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This is an interesting debate on a physics forum about the effectiveness of using boat propellers to speed up the flow of a river https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/pushing-the-river-with-boats.541392/

 

I was in a similar situation 25 years ago.  X should simply make a Thai passport here and exit on the Thai passport and should never return to Thailand on the US passport again.  25 years ago I entered on another passport.  Both it and visa expired.  I made a Thai passport in Thailand several years later and exited Thailand on it and have used it to exit/enter Thailand ever since with no problems at all.  I travel frequently for work.

 

Five years ago, my daughter who also has two passports (Thai and another) was studying outside Thailand and had to urgently return on her non-Thai passport because her Thai passport had expired while she was overseas and we didn't have the time to get her a new Thai one.  She entered Thailand on the non-Thai passport then made a new Thai passport here and has used that to exit/enter Thailand ever since without any problems.

I'm not sure how much of a touch up you need and this is a spray paint reccommendation, but many of those small booths that sell auto accessories such as replacement gas pedals, license plate holders, windshield wipers, etc., that are renting outdoor space at Tesco Lotus or Big C also sell special markers for doing touch ups on your car.  The color is indicated on each marker and there are a lot of colors to choose from.  

Also, last week I was at Pure Place / Villa Supermarket on Ramkhamhaeng Soi 110 (near entrance to Sammakorn Village) and saw a new business that opened up on the ground floor there (located near the multilevel car park).  You just drive your car in.  They will remove the part that requires paint, match up the paint somehow, and then spray paint the particular part for you within an hour or so while you shop at Villa or go get something to eat there.  They have the prices posted and they aren't bad.  They have a bunch of sealed off compartments where they spray paint the parts so that dust does not get in.  This is the only place I have seen this type of business so far.  I hope this helps.

I am assuming your birth was recorded in Thailand.  If you return, first thing you must do is get a Thai ID card ... by law you must have.  Don't worry about showing up for the military.  You are off the radar.  Nothing here is sophisticated enough to connect you to anything.  Simply don't register for the draft and they won't bother you.  Would only be an issue if you want to work in some government capacity.  Really a non issue for you.

I was in same situation as the OP about 25 years ago. I was about 25 when I did my Thai ID for the first time. They sent me to report to the military personnel stationed at the district office (in Bangkok) because I did not have any papers about going through the draft process. The officer interviewed me about why and I explained that I was out of the country the whole time. I had to show my foreign passport as proof. They then let me get my Thai ID without problems. However note that back then all males were required to show their military papers before they could obtain a Thai passport. I believe the law has been changed since. If OP chooses to go the Thai ID route when he gets here then he will need to have a Thai passport to get out/into Thailand thereafter or he may encounter problems at immigration. I would recommend OP to research the new requirements for a Thai passport.

I used this company about 6 months ago to unclog a shower drain that had been clogged for years. I think the company was started by a Swedish plumber. I found their details on this forum. I think it was posted around 2007. Very professional and has a lot of modern equipment. A bot pricey though because they have a minimum charge of 3500 baht. I paid 3700 baht altogether to get my drain unclothed but we'll worth it because they know what they are doing. PRAPAEXPERT. www.prapaexpert.com. tel 02 105 4545

I was in the same situation as you about 25 years ago. You won't have any problems unless you plan to make your Thai ID card.

The body has a maple top with mahogany backwood. The neck is mahogany with a rosewood fretboard. I don't remember what type of pickups I had put in, but I believe an older Gibson type.  They seem quite hot and I might actually have them switched for something less hot one of these days.  This guitar is very heavy (weight) and is by far the easiest playing guitar I have and also the best sustaining one.  I have a lot of guitars in my collection including Gibsons, Fenders, Epiphones, and a Jackson to compare it to.  

555 no, that was actually some fiber stuck on my camera lens

I finally got my guitar just before Songkran. Here's a couple photos. Nicest playing guitar I have ever had.

