Muhendis

Get your measuring stick out Mr. Crossy. We got rain of biblical proportions today.

Do you think we will at last be entering the rainy season? My paddies are looking very deserty at the moment.

Is this barspeak regarding incarceration? or are we thinking bodily functions of some sort.

Well no it's not really infinitesimal when one takes the trouble to work out how many expats there are with a requirement to keep money in a bank. Let's say there are 200,000 expats in the country with a mixture of 400k and 800k in the bank for immigration requirements. I'm going to call that an average of 600k for the sake of convenience. So we are looking at 600k x 200,000 = 120,000,000,000 Baht. I would be a very happy bank manager if some of that was in my bank for an extra month or so. By the way I am never the sort of person to hold myself in high esteem for any reason.

Aside from immigration issues, it is in the banks interest to keep your money for as long as possible. Reason for this is to swell their coffers for the sake of profits and shareholders. With regard to immigration. Many years ago I had a run in with BB in Buriram when they refused to supply the required letter. I reported the problem to the lady immigration police officer who sent my wife and I back to the bank. She gave my wife her 'phone number and said to call her when we were in the bank. We made the call and passed the 'phone to the bank manager who was promptly taken down a peg or two and quickly supplied the required letter. I have had a trouble free Krungsri account ever since.

Reading this OP, it's easy for me to understand why I am not living in Bangkok.

I cannot believe that there is a lack of educated people on this forum. Ill informed, yes and sometimes a little too well lubricated with a yawning gap between brain an mouth. I have had quite a few conversations with Thai teachers and the common thread seems to be a fear of the little darlings when they raise their hand and ask "why". Questions are not discouraged at all but teachers need to have their wits about them to give the correct answer. Thai teachers are good but they are up against the rural lazy and occasionally missing parents who lack parental skills to encourage their kids to move forward in life.

That'll be because many in the Thai govt. received their education in Thai schools. It is only the ones from wealthier backgrounds who ever got a decent foreign education and they are the ones with the diplomas in pocketing the countries resources.

So you are a cobbler and a plumber. A truly flexible skillset.

Do you have a work permit?.........🙂

My internet went down the other day too and that was without going into sleep mode. Modem showed connection was OK but no signal. Took it to the shop who confirmed everything was fine in the PC. Wife came home from shops and confirmed she had forgotten to pay the internet bill..........☹️

That's a reasonable enough strategy. The ballast, which may be nothing more than a big iron cored coil will cause a voltage drop which is in direct proportion to the current drawn by the LED "tube" so the LED light may appear less bright or may not work atall. More modern fluorescent fittings may have an electronic ballast which could throw a spanner in the works. Here is a more detailed explanation of what you may find. Hope it helps.

If my memory serves me well, which seem a bit doubtful these days, you have to bypass the ballast as well as remove the starter. Take a look at this............

Like it. I expect it helps cool the house too.

Yes I did but I couldn't resist the joke. It is interesting to note that an open field site would yield better results the higher the elevation the better. Ground wind resistance is quite remarkable and your flat, open roof is just that. Wind gets to the building, is diverted by it and it's velocity reduced. Perhaps if your fan was turned up to a faster speed.............