Kenny202

Thanks for the reply....pool acid is hydrochloric right?

Have some shiny ceramic (porcelain?) white tiles on the verandah outside. One of those areas that collects water and in the shade / sun. They are large white shiny tiles like you would have inside. In a few areas there is a greenish coating on them which is quite hard and stubborn. After soaking in pure bleach for 30 minutes and then a good scrubbing, I got stuck into it today with a steel pot scrubber and did remove it from a small area but was a lot of work for little return. Nearly something you need the angle grinder on! The good news is it looks like what ever it is hasn't permeated the tiles. I thought maybe an acid based thing is needed? Its going to need a lot more than a soak in bleach or vinegar. The bleach did very little to remove or loosen it up. Lots of products on Lazada but its been scam city lately, I throw more products in the bin / return than I keep and 100s of reviews is no guarantee these days. Can someone recommend a HD cleaner or what sort of ingredients I need to look for in a HD outdoor tile cleaner?

Been online reporting last 5 years with none or little issue. Renewed my yearly parental extension August. Went to do first online report November and was rejected immediately saying report to IO. Went to IO and did it at the counter no problems...I been since told if you don't renew your 90 days at the same time (just after) you renew your yearly extension, you are automatically directed to do your first 90 day renewal in person. After that online app should be ok So....my report date is 18 February. I did an online application yesterday (5th February) and it was rejected later that day, Came back "application invalid". I double checked all my info...passport number, stay until date, last entry etc and was correct. I actually have how I fill in my address in all the fields on my computer and have done it the same last 5 years. I figured maybe I was just outside the 14 day before date. (you can report online within 14 days of report date still right?) So I double checked everything again this morning and re submitted it. Same deal this afternoon...Information not valid. My online application status / ability must be ok active. After my last renewal it wouldn't even let me lodge the 90 days form. When I clicked ok at the end of entering the info the system message was report to IO immediately. Wouldn't even let me lodge it. Anyone have any ideas or had similar issues lately? Would rather avoid the 40km round trip to Immigration for something I normally do online in a few minutes.

Still haven't pulled the trigger yet. Been watching for one to come up locally used so at least I can go and see it. So many scammers now on Facebook marketplace and even Lazada. The mini 2 definitely seems to be the one to get however the Neo is super interesting and can do a ton of stuff (I know you don't like them) and me like you, not really interested in vlogging etc and that is the Neo's primary purpose, but man its a smart little thing. I did get a little mini drone (non camera) and have a ton of fun with that. Easy to see though how even a tiny bit of wind can effect a smaller low power drone. With the mini 2's being under 250 grams and most countries appear to be able to use them without registering due to small size, Is that the case in Thailand or all drones need to be registered?

That's exactly what I found. Was all over the shop....the cost of deliveries seem to go up prohibitively where often the delivery was 3 x more expensive than the item. I thought maybe because of new sales tax laws they were talking about for Chinese imported goods. Lazada / Shopee never seemed to change? I did order a 300 baht item the other day and the price at checkout was as advertised and the delivery charge was minimal. I believe the law used to be items over 1000 baht were taxable / customs duty but saying that I was never charged it or held up in customs for extra charges. See what happens

Thanks bro. These Presta valves....do you need a special bike pump? My car electric pump wont put much more than 60PSI in my Dunlop valve tube

Just recently got a bicycle just for a bit of fun with the kids. Like a mountain bike hybrid thing with very thin road tires....Not even sure of the size of the bike but tyres are marked 700 x 28c / 28-622 Do those measurements just denote the tire size and the tube size may come in a few options or that indicates exactly the tube I need? Just went to go out before and noticed the front tire has gone down a bit. I think its the old style dunlop valve where you unscrew the ring and you can pull the valve out / replace it. The ring was a little loose so maybe that's why some air came out. A few questions.... I used an adapter and my electric car tire pump and found I couldn't get the pressure much past 60....I think it should be closer to 100. It was ride-able but needed a tad more. Its a decent electric pump. Do they not have enough grunt to overcome the valve over 50-60? In any case I want to get a new tube and would prefer the Shrader / car type valve, simply because they are more common. I see most of these size tubes seem to have the Presta valves. Are these skinny tubes available with Shrader valves or only Presta? I see also when buying these tubes some have optional measurements of 40 / 48 / 60 / 80mm as well. Whats that about? Is that the length of the valve and why would that be important? Can anyone recommend a decent brand of tube. I'm not doing the Tour de France....so don't want a 1000 baht tube. Just something mid range better and more reliable than a 40 baht Lazada Hong Dong China special By the way I am a pretty big guy over 110kg....is this size wheel too thin for me or should be ok? When I first bought the bike the tires were hard as a rock and felt ok. The guy actually said the rims would take fatter tires if I preferred them. Its only for general road riding, relaxation not racing. What would be the max size (width) tire I could go to? Sorry for the dumb questions...clearly don't have a clue. Would appreciate someone taking the time to help or any advice 🙂

I used to buy a lot of stuff off Ali express up until a couple of years ago. They seemed to change, delivery prices were silly so I gave them away. Products always been hit and miss I know but were ok if you were careful. I was looking for something this morning and all seems ok again. Anyone still using them?

