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Having spent several Sunday afternoons in my Singapore (Changi Village) hotel room (working) whilst looking out of the window watching all manner of aircraft land at Changi airport, I stand by my assertion that, whatever the paint job, the A380 is one ugly piece of engineering.
It may be ugly Crossy but have you been on one?? they are lovely and quiet to fly in, economy seats are nice and wide. and Business is a dream with 100% lie lfat beds staggered so you never have a neghbour. I use Emirates a lot to the Uk and have travelled on it many times in Business and Economy.
Nice big buffet at the back of Business and nice seating area too, firstclass actually has showers.
Heres my photo from a recent trip, great on board cameras too
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Strolling: what's wrong with property investment in Thailand? I understand a foreigner can't own land/house, but no such issues with owning a condo.
The country is far too unstable in the long term.
Future visa laws?
When the inevitable/unspeakable happens?
Long-term social and political instability.
As the Thais say, 'Thailand is for the Thais'... Rent, enjoy your life here, just don't get overly involved or start investing what you'll cry over if you lose.
And a foreigner can own a house. Just not the land it's built on unless they 'invest' 40 million baht.
And now speaking from my experience of renting condos out for 6 years I am now getting out of the market to some degree.
Unlike imaginary theoretical posts Ill deal with BKK only
30m2 is absolutely NO problem to rent Ive done this for 6 years, always full longest vacant room 3-4 weeks and that was unusual.
Price/ location as always is critical but now there is another thing to throw into the mix...............................oversupply.
When I bought my rooms (5) they were a good price ( 1 million each) and i got rent of 15k a month each which slowly over the 6 years has come down due to oversupply to 10-11k a month.
I also bought when my home currency was 72baht to the £ n ow its 49 and this has made a BIG difference as to why Im not buying now.
It was good for 6 years, now too many rooms, returns well over 10% and at 6 years old I have sold two of the rooms already, YES SOLD in the last 2 months at a small profit of 300k per room which in fact is not so small.
I have kept 3 rooms and will plod on eventualy selling maybe another 1-2.
Many were selling their rooms at 1.5 million baht I sold at 1.35 million very quickly,
If you can do your own maintenance it might be ok but really there is so much choice now it is getting harder to hook a customer.
New rooms also are not cheap roughly around 2 million now so the returns are even smaller and not viable for me.
If you want my website and any info you can pm me for clarification, no bullshit fantasy theoretical crap form armchairs pundits.
In the 6 years I managed to get back virtually what I paid for the rooms in rent and then a capital gain, the timing was critical, now its not a good time IMO.
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For me it was a price issue, the aerated blocks are now about 27 baht upwards and thats for the thinnest ones at 7.5cm, you could of course do with no cavity and lay them on their side to get a nice thick wall with good insulation properties.
I opted on a recent small build for double cinder block walls with air gap sealed. A metre overhang keeps the sun off until about 3pm, so we get about 3 hours sun on the lower part of the walls. It does not get hotter than ambient inside and once painted white outside this will also help considerably, in fact if you have a single block wall white will help with heat transfer considerably so dont paint your new aac block walls any dark colours
Supablock is much more effective at stopping heat no question but the price comparison makes it a non issue, labour costs here are so small a double wall does not costs very little.
House construction is 80% materials 20% labour.
My double cinder block wall with wall ties 4.3 baht per block ties 1 baht each built in the last 1 month...............before you ask this is a door opening and concrete will be poured down where the vertical block are acting as the rear form for this door frame.
So for my situation price performance the cinder blocks win. The house is for a maid.
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Bloomin heck, just get an sds drill with chisel bit on, youll have em off in no time.
CLEANLINESS is important when gluing anything together inc tiles.
I see many condos with the tiles lifting, heres what they do, walk into a dusty room, chuck down some cement and lay the tiles,
BIG mistake floor wasnt clean from the off
What I do is , vacuum the floor with a small brush emptying the vac often to remove all dust.
After apply some pva to the floor to give it something nice to grip to, then I use a proper tile glue such as la farge and not more than 10mm thick max.
If everything is clean and dust free you wont get problems..............this is where the Thai way goes very wrong from what I see.
