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We buy 7 Up because it's zero sugar and not as sweet and more lemony than Sprite Zero Sugar. which I find horrible.
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Repatriation of property sales proceeds
JBChiangRai replied to pj123's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Getting a Tor Tor Sam (TT3) can be problematic, you need to declare on your transfer to Thailand the reason for the transfer. You can't declare "Buying a house" for obvious reasons, you can declare "Buying a Condominium" though the bank may ask to see a contract which shouldn't proof too difficult.... Reason given as buying a condo, will get you your TT3 but only if you request it at the receiving bank. In any event, providing you don't close your bank account and keep a record of the initial transfer, you can ask the bank at any time in the future to return that money to the UK with or without a TT3. A note on company ownership of property. It is not illegal for a foreigner controlled company to own house(s)/land, BUT, if the purpose of your company is to facilitate illegal ownership of house & land by a foreigner, then it is illegal. Your company has to have another primary trading activity where ownership of the house/land is a necessary part of delivering that activity. In the highly unlikely event of being investigated, they have to prove your intention was to find a way around the land ownership law. There are ways, so put your thinking cap on. -
Electric Vehicles in Thailand
JBChiangRai replied to Bandersnatch's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
I resemble that remark! I love pink on a car, especially the Nissan metallic pink. In my early 20's I had a car in metallic salmon with an olive leather interior, more orange than pink, those were the days. -
The other way to look at this is your responsibility is to return the house in good condition. If the rats destroy the furniture or cause damage, you can't do that. Actually, I'm surprised the landlord lets you have 4 dogs.
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I use both glue boards and poison. You need to be a bit proactive and have a strong constitution with glue boards, recognise when you have caught a rat/rats and kill them afterwards, I drown them by putting the whole board under water. In my garage which serves as a storage area for the usual junk, I put poison in the boxes.
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It's not unreasonable for the landlord to expect you to put down glue boards or rat poison, or traps. My first thought about rats would be what is attracting them.
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Rats can often be caused by lifestyle, make sure you are not putting garbage where it attracts rats. The other problem with rats, is rats attract snakes.
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Famous YouTuber Interrogated at Local Police Station
JBChiangRai replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
I hope you're right. I am less confident that all the youtubers here in Thailand have gone about it correctly. I have a friend here in Chiang Rai who does it, and I know he hasn't. -
Electric Vehicles in Thailand
JBChiangRai replied to Bandersnatch's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
I don't know about the weight or size of each car, but the MG4 has about 80% more power so it's not surprising it's much quicker. -
Famous YouTuber Interrogated at Local Police Station
JBChiangRai replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
There are a couple of other issues. For foreign individual or organisations to film for anything commercial, you need government approval here with a particular type of visa. Secondly, this is the guy's job, if he doesn't have the right visa/gov't permission, he's earning money doing this, so he needs a work permit and must pay taxes if he lives here. I suspect this is only going to get worse.- 92 replies
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Electric Vehicles in Thailand
JBChiangRai replied to Bandersnatch's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
I haven't driven the Dolphin but I do own the MG4 (X). I think you need to drive them both, back to back, the MG4 blew me away. It feels a lot larger than it is and is very much geared towards driver pleasure. I thoroughly enjoy driving it and look forward to going out in it. I do drive it quite spiritedly. One statistic missing is DC Charging speed for the MG4, it's almost double the Dolphin at 117Kw. Also the 0-100km/hr achieved by multiple roadtesters is about a second quicker than posted above. The Dolphin performance looks a bit tame to me. -
I think grout is a carbonate and any acidic Ph is bad for the grout. I am concerned about the chemistry of Ph- powder, I don't know what it is, there are lots of things you can put in your pool that will eventually screw up the water so that you have to partially drain and refill, TriChlor etc. Ph- powder could be turning into something that may cause problems eventually. I suspect it's Citric Acid which is an organic compound and may leave something unwanted in the water. With liquid acid, it is HydroChloric Acid (Muriatic if you're from the former colonies), formula HCl, it doesn't turn into anything you don't want in your pool.
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Electric Vehicles in Thailand
JBChiangRai replied to Bandersnatch's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
Gives me a headache, and the NVH is what causes driver fatigue. Silence is Golden. -
Electric Vehicles in Thailand
JBChiangRai replied to Bandersnatch's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
I agree 100%. But when that insane acceleration and performance comes without the usual lag on an ICE car and in silence, it takes the thrill to a whole new level. -
Salt Chlorinators do fail, either the electronics fail, or the chlorine generating cell wears out. If it's the former, you can replace it with a battery charger, for best results use an adjustable one and reverse the polarity every week. If the cell has worn out, you need to replace it. The electronics is basically a constant current device with auto-reversing polarity. Another tip I would give to buying a salt chlorinator, is go for the one with the biggest output you can afford. you can run the pump less and save a lot of money. One of my neighbours replaced their 25g Cl/Hr for a 50g Cl/Hr and halved their electric bill for the pool from 1,800 to 875 THB/month.
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You should never be operating in Winter mode in Thailand, not even in Chiang Rai in the cool season. I have built a few pools here and the tip I would give anyone contemplating it is use granite slabs instead of tiles and there is much less grouting, probably 100 times less. It won't cost any more. Granite lasts a lifetime, it's slightly porous so your concrete mix needs a waterproofer in it (but it should have one anyway). Granite won't craze like tiles do after a decade or so. Don't use marble, it dissolves in low Ph.
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Electric Vehicles in Thailand
JBChiangRai replied to Bandersnatch's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
I agree, one motor is adequate, enough to leave most ICE cars in the dust. But 2 motors is thrilling and 3 motors is ludicrous, the RImac Nevera has 4 motors one for each wheel and that is perfection, all the stability stuff can be performed independently in electronics, getting that right took them a long time, fortunately they had Richard Hammond (aka Mr. Crash) to test it to destruction for them. Right now the fastest EV in Thailand is the Porsche Taycan Turbo S. I read somewhere that Porsche is working on a Taycan Turbo GT with 3 or 4 motors. 3 motors is predicted, but 4 motors would make sense since they share the same parent company with Rimac who has completed the R&D. -
Solar power, can it be done DIY?
JBChiangRai replied to Sophon's topic in Alternative/Renewable Energy Forum
I don't see a data cable between your inverters, required to make them synchronise. Also, is the cable run from each inverter to battery, the same length and size? -
I have first hand experience, albeit, about 8 years ago. We had a Mitsubishi Pajero converted to LPG to collect customers for an adventure business. When I went to Central Mall the security guard told me I had to park outside with LPG. It's extremely common in Europe, about half the countries ban LPG Parking on lower floors and you can't use the UK-FR Channel Tunnel with an LPG car. The Park2Go app in Thailand often directs you to LPG only spots.