Benjie
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Sounds like a lot of Ginseng and lip balm, Are you sure the true value isn't more than $60?
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There used to be a 'Hair Nazi' at another Chiang Mai school I won't mention who used to stand inside the gates and put the fear of Buddha into the kids as he but especially the girls. If their fringe was over their eyes he would take the scissors and chop it.
I told my niece if he tried that with her to tell him we'd be round the next day to give him a number one cut!
If they did this at the entrance gate I'd be more worried about what they are teaching inside than making a big fuss about saving a fringe.
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Sorry, OP, but you knew you (and your son) were taking a risk in "not having time" to get a haircut after such a clear "warning".
I agree that a warning to the parents, in writing, would have been nice, but I suspect you've already been given a written statement of school policy.
It's your money, and you're free to move your son to another school. It's good to give the reader of Thai Visa a "heads up" about their hair policy, but this is what you signed up for when you agreed to send your son to that school.
Seriously? You think it's ok for a child to be dealt with in what would be deemed assault in many parts of the world. I'm quite confident that it is not written in any school policy document that teachers have free license to cut a child's hair as they see fit and as such I fail to see how any parent / student has "signed up" for this.
Assault? ridiculous.
OP should take his child out of the school into a school with a more relaxed attitude, else follow the dress code
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DHL
in Chiang Mai
Surely it was just a spam email and the link you clicked was to a virus or some other malware.
I get about 10 of these fake emails a day, think about it why on earth would they send you an email and leave no details, did it mention your physical address or your name (rather than your email address).
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I have both HDMI Sticks and the airmote and they work well enough, can't imagine it being the right thing for someone who doesn't have too much computer knowledge.
Surely just a HDMI lead would suffice from his laptop?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_T_amplifier
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=m570.l3201&_nkw=t-amp&_sacat=0
Literally hundreds of them, from ~30USD to ~200USD. Topping is a well-known brand, and the better t-amps are widely regarded by many audiophiles.
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=513842
You will definitely be able to find one in Pantip. Print one of the e-bay ads and show it around : I find vendors respond much more quickly to a photo.
Disclaimer: the 'audiophile' comment assumes that you have a decent source - simply plugging an amp into your TV wont give you miraculous sound, but Topping and others sell DAC/amp combinations - google is your friend
Well, so long as an amp does 20Hz to 20kHz without too much rolloff, has enough damping factor to control the load it's driving, it doesn't make buzzes, hisses, pops or crackles of it's own (i.e. decent S:N - this excludes STK's
), the source is impedance matched and gained appropriately, the load impedance is within it's driveable range, and you don't run it above 0.1% THD, they all sound the same Or you could just boost volume on downmix and it would sound fine through your TV without the need for an amp.
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It's just an Android box with free software as far as I can make out,That same box can be bought for around 2,000 baht on the internet.
Please give me a link to a MX doing the same thing as mentioned above for THB 2,000 that does proper 1080p or 1920x1080?
Here you go
2,100 baht including free shipping.
There's literally thousands on there. I personally have 5 different Android devices of similar specification.
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thanks Crossy, but still need an explanation concerning the price difference of grid tie inverters, e.g.
-500W for £82.-
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-700W for £610.-
I'm not even going to attempt to explain the pricing policy of 'premium' suppliers, you could try asking OrionAir, I'm sure they'll come up with a suitably BS explanation.
Cheap Chinese carp vs. expensive Chinese carp in a flashy box
With a 5 year warranty on the latter one they must be pretty confident about the quality.
Judging from the weight of only 2 kg, I guess it's also transformerless.
Or they've built enough profit into it that it doesn't matter if they have to replace it once or twice.
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It's just an Android box with free software as far as I can make out,That same box can be bought for around 2,000 baht on the internet.
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I always drive the car that the pump counter is beside the passenger window, at the same time I have the tank cap in full view in my side mirror.
It happened not so long ago to me at a Pattaya Shell station, where they have diesel and V-power wich is about 3 Baht more.
I order the attendant to fill with diesel and see in the side morror he indeed graps the diesel pump handle. At the same time another attendant is standing in front of the car and he signals him to take the V-power handle. So he changes and as soon as he points it to the car I shout, with my side window open, " NO " in Thai but the one that was standing in front of the car previously pretends not to understand Thai language anymore.
So I jump out of the car and get to them in full fury, which make them finally stop pumping. At that time there is 120 Baht of V-power in the tank already.
I tell him in my best Thai that I clearly ordered Diesel and will not pay for what they pumped already. So they change to diesel, but at the end when I pay they give me back change and include the 120 Baht V-power.
