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You used to need a photo...not sure if that's still the case? Please report back once you have done it because my DL is up for renewal in a couple of months

Meanwhile, on Samui Island, three main water sources, the wetlands of Phru Krajood, Phru Na Muang, and Phru Chaweng, store a modest total of 3,200,000m3, barely sufficient to quench the island’s growing thirst. A lifeline emerges from the mainland, as a modest flow of 22,000m3 per day trickles through an undersea pipeline from Surat Thani, swelling by an additional 5,000m3 during the parched embrace of the dry season. https://aseannow.com/topic/1324178-water-crisis-hits-koh-pha-ngan-and-koh-samui-tap-water-rationed/

I have the Classic 350 (same engine)...great bike for the back roads with a very relaxed ride, spares and accessories are cheap and plentiful. It isn't the fastest bike in its class, but it is a joy to ride. Get in touch with your local dealer and get a test ride (all the RE dealers seem to have demo bikes).

Hi Chris, is Samui on your list for your travels down south? I know a very nice beach bar in the south of the island, and wouldn't mind buying you a beer or two...plenty of room there for Mike to practice his tent erection skills

I got my last one from these guys off Lazada...you get a choice of pre filled with acid, or add the acid yourself, I've done both, the last one I chose pre filled https://www.lazada.co.th/shop/battery-house/?spm=a2o4m.pdp_revamp.seller.1.4a2420cf56s7Jy&itemId=382468964&channelSource=pdp

In that, you are wrong...a friend of mines wife (and her friends) are going to do exactly that in a few weeks time

The pinned thread is about retirement extensions...and nothing to do with 90 day reports. What the OP was asking, and you obviously missed the point, was how could we make their life, and ours, simpler if there was a data base that didn't require a trip to immigration (Samui specific)...and half a day wasted if you live in the south of the island, much longer if you live on one of the islands serviced by Samui immigration. For some unknown reason you seem to be some sort of fanboy of Samui immigration, when i did my retirement extension last year there was no mention of the 'Photo in front of the house' in extension tread, so what use is it? Even the girl who does the paperwork check downstairs said, and I quote 'its best to come about three days before your renewal because they keep changing the rules'.

This thread has nothing to do with Samui retirement extensions

Probably meant CRF

Lazada...I haven't tried either of them, just adding them to widen your search...but a motorcycle lift is on my wish list https://www.lazada.co.th/products/smart-mle1500-1-by-mcmach002-i4048262530.html?spm=a2o4m.searchlist.list.4.685b2d95kCyN4h https://www.lazada.co.th/products/smart-mlt500-6-by-mcmachinetools-i3967782175.html?spm=a2o4m.searchlist.list.6.685b2d95kCyN4h

I had a rabies shot done at Bangkok hospital Hau Hin when I was passing thru a few months ago...about 2k, not much different from the price I got charged in Korat at the Catholic hospital there

It's on the Triumph website... https://www.triumphmotorcycles.co.th/bikes/classic/speed-400

RIP Kwasaki

If they bump up the 800k retirement extension to 1.5m I'll probably switch to a marriage one as the two are getting closer and closer from the paperwork side

Just been to immigration this morning to renew my retirement extension, they've added another requirement to the list...photo of you stood in front of your house with the house number showing ???? There are a few new forms to fill out, but the girl at the check desk will give you those and they can be filled in there easy enough. They've also added a line stating that the bankbook statement must be done on the same day as your application at immigration.

They used to do that upstairs as well...thankfully I haven't had to do a 90 day report there in over two years (I do mine online now)

It's meant to be coming from Ratchaprapha https://goo.gl/maps/RmZ1YZS2fMHkWxxh9

The pipes they laid are about a meter in diameter (one in, and two out to the reservoirs)...the only way you can control flow is through pressure...the amount of pressure needed to move water through a meter diameter pipe is quite a lot, so every house nearest the pumping station would have its pipes explode. The pic below is of them laying the pipes in our road, there was one more added on top of the two you can see

The pumps are only run when when the water levels in the reservoirs drop to a certain level...they are not designed to run constantly

Because that's how it gets distributed throughout the island

Yes it does go into a sump (header tank)...it is then pumped from the header tank to the reservoirs. The header tank and pumps are 500mtrs up the road from my house

Check the cooling fan...not unheard of for them to fail

Good chance today... https://weather.tmd.go.th/cmp.php