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Again as an attempt to  understand the setup there would also be a  non return valve on the  town supply side  because  if not  when there is  no inflow from that  you would be pumping  your tank  back to the   community.

Rather confusing. I can understand the setup  but  not what you are describing as is happening.

If  your pump usually draws on the "town water" in preference to the  tank unless there is  no mains  supply how is it  "cycling around" ? Is there a faulty uni-directional flow valve maybe? In trying to interpret the system I would  guess there  should  be a non  return valve on the draw pipe from the tank to the pump. If that fails  or  'leaks' the pressure drop  would explain the pump cycling  on and off as it recovers the pressure drop in the  whole system.

21 hours ago, Jen65 said:

pity the police don't do more to stop road accidents which is of mamoth concerns in this country !   OK so there doing some alcohol check points !  where are speed cameras and where are the police cars to patrol , stop and prosecute speedsters , those not wearing seat belts , those using a phone which is not hands free , those with obvious brake light/lamp failures, those driving erratically or not following good driving practice , those emitting horrendous pollution , checking driving licences and or insurance and test ,  motorbike drivers and passengers without helmets (this seems to have gone on a back burner )   !!  So what about all this Mr Policeman ??   Deaths on the roads might go down if you took some action here !! 

Yes.  Next?

So sad he is announcing something as if he has some claim to credit while the reality is that there will be thousands more already dead from C-19 by April 2021.

And even as he spoke  his backers were and still are working to disenfranchise  voters  who have died since  casting  early  votes.

Petty in the extreme !

3 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Yeah what I do here sometimes with bike and cars/ trucks is flick the brake with my left foot, I know it's wrong but if they don't move back I just slow right down put my left indicator out and put over so to make them pass.

A prolonged wash of the windscreen can often work. Especially for bikes.

1 minute ago, Walter Travolta said:

In Thailand where? In the tax coffers, certainly not in the pockets of the workers. 300 baht a day for a maid while the CHINESE OWNED HOTEL with all you can ram down your throat buffets get the bulk of it. Package deals bought in China for Chinese owned hotels hardly says to me most of the money stays in Thailand but I may be wrong. 

And how does  that compare to the destination of  profit from most "Corporate Multi national" enterprises overall? The Hotel business is (has been) an agent in the global proliferation of selling part of the concept of

glorious  incurred  debt .

Scalping on the "credit" has been the mainstay of  tourism. That it has  involved  large  numbers of  poorly paid or  marginal  associate  business is only  now becoming a point of concern. To Governments? Not  really. More of a  concern to the  lobbyists  to  Governments  because  the  underbelly of  that sector is badly damaged in an immediate sense. There is some evidence in the  reaction by  Governments  to  placate  major  interests by infusions and policies which have little  assistance  to the majority of unemployed  or  furloughed.

Incrementally  it will  continue to impact on Governments and any  intelligent  reaction  to coping  with  the  gutting of the  easy  money economies.

"Covid-19" may have been the  agent to precipitate an inconvenient consideration of the fact there as to be  a limit even if  by  comparison to other  factors  of  mortality to the  human race is as yet relatively small it is the global non selective impact which has caused  fear due to the fact that unlike "wars somewhere else" the  home town enemy is potentially  present.

Sadly  the vaccine weapon against the enemy  will probably  become a weapon in itself by being used  to hold societies  to ransom.

Insist on  50/50 .

10 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

If he was assigned to the post why did he not know where the mine was so he could avoid it, or was he visiting where he should not have.

Are you not aware of how  many mines  are  still  about in Cambodia and along the  Thai /Cambodia  border?

Many of the millions of them that were planted  were never recorded as to whereabouts.

I think the  Headline should  be taken  down  !

Be  happy !  No rain until  today  but on Wednesday  some  fairly strong  wind gusts.

Maybe better luck  next week for those  who want?

Does  "Temporary insanity" have any validity in terms of Thai justice?

4 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

Barking dogs are an annoyance . Granted . But neighbors going berserk are even worse .

At least the dog did not kill anybody .

Indirectly ?

22 minutes ago, Pique Dard said:

yemen lacks oil and natural resources, who cares?

And that is how  many would  perceive it. But few would then  ask why is it that  millions of people live in a country that has  nothing of interest  for exploitation? Why is there a war over it? Again nobody  cares except for the fact it is a conflict that consumes a large  amount of expendable military armaments to fuel and continue making large profits for  Western suppliers.