I bought a strat a few years ago. I was getting my Maton acoustic adjusted and he had a few of them hanging up at the time. It was only 5 000 THB so a no brainer from a luthier. It is very nice for the money. Fantastic action for a cheap strat. I have hardly played it if I am honest as I prefer to play fingerstyle acoustic. I was very happy with the work that he did on my Maton. As mentioned earlier, you should be able to spec yourself if you have ordered a guitar. I would be interested to know what you ordered, how much and if you are satisfied with it in the end. I am keen to get a nice classical built at some point. If anyone has any experience of getting one built here then I would be keen to hear experiences and recommendations.

This was a Strat made by this luthier ? I am interested. Where is his shop located ?

I ordered a Paul Reed Smith type. Shane the owner is a luthier. Their shop is located on Rama 9 road, between Rachadapisek and Ramkhamhaeng. I don't know how to copy and paste their address using my mobile phone but you can look them up on Facebook, etc. I find my way there by GPS (Google Maps). I've been having my guitars setup there for just over a year and he does an amazing job. He does not charge much and has lots of foreign customers.

I bought a strat a few years ago. I was getting my Maton acoustic adjusted and he had a few of them hanging up at the time. It was only 5 000 THB so a no brainer from a luthier. It is very nice for the money. Fantastic action for a cheap strat. I have hardly played it if I am honest as I prefer to play fingerstyle acoustic. I was very happy with the work that he did on my Maton. As mentioned earlier, you should be able to spec yourself if you have ordered a guitar. I would be interested to know what you ordered, how much and if you are satisfied with it in the end. I am keen to get a nice classical built at some point. If anyone has any experience of getting one built here then I would be keen to hear experiences and recommendations.

Thank you for sharing. 5000 baht is incredible. Makes me wonder how he can sell so low after all the time put into making it, but happy for you. I am having a PRS style guitar made for 35000. Don't want a Korean made one and can't afford an American made Paul Reed Smith. I'm not knocking the Korean ones, it's just that American made guitars are becoming fewer and less affordable and I think will retain better resale prices. Aleciea let's me customize everything for the price, but I asked them to just do what they want and surprise me. They can change the pickups and stuff for me later if I don't like what they put in. I also play finger style on my steel string acoustics and would like to know how your classical guitar turns out if you ever get one built by them. I will post again after getting my guitar.

Has anyone on this forum ever bought a guitar from them? I was in their shop last month picking up a few guitars I took in earlier for setup and just conversationally asked if Shane (the luthier/owner) was still making six strings because they only had bass guitars displayed. I was told that he was extremely busy and didn't really have the time to make many guitars these days. However, they brought out a Paul Reed Smith shaped guitar out from the back of the shop to show me (all it had was just the body and neck). But the wood grain was just the most beautiful I've ever seen so I decided to have them finish that guitar for me. Has anyone on this forum ever bought a guitar from them and what do you think of their guitars? Mine won't be ready until next month, but I'm really exited. I have a lot of Fenders, Epiphones, and Gibsons. Can I expect my Shane guitar to be better in build than these since it will be coming from a professional luthier and not a run of the mill guitar factory?

I thought Vang Vieng got cleaned up a few years ago, as in no more bars along the river and an early curfew regarding any loud music. Has this changed?

I'm headed there next month, regardless, but will definitely cut my time short if the scene is anything like a full moon party.

I was there last month staying across the river. No more noisy bars while I was there but my friend who works at the resort I stayed at told me that they allow a bar up river outside of town to operate noisily and stay open later. The road to get there from vientiane was like a highway to hell though.

Reading the above comments it seems like none of you have ever heard of Cloud Seeding. It is in fact an actual science although not that effective yet. However over time it could possibly be improved on and yield better results. In fact it is used in many parts of the world and I think the king actually has a patent on a technique he was developing many years ago.

I bought one from one from a store inside Fashion Island Shopping Center (Ground Floor). I forget the name of the store, but it is a Thai store similar to those Japanese chain stores that sell everything for 60 Baht. It costed me about 60 Baht and is made entirely of plastic so won;t be good for grabbing heavy objects. I use it mainly for picking leaves out of my fish pond or reaching beneath furniture to pull my dog's toys out. I've had mine for about three years now and still works fine.

