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I'd ride it.

If they get the Chinese involved and monitor quality control carefully, it can be splendid. The one out of Shanghai was very pleasant to ride and did get up to around 250 or so.

For maglev they'll be laying all new track, though if that's what they're doing.

The one from Shanghai to Suzhou does around 320kph, very smooth and with plenty of room. The railway station as you know is more like a very good airport terminal. The Maglev from the airport into town is capable of over 400kph. Very impressive.

You wont hear much from the larger ocean going ships anymore as they went to satellite a good many years ago and increasingly they are using satellite based internet due to the costs saving as every Tom, Dick and Harry who makes coffee in the office empire wants a say in the way the ship is run. I cannot remember the last time I was on a ship that used morse/Teletype/RT, there wont be any land stations left to handle Morse and I doubt many that will handle Teletype. If you are on the coast near Sri Racha/MapTha Put you may hear some of the tankers on VHF but if they are on a regular run they are more likely to use a mobile.

I read a study that stated that these eyeglass redistribution organizations spend double what it would cost just to buy the recipients new glasses.

Thank you for taking the time out from your busy day to let me know that you do not know either.

Does anyone know if there is any charity collection points in town for old spectacles?

GPS works as well here as anywhere. Whether one in a rental car will be as useful and as easy to operate as one that you own, with your own map, only you can answer. Not too far away in Umphang is Tee Lor Su, you can google the name for details. There may be no access to the waterfall at present because of the weather, I believe it is closed off during part of the rainy season each year to traffic, otherwise its a 9km(?) hike. Just depends on when you are intending to visit.

Be aware that Umpang is an 8-9 hour drive from Chiang Mai not exactly near the temple.

Whoops, speed reading can lead you into trouble cannt it. Nope it aint anywhere near the temple is it, as you rightly say. Not 9 hours either, at least not when I last drove it unless the roads have deteriorated. My apologies Dfsbrit this one is worth it but too far away for you probably. Next best thing will be Doi Inthanon about 60km south of town, the tallest mountain in the country and that has a few waterfalls, not near the temple either but within easy reach

GPS works as well here as anywhere. Whether one in a rental car will be as useful and as easy to operate as one that you own, with your own map, only you can answer. Not too far away in Umphang is Tee Lor Su, you can google the name for details. There may be no access to the waterfall at present because of the weather, I believe it is closed off during part of the rainy season each year to traffic, otherwise its a 9km(?) hike. Just depends on when you are intending to visit.

Just been having a clear out and found a box of 4 Splitfire triple platinum TP416D plugs. They are used, probably around 10,000km or less but as I don't have any vehicles or bikes that use this plug any more they will be binned. Unless of course anyone wants them. Always controversial during their manufacture, some swore by them others swore at them. I always found a noticeable increase in performance from the general plugs available here. You want them, they're yours to take away.

Now, If I can stop messing around with monkey bikes and buy something large enough to justify wearing the leather hahaha

in due time. I would eventually like to get a VMAX. Key word eventually. I'm sure a CBR 150 will be along the way. I'm more of a cruiser-style. I also like the Boulevards. I'll settle for a Shadow or V-Star along the way.

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Had a VMAX for 10 years, sold it on a couple of years ago, there are a few of the original types around.

British press make no mention of food in the same sentence as poisoning. They also report Police suspect poisoning without any mention of food.

An oversized A/C is pointless, it will cut off when the temperature has reached its setting, before the humidity, which is what causes the disconfort, has been removed.

Yes, a good point indeed and when you go to Siam TV/Homepro their calcs to determine the required BTU for the area work out around double that of US and Australian government websites - check out www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=roomac.pr_properly_sized

Cheers

Jag

You did notice that energystar calculate in square feet. Also in general the US is a lot cooler than here in summer and thus we need larger here to maintain the same temperature.

Yep - did the calc to sqm. If you google it you will find other sites with similar calc results. Also, there is a thread somewhere here on TV that I read recently and many seem to be of the opinion that local calcs are well oversized. Bigger may not necessarily better in this case

The calculator I prefer is lengthxbreadthxheight/2 (in metres) giving the answer in BTU. Humidity is not much of a problem as aircons (maybe not all) come with an air dry function and sometimes that is all thats needed. One problem of buying one too oversized for the room means the compressor is starting and stopping too often similarly one too small runs all the time and even then may not cool the room down sufficiently. Both cases are undesirable. A motors start current is roughly 6 times its running current and requires a set amount of run time to allow it to cool down and obviously one that is running constantly will wear out quicker. Whether a compressor cycling quickly will add much to a lecky bill is, I guess, open to debate.

