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They sell those valves in some MR D.I.Y  stores  always worth scouring their isles to see the mind boggling wonders available.

I'm always reminded of Weird Al's   Hardware store song.

Well it's that time again  the time we all look forward to  the exquisite Jomtien  desk 6 experience.

New for me this year  was needing a recent photo on the TM7 form,  I had been using the same one for years before and it was excepted,the very pleasant staff at the vastly improved information/queue number desk had actually spotted it was an old photo and said it has to be within 3 months   me being the silly old bugger I am thought I'd risk it  

100 baht for 2 new "passport sized"  photos at the shop at the entrance on the left.

Talking of photos  I had a ding dong with 2 other photo shops  as they refused to take photos off my phone with a Bluetooth connection   only Line or e-mail  as my phone has no internet connection I was stuffed.

The unnamed shop I did use where incapable of producing 6x4 sized prints  and unwilling to arrange a print on a A4  piece of paper  one photo in  landscape and the other in portrait orientation  eventually I had to walk away go get a beer to calm my nerves !  ( it was after midday so quite acceptable  )

and let my wife handle the family photo's  this of course another case of me being a silly old bugger   as the oversized and stretched photos where excepted  although was questioned on when they where taken.

This year we where specifically warned that  there needs to be more than 400,000 baht in the bank account  during the 30 day "consideration" period..something I don't remember them saying before.

So a recap of the rainforest required this year 2024

Jomtien March 2024

2 x copies of  and arranged in 2 piles in this order

1. TM7 application form printed double sided
signed both sides + new (within 3 months) photo attached.
2. passport face page
3. visa page
4. previous visa extension page/s
5. TM6
6. Marriage Kor Ror 3  both sides on one page
7. updated Kor Ror 2 From the Amphur office
(can use passport instead of wife's ID
as long as it's the one listed on the KR2 old passport ok)
8. ID Wife ( front back same page)
9. copy House book ( showing current address)
10.Bank statement confirming 400,000 + in Thai bank for at least 2 month's (60 days)
    + 3 months statement
    + a transaction on that day
    updated book and copy of all pages
    Bank statement must be from that day
11. Family photos 4 color photos on 2 A4 pages  (black and white acceptable for the second copy)
     you and wife at home, 1 must clearly show you including the home/house/condo number.
    I did 2 x 6x4 on a page printed at home  was acceptable

    also acceptable in 2024     shop printed non standard size stretched photos 🙂
12. Map to house
 
2 sets of everything   sign every page  at the bottom ( blue ink best) except your wife's ID/house book which they must sign.

To do on the day
bank transaction update book
copy of last page bank book
bank statements

Remember they want to see a witness during the 30 day  under consideration period when immigration police come to visit you at home, the witness  needs to provide 2 copies of ID and house book too.

On 2/28/2024 at 7:29 PM, steven100 said:

it's just ridiculous to pour bilions and billions into a war without a strategy for a successful outcome.

Yes it is ridiculous, the "strategy"  was to destabilise/weaken Russia and cause regime change it hasn't worked  both Putin and Russia are in a stronger position  even after the illegal sanctions imposed upon their economy  so the answer is very simple  stop the funding !

unfortunately (for them) the Ukrainians will have to agree to Russia's conditions for cessation of hostilities  but at least they will still have about 80%  of their territory left.

There was a "peace: deal on the table right at the beginning but Boris Johnson went to Kiev and scuppered that.

On 2/28/2024 at 7:14 PM, steven100 said:

Go in and slaughter Russia .... go after Putin and destroy his palaces.  Destroy everything Russian.

Sorry that is just plainly  MAD   Putin has said time and again that he will use nukes if needs be.

You go poking the bear in his cave and he comes out and mauls you to death  isn't it better to leave the bear alone ?

21 hours ago, Brick Top said:

I am now wondering if my unit as a fault were in Dry mode the temperature settings cant be adjusted ?.

 

Normal on my York aircon.

18 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Except every post on google comes up with Dry mode being cheaper and more efficient due to the compressor working at lower speeds.

 

But says only use Dry mode for short periods like a couple hours

How can a compressor work at lower speed if it only has 1 speed ?

Yes an inverter compressor can run at slower speed  but the lower the speed the lower the cooling capacity.

To draw moisture out of the air the evaporator unit (inside the cooled space)  needs to be cold.  Condensation forms on the cold metal evaporator  just like it forms on a very cold glass of water sitting on a table on a hot humid day.

If you ever have the misfortune of the aircon drain pipe blocking up you'll find that quite a few liters of water can be removed overnight

causing damage to furniture and any electronic equipment under the dripping water.

Having humidity below about 40% can cause discomfort in the eyes nose and lungs.

6 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Except every post on google comes up with Dry mode being cheaper and more efficient due to the compressor working at lower speeds.

total crap, to remove moisture  from the air the compressor has to work making the evaporator cold that is the only way moisture/humidity is removed.

In order to dry the air the indoor unit called the "evaporator" needs to be cold  for that to happen the outside unit with the compressor needs to run  the compressor uses the electricity the more it runs the more it costs  therefore "dry" mode will cost more.

