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Blast from the Past - 60's, 70's, 80's,90's Music (2023)
Crossy replied to CharlieH's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
The Springsteen cover was pretty darn good, but you really can't beat the original ... -
Passport not stamped with 60 day visa
Crossy replied to Antony Reece's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
I've not heard of such a case, but knowing immigration pretty well anything is possible. Most offices do simply fix the error and it's supposed to be free. -
Non O multiple entries: extension possible?
Crossy replied to cm17's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
It's what you have now if I'm understanding what you got correctly. Each entry gives you 90 days, you can go for the 12-month extension to any of those entries. If you have the financials in place do your extension now. -
As a British native speaker, I find I can understand most speakers of English as a second language provided the pronunciation is at reasonably close. I also have a fairly neutral accent myself so I am (mostly) understandable. I will say that I've found in my travels that our friends from across The Pond do struggle with the multitude of accents found in the UK, let alone the various accents from Europe and around the world. I've also found that, sometimes, two speakers of ESL of different nationalities struggle with mutual understanding. As an example: - Some years ago, I was working on project in Bengaluru, India. As Chief Systems Engineer I had to attend assorted project meetings. The main contractor was Samsung from Korea, my Indian colleagues were from various parts of India and not all of them were fluent in Hindi. The only common language was English which was also the “project language” so all documentation and meetings were in English. One morning I was a bit late for a meeting having been delayed in traffic. I walked into the meeting room into the middle of a rather heated discussion on some point in the Contract (it doesn’t matter exactly what it was). After listening to this discussion for a few minutes I said “Gentlemen!!” in my best “get their attention” voice. Silence, followed by all eyes looking expectantly at me. “Mr Kim (from Samsung) are you saying this “xxxx”” to which the response was “yes”. “Mr Shankar (Indian colleague) are you saying this “yyyy”” to which the response was also “yes”. Now, English being such a complex language actually meant that “xxxx” == “yyyy”, so these chaps had been arguing for a good 30 minutes and actually agreeing!! Having pointed this minor fact out (it took a good 10 minutes) everyone was relatively happy again. This wasn’t the first time, and it doubtless won’t be the last time, I’ve had to translate English into English in order to promote mutual understanding! Oh, the fun of international projects!
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OK, this thread seems to have got off to a bad start, three posts that contravene Aseannow Community Guidelines have been removed. Let's lay off the assorted slurs shall we?
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Passport not stamped with 60 day visa
Crossy replied to Antony Reece's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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Passport not stamped with 60 day visa
Crossy replied to Antony Reece's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
That's a very good question to which I don't know the answer I'm afraid. I'm merely quoting what others have said, never actually had to do it myself (our immigration is much closer than the airport). -
Passport not stamped with 60 day visa
Crossy replied to Antony Reece's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Assuming you got a 30-day visa-exempt stamp rather than the 60 days your tourist visa allows then: - Yes, head to your local immigration office and they "should" correct it for free although they may suggest you return to the airport to get it fixed. It's always wise to check you have the correct stamp before leaving the immigration desk when you enter. -
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Pattaya police explain alleged bribery in child prostitution case
Crossy replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
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You can't use 3 x 1 phase RCBOs instead of a 3-phase unit I'm afraid How will you route your single returning neutral, or, if the heater doesn't have a neutral your 3 x 1 phase units will never see balance and won't stay on I suspect that your only solution, if you don't want to replace your plug-in CU, would be to add a separate box with the 3-phase DIN units in it. Note: - Even if your heater is 3-wire your RCDs will likely need a neutral connection on the inlet side. @bluejets have you ever seen a plug-in (Schneider) 3-phase RCBO? This would be to protect a 3-phase load (water heater) and replace a 3-phase plug-in MCB.
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Yeah, plug-in 3-phase rcd/rcbo are as common as hen's teeth, mcb's no problem at all of course.
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You do realise that's a DIN mount unit not plug-in don't you? https://www.tme.eu/en/details/a9z21425/rcd-circuit-breakers/schneider-electric/
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Foreigner Stumbles, Hand Impaled by Wire Rope in Pattaya
Crossy replied to snoop1130's topic in Pattaya News
I really hope he has the relevant insurance in place! At least it seems from the linked article that the strands have been tidied so no further risk to humans or Belgian tourists. -
How about a solar car port on a budget?
Crossy replied to Crossy's topic in Alternative/Renewable Energy Forum
Here are our numbers for November. Not the best we've had, spoiled by a few bad days but I'm not complaining. About 4,188 Baht that we've not paid to PEA vs the 500 Baht we did pay them -
Thailand for dual passport holders
Crossy replied to Victor21's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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A separate isolator can have a bigger rating then the main MCB in the CU (which provides the overload protection). It really serves only to isolate the whole installation for safe working.
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Switch Electric off at Meter? Possible?
Crossy replied to STD Warehouse's topic in The Electrical Forum
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Switch Electric off at Meter? Possible?
Crossy replied to STD Warehouse's topic in The Electrical Forum
It leaves a "live" end even briefly until you get the temporary insulation on. If that touches something grounded or the neutral there is nothing between you and the transformer! The arc-flash mentioned by @bluejets becomes a very real issue! You do not want to be anywhere near that. -
Check with your sparks or the local PEA office, they seem to be as variable as immigration when it comes to rules I'd go for 16mm2 Cu or 25mm2 Al to be safe. On a 5/15 it really should be a 20A incomer but since you are going to upgrade anyway ...