MaxYakov

9 minutes ago, smutcakes said:

19 minutes ago, MaxYakov said:

You think? I'm ready for it. I just installed a 12 inch intake fan with an Hatari HEPA filter in one of my bathroom windows. I was a little kludgy since it's actually a high-volume exhaust fan which I reversed.

 

I can, by cracking the other bathroom window (which is normally sealed airtight), ventilate the bathroom with clean (PM 2.5 = 0.x) air or ventilate all my rooms by cracking a window on the opposite end of my one bedroom apartment from the bathroom. Air flow volume is not great with the HEPA filter in place, but the air is clean, at least.

 

The strategy is to not let raw (unfiltered) Bangkok air into my apartment, except through the two doors, which are kept open for for a matter of seconds.

 

Also have an Hitachi air purifier using the same filter (Hatari) in the bedroom where I spend most my time and have a portable, digital PM2.5 measurement device which appears to give accurate, reasonable readings.

You sound like fun....

Really? I'm been accused of that by someone else here recently. You quoted my post before I had finished editing it to add my out-in-Bangkok, two-layer, PM2.5 one-way-valved, filter mask. I'm a lot of fun. ????

23 minutes ago, seb2015 said:

Reopening the thread ????
Seems like we have our first week of the new pollution season ..


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You think? I'm ready for it. I just installed a 12 inch intake fan with an Hatari HEPA filter in one of my bathroom windows. I was a little kludgy since it's actually a high-volume exhaust fan which I reversed.

I can, by cracking the other bathroom window (which is normally sealed airtight), ventilate the bathroom with clean (PM 2.5 = 0.x) air or ventilate all my rooms by cracking a window on the opposite end of my one bedroom apartment from the bathroom. Air flow volume is not great with the HEPA filter in place, but the air is clean, at least.

The strategy is to not let raw (unfiltered) Bangkok air into my apartment, except through the two doors, which are kept open for for a matter of seconds.

Also have an Hitachi air purifier using the same filter (Hatari) in the bedroom where I spend most my time and have a portable, digital PM2.5 measurement device which appears to give accurate, reasonable readings. All my HEPA filters (there are 3) as well as my A/C evaporator are pre-filtered with a single layer of 3M Filtreté^TM filter material.

I wear a two-layer PM2.5, one-way-valved mask whenever I'm outside my room in the air pollution of (ahem) Beautiful Bangkok.

Compulsory insurance shelved: Ministry don't t want to spook tourists at sensitive time

Don't want to catch them in the "short strokes"!

2 hours ago, atyclb said:

looking at photos posted of a thai disgraceful beach one might need to buy medical insurance for a trip to the beach. lots of infectious diseases and infections to be had not to mentions cuts

 

 

Insurance for the "trip" or for getting anywhere near it on foot? I'll stay at 30x (optical) camera range, thank you very much.

I fear it's already too late. They've seen plastic refuse at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

2 hours ago, Globe Trotter said:

2 hours ago, MaxYakov said:

I found out this morning that Mac Donald's soft serve ice cream cone has more than doubled to 20 baht from its historic 9 baht price (while I wasn't looking I suppose). The cone is the only thing I buy there and this time I scoffed and walked out.

 

I'm minimally exchanging good money for baht from now on out. Not buying anything above the absolute minimum (or so I've resolved, anyway)

 

 

You actually eat 'food' from Mac Donald's? oh boy 

Actually not. I don't believe they sell any 'food'. ????

I fear it's too late already for the oceans - nanoplastics will probably be on the menu if you eat seafood.

“But we must not give up. I take inspiration from other societies which are much more equal than ours and often happier too. They show that inequality can be evened out by the public policies,” - Pasuk Phongpaichit

Well, why not? She is after all wearing red.

In my country, the thief could sue for use of excessive force by a professional boxer ... and won!

23 hours ago, fforest1 said:

So every one will need to carry a bag with them at all times now....Never know when you want to go shopping......

Exactly. I've carried three with me at all times for years and years.

All together they are extremely heavy and I'm very buffed from carrying them.  /sarc

Does this mean the oceans will be clean of plastic by 2021?

2 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Its a variation on the Soviet system  and the Apartheid sytem. Its a shame. The freedom loving Thais are better than this but are being ruthlessly bullied and manipulated at a very high level. 

Are you sure the Thais are really freedom-loving when it comes to non-trivial issues (or simply an undisciplined tribe of law-scoffers).

Can you spot the terrorist in the image accompanying the article?

PTT backs startup for electric bikes motorcycles driven by clean energy from an already-stressed, dirty grid.

21 minutes ago, stereolab said:

Actually on my last stay in Singapore, there were large numbers of police/para-military police both walking the street and in vehicles. Not all carried side-arms, but most did. This was in the Little India area on a Saturday night, perhaps a hot-spot area for troubles. After 8 years here, I have yet to see a Thai policeman do any patrolling.

I see the RTP patrolling all the time in lower Sukhumvit - two on a CBR. Also, I've been able to spot Thai undercover cops hanging out here and there just watching. These are hard to miss since they virtually wear the same outfits and are probably armed with concealed carry.

On 9/8/2019 at 7:17 AM, mikosan said:

On 9/6/2019 at 2:08 PM, ThaiBunny said:

All three of them

Four actually, USA, UK, Australia and Denmark.  That last one struck me as a little strange.

I'm confident that it was the behest/request of Thai Immigration (under Big Joke's authority) to have the income affidavit service stopped in unison. This is going to have unintentional consequences if i hasn't already severely changed the long term visa paradigm. It did in my case.

9 hours ago, losworld said:

what is the guy on the right wearing... are we now seeing super hero costumes?

I think he's trying to out-Prayut Prayut.

Will they be checking the passports and visas as well?

Can we spell t-o-t-a-l-i-t-a-r-i-a-n?

So the price of sticky rice is not so "sticky". I still pay 5 baht/packet to the street food vendors - wonder if and when that will change.

Prayut wants this and Prayut wants that. Bring the government in to control price and guess what happens?

2 hours ago, essox essox said:

two options.....MALE or FEMALE !!!!

Not even these days! Especially not in Thailand! 

Got to protect the breeding class from killing themselves with Thailand's "Motorcycle/bike Disease".