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And to think that the UK government health mandarins have just decided that the R factor is no longer relevant and will no longer be publicly updated (but still available). https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-r-value-and-growth-rate
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The same Singapore that for decades has had a special relationship with mainland China.
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There's a 'bigger picture'? Where?
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But unlike the knowitall dirty farangs, the Chinese wear their masks. Relax. He's probably changed his mind already. Same as the flip-flopping British politicians who ignored their medical advisers and said 'no testing needed' then, within maybe 48-hours, decided to keep America onside and went with PCR testing for the great unwashed coming form China (that includes dirty farangs).
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My original, 15 year-old 255 had pinholes in the tank. Replaced with a 305 to keep the natives clean and watered. Bought a replacement tank on lazada for under 3000 baht and fitted to the old pump. Yai used that pump for a couple of months for her allotment irrigation so it is kept as a tested and working good spare. It's possible that the tank is over-pressured. I just had the same happen after a filter change and replacing the pressure switch on my 305. Follow the instructions in the message previously linked. If you are talking about the pressure switch, no good will come of opening and adjusting it. There's a reason there's a tamper-proof screw on the original pressure switch housing and a label saying don't open and adjust. A new pressure switch is maybe 500 baht while a generic one from Amorn is less than 200 baht and does the job (but make sure you plug the gaps in the base where creepy crawlies can move in and make life-shortening nests!). Also make sure you buy one with the correct cut-on/off pressure range (it's stamped/labeled on the original switch casing). Not having the screw lugs for the cover is inconvenient if the pump is more exposed. The chooks used to knock ours off until I placed a bamboo chook cage over it. Gusts of wind would dislodge it on the allotment. Placing a brick on top kept it in place.
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For this to work properly, one must know what one's name looks like in Thai script. Heard a story a few years back where unbeknownst to both the love lorn farang and his Isaan rice famer missus, the dealership's salesman's name was in the blue book. This was only discovered after they had fulfilled the financing and got the book back from the finance company. Apparently it was a 'favour' towards the couple where neither of them qualified for finance in the first place. Nod, nod... wink, wink.
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256 gb Lazada SD card, is it legit?
NanLaew replied to Don Chance's topic in Mobile Devices and Apps
I just bought a couple of xiaomi branded 512Gb SD cards on lazada for about 250 baht each incl. shipping. One's in a tablet and the other's in the new laptop. Capacity is as advertised and I transferred some stuff to the one in tablet and that went fast enough. I understand that read/write cycles may be an issue going forward but so far, so good. -
I prefer Branston baked beans to Heinz but the best substitute for the latter is Fiamma in a yellow can. I've bought them at Big C but pretty sure they can be found at makro and other places.
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Who ate all the (Brooks) beans?
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Noooooooo.......
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Tried activation online in my smartphone via DTAC's own online registration. Accepted my passport photo but rejected my face shot 3 times with "didn't meet NBTC requirements." I guess I need to shave! I went to the DTAC emporium with my passport (and face) and the young lady there did it all in less than a minute using a tablet, her smartphone to take the pictures and scanning the barcode on my SIM packaging. Simples.
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Thought the vaccine was only going to be available to foreigners? Once they get their hands on a supply of Pfizer's Covid-19 drug Paxlovid, that's supposed to go to all I believe. Just what I heard on the radio so no citation was offered. Their belated approval of mRNA vaccines does appear to have caveats but I hope it's the thin edge of the wedge. When the locals get disgruntled about quality foreign vaccines being imported only for the 'gweilo', maybe they'll protest again?
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Good tip on the full-speed day packages, thanks. My router arrived yesterday and the SIM will be here tomorrow. In the meantime, I have already slipped my smartphone DTAC SIM into the router for basic tests. I get 75% signal strength and with a couple of machines connected (one on LAN and the other on Wi-Fi), I'm just testing my usual stuff first. Looks fine so far.
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Chill. China has started doling out Pfizer vaccines to their own population because they followed Xi's 'zero covid' down the CCP's rabbit hole about 14 months too long. Now their pharmacies and hospitals are completely out of the rubbish vaccines that they sold to the Third world. Xi's days are numbered.
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Are you trying all this with the same judge/court/lawyer? The primary contact address and passport information is over 10 years old, people move and passports expire. It is pretty unrealistic to expect that the 'missing' person can easily be found, especially if that person may be making and extra effort NOT to be found. Have you typed his name and city of birth and/or last known residence into a broad Google search? Loads of info on how to search here If you have a local address in Germany, see if they have a local newspaper and post a 'legal' notice about an unclaimed inheritance. That'll shake the blighter out of the woodwork.
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All registered marriages in Thailand are in a national database that can be accessed at any Amphur and not just the one where the marriage was registered. This database has been in place for at least twenty years. There is probably an address for the errant male marital partner on that registration.