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Don't trucks like this have air brakes which fail ON?

What microwaves would you be expecting around the 5GHz band? I cant think of any that would interfere. That of course is what spectrum management is for. When you say to get a 5 GHz router I assume you mean one that complies to the "ac" standard. Probably be good to get a multi standard one 802.11 with a/b/g/n/ac compatibility. Belkin make some decent ones and so to TP Link and Linksys

It's the 2.4GHz band that has interference from microwaves etc.

My beautiful Thai wife thought it was acceptable to:

Spit in my face.

Rip shirts off me.

Attack me with broom handles, a heavy wooden chair and even a large kitchen knife.

Break my stuff.

Guess what? I left her. Took me 8 years to do it. Stupid me.

Now she has said sorry and wants me back!

A bit like London Gatwick? Gatwick is just 30 minutes by train from London Victoria and probably much easier to drive to than Heathrow.

I live in Jomtien and have both TOT and 3BB standard ADSL. TOT is the 6mb/s package, 3BB the 15 mb/s.

3BB is faster (obviously), but slightly less reliable, but the 3BB engineers are normally out within 48 hours to fix it.

TOT tends to be more stable. If there is a problem I have found it very difficult to get an engineer out though.

If I were to ditch one, it would be TOT and keep the 3BB.

Pattaya Beer Garden and The Bamboo Bar.

I use True 3g. My wife uses dtac 3g. Nothing to choose between them.

You seem to be using a lot of liquid chlorine. My pool is approx 40000 litres and one litre per day of 10% liquid chlorine is all it takes. Are you sure your chlorine has not been diluted? I pay approx 18 baht per litre here in Jomtien.

Same here. Can access SEESANTV via a UK proxy, but not directly - 404 error. I use 3BB.

I find streaming anything over my 3BB fixed line (13mb) connection challenging. Youtube videos sometimes play OK, other times they buffer or just stop. If your router has any QoS settings, use them to give Skype high priority.

If your phone is an Android device, Firefox should work well.

I normally only use liquid chlorine, occasionally pucks. Never had a problem with the pucks, but I have had a couple of batches of liquid chlorine which were probably only half strength (5% should have been 10%).

You could try a seedbox (around £10 per month), and then download from it via ftp.

My pool is 8 x 4 m, 1.5 m at the deep end, 1 m at the shallow end and with a small linked kiddie pool. It took exactly one month to build.

I had this yesterday once on my 3BB connection, Been fine since though.

Don't know about True, but my 3BB ADSL is not capped at 2GB/month. Most 3G plans are capped at 2 or 3Gb though and then slow down dramatically.

OP - did your ever find a suitable hotel as I have the same requirement re VOIP?

The best solution would be to keep your mouth shut as everybody else does.

But now your IP has been logged and you will get a visit soon :-)

Exactly.

That's exactly what I meant. Nice pool. Where is it?

I read a how to book and do it myself now.

As a byline the grouting issue can come about if the pool company uses hydrochloric acid which eats the grout instead of using chlorine powder,

The grout issue will be caused by having acidic water. The only use for hydrochloric acid in a pool is to lower pH. Chlorine powder will also lower pH as it contains cyanuric acid.

This depends on which powdered chlorine used.

There are 2 main types of powdered chlorine used in swimming pools.

Sodium dichloroisosynurate which dissolves completely, it has a slightly acidic Ph it has cyanuric acid as part of its make up.

Calcium hypochlorite which is cheaper, it does not completely dissolve and is alkaline needing acid to bring the pool water to balance.

You are right Chang_Paarp. I forgot about calcium hypochlorite, or cal-hypo. It will also raise calcium hardness which may cause scaling.

We have thought about it a bit there are a few fancy methods but think we'll start by sending a letter to the residents with pigeons on the balconies above the pool asking for access to clear them away and put up nets (we already provide a free netting service). Should help.

The Pigeonator.

My pool has a skimmer, so most of the water is too "low" for the pigeons. but I do have a ledge in the pool with only a couple of cm of water and the pigeons drink there. I have tried glass blocks and CD's tied to a bit of string, but after a while they get used to these "deterrents" and still come back. I now have a cat and will let him loose in the garden as soon as he is old enough.

1. Tollgate

Looked in the engine room and there a couple of big black valve looking things with some clear perspex in the top (one of them) but there is also a black thing in line about near a foot long a 6 inches wide looks like an unstretched slug rounded at one end and has two wires going in. SWG?

2. Aussiebrian

Have no idea what a skimmer is.

The pool is overflow and it flow into a slightly sloping ceramic grating (which I'm impressed after 4 or 5 years we don't have ONE broken not one.)

The pigeons don't need to hold each others ankles I suppose they stand on the grating and they are in the water ankle deep.

Lost camera cable sorry.

3. jbrain

So they're drinking from the pool and you do actually know you are keeping the recommended salinity?

My salinity is normally kept around 5000 ppm, checked by digital tester.

Just wondered if you can taste the salt at 5000ppm?

1. Tollgate

Looked in the engine room and there a couple of big black valve looking things with some clear perspex in the top (one of them) but there is also a black thing in line about near a foot long a 6 inches wide looks like an unstretched slug rounded at one end and has two wires going in. SWG?

I don't have an SWG (but wish I did), so not sure what they look like. But the thing with the wires does sound like one.

I don't understand how a pigeon can drink out of a swimming pool!! Is it full right up to the brim? Ideally you should keep your swimming pool water level between one third and one half the way up the opening of the swim pool skimmer. This is far to low for the pigeon to drink out of. I am getting a visual picture of a pigeon lying flat on its keel bone (chest) stretching down carefully to get a drink, with another pigeon holding it's legs so it wouldn't fall in. Do they fly into the pool and scoop up the water with a bucket? I doubt it. Pigeons can't swim like a duck. How about put some bowls of water around for them to drink out of that would be easier for them to get to, and taste better. Are you sure they are pigeons and not some type of water bird?

Some pools don't have skimmers, they are the overflow type and have a trough around the edge of the pool. So the water comes right to the edge of the pool and ideal for pesky pigeons.

I read a how to book and do it myself now.

As a byline the grouting issue can come about if the pool company uses hydrochloric acid which eats the grout instead of using chlorine powder,

The grout issue will be caused by having acidic water. The only use for hydrochloric acid in a pool is to lower pH. Chlorine powder will also lower pH as it contains cyanuric acid.