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I usually just take them outside and hose them down in the yard. It's a 5-minute job. I can do it weekly if it'll help.

There are removable filters that sort of clip into the front, and I clean them every month or so because we have a dog and they get fur stuck on them. I wouldn't even know where to look for other filters.

Yes, and if it ices and defrosts, the runoff for that drains outside as well.

Thanks everyone, I'll get onto the landlord. I didn't want to embarrass myself by complaining if it was normal!

This one is set to 26c and the ones in the bedrooms are 24c. (Those ones aren't icing up, but we don't have them turned on at that time of day.) The electric bill is bad enough at 26c, I can't imagine what we'd be paying at 19c!

Another dumb AC question. Since the weather got hotter last week, around sunset, when the temp drops slightly and the humidity rises, I've been getting ice/frost on the indoor part of the AC unit. The first time, it properly iced up, but once I realised what was happening, I kept an eye on it, and as soon as it starts, I turn it off for a bit, then run the fan to dry it out before putting the AC back on. That's working fine, but it's annoying. It's due to be serviced next month, and I'm thinking of asking the landlord to send someone to look at it sooner. But I wanted to check if there is actually something wrong with it or if this is normal in this god awful weather. Is this something that can be fixed, or is it just part of life in this heat? Google says it could be low refrigerant or dirty/blocked air filters, but if that was the case, I'd expect it to happen all the time, not just at this specific time of day.

If they were saying it, there wouldn't usually be anything to correct. In regular connected speech, 'could have' and 'could of' both contract to /ˈkʊdəv/ [could've], so phonetically, they are identical. That's why people make the error when they have to write it.

Did you get the international certificate as well? If so, that's incredibly cheap. They normally pass on the administrative costs of being an approved center. It's 1,000-1,500 at the travel clinics in Bangkok, but the hospitals always charge more.

https://bangkokpattayahospital.com/product/yellow-fever-vaccine/ Wherever you get it done, make sure you get an official international yellow fever vaccination certificate, not just a standard vaccination record.

If anyone is still looking at this, I just got an advert from Medconsult saying they have Qdenga on offer for 3,000 THB each until the end of April. (I don't know if you can prepay for the second shot at that price as well or if only the first one will be cheaper. Obviously, you can't get them both done before the end of April.)

The Qatar flights with QSuite are excellent, but they don't have them on every flight.

Are you sure she's not just doped up on painkillers and/or sedatives? It's possible to have ventilation without sedation, but it's unusual because it's a pretty unpleasant procedure. Also, when she's out of hospital (or while she's there if you aren't confident about the care she is getting), watch out for signs of a UTI, especially if she's had a catheter. UTIs frequently cause delirium symptoms in the elderly, and they mimic dementia.

Then what was the purpose of your original post?

If you can't find anyone, try asking the British Council and/or English First. I used to do this as a freelancer for them both in another country. (They were paid to provide the proctor for a whole range of exam types and then subcontracted someone in the nearest town to do the actual work). They might have a similar pool of people here. It will be cheaper if you can hire someone directly, though. (I'm in Bangkok, so I can't help.)

You don't need YF vaccine to enter Tanzania, but it's on WHO's list of at-risk-countries, so any country (which includes Thailand) that monitors YF can insist on proof of vaccination for entry for up to 1 year after you have been to Tanzania. If it is checked, it is usually done by the airline, and you will be denied boarding without it. I don't know whether Thailand routinely enforces it, but most countries that have the regulation clamp down hard and fast as soon as an outbreak is reported, even if they don't usually check. The YF vaccine is licensed for a single dose now, so you only need one jab in a lifetime. If you have had it before, and you still have the official YF certificate, it is still valid even if it has an expiry date on it. Thai Travel Clinic & Medconsult both carry the Stamaril vaccine. If you do decide to get it, make sure you get the proper international YF certificate, not just a standard vaccination record.

Natwest closed my account years ago because I was overseas. Just open an account with one of the online banks like Starling or Monzo. Transfer from Natwest to there, and use that to fund Wise.

I've used my Thai driving licence as proof of address in the UK. The address is in Thai and English.

As far as I know, they are both only available privately at the moment. (I'd love to be corrected if that is no longer the case.) Shingrix Medconsult: 5,590 x 2 Thai Travel Clinic: 5,199 x 2 (but by the time you add hospital/doctor fees, it's practically the same price as Medconsult) Medpark Hospital: 16,800 total Bumrungrad: 15,000 (+ fees) Qdenga Thai Travel Clinic: 1,639 x 2 (+ fees) Bangkok Hospital: 5,000 total Thainakarin Hospital: 4,500 total Bumrungrad: 4,800 (+ fees) Samitivej Sukhumvit: 4,200 (+ fees) Sikarin: 3,900 (+ fees) These were from 2 or 3 months ago, but I doubt it's changed much. I got Shingrix at Medconsult and Qdenga at Samitivej. The cheapest option I found would be to get them at the same time (one set of fees for each visit) at Thai Travel Clinic, but it's inconvenient for me to get there. I asked them about getting them at the same time, and they said it would probably be OK because Shingrix is inactive and Qdenga is live attenuated, so they would just be given one in each arm. But you have to have a doctor's appointment first, and it will be their decision. (It's also their decision whether to give them at all.) You can arrange the doctor's appointment by teleconsult in advance or in person on the day.

I couldn't care less who does or doesn't get visa-free access anywhere. Country X can put whatever restrictions they want on visas, but if they do, citizens from Country X can't pout and whine about how unfair it is when they have similar restrictions imposed on them. If that baffles you, I'm sorry, but I don't think I can explain it in any simpler terms.

It's reciprocal. Thai tourists can go to China and Russia without a visa. (For China, it's due to start March 1st, but Thailand implemented it faster.) If you want visa-free access to Thailand, start pressuring your own government to give Thais visa-free access to your country.

You can put cat fencing on top of your fence. (It's lightweight netting, angled inwards to stop them climbing over). But it's likely to trap other things in your yard as well, especially because it only stops cats getting out, not getting in. Other than that, nothing is going to stop an outdoor cat from wandering. They will take a collar off, and they quickly learn that recorded barks are nothing to worry about.

I wasn't impressed with the dental clinic in Bumrungrad or the one in Medpark, I can't speak to the others. But I would recommend Dental Hospital Bangkok. It's near Habito Mall at Sukhumvit 77. http://www.dentalhospitalbangkok.com/ It's definitely not the cheapest in town, but it was cheaper than Bumrungrad (the work wasn't comparable at MedPark, so I'm not sure about that.) But the service and quality of work was excellent. That was for a replacement crown and a root canal.

If they are making 2 stops and both orders are from FoodPanda, it tells you in the app, and you don't see their route until they have finished the first drop and are headed to you. But if they pick up a second order from Grab or Robin Hood, you don't get a warning, and you can see where they are. I'd guess that they aren't supposed to do that, but it does seem to happen reasonably often.

Thanks for confirming this.

That would be my guess, that it would just potentially be less effective, but there could be other issues. Yellow Fever vaccine has a higher rate of adverse effects in people over 60, and some variants of the flu vaccine increase stroke risk in over-85s. But as Qdenga hasn't been tested in over 60s yet, the best you will find is anecdotal evidence.