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Anyone who can't go to their local immigration office............

Getting a retirement extension is easy............

Scammers? Or agents not coughing up the appropriate fees to bribe the appropriate officials? I don't have 800K in the bank that says actually meeting the requirements isn't a major concern.

Wait, what? I thought they WANTED us to assimilate, you know, "When in Phuket....." and all. Gosh, what's next? Anger and outrage over a blind drunk foreigner driving the worng way on a highway, running over a couple school kids, then running to hide in his mom's basement?

Okay, fine. Play that game. Atheists are asking religious people, not necessarily "you". Out.

Not exactly. Atheists are asking why YOU believe your particular deity "acts" a certain way in your particular fables. It's like asking why Voldemort doesn't just do X to cause Y to happen to Harry Potter. They're discussing the actions of fictional characters in a story. It's your story, so they want you to explain the inconsistencies. Asking a muslim how come the moon is a solid sphere if Mohammad rode a winged horse into space and split it in two. But in this case, at least there's evidence of an actual Mohammad, if not flying horses or sliced moon cheese.

Why not ask "Why does Sauron want to dominate Middle Earth?" Same answer.

You have the Hitachi or Mitsu models? The round pump, the one with the larger pressure vessel, pulsates? I thought the 10-liter (?) vessel under the round pump was there to maintain more constant pressure, where the smaller 1-liter vessel on the square pump would result in the water pump cycling on/off more often.

C'mon, man. You're just taking the pith.

Ah. You are correct. "Pressure tank coated with special paint. Both internal and external non-toxic rustproof." It's the 1600 baht replacement tank that comes in stainless. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/mitsubishi-wp-85-105-155-pqq2q3qsq5-i4147718339-s16276271332.html

Thanks for the comments. Lazada has replacement tanks for about 1500 baht, however 9 years is plenty. We'll probably sell and move some place quieter as the city encroaches before the tank rusts through. It's just the two of us, single-story. That particular model comes in a variety of flavors, ranging from 80 to 500 watts. The 80-watt version closely matches what we have now, but I'd probably bump up to the 100-watt model for 30% more flow, if we go this route.

Transferred $2000 yesterday afternoon. Wife spent it this morning. No taxes. Yet. Nobody knows how the rules will be implemented.

This one looks promising. Integrated larger stainless tank simplifies the pipework. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/mitsubishi-wp-85q5-80w-i1998744286.html And this is an important selling point from the catalog! The pump head is made of grass and not meat.

This is what we started with. Have cleaned up the area, and already painted the pipes. Plan to replace all pipes when we install the new pump. I think this is way too complicated, and can simplify the system. Should just need 1/2" supply into the 1000-liter tank (can be relocated). Then a thicker diameter (3"?) pipe from tank to pump with 2 45's, then reducers from the pump to 1/2" into the house with 2 45's as well.

Hi, I'm a city boy. We've always had fresh, clean water you could drink directly from the tap with plenty of pressure. But now we're in a small town out side Korat. We have two water sources: city government and moo ban systems both connected at the property wall. Feeds lawn outlets and a 1000-liter tank next to the house. We have a Polo brand PS130 Auto water pump feeding into the single-story house. https://wertome.en.made-in-china.com/product/RZUAJgFPaocT/China-PS130-Automatic-Booster-Vortex-Water-Pump.html The pump was installed about 3 years ago just before we bought the house. I assume they installed the cheapest they could find, possibly intended for agricultural use and not household. It makes a loud ticking sound in operation, and recently has started having a thumping noise on the slower cycles at the end of the operating cycle. I think the red canister at the top is some sort of pressure vessel? About 1 liter. When running, pressure is not constant, water stream spurts. It may be time to upgrade the system, was looking at something like this Hitachi XX series. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/hitachi-wmp-150-200-250-300-350-xx-series-10-i2939349763-s10785575259.html This one does have a bladder pressure tank, not sure of volume, perhaps 2 liters. They also have a version with a larger stainless pressure tank in the base, but I think this may be intended for use with a well, not for an external above-ground tank. https://www.lazada.com.my/products/hitachi-japan-100w-tank-type-shallow-well-water-pump-wt-p100xs-wtp100xs-i205974774.html What about a separate stainless bladder pressure tank (10-20 liters) installed between the pump and the house? Would that remove or reduce the water pulsation? https://www.lazada.co.th/products/diaphragm-pressure-tank-tara-vt-19-19-18-i2156028849.html Could anyone advise on options for small household with 1000-liter holding tank fed from public supply?

That model apparently resets to Chinese Mandarin script. This Youtube video tells you what to do. If that doesn't work, clerks in your local Samsung shop probably know how to work through the options. At least there you could look at a similar model and go through the icons to get to the language settings.

Further back, my 1981 Honda Prelude with a 50?-liter tank (13.2 gallons at 35mpg) had a range of about 750km.

Let's not forget they're also designed to block sun reflected from the sides, as well as the top, as riders are leaning forward in the drops. But I'll defer to your obviously better judgement and experience. So you can win the intertubes today. Hooray.

Some wear clear glasses, standard or cycling, to prevent debris falling into their eyes. Cycling sunglasses can then serve two functions. The point being cycling glasses are designed such that high temperatures are not problematic. Other than during periods of extremely high humidity, they are comfortable for long periods of high exertion. Surely wearing them while ambling down the sidewalk won't be uncomfortable.

My 4-cyl 2000 model Chevy S-10 pickup had a (converting to funky metrical numbers) 75-liter fuel tank with a driving range well over 500 km. I would expect fuel efficiency has progressed somewhat over the past quarter century.

Why not? Some cyclists wear them full time riding on black asphalt in the heat of Thailand.

Awesome footage repurposed as propaganda! This appears to be a movie set. The car appears to be a RAV-4. Thanks for playing. From location of reflectors and license, appears to be a first generation XA10. But this model "only available with a 2.0-liter inline-four." Maybe next time post footage of fields of abandoned EV's all over China, because the Chinese EV market is cratering...........'cause CCP.

Go to the mall, go to any department store, go to Tesco, go to any night market, go to the 20-baht store, go to a shop selling garden supplies, go to Homepro, go to any tourist shop across from the beach...... Or gosh, maybe try searching for "hat with brim" on Lazada.... https://www.lazada.co.th/catalog/?q=hat+with+brim&_keyori=ss&from=input&spm=a2o4m.home-th.search.go.11257f6d4S4Iqq The very first hat in the list...฿65.00 UV protection wide brim hiking hat with chin strap

I wonder if this will show up in the 80% increase in Chinese Baidu searches on Thailand? "Ask Baidu: If I visit Thailand, will I get raped or shot with a crossbow?"