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Most of your potential customers would be saying, "you're having a laugh" when they read your "methodology" section.

Just as in your case, it's the plane's attitude.

Bananas for me too, but I like the Thai numwa ones best, apples for sure, oranges occasionally.... but guava is my #1.

I share your concerns about weakening the support for the walk way. I think it should be just fine. The only load will be pedestrians. The concrete was poured in two stages both with reinforcement. The base of 15cm and then the stamped layer of 5cm. I will be trying my best to keep the tunnel diameter confined to the diameter of the 2" PVC "drill".

I grew up on a farm with various types and sizes of jacks available. But now I've become just a typical urban dweller in possession of only car tire changing jacks and no useful wooden shim material. Maybe I could get one of those to boost the forward pressure on the pipe.

My proof that remitted money is not accessable income would be my US tax return, my 1099-SSA, my 1099-Int and my 1099-R showing the same combined total as given on my 1040. It can't get any easier than that. If Thai RD is still not satisfied, my brokerage statement clearly shows the source of all incoming transfers from pensions and interest. The only concern I have is that the Thai RD may consider interest earned in a retirement account (401K/IRA etc) as accessable income. As a defense against an attempt by the Thai RD to tax those funds, I can show that no funds from those accounts were remitted to Thailand.

The walkway surface is NOT TILES. In Photo #1, I show two lines A and B. Line A is shorter but more difficult because there is little room to work between the walkway and the wall. Line B is longer but the right side probably has enough room to allow the tunneling operation.

At one time I had a strap with an attached handle that was used to twist off automotive oil filters of various sizes. I probably still have it .... somewhere. At least I could use it to turn the pipe in one direction which should be enough. If I don't find it I could drill a hole through the pipe near the outside end and use a small metal bar through the hole as a lever to turn the pipe. Hopefully I won't need to apply too much force to turn the PVC pipe.

Can you tell me what product the "salesman", Buffett, is selling? When someone buys BH shares it's the actual owner that gets the money, not Buffett. Buffett does sell some BH shares but not a significant portion of the total volume. The tug of war between buyers and sellers is what determines the market price, not Buffett. BH's historical returns is what buyers are paying for, not Buffett's charm. I would bet that on average the owners of BH shares are much more savvy than the average investor, so Buffett's charm/influence in that group is rather weak. So, Buffet's "salesman" effect has little value. To quote Joe Friday, "Just the facts, ma'am".

I think you're correct for the situation with less room to access the walkway.

People can conjure up truly amazing things out of envy and lack of success. Buffet has never been a fund manager. He's the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, a conglomerate, earns 100K/year in salary and gives 50% of that back to the company. He hasn't had a raise in 40 years. But of course you don't believe the public filings that publicly traded companies must produce... especially since you are unlikely to have ever read a single one.

It's pretty funny that you consider him a salesman..... can you point us to any video clips of his pitches? Surely someone has captured video evidence of his great pitches? As for opportunities flowing to him.... I think it's much more likely that he just finds opportunities/good value before others. How does that illustrate "flowing to him"?

Thanks for all the useful tips. I might try and combine the 1/2" PVC pipe with cap and hole and cutting "teeth" in the front end of the 2" PVC drilling tube. Easy peasy... I hope! 😃

I considered that route too, but there's a grey water manhole and a concrete box between the garbage bin and the wall. The house water supply line is between that concrete manhole and the wall.... too many complications for that route.

Yeah! That should work. I didn't think about just using the PVC pipe with a cap to make a high pressure water jet. Thanks!

Another possible method I'm considering is trying to punch through the dirt about 10-15 cm below the bottom of the concrete with a 2" PVC pipe. Perhaps also periodically insert a 1/2" PVC pipe inside the 2" pipe to run high pressure water to the front to make it easier to push the 2" pipe through the soil. The procedure would be to pound the 2" pipe forward, pull it out and hopefully create a short tunnel, then empty the dirt out of it. At some point it may become too difficult to push the 2" pipe further. When that happens run some high pressure water down the 1/2" PVC to soften/remove dirt at the tip of the 2" pipe.

The walk way surface is stamped concrete not tiles. Currently my plan is to dig down about a meter and a large enough area to work plus more area to collect run off water. Then I will start a tunnel with a slight upward incline. Once started I would then use high pressure water to increase the length of the tunnel. The upward incline should allow the water to drain back so I can bail it out. I'm not so sure the incline would be maintained for much distance and may prove ineffective.

An oversight during planning of new home construction has resulted in two small area of the yard without access to water for automated irrigation for landscaping. In both cases there is water nearby but a concrete walk is in the way. The neatest solution would be a short tunnel under the walk to run a PVC supply to the dry area. The walk is 2.2m wide in the first case and 1.2 in the second. Concrete is 20cm thick in both or maybe only 15cm. The first case is also complicated by the restricted area available between the walk and the building walls. It's only 85cm on both sides. However selecting route B would give more open working area for the digging. Does anyone know of companies in Chiang Mai that can create tunnels in these situations? I have a decent landscaping company but they only advise that it could be done by hand with substantial labor. But labor in Thailand is cheap so I don't think the price would be shocking.

Is that Warren Buffet guy just one lucky gambler? NOT! In his early years he had a significant edge over the majority of stock owners.... not so much the last few years as his competitors closed the gap.

😃 When I order it sounds like... lahdnah. The one I like best is not so far from Mae Hia. It's just South of Hang Dong road. Extra large size (peesate) with pork is 45฿....and it is quite a large serving with plenty of decent quality pork. Bon appétit. https://maps.app.goo.gl/1vaELM9MU3L94wHJA

Oh... I see..... you so easily make assumptions with no experience or facts at hand. Were you in the market for health insurance as a two person small business? NO? When you know nothing, the best policy is to keep your lack of knowledge to yourself.

You overlooked so much in forming your opinion. Small business owners didn't get insurance from any employer and they also were unable to purchase a group plan. Therefore the insurance companies would charge very high premiums because of the increased risk. I bet you can't explain why the insurance companies risk was higher for writing policies to small business owners. My wife and I operated a small business and could not get affordable insurance until Obamacare came along and effectively made us part of a large group getting insurance. Insuring large groups is much less risky for the insurers so they are able to sharply reduce the premiums but offer the same coverage. Checkmate!

Like you, I used to make monthly transactions. If there were no transactions SCB’s monthly statement showed nothing, not even the balance. Eventually I didn’t bother and Immigration didn’t complain.

It is very common that what many consider to be the “rules” are often bent/ignored/expanded by different offices or officials. It is also quite obvious when presented with an official 12 month statement that contains ALL the identical information as the cumbersome passbook the Immigration officers can make an absolute determination that the required funds were on deposit for the required periods. Since I have almost no transactions on that account, the 12 month statement is much easier to assess. Unfortunately SCB has started paying the interest monthly so 10 more transactions every year henceforth.