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Nothing about woman-eating escalators then ...

We had to re-capture Madam's koi which enjoyed their 1.5 Rai pond for a couple of weeks, amazingly we only lost a couple. We also had a night heron captured on our CCTV doing battle with a fish (not one of the koi) which was really too big for him. The whole story is in this thread https://aseannow.com/topic/1270695-the-bangkok-river-level-thread-2022-please-post-your-river-level-photos I'm quite sure the 2023 edition will be starting up in a couple of months ????

Last year (10th October)

I'll get Madam to order sandbags, get in early before the flooding starts!

The extinguisher did not explode!!! It was activated accdentally.

My Korean is rusty, but I'd go with 사랑해 자기야 - saranghae chagiya! (I love you darling/honey). Learned shortly after 영수증 좀 주시겠어요 - yong su jung chuseao (can I have a receipt please)

I believe it was Peek Traffic who did the system in the 90s, and it was indeed "disabled" by "someone" before it had even had chance to learn the patterns. 1995 https://techmonitor.ai/technology/peeks_11m_traffic_systems_order_is_second_in_bangkok and

My message not read yet! Are we surprised?

Yes, I'm afraid so. You can use your contactless Visa/Mastercard on both lines and get a "transfer discount" on your total journey.

If you buy the 280Ah cells from https://szluyuan.en.alibaba.com/minisiteentrance.html (68k + shipping) and a $200 BMS from Seplos then you just need to provide a box and ancillary items ???? EDIT For those who are not aware, Shenzen Luyuan are a "known good" supplier of guaranteed new cells and battery packs, no fake QR codes etc. etc.

On my PC it's working just fine, the App seems to be working but awfully slow.

I've messaged the seller for price confirmation, let's see what occurs. I note that my message was auto-translated into Chinese. We all know it's bxxxxxks but...

AND The same pack on Ali-express from the official CERRNSS store is "slightly" more expensive.

Exactly! But, with 7 day "Easy Return" that's (just) enough time to charge the beast and do a capacity test. And Lazada have an excellent non-delivery / return policy. For comparison, similar cells from a known-good AliExpress seller, no box, no BMS (and they're out of stock).

The thread title says it all. https://www.lazada.co.th//products/i4684244186-s19289758695.html

Very possibly. An easy test would be to simply open the breaker that controls the outside lights. It's not foolproof but could be guiding you in the right direction.

I can just about cope with pineapple on pizza, but Thousand Island? ???????? I thought it was only on the seafood pizzas (which I don't like anyway) but I will observe carefully when ordering. EDIT It's the Spicy Grilled Chicken that has Thousand Island, I also note that the Cheese and Bacon has the potential abomination of Sour Cream sauce ????

Only if you eat at Milliways!

Well, yesterday was the last day that our village had an ATM ???? SCB determined that it was not economical to maintain the service. It can't have been due to lack of use; it was always empty on a Sunday afternoon. The nearest ATM is now 2km away, even the nearest 7-Eleven doesn't have one, much to my surprise. Of course, the village "commerce" operates on a cash basis although more and more places are showing QR payment codes. My wife is very much old-school and doesn't want to use QR, the maid is terrified of any technology although she does have a mobile phone (she won't use our front-loading washer), looks like we're back to my giving Madam her housekeeping in cash. Anyone else seeing this trend?

In my continuing quest to ensure that Madam keeps me around, and spurred on by it being a tad warm, today was "fan fixing day". So, three wall fans have got new swing-motors so they now actually swing rather than making nasty grinding noises. One stand-fan has had the thermal fuse replaced (as did one of the wall fans). No, I didn't just short out the thermal fuses! I replace the capacitors as well whilst the beast is in bits. We always buy Hatari fans, they are reasonably priced and spare parts are readily available. If you are really skint then there are chaps in Ban-Mo who re-wind the motors sitting by the side of the road! Is it worth it? A new fan is about 1,500 Baht. A thermal fuse 5 Baht, a swing motor 75 Baht. Of course, it's worth doing, that's beer money! Rewind your fan Guv, best price!

IMPORTANT UPDATE 25/04/22 - All of the guides etc. are now at https://www.localfoodheroes.com/ the links are later in the thread but since we are seeing interest again I've edited the OP. As a Brit I like my bacon sliced a bit thicker than is commonly available here at a sensible price. I'd also rather have "back bacon" not the "streaky" which seems the norm. So I had a go at curing my own. Instructions here http://www.localfoodheroes.co.uk/?e=541 do follow the quantities accurately. Prague Powder #1 from Lazada - https://www.lazada.co.th/products/i168877082-s209361163.html Ziploc bags, Lazada again (I got the biggest I could find) - https://www.lazada.co.th/products/i2330372790-s7881063502.html I left out the optional sodium ascorbate 'coz I couldn't find it. Pig loin from makro, looked for a piece with a bit of fat. I did just a 1kg piece just in case it went wrong, this was a mistake, should have done more After 6 of the longest days in my life we have a result. Looks, smells and tastes just like the real thing. Deemed totally acceptable by Madam, we've nearly scoffed the lot already. Hand slicing, even with Madam's razor sharp cleaver wasn't perfect. Slicing machine on order.

