MangoKorat

16 hours ago, QuantumQuandry said:

 

No need to do research.  It is clear from the fact that we are having this discussion about a girl who was arrested...that it is not anywhere close to accepted, to Thais.

Jeez, we are not Thai.  Do you actually live in Thailand and if so, do you mix with Thai people?  Its much the same as a hell of a lot of middle class Thai blokes having a Mia Noi - known about, not particularly well liked but many just accept it happens.

10 hours ago, NextG said:

Who says she was ‘Western’?

'American Woman Sexually Assaulted' - the clue's in there somewhere - and before you pull the ethnicity stuff, I'm pretty sure that all enthicities in the USA know what Tinder's about.

2 hours ago, dunroaming said:

naive and it is a hard and brutal lesson for her.

Naive????  You've clearly never met a Western girl on Tinder.

14 hours ago, MangoKorat said:

I don't think I've even been to Huai Kwang but neither can I think of any tourist I know that's stayed there. It looks very close to Ratchada though................just saying

Going by the confused emojis, many don't know the Ratchada area too well.

10 hours ago, QuantumQuandry said:

Lastly, prostitution may be accepted but underage prostitution certainly is not.  Otherwise, we wouldn't be having this discussion in the first place.

Underage prostitution involving girls from 16 up is a lot more common in Thailand than many might think - and used to be rife in the far North. In a lot of cases a blind eye is turned to it unless it involves younger girls.  Some of these girls are 'sold' by their parents.  Do some research - there are reports in Thai media on an almost monthly basis.

I also, didn't say it was accepted - I said 'from a country where prostitution is rife and where some might say, almost accepted' - meaning in Thailand by Thai people. To the best of my knowledge there are very few Thai nationals that are members here where 'this discussion' is taking place.

5 hours ago, Sheryl said:

No, it is not.

 

Conventional surgery is a resection not removal.   They just trim away excess tissue which is blocking the urethra https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/turp/about/pac-20384880

 

Alternative treatments also reduce some tissue to shrink size, through various methods.

 

Brachytherapy and other forms of radiation are nto used for BPH

I thank you for your information regarding surgery.

However, I can assure you that when I had HDR Brachtherapy at St James hospital in Leeds to clear up some residual malignancy, 2 men on my ward were waiting for treatment for BPH.  From what they told me, they were waiting for the same treatment that I had just had. As far as I know, and I could be wrong - I'd just come around from my anaesthetic, the department I was treated in, only carries out Brachytherapy.

However, and I have no wish whatsoever to get into an argument about this but this study shows that it was being trialled in 1994 - with it appears, quite some success.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7522461/

2 minutes ago, David Blades said:

It’s a hook up site

Not disagreeing with you and I've posted similar but......a slight correction - whilst Tinder is a hook up site in most countries, a significant number of Thai females use it for regular dating.  This was a young American woman though, she knew exactly what Tinder is more widely used for.

I don't think I've even been to Huai Kwang but neither can I think of any tourist I know that's stayed there. It looks very close to Ratchada though................just saying

Is the surgical route for BPH - complete removal of the prostate?

I was offered a Radical Prostatectomy for advanced prostate cancer.  I understand that the illness is totally different but if the surgical route is the same, you may need to consider whether or not you wish to remain active between the sheets.  I was told that they would do their best to spare the nerves that control your ability but there was no guarantee.

I went for Radio Therapy for that very reason - still no guarantees but a little less chance of damage and I was lucky. I don't think External Beam RT is an option for BPH but I believe some places are now using Transurethal Brachytherapy (a form of radio therapy) to treat it. Maybe worth discussing with your doctor?

10 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

I wonder if he has taken to wearing flip flops to his press conferences?

My thoughts exactly.

Its unlikely to be any fault of the Civil Engineers.

As pointed out above, there appears to be a distinct lack of rebar and I'd love to check the strength of that concrete mix against the specified strength for the anticipated weights on that road. I seem to remember some 'mistake' being made regarding the concrete specified for the runway at Suvarnabhumi and the concrete that was actually laid. One being significantly cheaper than the other - not that I'm making any suggestions you understand.

10 hours ago, RobU said:

Right first time. Been here a year and I am constantly amazed at the stupidity of civil engineers in and around Bangkok 

The amazement will fade - give it time. When you see someone get run over on Sukhumvit, nobody goes to help them and you're not amazed - you'll be an 'old timer'

Got used to a 900mm square phone box on a 1m pavement yet?

2 hours ago, QuantumQuandry said:

 

Adult or not, I understood the consequences of violating laws that had extreme consequences, like pimping UA girls.

With respect, you are not (at least I think you're not) a 19 year old Thai girl. They are well known for being less mature than their Western counterparts.  Counterparts who, I would remind you, most likely don't come from a country where prostitution is rife and where some might say, almost accepted.

On 11/5/2023 at 1:03 PM, Canadian Snowbird said:

It used to be fairly simple to get an METV prior to covid for those of us who prefer to spend our winters here. The evisa system, however, seems to be serving more as a big deterrent to spending more than a few weeks in Thailand. You have to pay for your flights and put a deposit up front for a condo rental. They want a copy of all of your bank activity for 3 months, which is extremely intrusive. Some embassies will take their sweet time before they will even look at your application, and they don't seem to care if you have to pay extra to change your flights or pay on a condo you can't get too if they do not issue your visa in time to make your flights. The entire experience is becoming such a frustrating hassle that for many of us, Thailand is quickly losing its attraction as a winter destination. Maybe it will start to sink in when they cannot fill up all the condos they have overbuilt, or keep the golf courses open because the golfers have gone elsewhere.