Humanity  has  ceased to evolve beyond  perfecting the art of  self destruction.

14 minutes ago, RayC said:

But it won't be over. As @Thingamabob stated, it is likely that there will be a provisional deal this year, which will allow both sides to save face, but there will, most likely, be no end of outstanding issues left unresolved. The talking will have to go on for years to come. 

It could  continue  until such  time as those  ever so  satisfied   with the concept of  Brexit  develop  dementia and  nobody  can remember  what they are  all mumbling on about !

Joined at the  hip  !  Live with it  or  find a  proper  Surgeon !

4 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I doubt he will be able to stay out of prison, once he has lost Presidential immunity from prosecution, and is too broke to pay the lawyers he will need. Why else do you think he has been in denial since the election?

Gimme a break here, he's playing golf while the COVID case numbers are soaring. Probably thinks he might as well make the most of his remaining freedom.

His  golf trips are never  free so given the  current excuse of the tensions his security  team will  be expanded  at no concessional  rates ! One day of  golf probably exceeds supporters donations in cost !

Tourism is a sector of a National economy.  An economy is  not  Tourism. A  Cash Cow  Dies. Time to  rear and raise a  new one. Maybe not a  clone .

????

Even while I am perfectly aware of the  fact that  many many  countries have human rights problems even as members of the  UN when the US has  for decades promoted itself as a bastion of everything  that is  great in supreme status  and example of   "democracy" while at the same time using  the  presumption  of that status as  universally accepted  to invade and declare war  by contrived  methodology or dishonesty whilst inflicting , enabling, or ignoring suppression of the rights of it's  own citizens I say  Fair Call !

Right by Might is a contradiction and  to  dictate it  is?.... Fascist.

46 minutes ago, geisha said:

Of course, but they don’t have the 500 000 baht blocked in their bank accounts do they ? So when travel becomes easier these countries might be a good option .

Bali  may be an exception because the economy of it has been formed around  tourism almost exclusively.

But while the  pandemic has  disrupted that and thousands  have  departed back to origins elsewhere in Indonesia the Balinese are enjoying a degree of resumption of their  culture which  is tightly supportive.

I find the  fixated  opinion of western attitudes  quite  sad in that there is this projected presumption that "Tourism" is the be all and  end all of any economy.

The truth is that in terms of  reality that the  worst impact of a cessation in economic "advancement" is on the   sector of non productive  speculation and the slut fest profit taking from short term investments involved.

Perhaps in time the  impact of  C-19 will instill recognition of some basic realities that have been obscured by the adulation of wealth in extreme excess of necessity.

By accident  or design and without  discrimination  C-19 has and will  bring about  some  major re-evaluations in  how humanity  proceeds.

A major  component of that involves the consideration of those  that have  a lot to lose and those that have  never  had much to lose. Who has the survivable  advantage in that situation?

I hope the pricing is optimistically  based on the idea Thai people will want expensive memorabilia.

Or if the prices are near what they paid no wonder Thai  had a financial problem or two !

5 minutes ago, Susco said:

 

My guess is that it is a blood vein somewhere that has a "wound" and got infected.

 

If it is a vein in the upper tract, would I feel the burning sensation in the tip of the penis, and only at the end of the urination?

Be aware that  BPH over a  certain age is most probably  existent  but  not necessarily  related  to  your  symptoms.

Even an inflamed  prostate  is  not always  specific  to  BPH  nor any specific  infection. " Non infectious  Prostatitis".

At times  sexual activity  can actually  create some post event side  effects  without specific  cause.

As  recommended above  get a proper lab test  done to establish any better diagnosis.

I personally suffer similar  symptoms  as  you have  described on an intermittent  basis. Twice tests  have  shown no prostate  or  UTI and symptoms have subsided after  short term anti-inflammatory use.  I have a "very " enlarged  prostate  but as  yet have declined resorting to pharmaceutical intervention. (  As  yet ! )

Worst  episode I have had was after a  long  uncomfortable  journey as a  pillion  passenger on a  small  motorcycle. My anatomy  objected  "bigly" .

2 hours ago, douglasspade said:

That is correct. Post #1 was not aimed at the US Georgia, but at the US as a whole as I expected some action of Trump supporters to act out their disapproval like the guys in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Hence I 'expected more' from the US.

 

I can see the post may have triggered some confusion. Sorry my bad.

Acknowledged. . In either location it could  have  been  more .