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Before clamping coil the earth wire ( stripped bare) around the earth conductor, gives more of a surface area for the clamp to bite down on.
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Im not sure if u mean shera board or conwood or something else?? Chipbaord covered with vinyl?
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If you know what you want I found www.floorplanner.com an easy way to draw it up, there is also google sketch up which I never really mastered at all.
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So you want to pay tax on about 90,000baht per month over 14 years or around 15 million Baht, which you and your company have illegally kept from the tax man?
I would take the money and say thanks.
Actually tax on 90k a month is 12,375, thats 148,500 a year over 14 years is 2,079,00bht. You are entitled to 300 days severance which is 125,00bht divided by 30 days = 4,166bht times that by 300 days = 1,249,999bht approx.
So you would have to pay more than you got. Thats if you go that route. Try negotiating first after all they will be in big trouble if the tax man hears about it.
Would not the company also have a problem too?
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To insult me as coming back as an ant, is not what i call positive feedback. ANY of you want to help let me know, if not DONT post..
Sometimes, we don't realise how life's challenges help us, and we don't see how we need help.
I think you don't give our industrious though very much smaller brethren the credit that they deserve. As you inferred from the previous poster, perhaps you will come back as an ant, or perhaps you were one previously. I was sharing with some friends last night, if we all lived lives of exemplary virtue, future generations would miss the cockroaches, who provide a valuable link in our ecological chain, disposing of the detritus around us...
Other cultures appreciate the contribution of even the very smallest yet hardest working amongst us - Manchester has, as its municipal insect, the industrious bee, which decorates its urban furtniture - litter bins and park benches and the like, as well as adorning the Boddington's beer can.
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If I was an Ant in a previous life it would be complimentary but as one in the next life, BUDDHISM would see it as a severe downgrade. I would rather come back as a cockroach or a Saltwater Crocodile. Thanks for sharing.
Whereas an ecologist would see that no matter how small is a cog, how tiny, and fiddly, and infuriatingly difficult to place in its proper location, every part has a role to play, and without it, the whole system would grind to a halt. Sorry, that would be a watchmender. But the principle is the same, and to rank one member of the team above another is divisive and unhelpful.
Perhaps your next step in overcoming adversity will be to see how each of us has a role to play, and how irrelevent is status, and false are our feelings of superiority
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Try telling that to the Thais
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Words are not Enough, thats why I try to make a positive impact everyday! Whether its recycling, re-using garbage, planting tree's or protecting wildlife. Raising awareness does though have its purpose and its too bad nobody here wants to help..
I thought GK did pretty well, given the limits of the internet, with his motivational music.
I always like to encourage others not to be negative about their fellow men, and to refrain from expressing their opinions on the stupidity and ignorance of those around me, as I try to refrain, in all but the most oblique terms, to the best of my ability.
I find that I behave better around those that I respect, and therefore, for the sake of my own behaviour, I try, admittedly with little success, to treat my fellows with respect that they scarcely deserve
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To insult me as coming back as an ant, is not what i call positive feedback. ANY of you want to help let me know, if not DONT post..
Sometimes, we don't realise how life's challenges help us, and we don't see how we need help.
I think you don't give our industrious though very much smaller brethren the credit that they deserve. As you inferred from the previous poster, perhaps you will come back as an ant, or perhaps you were one previously. I was sharing with some friends last night, if we all lived lives of exemplary virtue, future generations would miss the cockroaches, who provide a valuable link in our ecological chain, disposing of the detritus around us...
Other cultures appreciate the contribution of even the very smallest yet hardest working amongst us - Manchester has, as its municipal insect, the industrious bee, which decorates its urban furtniture - litter bins and park benches and the like, as well as adorning the Boddington's beer can.
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Must be an awful lot of sh^^y people then as there are an awful amount of cockroaches.
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Maybe he saw " gullible" written across your forehead?
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Saving face, have seen it many times as an excuse for crap work or behaviour, it doesnt save face for me they just make themselves look more stupid/liars.
Ok so list the Thai inventions again for us...............oh hang on we had that thread a while back with no real answers.
Is this like the God arguments where if you dont believe you will never understand?
