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My first thought was a flow sensor issue with the water heater. I didn't think the heaters did anything during operation to change the flow rate, I assumed it was restricted by the smaller tubing used to insure the water was in contact with the heating element long enough to heat up the water enough.

I don't think the plumbing is 100% sand-free so clogs might be a possibility. I've installed large filter to take care of the issue of sand coming up from the well but I didn't clean out all the fitting under the tub afterwards yet.

But if the water line to the tub is restricted enough for the heater to sense a low flow rate, how does it increase?

If I open the hot and cold taps wide open on my tub, the water runs slow and it takes a long time to fill, But... If I open the tap on the bathroom sink, and just let water run down the drain, the flow rate to the tub increases, almost doubles in fact.

Usually it's the opposite. Flush a toilet and the flow of cold water to the shower or other toss Decreases.

In the bathroom the cold splits off to the sink, shower and tub. Have a 6 KW multipoint heater that feeds the sink, shower and tub with warm water.

Opening the sink tap only increases the tub tap flow rate if it's in the center, equal hot and cold. If I just turn on cold or just hot on the sink tap. The tub flow is the same as it is when all the other water taps in the house are shut off.

Any ideas why this happens?

They're using the same "what about the chldren?" Bullsh1t excuse in Amsterdam to close coffeeshops ( the ganja-selling kind).

None allow minors in the establishment, much less sell to them. I don't see any logic in closing adult only businesses just because of their proximity to kindergartens and primary and secondary schools, just because it's cannabis they sell.

Almost every single student in Amsterdam bikes or walks past dozens of liquor stores, tobacco shops, 7-11's and supermarkets that sell beer, wine and liquor, that they are too young to purchase. I see no difference.

Following their logic , then all these stores should also be closed, to prevent a problem that's already legislated and not a problem.

It they want to shut down street vendors sitting outside college dormitories selling lao kho in Hello Kitty bottles, fine but this makes the least sense of anything I've seen in Thailand, and there's a lot of illogical things to pick from here.

This was years ago but in my position in Houston, more than once I took all the ATM's in the city offline. All or most still had limited functionality but if it was possible 30 years ago, I'm still it's still possible now. I'm not sure what nefarious reason that could be used for. It's not like Thailand is leaving the Euro zone.

Perhaps, a sinister person would suspect this is a 'test' to see if all ATMs can be shut down if necessary, one bank tests per weekend.

Bangkok bank was the first to issue ATM cards with a chip embedded for extra security. It makes the card skimmers that scammers install on the input of the card reader which read the magnetic stripe not work. Right now Bkk bank cards only work in BKK bank ATMs.

I'm assuming the other banks are making updates to their systems so they can update their ATMs with chip readers so all chipped cards can be used there, then they will begin replacing client ATM cards.

I saw an ATM that had crashed a few months ago, I was very surprised to see it was running either windows 95 or Windows XP. Maybe they're planning on migrating to this century's technology too.

Last prediction I heard, August was supposed to be the rainiest month this year. Now what, nothing? That's quite a variation.

With a battery, a momentary pushbutton, a small reservoir, a windshield washer pump hooked with a hose to a nozzle off a garden sprayer on your rear fender , you could make a pretty sweet pepper spray mister that would make a cloud that no dog would be interested in running through.

Good point, skip the vinegar.

Every checked bag has had to go though their scanners before check in for years.

These huge delays are caused by laying your carry on bag in the belt and having an employee put one of those self-breaking tags on it, instead of standing there with your bag and waiting for your checked bag to come out of the machine?

That's got to take...seconds. So for every 100 people in line waiting to get to the check in counters (I've flown in and out of DMK 100's of times and never saw a line with 100 people in it) you need to allow what, 2 minutes ?

Or are they including the time it takes these travelers to push the accelerator after the traffic light turns green on their way to the airport ?

We went for a bike ride with our dogs on leashes and it seemed ever 500 m some dog or stray dog ran out barking and chased after our dogs.

I rode in the rear and whenever dogs approached I blocked their way with my bike sideways, looked them right in the eyes and yelled at them to <deleted> back off to their own house. Every single one turned tail and ran.

