1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Declining educational standards will have a detrimental effect on the U.K

Why do you think it implies declining educational standards?

12 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Top private schools see their Oxbridge success rate plummet amid diversity drive

 

The Oxbridge success rate of top private schools has dropped by a third in five years amid a drive to boost numbers of disadvantaged students, an investigation by The Telegraph has found.

The impact on private school pupils of targets to increase diversity at the top universities, and an overall rise in numbers of applicants, is laid bare by the findings. 

  Analysis of Oxford and Cambridge offer rates to 50 independent schools with the highest number of applications last year, shows the likelihood of their pupils receiving an offer has dropped from  39 per cent to 26.5 per cent in five years.

 

 

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/top-private-schools-see-their-oxbridge-success-rate-plummet-amid-diversity-drive/ar-AA13s4Jj?ocid=mailsignout&pc=U591&cvid=e9072c317bf44568a21f48ad9e99039c

Are you suggesting that this is a problem?

I live about 20km north of Chumphon and I travel to Chumphon nearly every day.

I don't think you will be troubled by flooding in this area. 

There has been some rain over the last few days but no torrential rain.  Rivers are high and fast flowing from heavy rain about a week ago but water levels are declining right now.

Thank you for taking the time to post Nigel.  I found your posts very informative.

Of course other than issues of taxation there are other good reasons why it may make sense to deposit income earned abroad in a foreign account.  In my case these are because I do not want or need all my income from abroad coming here and because I can time any transfers to Thailand so that they are made when interest rates are advantageous.  A further consideration is that investment opportunities are much better in my home country than they are here. 

3 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

What did god do?

Not exist mostly.

28 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

How does the OP know what is in the radiator now is the correct coolant? Excessive dilution of coolant or substitution of plain water is a possibility.

The OP should also feel around at the top of the radiator ( inside ) for irregularities such as aggregated rust which should not be there.

I agree with other posters overheating after a coolant change is suspicious.

I'm not sure how coolant gets air in it, being at about 90-110 C in operation. Standard laboratory procedure to degas water is to boil it. Perhaps people floating that hypothesis are confusing engine coolant with brake fluid.

Air gets into the system when the old coolant is drained out.

That air is normally displaced when you refill the cooling system but it is quite common that not all the air is displaced.  Hence the provision on some cars of coolant system bleeding points.  On other cars a specific refilling process will be described in the factory service manual to get rid of air pockets.  Where such a process is set out it should be invariably followed.

On some cars, particularly mid and rear engined cars, the bleeding process involves raising the front of the car higher than the rear.  Of course a Honda City does not fall into that category.

8 minutes ago, JaiMaai said:

This makes sense.

 

I think it's too much of a coincidence that the problem occurred right after the coolant change.

The bleeding process varies from car to car but I would guess a Honda City falls into the easy category.  Some cars have bleed valves in the system specifically for bleeding air in the coolant.  Whatever the process it would be detailed in the factory service manual.

I think the most likely explanation is that whoever changed the coolant did not bleed air out of the system after filling it.

If that is the case it will be an easy and inexpensive fix.

On our farm of 30 rai I am the only person who drives the tractor.

This is mainly because the tractor is fifty years old and I have the mechanical sympathy to keep it running pretty much for ever.  Others do not.

The property is reasonably secluded but even if I ran into trouble with 'the authorities' I am well prepared to deal with that consequence.

58 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

From my experience :

A single mother with two young kids was given a room in a hostel in a rough part of town and she had to check in daily to keep that room and it was over an hours journey to her kids school .

   Another single mother with four kids was given an emergency two bedroom flat and put on the list for a council flat and its estimated that it would be a good few years before she would get close to the top of the list . By that time her kids will be grown up and she would lose her edibility or move down the list .

   A married working couple would stand little chance of getting a council flat (in London)

Single mothers really lose their flavour after a few years.  Better to buy something at the supermarket.

Burmese, Laos and Cambodians are specifically excluded from consideration under this scheme.

I think the OP's reasons for considering migrating to the UK are admirable but there could hardly be a worse time to be considering such a move. 

The economy is in a horrendous mess thanks to a succession of acts of self harm by a government which is in a state of perpetual chaos.

If the OP is a smoker he will also have to budget around £4,700 a year for cigarettes assuming one pack a day.

21 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

There are at least two in town where I live. One owned by a German guy. He said he is very happy. 

I would struggle with the question "what car do you drive?"

"Erm, a Good Cat."

9 hours ago, fredob43 said:

Lump of cast iron or not. The Tuna dose handle well rain or shine. It's not a sports car it's an MPV. My family were here for a holiday some time ago and I had to cart around 10 of us. Ok it was a bit of a push room wise, but it got us to where we wanted to go without any problems. So, they will do the job they were designed for. Oh, just one small point my lump is now 6 years old, and I have never had a problem other than changing the battery and general service. 

These things are all relative.  Compared to a pick up truck it is pretty fine in terms of handling due to a five link rear axle.  Compared to a decent sports car it is god awful in terms of ride and handling.

The problem really arises because Toyota made the Fortuner to comply with Thailands PPV (Passenger Pickup Vehicle) regulations.  That allows them to offer a lower retail price as tax on PPVs is lower than for cars.  But those regulations means you are stuck with a live rear axle which compromises ride and handling.

The Mu X and the Mitsu PPV are similarly compromised.  The CRV and the Mazda CX models are not.

There are, of course, other very good reasons for buying a Fortuner; build quality and reliability to name just two.

Well I watched Bozza stumble off the plane after his economy class flight.

Please tell me that this shambles of a man is not going to be presented as some kind of saviour.

On 10/20/2022 at 1:29 PM, Ralf001 said:

They are both based on the same architecture which was designed in 2004.

If this basic fact is too much your thick skull to understand go hassle someone else with your clueless repliess.

 

 

fredo is failing to mention the fact that both the Revo and the tuna have a huge lump of cast iron known as a live rear axle out back.  That is the main reason why neither will ride particularly well and handling and grip is compromised.

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

And they manufacture custom made PCBs?

I know NPE from Ban Mo and I don't remember seeing anything about PCBs. But maybe I just missed that information or corner. 

I very much doubt they do custom made PCBs.

Nattapong in Zeer Rangsit.

Electronic components shop at the furthest East end of Zeer on the floor you enter on.

I saw a Good Cat on the road today.

A kind of meh, got nothing blob of a car.

No idea who makes it but with a name like that it must be Chinese.