MangoKorat

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/

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?

Maybe she didn't know what Tinder is used for..................................

I'd like to think that's just a poor use of English?????

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.

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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.

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.

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

55555, you couldn't be more wrong.

Accusing somebody of being a hooker is not a minor thing. Accusing them of being a hooker without a scrap of evidence is just plain dumb. It may be Thailand but there are around 35 million women in the country - what next, they're all hookers? Young people are much more promiscous than older gernerations - especially females. And females that think they've been dealt a bad hand in life are likely to behave in the way this girl did. If a guy goes out and 'scores' every night he's the MAN........if a girl does the same she's a whore? My girlfriend has read this story in the Thai news and was quite shocked that someone should suggest the girl is a hooker.

I'm not, I'm trying to decide on the best system and I'm a total novice.

Yes, someone posted on those but would it provide 3 showers at 6am without running cold? If so its a far better option than my Heat Pump.

On the subject of power usage At my current Thai property I use an Air Source Heat Pump to provide hot water - I insist on hot water. I was very happy with its performance but soon after installing it I realised that it was not as economical as I'd thought because the system was heating up a tank containing 200L of water - a shower uses what? 40 to 50L?? However, I can see a situation at the new house where several showers will be taken in the morning at similar times and before the sun does its job. I've had some of the smaller electric showers in the past and as soon as you increase the flow, the water is barely luke warm. If I was to install them now I would go for a minimum of 7.5kw. So it could be that an Air Source Heat Pump would reduce demand at particular times. They're not cheap but they are nowhere near as expensive in Thailand as they are in the UK. I bought mine from a mate who owned a factory in Chonburi that put them together and it cost 50,000. He's retired now but I think he can still obatin them. Is that worth considering or is it better to let the grid top up at high demand times when the batteries are low? Or then again, would it be better to spend the cash on more storage?