matchar

9 hours ago, ESLTeacher1989 said:

Read my posts again, I NEVEr said I believed the Earth was flat,

 

What I said was- No one here can be 100% sure the Earth is round ........unless you've actually been up into outer orbit seen it with your very own eyes.

 

I or You can be 99% sure its round - with using scientific methodology that is round but never 100% sure. 

 

And as a science teacher I would obviously never teach my students the Earth is flat. 

 

But its always good to question reality. 

 

1) Do Governments Lie so suit their own agendas? Yes all the time.....About the Iraq War, etc 

 

2) Is Science Always The Right Or Correct Answer, No. Just look at the evidence coming out casting a negative light on the vaccines. Search Dr John Campbell on youtube who was an adamant supporter of vaccines no he seems extremely worried

 

3) Do I believe it was possible for NASA to land a huge rover on the Moon in 1969, beam back LIVE footage of the first steps on moon, have a launch vehicle able to rendezvous with the lunar module orbiting at 18,000mph...........

 

In the year 1969, when there's more computing power in your iphone than all the spacecraft of that era...........No........Simple impossible in my view.   Have you even seen the Artemis footage.......they can't even get a continuous live feed...........just low resolution 240p with a few seconds of blurred footage here and there 

It's a fact that the moon landings were real...no matter how much conspiracy theorists like yourself don't want it to be true.

As a science teacher you should open your eyes and do more research.

During the landings the whole world was watching and the missions were tracked by radar from several countries on the way to the Moon and back.

Spacecraft from China, India and Japan have also spotted the Apollo landing sites, providing further independent verification of the landings.

https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-the-moon#gref

https://aseannow.com/topic/1279439-before-i-complain/?do=findComment&comment=17761609

The OP teaches science and believes the moon landings were faked, and he thinks it's okay to teach students that the Earth is flat.

I think I can see the correlation here between teachers' salaries and the quality of some teachers.

Unfortunately most schools here prioritise costs over quality of education.

I'm guessing made in China and assembled in Thailand.

Channel 7HD had much better coverage yesterday than True4U which is only in standard definition and looks very pixelated on a reasonably sized TV.

Both channels support English commentary though if you adjust the settings on your TV.

On my TV Channel 7 is actually on channel 35 though which seems a bit odd.

Is there any statute of limitations for labour disputes?

I have a much stronger case against a previous school regarding illegal salary deductions dating back to 2014-16 that I never bothered to pursue after finding a much better job.

2 hours ago, smutcakes said:

Sure, if the contract expressly permits you to leave early with only forfeit of deposit then of course.

 

But i think you will find that is very rare. Why would a landlord accept that? It makes a contract with anything more than the deposit amount (maybe 1 month) completely worthless.

 

Most contracts say something along the lines of "If the Lessee wishes to terminate this Agreement before the expiration of the Lease Term, the Lessee shall give the Lessor written notice of at least 1 month in advance, and shall pay the Lessor compensation in the amount equivalent to the total rental of the remaining Lease Term within 30 (thirty) days prior to the proposed termination date, and the Deposit Amount shall be totally forfeited."

 

That is fairly strong, others simply say that the deposit will be forfeiture, and confiscation of the deposit does not preclude the landlord from taking action to recover monies owed under the agreement.

 

The whole premise of taking a longer lease is that you get a better rental as the landlord has secured rent for a year. If you can just up sticks and leave and lose your 1 month it makes the contract completely meaningless.

If it was just a 1 month contract then the landlord wouldn't get to keep the deposit.

With a 12 month contract, if the tenant leaves early, the landlord keeps the deposit as compensation and then is able to look for a new tenant.

According to your logic the landlord is entitled to double rent from the tenant who left early and any new tenant who moves in.

Now if the landlord were to take all reasonable steps to find a new tenant and was unable to, then he may have a case to try and claim unpaid rent through the courts but it would depend on the wording of the contract and the appropriate Thai law.

1 hour ago, PFMills said:

Of course the installation costs need to be taken into account. What did you pay in total for your cars LPG installation. 

 

Annual check and tank replacement etc. What do you think the break even kms was. 

 

Are you still on the original installation package or did you replace at some date. 

I'm having this issue now with my CNG installation but the annual safety check is only around 500 baht usually.

Unfortunately due to the high pressure of CNG, the tanks have a lifespan of 20 years. Mine is nearly up and I have been quoted 20,000 baht for a new one.

