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Nereus, you're correct about the poor water pressure, the pump is necessary to pump up to the upper storey, otherwise the wife would be throwing a hissy fit..

Was trying to figure out how that would work too. In both houses in Bangkok, we have a check valve system installed together with the water tank. The pump is an on-demand pump, and will only work if the demand pressure is lower that the mains, and the check valves ensure I'm not pumping back into th...

I used to drive quite often on the Asian highway from Bangkok to Khampaeng Phet where they have also introduced the 120 kmph lane. A lot of road work was done to incorporate underpasses, but it is where they have same level uturns in the center divider that the speed reduction had been put in place....

It's great if you are in an ideal situation to take advantage of the electric charging vs fuel costs, however my travel situation includes a lot of extended interprovincial travel with limited access to accessible charging points and extended range. My typical pitstop takes 10 minutes max and I have...

Well, benzine at the PTT stations (95,gasohol 95) have quietly gone up by 50 satang while diesel stays the same

Slightly off topic. These days when shopping for a mobile phone, I find most the the mid range models will have the necessary capability re bandwidth, usable frequencies, battery capacity, GPS capability on more than one system and for me, that 3.5" headphone jack. However, depending on what br...

Well, benzine 95 is now 48 baht at PTT stations, and almost 1 baht more at the PT stations. I can't help but think the authorities are gouging the premium gasoline users at the expense of trying to pacify the diesel users. Note that very few stations still have this unadulterated benzine, and that t...

The Lazada delivery driver has switched to an electric bike. He says it's better and cheaper. It's so quiet I don't even hear him arriving.. Yes, everything will go up as it always does.
Just hope the benzine users like me don't get stung too hard again.

Re subsidies for fuel in Thailand. As far as I remember, fuel costs from the refinery are basically the same. Just that the administrations tried to promote certain fuels over others, thus distorting the retail prices through differing tax rates and oil fund contributions for certain types of fuel. ...

BB, the Bangkok Post is basically an English language newspaper for Thais, mostly written by Thais. Hence, some rather pathetic editing of what I would assume a piece written by rather junior staff. That said, I had to go back to the article to read it in it's entirety. They are targeting foreigners...

There is a list of restricted jobs that foreigners are not allowed to do. This list has been there for donkey's years. More to discourage the Indian guys on a tourist visa selling peanuts on the street, but lately many foreigners seem to be jumping on the bandwagon selling things like kebabs and the...

Nereus, where are you??

The selfie thing, however, does sometimes work in your favour. I looked up the surname, daughter's name and region. She had posted a short video with her dad in it, recognised him, and was having a chat with him later in the evening.

I do occasionally use FB, if only to find people I've lost touch with. Recently found a work colleague (from 30 years ago) through his daughter's FB account. He doesn't have any, and at 88 didn't see the need for one.

Apparently TikTok 'çontent creators' get monetary returns for making such idiotic stuff.. A little bird told me.. Many supplementing their meager income by posting daily and getting around 2-300 baht per day..