johng

3 minutes ago, zoza said:

allow me to transfer my money to my UK bank.

just keep going to different branches until you find one that know what the hell they are doing  there is no need to book plane tickets or cancel visas to send money overseas !!!!

4 minutes ago, HammerMan said:

To say we are reaching breaking point is an understatement and as previously suggested by some contributors it maybe time to take this project to other countries.  At the moment it looks like mid July is D-Day, win or lose.

Not entirely surprising (as other projects have failed to) but  still very disappointing news ????

perhaps you need to invest in larger brown envelopes ????

4 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

I agree. When she was a mere lass, she was a stunner. She is still holding up rather well, but back in the day? Ooh la la.

If you watch the 1990 move "The Hot spot"   you can see all of her !!! ????

1 hour ago, prk888 said:

where is that JohnG ?

No sign of adjoining road so must be for railway i assume

The photo was taken at  Na-Jomtien  near to the now defunct Alankarn Theatre  the railway road never made it this far south I''m assuming too that they are preparing  for the high speed rail track  and not a road  but possibly both   but that would make less sense as they are widening the Sukhumvit road. which runs parallel already.

closest google street view image

https://www.google.com/maps/@12.846345,100.9193987,3a,33.5y,9.3h,80.73t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1sVAONNZ25u1XcEh2_I0pzaA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!9m2!1b1!2i47

Sukhumvit

12 hours ago, Nemises said:

This from last year. 
 

 

Good luck swimming there. 

That's not Jomtien   but Jomtien does have the same problem.

How about this one    It looks like an "oriental whip snake"  due to very pointy head    but was much thicker than just  little finger thickness as stated in the Thailand snakes PDF

22 minutes ago, digbeth said:

Breeze block are the coarse, dark grey stuff with visible air holes and often hollow on the inside aren't they?

They still sell them ( breeze blocks)  at the builders merchants here in Thailand   cheaper than Qcon blocks.

On 6/5/2021 at 11:27 AM, Dmaxdan said:

A lockdown that would have destroyed thousands, if not millions of peoples lives.

The once booming tourist hotspots  Like Pattaya,Phuket and Chaingmai  have been devastated  with the measures implemented so far  which for Pattaya did involve check points on  all road  entry and exit points  for a short while  not really a "hard lockdown"   but things just got worse and worse from there on   closing all bars,pubs,disco's,massage,cinemas,swimming pools,beaches,parks,restaurants etc  the street vendors are thinning out,  many 7/11 and Family Marts closed,  even the "free copy" real estate magazines seem to have thrown in the towel !!!!

The lady in the article  would be better off if she could add a sidecar/cart to her bike  so the kids would be a bit better protected but she probably hasn't even enough money to afford one. ( 3000 +++ baht)

3 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

The main reason for change is LED's I'm told don't run hot

They run much cooler  than filament or halogen

6 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Never happen with a SSD

They have other disadvantages like limited write cycles, being newer technology  we don't  really know how long they last for compared to traditional HDD's  ( I have one that's more than 25 years old still works) 

also  for an 8TB  SSD it's still about 900 dollars compared to about 140 for a spinning disc version.

Western Digital Mybook   they have various capacities    buy online  cash on delivery from the official J.I.B store on Lazada

have 8 myself  only one has failed and that was  because I very foolishly  stood it up like a book in a shelf

( like they show in the adds)  it got knocked over whilst  reading/writing data  which crashed the heads !!!   always always  lay them down flat.

17 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

So for LED I can just change my 2 Blade bulbs which the same as the 3 pin ordinary car headlight bulbs to the H4 LED bulbs that you can buy on-line at Lazada. ?

You may come across a common problem  of flickering at low RPM's  if the LED's are not driven  by 12v DC direct from a battery     I encountered this  when I fitted an LED  bulb in direct replacement of a filament bulb   to my Suzuki Raider   it did not  have relays fitted  so draws power directly from the flywheel generator and regulator/rectifier  which obviously doesn't do such a good job of rectifying the 3 phase  to a single phase DC  stable voltage   the battery and filament bulbs don't seem to care  much  but LED bulbs are a bit more fussy.

a wiring diagram  to fix "the problem"  

Luckily the Bikini Marathon still took place.

27 minutes ago, ChrisKC said:

I have a feeling that my old TV may prove to be a problem of some sort relating to its main board technology.

The Tv will not be a problem it will just be displaying the picture/sound   the "set top box"

is doing all the complicated stuff.

Using an old PC is of course possible but they tend to be noisy and power hungry compared to a dedicated set top box.

I have no recommendations  for a fully loaded box as I just use a raspberry pi 4  running libreelec/Kodi.

18 minutes ago, LawrenceN said:

What is RCA?

"Royal City Avenue - more commonly known as RCA - is the epicenter of Bangkok's clubbing scene. It's an officially designated nightlife zone so you can be assured of a party 7 nights a week. Clubbing institutions are packed every night and, on weekends, they're rammed to full capacity. There are so many options for partygoers in RCA"

43 minutes ago, steve187 said:

will anyone in the UK know that a 2 year Thai licence is different to a 5 year or life time Thai licence

Well maybe the 2 year licence still says  like the old 1 year used to say

at the top right corner " Type Temporary Car"  

19 hours ago, Susco said:

 

 

Have you noticed how many of the fish supply shops have closed in the past months.

 

I don't know what the reason is, but majority of the shops i knew about, are now not there any more

No I haven't specifically  noticed  aquarium shops closing amongst the  huge number of other shops/business which are closed,  I would imagine that hotels,condos and restaurants would have counted for a large part of their sales  prior to the Covidiocy.

I think the one on South Pattaya road near the Mosque is still open ?

On 4/10/2021 at 11:07 AM, Tapster said:

Your Thai driving licence is definitely, fully valid for 12 months of driving in the UK.

With a 2 year provisional Thai licence ?    thought it had to be a "full" 5 year licence.