LPG and NGV are both heavily subsidised now which is why they are so cheap, but who knows what the prices will be in 5 to 10 years time. LPG is also used for cooking gas but the price has already gone up quite a lot.

Hydrogen will have the same issues with expired tanks because of the high pressure but LPG is probably fine although much more polluting.

You have to take a screenshot and then open it in Google translate.

But the offers on Grab are pretty rubbish these days so I just use foodpanda which is already in English.

10 hours ago, seedy said:

No ? My cars cost per Km on LPG is 50% of the cost per Km of 95

You could be right although the price of 95 varies a lot and the government have been reducing the LPG subsidy as of late.

How much is one litre of LPG now?

But one litre of LPG is around 0.5 kg and one litre of 95 is around 0.75 kg so you can't only compare the prices at the pump.

LPG works out cheaper than 95 but CNG is the cheapest at 16.6 baht/kg.

Hydrogen cars use an even higher pressure than CNG so the tank is also quite large but the cars are designed with space to accommodate these.

With CNG conversions you lose a lot of boot space and refueling takes longer, especially when there's a long queue of taxis.

People are getting LPG and CNG (NGV) mixed up.

1 litre of LPG only weighs about half a kilo so it's not as cheap as it seems but it's low pressure so the tank is much smaller and takes up less space.

NGV is under high pressure so the tanks are very large and the range is only around 200km but it's good for city driving as long as you live near an NGV station.

Most taxis use CNG (NGV) because it's by far the cheapest option.

Who needs hydrogen when you have CNG. I've been using it in my car for years, currently 16.64 baht/kg.

1 hour ago, unheard said:

@matchar

You're reading the labels correctly.

The problem is with the labels - somehow they've managed to print the second one with an incorrect star rating.

At the egat's own site both models carry the same efficiency rating - 5★★

The energy consumption numbers are also messed up as printed on the labels.

 

Thanks for the clarification, I wonder who prints these labels.

Probably a good idea to check the figures match on the EGAT website before making any future purchases.

11 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

From our older fridge:

(and here the color coding is questionable. The better the greener would make more sense not "red alarm"????)

 

Yes the old labels don't have stars and nearly every product received a level 5 rating so it was difficult for consumers to compare between them.

Hence the new labels were introduced with 0-3 stars above the level 5 but clearly something went wrong as the fridge with 2 stars is worse than the fridge with 0 stars.

I believe the best rating is a level 5 with 3 stars.

2 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Forget the stars, make your own????

Second one has bigger volume (258 liter vs 208 liter) and less power consumption.

Just do math: volume/power consumption.

The higher the number the better.

For the second one:

285.5/269 = 1.06

First:

208/369 = 0.56

Much worse.

Yes I agree the second one is better I was just curious how EGAT decided it gets a lower number of stars.

54 minutes ago, MJCM said:

That 2nd picture is not 0 but it has a 5 star rating. That Thai written says  number 5!

Yes they both have level 5 rating (as nearly all modern appliances do) but there is also a new sub rating between 1 and 3 stars which is indicated at the top.

I'm curious about these egat energy labels as I was comparing two Samsung refrigerators (both of them digital inverters).

If I'm reading the labels correctly; it seems like the smaller fridge uses more electricity and yet it has a 2 star rating...but the bigger fridge uses less energy and only has a 0 star rating?

14 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Yep, Pattaya/Jontiem - world and first class  family resort ! More like a kids playground in Mogadishu !

Looks in better condition than most of the public parks in Bangkok unfortunately.

Apparently the Chao Phraya Dam in Chai Nat will increase the discharge rate to 2,900 to 3000 cubic metres a second from Saturday which will cause the water level to rise by 10-15 cm.

On 9/30/2022 at 3:11 PM, userabcd said:

Thats what they say. I am on the 12th floor and the signal on the router is full strength.

Which router are you using and what speeds are you getting? It seems difficult to find one that supports band 40 with 3CA without spending a fortune.

16 hours ago, EdrigoSalvadore said:

Something similar happened to me last week in Rangsit. I visited a teenage student Chinese girl, and when we're about to sleep, a Chinese man entered her apartment and came into her bedroom. Supposedly to rape her.

 

When he saw me in her bed he turned around and left. She had given him her passcode to the door previously when she needed help with something. She refused to go to the police about it.

 

I changed her passcode, provided her with some self defense weapons and that's it. The guy apologized to her said he was too drunk.

Interesting story although maybe she has a closer relationship with him than what she told you.

Now where can I find myself a nice teenage student Chinese girl? (Presumably she's over 18).