And yet almost every week we see a report where they are complaining that toursim is down!

On 11/5/2023 at 11:32 PM, Bangkok Barry said:

That says a lot about you, I'm afraid

Looking through lots of your comments on various threads you don't seem to be able to construct a reply without getting personal do you?  Are you unable to make reasoned remarks without doing that?  If not, then what does that say about you? Do you feel the need to 'score points'?

Disagree if you like, that's your right.  I can't and don't say I'm right, I simply give my views without making personal comments about the poster. You know nothing about me nor I of you, yet you feel able to comment on my personality???

Just stick to the subject and make sensible comments, put your views forward, that's what's called for - nothing more.

5 minutes ago, Muhendis said:

Putting such a heat exchanger on the primary or supply side would have minimal effect. 

Water would receive a little heat coming in but would be replaced by new cold water. The amount of heat gained in this way would not be worth the effort.

To take advantage of solar water heating you would need to recirculate the water between the exchanger and a storage vessel. I this way, water warmed by the panel would be stored in the tank and then recirculated through the heat exchanger adding more heat as it goes round the system.

So it would need to be on the secondary side.

Maybe I'm not being clear.  What I'm suggesting is - supply the heat pump with water that has already been heated by the solar heating thereby using the pump's tank for storage. The pump would then only kick in when the temperature dropped.

I'm not sure that I want to interfere with the internals of the heat pump beyond the tankand I'm also pretty sure there won't be any spare connections inside. The secondary side is full of valves and sensors + a secondary water pump - I'm not at all sure its wise to mess with that.

By the way, did you use the 'green' pipe for your hot water system?  I'm pretty sure doing the jointing for a new build will be much easier but when you're working on a ladder, inside an already constructed suspended ceiling as I was at my current house - jeez its bad.  I burned my arms many times trying to heat up the joints with the jointing tool.  Those things need 3 hands at the best of times, trying to use one as I did was hellish.

16 hours ago, Crossy said:

Your inverter size will depend upon your maximum load, you can estimate this reasonably well from your house design since your major loads are likely to be A/C, cooking and water heating. Plus whatever your man-cave uses of course.

Right well that may take some time as the design has to be finalised before the size of the aircon units can be calculated etc.

In the meantime, can I ask if any part of the system is liable to damage from usage?  I will have a  small MIG welder in my workshop - around 180amp.  Just wondering if my workshop would be better running off the grid?

3 hours ago, bangkok blue said:

I would still need to hop over boarder and come back every 90days.

Yes but if you're married you can get a 60 day extension meaning you only have to leave every 150 days. You must make your last entry though, no later the day before the expiry date of the visa - that would grant you a further 90 days + potential 60 day extension.

Sorry but I can't take anything he says seriously - I can't stop laughing at his announcement that although bars and clubs will be allowed to open until 4am, they must stop selling alcohol at 2am

1 minute ago, Muhendis said:

I think there is no reason not to incorporate a solar water heat exchanger into your existing heat pump.

Yes, I can't see why not but on the supply side.

1 hour ago, Kenny202 said:

Wake up bro...you obviously haven't been here long. Thailand will swallow you whole if you can't see through all that BS.

Just 21 years - a newcomer really but long enough to know that what sort of lifestyle people with that sort attitude have.  If you go out in the rain, expect to get wet.

11 hours ago, Muhendis said:

 

OK I think I know what you're saying.

A fuller description of my system might help.

I have two showers one which uses only solar hot water and the other which uses an instant 4kW electric heater (4kW is plenty hot enough at 80% of max.).

We get plenty of hot water for a couple of showers from the solar heated water in the evening and there's still some left for a warm shower in the morning. That can be hotter if the previous day was particularly hot and sunny.

The instant hot water shower I prefer in the mornings runs off the solar charged batteries which are then down to 70% of full which is what was intended by design.

The inverter which powers the shower et.al. is a simple 8kW job

Thanks, I think there's a good argument for including a solar water heater in my system and I fully understand that there will be losses in the solar energy system.  I'd take a stab that trying to calculate such losses is very difficult because they are not just limited to parts of the system itself but also down to other factors like cloud etc. as you clearly illustrate.

One thing I wonder, and I'd probably have to talk to the supplier, is if I can find a way of incorporating a solar water heater with a heat pump so that it heats water in the same tank.  Not sure that's possible as its a pressurised system in part.  The heat pump is supplied directly from the cold water system via a one way valve, it could be possible to use the solar heater as the supply instead - I don't see why not but it may require a second water pump.

I'm going to have to have an alternative for hot water in any case and whilst 50,000 for a heat pump might sound a lot, the alternative is 3 x electric showers + 1 under sink heater (they have to be very high powered to be of any use) and that would still leave the hand basins with only cold water.  My current heat pump supplies the entire hot water system - 3 showers, 3 basins + the kitchen sink. I have the overall temperature set fairly high but the showers are thermostatic valve types. The pump itself has a built in expansion tank and copes well without an additonal one.

3 hours ago, Jaggg88 said:

All UK pension providers will use your personal tax code and submit a P60 at the end of the tax year so all your pension income will have been assessed and tax deducted or not as required.

You don't submit a P60, you are given a P60.