HauptmannUK

I think you are wasting your time with this plan. If its a leak from a domestic PVC pipe it will generate very little acoustic energy. PVC damps the noise and moreover any sound generated will be at quite low frequencies - few hundred Hertz. One possibility might be to seal the outlet end of the leaky length of pipe and introduce compressed air. Escaping gases generate more acoustic energy and at a higher frequency.

Returning stuff is often a headache even for Thai people. I recall last year my wife asked me to get her a 'wholesale size' box of the earwig brand cough-drops from the big 7/11 on Jomtien Beach Rd for her to take back to UK. I think a box holds about 30 packets. It wasn't cheap (I think about ฿400). When I got back to our condo she spotted that it was past the marked 'use by' date. I still had the receipt so went back to the 7/11. I speak adequate Thai and politely explained the situation. I also pointed out that the other boxes on the shelves were also expired. The response was basically, 'You chose to buy it. Bad luck'. No refund. My wife went down later in the day with a similar outcome. The out of date boxes were still on the shelf....

I don't think these are actual melatonin tablets....they are 'sleep aids'

A few British villains have certainly done a runner to Thailand over the years. Probably second placed after Spain.

My wife and I travel frequently between homes in UK and Thailand. We've previously used Puritan's Pride 3mg Melatonin tablets to help with time zone adjustment. I've just been looking to buy more on Lazada or Shoppee and no melatonin products are coming up in search. Is melatonin now outlawed in Thailand?

Passport with visa. Also wise to hang on to your boarding pass. Theoretically you could be asked to show funds in cash. ฿20k equiv. I believe. Only happened to me once and very bizarrely I had arrived Business Class and used the BC express immigration....

Very unwise to use it in Thailand. Thailand uses 230V AC. Things have voltage ratings for a reason. The separation distances and insulation in that power strip are rated for 125V. Moreover the surge protection devices will blow at 230V. Why not just buy a 230V outlet panel?

First of all don't panic and assume you have a 'faulty engine'. If the engine seems to run ok, does not make undue noises and consumes no/minimal oil and water then the likelihood is that the major mechanical parts of the engine are fine. There are literally hundreds of things that can cause the MIL to illuminate. Something as minor as a poor seal on the filler cap or a weak battery. The fact that the light periodically resets makes me think its likely to be a minor fault. The best option would be to take it to a Toyota dealer or Toyota specialist who will use Toyota's own 'Techstream' software which can read not only generic OBDII codes but also Toyota's proprietary codes - historic, current and pending, as well as accessing live data. I have Techstream in the UK and normally what I find is a lot of random and irrelevant historic codes. Unless the fault is very obvious then I would clear down all stored codes and ask the customer to come back when the MIL comes back on again and then get back into the diagnosis proper.

If he's routinely using a Toyota dealership they would be fitting branded Toyota filters. A mouse/rat has been very active scampering about in there, urinating and damaging the filter material. I've seen this many times over the years. There is something about cabin filters that attracts rodents - its quite common to see rodent droppings even in city-based cars in the UK, although not usually the amount of droppings as in that filter..

My family has a long established car dealership/servicing/MoT station in the UK. I am mostly retired from it now, however I have seen thousands of cabin filters over the years. Trust me, your filter is not 'degraded', in fact the filter material is still fairly clean. However the pleats are chock full of rodent droppings and the rodent has chewed part of the filter. Be thankful you don't have a BMW or Mercedes, the latest BMs and MBs use biodegradable plastic insulation on the wires - its basically mouse food!

I have an AIS SIM in my dual SIM phone. Data is turned off but obviously the SIM must be enabled. I receive SMS messages from Bangkok Bank all over the world including places like Nigeria, Ghana, India, UK, Spain etc. No charge.

The only time I ever got asked was on arriving Business Class on an Emirates flight and going through the express immigration. I'd been in and out of Thailand a lot, just staying for a few days each time and I think the officer was suspicious. He asked to see how much money I had on me - it was GBP9000 in 20's. He stamped me through.

Siemens EQ900 bought over from the UK. Good mid-range machine. Cost me around GBP1500 in UK, no idea of the price in Thailand.

Bangkok is not suitable for the elderly or infirm..

