Wentworth
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Is this Bangkok you're talking about?
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Fantastic, just the kind of thing I'm looking for. Many Thanks
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I live in Muang Lampang and the cycle shops don't have that much choice of accessories. I would be grateful for shop recommendations in Chiang Mai.
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I bought my last one about two years ago - Samsung i5, 4Gb RAM and 500 Gb Hard Drive and cost in the mid to high 20,000 Baht range. I did research after discussing with my brother, who was the nearest to an expert I had at the time. I have barely looked at any laptops in the past couple of years.
My wife has finally decided to replace her antique desktop of 7 years plus with a laptop. I've done the rounds of the shops and tried Google but it seems that most of them are still using the same specs but much cheaper. I couldn't see anything with more up to date specs, which I'm really surprised about. When I bought mine the general range was i3, i5 and i7. I always thought that specs moved on more quickly than it appears or is there something different about intel's business and marketing?
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Many thanks, that was very informative. I'll work on the link you gave along with your other suggestions.
Much appreciated.
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Most people recommend not studying grammar at the beginner stage, which sounds good to me. I always took that to mean really deep things like the difference between what adverbs and adjectives are and how they differ in English.
I notice that some words have tone markers and others don't - The written markers seem easy enough to remember, but I've been wondering why some use markers and others don't - I don't know if they were both introduced at the same time or what, but it would seem easier to just have a written marker - just wondering.
I'm studying Lesson 3 of 'Teach Yourself Thai' by David Smyth and the end section deals with how to know the tone if there are no markers. He explains and then gives a table to help, which deals with Consonant class, Live/dead and long/short vowel.
Though this is obviously grammar, my initial thought was 'I think I really ought to learn this'; how on earth do people remember this? Is it a case of just meticulously applying the rules and eventually you'll remember it or maybe experience eg, you can tell by the context alongside your spoken word knowledge bank?
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Bangkok already has one. We want one up north
I'll Second that!
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Grateful for the help. I'm on board about the breather pipe, though they are the standard 2cm blue pipes sticking up about 6 metres. I wonder if the pipe needs to be wider and perhaps not so high off the ground. If that's not it then my guess is the 'U Bend' under the toilet. The builders are seasoned pros and so I just took it as read that they would do it automatically; presuming that's where the problem lies. The Architect has finally realised he needs to do a site visit and I'll get my wife to tactfully chat to him about it.
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My builder has installed 3 of the round concrete septic tanks for each of my bathrooms. There's also a metal disk fitted for access. Inside the bathrooms it smells like a sewer and they have temporarily put a breather pipe, but it still smells. I've tried putting the bio powder but still no difference. My wife was told that there have to be breather pipes, but I haven't had this before in my previous house using the same system and I don't see anyone else using them. I get the feeling that there's something wrong with the installation and also that my builder is waffling to my wife.
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You are allowed up to a week after and two weeks before the due date.
I appreciate the help. I'm just trying to find out if I could submit the 90 Day Report with the existing visa before I go to the other desk and submit the visa extension.
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I'm due to submit my annual visa extension this coming week; my 90 Day Report is due less than 2 weeks afterwards. I was thinking of doing my 90 Day report whilst I wait for the ladies to check my extension paperwork. In terms of the 'Visa Stamp' photocopy for the 90 Day Report, will I need to wait till I get the 'Under Submission' visa stamp or can I just use the existing visa stamp?
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I have a Married Visa Extension and have always lived at the same place since we got married with joint signatures on our rental agreement. I'll be sending a 90 Day Report to show the new address. Do I need to just give the new address or write on the form at the top eg Change of Address and that will do, or do I need to send copies of the blue book for my wife as well as Marriage Certificate?
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Appreciate the help. Like you, I see why they don't like toilet paper flushed in the system.
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I've seen the builders install 3 pipes with lids on as per the photo below. I'd be grateful for an explanation of how they work and what do I need to do in the way of maintenance eg add chemicals or emptied at some stage.
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I really appreciate the drawing. How do you cope with rainwater overflow?
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I would be grateful for polite suggestions please, about this, bearing in mind I know diddly-squat about plumbing.
I was hoping to collect the rainwater for garden use, by way of taps around the garden wall as it's too impractical to lug a hose.
I was told it's possible to combine the collection of rainwater along with government supply for the dry periods, in one tank. I wonder about rainwater overflow and I've been told that even a specifically designed 'Rainwater Collecting Tank' would need a manual diversion system, which is just not on. Also, as the taps are plumbed to a particular tank then I would need government water as a backup.