After the first set of dogs I picked up some rocks. That was plan B. Plan C was to run them over and if they tried to attack me, a swift kick to the throat. Plan A worked fine though.

A strained purée of Thai peppers in water with a little vinegar and a hint of ammonia in a high quality squirt gun should repel any unwanted approaches by unfriendly dogs.

Also, most dogs run away if you even pretend to throw something at them.

The Mr. Max part I would look into further and I understand your feeling of some things not adding up but here are my comments:

She has not asked for any money and you haven't given her any.

She knows you're not loaded with cash.

She's mentioned that she owns land, property and saved some money ( the last bit I find hard to believe knowing Thai women).

She gets a paltry 5000฿ a month in widow's benefits.

My question is, if she is trying to scam you, what's in it for her?

If she out for money, why not go after some rich, western walking-ATM. Or ask you for a few baht for a dress or something?

My advice, spend a few days in close proximity with her. Rent a nice one room resort or hotel and stick within earshot and listen to her phone conversations. If you want proof about something, pick something relevant and give her a good reason. No good reason I could think why you'd need to see a chanote for land she bought before you met that will never be 1% yours even if you married her. Not worth the trouble asking why she gets 90 quid a month. If you have the name of her ex, for $25 you can do a records search and see if he's really dead. Don't bother with Thai PI's or lawyers, they're all vampires.

PM me for technical details on doing your own snooping.

I've lived many places and in my experience it seems Thai women are more likely to lie about things if they think they can get away with it.

I'm not talking about hookers or scammers or women who lie for profit. It just doesn't seem to be that big of a deal to make something up if the truth is more difficult.

I've seen it in little things like saying the store was out of something instead of "sorry, I forgot" or saying someone must have bumped the car in the lot instead of, "I backed into a shopping cart, again".

He transported drugs to clear a gambling debt he couldn't afford to pay, and then invited a friend along to go gambling?

Interesting photos but if they're "blowing his mind", I'd like some of whatever they're smoking at NASA.

฿36m seems like a lot for three, long hard cylindrical-shaped objects filled with underwater seamen.

Glad to hear the police in Phuket are prioritizing their activities and spending time solving Thailand's most serious problems </sarcasm>

Decriminalize kratom and ganja and spend their time and money of problems that actually have an effect of society. Sorry if I'm being too logical.

Probably healthier for you than dried squid and stingrays pulled out of the gulf. At least the plastic doesn't absorb heavy metals and other pollution.

Dash cam is a good idea here. I drive a car and motorcycle here and it's at times frustrating and challenging. The one law I'd like to see police enforced is driving cars and scooters with no taillights, headlights or both. No excuse not to replace a 50฿ lightbulb

Look into other money transfer options like We Transfer, Transferwise, Moneygram, Payoneer, a Paypal account there and here. All these options have requirements that you need to fulfill like copies of bank statements, proofs of address, utility bills etc. and take time. Most costs are similar to bank transfer fees.

U.S. banks are a huge pain in the ass to work with. I sold property in the U.S. and tried for months to get some money sent to Europe and it went at glacial speeds and used prehistoric banking methods for the transfers, see my tribute page I made after my experience. www.f****wellsfargo.com

It was so slow and complicated it was easier to fly to the U.S. from Thailand with an empty briefcase and return with cash and a copy of the property sales documents for the nosy feds.

Total incompetent to loose DNA samples. Whoever is responsible should be fired, stripped of their pension and jailed to save them from their own future stupidity.

Sounds like a get-out-of-jail-free card to me.

Now that sounds reasonable. Part of the problem is that when I went in for 90 day reporting, I said "90 day reporting" and handed him my passport and tambien ban. The book he handed back without even opening. Maybe he thought I had moved since I arrived. Opening it and reading my address would have cleared that up if that was the issue. He also never explained anything to my fluent in Thai wife about needing to fill out at TM 28 or TM 30. She just said to me that now we have to start all over again (presumably because I didn't make the roadtrip to Phibun 84 days ago after I arrived) She goes out to get her papers, he give me a receipt of reporting and says bye and thanks. It sounds like he didn't even know himself what he was supposed to do. You'd think with 3 bars and at six years on the job he'd know at least that procedure.