I'm an Australian...money I bring in is from my Australian super anuation which has already been taxed 15% in Australia. Have a mate also wondering if his pension payments from Australia taxable. Back months ago I think there was talk that Australia had some sort of reciprocal tax agreement with non liablity for tax on earnings outside of Thailand and also talk of money brought into Thailand was non taxable if tax paid in your own country.

I think the point is, not about she was enjoying herself or any of her actions...I'd be the first to defend her....it's the typical blameless and shameless woman's bullsht of turning something shtty she did into not only completely none of her doing but a chance to garner sympathy and pity for herself into the bargain. Drama, theatrics, showboating, sympathy and blame everyone else. The perpetrator becomes the victim. At least a bloke would own it and shut up. I can't stand any of it.

I see you mention difficult to crash with GPS....not really sure what you mean? How does GPS reduce crashes if for eg I accidentally fly into a tree or such? Also asked before you might of missed it....these mini drones under 250 grams do you still need to register them in Thailand? Going to check out the FImi drones. Do you think they are as easy to fly for a beginner as the DJI mini's? Many thanks for all your help

Looking at buying used though it would have to be bullet proof legit or in my area to buy used or off FB marketplace atm. More scammers than legitimate sellers lately. I don't want a crappy one and can't justify the price of a new one for what will effectively be a toy that could be crashed / lost in a second of stupidity.

Probably one for Khun LA....I have done a bit of research and the DJI mavic mini might be suitable for me. Looks like being under 250 grams no need to register also 🙂 Seems like it is easy to fly, decent specs and camera. Only thing it doesn't have are collision sensors. Not sure if these are a deal breaker or not? provided you fly in fairly open spaces. Do you know of this model? What are your thoughts big Khun? 🙂

The little green one doesn have a camera right? And no live view on phone etc? Just a flying practice model? Looks awesome. I wonder if it has to be registered etc? Can you tell me the approx fling time and range?

Hi all, living in Khon Kaen city area. Does anyone know if Thai post EMS deliver on Sundays? They seemed to have dropped the ball the last year deliveries taking much longer. Was quite normal to get stuff overnight from Bangkok, now 3-4 days. I remember being quite surprised at deliveries right through Songkrahn / New years. Does anyone know if they deliver EMS on Sundays...I know the Post offices themselves are closed. Nothing on their website about deliveries and mixed results from Google searches some say yes, some say no. Anyone received anything lately on a Sunday?

Move along pest

I see the occasional used Landcruiser and Prado pop up for sale, sometimes at a very low price for 2010-2015 model. Generally never see them much unless they are Laos registered vehicles. I was wondering if its because there is some legal restriction or huge yearly / transfer tax on these sort of vehicles? I ma guessing they are imports...Last one I saw was a 3 liter Diesel Prado. Can anyone shed any light on this?

Buying a couple of these for kids for Xmas, may even get one for myself. Trimui smart plus and Anbernic 40XX H Will probably receive the game units tomorrow, 64gb loaded with games. I have never used on of these devices nor know anything about them, Would appreciate any help, compete newb I assume you can download extra games. Just wondering where and how? Is there a website / websites to download? Is it free? Do you need to load games specific to your brand device or do these emulators all run the same games (within device capability)? This is supposed to be able to run some PSP / N64 games (but not the best), depends on the game apparently. Is it ok to download some and try or will it crash the drive or something? To back up the card that comes with the device can I simply copy the files off the SD card onto my computer? If I wanted to D/L more games and the 64gb card is full, do I just get another card and put in slot 2 or is it better to just get say a 128gb card and have them all on the one card Many thanks in advance, sorry if they are stupid questions....really know nothing of these devices

Hi all. Been wanting to try a drone for ages but not willing to shell out a lot of money. Its more of a toy than anything. Doesn't have to be steller video...decent would be good. More interested in something to start off with, learn to fly it and something easy / pretty fail safe re crashes. There are a squllion of them on Lazada from 200 baht upwards and Lazada has got so bad now its nearly unusable. Bought 2 products this week had 500+ positive ratings and both were in the bin within 10 mins of opening the package. The Chinese must have armies of paid reviewers or something these days. Anyway, like I said more of a toy than anything so not willing to waste a lot of money on something may end up in a creek.....is it possible to buy something usable under 2000 - 3000 baht or would I just be wasting my money? Any recommendations welcome if someone knows of something suitable preferably owns one

I know how to remap on Windows but it only remaps your Laptop / built in keyboard. It wont do third party keyboards unfortunately. In this case the origin of the keyboard is very relevant as the Japanese layout is different and has about 10 more keys. I will try another forum though it isn't a huge deal for me as it is working fine on the Ipad and that's predominantly what I bought it for. I was being a cheapskate getting a used Japanese bargain basement magic 2 keyboard for 800 baht lol. Now I know why it was so cheap. Anyway, like I said works fine on Apple so not stressed. Thanks for your help

