in 2025, followed by Australia, Thailand, and other markets around the world
https://www.isuzu.co.jp/world/newsroom/ ... 319_1.html
by STEVE G
Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:11 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Replies: 1712
Views: 331840

Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread

^Sorry for the misunderstanding, those were the figures for China not Thailand but I reckon that's where things are soon heading.
by STEVE G
Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:03 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Replies: 1712
Views: 331840

Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread

Yes, I'm sure the UK will be at the rear of this transport revolution but I think Thailand will rapidly follow China in going electric and they're already heading towards 50% sales. I was recently reading that Hyundai has just mothballed a petrol car production facility in China that was only seven ...
by STEVE G
Fri Apr 12, 2024 12:57 pm
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: Which Mobile Phone?
Replies: 741
Views: 73541

Re: Which Mobile Phone?

A lot of people also have a lot of money to spend and choose to buy new and expensive phones for no other reason than to show off they can afford it, together with all the other status symbol itemssuch as cars, clothes etc etc etc. And if they have this much money what are we to say what they do wi...
by STEVE G
Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:10 pm
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Thailand Air Quality and Pollution Alerts
Replies: 293
Views: 235950

Re: Thailand Air Quality and Pollution Alerts

Rampant pollution in Asia has left more than half the world’s population breathing unsafe air https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-hanoi-jakarta-smog-pollution/ On any given day, IQAir’s map of Asia is a sea of yellow and orange, indicating moderate to unhealthy air quality, with only a few...
by STEVE G
Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:38 pm
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: Which Mobile Phone?
Replies: 741
Views: 73541

Re: Which Mobile Phone?

I was just in an electronic shop in Luxembourg and I hadn't realised just how pricey these things can be.
The most expensive works out at over 75,000bt!
by STEVE G
Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:35 pm
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: Looking For New Tablet
Replies: 59
Views: 3389

Re: Looking For New Tablet

Yes, but the description clearly says 'Samsung charger 25w'
It does say that but 108bt would be a bit optimistic for an original Samsung charger!
by STEVE G
Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:29 pm
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Astronomy, cosmology and space thread
Replies: 420
Views: 49623

Re: Astronomy, cosmology and space thread

I found it interesting that NASA were going up to photograph the eclipse with their old modified B57 aircraft which were originally based on the British Canberra bomber:
https://www.outono.net/elentir/2024/04/ ... -eclipses/
by STEVE G
Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:23 pm
Forum: Feeding Time
Topic: Has Your Food Shopping Increased?
Replies: 69
Views: 6380

Re: Has Your Food Shopping Increased?

It's everywhere: Global median year-on-year domestic food price inflation in 2023Q3 averaged above 8 percent, down from its peak of nearly 14 percent in November 2022. By November 2023, the median food price inflation had fallen to 6 percent. https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/food-prices-mirro...
by STEVE G
Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:14 pm
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: Which Mobile Phone?
Replies: 741
Views: 73541

Re: Which Mobile Phone?

I survived on cheap mobiles for years but recently life has got more complicated and now I need these security apps to achieve anything in Europe. I've got one to OK online credit card transactions, one to put electronic signatures on government documents and another to access work stuff. Basically ...
by STEVE G
Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:46 am
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: Which Mobile Phone?
Replies: 741
Views: 73541

Re: Which Mobile Phone?

^I have younger colleagues who kindly try to keep me in the same decade!
by STEVE G
Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:03 am
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: Which Mobile Phone?
Replies: 741
Views: 73541

Re: Which Mobile Phone?

pharvey wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:22 am Has to be said, my phone is far from the latest model and then hardly top of the range when new - I'm guessing 4-5 years old now, but a "Headphone Jack"? :D
by STEVE G
Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:14 pm
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: Which Mobile Phone?
Replies: 741
Views: 73541

Re: Which Mobile Phone?

Appreciate others simply have to have the latest model
It's only my latest phone, not Samsungs!
by STEVE G
Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:06 pm
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: Which Mobile Phone?
Replies: 741
Views: 73541

Re: Which Mobile Phone?

thecolonel wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:44 pm X6 doesn't have a headphone jack

Wouldn't bother many but would me, I'd get the X5 on Laz personally

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My latest Samsung doesn't have a headphone jack but usb-c adaptors are very cheap.
I think this one was 10 euros.