34 minutes ago, rexpotter said:

You forgot Disco's with enormous bass blaster sound ruining all of our lives every night.

Kinda covered in the Karaoke category  but I certainly  sympathise with those suffering from heavy bass noise  as its virtually impossible block out or mitigate.

I myself have experienced it at  2 different locations the culprit much to my surprise where both times  "students" paying homage to their teachers  on national teachers day  these where "students"  who thought it was perfectly acceptable to setup a magawatt  sound system and blast "meditation" music  for want of a better description

at sound levels that vibrated windows and doors  from  before sunrise

till sunset in a dense residential area.

I would have thought any teacher would have taught respect for others among teachings but I thought wrong.

7 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

Trump is not being prosecuted for his Alzheimers

Trump doesn't have Alzheimer's Biden quite possibly does.

Why is Biden not being prosecuted for the classified documents kept in his gargage ?

As for the 91 charges just part of the witch hunt, if Trump gets back to the Whitehouse I hope he'll find a slew of charges to fling against his political enemies in retribution...use lawfare against them as they have not just against him but his followers

whilst having the audacity to call themselfs defenders of  "democracy"

This witch hunt against Trump is the polar  opposite of democratic it's dystopian dictatorship.

54 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

He is mentally impaired,

If he is then why is he still being prosecuted but Biden gets a pass ???

On 3/6/2024 at 12:59 PM, Lacessit said:

You'd actually have less violent crime if you stopped alcohol. Problem is making it stick, as Prohibition demonstrated.

I'd say "Ya Bah" or methamphetamine is worse but yes alcohol is bad too,  prohibition doesn't work  best just to legalise everything stop the "war on drugs" use that money to help those who want help to stop using in a detrimental way (those that have no problems carry on)

those who commit "crimes"  treat them as anyone else  there are ample laws to cover every possibility already. 

1 hour ago, stevenl said:

Next Vlad would have requested parts of Poland, Baltic states and Finland.

No I don't think so,  but believe what you want and if you believe that then get ready for WWIII.

1 hour ago, bigupandchill said:

delusional

Yes fighting the Rusains till the last Ukrainian certainly is.

1 hour ago, bradiston said:

What deal? What visit? What textbook are you reading from?

This textbook hasn't been written yet give it a few more years for the "truth" to come out in the new ones..or maybe not.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-must-not-be-pressured-into-bad-peace-deal-says-uk-pm-johnson-2022-06-07/

15 minutes ago, steevjee said:

That fella is an insult to American intelligence, a vote for him is a vote for lunacy.

Nope a vote for Trump could be seen as a cry for help..won't someone anyone save us from the present "liberal" lunacy.

+  he is quite entertaining in all his fake orangeness, doesn't start wars, fall up stairs or off bikes and wants to make America great again if I had a vote he would get it just for the satisfaction of seeing those who have lead the witch hunt against him and his followers squirm seeing him in the Whitehouse again.

1 hour ago, frank83628 said:

he even got let off having the classified documents becasue he impaired.

This needs to be reiterated again and again.

Meanwhile the Trump witch hunt continues even though his opponents try to imply he is mentally impaired.

Putin is doing whatever he wants..who is the POTUS at the moment ?   here is a clue it's not Trump.

1 hour ago, Will B Good said:

So after Trump built the wall and had the Mexican's pay for it.....did Biden pull it down....put doors in it...what?

he literally did open the doors on some part of the wall..continued to build it in other places and tried to stop some states from putting up barbed wire fence to stop the hemorrhage.

Of course Mexico was never going to pay for it...however it could have been built for less than the money already sent to Ukraine.

6 hours ago, retarius said:

It is true his strength is a vision, not reality. 

A vision like someone suffering from high fever  or drug induced AKA delusional.

2 hours ago, rexpotter said:

Based on what I have gathered from all of the comments etc, I think it would be more cost effective to have a dehumidifier.

If you already have the aircon just run it at a temperature 3-4 degrees below outside air temp and it will "naturally" de-humidifie the air in the conditioned room,  when the evaporator (inside the room) is cold then condensation forms on it (like a cold beer on a hot day) drawing water (humidity) from the air.

If it gets too cold for you then increse the temperature  on the aircon remote the humidity will stay low for quite a while  rinse and reapeat when you feel hot again.

When the evaporator is cold the compressor is running so eating electricity the longer the compressor runs the bigger your electricity bill,dry mode or a very low temperature setting will run the compressor for longer.

Myself I just set the temperature to 27 degrees not dry mode thats fine for most of the time untill the very few nights the outside temperature goes below 27 degrees which is not that many on the eastern seaboard of Thailand, up in the mountains its obviously cooler so perhaps open the windows on cool nights mosquitos,motorcycles,karaoke and barking dogs permitting.

Those 2 panels are spot

weleded  together   pusude the mouse to move out with a pointy instrument along with the nest.

Keeping the rodent from comming back to nrst again is a whole other problem.