Crossy

I pulled into the crowded parking lot at the local shopping centre and rolled down the car windows to make sure my Labrador Retriever Pup had fresh air. She was stretched full-out on the back seat and I wanted to impress upon her that she must remain there. I walked to the curb backward, pointing my finger at the car and saying emphatically, "Now you stay. Do you hear me?" "Stay! Stay!" The driver of a nearby car, a pretty young blonde, gave me a strange look and said, "Why don't you just put the handbrake on?"

An elderly woman’s husband dies. She wants an obit in the paper but she’s a real penny pincher. She calls up the paper and says; “I need to get an obit for my husband in the paper. What’s the cheapest one you got?” The person at the paper says; “Well ma’am, you have to buy at least one line.” The woman says; “Ok, I want it to say ‘Frank’s dead.’” The person on the phone says; “Well ma’am, with one line you can have up to five words.” The old woman says; “Wonderful! Then I want it to say “Frank’s dead. Truck for sale.”

Yeah, there are evidently many, many factors operating here, some of which would appear to be less than obvious. Sunny day with thin, high, cloud seems to slug it more than more obvious clouds, most odd. @gamb00lerare you looking for an automatic adjustment, or just a way of guestimating your current potential generation??

OK, now I'm holding the correct end of the stick ???? I'm not sure you'll be able to simply use light intensity. It might be possible to use a small panel with its own MPPT and a constant-voltage load like a battery would be (or even use a battery provided it never gets fully charged - use it for your outside lights perhaps). EDIT Check online for "shunt voltage regulators" You can then measure the power going into the load and extrapolate to the potential available from your array. How you actually apply that to your loads is then "simply" a matter of determining which load best suits the current conditions. The problem is always going to be that, unless you have dynamically adjustable loads (think big light dimmer on a water heater) you're always going to be either over using (and drawing from the grid or your batteries) or under using and throwing away potential energy. Interesting problem ????

Many branches of Amorn (which sell the batteries) also offer the spot-welding service.

Yes, we have chihuahuas, yes, they would take on a rhino!

Was the photo then part of the immigration submissions? Could it be that your agent is proving to their employer that you were taking to immigration??

My filthy, gutter mind thought "Thai girls, take two they're small". Before I read Walker88's full post ????

That is the million Baht question!

Become a Mod on the forum, it's a thrill a second minute hour day handling you lot

Why post a "confused" reaction when you can ask about what's confusing you?

H2FLY claims that a recent three-hour test flight, entirely powered by liquid hydrogen, could lead to sustainable long-range flights fuelled by liquefied, cryogenic hydrogen. Solaris, meanwhile, has started selling hydrogen buses in Italy. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/09/12/the-hydrogen-stream-liquid-hydrogen-doubles-aircraft-range/

I really can't believe I had never seen this one before. Now, how to get beer out of my keyboard?

Is he acoustic or electric?? Fetching my coat! https://www.thainationalparks.com/species/rhinobatos-productus

Why did my warped mind immediately think of "Diamonds are Forever" where they throw Plenty out the window into a pool and that old gag about “Good aim!” – “I didn’t know there was a pool there,” (also used in THE WOLVERINE decades later).

The ruddy things come when she calls them!!

It's no secret that my lady was a licenced masseuse working in a Rome (Italy) "Centro Estetico" (Beauty Centre) torturing fat Italian women who were paying >50 Euro an hour for her services (early 2000s). We were introduced by my boss's Thai wife, who I had also known when she was working in the Panda Bar in Wanchai (Hong Kong), it's all a bit complicated. Boss's wife decided that Crossy had "woman problems", he didn't have one, so one was provided. Apparently, I'd been spotted as "a bit of alright" at one of her parties so introductions were made. The rest, as they say, is history. I had some very nice massages whilst we were courting Of course, these dried up once we got married ???? Madam previously worked at the Rome Thai Embassy, we have a photo of her (and other embassy staff) with the current Thai king (he was crown prince at the time). She is now a full-time housewife and granny looking after her animals and plants (I think I fit in the "animals" group, she feeds me).

Noooo, don't tell my grand-daughter, she loves our chooks and would get grand-dad to buy in an instant.

Anything being imported into the country, regardless of age, is potentially subject to duty, the rate depends upon what it is. New, used, gift really makes no difference. Duty will be charged on the CIF (Cost, Insurance, Freight) value and then VAT on the total. Low value stuff often gets through unmolested, particularly if sent via the regular mail system, use a courier (FedEx, DHL etc.) and you are very likely to get charged. What is it being sent? You can get an idea of the potential cost here https://www.simplyduty.com/import-calculator/

Meanwhile, here in northern BKK we have to wait for the tide to rise and cover our water inlet before we can water the garden ???? This time last year we had water nearly in the house!

I wish! I am younger than the space-age but older than manned space flight! That should narrow it down to within about 4 years ???? Failing that you could look at my AN profile And yes, I'm one of those rare beasties, a farang with a Thai wife who is older than he is.

Some condos limit access only to their favoured providers, it might be an idea to talk to the condo office to see if they have an agreement with a specific service provider. That said, I have a friend who had a similar experience with True earlier this year when getting fibre installed to replace his existing True ADSL. Related anecdote. Some years back we had only dial-up in our area. A provider announced that ADSL was now available (I did say it was a while back). I downloaded the form, filled it in and faxed it back from our office one morning. I intended to tell Madam that I'd ordered internet when I got home. Just after lunch she called me that "a man was there to install internet, did I know about it?". It cannot have been more than a couple of hours after I faxed the form. The provider wasn't True!