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I visited Buriram IO at the start of April  pointed out I was leaving Thailand 0ne day after my visa expires.  I was told I did not need to extend the visa as it was one day and I had a air ticket. 

When I went through the airport I told the IO  one day overstay and was told no problem. A second officer then checked my passport and told me no problem and no fine.

When I have had any problems relating to my visa etc I have phoned them up. They are very friendly and helpful. They will tell you what to do and how to do it. 

You are a good person for caring so much. 

I don't know where your ex wife lives. We are in South buriram our nearest specialist mental health ward is korat. They can help with assessment and prescribing drugs.

Two people in our village have been sent to korat, one thai and one german. The German man stayed two weeks and then came back to the village. He had a prescription he could pick up from our local hospital. He lived ok until he went to pattaya for a holiday died in the police cells after not taking his medication and drinking heavily. 

The Thai man was brought back to the village and after repeatedly attacking people the police insisted he was put on a chain in his garden. The poor man lived for years like it.

That's Pattaya in the background? Where exactly?

It's maybe 500mts off the beach opposite soi 10. Looks a lot worse today. A speed boat has been taking people out to it, maybe working on trying to save it.

South East Asia is not the West, its full of crazy stuff. The truth is its not that nice you have to mind your own business.

In 20 years living on the Thai Cambodian border I have seen terrible thing's. From a  mentally ill man living  chained to a rice house. An 80 year old woman killed by a drunk driver and the court said no compensation because she was old and had no value. A alleged drug dealer executed by the police outside my home. A lad hit by a car ripping his leg off, later died but nothing happened because the driver that hit him was a police officer. A 16 year old having half his face cut off over drugs. A man barbecued my wife's dog, but he was hungry so it was acceptable. One of the most shocking things was when I found out my neighbour was in the khmer rouge, but it turned out he is nice.

I could go on but my point is the place is not that nice, you have to look after yourself and don't look to close or it can leave you feeling sick.

It's all very confusing but if a tool battery has a voltage on it that's over 40v it will be a vf relating to the Ah.

Basically if you bought the xgt 199v in the post above it would very light despite having a large Ah rating.  It would do a DIY job but not well.

If you go to a shop you can hold the battery's, feel the weight. The heavier the battery the better it's performance. Its not as easy as ordering from lazada but you will get a better drill from a decent shop.

Some people refer to the vf battery's  as very fake or very flammable. 

Save the money to employ some extra workers to clean the place. It's been very noticeable just how much more rubbish is on the beach and dumped around jomtien. 

North of surin on the buriram border is the elephant village.  I have not been for a few years but they had plenty of elephants the last time I went.

They have a educational part with shows, the elephant paint and play football. You can feed them. If you are in a car drive through the back they have some massive male elephants. If you time it right some times they have elephants loose down by the river. 

The only thing I would say is when I took family they were shocked that the elephants were chained up. I don't think people understand how dangerous elephants are especially the bull's and mothers when they have young.

Last year yaba was 60 baht in our village now its 50 baht, cheaper than a bottle of chang.

It's now not safe to leave the house at night. The knife fights have taken the lives of 3 teenagers in a village of less than 200 people.

The police don't see to do anything. 20 years our local drug dealer was shot dead outside our house by the police. At the time I was shocked but now they don't even <deleted> test anymore.

Your best to phone your local diving centre and ask. i recently renewed my driving licence after 17 years legally driving hear and was made to resit the full driving test despite previously having 3x 5 year and a 2 licence year. I was told farangs who need glasses have to do the full test.

This is Thailand the official be hide the desk is the boss, the rules are up to them.

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RS sell dado trunking and all the accessory's for it, you can order online. My local electrical wholesalers in Buriram have a Schneider electrical dado display, so you must be able to get it all over Thailand.

18 minutes ago, KhaoYai said:

I would also like to know about UK vaccine documents.  The NHS App and downloads put dose 1 and dose 2 together, side by side and each has its own QR code. Do I need to separate them?

I applied on the 1st using the nhs covid pass, just uploaded the certificate for both first/second and both QR parts of the application. On the second I received a email, 5 days later I received a QR coad.

My experience of the system  in the UK at first was a little poor, trying to apply for a visa was hampered by the system repeatedly crashing.  This year the web site has been much better. I applied for a o-visa and 2 days later I received a email confirming the approval and a pdf copy of the visa.

Personally I prefer the new system, no longer having to visit a embassy or applying by post.

On 7/5/2021 at 7:14 PM, Thunglom said:

just for a bit of perspective, the UK is at about 25,000 per day. With high (50%) vaccination nd they are controversially ending all restrictions on 19th July. I wonder if relatively unvaccinated Thailand will want Brits to come in when their home country is so highly infected.

 

70% of infections in BKK are now Delta variant........ this is 60% more contagious than the alpha variant. It could spread like wildfire. Only a coupe of weeks ago people on Samui were claiming 4000 was the peak. This sort of complacency is very alarming.

Don't forget the UK is currently testing a million people every day.

Living not far from Ban Kruat it is now worrying just how many drug related attacks we are having. 

I personally know of 2 other killings and 4 very serious fights, one lad left with half his face chopped off. 

Ya ba tablets are for sale everywhere for 50 baht, its cheaper to buy drugs than beer.

Regular accuracy in our village. I know of 5 under age girls who ended up married.

One was 13 and the man was 27. The police got involved and evan set the dowry at 15,000 baht. They had a village wedding, not registered and a week later they split up.  I think it's just a way for all involved to save face.

At 50 baht a pill, everyone should be worried. Our village has had a big increase in drug fuelled violence this year, one killed and two in hospital in a very bad way. One lad has had half his face chopped off.

At 50 baht a pill things are not looking good.

We have the same in our village. The boss of the village was given money by central government to encourage keeping fit. He asked the village what to spend the money on, it was decided to build a basket ball court as it could be used to dry rice on. 

My pump cable was jointed 5 meters below ground (crimped with tape and heat shrink insulation) 16 years later I have had no problems. Its a 60 meter deep well so the join is not in water.

As electrician I would say if your pump is protected by a working RCD and MCB it wont be dangerous even if the joint is in water, the worst thing would be nuance tripping.

Everything is available from Lazada. I have been experimenting for the last few years, you can even get good quality hops.