Long shot here but give it a whirl. I bought an apple magic keyboard (Japanese / English) off marketplace for my Ipad. Works a treat. As a bonus I was hoping to use it with my PC but many of the shift / symbol keys in different areas to whats shown on the keyboard. Mainly symbols above the numbers (+, ( , ) ,* etc etc. When I connect to the Ipad it actually asks if I want to use it in Japanese or English layout. Selecting English works perfectly on the Ipad. Just wondering if someone knows of a setting or something I can change on the Windows PC to make it recognize the keyboard correctly. Yes its Japanese English, yes I am an idiot, yes buyer beware, pay peanuts get monkeys etc etc. No motherly advice please, just someone that may have a solution thanks 🙂

Well it is an Apple Keyboard albeit using with a Windows PC and the forum is Apple products. One each way bet really and you know good old Asean Now, someone will be along to tell you you are in the wrong forum no matter where you post 🙂 I will give it another day here, cancel the post and try the general computer area. I doubt I will get an answer anyway really....strange question generally

Long shot here but give it a whirl. I bought an apple magic keyboard (Japanese / English) off marketplace for my Ipad. Works a treat. As a bonus I was hoping to use it with my PC but many of the shift / symbol keys in different areas to whats shown on the keyboard. Mainly symbols above the numbers (+, ( , ) ,* etc etc. When I connect to the Ipad it actually asks if I want to use it in Japanese or English layout. Selecting English works perfectly. Just wondering if someone knows of a setting or something I can change on the PC to make it recognize the keyboard correctly. Yes its Japanese English, yes I am an idiot, yes buyer beware, pay peanuts get monkeys etc etc. No motherly advice please, just someone that may have a solution thanks 🙂

I can answer all of those questions but in this case will refrain on some issues. A lot more to the story than I can discuss in an open forum. He was working off shore FIFO so no need for a yearly visa. He came home unexpectedly and you can guess what (or who) he discovered going on in his home. She bailed, he got left with the kids. He currently has a tourist visa and several (too many) extensions already. I'm not really sure how hes been doing it but in and out then extending that out as far as possible then repeat again. Think he has gotten away with it three times, maybe more. I have been telling him for 9 months get the kids citizenship and passports sorted out as I have been through all this stuff myself. Not sure on the visa exempt, or what that means? He doesn't even seem sure of anything himself and in all honesty through lack of getting in front of the problem pretty much only himself to blame...but unfortunately 2 very small children involved. Hes had ample time to get the kids passports, citizenship back home...all that sort of stuff but continues to procrastinate. I fear he may be at the end of his luck. If he cant get this visa he has 60 days to get them passports, visas and get them sorted out to leave the country, which may or may not be enough time. The 60 day entry he got yesterday could possibly be the O visa? I am not even sure he has his court custody papers in order if in fact that's what they are and not just an agreement with his ex wife that the kids can live with him but both still maintain joint custody. Obviously hes one of these people doesn't check anything and hopes for the best. He says he has full custody but I have my doubts. I told him exactly what may happen and he could become separated from the kids if he runs out of time which he refuses to believe anyone or government would do. He will find out tomorrow if he can reapply for the support of a Thai child extension or he has to start making arrangements to go home.

Got a mate here been left with two near babies (wife scarpered). They were married and he has already done the full custody thing through the courts so no issue about paternity. Hes been living here on tourist visas and border hops for far too long and things are becoming urgent so this is a genuine asking for a friend question. He has his hands full and seemingly terrible at organizing anything or paper work so trying to help him out. He engaged the service of a visa agent who claimed she would sort out the O (or OA?) visa and from there get all the parental visa sorted. Hes 42 so cant get a retirement visa. Was a surprise to me as I've had a parental visa for 5 years and had to jump through quite a few hoops to get it. I did mine all by myself. She called him yesterday to say she put in the application but was rejected yesterday because the officers came to his home to interview him and his 2 or 3 witnesses / sponsors and he should have brought them to the IO. Not sure how that works as it was IO who suggested they come to his home so if there was a mistake it was theirs. Immigration admitted they made a mistake but said head office issue. Anyway, none of it making much sense and he is starting to wonder if he is being taken for a ride. I have no idea about O or OA visas apart from I originally got an OA visa from Australia which I later extended for retirement, then converted to parent as I also have a Thai child. He has been told he needs to get an O visa, which she also said she would organize but he has to go out of the country and back in again to get. Is that how it works? OA visa from your home country....O visa from a 3rd party country consulate or something? I remember when I got my OA visa I basically got a year....which I actually ended up getting near 2 years by leaving and re entering just before the end of the 12 months. Is an O visa the same ie 12 months? He has been told O visa for 3 months then extension as a parent visa. I said to him today well she would need the O visa sorted out before applying for the parent visa or do they do the lot at the same time ie you have to qualify for the parent visa and jump through all the hoops, application etc before starting the O visa process? Not sure what he needs to do now, looks like start the whole process again. I think he wrongly assumed the agent would do some magic but its more of a hand holding thing where he is still going to have to supply all the required photos, docs etc. Can anyone advise what the O visa / extension to parent process is? Does what he is being told sound right?