planemad

OK, so I should have checked with Google first! Sodium hydroxide chips are also known as Caustic soda or Lye, however, doesn't help with the Thai name, anyone help?

Hi attrayant, sounds like good advice, but can you help with Thai product name as I am sure that "Sodium hydroxide chips" will be met with blank stares!

Many thanks.

Planemad

PS. "dump the waste down shower drains" - what if using PVC piping, will that cause a problem?

Hi, In the hunt for Borax, just noticed Lazada -"Big Family:Borax Powder Sodium Tetraborate Anhydrous Borax Laundry Home Cleaning Tool White". Claims 100g for 117 Baht. Sounds not too expensive.

How cheap is cheap? If you are in Bangkok, try Tania Plaza at Silom or maybe go to one of the Central stores, Chidlom has a good range of golf equipment.

Hope that helps.

Just returned from a 90 day report from their new office, it only opened on Monday (3rd Oct). If you can find their website in Thai, their position is miles off that which is indicated, had to call the office a few times before got it right. It is the old Sing Buri OTOP shop situated in the grounds of WAT PHRANON JAKSI, may also be written as Chak Si, anyway, here are  the coordinates to find the place:- 14.852519N 100.388270E.

There is plenty of parking space and the staff (some of which have moved from Lop Buri), are still very helpful.

Hope that is of some help.

Planemad

Gillyflower, the team you are thinking of is the Black Arrows who flew Hawker Hunters until about 1961 when they dispanded. In 1963 an informal group from the Flying Training School at RAF Valley formed the Yellow Jacks team flying Folland Gnats. The heirarchy however dissaproved of this group, so, to formalise things in 1965, they were dispanded and reformed as the Red Arrows Flying Display Team.

What nationality and where are you? If Brit, you dont go to the embassy but the Trendy Building Suk Soi 13.

Just returned from a 90 day report at Lop Buri where I (my wife actually), was told that a new office was opening soon in the Sing Buri area close to Wat Na Phrathat (easy to find on Google Earth). They could not tell me when exactly or which reportees would be affected, but as my annual is due on 20th July I was advised to call one of the Lop Buri officers to find out where I was to report. It is therefore safe to assume that the opening is imminent.

This office will be a little closer for me, I do however hope that the "flavour" of Lop Buri is not lost as most people who use that particular office will probably agree that the staff are both polite and helpful whilst conducting their duties. Incidentally, I was NOT asked to complete one of the new questionnaires that seem to have inflamed so many TV members.

If any members use Lop Buri in the very near future, please try to get as much information regarding the exact whereabouts of the new office and who will it affect?

Thanks.

Planemad

Have you tried Verasu? There is a number of outlets in Bangkok and they have a fairly large selection of cookware, they have a catalogue within their website and they can also be found on Facebook.

Hope this helps.

P.S. I have just checked out their website, some of the categories are slow to load, so if a page returns no items, allow a little extra time for the items to appear.

As a general rule, if you leave a tip in the dish/bill folder or whatever, it will almost certainly go into the collective box (or management pocket). If you want to leave a tip to a specific person, give it to then in their hand, then it is theirs.

I don't know if you have tried already, but Nakhon Sawan has both Global House and Home Pro, they might be able to help. I also think I have seen clear acrylic sheets at Thaiwatsadu but I don't know where the nearest one to you is situated. I tend to stock up when I visit BKK as there is a good Thaiwatsadu at Bang Na, either way, it will be closer to you than a trip to CM.

Good Luck

KS

Not wishing to usurp PassionDelivery in any way, but those who find the options agreeable may also wish to try Bunters Foods (google it), who offer a similar service. No, I am NOT an employee of Bunters, but a happy and contented customer.

KS

I asked my pension ompany for a copy of my P60, it was here within 4 days! Certainly wasnt expecting that as I live well outside Bangkok.

Just checked VASU (http://www.vasuexchange.com/index.php), They are closed Monday 13th to Wednesday 15th, open as usual on 16th. Hope that helps.

Chatu Chak Wednesdays and Thursdays, a gardners porn show!

Trexpat, if you use google chrome, the birdslover.com website is easily translated into English.

Good luck.

To try to answer an earlier question regarding the fatigue life of an aircraft (as opposed to the finite calendar life suggested in the OP). Military aircraft are fitted with fatigue meters or accelerometers which counts how many times certain "G" thresholds are reached on any flight. It is therefore possible to calculate the percentage of life consumed each sortie. Of course this is only a small number per trip, but over the years accumulates until a predetermined figure is reached.

Helicopters, whilst not subjected to cabin pressurisations, still experience "G"in the same manner as fixed wing aircraft, i.e. flying in turbulent conditions, aerobatic manoeuvrings and possibly the biggest fatigue eater is using the aircraft to lift heavy loads which can put huge stress on the rotor head, gearbox and surrounding structure and this "over torque" will significantly reduce the fatigue life.

I would also like to point out that military aircraft, unlike civilian aircraft, are not a source of revenue. Airliners on the ground are not earning their keep and unscrupulous airline operators might consider extending the life of critical components (against the advice of the manufacturer) either to save money or to quickly return the aircraft to paying service. Military operators are not under quite the same pressure so routine maintenance is carried out as a matter of course. No technician would knowingly sign an aircraft as serviceable knowing it to be otherwise. Technicians realise that military aircraft often fly very close to their safety envelopes and the pilot must have total faith in their workmanship. If anyone has actual knowledge that Thailand is any different, I would like hear about it, firsthand experiences would be good, I might be able to use examples in my own technician training program.

There is Homepro in Mega, also, when travelling towards Bang Na, you will find another Home Pro next to Tesco about 4 to 5 Km from Mega and Thai Watsadu is another 1 km closer to Bang Na, it is just as good (if not better) than homepro as it also caters for bulk building materials.

Good luck

KS

Muscat, highest I have see is 56C. Official records however stop at 49.9 (I believe) over 50C, too hot to work!

Excellent, 3 pages of what expats KNOW what is best for Thailand. Assuming many respondents are now retired, how many days off did you refuse when you were working? Consider that most Thais get maybe 5 days off in their first year of contract, whereas Europeans now are required to have 3 weeks (I believe from when I was an employer 15 years ago) paid holiday as law! Sort of balances out really.

Nothing to do with Thailand but, I work in an Arab gulf state, for a full month (Ramadan), working hours are only about 5 hours per day, the following Eid holidays (depending which days of the week they fall) could provide an extra 18 days off plus their regular breaks as well.

During our working lives, time off and wages are (mostly) our main goal, are the Thais any different? So why not let them run their country the way they want. Are we really doing so well in the West that we know all the answers and if so, why are there so many expats over here?

Flame away!

Smoked Salmond?

There is quite a long running thread in the Real Estate section which strongly advocates the Borax solution. I was about to try this method myself, however, whilst visiting the local market at Wat Sing, we met a seller who’s cart was filled with all sorts of potions and poisons. On his recomendation, we bought a small puffer type plastic container with a white powder inside. When we got home, our first application of the stuff was along a dual carriageway of ants circling the kitchen along the top of the tiles, a small squirt of the stuff at either end of the trail and 5 minutes later, no traffic at all and they have not returned! I also tried it on a quite large ants nest, with a slightly larger application and again, 10 minutes later, no activity at all.

What is this stuff called? SHANJIA BRAND INSECTICIDE POWDER, there are no ingredients detailed, so haven’t a clue as to its chemical make-up, but it works QUICKLY and of course from a Thai market, is very cheap as well.