Funny coincidence that I post a question about if I have to report in person to a fairly distant immigration office every time I fly to Singapore or Tokyo for the weekend, spend a day in Cambodia or Laos or fly to Europe for a week, and the next day there's a similar news story about hotel requirements for reporting vacationers location within 24 hours of checking in.

A coincidence but not at all the same situation in my opinion.

I'm here on a 1 year, previously renewed, renewable visa. I have already reported my permanent address in Thailand to immigration and gave copies of blue and yellow tambien ban books, I'm married, I live here, I own the house (not the land but the house), my permanent address is on both my car and motorcycle license. When I leave for a few days, this where I come back to. When I return to Thailand I fill out an arrival card which lists my address, which matches all the other immigration and government records that has the same address.

I've report to immigration on arrival, reconfirm with them my address that's on record.

The only reasons I see to make a separate trip to restate the information within 24 hours that I've already just submitted at BKK airport to the office in Phibun, especially after a 12 hour flight, is to; waste my time, deprive me of sleep, put more miles on my car and make a gas station owner 400 baht richer.

Next time I'm here 100 days without leaving (like what happened this time) I'm going to do the online reporting 14 days before the 90 days is up and then, if and only it does not work, then go to Phibun and waste their time explaining it to me, translating laws and politely debating it's applicability to persons in my situation until they decide I don't need to race over there to fulfill some outdated, obsolete requirement that probably doesn't apply to me anyway.

I've always found here that the longer you drag out the discussion, the more higher-ranking employees involved, the more likely they will be to agree with you and give you whatever you want to get you out of there.

Fifteen-twenty minutes without being able to check their Facebook or Line account, or not being able to play Candy Krush seems to makes Thais much more accommodating.

As you live here on a yearly extension and you have already done the address registration in the past there is no need anymore to do this again until your move to new PERMANENT address.

What problem did you have and with who and where? What it on arrival, departure or during 90 day reporting?

I stay in Thailand for 100 days each year. I had a problem last year as my wife had not reported me as staying. I told the immigration officer that when I filled out the landing card, I put the full address of where I was staying. I stated why do I have to inform you twice. After some time this was accepted.

Funny coincidence that I post a question about if I have to report in person to a fairly distant immigration office every time I fly to Singapore or Toyko for the weekend, spend a day in Cambodia or Laos or fly to Europe for a week, and the next day there's a similar news story about hotel requirements for reporting vacationers location within 24 hours of checking in.

A coincidence but not at all the same situation in my opinion.

I'm here on a 1 year, previously renewed, renewable visa. I have already reported my permanent address in Thailand to immigration and gave copies of blue and yellow tambien ban books, I'm married, I live here, I own the house (not the land but the house), my permanent address is on both my car and motorcycle license. When I leave for a few days, this where I come back to. When I return to Thailand I fill out an arrival card which lists my address, which matches all the other immigration and government records that has the same address.

I've report to immigration on arrival, reconfirm with them my address that's on record.

The only reasons I see to make a separate trip to restate the information within 24 hours that I've already just submitted at BKK airport to the office in Phibun, especially after a 12 hour flight, is to; waste my time, deprive me of sleep, put more miles on my car and make a gas station owner 400 baht richer.

Next time I'm here 100 days without leaving (like what happened this time) I'm going to do the online reporting 14 days before the 90 days is up and then, if and only it does not work, then go to Phibun and waste their time explaining it to me, translating laws and politely debating it's applicability to persons in my situation until they decide I don't need to race over there to fulfill some outdated, obsolete requirement that probably doesn't apply to me anyway.

I've always found here that the longer you drag out the discussion, the more higher-ranking employees involved, the more likely they will be to agree with you and give you whatever you want to get you out of there.

Fifteen-twenty minutes without being able to check their Facebook or Line account, or not being able to play Candy Krush seems to makes Thais much more accommodating.