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4 minutes ago, Robert Paulson said:

Have one custom made of teak wood

I like idea of buying a frame and getting the tabletop made out of teak.

1 hour ago, spinner343 said:

My niece would like to visit the UK next year with her grandmother, do you do the visa application in the same way as you would for an adult? Her grandmonther has visted the UK about 6 times now and there has never been any issue in getting her a visa my niece will be 10 years old at the time.

I haven't had exactly the same setup as you wrt to Thais getting a UK Visa, but I think in general it will be the same process. The UK Visa online application stuff is quite comprehensive, and I expect it would adjust to the age of the applicant (your niece) accordingly by prompting for the relevant info at form-filling time, and mentioning stuff in the list of documents when it comes to going to the Visa agency.

1 hour ago, spinner343 said:

Does she need any letters from her parents confirming that she is allowed to leave Thailand with her grandmother? any advice would be most welcome.

Perhaps. In my case, whenever my daughter left my previous country without me, but with my wife, I would have to provide a signed letter authorising she could leave the country with my wife - this is because we kept our surnames, and my daughter got my surname. This put the passport control on the exit side on alert.

This info was not mentioned as a Visa application requirement.

17 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

From higher end desks that raise electronically but are expensive and waste of money IMO.

To something a lot more practical and may fit the aesthetics of the room in which you place the desk.

I have had my eye on a desk with motor/s, but my previous one did not have this feature.

17 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

One issue: I went for a desktop which was 'too long' i.e. the length of the desk is about 200cm... and it has started to bow slightly in the middle - its not something I noticed until the wife highlighted it, but that may bother some (and it does me now slightly (easily rectified with some bracing underneath the table, but we shouldn't need to do that).

I am guessing that if the legs are joined by a solid enough crossbar, then sag will not be a problem.

The desk I consigned to the skip two weeks ago looked like this (without motors or the third leg, though there were screw holes in the table top that would have corresponded to this third leg).

UPLIFT Curved Corner Standing Desk, 3-Leg

The "thin side" was good enough for my iMac, keyboard, mouse and me. My printer went onto the "wide side" and there was plenty of rom for bits and pieces, so something around 28"/ 70cm constant depth would be OK.

My SO suggests I get something custom made. Tempting, but dangerous...

On 8/12/2022 at 9:54 PM, Sparktrader said:

Guy still fat n ugly

Case in point?

Hi,

I landed in Thailand just under two weeks ago. Most of my stuff is still on a container ship, no doubt dodging Yemeni ordnance. I chucked away my existing computer desk and I need a replacement as the kitchen table is not sustainable ;). I also need a couple of chairs.

Can anyone recommend somewhere in the Sakon Nakhon city area and/ or online suppliers of such items?

My partner is Thai, so I suppose I can deal with lack of English.

On 8/9/2022 at 1:38 AM, KIngsofisaan said:

Ok, who married an Isaan gal, stunner or not?

I did.

I don't know if this is off topic...

I have a UK, ex-pat, retired friend who lives in Thailand off his UK pension. The pension is paid into a UK bank account and then the funds are transferred to a Thai bank account.

I don't have exact numbers at the moment, but I think he is taxed 30% at source and I think he is paying too much tax versus what hew would pay if he was resident in the UK. Also, the way he converts GBP to THB is via his bank so he is probably getting hammered to the tune of 5% versus Wise or Currencyfair, etc.

I want to hook him up with an accountant, but I don't know if it is best to find an accountant in the UK or an accountant in Thailand.

Does anyone have a similar situation?

Do you have any tips to share?

I just checked and both those sites have a huge buy/ sell spread.

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Rather than start a new thread...

I have a yellow book from my Amphoe. So I can open a bank account. I don't live here yet, so online operation is important. But

http://www.expatfocu...CFYV66wodqjywFw

Says one needs a work permit for online operation of an account. Is this true in general? Presumably yellow book != work permit

Then there is the question of charges for currency transfers in and out.

At the moment I buy baht at xe.com in my home currency. I pay a wire transfer fee to XE and 700 baht fee to my wife's bank. For large transfers this is not a large hit. But if I can get it done cheaper...

Any good FAQS for these questions?

Start by learning how to Search here at TV

But till you learn how, try this thread

http://www.thaivisa....nt-in-thailand/

I can't fault you for telling me to search, which I did already, but was overwhelmed by the number of hits. So thanks for that.

Looking for stickies turned out to be a better strategy.

Rather than start a new thread...

I have a yellow book from my Amphoe. So I can open a bank account. I don't live here yet, so online operation is important. But

http://www.expatfocus.com/expatriate-thailand-banking?gclid=CMqqp5nrsK8CFYV66wodqjywFw

Says one needs a work permit for online operation of an account. Is this true in general? Presumably yellow book != work permit

Then there is the question of charges for currency transfers in and out.

At the moment I buy baht at xe.com in my home currency. I pay a wire transfer fee to XE and 700 baht fee to my wife's bank. For large transfers this is not a large hit. But if I can get it done cheaper...

Any good FAQS for these questions?

Thanks for the tips.

When I last spent time looking hard I found data for my region of interest. Knowledge of prevailing wind direction is a good point.

Also the idea of shutting up the house when it gets hot.

Could avoid roof ponds via geo cooling or other heat dumping but that also introduces other challenges.

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Certainly is a good site.

One of the first links is to

http://www.oikos.com/esb/51/passivecooling.html

which asks for

average maximum temperature

average minimum temperature

average maximum relative humidity

average minimum relative humidity

I have not been able to find the latter numbers for Thailand, just the average relative humidity. Any ideas?

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Sawatdee kraph.

My second post.

I am in Zürich with my girlfriend who is from Sakkon Nakhon.

This evening I was trying to find out why her family did not have a solar panel on the roof. We could not understand each other!

I was trying to find out such things as

The cost per KWh of electricity.

Costs of various solar electricity options - no requirement for hot water, by the way.

Heat pumps - a small amount of electricity can provide a nice cooling flow night or day. Much more efficient than an electric fan or A/C. But of course you have to install water pipes underground which is a high up-front investment.

I got the impression if you are too far away from the grid you can rent a panel for Bht 50 per month. But I couldn't understand why there are no panels on the family home.

Are there regulations against panels on the roof at home?

What is the effective, annual average solar power developed in the region around Sakkon Nakhon? Are there studies available that document this?

Expected lifetime of a solar unit?

And so on ...

In my opinion, Thai people are going to start to suffer, as world energy prices continue to climb, because of the current oil and energy crisis. I believe Thailand currently generates 70% of its electricity from natural gas from Myanmar. The emphasis on taxis rather than public transport in metro areas is going to become a killer because of the rising costs of petroleum.

Link to cleaner coal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4468076.stm

That is pure greenwashing. Don't be fooled. At this time, I believe there are exactly zero commercial CCS installations in the world today. There are not very many experimental installations either.

How can you have "clean coal" for goodness' sake?

My first post, and I'm ranting already. On an old post. Sorry.