I simply make them once again aware that I didn't order that and that they can call the police or I will, after which I get back the 120 Baht in seconds.
I don't see why you would be entitled to any more than the difference in cost between 120 baht of Vpower and the equivalent amount of Diesel. Probably half that kids daily wage and it would have been taken out of his wage.
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Why not try the local Soy milk. There are brands with no sugar at quarter of the price
Are you sure, I checked every single carton and they were all sweetened.
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Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes is good, it's like Civ 5 with a Fantasy type theme (Orcs etc..). Also Company Of Heroes 2 has a free open Beta at the moment on Steam, that's also a very good game.
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Previous comments from my friend:
Great system but fiddly.
Lots of channels but set up is a pain as
you have to go to each distributor/provider and wait for the list to
download which with some having over 500 channels can take time.
Once you've done that for the first time you are fine though.
He's going through training pains having to load up his favourites.
Has EPL so he's more than happy.
Movies on demand and he said he was watching the new die hard in blu ray quality with no pixelation, stuttering or stops
Speed is great but I will point out he gets high speed down as living in an area not densely populated.
Since then he has said it's a great system but wishes it came preloaded as you have access to many different "server systems" each with 100+ channels which every time you log onto a new "server" for the first time takes ages to download the program lists. Once you've done this tho the speed is fine and even though they say you should have a 4Mbits connection he says he's had it running fine with uTorrent hogging all the bandwith.
He added if you love porn then you'll never leave the house again!!
Note the 4,100 baht price appears to be to have it installed on your own PC by buying an SD card and having it posted - the small box and keyboard etc is 7,000 baht
I doubt that, BluRays are probably on average a constant 25Mbps and on top of uTorrent? streamed without stutter or pause in Full 1080p? Maybe on Google Fiber in the states.
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When we found it we simply went into the warorot market building and asked someone for the Indian spice lady and we were pointed in the right direction. Please note it really doesn't look like you'd expect a spice shop to look like, but the spices are pretty good and she has a nice selection.
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so was it a new mozzarella or cheeseless pizza told by the staff as claimed by ts? it still doesnt add up
on a note, ts should clear up if he was bullshlting about the pizza without cheese. great difference between different mozerella and a pizza without cheese
on the other hand if he was indeed served a pizza without cheese, i think the owner really own him one proper meal
damn . . pizza is serious business here
Hope this is not off-topic but...
The Pizza Company at Central Airport Plaza has really great pan pizza at a very reasonable price?
Even the 199 baht size was more than two of us could eat... and delicious.
It was really more than two of you could eat?
Nah.......c'mon you're kidding right?.........Really?
No, not kidding. We had to take half of it home.
My gawd, their pan pizza is about an inch thick.
You should go try it. I loved the veggie pizza.
Fabulous.
That means you and your friend only managed 3 slices of what, a 10" pizza?
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If it were me I would seriously consider using an Android device for XBMC, Pi is just too slow in my experience and the XBMC seems to be forking towards Android anyhow. Not sure how a TV dongle will work here as there is no digital broadcast etc...
For in-ceiling speakers you should run speaker cable back from the general area of the speakers back to amplifier location (or closeby) make sure to use a speaker plate at the wall and conduit exclusively for the speaker cable, this should stop the cable getting cut, eaten or damaged. It sounds like you will be amplifying locally (in each room) rather than from a central location. I'd use outdoor speakers for the pool area as you don't have ceiling there anyway, these generally have a bracket.
The amplifier should be one that senses for a signal and turns itself on when it has an input, it will likely be a fixed volume so that you can control the volume from within XBMC.
Additionally it sounds like you should wire in a LAN with a socket in every room to the TV location, then you can store all of your music, movies, pictures etc... on a single server. Don't rely on wifi as it simply won't be good enough to stream HD etc...
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The popularity of valves is primarily in components that each cost more than what most people would consider paying for an entire stereo system. That “high end” of the market might be easy to mock as unscientific, delusional, a waste money or whatever, but many of the people who buy those products are happy with their purchases. While it’s to be expected that a distributor of mid-fi products such as Sonos would have a negative opinion about that segment of the market, it’s very strange that someone “in the industry” would be unaware of it.
mid-fi? Sounds like Hi-Fi snobbery to me,
I'm happy to work with whatever my customers want, it just so happens that has never been valve components. If you've spent a lot of money on valve equipment and are satisfied then I'm happy for you.
