Andrew Dwyer

So, the moobahn i live in has decided to lay asphalt on top of the existing concrete and, although they have apparently laid a nice carpet down ( remains to be seen, especially in the rainy season ) they don’t go right up to each individual house, most of which have a concrete/tiled ramp up into the garage/carport. This is kind of understandable with the amount of different angles and lengths of ramps adopted by the owners. What it has left me is a “ channel “ approximately 30 cm x 5 metres long which i know from experience will retain water ( always had a puddle here after raining). ( ignore the broken tiles, just another on my to do list ) There are drainage points either side of the ramp but a dip in the concrete right in front of the ramp meant there was always a small puddle. I hadn’t tackled this earlier, been here since 2017, as have seen others attempting to divert the puddle using a build up of concrete failing badly, had considered some drainage holes but feared hitting the main water supply which runs somewhere under the ramp or washing away the subsoil, nobody wants a sinkhole opening up outside your house !! Irrespective of any water just this channel across my access will become annoying very quickly as i usually line the car up straight to go inside. Anyway, Thaiwatsadu sell 20 kg bags of asphalt premix so i figured i could tackle this myself and be careful enough to leave a small rise in the middle of the gate to send water towards the drains. So my question ( finally ! ) is has anyone used this product ? What tips can you give me ? Am assuming better adherence is created using some tar like substance beforehand ? and heating the product would make it easier to work with ?? Will visit Thaiwatsadu to check out the product but don’t hold out for too much information from the staff so am relying on the good folks here at AN to give me some pointers. TIA

Scarpetta gets some pretty bad reviews, mostly from readers of the books who say it strays too much from the original. That aside there’s a lot I don’t like about this only 2 episodes in ( maybe it will improve ? ). Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis should be able to do better imho, the scenes between them are mostly just sisters fighting and are unnecessary. The black/gay niece also takes up too much of the storyline chatting to her girlfriend. The serial killer storyline seems almost secondary ! Then there’s the flashbacks which aren’t always clear what time zone we are in. Most of the main characters are featured in both times but as there is 28 years between sometimes you have to figure out who is who. Seemed like they purposely made the boyfriends/husbands extremely different to identify them, they certainly give off a Starsky and Hutch vibe. Has all the makings of a good story but let down by too many incidentals, secondary storylines get in the way and some unusual choices. e.g. the first flashback ( from 2026 to 1998 ) is accompanied by The Animal’s House of the Rising Sun which seems a bit off, of all the songs available pre and including 1998 they went with one with no relevance to the storyline and is usually reserved for 60’s flashbacks !! Okay, so maybe am overthinking this but it is not keeping my attention, will persevere, maybe it concentrates more on the story we want to see and improves !

Okay, with you now, on my iPhone the black quote selection box always stays near the bottom of the screen as in my previous photo when I have highlighted text to quote, even if I scroll the page up or down.

Okay, doesn’t happen to me on my phone, you haven’t said if it happened to you on phone or pc. I get this: Do get a few things popping up though, the black quote selection box, the options under the quoted text.

That happens, usually you have to clear the reply box out and start again, sometimes it will give you the option to continue with the reply or clear the editor and start again. Trying to highlight a portion to quote can be tricky sometimes and sometimes it will go up, or down, very quickly to highlight the whole text, am on an iPhone, difficult to separate the red dots if they are close together. Sometimes easier to hit select then reduce the highlighted text down to what you want. I find the “ quote “ button is in a better place now than before, maybe it was close to the emojis before ? Used to be in a black box but now is in blue text and I haven’t hit it for ages so am pretty sure it is better for me, at least. Could be in a different place on your phone or pc i guess.

Exactly, right now it is okay but other times the page will time out and not open. It is the only application that does this, i can stream a movie without issue but AN is intermittently problematic.

You should probably seek help .

Yeah I saw this before, would have preferred to see more range by keeping the 82.5 kw battery but in blade 2 form. Using a higher density ( blade 2 ) but then reducing the size ( 82.5 to 69 kw ) and ending up with around the same range doesn’t make sense to me. The higher charging rate is welcome but only if we see new high speed chargers appearing, currently I can get 150 kWh from a Spark 180 kw charger, albeit for a short time. With all these stories of the minor updated Seal, Seal 07 and Seal 08 will have to wait to see what actually, if an, becomes available here.

