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I'm thinking we'll just handle this ourselves. I'm currently on 20mg daily, have been for almost 20 years, and have been maintaining correct levels. Test every 3-4 months and adjust dosage accordingly. She can continue 20mg as well, and we'll stop by a clinic across from Tesco every 6-8 weeks for blood tests to confirm.

....I play one on Thai-V. Three months ago, the wife went to the local hospital for a check-up which included a battery of blood tests. Results indicated LDL was high, and total cholesterol was very high (~250). The doctor prescribed simvastatin 20mg for 90 days, and set an appointment for 90 days in the future. Today was that day. Honey-bunny fasted for 12 hours, we arrived at the appointed 7 am to get a number. Around 7:30 she was screened and told the doctor would be there at 8:30. We asked about a blood test, but was told the doctor would need to see her first. Doctor waddled in at 9:30, and began speed-examining patients averaging less than 200 seconds each. Honey-bunny was called in. So exciting! The doctor asked "how do you feel," then wanted to prescribe another 90-days of medication. Wait, what? No blood test? I told honey-bunny to firmly request doctor to write an order for a blood test, to....you know, see if the medicine was having any effect before continuing treatment. Doc didn't want to since it was already so late, already 10 am, but eventually did so. Early afternoon, picked up results and returned to same doctor. Total cholesterol had dropped massively, now well within recommended range, LDL lower but still a little high. Doctor decided it worked. No more simvastatin prescribed, and no follow up with blood test in 90 days. Wait, what? Now that you know the treatment is effective, you want to stop it? And you're not concerned numbers will go back up again without medication? So......continue medication without knowing the effect, but stop the medication with no further testing when it was shown to be at least temporarily effective? Does this seem inappropriate treatment, or do I jus tink too mutt?

I see it as young criminal gang members chasing other young criminal gang members. one of them died. had the accident not occurred, there would have been a shooting or a knifing or a bashed in skull from a tire iron. end result the same.

Dribble? Maybe ask Gina Haspell about CIA black site "Detention Site Green" located on the Royal Thai airbase in Udon Thani. Obama: "We tortured some folks." Was it torture? They didn't destroy the videotapes despite federal court orders for no reason. Maybe the broomstick rapes were too graphic?

The fitness center at the national stadium on Ramkhamhaeng was recently refurbished with new machines, charges 40 baht per visit.

Why deport them? Surely they could simply have Russian agents come here and subject the baddies to enhanced interrogation techniques. As long as they promise not to waterboard them repeatedly, then send them to Guantanamo for decades without trial.

Do you still have a UK bank where you can have your pension deposited? What are the total fees for STD->HSBC->BKK->SIAM compared to STD->*?*->WISE->SIAM

Cool beans. You have a hobby to keep you busy for a year or three. You complete a ginormous house you don't need and probably don't really want.......then what?

It must be some kind of social credit score thing where you earn extra special bonus points for being seen in public hanging out in a seedy dive buying overpriced colored water for bored hookers.

Times are changing. Universities now have IT departments, and the old microfiche records have been digitized. I was able to have my precambrian degree certified via an online clearinghouse, required for a position in China. In this instance, precambrian means before personal computers existed.

Asking for a friend?

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There was already a line from Bangkok to NongKai, but then you had to switch to a short shuttle train to cross the river from NongKai to Thanaleng. Then you'd taxi or bus or songteau into the city. All they've done is extend the shuttle line from Thanaleng to Khamsavath. You still have to switch from main rail to shuttle at Nongkai. Hub of nothingburgers.

That makes sense. When we switch pumps, we might replace the 1/2" PVC running under the house. We could replace it all with 1" pipe from the pump to the branches. 1/2" pipe runs inside the brick walls to outlets, and will remain in place. Outlets in the walls are 1/2" PVC fittings, not brass or steel. I did check the pump bypass yesterday. Switching the valves to have mains water directly into the house, plenty of water at the taps, and enough to have a cold shower. Not enough pressure to reliably run the on-demand water heater.

The PVC air chamber being spliced into the feed line running from the tank to the pump. I assume that should be spliced in as close as possible to the pump. Not sure what the exact terminology should be. Shock absorber? Stress dampener? Hammerhead? Hammerlock? NoBoomBox?

It does seem simpler to have a single threaded unit, rather than cutting and pasting PVC parts. And the car-tire inflation valve on the tip allows for changing the pressure in the chamber. That might be useful.

