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    Shakedown Street...

    in Bangkok

    Posted

    On 11/16/2019 at 3:25 PM, richard_smith237 said:

     

    The sort of person who thinks someone deserves a 5000 baht fine for not being asleep by 1am... 

     

    ....Don't forget your afternoon nap gramps... 

     

     

     

     

     

    If I'm up past 1am, the 5k is already long gone. 

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    Pattaya: Snatch thieves on the rampage - Russian woman attending to child is latest victim

    in Pattaya News

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    On 11/19/2019 at 11:20 AM, JESSVANPELT said:

    Most likely a scam!

    I have been around these Russian tourists now for almost 7 years and Never have I seen any wear gold around there necks.

    Also the ones in Russia who can afford gold would never wear it around there necks in Public as they know very well it would get stolen, so why would they do so here?

    The picture on here phone? who takes a selfie and dent show there face? and if it was her, then I';d suspect the gold was the fake gold you can find at the markets for 100 to 200 baht.

    Ghnis same thing went on about two years ago.

    You are aware photos can be cropped, right? 

    Pattaya: Snatch thieves on the rampage - Russian woman attending to child is latest victim

    in Pattaya News

    Posted

    On 11/18/2019 at 5:15 PM, mikecha said:

    when Traveling or visiting another country dont show all your wealth it is asking to please rob me .

     

    many now have no money in thailand as it is getting very expensive even for locals they say this to me in many markets 

    so the next thing is look for easy money   if u ware many jullery it like a big sign take me please

     

    It was  necklaces worth less than 2000 usd hardly all her wealth. 

     

    I'm sure many have and wear wedding rings and watches worth plenty more than that. 

    Tempted by the 16-inch MacBook Pro?

    in Apple Products

    Posted

    On 11/14/2019 at 2:39 PM, Pedrogaz said:

    I have seriously gone off Apple of late. I have bought Apple products exclusively since about 2002 (3 iPods, 3 iPads, 2 desktops and 4 laptops....plus I don't know how many phones). To be honest, in 2002 Apple products were by far the best and had advantages over the competition. Now, the innovation simply is not there any more, and you are pay through the nose for the brand....and a heck of a lot for the same you can get half or a third the price with other systems. Also in places like Thailand having Safari is a bit of a pain....none of the government websites seem to accept you filling out forms with this browser...like the 90 day report or the TM 30. 

     

    I have come to dislike Apple as a company. They pay the folk who make the phones next to nothing, despite earning the biggest profits of any public company in the world and charging an arm and leg for their products. I also dislike Apple not paying their fair share of taxes. 

     

    I have decided my next phone will be Huawei. I am using my computers less and less these days as phones do more and more. I will likely but no more computers but buy an Android or similar tablet instead.

    Rather amusing to claim dislike for Apple as a company then endorse Huawei in the same breath. 

     

    I'm very pro android and pc VS apple products, but of all the choices why Huawei given their track record?

     

    That said this is written on a Huawei tablet but I claim no scruples. 

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    Air Pollution

    in Hua Hin and Cha-Am

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    4 hours ago, KBS999 said:

    Agree. I am leaving in 4 months. Making preparations for a permanent move to another country free of visa hassles and immigration policies that are totally discouraging. Soon the policies will FORCE many expats out the exit gate at Suvarnabhumi and not return. Who needs this irritation and frustration. I didn't come here for this <deleted>.

     

    You realize the thread is about pollution right? 

     

    You certainly managed to turn that back around into the ubiquitous TV mantra

    Thai tourism: Joy as the Russians come back in their thousands!

    in Thailand News

    Posted · Edited by metempsychotic

    6 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

    Nice to know that the Russians are the answer to the tourism dilemma .

    Personally i find groups of Russians not only extremely rude and pushy, but loud and arrogant. Pity the locals having to put up with them in large numbers again.

     

     

    The same was said about the Israelis 20 years ago, but now that would be anti semitic. 

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    Bkk koi pond, love to see your pond

    in Plants, Pets & Vets in Thailand

    Posted · Edited by metempsychotic

    Just curious as to who else on here has a koi pond. Here is my recent experience.  Would love to hear about similar experiences in Thailand. 

