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52 minutes ago, Michael Hare said:

Yes, I have PR. My serial number starts with 8, which shows I have PR, but the average official in Thailand wouldn't know that. Most expats who are on a long-term visa have an ID starting with 6. I don't know what the ID number starting with 7 indicates. Must be something to do with your type of visa. 

 

I believe the first digit 7 is for children of people with a 6 first digit card born in Thailand.

My ID card number starts with 5, which caused enormous confusion when I first applied for the pink card.

https://thailandformats.com/idcards

2 hours ago, jonwilly said:

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I got to know John and met his identical twin brother of who legend said was senior police officer for the Pat Pong district in BKK.

 

I met the Bangkok twin first. He had a well-run upstairs bar in Patpong (probably the best one of that type). It was called The Fire--- (-house, -place, -side; can't remember now, this was the seventies) and I think his name may have been Vinai. Never heard anything about him being a policeman although he was obviously well connected. I went to John's Place in the early 90s and mistakenly thought it was the guy from Bangkok. We had a mutually confusing conversation until we figured out what had happened.

I was able to successfully register using the LINE app on 1st May (first day) and book an appointment for June 7th, which appeared to be the first available day. The app required the number on the back of the ID card as well as the front.

Other information which may be pertinent to my successful booking:

• Age 74
• Member of the Thai Social Insurance scheme
• Previous history at the local hospital
• The name of the applicant was entered as it appears on the pink ID card
• No mention of any fee
• Confirmation of booking by LINE app
• There is an option to allow change of booking
• Type of jab not specified but I believe the current plan is for it to be locally produced AstraZeneca

Anyway, good luck.

I registered successfully via the LINE app although it took several attempts. First time slot I could get at my local hospital was June 7 and that has been confirmed as successful.

On 10/16/2020 at 12:44 PM, richabb1 said:

Read that Maurice Bromley passed on during the week in the Philippines. Top guy. 

Sad news and he can't have been very old. He and his wife were also very active in the Cricket Sixes at one time. Looks like it has been a bad year for cricketers.

It's at San Kampang

Air show

Try contacting Elephant Valleys in Chiang Rai. They have some elephants there that are just elephants and don't play football or music or paint pictures. Jack Highwood runs the place.

http://www.elephantvalleys.com/

Diatomite is mined in Lampang and there are usually several hundred kilos for free beside the road wherever they transport it. Is that food grade?

Most of the pits are unattended so it would also be easy to carry a large boulder of it back to your vehicle as it weighs almost nothing.

Would this work?

18 hours ago, Trujillo said:

Has anyone in CM or anywhere here every received a moving violation or see it happen? 

Over a long period of time, I have been caught for speeding 30-50 times. This was always on highways and not in the city however. Usually fixed with 100 baht in the hand or 400 if an official receipt was written out. The only ones I remember in cities were for being in the wrong lane. I had to buy a bottle of whisky once for an infamous "drunk police stop" (the cops all seemed to be alcoholics) between Udon and Khon Kaen. This gave me immunity for a month though, which was fine as I was doing the round trip on a daily basis.

The police have always been courteous and, in most cases, jovial. I don't have a problem with that.

The cameras are now really screwing me up as it is all impersonal with no escape but a radar detector gives warning for a lot of them.

Most of the answers in the same topic in May should still be relevant.

They are manufactured at a factory in Lampang.

I have been to the 1 Bar a few times in the last couple of months - very impressed with the food, service and hospitality.

10 hours ago, Bee991 said:

August saw a few other Chiangmai expats passed away. Dr Harry Gair a PHD Kiwi Geologist from Cromwell NZ, passed away in early August at his home in Chiangmai. Harry never went near bars & was I think 92 when he passed away suddenly. Harry worked for the Rhodesia Geological Survey Dept [GSD] & re-discovered a famous archeological site in the Former Rhodesia that David Livingstone came across & has a meso named after him in Antarctica. He also worked for some of the biggest mining companies in the USA. Harry discovered fossil woods in Zambia at mid-Zambezi valley during coal exploration mid-Zambezi Valley. known today  as the Chirundu Fossil Forest.  He was a man of knowledge in his field yet he was fit as a fiddle even up to the time he passed away. Always immaculate, kind & a gentleman he had many good Thai & foreign friends & helped me when I first arrived in Chiangmai  – very sad as I missed seeing him on this round by a week. Yet another amazing  man to be remembered. RIP.

 

I went to Harry's funeral and will certainly miss him. We stayed in regular phone contact after he was home-bound with sciatica. He came to Thailand as a representative of Lang Hancock and Peter Wright and I worked on several projects with him. A brilliant geologist but very much of the old school. His daughter is studying geology in NZ.