I brought two pipes onto the property, one for each water system. Mounted a resin board on the wall. Each pipe has it's own ball valve shut-off. After the ball valves they come to a T-junction, feeding into the one pipe that supplies the supply tank. Only one ball valve will be opened at any given time. When switching water suppliers, off one first, and then on the other. Regardless, we now have check-valves at both water meters. In theory, we could leave both open all the time, but we'll stick with only one open. Wondering if the internal diameter of the screwed fitting is important. Feed pipe from tank to pump I believe is 1-1/2". Upper section would be either 3" PVC column or screw on accumulator same as the red one on the water pump. In the latter case, it's a 1/2" metal threaded fitting. Do I need a larger diameter opening for the water to surge through? It's that as opposed to pushing 1-2 meters (with 90-degree bend and ball valve) back to the water tank. And where is the most appropriate location for the pressure relief? I would suspect as close as possible to the water pump. Note this will be a temporary fix. When we buy the new pump, I'll drain and clean the water tank, and position both tank and pump to shorten the pipes and to eliminate 90-degree bends. Will probably also hire someone to go under the house and replace the PVC pipes there, as well.

It's a POLO brand PS-130 auto. Same model sold under various brand names. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/PS130-PS126-Series-Self-peripheral-Automatic_60722293097.html The priming inlet is under the black knob at the top front. The red blob is the 2-liter accumulator/pressure tank. The pump has four bolts running through a metal baseplate, thru a thin concrete cinderblock into the concrete pad. It feels solid.

My vegatative-watching-cartoons brain had a crazy thought. Why make a vertical PVC column with a glued endcap that may not necessarily withstand the pressure? The water pump has a screw on 2-liter pressurized water reservoir. Why not put a 1/2" threaded brass outlet on the top of the 3-way connector, and screw on an additional reservoir there? That would simplify the plumbing, only requiring a 3-way connector and a female threaded adapter, and be more robust. If it doesn't work out and I want to return to the old configuration, I just need a 1/2" threaded brass plug. I can buy a new pressure tank (accumulator) on Lazada for 200 baht. Install the new one on the water pump, and use the old one as a pressure relief chamber. I'd also have the option of varying the air pressure (if any) applied to the bladder. https://www.lazada.co.th//products/i4963400338-s20887836648.html Ordered: 198 baht. Should arrive Monday or Tuesday. I'll get the PVC parts this weekend. Install should take an hour. I'll update with photos and results.

Thais can travel to Vientienne to board the high-speed railway to Kunming, and enjoy that juicy visa-free entry, starting in March. Or you can enjoy cycling or motorbiking the countryside, much less traffic than Thailand.

Have you considered the driver may have called in sick?

Good idea. When we flush the toilet, it starts to refill. The refill tube in the toilet tank is the width of a drinking straw, which cannot keep up with the outside pump. Toilet takes a couple minutes to refill. During this time the pump cycles on and off. It refills the 2-liter reservoir and cuts off. the toilet drains it slowly. When the pressure drops enough, the pump comes on to refill the reservoir and cuts off. Lather, rinse, repeat. With the toilet tank filling and the cycle occurring, I open the sink faucet. The demand from the toilet and tap together is enough to keep up with the water pump, so it runs constantly. Then when I turn off the tap, while the toilet is still refilling, once the pressure drops, it returns to the on-off cycle. That tells me the pump pressure switch is working properly. It turns on when the low setting is reached, turns off when the high setting is achieved. The bladder is holding pressure. It's just that low flow conditions, like a toilet refill, cause the pump to cycle multiple times, whereas high flow conditions allow the pump to run continuously. Regardless, each time the pump switches off, I get the hammer noise outside, at the tank and the piping connected to the pump.

Photos of the thing. Water lines in the soi. Village water meter on the left. Runs above ground to our perimeter wall and goes up to our shutoff valve. At ground level at the base of the utility pole is the city water spliced in. This is Thailand, and pointing in at least one photo is required, so.....that's the corroded valve stuck in the partially open position. The city water meter is about 50 meters to the right. I've added a checkvalve here, cut out the splice, and run two separate lines over the wall to separate shutoff valves. Village water meter with no check valve. The indicated disk spins fast clockwise to indicate water flow. With our shutoff closed, and both city and village water meter valves on, this disk spins slowly counterclockwise, probably indicating backflow. With the checkvalve in place, no more backflow. This is the water supply to the house. When the better quality pump goes in, this will all be replaced, simplified. k

Planning to eventually replace el cheapo with a better quality Hitachi or Mitsubishi, but I'd like to know where the problem actually lies. At that time I want to simplify the piping and remove unnecessary bends.....replacing all the exposed piping: mains to tank, tank to pump, pump to house. Now it's old PVC, never painted, probably put together from leftover scrap. Seems reasonable to try to figure out what's wrong with the current system first, otherwise I may simply be plugging a new pump into a defective piping system that will be replaced soon anyway.