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There are 2 types of floor drains that will work for keeping out odors and critters. 

One type like you have shown with the flap at the bottom that closes when no water is flowing.  I also used to have a similar type that used a spring to shut the flap, it sealed better but the spring wore out after about a year, and they seem hard to find now.

The other type uses water to seal.  There are some that hold very little water and evaporate real fast.  The ones with deeper tubes work better but your drain pipe has to go down straight for a few inches before turning to use them.  

20 hours ago, ukrules said:

If the government wanted a solution they could easily increase this tax by 100 or 200 Baht per year and insure all foreigners to a basic level / cover any losses as it would bring in a massive amount of money but they choose not to.

The problem with that is they would just pocket the money and not spend it on what they justified adding it for.

https://greengarageblog.org/10-big-pros-and-cons-of-biodiesel

Wouldn't it be great if Pinocchio was the head of TAT. That would be a tourist attraction in itself. 

In Ratchaburi 30 mins to 1 hour is the norm for an extension.  No queue numbers handed out there.

Didn't they say they were getting rid of the TM6?

5 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Get rid of the two way u-turns,have one turning Left only,

then another at least 100 yards away turning Right only.

 

One near us over the last few years 20 + people have been killed

and that's only one.

regards Worgeordie

Except I see people using u turns clearly marked for one direction only still being used both ways.  I have even seen police using them that way.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that if all vehicles had the technology then the DLT would be able to monitor speeds. 

 

And the added benefit would be that the location of the driver would be known at all times meaning that crime could be lessened too. 

 

monitor speeds = tickets in the mail.

So they would know who the driver is too?

Or if you want to commit crime and/or speed disable the device.

Mushy PEA???

The biometrics system would be more useful if it caught blacklisters entering the country instead of leaving it.

12 minutes ago, fforest1 said:

Yea well who cares....MSG is orders of magnitude a more nasty stuff than salt will ever be...... Millions of people complain because MSG is a big problem for them..Me included....

It is just not true.  

1 hour ago, loong said:

Does that mean they are going to tax MSG?

There will be riots!

MSG has half the sodium that salt does.

On 10/18/2019 at 11:27 AM, MisterBleach said:

Also, I ask you: Have you ever heard a better tune than, "Minute by Minute"?

Alice Cooper, Dead Babies  (from breathing toxic air)

The Doobies were better without Michael McDonald.

I'm glad I live in Ratchaburi.  Usually takes about 30 minutes to do an extension.  They don't even give out queue numbers.

On 10/15/2019 at 7:35 PM, TerraplaneGuy said:

My understanding is that the tax exemption for our first B20,000 of interest remains in effect. 

For Thai account holders they do not withhold tax until over the 20K baht exemption.  But for farang account holders they withhold the tax from everything.  It would then be up to the farang to claim it back by filing Thai taxes.  I assume a large percent of farang won't bother with it and that the government thinks that too, which is why they do it.

I got one from Nakhon Pathom for my drivers license about 4 years ago.  It was free and done while waiting in the office.

You can also get them from your embassy but they charge.  $50 for US embassy, unless it has gone up since I checked quite awhile ago.

Order on Lazada COD if you want to make sure you get the item.

On 10/11/2019 at 11:04 AM, fhickson said:

went to see a horror flick with my gf once and we were the ONLY people in the theater. of course, we stood for the anthem.

 

thais dont seem to like movies much. not sure why.

they watch them on their cellphones

If the guy had just drove through the checkpoint he most likely would have just been waved through unless of course he had other issues like no registration, no license, etc.

I have seen many instances where the Thai police have shown great restraint.  But probably not when someone is trying to run away from them.

When we moved here the wife insisted on bringing the ninja blender, 1300 watt.  We bought a couple of those small ones that are a small plug in transformers.  Even though they said they were rated for higher wattage it did not work and smoked.  Plus you may at times forget and accidentally plug it straight in.   As others have said you need those bigger transformers.  You should be able to get them at construction or electrical stores.  

After a few years I got tired of the big transformer sitting on the counter, it's heavy.  I ended up buying a ninja blender on amazon.co.uk so no transformer was needed just an adapter plug.

If you have stuff that is dual voltage it will work fine here.  Most dual voltage stuff automatically switches but you may find some stuff you have to do manually.

My advice is just to buy stuff here that will work with no hassle.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Naew Na said the arrest was in line with immigration chief Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang's policy and that the public can call 1178 to report violators. 

How would the public know someone was on overstay just by looking at them?