Some of you may remember us building this back in 2015. Thread here https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/481794-housebuilding-thread/?do=findComment&comment=9603407 Well the time has finally arrived for me to get my finger out and actually put some solar on the car port. We spoke to our local PEA office who were quite enthusiastic and helpful until we said we didn't want to join the government scheme (IIRC it's called My Solar Roof), the contract was too long and restrictive and the feed-in rate silly. So, we are NOT permitted to spin the meter backwards (net-metering) - At least not officially "don't let the meter reader see it going backwards" said the supervisor (he's not over enamoured with the government scheme either). That along with the costs associated with doing the job "officially", approved inverters, approved installers (no DIY) decided me to do this on the QT. Luckily for us (but not my wallet) we have a standing load of about 1100 Watts (mostly Madam's koi and the freezers), our base consumption hasn't gone below 1000 W for the last year or so (yes, I'm sad, we keep a log - ok the supply monitor does). So 1000W or so of solar would cover the base without the meter going backwards and still produce a visible saving on the power bill. A quick and dirty estimate:- 1000W x 5 hours per day = 5 units per day generated. Times 30 days per month = 150 units per month. @ 4 Baht per unit thats 600 Baht per month = 1 case of beer!! Our bill is usually 5500-6000 Baht so 10% reduction, enough to keep Madam's green desires happy. So I went shopping:- 4 x 300W solar panels from Global House - On offer at 3,890 Baht a pop. 2 x 600W WVC micro-inverters from AliExpress - 6,500 Baht for the two including duties and VAT. The cost of the "proper" mounting hardware scared me so a visit to our local steel supplier got us 11/2" square x 2mm wall thickness at 300 Baht a 6m length. I got 6 pieces, we don't need it all for 4 panels but I'm going to put all the mounting stuff up whilst I'm in roof-climbing mode. So 1800 Baht. We also need some stand-off parts to keep everything off the actual roof, I had some 3" x 11/2" x 2mm "in stock" so I made 36 x 100mm long stand off pieces. This steel would probably cost another 400 Baht or so. Washers, self drilling screws, angle fixings, primer and paint are all from stock, but I doubt they would cost more than a grand or so. So, we've spent about 25 grand to save 600 Baht a month. Payback period 41 months, about 3.5 years. I can live with that. I've not decided how to configure the rest of the roof space (there is room for 18 panels) yet, but if back-feeding remains off the option list I expect something with batteries is going to be on the cards (look up hybrid inverters). This would also provide a whole-house UPS facility and render our (noisy) genset redundant. Photos as we progress so hopefully all will become clear. Comments always welcome of course (or I wouldn't be posting).

OK, it's been a considerable time since we had a blow-by-blow construction thread, so muggins here has decided to reveal all. This will be a real-time thread (we started yesterday) although updates may become sporadic when I'm out of the country earning the cash to pay for it all. The Missus has a point-and-shoot so she'll be doing the piccies when I'm not around. My step-son who lives about 100m away will be the primary watcher (I really don't want to call him the supervisor, that will be Wifey), he dotes on his Mum so the contractor will have a hard time if all is not to my our her standards. After a delay of some 4 years since we acquired the land mainly due to not actually having the cash to build something we're finally in a position to get going. Wifey had some specific requirements regarding the house form (particularly the roof) which caused us some difficulty finding a contractor (they all want to build moo-bahn rabbit hutches, we had something different in mind). We finally went with a local chap who lives in the same village, he's confident he can build as the lady wants and the price was in budget after some hard negotiation by 'Er Indoors We've looked at some of his work which seems to be pretty good, certainly acceptable. So Saturday (9th July 2011) was go day. Khun Contractor on the left (actually K. Dusit) discusses the plans with his site manager (name as yet unknown) and my good lady wife. He's got all the gear (at least a laser level) and the guys certainly seem to know how to drive it. After some adjustment by the Missus the corner datum goes in, it's 6 metres from the boundary so we're not impinging on anyone's light. Need to trim the grass (jungle) a bit, no tigers but a couple of snakes were disturbed. Task 'A' get the workers accommodation sorted, power and water will be connected on Monday. Things are going to be somewhat basic for the scheduled 6 month construction period, they do have a separate loo though, I will not be testing it. She Who Must Be Obeyed checks one of her young mango trees, her somewhat random planting of trees has dictated exactly where the house is positioned and oriented.