matthew777

I think the number is now up to 548 with lockdown starting 10 PM Sunday

in Thailand "sweetened condensed milk product" is everywhere. It's exactly what it says a "milk product" made from palm oil and milk flavors. What I want is genuine sweetened condensed milk or genuine evaporated milk.  Does anyone know a source? 

I have a good friend who purchased a used Proton Savvy with their French designed fake automatic transmission. The engine is solid and I want to swap it our for a manual. In America I would go to the wrecking yard and just buy a transmission. Does anyone know where I can do that in Thailand? 

You just need to install a proper "P trap" and your smells will go away. 

A question about this.  What would prevent this person from just walking into the casino zone at Poipet and then getting a tourist visa for Cambodia. Then just entering Thailand via the land border legally? I guess the question is how good are the records to catch this type of action? 

Here is another link stating that you can work anywhere you want with your work permit:

https://duensingkippen.com/thailandbusinesslawblog/?p=270

On Monday I went to the immigration office in Sukothai to do the TM30 as my wife's family's home is in Sukothai. Immigration refused to  have anthing to do with it and said "you have  work permit you don't need."  I have the impression that the heat is off on this thing too. 

What you need to do is go to the embassy and solemnly swear while  holding up your right hand that the diploma is  true and then they will give you an  embassy letter affirming this. There is nothing on the the diploma. I have a diploma that is legalized and I have the same diploma authenticated with the state department. Thailand rejected this and said I had the do the embassy like everyone else. 

Very sure you are fine. 15 AMPS is just huge considering that your average incandescent bulb will be less than one amp. 

I taught there for 2 years and it's a solid school. They have issues that are common to most International schools in Thailand. The Korean students that do attend raise the bar substantially and this should not detour you in any way. 

My Thai wife and I also have two children. We fully plan on homeschooling our children much like yourself. I am a teacher here in Thailand and as a teacher I can tell you that you are making the right choice with your children. There are active home school communities in Thailand  that you can join that I hope would have made this process easier. I do know the largest home school communities tend to be in the Chiang Mai, Chaing Rai region. This is I believe is largely due to the large Christian communities there.  Having worked in Chiang Rai I can safely say that if a student came to our school, that was home schooled, they were heads and shoulders above everyone else. Your children wont be just ahead of their peers they will be years ahead of them. As you have discovered Thailand is about style over substance. Asia tends to be a culture of superficiality, where looking like you are learning is far more important than actually learning. You will have zero problems getting your children enrolled into college or other high schools with your choice. The international schools abroad are so poor that it's recommended that all graduating students get their GED in addition to their "international school" diploma. 

You don't need to paint over the plate. The black paint is a different type of paint then the base white color. All you need is lacquer thinner and the black will just rub right off leaving white. If you do it correctly you can get a black faded look that looks like a paint failure. I only discovered this as I was trying to clean some road tar off my motorcycle. 

You have nothing to worry about. It appears that as long as their is a good faith effort on the schools part to secure you a work permit you are fine. 

That part in your picture appears to be a tensioner for the timing chain. This part is essentially a spring and it supplies a specific amount of tension on the timing chain. There is no manual adjustment here.

To adjust the valves a measurement is taken and a specific shim is ordered from Honda to bring the gap into specifications. You can tell when this is needed by a subtle change in the sound of your exhaust. What is happening is unburnt hydrocarbons are igniting in the exhaust. This sound is different than running rich which is essentially the same thing.  I highly doubt that you need this.

You don't need to go through all of that. I did that when I needed my degree authenticated to get a job in China. It was with the Secretary of State, Thailand rejected it. I also had a copy authenticated with a notary and my registrar via apostilization and of course they rejected that one too.

What they want is for you to raise your right hand at your embassy and sweat that its real. That's it. Please don't waste time and money doing it right, it will just be rejected as mine was.  They are wanting that fancy letterhead from your embassy.

In the West I would use metal as its the most attractive and has a cool commercial look to it. It also gives another path to ground so some would consider it safer.

The problem is in Thailand the quality of the metal conduit hardware you would purchase at the common hardware store is simply horrendous.  Many of the metal edges are not de-burred and the threads look about as deep as scratches, meaning you struggle to make a solid connection. There is also a complete absence of many metal conduit parts you would need to do the job correct which leads to frustration.

I would recommend plastic in Thailand. They have most of the parts needed and it will not rust. 

Remember you are not supposed to put conduit in a conduit so that means you need to pull wires.

If you want the best then you need to look in the automotive arena.

The first thing you will want to find is  called a "rust converter" this is an acid that will neutralize the rust and stop the reaction from continuing. You actually don't need to remove the existing rust as you just coat the rusting metal and it will turn it black. Who uses this is auto restores and its fairly cheap and works very well.