Pretty sure you understood what i meant.

I do remote start the air conditioning on my Seal quite often and about a year ago, after a car or app update it would only start the air and not the car itself. I took this to be some sort of safety measure, albeit without any info on reason, or just a glitch, wasn’t sure. Later on I learned that by starting air remotely then opening the seat ventilation via the app also the car would also start ( lights flash and wing mirrors pop out as had done originally ). I figured it was unnecessary to start the car but recently have learned ( haven’t actually checked it ) that if you start the car as well as air conditioning via app then the front vents will open to improve air flow and accelerate the air conditioning/circulation. I have recently started enabling the seat ventilation after remotely starting air con via the app but if it does actually improve air con performance i couldn’t say. All in all it is a strange situation and the app needs some reconfiguration to make people aware of this action or add a tip message. Just opening the front vents upon starting the air conditioning remotely would make life simpler and in theory improve air conditioning performance without having the motor running/lights flashing/wing mirrors popping out unnecessarily.

Not for me, try one of the many proxies.

Surprised there isn’t any body changes, other than new wheels, there’s usually some grille or rear spoiler change even with a minor update, this is more of a major upgrade. The colours will be interesting also, a new colour instantly highlights the “ hey look at me, I have a new car “ statement. I did like the green colour the current Atto comes in, the blue being my least favourite, ironically it looks like there is a new deep blue colour ( even more ironically my current Space Grey car is predominantly blue !! ). Not sure what colours are available for the current Atto 3 never mind the new version, as is with the prices they seem to change often. Didn’t they drop the blue and the red when the black version came out ? A new Obsidian Black ( apparently more of a metallic colour ) has been launched on the UK minor update Seal, that would be interesting to see in the flesh, normal black is on my no go list !. By the way i am not in the market for a new car but as you can tell……. will power is definitely lacking 😞

So here’s a video about the new Atto 3 , will it come to Thailand ??, i suspect it will. But then again what do i know ( no answers please ! ). The video is U.K. based and annoyingly makes many comparisons with 2 EV not available here but does highlight the changes from the previous Atto 3. https://youtu.be/SNIupgb6mh8?si=dq83jaPOYOimE2pk For those who can’t spare 14 minutes here are the main points. Major changes are: Larger battery ( 75 kw ) More HP AWD version available RWD on the single motor version. ( HP and 0-100 now similar to Seal/Sealion 7 territory ). Faster charging ( 220 kWh ). 50 litres more rear storage and a healthy frunk (101 litres ). Suspension has been improved to stop the bounce at speed somewhat. Many other smaller changes: 1 wireless charger with cooling , but unless it is 50W not really useful ( turned my 2 x 15W wireless chargers off on my Seal long ago ). Gear changes on steering stalk leaving a very clean looking centre console. Guitar strings still in evidence but now in black. Door pull inside now a more standard design. Rear seat angle now adjustable albeit slightly . Bigger instrument cluster, albeit still quite small . Of course specs might differ on Thai models, if it comes, will all colours be available ?? , will there be 2 or 3 versions ?? etc But it would be a major attraction if launched at the upcoming Motor Show. One to consider ?, definitely !, but as always will depend on price !!

According to your info $50 to $150 USD ? It runs Windows 10 very comfortably, is not eligible for Windows 11 upgrade but i understand there are ways around that. Not necessary to install Linux. What happened in 2014 ? As I already stated will donate to my step kids who are at Uni and Vocational College, am pretty sure they will make use of it, I will upgrade the ssd beforehand and have already fit a new battery this week as i already said, did you read the op ?. The idea of replacing the seal is to improve it aesthetically, otherwise it is perfect.

On a slightly different note, has anyone noticed Cadbury’s Fruit and Nut chocolate disappear from the shelves in their area ? Certainly has where i live. Ordered some from Shopee the other day, came from the South ( Yala and Narathiwat ).