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17 hours ago, elektrified said:
Underground parking structure of Kad Suan Kaew has a place to deposit all of these things as well as fluorescent tubes, batteries, etc. Not the very bottom floor but one up - on the far right (looking over toward the Post Office).
Thanks a lot for that hint!
I'll check the place next time in town
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Hello,
We regularly have some printer toners/ink cartridges to get rid of.
I've been searching for a way to dispose of them a more sustainable way than just inflating the local landfill or turning them into toxic smoke.
The only places accepting (or even buying) them my searches returned were located in Bangkok:
http://www.turbon.co.th/environment-solution/recycling-solutions
http://hdinternational.co.th/index.php
(Canon.co.th proudly promotes virtuous recycling on its website but only offers a dead link to anyone interested in actual collecting locations)
Does anyone know about a proper recycling channel in Chiang Mai?
Thanks
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TG repeatedly offers me a direct flight to my home country at around 3 times the price the 1 stop flights of competitors from neighbor European countries (flag carriers)
Surprise
I fly the competition then take a short train ride
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6 minutes ago, Hervey Bay said:I wonder how many hours the operation took ? There are a fair few joins.
OP:
" But Dr Wichit Siritattamrong worked for ten hours to make it look almost as good as new. "
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totally aberrant situation
the petition that makes the CM governor uncomfortable:
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4 hours ago, bluesofa said:
Looking at the photos, it appears there are some small plastic cones that have been placed in the spaces between the larger concrete-filled orange blocks, allowing motorcyclists to move the small cones themselves and perform a U-turn
Unless I've missed something obvious, if the highways department placed all the concrete-filled blocks end-to-end - with no spaces between them, it would make it a lot more difficult to move them.
not sure there's any concrete-filled stuff here
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3 hours ago, Kwasaki said:
Dunno family grows em on our bit of land.
Papaya you see everywhere even growing side of road.
indeed they grow abundantly and without needing any care
I give most of mine to the chickens.. too many
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4 hours ago, Beatriz said:
A friend of mine built a home-made water heater but it is not solar panel system. He just made use of the energy from the sun. He had these water pipes all painted black to absorb heat and these pipes run up and down like the car (old car system)cooling system. He also install mirrors that will reflect the sun light onto those pipes. Of course on raining day ( long hours of rain) then no hot water.
Well, he get hot water during the day and warm water at night. In the morning the water is not cold just normal room temperature. I quite like the idea.
Anyone seen this kind of home-made water heating system?
I put up and used such a system for several years.
Great and as cheap as you can get: just a PE pipe on the roof and a basic plastic storage water tank of 100L with insulation wrapped around (still warm in the morning): no pump or any mechanical/electrical stuff since the tank was slightly higher than the pipe: natural flow when heating (sun) and still when not. All DIY.
Why don't I use it anymore? The trees around the house grew until covering the roof, something I wanted since my air con can now fully retire.
I should move the system a little apart of the house
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They probably destroyed the entire lives of 13 children and only get 25 years - a 1/4 of their own life - behind bars where they will live in better conditions that the hell they created for their victims
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4 hours ago, rwill said:
what about a wind turbine?
Except in the South, Thailand is rather poor in wind. At least regular wind.
(I don't know OP's location)
A monthly storm doesn't help
EPA also first refused to connect us unless we'd pay for a transformer that wouldn't be our property (their infrastructure)
We refused of course and lived on a generator during 2 years until - without advance notice - we saw them putting the line and connect us
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As a continental European, I deeply regret the Brexit move.
However, after almost 2 years the mess seems now so total that I end up hoping for a clear solution at the scheduled deadline instead of dragging this non-sense any further and risking a kind of forced relationship to be maintained at any cost
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20 hours ago, geovalin said:
"(...) he did not prove to the court that he’s innocent,” Judge Rithy said.
I may be kind of old fashioned, but for me it's the other way around if we're talking about Justice
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8 hours ago, joskeshake said:
For him no problem for safe driving, with his Rolls Royce and privat driver.
I had the opportunity to have a talk with him and several times with officials of the consular service
It has always been a relax chat with open and friendly people
Zero attitude
The opposite of what your post suggests
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2 hours ago, webfact said:
the expat everyone wanted to get to know
always nice to read you're not "everyone"
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IMHO, given the condition of the planet, the last thing I would encourage is to increase any further the burden human species puts on it
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6 hours ago, longtom said:
So why does everybody still laugh if I bring my reusable bag for shopping?
Sent from my ASUS_X008D using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
I do it for years
Never had a laugh in return
usually a surprised look first, then a "thank you"
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Several plausible explanations for an old man to die in these circumstances
But virtually no one of these explains how TWO elderly persons with nothing in common die exactly the same night in the same cell
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47 minutes ago, sensei said:Until when will HANNAH be LABELED as
The woman who fell off cliff to escape sex attack?
Not cool.Hannah, that's her name and she's running the NYC Marathon.
It makes sense to me that she's been identified that way. It's not often (even exceptional) that we hear updates about events that happened here
Not sure I would have clicked a topic titled "Hannah will run the NYC Marathon"
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My first thought: finally they decided to adopt a serious approach to this endless list of dead bodies found on KT by having the job done "better" in BKK
2nd thought: it looks like they waited until a possibly genuine suicide took place in order to organize a large, publicized show in order to try to whitewash past botched investigations
(if the report of clothes, shoes, ID and phone being found together at the beach - with no obvious signs of foul play - is correct, we may have the first credible suicide case on this island)
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5 hours ago, webfact said:
FDA would not require the driver to pay compensation.
says a lot
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1 hour ago, overherebc said:
Los Alfaques
if I remember correctly
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3 hours ago, madmitch said:
The Judge hasn't stated that there was no corruption involved, just that the person suing wasn't in a position to do so. An interested party, I assume, could be a competitor in the bid for the contract but I'd guess they've been paid off anyway.
When corruption involves any official entity of a country (like AOT), every citizen is an affected party due to the public funds being somewhat diverted but also due to the public system being undermined in its missions and integrity.
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I get your point totally
Hiring unskilled staff for years for my factory, I reached several conclusions:
1. having a local managing the staff (hiring aspects) is a golden rule
2. suitability to work is a 1:20 occurrence; that's the proportion of candidates showing up that ends up as long term reliable workers
3. no, wage is not the prime motivation; other working conditions are: the way they are treated, rest of the team, some flexibility, interest in the work
4. blank wage increases intended to motivate them lead to lower productivity instead, it's just that simple; "I'm so good and they obviously need me so much" syndrome. Replaced by bonus on results (on HR manager suggestion)
5. Pavlov's is your master: acts must have direct, systematic and explained consequences for all to see (penalties for not following instructions or bonuses for outstanding achievements)
6. being kind doesn't help; offering long term perspectives according to results does
7. globally: the equipment must make the difference; be sure not to depend on specific workers
Their perception of us as "farang boss" will typically be negative as a start ("has money, can be easily tricked"). The 1 out of 20 who makes it has the capacity to adjust this perception and deliver on the long term.
I often work with them for several reasons: some technicalities require it, it shows them I know the job and what it requires, they understand I closely check their work, evaluate it and comment them on it, it also leads to knowing each others. In these conditions, you'll get respect built on both side (still for the 1/20)
Almost all the hiring basic rules valid in the West are useless here
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Solar Impulse : round the world without a single drop of fuel
in Thailand Travel Forum
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Considering the urgency the climate crisis dictates, it is inspiring to see such a promising project: beauty and accomplishment combined to remind us solutions do exist today for virtually each challenge we face
It depends on each of us at his level
Congratulations to them