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I know someone who had the Sinopharm and then got Covid, but a very mild case and only a couple of days at home.. So yes the Sinopharm and even Sinovac are somewhat effective, just they are chinese and not the gold standard. Will I take either of them. no. But that is because at some point I need to travel and the chinese vaccines are not recognised by most western countries. So would be either quarantine or another vaccine, and there has been no research to indicate it is safe to mix vaccines.

The funny part about this was the announcement appeared in the royal gazette to satisfy some legal requirement. Apparently neither the covid czar or A Nut in knew it was coming, but they cannot say anything as that will be Lesse Majeste, the very same article they have been using to supress any questioning of the current rollout. Karma, lol.

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FES (Far Eastern Supply) in Pattaya. I know they do as have been to their factory, but no idea on prices as was not looking for a gate. Right where Hwy 7 joins Sukhumvit.

https://www.google.co.th/maps/@12.9451754,100.9044622,3a,36.8y,300.24h,93.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_Vjo5RDxtLf7FsPvSYChFQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

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Was back when three letter acronyms were popular and a friend of mine hated them, so I did a double TLA, also all the usual usernames I use were taken. Said friend tried to sign up using LargeTigerPenis or something like that, it came back "Username Taken".

Living In Thailand  Land Of Smiles, Scams, Sex etc

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Well I wandered down to the local Tessabaan office this morning with passport and a copy of phone bill in hand and wife at hand to verify address. I think 10 minutes from parking to leaving. I did not get a date as the English was limited, and I forgot to ask. Over 60 and some health issues, so off to a special line and a different list, I think as a priority being over 60 as they really made sure that was the case. They also enrolled the wife while she was there. This was at Huay Yai, Chon Buri, Tessabaan

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The bit about the mobile phone is a carryover from do not use a corded phone, which is perfectly sensible, do not use mobile phone makes no sense.

For the whole of house surge arrestors I can vouch for them doing their job, I have lost nothing in 5 years. I have 3phase power so procured 4ea of the surge arrestors, bought a 4 slot din mount box from Wadsadu and wired one arrestor to each phase and one to neutral. It is extremely important the drain wires of these are wired to a good reliable earth using at least 4mm cable, the spec says 2.5mm from memory, but I always go a size bigger on this sort of thing.

The ones I got I procured locally, paste" 4P LT1‑65 Surge Protector 65ka" into Lazada and there they are, though supplied from China. I intended to get some from Australia, but these one are doing the job.

ELCB may not protect you from lightning, they are designed to protect you from current flowing through you to earth. The term ELCB is an old term as well for the generation 1 devices, I think we are at generation 3 or 4 now and they are referred to as RCBO's

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I read as the government acquires the vaccines having stopped the private sector doing so, this means the appropriate commissions are paid to those with a seat at the trough. Government then mandates all expats to get vaccinated by private hospitals. Private hospitals buy vaccines from government, topping up the trough as they do so. Then the private hospitals realising they have a captive market charge 10,000baht per shot. Government then mandates follow up shots every year, thus keeping GDP moving. I hope I am wrong, but TIT.

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Elsewhere in the world the big companies are investing in green hydrogen production. A 8GW renewables power station used to produce hydrogen from water is on the books for Western Australia, Saudi looking at 5billion dollar 4GW renewables hydrogen plant. Chevron and Toyota form an alliance for hydrogen cars in US. BP looking at North Sea hydrogen using renewables. So Thailand is jumping on the EV bandwagon.

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It is not the rules that need changing so much as clarifying. And then a consistent application of said rules at and between immigration offices. As an example a couple of years ago I needed to get another retirement visa due to previous one lapsing, I went to the desk and they gave me an information sheet on the requirements, the following day back with the paperwork and of to the desk, paperwork not correct! I showed the girl the info sheet, to bad this is desk whatever and this is the way we do it. 

But will not change as will mean less backhanders for immigration from agents. As example recently it looked like I was going to have to travel and my visa would expire while I was away. I could only renew visa 4 weeks beforehand, go to agent who can renew 3 months beforehand. So major structural changes required rather than playing with the "rules" which get reinterpreted by the local office as they see fit.

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48 minutes ago, puchooay said:

Is that a veiled suggestion that the published figures are incorrect?

 

If not, I doubt as little as 100 deaths is really a platform for such an arguement.

As the deaths by suicide were also mentioned I think he meant the total deaths due to the virus plus the ones caused by the pandemic and the pathetic government responses.

I hope this was said in parliament to shutdown the usual hit them with a court case response Prayuth comes out with when criticised. I want to see more of this guy giving him stick.

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I think there is a small leak there somewhere, but you also have another problem with the pump cycling so quickly. The problem is no pressure storage. If the pump is one of those all in one units with the pump mounted on a tank this is how you fix it. Remove the power to the pump, from another tap on the system bleed out all the water pressure then close off, then remove the bung on the bottom of the tank and allow all the water to drain out, replace the tank bung and put power back on the pump. This should reduce the pump cycle rate considerably by using the air in the tank as a compressible medium to store pressure.

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On 3/1/2021 at 3:11 PM, Natai Beach said:

 

Advertising for the ‘Upgrade “Holden Monaro LS”‘ in Thailand

 

And the Holden Belmont

 

LS is a 2 door even in Thailand, so no idea what the pictures are of, looks like a Kingswood badge on the guard, an LS Monaro would have a LS Monaro badge on the rear section of the guard. Oh and I actually have an HQ LS in Thailand I am restoring, but the engine and transmission are from A 92 Camaro, 350 SBC and TH700R4 auto.

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On 3/3/2021 at 7:57 AM, tifino said:

Thailand very lucky it didn't cop the Holden StarfIre4!! ???? 

 - conflictingly it would have starred as a good match for stringent engine size taxes 

We had a few as company pool cars. Commonly referred to as constipated, could not pass anything.

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So the other week this party had led to 24 cases, this week 9. The party that was busted on the island everyone was handed this punishment, but here only one, and they know who the other attendees were. Law for hiso vs loso and he was only charged after ongoing public interest. Would be interesting to see how many brown envelopes were handed out.

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I wonder if the Facebook page is going to include live tracking data. You know so the rest of the navy can find them when they go missing and the enemy can target them effectively.

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Last time I got one I went to the clinic up the road, handed over driving licence (for details) and 100Baht, 2 minutes and no examination later I had a med cert. Going to make a huge difference to the road toll as no money for booze today, maybe.

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Output efficiency will be low if flat on the water, should be about 30 degrees for optimum output, could be mounted on pontoons to get the angle correct, but would lose the benefit(?) of the water cooling. Oh look all those roofs that could have had panels mounted on them in the background as well. Thailand the hub of solar innovation????

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Based on the Thai Covid test that was due to come out late March 2020 I have a feeling we will never see the Thai vaccine.

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If you have a read of the official announcement at https://www.thaigov.go.th/news/contents/details/37954.

"The Ministry of Interior issued Ministerial Regulations prescribing diseases prohibited for aliens entering the Kingdom. Or entering to have a residence in the Kingdom. "  Key word is entering. it appears someone has overstepped the mark and has already apologised for it, sort of.

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