A motorcycle drives into me whilst im stationary at a junction waiting to turn right, the driver just turns onto my left hand side wing whilst also waiting to turn right
( i think they forgot I was there in my pick up), its my fault, its Asian culture, I must understand. no its loss of face, result they drive off, I follow stop them they say its my fault they have no number plate and drive off.
Dont worry I kept smiling.
Whats with Columbus? just religious rubbish you think we all think he is a genius when we know the Vikings did America before.
Sorry the West has a better perspective for me and more freedom.
Asian society in Thailand seems to run on fear, fear to speak out, fear to complain.
If Zheng had headed East and made it to America it would be more impressive and crossed the Pacific. so what he had a big ship, might have been a pig to steer, might have been slow, big doesnt always mean better or good. Glad to hear China doesnt colonise, expect Tibet will be pleased too.
Ok ive finished learning thanks
Yep seems like Zheng was real nice guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He
Asian culture haaaaaaa
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Thank you for your support. Look at the fools who climb Mt.Everest and 25 percent DIE. For what Cause? Atleast I have a righteous cause and why should we have a fear of death? Buddhism teaches REINCARNATION! This isnt the film 'God Bless America'. I don't want to kill anyone or myself. I would like to plant seeds that will soon become GRASS ROOTS! ANyone interested? I've been on the scene for quite some time, now I'm living outside of Khao Phra Wihan National Park, near the Commando Army Base in Thailand..
Ok, so Buddhism teaches reincarnation. What's your point? That you'll come back as an ant and move a rubber tree plant?
I think I know what you need. A song.
Reckon this would be more suitable and make much more sense
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Your'e right op most come here for more than shagging, then there is the minority who do come for it. Please dont confuse your life with the majority of other people
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Several years ago a speaker in my wifes home town got blasted by a shotgun.........not that I'd ever condone such behaviour.
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goodness me no, me neither.
Anybody else draw the parallel with 'certain other <democracies>' that have loudspeakers in everyone's front garden also?
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
"The Democratic republic of we cant think for ourselves" ???
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This used to be a POLL. What happened to the POLL? I set this up as a POLL. Now it appears missing. What's the hap?
I said NO
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Dont worry nothing is ever followed up or done about any complaints against taxis, my wife has called before, shes Thai theres no mention of a FARANG nothing is done.
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thaiwatsadu sell pimaflex 3 layer pipe great stuff but pricey
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I have just looked at TVF Classified.. there is a Filipino looking for a Nanny's position but looking for B15,000, along with many others. She should be able to speak pretty good English!
For someone good and efficient it might be worthwhile looking to pay a little extra. I did however notice that B12,000 appears to be the going amount.
Its hard to say why your maid would like to have 2 months off, she might well have some very good reasons, but giving such short notice outside of an emergency isnt particularly kind.
youre looking in totally the wrong place a bit like buying land from a real estate agent or just asking in the village
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Sounds like she's not too bothered about her position with you. We pay ours 500baht a day for a 6 day week and she's officially on call for 8 hours with Saturday as a half day. She lives with us and is more like family than an employee.
Would you pay your family 62.5 baht an hour???
nah way too much 300 a day tops
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Why dont they just tattoo us all.....................oh hang on thats been done before, Im sure Mrs and Mrs "wev'e been married 20 yrs" will appreciate more crap like this whilst the real big business will just grease more palms
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Drill and plug the holes then use a screw..masonry nails are used way too much here and are a cheap nasty solution in my opinion
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Small loads you pay more, free delivery of 3m3 otherwise expensive, attached prices c pac from just a few weeks ago at PRANBURI
My advice always ask for the slump test or you'll get water, and tell them if it fails you wont accept it. dont let the driver add more water and dont let him lcean his truck out on your land
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dont cut the wire right thru just cut halfway thru with a very sharp razor type blade, if they try to fix it it will take them longer, repeat as necessary
Ten Dead, 17 Injured In Surat Thani VIP Bus Accident
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Get real, Thailands accident rate ( and accident really is the wrong word) is one of the worst in the world, but if you are like my wife you will now say "NO" India is worse, oh well thats alright then isnt it.
Most accidents are driver error.