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They do not remain valid, they get 2 years to change the warrant or remove it.

No, it would depend on whether you could get through airport security. The policy is no liquids over 100ml.

The only way you could do that is if you can purchase it "airside" but something makes me think there is no duty free in domestic departures. PS. It would be ok in a suitcase.

It is not the moving on but the moving away that would be the concern.

About as special as your claim to have met so many ex-service Brits. The only "Special" forces I encountered were being measured, with a standard resistance box and a null reading galvanometer.

That my wife dies before I do.

As a further comment on this from the OP. "Upon arriving at Pedang Besar station in Malaysia, there seemed to be an area for Thai immigration, but it seemed closed." The immigration offices(Thai & Malaysian) are on the platform and are only open from an hour before the Thai trains are due to leave and close when the train leaves. There have been several comments from people saying they couldn't find immigration at the station or it had been closed down.

I did it on the train 5th Feb 2020, arrived on the morning Hat Yai shuttle and came back on the afternoon one , no problem but was on a ME visa. The shuttle was suspended during the pandemic but started running again on the 15th July 2022.

Did you apply in the UK from Malaysia and then come to Thailand from Malaysia?, or did you apply in the UK from Thailand, go to the UK and come back to Thailand via Malaysia? Nothing wrong in what you say but not in line with the OPs scenario.

Do keep up. Read the thread and avoid superflous posts, the OP had already responded.

That is a misleading statement. A UK national is quite entitled to apply for an E-visa while in another country using the E-visa platform. Foreign nationals have always been allowed to apply for visas at a foreign embassy. Twice I have obtained visas for China here in Bangkok. On the application evidence would be required as to why the application was being made from that country. It is certainly not disallowed.

At the moment the e-visa platform is only available in a relatively few countries, about 12 I think, and the only 2 in Asia are China and South Korea. In other words you cannot apply for an E-visa in Vietnam, still has to be done the old way and with the speed of rollout that is likely to be the case for some time. If you are suggesting applying for an E-visa in one of the existing countries and then doing a quick out/in with the E-visa there is fairly high risk the IO will query why visa not from the country you have traveled from. I did a Non O marriage at HCMC shortly before the pandemic and that was a lot more straightforward than the E-visa I have just obtained. If you need to leave the country I would suggest the travelling is more of an issue than getting the visa, I was fortunate I got into Vietnam visa exempt.

There was no wire calculation. The original query was could 13A cable be used in Thailand, some seemed to think that the 13A cable could only be used for some figure around 7A , sticking your nose in it would appear you agree with them.

If you want to be pedantic, VA and Watts can have the same numeric value, but by definition they will never be the same.

Yes that can be a problem. My sister in law couldn't take Ace inhibitors, I have been very fortunate in that respect.

Yes, generally speaking BP does increase with age due to a narrowing of the arteries. It can be hereditary and I think I was born with it. First indication of a problem was my RAF discharge medical when I was 30, ended up on tablets by the time I was 35. I think it is a major failing that children's BP is seldom checked. "Drastic" is a bit of an open term. When I go to the hospital my BP can be a bit raised, maybe up to 150, but could be down to my wife's driving. Usually drops back to around 125 fairly quickly but some may see that as drastic. One time an overweight monk was just behind me to see the doctor and his appointment card was on the desk. I could see his BP was just over 220, that is what I would call drastic.

I am surprised you are being prescribed Atenolol. I have been on hypertension medication for about 40 years. The first 20 or so I was on Atenolol and then my doctor in the UK suddenly changed to Ramapril saying studies had shown Ace Inhibitors to be a better choice than Beta blockers. When I came to Thailand 14 years ago I found Ramapril difficult to source and have been taking Anapril ever since. A simple cause of low blood pressure is dehydration but you really ought to see a cardiologist. I would suggest you request an Echo, I had one at Bang Saen a couple of years ago, think it was about 5000 baht. Money well spent for some peace of mind.

Your thinking is ok, the post you responded to is wrong. There is no such thing as a given wattage. The wattage shown on the label is an estimate based on the resistive load of the appliance/device at a particular voltage How the appliance is installed can affect the actual power used by the appliance/device. As you say the higher the voltage the less current is required to dissipate the same level of power. I used to design industrial ovens and would use elements in a series/parallel combination to get an appropriate temperature profile in the chamber. Reducing the current reduced the watts/sq inch and the surface temperature of the element. The elements we used were all 1Kw@240v. If you put 2 in series, the given wattage is no longer given.

You conveniently left out the first statement that was completely wrong, "Well, no." "13 Amps @ 220 volts = 2,860 watts." - Wrong, that is VA not Watts. This statement is also wrong but obviously you do not understand why. "Watts are constant in the real world, amps and volts may vary."

Quite, but it's that old adage, you only get what you pay for. Many years ago I had a diesel generator and the only outlet was a single 16A socket. I bought a cable with a 16A plug on one end and a 3 pin socket on the other which was quite expensive. When I got rid of the generator I cut the 16A plug off and fitted a normal 3 pin plug. The insulation on that cable has weathered the passage of time a lot better than other cables I have had.

You are completely wrong. A cable will carry whatever current it is designed for, and that will depend on the core thickness. The rated current should then be adjusted to suit installation, the free air value will be reduced if installed in conduit.

We have just had 2 nights away under the WTT scheme, one night on the north side of Khaoyai and the other at Kabinburi. Hardly a foreign tourist in sight, think I saw one in the national park.

I don't see how airbnb can have a credible view on domestic tourism at this point in time. The government We Travel Together scheme is still on the go and that wouldn't include airbnb.

Exactly, many on the thread have got hung up on voltage and load. If a cable is rated at 13A it is rated at 13A irrespective of the voltage. There has been a debate over the pros and cons of domestic supply voltage since I started my training in the mid 60s. The 115v may appear to be a saver voltage but I think the higher currents required for most appliances make it more dangerous. The US use a plug and socket similar to the Thai and I have seen more of those burnt out than I care to remember. Hate to think what it would be like here if they were on 115v. I was an aircraft instrument engineer and they use 115v 400Hz, the 400Hz allows transformers to be smaller saving both weight and copper. Worst shock was from a 450v DC HT lead, drilled a 1/4 inch hole in my finger and threw me across the room, still here to tell the tale.

That is not true. many years ago Chonburi had a very similar flooding problem to Pattaya. Then they put in a very large drain, made up from concrete blocks about 2 metres square, that cured the problem. The surface water needs somewhere to go and if there is enough capacity below ground flooding will not arise.