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22 minutes ago, wuffe said:

The event was postponed,

No surprise as its still not legal in Thailand, better to find a ( forward thinking ) country to hold the festival instead.

38 minutes ago, EricTh said:

U-Tapao airport, what's the difference betwen this and the rest?

U-Tapao is deemed as the Pattaya airport..its owned by the military same as the rest.

They should focus on getting a reliable power supply  to most of the country first..no use having a "smart city" with  constant blackout and brownouts  absolutely  no good for IT  equipment.

from @Vietem   in the where my bike's been thread

Maprachan reservoir the main water supply for Pattaya.

2 minutes ago, Leaver said:

How long before the 9 million must be paid, or no more water?

Well its a big estate  90 buildings with over 4000 apartments...but still quite some time to rack up a 9 million baht water bill !

On 1/18/2020 at 1:11 PM, Jackie66 said:

Who steals phones anymore?  They're all locked and encrypted.

Mines not

There is a list of  approved inverters that you can connect to the grid..no need to risk importing stuff.

PEA_Inverter_list_29-Aug-18.pdf

30 minutes ago, Vietem said:

 It sure is looking bleak at the moment.

Yes really hard to get the car or truck own to the water for a good free wash now ????

Looks to me like he was filling up the radiator with water and his shirt got sucked into the fan belt.

One time I was operating a Capstan Lathe and my  big woolly jumper got caught around the lead screw pulling my head slowly but surely towards the jaws of death !!!!  my employer was more concerned that I broke the lathe ????

I thought there was no inflation in Thailand  along with no unemployment ?

They are trucking it in to our place ( Na-Jomtien)...various reasons given  being a burst water main,the management company owes 9 million in water fees !  and  the reservoir is dry.

Its possible that a LAN cable will improve the buffering...its also posiblle that buffering is occurring anywhere in the internet chain before teaching you...international bandwidth is often throttled.

23 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

The taxi riders are the "eyes & ears" of many things going on, they see all, hear all and know all !

Yes they are stationed on "every street corner" often are volunteer police too.  "taa saparot"

12 minutes ago, giddyup said:

so looks like it goes back for replacement. Now the screen is completely black. No way I'll buy a TCL again

Well its ( kind of) good that it went wrong so early still under warranty.. it can happen with any brand,though obviously some are more prone to failure than others.

When you say  "completely black" have you tried  selecting different inputs other than the Cable TV..no on screen messages at all ?

3 hours ago, JESSVANPELT said:

or any signage any where letting folks know there is space available

you missed my earlier post

2 signs with contact numbers ( but not to do with this venture)

8 hours ago, JohnnyBKK said:

where can I find someone for this service ?

Assuming its not a wind up !!     go ask the motorcycle taxis guys hanging out on almost any corner  they will know someone or take you to someone.

16 minutes ago, zydeco said:

You have a VCR?

Got rid of my last one 2 years ago...never unplugged from the day I bought it about 10 years previously.

300 baht up  for a clean...if the freon needs "topping up" then you have a leak,the "technicians" should find and offer to fix the leak..often this is in a difficult position and they don't want to do it  either through lack of skill or equipment so just "top it up" for an extra few hundred baht...

there is also a scam to say it needs topping up but doesn't...so if they say it needs it ask them to find the leak.

3 hours ago, worgeordie said:

they need to know the Government (which

in my view they are not) serious about stopping the smoke pollution

They are not a government or they are not serious ?   IMHO  they are both.

Its not about whether they get watched again or how many times..its the fact that they are there instantly available..with known formats and quality..no rubbish,malware,virus or fakes..and no need for an internet connection.

And yes to "they can all sit in your house"   and "someone in USA" could also in theory watch too. ????

2 minutes ago, stouricks said:

Why DO you save it all to hard drives when you can stream almost any movie, or download via a torrent?

Because once you download it to hard drive you have it to watch again and again anytime instantly even if you have no internet or the torrents have no seeders and  would take weeks to finish..also you can share the files via a NAS server and multiple people can watch or listen at the same time without having to hog internet bandwidth all downloading the same files.

14 hours ago, Pinot said:

shaking my head...carburetors. Tsk

What's wrong with carburettors ??

How much to the Dutchmen  locked up for 100 years over "crimes" not even committed in Thailand ?

11 hours ago, rickudon said:

new Zealand apples for sale

The red "New Zealand" apples ( can't remember what variety name they call them ) sold in Makro  are delicious and a good price too.  I don't much like the "Granny Smiths" though..more like cooking apples ????