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Maybole

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  1. I presume you want to use a different browser. You can uninstall Windows Explorer.
  2. I recently had a rim replaced because corrosion had eaten away a portion about 3cm long leaving a jagged edge. The shop in Chiang mai initially offered a new wheel @ 950 Baht, then discovered they did not have the size in stock. They replaced the rim and spokes for 1100 Baht . I took it in @ 10am and got it back @ 5pm the next day.
  3. Early November is the Loi Kratong festival which id spectacular. It peaks on the full moon which this year is on the eighth.
  4. I am not sure that you have sliding windows, but I had this problem some years ago in Bahrain. The rainwater would run down the outside of the glass and fill up the lower channel in which the window slid. Having nowhere to go, the resulting water would seep under the sash and into the room I cured it by drilling drain holes in the outside of the channel.
  5. To clarify, the new shoots are coming from the centre of the old stumps. Will they bear fruit in the future?
  6. Some months ago I cut down a few banana trees which had fruited and were generally deteriorating. I left stumps approx. 30cms high and expected them to rot away. Now I notice that they all have put out new shoots and leaves, in some cases a metre high. Can I expect them to grow up and produce more fruit?
  7. Thank you, that is exactly the information I was was fishing for.
  8. It should be a propriety bulb, not specific to Chevrolet. However until I get the cover off(which is what I am asking about) I cannot know what bulb to order.
  9. My old (2010) Aveo has a signal repeater light just forward of each front door. One has stopped working, I suspect it is only a failed bulb but cannot get the cover off. From experience with similar cars it should just pull off and press back on but even using moderate force I cannot move it. I am afraid to use too much force or start using a screwdriver to prize it off for fear of damage. The users manual makes no mention of it. Can any member advise me?
  10. I did my renewal of extension for marriage two weeks ago. it was not busy at all. we entered the main hall at 10.10am and our queue number was called before we could sit down. We left at 10.55.
  11. In our village between Hang Dong and Sanpatong, we have to put the rubbish in a distinctive bag supplied by the Tambon. We buy a pack of 50 for ฿500. The rubbish collected weekly.
  12. Linda Eye clinic on Mahidol Road. She is on google maps
  13. If it is a good sofa ( I would call it a settee), I suggest you look at recovering it in leather of your choice.
  14. If geography is taught in Thai schools it is very rudimentary and fails to instal a sense of direction. Also many Thais are afraid to lose face by admitting "I don't know" and will give vague or even incorrect information to avoid it.
  15. I am using an HP Pavilion G6 laptop. It came with Windows 7 and I installed LibreOffice. I downloaded several forms and documents, filled them in and periodically altered/updated them as needed. All worked well and I kept them stored on a memory stick. Then I installed Linux Mint Cinnamon. At first I could not get my Brother DCP-T300 printer to work but after downloading drivers from internet I got it and the scanner. The problem is, when I now call up documents from the memory stick and try to alter text, I get "Write protected cannot alter". Forbye, If I scan or download a document into the computer, it saves as a PDF, again unable to alter. What have done wrong and how can I correct it? I want to keep documents, especially forms in storage and update them as needed.
  16. https://weather.tmd.go.th/omkoi.php for rainfall, updated frequently.
  17. Many thanks for that, that was one of my questions.
  18. Thank you for that.
  19. All vehicles are designed with a "crumple Zone" front and rear which is intended to collapse when struck, thus absorbing part of the impact and reducing injury. This can result in apparent major damage.
  20. I may soon have to do a border crossing to reset my visa status. I have been advised that the nearest open is at Chiang Khong,This is a 4 1/2 hour drive each way, just possible in one day. (I live between Hang Dong and Sanpatong). Since I have never done one before, I have a few questions, please forgive my ignorance. How long would I need to spend in Laos before returning to Thailand, can it be a few hours or is there a minimum stay outside Thailand before returning? Is there parking available near the Thai border check? Alternatively, there is a twice daily bus to Chiang Khong from the Arcade bus station but the schedule makes it impossible to return the same day, is it better to stay on the Lao side or in Chiang Khong? I presume there are Tuktuks available on both sides, but what would be a reasonable fare to and from Friendship bridge 4 on each side? I have been advised that most Laotian prefer to deal in USD, is this correct? I may have further questions as the thread progresses.
  21. He knows where all the bodies are buried.
  22. Aircraft pilots have been becoming increasingly concerned by the amount of computerisation they face. They cannot be sure how their computers will react to a potentially dangerous situation and may hesitate to intervene until it is too late. There have also been situations whereby the computer fights the pilots and the pilots have not been trained or cannot figure out how to turn it off. There may be one fewer dimension to deal with on the road but imagine the situation when a driver perceives a problem or a computer input which he views as hazardous but cannot switch the computer off.
  23. I sent documents to UK back in June by ordinary registered Airmail. Posted in Hang Dong on Saturday at just after 10am it reached BKK at 6pm Sunday and was handed to carrier just before 11pm. It appears to have sat there for 5 days because it next appeared at Royal Mail, Langley WDC on Saturday evening, showed up in a distribution centre in Leicestershire on Sunday afternoon and Glasgow Mail Center on Monday morning and was delivered at Midday Tuesday. The return package, again ordinary registered Airmail, did the same. It was "handed to Carrier" in LHR on the evening of the day after posting but it took 5 days to reach BKK. Delivery to Hang Dong took two days. It appears that airlines may be tight for cargo space and mail no longer gets priority. As an aside, while a student, I worked at Glasgow Airport during summers, mail then took priority over all other cargo, even to the extent of offloading other cargo to make the weight.
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