I drive the same truck as you now, but have never had the same problem. However, my old truck an Isuzu D-max used to have a similar problem in lower gear or in neutral when stopped. They reloaded the program on it and the problem did go away immediately so I figure that if it is the program then the problem should have gone away immediately. Like you said, the problem probably is the programming. Maybe try taking it into a different Ford center?

I've tried two of these machines here in Bangkok. The first one was about 5000 Baht and didn't work so I decided to try a more expensive one for 8000 baht and that one didn't work either. During the really humid months like April-May, They can actually make you feel hotter because they increase the humidity in the air.

Music concept is a very reputable store. I've bought an american fender from there and although they do sell Gibson brands, most of their guitars are fender brands, just one small room dedicated to Gibson. Their Fender prices are the lowest in Thailand.

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You can buy similar to that foam at home pro. It sells for just over a thousand baht for four panels. I put it up around my home studio. It is not for soundproofing, but for controlling certain sound frequencies, especially from mid to higher frequencies

I used to use pro plugin a lot and recently stopped using them do to poor services. The past couple of times I phoned them with inquiries for certain equipment and they told me they would get back to me after checking stock and prices, but they never did both times. However, both these times I had contacted their newer branch store at gateway on bits ekamai. Prior to this I had always used their ladprao store which offered great service. I now use Music BLVD. There's a young guy there that gives really great service who will go out of his way to find me what I need even when he doesn't have it in stock.

Just ask one of those volunteer emergency organizations such as ruam gat tanyu to remove it for you. They'll send some guys around with a noose to take it away and release somewhere further away.

An old post I know, but just in case. I buy a lot of audio gear from Mahajak on Ramkhamhaeng Road (left hand side just after passing under the Bangna - Bang Pa-In motorway heading towards Minburi). They have a big warehouse in the back and sell all kinds of stuff including smoke machines, lighting systems, consoles, trussing, etc., all the things required for concerts. I think that they also might have a branch somewhere near Soi Nana (Sukhumvit), but I have never gone to that one. I believe that they are the major distributor in Thailand for brands such as Shure annd others, but I could be wrong about this.

I am also looking for a power transformer so that I can use an item that I purchased from the US last week. Last night I stopped by a Homepro in Minburi and found one, but they only had one model left for THB 900. I didn't buy it though because it was one of those very heavy, very basic models that's grey in color and looks like a bunch of magnets stuck together. In Thai, they call it "Kreung Plaeng Fai" in case you need to ask for one. Another place to find these online in Thailand is through a website called "we love shopping". Last month, when I was looking through this website I saw many different models available, but surprising when I checked again yesterday, there was only one model available (the same type I described above which I found at Homepro).

Hello Kristy. I also hold dual nationality; Thai / Canadian. Born in Thailand and naturalized in Canada. I was talking to a co-worker at the office today about the very question you posed. He is from the UK and married to a Thai and has two kids. According to him, he was told that when his children turn 18 then they are supposed to be requested by Thai authorities to choose either UK or Thai citizenship, although many of us know that this is a grey area in Thailand and that the chances it will ever happen is almost zero. I myself have have once read on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Thailand) website that admittedly this is a grey area and that as long as the other country (Canada in my case) does not mind dual citizenship then Thailand would also accept it. The Canadian embassy in Bangkok also advised me the same thing. I am now 45 years old, and have never had any problems regarding dual citizenship in Thailand or Canada. My opinion is that Thailand will not force you to do anything, but Australia might. The reason for this is that I immigrated to Australia with my father in the late 1980s and held a PR permit. I was told that after living in Australia for four / five years (? - don;t remember exactly how many years) I would have to choose whether I wanted to become an Australian citizen and renounce the Canadian citizenship (or was it just the Canadian passport?) or remain on PR status. Coincidentally, I had decided to move to Thailand just before my 4/5 years was up. You may want to contact the Aus embassy regarding this. My information is more than 20 years old.