I have had Daikin / Toshiba and Mitsubishi for years and never had a problem with any of them, If it is for an upstairs bedroom do not mount the compressor unit on a steel frame as that can make even the quietest unit sound noisy. Get a concrete plinth fitted. Much quieter. As Greenside says, you not hear the compressor kick in.

Dragon air, part of Cathay is starting flights to CNX from July I believe.

A regular run for the passt 20 odd years. I will P.M. you in a while.

Why PM, is it a secret ?

Totster

It is hardly a secret but there is a bit of writing and one does not want to clog the page up with something most people will not want to know. However if you have signed the Official Secrets Act 1948 ammended the I will be happy to send you a copy!

A regular run for the passt 20 odd years. I will P.M. you in a while.

No idea what the model no. Is, it is a basic slide phone. It does not get used on the internet and it never happened with her Nokia, the only thing that's changed is the phone.

My wife recently bought one of these phones and until recently was very happy with it. Unfortunately the picture she has on the screen as 'wallpaper' is deliberately being changed. This time celebrating Songkran. This is the second festival in a row this has happened so I presume it will happen every festival. She went into the Blisstell shop in CNX Airport plaza where she purchased it to find out why this is happening. The lady in there said it is the system and there is nothing you can do. I presume she meant Oppo. If they are deliberately using, what I would call a hijacker, to change the screen display what else are they doing. Has any one else had experience of this or know how to stop it from happening? I would have thought the legality of this maybe questionable. Either way I think its the last time an Oppo phone enters this house.

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Sounds like the plasic nut may have been overtightened.

yes easiest to unscrew it (make sure you shut off the water first!!) and carry it with you to be sure of the length and the same thread diameter.

almost all the roadside harware shops will have, very cheap.

but good place to go, is called Amorn electronic (i think)on chang puak ..they have so many all different options and its the cheapest place i know

Sounds like the plasic nut may have been overtightened.

yes easiest to unscrew it (make sure you shut off the water first!!) and carry it with you to be sure of the length and the same thread diameter.

almost all the roadside harware shops will have, very cheap.

but good place to go, is called Amorn electronic (i think)on chang puak ..they have so many all different options and its the cheapest place i know

They certainly do have some in Amorn in Big C on Hangdong Road, or they did the other day, supply and waste hoses.

Great info Mr Angry. I have installed in my house a W-OP4 Digital Phase Protector. It is situated before the main switches. I have 3-phase, coming from the 50KV transformer via this protector to the main fuses. If and when it cuts the electicuty to the house it always informs me that it is the "Unbalanced" voltage that is the culprit. And lately seems to cut quite a few times a day. Any idea why this might happen and do I really need this unit. I rather fit a Safe T-cut unit instead, however will it be big enough to carry the loads?

A phase protector is to protect 3-phase equipment from damage if a phase is lost or if the voltages on each phase differ by more than, say, 10%. It does not protect against shock. For shock protection, you could fit a single, large ELCB/RCBO/RCD. These are available for 3-phase systems. However, as yours is a larger installation, I would have your electrician install individual ELCBs/RCBOs on circuits which require protection. (All circuits supplying water heaters or socket outlets). In this way, if there is a fault, you only lose power to that one circuit. These ELCBs replace existing circuit breakers. ELCB should be same current rating as the breaker (MCB) replaced and have a trip rating of 30mA.

I suggest you adjust the phase protector to be less sensitive. +/- 15% would be fine. If a single phase is lost or has very low voltage, you can get an effect called double phasing at 3-phase rotating machines. This can cause motors or compressors to be damaged.

In my industry known as single phasing, at which point the rotating machine will make an almighty noise, most likely stop and start drawing a stall current at which point one hopes the overload trip works before the motor burns out. Safe T Cut themselves make 3 phase units up to 125 Amp. I agree, if it is something simple caused by a heavy load cutting producing a momentary drop on one phase then adjust the unit, I believe you can also adjust the time on that unit as well to allow for transients. Hopefully it will not be the supply or bad connections.

There were a few shops up the other end of Wulalai road not far from you that used to repair motorbike / car seats so they would have the foam required, I guess they are still there. Go past the cow monument and on the right hand side.