I changed my old paper lifetime license to the new plastic type last year without any problem. Validity is still for life.

4 minutes ago, jeab1980 said:

Im sure i read the lifetime paper ones have to be exchanged for the new smart cards will be interesting to see if the are still for life then?

Mine was.

Gold

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_(2016_film)

6 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Have you used it to enable or get anything that a Yellow book would enable or get you?

I can't think of anything offhand where I have been required to use a Tabian Baan - maybe for opening bank accounts, registering vehicles etc? I assume any type of book would work for that. I can't recall ever having a yellow one so cannot comment on what the differences would be.

The original purpose of doing it dates back to the bad old days when Thai women married to foreigners were not allowed to own land plus a few other discriminatory practices, so it was useful to be in separate books.

As for your comment about Secret Squirrels, I have no idea what you are talking about. 

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

 

Blue book: A non-Thai with PR can be included in a blue book that will typically have a Thai national identified as primary resident that remains in the possession of the primary resident.

 

This might not be true in all cases. My blue book (issued in 2535) has me listed as the primary householder with no Thai nationals involved.

You might be able to get them from the factory in Lampang

There is a charge for groundwater extraction. This started  around 1984 and was mainly used originally in the Bangkok area where I think it is about 10 baht / cubic metre now. Wells less than 30 metres deep are usually exempted as they can be drilled without obtaining a drilling and pumping permit. Note that these are separate licenses. The Department of Groundwater Resources will inspect your meter seal (to prevent tampering) and the meter must be an approved type.

I suspect that the 2" pipe you can see is the column pipe on a submersible pump in larger casing. Are there electrical cables entering your well? How much water do you use? 15K seems expensive for a meter but will depend on your usage as that will determine the size. A normal household 3/4" meter may suffice and should be acceptable if it is sealed and has the document attached showing that it is certified by whatever the Bureau of Weights and Measures equivalent is called. This is usually just a piece of paper stuffed inside the lid. I suspect the DGR guys might feel they could be on a bit of an earner forcing you to buy a 2" meter from them.

Ted definitely has some form:

http://www.chiangraitimes.com/thai-teen-confesses-to-assassination-attempt-on-australian-national-edward-woodward.html

Some of his tatts are anti-Muslim slogans, which many would consider not particularly bright in southern Thailand.

The yield is in cubic metres per hour. I am guessing that was probably recorded during airlift development.

Website is http://app.dgr.go.th/newpasutara/xml/Krabi.files/

I have information on 4 wells which I think are in your area.

Kumphawapi Tambon Huai Gerng.pdf

The translations are mine from the government website so don't blame them if I have it wrong.

I have worked extensively in Isaan but now live in the north of Thailand.

6 hours ago, Cashboy said:

My idea of drilling 100 metres deep was to get to clean water but you are suggesting that if I drill deep I will hit the potash.   Now I am totally confused because you say that potash has a lot of salt and I believe that to be correct.

I believed that salt would kill vegetation.

However, I understood that potash was used for making fertilisers in farming but if potash is salt rich, surely everything would die.

I was under the impression that the bore holes in the village (approximately 30 metres deep) produced water that killed the vegetation.

And then the thai girl tells me that the water is hard which contradicts salt content as salt is used in water softners.

 

You gave me pictures of 4" grey water bore pipe; do they do a 5" as I see that the spiral slotted does a 5" ?

With the diagrams you gave me, I notice that the spiral slotted diameters do not match each other; so how do you connect them together?  Are there adaptors/connectors or something?

Sorry to cause any confusion and hope I can clear it up.

Underneath the Khorat Plateau there are vast rock salt deposits. Usually there are three layers but in some areas the top one is missing. This may be the case in Kumphawapi as a lake is sometimes formed where groundwater has got to the top layer and dissolved it, causing subsidence. The potash is  only near the top of the bottom layer. Drilling into the salt deposits can cause you some problems if drilling with water or mud: the salt will be dissolved causing a cavity. There is no reason to drill into these as there will be no water anyway (otherwise the salt would not be there).

Re the casing/screen, the normal method is to machine one of the glue-on couplings to make a crossover between the tubewell casing and the screen. The screen is probably an unnecessary expense. Most of the drillers will hand slot casing with a saw to make slots. Pre-slotted pipe is also available on the market if you need it.

If you can tell me what Tambon you are in (in Amphur Kumphawapi), I will see if I can get records of wells drilled in the vicinity by the Government. 

I have driven to every province except Narathiwat. I don't have anything against the place, just have not had any work there.