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The boxes look nice. But I wouldn't say "all good" until after switch-on and all the blue smoke has dissipated...........

I think what you can and what you cannot broadcast already applies to analogue radio. There is nothing to stop a transmitter changing to digital technology and still transmitting unapproved content. Licencing rules are notoriously ignored in LOS. (Off topic for a moment. My wife applied to the local hospital to deliver drugs to patients. She was one of twenty applicants but she got the job easily because none of the others had a motorcycle driving license.)

This is not censorship in any way shape or form. The rest of the world has standardised on digital broadcasting so why not Thailand? The reason for the change to digital is the improvement in channel capacity, better sound quality, excellent signal to noise ratio, better range and less power hungry and transmitter equipment is considerably more efficient. Many countries in the rest of the world started doing this fifty years ago. TV is digital. Internet is digital. Mobile phones are digital. Audio amplifiers are mainly digital. Censorship happens regardless of the technology.

Not true. "Lots of studies have looked at coffee and liver health. Overall these found that drinking coffee is likely to be good for your liver." https://britishlivertrust.org.uk/information-and-support/living-with-a-liver-condition/coffee/#:~:text=It should be safe for,cirrhosis if they drank coffee. Green tea is great. "Green tea is packed full of health-promoting compounds. Regularly drinking green tea can help you lose weight and reduce your risk of several diseases, including diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Drinking three to five cups of green tea per day seems to be optimal to reap the most health benefits. Very high doses may be problematic for some, but generally, green tea’s benefits far outweigh its risks. In fact, drinking more green tea may greatly improve your health." https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-much-green-tea-per-day#TOC_TITLE_HDR_5

In the situation of a multiple page will, each page should be signed by the testator. The final page has the signatures of witnesses who have seen the testator sign each page. Any amendments are open to challenge unless initialed by the testator. The will can be stored anywhere you please but needs to be easy to find when required.

Thinking more. Ruangsangthai near Buriram city sell the epoxy by the bucket full so a bit of creative googling etc should turn up a flooring company or two.

No idea but I expect there are somewhere. First locate a supplier. They will know who is using it.

This could be a job for a clear, or whatever colour you like, epoxy layer.

Please be aware that prolonged use of Ibuprofen will damage your kidneys and you may end up with CKD (chronic kidney disease).

That would be acceptable if the question on the petition was fair. Anyone seen the petition? As far as having a debate or even a vote is concerned, that's not how Thai government works.

Key Visa in Pattaya is reliable and prompt. Sadly Darren, the owner, passed away some time ago which happened right in the middle of the process of getting my new passport. As one might expect, this upset the apple cart a bit but the process still worked OK.

If you are some considerable distance from VFS, then it makes sense to use an agent.

And don't forget the cult of the flying saucer temple

A point worth noting is that if and when Mrs. Fox returns to the UK, all her pension shortfall over the years is paid back to her and her pension will be brought up to the current level.

Leveling the playing field has nothing to do with Thai greed. This from https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/thailand-import-tariffs Add to this VAT on goods and transport. Now goods below 1,500 Baht Look out for government workers with unexplained wealth. Import Tariffs Last published date: 2024-01-09 Thailand’s average Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) applied tariff rate was 11.5 percent in 2021 (latest data available). Thailand’s average MFN applied tariff rate was 31.2 percent for agricultural products and 8.4 percent for non-agricultural products in 2021 (latest data available). Thailand has bound 75.2 percent of its tariff lines in the World Trade Organization (WTO), with an average WTO bound tariff rate of 28.0 percent. High tariffs in many sectors continue to hinder access to the Thai market for many U.S. products. The highest ad valorem tariff rates apply to imports competing with locally produced goods, including automobiles and automotive parts, motorcycles, beef, pork, poultry, tea, tobacco, flowers, beer and spirits, and textiles and apparel. Wine imports are subject to a 54 percent tariff and six different taxes; taken together, the effective duty and tax burden is nearly 400 percent. Industry has raised concerns about the import tariffs on wine and disparate ad valorem taxes that appear to favor domestic white liquor. Despite Thailand’s 20-year Alternative Energy Development Plan (2018-2037), which aims to increase biofuels consumption, Thailand restricts the import of biofuels intended for fuel use. Fuel ethanol imports require approval and issuance of permits by Thailand’s Ministry of Energy, but to date the ministry has not issued any approvals or permits. Thailand originally aimed to phase out premium gasoline containing 10 percent ethanol blends (Octane 91 E10) by 2018 and octane 95 E10 E85 between 2023 and 2027, with the intention of making 20 percent ethanol blends (E20) the primary gasohol. However, concerns over sufficient feedstock availability in Thailand have repeatedly delayed the full transition from E10 to E20. To look up specific tariffs, please see Customs Info Database.

Ha Ha Subtle.

Yeah indeed. There was no mention of any tourists at this party and in particular no Englishmen.

This is what this post is all about. If you can do your own tax for in your home country, you can also do the Thai tax form yourself. It's in English. The numbers to search for on google are PND 90 for personal tax and PND 91 for employment tax. I have attached the forms below. There may be others and/or updated versions so before you complete your form it would be a good idea to do a search. PND90.pdf PND91.pdf

At the moment, any unauthorised connection to the electricity grid, including home power generating systems, seems to be perceived as a grey area by people who feed back into the grid. Just because an inverter can do this does not give the inverter owner any rights to so do. In the case on this thread, it was made very clear that PEA officers considered it to be theft. The following is a blog about what happens in the UK. https://www.endesa.com/en/blogs/endesa-s-blog/light/illegal-electricity-connection#:~:text=Illegal connections are considered an,connection%2C it should be reported. Making power for home use is not and probably never will be illegal but making an unapproved connection to someone else's power supply is absolutely not permitted. Also there may be a case for licencing electrical engineers and fitters in Thailand although that is probably another topic entirely.

Interesting. Everything I've read on the subject of back-spinning meters and digital meters has so far been about digital meters being fitted to prevent feeding power back into the grid. I guess it makes sense to allow and monitor power feed-in ready for the time when we can all, legally, feed our excess power back into the grid and get paid for it. 🙂

Would that be Power and Quality? Regardless of the technicalities, I'm sure you all realised when you started back-spinning your meters, you were doing something that is not allowed and probably regarded by the electricity companies as theft. The reaction of the companies is quite predictable and will, sooner or later, land you in trouble just like the example case posted here.

He is Not exporting. He has a new digital meter. PEA may be able to monitor his AC export attempts but we are talking about monitoring his SOLAR output. Not possible. For those that are unaware, solar is the power fed from the solar panels to the solar panel input of the inverter or the charge controller(s). This is the bit that varies depending on time of day and quantity of sunshine. Monitoring the inverter output with another chanel? Tell us how this might work. Meters have an input and an output. Direction of current flow can be detected so what is flowing in each direction can be separately metered. I think I just answered my own question. Does this guys meter have a dual meter display?

I find that difficult to believe. How do you know they (PEA) are monitoring his solar output? The solar output is effectively isolated from the AC side of the inverter by loads of electronic components. Sound like a silly story to me.

Dangerous? In what way?