     

    https://i.imgur.com/DD82K4K.gifv

     

    https://i.imgur.com/Sst9GCD.gifv

     

    My house has a concrete pond built in pond and 3 months ago returning from stint in the Phils I decided to get koi. 

     

     

    Anyways my pond is quite old, has not been drained in over 10 years and just sat there with guppies to keep mosquito larvae in check and some plants. No circulation or filters at all. Topped up regularly by rains and by hose when necessary. With no fish silt sat on bottom and water was generally clear.  

     

    but my koi are new, given as a surprise gift after I mentioned I was thinking about converting the pond to a koi pond. A cruel kindness before I was prepared and unable to drain and clean.  The moment koi were added they churned the bottom layer and pond became a brown cloudy cesspit. 

     

    The pond was however well established, so I hoped the beneficial bacterial colonies were already somewhat in place. 

     

    I immediately added filtration and so far so good. It has been 8 or 9 weeks and what was a filthy unfiltered mud bog has turned around significantly.

     

    Bottom silt seems to have been filtered out and koi seem to be happy. I certainly am. 

     

    Images here if you are curious. 

     

    Original vids. 

    Bkk pond before after https://imgur.com/gallery/IuKgs03

     

    Pond is 305cm x 180 cm by 33 to 35 cm deep. Depth is not ideal, but it is what it is. Volume between 1600 and 1800l. 1. 2 x 1.8 meters of pond is under the patio, so fish can hide from predators. Pond receives very little direct sun. 

     

    Filters are one 60l container, top feed with a bottom draw to gravity drain at top. Contains primarily bio balls with a couple of 2cm Ac filter pads cut to fit. Pump is 3500l/h. Main bio filter.

     

    A second 40l  filter was purchased lazada online but realized on arrival that it was not of great design for biofiltering. Top feed with bottom outflow, I suspect media is not uniformly in contact with water which essentially runs through it as fast as it enters so this is being used to house multiple (6 or 7) Ac filter pads and some river stones to act as a mechanical filter-- any biological effect is bonus. Pump is 3000l/h.

     

    A trip to the local hardware store and I will convert it to a bottom feed with a top drain to improve its biological function, but for now it is doing an amazing job of simply polishing the water. 

     

    The pond seems to mysteriously drain once it reaches 32 cm, so water changes are done either by the daily hour of  torrential rain, or by simply placing a garden hose by one of the filter out pipes, and raising the water level by 3 or so cm which then self corrects to the normal level. 

     

    Mains water here is stored in a 8000l underground tank, and chlorine seems to gas off significant tly before it reaches the pond, incremental changes mean mean that chlorine levels are low to none after a change.

     

    The local water authority has confirmed chloramine here is not used, thankfully. 

     

    There is a website that shows outbound chlorine levels at our nearby water station, and those numbers are fairly low to begin with.

     

    As a reference, the DIY style filters are available here premade for about 650 baht via lazada, but better to go direct to chatuchak and talk to someone who actually knows their stuff. 

     

    Koi, filters, filter media, pumps and various other necessities probably cost around 3k total, certainly not much more. 

     

    A combination of fish stirring the silt and the filters circulating the pond about 3 times per hour seem to have worked quite well.

     

    Filters now go 2-4 weeks plus without changing. Initially they stilted up almost daily. Water is clear, bottom is completely clean of the fine silt that was easily 5cm deep. 

     

    No sign of a spike in ammonia, no hints of new pond syndrome. Thus far...., but I'm not actually testing water. 

     

    the koi population, 1  x 25cm, 4 X 10-15cm and 4 X 5-10cm seem to be thriving..... 

     

    Any comments on improving the setup appreciated.  I am contemplating adding another pump around 1500l/h and small bog filter of about 2 or 3 sqm surface area. Also converting the mechanical filter to bottom feed with top outflow to improve retention and get more biological filtration. 

     

     

    Both filters are still flowing well at about 6 weeks with limited intervention, water is still crystal, all silt is gone. Very happy with the way it turned out, though miss having to actually do something other than feed and drink coffee with the lads in the morning.

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