sometimewoodworker

Better still wear clothes that never need ironing

You are completely wrong about the difficulty of getting your pension increased to the current level. I got mine reinstated during the period I was in the U.K. I phoned the DWP pension office a couple of weeks prior to arrival in England, the conversation took about 5 minutes, my pension was increased on the next payment date. Easy, simple, fast and efficient. However when I returned to Thailand, of course, the reverse case was also true. So to retain the increased pension you have to stay in the U.K.

Those temperatures are incorrect for safe storage Freezer -20 °C (maximum -18 °C) Fridge + 4 °C

One of the fans only blows air well when in reverse due to its placement 2 of the others get reversed occasionally due to temperature differential and high level ventilation. I didn’t factor the reverse capability when I bought. I did factor in the silence of them I was also pleased with the power consumption. However one lightning strike has probably wiped out any power savings, it rather convincingly blew up one of the chips and the psi of the lights.

The Mr-Ken fans are designed to be as quiet as possible. The DC versions use less power and are more controllable (6 speeds, reversible and variable speed)

2 points that will reduce usage, though how much is debatable, are turn off or unplug every device that has a standby mode. The TV will probably need to be unplugged. So is the saving worth the probable need to reprogram the tv? But if there is no problem you will save a tiny amount. The second point is to change the fans to DC ones. This will drop the usage by about ⅓ for each fan. The problem with that is that I only know of a few makers of DC fans and those are all ceiling ones and the cost will almost certainly wipe out the savings available. So on a pure saving money basis a bad idea. However the ones I have are extremely quiet, much less noise than any of the standard floor standing ones.

The amperage rating is governed by the thickness if the conductors. If you want to have the same rating at 126V and 220V then the cable is thinner on the 220V cable. The limiting factor will be the sockets and plugs

Both extensions of stay (you don’t have a visa) are simple to do yourself

The extension cable is perfectly usable in Thailand. The 125V 13A rating will be now be 220V 24A. The only problem will be that sockets are usually 16A maximum and you will need to ensure that the plugs and sockets are suitable.

It depends on the country you are in. Botanically marijuana, cannabis and hemp are the same. Some countries define hemp as being cannabis with very low THC or specific parts of the cannabis plant.

In udon you can also apply as early as 45 days before expiry. But the under consideration will be 30 days after expiration, so it can be 75 days.

You can get blinds that are silver on one side that are extremely effective

I got a few while I was visiting the U.K. this spring, they are not cheap at £9.99 or ฿2,900 each. Though due to a shipping mixup I actually payed £8.00 each

But you can not buy them. They are exclusively available in Dubai!!!

I got a few while I was visiting the U.K. this spring

It is almost certainly a poor designed circuit that doesn’t have the correct size, possibly any, control circuit. It could be designed for 1 input to be neutral and wired in reverse. The/a way to test is buy a really good quality bulb and see if it also has the problem.

As mentioned, a very small sample

That depends on the country you are talking about. The vast majority of house’s in London and many other U.K. areas are made of load bearing brick walls, though economics has meant that blocks are preferred in lower cost new buildings, but as the vast majority of houses are not new but old that doesn’t matter that much. My parents house, both of my houses, my younger brothers house, my older brothers first house. All of these were in areas where all the older houses were of load bearing brick. The only houses that were not were 2 houses that were rather older that were half timber construction.

Be careful that the kids didn’t use wax crayons, or if they did the cleanup will be a bit more of a problem

While it certainly is extremely common it is being slowly displaced by better methods. It very much depends in the target, if it is low price only then either cinder blocks or red bricks work. But if you need sound & heat insulation and intend AC use then AAC is tough to beat

Thai Red bricks have little insulation value, thin AAC blocks are 2.5 times better. Cavity construction will improve things but not by that much. from a 2019 post of mine If you are going for a single skin then AAC (Q-Con is one brand) is hands down the best and also fastest, so saving on labour, to put up. As the walls are flat you don't need a thick render so saving on materials and labour again.The only time that cinder blocks can do as well as AAC is if you have a double skin wall and add insulation it then is at least as good and less expensive The R value for a 7cm thick AAC block is 3.25, the grey block has an R value of only 1. Red brick has an R value of 0.4. Lastly 20cm AAC has an R value of 8.7To break down the pricing per square meter the cost of an R value of 1AAC 7.5cm 87 Baht per sm - r value 1AAC 20cm 84 Baht per sm - r value 1 [old price]Red brick 505 Baht per sm - r value 1 [old price]Cinder block 179 Baht per sm - r value 1 [old price]Of course the actual R number for AAC is 3.25 so the cost per square meter is divided by 3.25 and for red bricks you need to multiply the price by 2.5 This is from a posting from 2012 that is where the [old price] comes from and as I remember it was on another website that refers to teak and doors.I have broken down the calculation to give as cost equivalent of the R value as 1 because just giving a cost per square metre is deceptive. If you don't care about insulation and just want a wall then cinder blocks are the cheapest.If you want insulation and to be able to hang anything anywhere on the walls then AAC is an easy choice.I have a room with cinder blocks and hate fitting things to it, in contrast to the AAC blocks in the workshop where I just drill and put in a wall plug anywhere, after I learned to get the hole size correct rather than allowing for the plug to expand, I've not had a plug come out and have some significant heavy stuff on just a couple of screws.

While a dissertation on the subject of ways of evaporative is employed may be entertaining I’m not actually going to do one, however there are a number of articles so a quote is in a simple example, slightly moist skin (virtually all skin has a degree of moisture) with air movement over it loses heat by evaporative cooling, the lower the humidity the more effectively the skin is cooled, the lower the temperature the more effectively the skin is cooled.

You can change passports in the air but not on land, so as long as you fly you have no problem.