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FYI, the plans for my house only had 6 soffit vents, each about a half a meter wide and 2 meters long. I had 24 of them installed so that it would be less likely that my attic fans would pull air out of the house.

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Yes, the shop has a large fan mounted above the roof. When I bought my thermostats I printed a picture and took it in. I can't find the same picture now but a Honeywell T6054A1005 is close. The ones I bought had a similar gray metal case but had a larger black plastic knob and the coil was black, too. If they don't have any in stock they should be able to order it for you.

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I was just in California for work and the Sprouts Market near the office was selling two avocados for a dollar. For lunch my favorite sandwich at Rogers Deli is a BLT on wheat with avocado. Every time we had sushi we started with California roll with real crab and of course avocado. I sure miss all the avocado when I get back here.

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As stated in my earlier post I bought two thermostat switches at the shop across from the Shell station on Hang Dong Road. I installed two wall switches for each fan, one switch going through the thermostat and one going directly to the fan so I can choose to bypass the thermostat.

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The floor drains have a very small water reservoir that prevents air back flow and they can dry up easily if no water has been drained through them in a while.

the retractable type curtain rails, the ones that have a string to open and close the curtain which is hung on runners.....

Hard to explain really. Like the old cinema theatre curtains, how they opened

Cord operated. And why is it that out of 8 cord operated curtains at home, every single time I go to open or close I choose the wrong cord? Every single time.

(Or so it seems.)

If they were installed correctly you just have to pick the cord that is higher.

You can always even up the cords but it is a bit of a pain.

Bought both of my industrial strength gable fans and thermostats on Hang Dong Road as mentioned above. Opposite side from Shell station with a large fan visible on the roof.

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The princess gave away the diplomas or whatever for the RMUTL graduation. We have a large framed picture on our wall of the princess giving the diploma to our daughter. As parents we were not even allowed in the building.

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Based on our AC usage it has gotten warmer the last two years. Last year during this quarter we had our highest electric bills ever. So far this year the bills for the first two months of the quarter are higher than last year and we expect this month's bill to be much higher than last year. We did not see that much variation the three years prior. Not many sample points but it seems like a trend at least in the short term.

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In A Gadda Da Vida by Iron Butterfly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-rZBcm4

I attended a pretty well known high ranking university in the US and as a semi-active alumnus I am somewhat familiar with our International Student Office. This is not a large university and it is fairly difficult to get into especially as an undergrad. We have over 4000 undergrads and just under 7000 grad students. I'm not sure if it was this academic year or last year but we had 20 Thai undergrads and 45 Thai grad students. Our undergrad acceptance rate is about 8 percent.

There is no way anyone gets accepted without excellent English skills or without near perfect SAT scores.

By the way several of my Thai classmates are now CEOs of large companies here in Thailand.

Just the facts, ma'am, just the facts. Take them or leave them.

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I saw an orange plastic miter box that came with a saw some time ago in Nana Screw. I should have at least checked out how well the saw fit the box at the time but didn't think of it. I checked back a couple of times in the last week to see if they have restocked it but not yet.

I went to the usual places like Global House, Home Pro and Home Mart last weekend but no luck. Sometimes you just have to get lucky on the timing. Figuring that I could easily have missed an obvious spot I posted this topic in the hope that someone had seen one recently.

I'll probably make the rounds again tomorrow.

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Wow. DC, Seattle and San Jose? Expensive especially San Jose otherwise known as Silicone Valley.

The OP is starting with no current job skills or references or credit etc. and he needs a place to live inexpensively while he gets a toehold.

The strip in LV might be referred to as the Siicone Valley but San Jose is in the Silicon Valley

I'm looking for a miter box, preferably without a saw.

If anyone has seen a nice adjustable miter box including a saw I might go for the whole thing.

Otherwise a cheap wood or even plastic miter box with the normal slots would be fine.

I know I could build my own but I have a little project that I need to complete in the next couple of days.

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About 7 or 8 years ago I met an orthopedic surgeon from Los Angeles who said he was moving to Chiang Mai to be the director of McCormick Hospital. He was well spoken and seemed like a nice guy.

Assuming that he is still a practicing surgeon it might be worth checking out. If their website is not out of date he is Dr. Adul Warin. Is anyone familiar with him?

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My wife has many sisters and one of them always dresses up when she leaves her house to go and do anything. The other sisters kind of have a running joke about her which is that if she dresses up to go out and buy rice then the rice is aroi mahk mahk, but if she doesn't dress up the the rice is mai aroi.

Besides this all the kids in the extended family are taught not to step over food on the floor. They must walk around it.

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I have a couple of small solar panels that are made to keep 12V batteries charged. They came with both grips and bolt type connectors.

We use to keep the batteries charged in seldom used motorcycles.

I bought them in the U.S. but they might be available here.

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Wiang Haeng is the most northwestern district of the Chiang Mai province, just west of Chiang Dao.

This is a very scenic area and the drive up there is spectacular. There is a loop that is great on a motorcycle.

There is a temple on a hilltop near the border crossing that overlooks several rows of fences in a steep valley.

We are awaiting answers from family members to the questions about crossing.

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According to extended family members the border was open today.

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Regarding noise you can try your best to live in an area that is quiet. But no matter how much checking you do, like someone mentioned previously, conditions can change at any time. Here in Padaet on occasion we hear dogs barking but it is quieter than any place I have lived in Thailand, city-wise that is.

The exception was that for several months starting about 6 months ago extremely loud music could be heard until about 1 AM from everywhere in this neighborhood and it was hard to even tell what direction it was coming from. We suspected a new Karaoke bar on Mahidol Road. But one day the noise just disappeared as quickly as it showed up.

When I was younger I lived for a while in the middle of nowhere in Sakon Nakhon province. We could hear loud punk rock all hours of the day and had no idea where it was coming from. However, it didn't bother me because it was a great selection of old school punk like the Clash, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Green Day, Op Ivy, DOA, Dead Kennedys, TSOL, Avengers, X, Black Flag, Sonic Youth, Social Distortion, Bad Brains, etc. For me the justaposition was incredible. This was the last thing I ever expected to hear in Sakon Nakhon.

I own some property in LV and several of my tenants are taxi, limo, or shuttle drivers. They all make at least $5K USD a month.

Also there is a fair size Thai community in LV. At one point there was a Thai newspaper but I'm not sure if it is still around.

Public transport is not that bad if you can stay within a single bus ride of where you work. Car insurance there is quite high due to the high number of accidents.

Electricity bills will be high in the summer due to air conditioning. Another factor to consider is the unending shortage of water.

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For me a hazard for night driving is non-standard traffic signal lights or traffic lights that are obscured by other lights or signs near intersections.

I've seen traffic lights that are halfway between red and amber, lights that are too dim to notice until you are right up on them, etc.

On routes that I drive with some regularity I pretty much know what to expect but on new routes I usually have to drive a bit slower at night.

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I went back to JIB and ordered the Asus RT-N18U. It will only take 2 days to arrive from Bangkok. 3190 Baht seemed like a good price.

Has anyone tried the Dual WAN feature? It will be interesting to see what throughput it gets in load balancing mode. It would be nice if the Asus firmware works well and I don't have to deal with flashing the router.

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LinkSys routers and military intelligence are great examples of oxymora. When speaking of Cisco routers, LinkSys would be the last thing on my mind.

J.I.B. Computer, Pantip Plaza, 1. floor has a good selection of Asus Routers.

I recently bought a Asus RT-N18U there.

FYI, a router like this is exactly what I am looking for. I was in JIB last week and they didn't have anything like this at the time. It is good to know something like this may be available in town. I'll be checking back with them.