No, calling someone a "mid-fi hammerhead" would be Hi-Fi snobbery. But still, how can anyone be "in the business" be unaware of the existence of high-end audio? Fair enough if you think that it's an absurdity, but to be unaware of it defies explanation.
You said there is a HUGE valve revival all over the world, I said that I don't think that's true. I stand by that and personally for me, when I think high-end audio, valve equipment doesn't enter my mind.
I'm sure there are people that enjoy it, just as there are still people who like to listen to Vinyl records, good for them but I don't see either increasing in popularity.
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The popularity of valves is primarily in components that each cost more than what most people would consider paying for an entire stereo system. That “high end” of the market might be easy to mock as unscientific, delusional, a waste money or whatever, but many of the people who buy those products are happy with their purchases. While it’s to be expected that a distributor of mid-fi products such as Sonos would have a negative opinion about that segment of the market, it’s very strange that someone “in the industry” would be unaware of it.
mid-fi? Sounds like Hi-Fi snobbery to me,
I'm happy to work with whatever my customers want, it just so happens that has never been valve components. If you've spent a lot of money on valve equipment and are satisfied then I'm happy for you.
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what is an "digital to analog valve amp"? Im Guessing an DAC with a valve (pre) amp output, otherwise it would be a house filling monstrosity if valves were doing the digital conversion.Interesting, ... not venturing to make a purchase immediately, so not willing to call ... but would like to know where the new shop is in HDong, since I pass often. Last time I dropped into the Green the gentleman gave me some good info on the economy of Chinese digital to analogue valve amps that I should follow up on some time.
Valves are very low-fi, don't know why anyone would want to use them unless you are trying to deliberately change the original sound.
Valves are very "low fi"??? LOL, I have used them in my business for more than 35 years now and there is no technology that comes close to being as high-fidelity as valve technology! There is a HUGE valve revival all over the world right now and the trend is getting more an more popular.
I don't think that's true, and I'm someone who is 'in the industry'. I run an A/V company here in Thailand and can't think of any time in the last 10 years someone has requested valve technology or that I've listened to a Valve setup and thought it's anything special.
Showing all my cards here I distribute the Sonos music system (amongst others) here in Thailand, we don't have a dealer here in Chiang Mai yet but seeing as I have moved up here I'm sure we will be doing something up here at some point.
Don't get me wrong I love a bit of analogue audio, it's just people are looking for easy to use and reliable, which isn't really valve.
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Sorry but I just don't believe the numbers quoted:
- Thai students - 450 - believable.
- Singapore students - 550 - not believable because teachers actually teach 99%
of all classes in English in singapore, students totally immersed in English from
day 1 at Kindergarten. The averageTOEFL score for Singapore students must be
a lot higher than 550 / the gap cannot be just 100, impossible.
It's a test of English as a foreign language, rather than testing people who speak English Natively?
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You could get a nice projection unit up and running if you have a light controlled room, reasonably priced nowadays.
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Books are only Duty Free if you import them by themselves I thought. If you mix in other media then you pay duty.
Also the calculation of tax and duty works like this
(Cost + Shipping Cost)* Duty +7%
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Does the PCM come out in 5.1 or just stereo?
if it's 5.1 then PCM should be your best bet as it's uncompressed. However, generally it's always better to trust your ears.
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I have a 3 brm 3bath fully furnished detached house in a land and house moo Baan in San Sai/ Mae Jo about 15-25 minutes from the old city. Beautiful neighborhood . Two security checkpoints to my house. 30 baht a day extra Club house privileges with pool, jacuzzi, sauna, treadmills, weight machine and free weights. Modern kitchen with oven and stove. Extractor fan above stove. Washing machine, AC in master bedroom and living room only and two car carport, completely fenced with moderate garden/yard. I just rented it for a year for 18000 baht a month. Many people I talk to say I got beat. Now I am wondering if I am paying too much. Any input?
You are paying double the going rate.
3 bed in SanSai about 6k, add a bit more if nicely furnished.
I can't believe that every 3 bed house in Sansai is identical, one could be 80 sqm and another could be 480sqm with a pool.
), the source is impedance matched and gained appropriately, the load impedance is within it's driveable range, and you don't run it above 0.1% THD, they all sound the same 
Cast Iron Cookware
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20%, lol - I'm going to take a guess that you don't import much.
Remember you pay duty on the price + shipping costs (you aren't going to ship iron pans into thailand for 50 cents each), the duty will be anywhere from 10-150% depending on what you are importing and then you pay an additional 7% VAT on the total.