T & Me

[latintopxxx]

oh I'm sorry, I'll make an extra effort to hurl barbs at u

[dinagam]

Latin is a bit of a disappointment this time.
Instead of getting back at SG about the 1 baht gold chain, he went on a tirade at Caitlyn Jenner.

Now I'm wondering if SG had ever patronised a Thai goldsmith.
A 1 baht gold chain or bracelet is actually a measure of the weight of the 99.99% fine gold used to make the jewellery, which is around 15 grams. For those who are familiar with the Troy ounce, 1 baht gold has a mass of slightly less than a half of a Troy ounce. And yes, some lucky lads do receive such gifts around Christmas, and by the end of March, they would be returning to the goldsmiths to redeem half the amount of value it's worth.
Latin oh Latin. Enjoy the book you're reading...

[Oliver2]

Amazon is offering the following; "Breeding, Backing and Bringing on Young Horses and Ponies"

by The Pony Club
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[latintopxxx]

nah...I'm editing the kuma sutra...

[scottish-guy]

The things you learn on here!

No, Dinagram I have never bought gold in Thailand and I naively assumed 1 Baht was a typo of the price!

[Captain Swing]

The first time I was snookered into a gold shop in Thailand I was utterly baffled by the 1-baht, 2-baht, 3-baht classifications. I gaped with such confusion that the clerk finally asked "Do you speak English?"

I lost track of who was insulting whom about what earlier in this thread, but I thought part of the confusion related to the fact that a 1-baht gold chain , while unrelated (mostly) to the unit of currency, is still an "entry-level" gift and many boys aspire to something heavier.

[Smiles]

Yes, it's pretty unnerving when you start saying "one baht" (or much more!) in a gold shop. Thais have it down pat of course, but farangs need an encyclopedia.
The one baht is a measurement of gold weight, not money. Go figure.
I assume that the word "gram" would be more easily understood, much less being universal.
But oh no ... this is 'TIT'

[francois]

Now let me confuse you some more with apologizes to dinagam!

dinagam interchangeably used the words weight and mass and ounces and grams and Baht in describing gold.

Grams are a measure of the mass; ounces are a measure of the weight; and Baht I have no idea what measure that is except = 15 grams mass of 96.5 % gold (23 Karat).

So if you want to use mass then one must use grams; if you want to use weight then one must use ounces/lbs.

Does it really matter, no, at least on earth but on the Moon or Mars or outer space there is a big difference.

Confusing?

[Captain Swing]

Confusing?

Not nearly confusing enough. Let's make it worse.

___ Baht

A measurement, unit of weight for gold.


In Thailand raw gold and gold jewellery are sold in the weight measurement called baht.
Smaller units of gold less than a baht are called satang.

Thai raw gold and gold jewellery show two differnet prices per baht.

"Raw" gold or bullion (standard purity of Thai gold is 96.5% a little over 23 K):
1 baht = 15.244 grams x 0.965 = 14.71046 grams, or 0.47295236 troy ounce (mass).

In the case of jewellery, one baht should be more than 15.16 grams.

A troy ounce is used in the pricing of precious metals, such as platinum, gold and silver.
One troy ounce = 480 grains.
One grain = 64.79891 mg.
One troy ounce = 31.1034768 grams.

The currency of Thailand is also called Baht (1 baht divided into 100 satangs).

In 1897 King Chualalongkorn changed the previous name of the Thai currency from tical to baht.


Copied and pasted from some random site.

[scottish-guy]

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Just think how much fun it would be if the Thai Currency was still called a Ticle and (even better) 100 Ticles made a Slap