The Al-Jazeera report was shoddy journalism. They had an agenda and were not going to let facts get in the way. For example the shots (from behind) of a tall Westerner with a very short Thai lady were inviting the viewer to draw false conclusions. The owner of the featured bar is not British. In many years of visiting and living in Pattaya I have not personally observed underage prostitution but I've no doubt it does sometimes go on. However its probably proportionately less common in Pattaya than in many others areas of Thailand simply because of the number of agencies looking for it in the city. Conversely, up in my wife's province (Udon) it seems commonplace. The old Pu Ya Baan would often leave the village late in the afternoon to take an underage girl to one of the local resorts. Everyone seemed to be aware of this and even joke about it. Its worth noting that there is a serious problem with underage 'grooming gangs' in several British cities - victims numbering into the thousands. Court case are still ongoing. Religiously sanctioned temporary marriages to underage girls (Muta'a marriage) are also common in some communities in UK/Europe, but I suspect we won't see an Al-Jazeera report....

That looks like one of the shade variations of Toyota's Red Mica... been used globally for 25 years to my recollection. These days mostly metallic or pearl. Reds are always troublesome. Reds absorb a lot of solar radiation. Older one-shot solid reds used iron pigments and would oxidise and fade quite badly. These days most are finished with clearcoat which largely solves the oxidisation problem but unfortunately the clearcoat-to-basecoat interface often starts to fail and you get unsightly 'lacquer peel'. Metallics seem to suffer less than solids IME. If appraising a used car with a red finish the first thing is to do a walk around looking for lacquer peel - often its a deal breaker.

That doesn't look good to me. It doesn't look like normal age-related cracking. I suspect a manufacturing defect. What is the brand and the date code please..?

So why do you want to do it?

Typically Thai. They won't accept you spelt it wright and they are rong. Seriously though, if passport number etc is correct then I'd take a chance on it. I've had a couple of multi-O and when I give them the print out they seem to just punch the eVisa number into the computer and don't check other stuff. I guess the visa comes up on their computer.

Until I took early retirement in 2018 I was visiting Bangkok frequently for work. We had an office in Exchange Tower, Asoke. Certain times of the year were just horrible. I think I was there for the whole month of December one time and the air was really bad. I'm not usually badly affected by air quality but it hit me badly that time. Its not somewhere I would choose to live. I remember having to work in Changsha, China, one time and the air was so bad you could see the pollution swirling around at street level and even taste it. I would wake up during the night with a pounding headache, flushed and sweating.

My wife and I have frequently brought GBP into Thailand. We bring in as clean £20 notes - no tears, writing etc. Limit through UK airports is £10k so we carry £9.5k each. If you are stopped they will likely ask if you are travelling with anyone. If so they will likely pull that person as well. My wife kept her Thai surname and so would book a flight separately using her bank card and usually on a different flight.. Once in Thailand we split into amounts of about £3k and changed at different exchange booths - this may not be necessary but can't be too careful. Then straight to the bank to deposit. Of course you can get pulled and questioned for smaller amounts in UK airports - maybe just a few thousand - but so far neither of us has ever been stopped.

Hopefully the OP has a Japanese car. Mercedes and BMW persist in fitting the French-designed Valeo systems which are manufactured in the Czech Republic. They are troublesome. Some models (e.g. MB A-Class) are fitted with the much better Japanese Denso systems. If you want good reliable automotive aircon the Japanese have everyone beat. The heyday of Italian cars was decades ago. Brands such as Fiat, Alfa, Lancia and Maserati now belong to Stellantis - the less said about their recent efforts, the better!

For those who haven't worked it out yet the clue is in Bob's choice of avatar - the actor Wilfred Brambell. Brambell was an alcoholic and, although married for a time, a homosexual. He was famously arrested in 1962 for persistent importuning in public toilets. He was never able to come to terms with his homosexuality and spent his life in denial.......

People in 'tourist towns' inevitably exhibit 'foreigner fatigue'. I have to say though that most workers in Pattaya are remarkably patient given some of the idiots they put up with day-in, day-out.

4A suggests relatively low likelihood of cancer (<10%). Wife's sister was a 4C. Had a biopsy with local at Udon govt hospital. I took her to the appointment. Seemed fine - in and out quickly and she didn't complain. She ended up needing a mastectomy. That was about four years ago and she's been fine since.