stevehaigh

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i just got it put in today. seems ok so far, and definitely fast.

Looks like not much fun in Bangkok

Bangkok, feel free to send it down to Phuket. we really need the rain, a bit of mess is a small price to pay.

i have 3BB 12MB DSL now and wonder about upgrading to fiber. will it be faster, and more importantly, more reliable?

i can't make good skype calls with my DSL usually

i checked google translate but they don't have a language selection for incomprehensible crap so no idea what the OP said

i'm sure this is been discussed in the main news forum but what implications if any for phuket?

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/01/asia/thailand-martial-law-article-44/index.html

what is it? i have a motor for a philips 600w you can have for free. i broke the jug but the motor is fine

could it now be called a ketchup?

12 replies about a hose pipe. 13 including this. you all need to get out of the house more! (i'm on my lunch break)

I always assumed forward momentum and glide ratio would prevent a plane from falling from the sky?

cabin lost pressure due to an engine bleed air fault prompting the crew to initiate an emergency descent.

Nothing is better than Villa I wish there was one in Chiang Mai.

i'm very surprised they don't. i thought they were in all the farang hot spots.

somewhat off topic but i learned to dive in Holland (Eindhoven), did my open water dives in a lake in Belgium in January. needless to say, Phuket is a bit nicer.

although come to think of it, i did enjoy the unisex changing rooms

yamaha shop is on the top floor at big C. i have yamaha keyboard for sale, barely used, p.m. if interested

steve

does anyone know if there is a direct bus to/from phetchabun? or if not, phitsanalok?

i mean one that doesn't require you get off and change in bangkok, its for our 15 year old daughter so don't want her to mess about in bkk

https://www.thepiratebay.se/torrent/11784877/MotoGP.2015.Qatar.HDTV.x264-CHAMPiONS

holy crap, what a race. i'm not going to say what happened because you all should download the above and watch what real racing is like.

i'm willing to bet there was more changes in the front running in this race than there will be in the entire season of F1

Interesting.

I am not a physicist, and I do not understand why debris from a rocket or satellite could possibly fall for such a long period of time.

You could call March 9 - April 8 a month.

How high was the stuff falling from and why not come down all at one time?

must have been in an unstable orbit

i'm downloading motogp from last night now. no idea who won (although i can guess). anyhow, that's real racing, f1 is more like an orderly precession

yep, i can google too, but no answer from any of those numbers, or infinite hold

bugger, the title should be

mods, can you fix that? thx

i booked a round trip bkk to USA on china eastern via airtickets24.com

i want to change my outbound data and can't find contact info for China Eastern Airlines in thailand

i tried to change on the airtickets24.com but 2 days and no reply to my request

any ideas? (i'm in phuket so popping over to swampy isn't an option)

well we should start to see a pickup in rain next month

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phuket_Province

http://www.climate-charts.com/Locations/t/TH48564.php

i sure hope sure, i really hate the water truck season.

i was up north last week and it was raining hard and 29degrees, i didn't want to come back

Nah! Forget surface tanks and all those expensive solutions.

Pump it dry, get a couple of your local, keen, well diggers (every Thai village has them!) to dig it deeper (They'll clean out all the mud and junk in the bottom while they are at it), lengthen the pvc pipe into the well, and bingo! you have more water. Just remember to fill all the containers you have with the pumped out water because it will take a few hours for the well to refill.

I've done it twice - cost me 200B per time (Stupid Bangkok rules on minimum wages are ignored here in the boonies.)

What sort of well can be dug by hand? My bored well goes to 65 metres depth and it's still drawing water.

I suggest building a concrete storage tank underground and run all the drains to the tank, even the well pumps into it when I switch it on. I have never ran out of water again and don't need to rely on the overpriced water trucks again.

I just checked it and I'm at about half a tank so about 12-13 thousand litres left and it was all from the rain last season. Just drop one slow release chlorine tablet into it once and a while.

Q."What sort of well can be dug by hand"?

A. The sort of well made using concrete rings which are all dug by hand. I hope this helps.

What depth are we talking? 5 metres? depending on where you are there isn't much of anything at that depth. I'd bore hole instead of using that method.

mine is 12m and so far the water is ok but its freekin dry out there, i am worried about what will happen in a month of so if it doesn't start to rain

i'd go deeper if i could be i does get quite difficult, more rocks lower down i guess

thanks all. i asked the honorary consulate in denver about getting a non-O and they replied:

'Yes, we can (or even a multiple entry) one.

LA is a official consulate. Chicago and New York are also official consulates.

The honorary consulates are listed here http://www.thaiembassydc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/HCG_Jan15.pdf

ok, but i can apply to mail at the official consulate right? my US address is San Francisco

actually, i'll be in Denver area too can can apply in person easy enough there

so just to be clear, it sounds like there should be no problem me getting a single entry in the US (my wife will be with me) and then a new retirement extension when i get back right? i have to do that in november anyhow. the only issue i think is if they want to see my ticket which is a return from bangkok

ok, thank ubonjoe,

are you sure about this 'To get one for being 50 or over for retirement you would have to apply at one of the honorary consulates in person'?

the consulate in LA USA doesn't say anything about visiting in person, i've always done it by mail before

visiting a sales office is about the only way i know of