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About 4pm they all come and sit around near the cages waiting to be fed, the food is put in the cages and they just follow, know where to go. Now and again one or two may have to be rounded up. We had one disappear for about 2 years, there were reports of it living rough around the village and then one day it just decided to came back. Think it was looking for help, died not long after.
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Grounding from a wall socket/receptacle/outlet: Is it safe?
sandyf replied to GammaGlobulin's topic in DIY Forum
Local grounding is a fairly common practice, but like most things in this life quality has a role to play. My water pumps came with a 2 core cable and a piece of green/yellow wire attached to the casing. If you are concerned the best bet would be to have a main earth point established and that wired to the consumer unit and all outlets/appliances. I suspect from the age your wiring is on the surface, they just run the earth wire alongside the existing cables and into the outlets. Seen it done in other properties and shouldn't be particularly expensive. -
There is always one who would think that rescuing cats, looking after their health and feeding them is sad. The cats are normally only in the cages overnight, somewhere safe for them to sleep. We have about 10 dogs and they have very poor eyesight at the best of times, in the dark anything that moves is a target.
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British Airways flights to Bangkok to resume end of October
sandyf replied to webfact's topic in Thailand Travel Forum
I gave up with BA after several years. I took them to court twice. The first time they gave in and settled out of court. The second time was a bit more contentious and looked like going to court, but then covid came along making things a bit awkward so I dropped it. -
Thailand's Digital Wallet Scheme: The Future of Money
sandyf replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Wrong the author has believed misinformation from other sources. The author also appears to believe, like many others, that Thailand has never had any previous digital wallet initiatives. The 50/50 scheme had 5 phases with participation over 28 million. -
Two thirds of Thailands generation is by natural gas, coal hardly has a look in. It cannot be assumed that the costs of today will be the costs of tomorrow and if people want to put money into home installations that is entirely up to them. My annual electricity costs are not a great deal more than they were 10 years ago so any ROI is unlikely to be less than my life expectancy.
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If you travel around Thailand at night you will see quite clearly why the government has no need to get involved in handing out incentives. Government grants were invariably a result of an inability to meet demand, for whatever reason. I got energy conservation grants for cavity wall and loft insulation long before anyone had ever heard of solar. The government itself is committed to generation by solar and theoretically that should maintain a reasonable price for the population without the need for large personal investment. Only time will tell.
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Thailand's Schengen-Style Visa Proposal Faces Hurdles
sandyf replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Freedom of movement is a distorted generalisation and not something that "happened". The issue has little bearing on how ASEAN could look to the EU and benefit from their history. -
British Airways flights to Bangkok to resume end of October
sandyf replied to webfact's topic in Thailand Travel Forum
There certainly was. I used BA quite a lot for a while and can't remember a Gatwick option. Probably no Hethrow slot available at the moment. Now that you can get a train from Gatwick straight across London, now my preferred option. -
Stay in context. It is all about threat and the Thai government had a rabies vaccine program in place for cats.
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Thailand's Schengen-Style Visa Proposal Faces Hurdles
sandyf replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Not surprising. ASEAN is a fairly small economic community, much the same as the European Community was in 1957 when it had only 6 member states. A comparison between the 2 blocs is inevitable. -
Thailand's Schengen-Style Visa Proposal Faces Hurdles
sandyf replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
You are wrong, it was around 10 years to create the European Community, which then evolved into the European Union and continues to evolve. If you want to use the EU example, it should be borne in mind not all agreements included all members. The UK never adopted Schengen or the Euro. Issues have always been there to be resolved. -
Not really, if you have suspicion of contact you would be straight in for it again. You are right that cats are also carriers. Prior to the pandemic we used to have the government people come round and vaccinate all the cats and dogs against rabies. Unfortunately it stopped and never restarted.
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UK state Pension qualifying Years.....
sandyf replied to Chivas's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Indeed. I think it was the 1975 reforms that introduced NI credits for those not working. The first move towards the pension becoming a welfare benefit. -
UK state Pension qualifying Years.....
sandyf replied to Chivas's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
The old pension came to an end in April 2016. The new pension may be adjusted to reflect pre 2016 contributions. -
UK state Pension qualifying Years.....
sandyf replied to Chivas's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
When you said you needed 45 years I thought you were talking about the pre 2010 requirements. What you you really meant that in your case the post 2016 requirement of 35 years was insufficient and had to be topped up. Glad to hear it was resolved successfully. -
Thailand's Schengen-Style Visa Proposal Faces Hurdles
sandyf replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
For some reason the majority on here seem to think that every proposal is going to come into effect tomorrow. Henry Heinz chose a random number for his "varieties" and ended up with one of the most successful brands in the world. -
Thailand's Schengen-Style Visa Proposal Faces Hurdles
sandyf replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
No one ever does anything without taking the first step. -
That is an indication that the file source(hard drive) is too slow. If it has worked ok on the same port in the past may be fragmentation but could be something else, shop is probably best option.
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Bit of a wasted exercise if the hard drive is the problem.
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UK state Pension qualifying Years.....
sandyf replied to Chivas's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Yes, the 2007 reforms dropped the number of years from 44 to 30 from 2010. A friend of mine had taken early retirement and paid up to the 44 with voluntary contributions. He wrote and asked for that to be returned, you can guess the reply. -
UK state Pension qualifying Years.....
sandyf replied to Chivas's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Indeed, it can be very frustrating. I don't do the phone, most unreliable form of communication created by man. A few years back I had an issue and sent them a letter and received the standard response that they would look into it and that the current waiting time was 6 weeks. As soon as the 6 weeks were up I wrote again raising a formal complaint and to contact me by email. The matter was quickly resolved by email and a couple of times after just used the same email with very quick resolutions. I got £25 for them not dealing with the intial enquiry within the 6 weeks.