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13 minutes ago, mark5335 said:

If it's an important document, for both speed and safety reasons I use DHL to send from Bangkok to Sydney.

The only safe solution 

I had an important document mailed from AKL Central to Adelaide POBox.  It took 3 months to be delivered.  Homing pigeons are faster than Australia Post.

ThaiPost by comparison is incredibly fast, cheap and efficient (except on Koh Chang).

IMO there are far too many similar emoticons, 3 x that could be removed leaving just 'thumbsup'.  Removal of the 'sad' face could eliminate the need for anonymity via "Somebody".

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Will the fake news be produced by AI?

By the truckload.  Easy enough to spot on certain news sites where key words and/or phrases are repetitive plus spelling and grammar usually perfect even if the story doesn't make sense.

Social media spawns fake news - usually one personal observation reported on FB, Twatter or similar and increasingly picked up by rags posing as news media sites.  

6 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Don't knock it, my friend bought one months ago and she's very happy with it performance, comfort and price wise.

Owners said the same thing about Australian Leyland P76.  The biggest lemon ever made is also known as the P38 (half a car) due to it's many major faults and yet owners were too embarrassed to admit it.  555

3 hours ago, BarnicaleBob said:

Would someone tell me where the immigration drive through is in Chiang Mai.  Thank you.

The 90Day drive thru is on the left side of the Immi building as you enter the one-way route, around the site.  Did you realise your spelling of Barnacle is incorrect? 

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

I had a friend who in similar situation he just went to the immigration and they phoned the landlord and he got fined, if she gives you the paperwork you can do it yourself,

somewhere on here one of the members did a step by step guide, I forget his name, sorry

Follow this advice and present your case to the I/O in the back office.  They are quite receptive to polite requests for assistance.

System might just boil the jug for a cuppa, SFA else. 

String PV system and ~3/5kw output available for around 200k bt would suit an average home with 2 persons, no pool.

Use Drivers Licence or Pink ID card.  Photocopy is good enough for most banks where you are already a known customer.

46 minutes ago, proton said:

went into a shop last week one item 25 baht another 25 baht, needed a calculator to work it out, me holding out 50 baht!????

haha, yes check-out chicks aint the sharpest knives in the drawer.  I bought a 960bt bottle of oil and tendered 1000bt.  Even though the register showed the correct change the cashier checked on her calculator 

I've often totted up a handwritten invoice, reading upside down, and informed the clerk what the total is before they can finish entering on their calc.  The look of wonderment is something to behold.

3 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Just wondering nowadays are they allowed to use calculators? written,? or Mental math?. no info. in the full story  

Was think same thing LOL

9 hours ago, FlorC said:

These are semi professional builders . The question is , do I trust them with a concrete ceiling over me or my car ?

And do I trust these locally made concrete plates. But I haven't heard of floors of shop or townhouses falling down.

 

I'll email those window companies tomorrow , I live in Phrae , so even Chiang mai is pretty far.

I'm sure you have commercial builders in Phrae with shop-house construction experience wherein floor/ceiling spans are ~6m wide.  An engineer can specify detail according to your plan though I would expect a 6m span to be supported on 20 x 20cm posts with a 450 x 200 top/perimeter beam. 

Pre-cast planks can be employed as a base for a poured concrete topping provided adequate steel mesh is fabricated and tied into exposed rebar in the perimeter beams  Under no circumstances should fencing mesh be used despite it being common for ground floor construction.

The preferred method is by using form board, fully supported and the concrete roof slab poured all in one go.  Many builders in Chiang Mai are now (finally) using this method including my preferred building team of Burmese workers.

Window companies can deliver all around the North although some will insist on your paying of the extra cost for an onsite measure unless you order precise sizes and sign a waiver against incorrect measurements supplied.

Double glazing is well worth the hassle.  My house lot came from Bangkok along with the installation crew, but that was before SMK or D&W.  I would never use local Thai-made windows again. The heat/noise/dust insulation is essential PLUS quality windows keep geckos and insects at bay.

Found D&W - https://www.doorandwindow.asia/th/

They used to have a Northern rep.  That may've changed as it looks like the business name has changed.

Get a builder who knows suspended concrete construction.  It aint rocket science and 6m or more spans are common.  2 builders near me have such projects nearing completion.  One goes by the name EDAB, Euro Building and Design.  Another is Chinese Thai I think, no company name seen.

Plenty of double glazing companies around the North, one being SMK in Chiang Mai.  http://www.smkaluminium.com/  Another was DW doors and windows from memory.

I've used the 'net and online resources since '96.  I only use Farcebook via a 3rd part a/c to read Chiang Mai News which is superior to any other source for reliable commentary.  Twatter and similar platforms are of no interest.

The problem these days is sorting wheat from chaff out of mainstream News reports.  Forums are good for disseminating 'reports' and identifying misinformation of which there is far too much flying around the 'net.

AI/Chatgpt isn't helping matters and one doesn't have to look beyond local daily news to find the discrepancies/untruths expounded by click thru sites of which there are now too many worldwide. 

World Chemicals on Mahidol Rd - from 160bt/litre up to 30L (cheapest)

4 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

You don't get it do you.

 

The phrase 'I love you' when spoken by a male to a female is 'phom rak khun'. Spoken by a female to a male it is 'chan rak khun'. However, when speaking about love, these terms are quite formal or traditional and aren't always used.

What don't I get?  I was merely providing an example of translations via ChatGPT, I'm not teaching Thai. 

Having raised the point you clearly demonstrated why I am personally against the use of ChatGPT for 'news' reporting and often warn against following those sites which use it.

Many news sites are using ChatGPT now

Here's another example of how to use it >

Chonburi Chainsaw Massacre ---- coming soon on NetFlix.

I have never eaten crabstick as some 40 years ago I was told by a pro-fisherman exactly how they were made.  He also warned against the likes of Norwegian farmed salmon, long before the Norwegian Gov't. even admitted to any problem.

As mentioned above, the same applies to factory-made sausage like frankfurters.  Butcher-quality smallgoods are usually fine, if you can find an old-style butcher shop.

1 hour ago, BenStark said:

Not sure what you mean with shoulder area, maybe like this ?

 

20 baht at Hardware House Thailand.

 

 

 

Shoulders of the handle, where it extends beyond each side of the blade.