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I think we did not get the full story from all sides.

Sounds like a great deal and you save a few quid to boot

You have known her for 3 months and now she wants to come to the UK for 6 months.............warning..........warning. I would give that one a long think.

I thought it was to be "use" for a certain submarine............

I thought the US might want to buy it to "upgrade" their fleet due to the problem with the National Debt I know who they should name it after..........ha ha

Chalk it up as a lesson learned, supervise everything if at all possible. What you are not sure about Google it to get the basic idea which is more than many builders know. I have been lucky with building 2 different houses and an addition. I had semi-competent builders and with very little supervision I was able to get it done 98% to my spec and very little problem. The biggest thing that went wrong was we asked for 1 bedroom to be light pink colour and the other rooms wheat colour. Well we ended up with all light pink interior walls. It grows on you after awhile! ha ha

There are calculators online to figure the proper electric wire size for the wattage needed. I use these for any wiring issues then use the next larger size as a safety factor.

Land line use has plummeted in recent years due to mobile phones, looks like they are trying to make up for that loss. Last time I had a land line was something around 2006.

On the US$ you can go to Sukhumvit Money Exchange places(not banks now) and get about 60 stang a dollar more. On $10,000 that B6000 so well worth it. I think you would get B500 to 800 more on your pounds in town vs bank.

Its a bit suprising with all the beer drinking the home brew market has not come up here.

I have worked in Asia and the Middle East for 30 years. i can assure you there are many other places that will give Thailand a good run for the money for the prize of "Most Illogical".

19 year old with a 45 year old. No wonder the relationship wasn't working out.

In Pattaya that is a bit weird, I mean a 45 year old with a 19 year old. As normal he would be 65 or more.

(1)Stop that excess income you are giving her

(2)Give some thought to changing her out for a newer model that cost less.

Lets see 7/11 & Air Asia, in a strange way that fits I think.

I was involved with several labor cases with expats. I am an expat myself but the expats that took us to court were either in the gray area or pretty much wrong. They all lost other than the " They were not paid overtime on this day and that day, we award the plaintiff B8000". They never even made back their gas money. Pretty good for the company when you consider they sued for millions. I believe an expat or TCN could win a labour case here but they would have to have a rock solid case from what I have seen. With that clause not in the contract she signed I would guess no chance.

I propose a B750 note to make Soi Cowboy contract talks easier and cheaper

I have car insurance through AXA. Had a major accident last year that was a bit of a nightmare (the other insurance didn't want to pay, injuries involved, etc.) and AXA was a pleasure to deal with. They went way beyond what I expected to get everything resolved. Very happy with them.

I had the same experience with AXA on car insurance. Easy to deal with. Many years ago I had a vehicle stolen with insurance from the big "V" in Thai insurance. Never, I repeat never use vehicle insurance from "V". They never paid no matter that I sued them twice in court and won both times. They are great for accidents but terrible for any theft.

I can well understand the anger, after all I get called Farang all the time, how derogatory. I have also been called white boy,pale face, round eye, gwailo, o-fay, buckra, honky, gavacho, bolillo, gringo, whitie, & blue eyed devil. Who do I sue?

Gosh get over it, what a bunch of BS over nothing.

About 5 years ago I built the wife(notice I say built the wife not us.....ha ha) a small house in the village about 85 sq meters, 2 bedroom 1 bath, nice wood doors and windows,sandstone trim around windows & foundation plus Cpac roof tiles. Small kitchen & bath has Thai granite counters and Tile floors other parts of the house. Used the better quality light switches with lots of power outlets in each room. I knew a Thai builder I play golf with that builds small housing projects around Korat. I am out of the country at work most of the time so I used him.He charged me about B700,000. It is small but was trimmed out very well and really a nice place even after 5 years. Foundation is solid with no wall cracks. I am sure if a person watched his cost by getting a local builder and only paying for labor, buy materials yourself for the job, and building a simple house you can build something well under 1 million not counting land even today. You would need to be involved somewhat and know the basics of building that you could learn online if need be. I believe he built this house from some free government plans if I remember right

Treat that request like drugs.......just say NO to both request. Lots of bad things can come out of either item she request.

The sooner this silly FarceBook thing falls out of fashion the better off the world will.

He better fall in love in a different place at a different time.

You did your best. Forget him.

And normal materials used in Thai houses much better than Western style prefab stuff if constructed in right way

Not even in North America IMHO

Looks like it might be time for you to take a trip back home for a few months for several reasons.

Middle East mostly offshore but the odd onshore job in drilling and workover