The best finish you can apply on that is a two part epoxy. Again I would recommend an automotive epoxy. They make it in Rayong and its very cheap. Go to an automotive paint store for this as well. That would be the best. One thing is you will need to spray it on as it is just a hair thicker then water and have an air-compressor. It's the best and works very very well.

It's super important that you either convert the existing rust or you totally remove it. You can't simply coat rust as it the reaction between oxygen and iron will just occur under your coating.

In automotive coating the expression is "less is more"  Several good thin coats is simply better then a single fat thick coat.

This article says revealed this year and for sale in 2020

https://www.drive.com.au/news/coming-soon-isuzu-d-max-and-mazda-bt-50-120651

It should also be noted that Mazda will no longer be re-badged Fords. They will now use the DMAX as their new truck platform. This is good news in my opinion. That company would add a new level of fit and finish to the interior that would make it superior to the stock ISUZU. I believe this will happen in 2020. There are spy photos of the truck in testing in Norway I believe. 

I wish it was easy on the Toyota's, If you know someone who is doing it please share.  The ECU in the Toyota is looking for this and if detects an anomaly like a missing DPF filter is puts you into limp mode. From the reports I have read from Australia from Toyotas who have reprogrammed the ECU to go without they are having problems and have to reset the ECU every two weeks because the ECU is adaptive and is compensating somehow.

Regarding 50HZ vs 60HZ this should not be a concern. If you have normal AC motors, it just means that it will rotate slightly slower at 50HZ vs 60HZ.  Japan is half 50HZ and half 60HZ with no problems there.  The only product I have ever heard that HZ change is a problem is with older clocks that run off of house current. With most clocks now being run on batteries this is just not a problem anymore. 

A great source of tools is actually China. Most of the Stanley FatMax line of tools are manufactured here. Hilti makes most of  their rotary hammers here. SNAPON's "Blue point" tools are all made here and very cheap.  

If you want a car lift in your home garage they are shockingly cheap. 

China and Thailand have signed a free trade agreement and most power tools, and heavy tools are all duty free to import from China.  Lincoln Electric makes alot of its professional welders here in China as well as ESAB. I believe you need "COO" Country of Origin certificates to pull this off. 

I really need to find a competent importer who can facilitate this. 

The best way is to go get her in person. If you go through exit immigration together you should have zero problems. Avoid Clark, you will have better luck with Manila. 

The whole problem is the Philippine immigration officers and not Thailand entry. 

Its not just the women who are offloaded the men are offloaded as well if they suspect they are working here. 

The issue not not fear of being trafficked or sex issues. The whole thing revolves around only one thing, money.  Its a money making game. The Philippine government wants a cut. They have this whole overseas worker system in place and it of course costs alot of money to join, If they did not offload the workers then no one wold join in. Those on vacation or going on exotic trips with their  foreign BF's are not the ones they are after. They are after the Filipinos who are working abroad. They want the social security tax and all sorts of other fees and taxes. 

You would think that transcripts would be the gold standard here but they simply are not, You really need an actual diploma. 

You can get your diploma authenticated by the secretary of state in the state you live in. 

If you are already here you can fill out a notarized letter in the local embassy stating that everything is correct and they probably will accept that.

My best advice is to get your Diploma authenticated while in America. China now requires that as well as more and more countries. You only need to do it once. 

I have dated not one, but two different immigration officers. Both of them seemed to think it was a relatively trivial manner to be added to, or removed from, the blacklist. Now I admit this was prior to these rules being in place and things may have changed. But based on their attitudes I don't think it takes as high of level officer as you might assume. You could easily take a "no cure no pay" policy with the right attorney and deal with it risk free.  Your wife could handle this in country. If you can solve it this way you would be ok.  

My school has recently requested all the teachers to go out and explain to our land lords that they must comply with the foreigner reporting laws. (section 38 of the 1979 immigration act )  They have given us letters in both Thai and English,  and every day bug us if we are doing this.   I explained to my school that my responsibility is to do 90 day reporting, and I am not a Thai home owner.

I feel awkward telling Thai people about Thai laws and asking Thai's to comply. Is that my job?  Does Thailand really want falangs to come into their country and start enforcing Thai law?  This is crazy.  

I understand the need to comply if I am living with a spouse who is a home owner, I appreciate the information. But my home owner does not even speak English.  

I have this Krung Jai feeling that's its not really my place to do this. Whats next, asking Thai people if they have paid their income taxes. Should we as teachers set up special falang road blocks to make sure Thai people are wearing their seat belts?  

Am I out of line in my sentiment here?