Is it possible to install a tank that has a rainwater overflow diversion as well as a government water inlet??
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I'm a cycling fan and totally abhor the Misuse of Illegal drugs in the sport. By the way I'm not a die-hard Armstrong fan, I think others proved themselves in the Classics and other major tours, that Armstrong didn't. I hear both sides of this argument that's been going on for many years. From what I read it appears that basically he hasn't failed any tests but there's anecdotal evidence from team mates etc. That's just hearsay and it doesn't matter how many people say it - what about hard physical evidence or test results? There was the case of the Chinese girl swimming at the London Olympics - they tested her and found nothing. At least one British track athlete, his name I forget, said that he'd posted a similar improvement in performance result without drugs. Is it right to just label all of them as drug cheats?
How about Flo Jo, the American sprinter. Her incredible improvement over a short time span was compared to Ben Johnson. The difference was that Ben got caught and she didn't fail the drugs tests. The majority of general opinion says that she had to be on something and by the fact she died in 1998 at age 38 just confirmed it to some. If she did dope then she paid a heavy price. Some people would rather die young and glorious.
In terms of testing, I wonder if it is possible or even right and ethical to keep urine samples so that tests can be carried out after subsequent advances in procedures; as they do with DNA in criminal cases. If that were the case and Lance Armstrong failed then I would happily accept he cheated, but until then I choose to believe that he is innocent until proven guilty, just like all the others in sport that have been accused of wrong doing and can't seem to shake off the cheat tag.
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I've noticed that the site is often unavailable and much of it (eg Div 1 and 2 Stats) haven't been updated since before 28th July 2012. I tried the 'Contact Us' section, but it continuously fails to transmit any messages and asks us to contact the administrator 'by another means' - I looked for a way and there's no option or contact details given. If they are having problems with the site or manpower, then it would be nice if they could tell us.
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I couldn't find a 'Quote' button so I've copied the sentence below from a post by 'Rimmer'.
Appearing as an ‘excuse’ he said that Ministers are not going to give overseas Britons priority over what they see as more pressing needs at home.
I've been led to believe that UK pensioners living in the EU are eligible for the annual inflation rise - surely that counts as overseas! It hasn't been explained to us why UK pensioners in qualifying European countries qualify and the likes of us in Thailand don't.
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I've heard good things about the Assimil courses but sadly they only do a Thai course for French speakers. Is Pimsleur a good alternative? I'd be interested in other recommendations along these lines.
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I've managed to get it sorted, I played about with the same settings again and Hey Presto! Not sure what I did differently but just happy. Very Many Thanks for all your help.
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I'm using a Samsung laptop bought in Thailand with the usual romanised and Thai keyboard. For most things Windows displays English and it's set up for me to change to the Thai keyboard when I need it. However, the pop-up boxes eg for downloads are shown in Thai.
I went to Control Panel:
>Clock, Language and Region
>Change Display Language
>Administrative
>Change System Locale.
I changed it from Thai to English(UK) and on restart I tried to download and it just gave jumbled characters; everything else is still in English, as before. I tried other languages with the same result. I'd appreciate any help - please take pity, I'm obviously no expert but I've tried to DIY and now scratching my head. Thanks
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I use the Thai characters as much as possible when making notes or flashcards, but I haven't grasped all the tone rule explanations. So, as a backup. I write romanised words with the tone marker character eg ^ = falling tone when writing by hand. I tried to use the special alt character set to put these above the relevant letter, but finding it difficult. an explanation from here http://www.theworldo...iacriticalmarks says use alt + 0710 to put ^ above a letter. I couldn't get it to work. The explanation talks about an International keyboard but I have the typical laptop layout for Thailand with Romanised and Thai characters. I'm using Windows 7 with Google Chrome browser - all I get is the 'Ping' - what are you doing you idiot? - sound!
Please have pity if I've missed the obvious.
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Hi Jenny,
I do live in Amphur Muang Lampang, married to a local and been here for over 4 years. Apart from my wife wanting to stay here, It's precisely because there aren't too many foreigners and it's quiet, that I really like it. Chiang Mai is close enough if we need serious shopping. If you don't mind chatting or befriending someone knocking on the door of 50 then please PM me.
Video with simultaneous Thai/English subtitles
in Thai Language
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There are many original Thai films with a choice of Thai and English audio/subtitles, selecting one audio or subtitle choice at a time. Does anyone know of any sources that have films or other videos that have simultaneous Thai and English subtitles?