Just been in Hangdong Road Big C. A couple of lads turn up on a motor bike wearing shirts with a round 'rescue' type logo on the shoulder. They come with ready made plasticised signs in English collecting donations for, at the top was orphans and thats as far as I read on their very long list, no sign of a 'collecting tin', this by the way was in the car park. I seem to remember a scam some years ago of something similar. Whether genuine or a scam it is a shame for those they purport to collect for as I cannot see them collecting very much.

i can see i have got u a little worried old buddy after we were dicussing this in your house the other week

as one of the other posters said fit a Safe T Cut electrical box that has an RCBO cot out switch.......cost about 4000 baht for a 6 switch version

theres a couple of electrical shops near CM gate that could probably point u towards a reputable electrician

Or Global House, they have a selection of them and doubtless someone to fit it as well.

when i had the house built there was only one inspection and they insisted on grounding otherwise there would have been no electrical service.

a third wire was then run to all receptacles etc. and connected to the grounding rod.

to this day i still don't understand the reason since when you have two wires one is usually the hot or the phase and the other one the ground. most appliances have only two connections at the plug for that matter.some time ago when things had a metal housing it was this that was connected to a separate ground.but now it is all plastic and now there are two seperate wires form every outlet going to the same g-rod.

If I may, thats not quite correct. One is phase and the other nuetral. The nuetral is normally grounded at a power/sub station which may be some considerable distance from you. Practically that means it is not at earth potential by the time it gets to you. When I lived in the UK there was about 70 volts difference between my local earth and the power company earth, better to have your own. If the ground is rocky or very dry it is also not going to be very good as an earth either. A lot of equipment these days is ''double insulated'' which does not require an earth, this is denoted by the small square within a square marking stamped into the body.

If you do not have one fitted then whoever you get to check your house get him/her to fix in an earth leakage circuit breaker to cover the house , commonly sold here as a ''Safe T cut''. They are a lifesaver.

There are some interesting observations from different perspectives on this topic. And, it would be easy to have a little fun with it. However, I've ridden all over the north of Thailand and I DO know how the highways change dramatically from one location to another. As much as I love fancy, low slung cars, I wouldn't want one in Thailand. The highways ARE too inconsistent. I never see that in North America and I've put on millions of miles all over Canada and the USA. On a simple recent ride on the 600 km Mae Hong Son loop from Chiang Mai I noticed at least 5 sections where half the highway was missing... and with only a marker cone placed right before the drop-off. I wouldn't want to drive that road at night. That would never happen in North America. My two bad accidents were both caused by fresh oil on the road on hairpin corners. Again, that is something I've never encountered in 55 years of driving all over North America.

We've wandered a bit off topic but that is only natural because of different perspectives. It is easy to make comparisons between the wealthy and the poor in Thailand because simple observations make it obvious. Averages don't mean a thing. If you take any time to observe the obvious you'll notice that most of the middle class workers are earning somewhere between 6000 and 10,000 baht a month. They don't have the option of buying much more than a Honda scooter. And, even those are bought on time with a markup of 20% to 30% interest charges. Motorbike shops are FULL of repossessions.

I don't mix with the upper class Chinese-Thais who seem to hold a lot of the wealth in Thailand, but I've met with many of their employees who earn a bit more than minimum wages. 30 years ago in North America it was relatively easy to earn big money if anyone was willing to work, and smart enough to invest what they saved. But, the leaders of North America have reversed that trend for their own greed, and are following in the steps of feudal leaders of ancient Asian cultures.

Yes Ian and if you happen to drive through Nam Nao national park you will still find one part of the western track still not repaired. Where the lane slipped down the hillside a short wooden bridge stands with short but steepish on/off ramps. I guess it will be there for some time. The hill section south of Denchai still is not finished and I dont suppose it will be for some time, that is very rough in places. Apart form that the usual heavy rippling of the tarmac in places from trucks that are too heavy and tarmac that is too thin. For what its worth, in the area from where my wife comes from, most people, farmers that is, buy their small Hondas/Yamahas/Suzukis on a 4 year deal. After 4 years they end up paying double. Literally. And as you remark, if they cannot continue to pay, the shop takes the bike back although they probably already have been paid the value of the bike. I also note a surprising number of the 150 sports bikes with the two young lads and the blacked out helmets. Their numbers appear to be on the rise again. I would say unfortunately but perhaps some would argue that they provide a service.

I don't know if you remember but there was a number of copies of Lambo'Ferrari's (can never tell the difference) knocking around Chiang Mai about 15 or so years ago. The VW beetle wheels I remember did look a bit odd. A Thai friend of mine commented at the time that they were made in Nakhon Sawan. I havnt seen any for quite a while though. I do not remember seeing any real ones around here, only the odd Lotus and MGF along with the fancy Merc sports car.