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by Nereus
Mon Apr 25, 2016 12:00 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Why do YOU think the Thais are such bad drivers?
Replies: 156
Views: 10325

Re: Why do YOU think the Thais are such bad drivers?

Deadly consequences of doing things the 'Thai way' .......................... The Thai word for this is mak ngai. It may be translated roughly to English as the predisposition to take an easy way out without regard to consequences or others (and often to oneself as well). Simply put, it's a "m...
by Nereus
Sun Apr 24, 2016 4:28 pm
Forum: Entertainment Zone
Topic: History Challenge & Journal
Replies: 5134
Views: 97724

Re: History Challenge

It looks like the "Bamboo Railway", or "Norrie", in Cambodia.

(Pete, you have got to stop this pre-empting my posts!)
by Nereus
Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:43 am
Forum: Feeding Time
Topic: Cookin Corner
Replies: 419
Views: 263418

Re: Cookin Corner

I use a cheap charlie "Hanabashi" from BigC. Less than 1,000 Baht and always worked without fault for a couple of years.
by Nereus
Fri Apr 22, 2016 12:55 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Auto Electrician/Tester
Replies: 18
Views: 875

Re: Auto Electrician/Tester

I've swapped the single Din CD player in my car for a double Din Sony DVD player with Tom Tom GPS module. I've added a relay to save running a wire to my handbrake connector other than that I used the existing connections. Not sure that I follow your reasoning with this? What has a relay got to do ...
by Nereus
Fri Apr 22, 2016 10:23 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Auto Electrician/Tester
Replies: 18
Views: 875

Re: Auto Electrician/Tester

I would think starting the engine and letting it run until up to normal temperature, about 15 minutes, every 2-3 days would keep the battery in good shape. Anyone think that idea is not beneficial? Pete :cheers: Does more damage to an engine than a battery will ever cost. It takes around 10 to 15 K...
by Nereus
Wed Apr 20, 2016 4:31 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Auto Electrician/Tester
Replies: 18
Views: 875

Re: Auto Electrician/Tester

The car has only been used a couple of times per month..............and it's less than 2.5 years old Both of those points could well mean that the battery is finished. What is the previous history? Do you just use it for a short run after standing around for 2 weeks? If you can take it out of the c...
by Nereus
Tue Apr 19, 2016 9:49 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: How to get a Thai driving licence
Replies: 58
Views: 6946

Re: How to get a Thai driving licence

Ginganinja mentoined not needing to submit photos at Pranburi..I think/hope the same applies at the Cha-Am centre...hope so because after having 4 passport-size prints done..HH immigration used 3 of them! Yes, that is correct. Providing Grandma can remember how to operate the machine, it takes your...
by Nereus
Fri Apr 15, 2016 4:17 pm
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: 2016 F1 News and Prediction Tournament
Replies: 265
Views: 18993

Re: 2016 F1 News and Prediction Tournament

Fernando Alonso cleared for F1 China GP return after horror crash http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/934485/fernando-alonso-cleared-for-f1-china-gp-return-after-horror-crash SHANGHAI - Fernando Alonso got the all-clear from medics to compete in the Chinese Grand Prix on Friday after recovering ...
by Nereus
Sun Apr 10, 2016 11:05 am
Forum: On The Road
Topic: Travelling to Chile
Replies: 29
Views: 6310

Re: Travelling to Chile

I know this is an old thread, but for close on 50 years I have been intrigued with this place. It all started with a stint in the merchant navy, where the old salts used to speak about Valparaiso. I doubt that I will ever make it there now. :( Some photos at the link. Valparaiso’s faded grandeur sti...
by Nereus
Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:02 pm
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: The Surfing Thread
Replies: 90
Views: 20617

Re: The Surfing Thread

WA surfing champion Taj Burrow announces retirement https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/31310012/wa-surf-champion-taj-burrow-announces-retirement/#pause WA surfer Taj Burrow has announced his retirement after 18 years on the professional circuit. Burrow, 37, told World Surf League he had lost th...
by Nereus
Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:32 am
Forum: Foo
Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
Replies: 1681
Views: 108179

Re: News of the Weird - this just in!

But visiting the glass skywalk, tourists have to abide by the safety rules strictly as the skywalk could accommodate only 20 persons at once.
Yeah, right. I hope that the construction "engineer" could count better than the "look at me" types standing on it!
by Nereus
Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:55 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Minivan, bus and road accidents
Replies: 1306
Views: 207395

Re: Minivan, bus and road accidents

Posts crossed there Pete.
by Nereus
Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:54 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Minivan, bus and road accidents
Replies: 1306
Views: 207395

Re: Minivan, bus and road accidents

Surgical team killed in van-truck crash http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/926281/surgical-team-killed-in-van-truck-crash CHACHOENGSAO - Four members of a cosmetic surgery team were killed and another seriously hurt when a cargo truck rear-ended their van in Bang Pakong district late on Thursd...
by Nereus
Thu Apr 07, 2016 4:06 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Soi 102 Vacating?
Replies: 15
Views: 6741

Re: Soi 102 Vacating?

Big Boy wrote:It gets pumped to the drainage canal, which runs alongside the railroad.
Ok, that was also mentioned previously. But is that where the problems is? The water may just overflow the klong and run right back where it came from. It has also been claimed that the water is pumped to Soi 112.
by Nereus
Thu Apr 07, 2016 3:47 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Soi 102 Vacating?
Replies: 15
Views: 6741

Re: Soi 102 Vacating?

There was a discussion about the flooding in Soi 102 here: http://www.huahinforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30465&p=395214&hilit=pumps+soi+102#p395214 I looked at the pump house just after this and from memory there are 3 pumps, all of mounted down low in what appears to be waterproof hous...