MissChris

4 weeks till I get to see the cesspit for myself! Can't wait. :-) cesspit heaven

longer than that for me

Is anyone likely to start an appeal for the mother? I'm happy to donate. She may just need a start.

well the Australian JP that signed it said it was fine.

And in what state (or territory) has that 'Australian JP' been appointed?

Is this really about a minor change in spelling on a birth certificate?

In any case, you will find out if in fact 'it was fine' when the document lands wherever it's supposed to and it's either accepted or rejected. After all, it's only someone signing that you have signed the document in their presence and that they either know you, or you have satisfied them about your identity.

oilinki

can you PM that to me please?

What do you want it for? There are recent changes in some Australian states about witnessing Stat Decs. An Australian lawyer can witness as well. You can check online whether they have a current practicing certificate.

keeping it a secret - like the other one near there

Steve or anyone. I bought some jalapeños from Villa, fiinally.

How do I prepare the seeds for planting? Dry them in sun first, place them between damp tissue? I have no idea.

After planting, how much water to give per day?

Thanks.

google...and try to replicate the conditions where they grow best. Put them in a few pots & treat them differently - some full sun, some lots of water, some less water...

BTW they are much cuter than spiders & snakes. Yep, that's a dummy in its mouth...

This one probably wasn't hanging on to its mum properly No fur yet.

You are talking about the small insectivorous bats. They echolocate but can also see. The certainly won't get caught in your hair. I've cared for them in a special enclosure & they manage to stay well away from people.

Bangladeshi fruit bats CAN carry Nipah virus apparently, so are handled with heavy duty PPE. Don't know what specific diseases Phuket bats carry, but they shouldn't be handled. Their teeth are pretty small, so you'd have to get up close & personal to get bitten.

Bats are reservoirs of all sorts of diseases from Ebola to Marburg to measles & goodness only knows what else. There are 'spillover' events for various diseases including Hendra in Australia, which kills horses then people, creating huge negative media attention for fruit bats.

Lyssavirus in Australia is rare, but, as a variant of rabies, has no cure. If bitten or scratched into a nerve ending by any bat, my recommendation would be: FIRST wash thoroughly. Then get your 5 rabies shots. Not worth the risk.

How come everyone is just agreeing to go? Usually there's all sorts of indecision & hoo ha about where & then nothing comes of the OPs suggestion. Seems like the idea of 'take it or leave it, numbers are limited' is irresistible.

Seed grown trees are not necessarily a problem. They just may not have a guaranteed type or production. Why not let them grow & see what happens? If you're successful, sounds like you might make a fortune on this forum.

I've grown fruiting avocado trees in Sydney (Australia) from seed. Some of them were prolific. One grew from a stick the kids pushed into the ground.

Check out Phytophthora in Wikipedia. This is the root rot that kills lots of things. Seems like a matter of luck, really.

Thanks everyone for your replies. It'll make a lot of my batty friends happy to know that bats - big flying foxes as well as little insect eaters - seem to be doing well in Thailand. And people seem to like them.

Queensland, one of the biggest states for bats in Australia, is about to reintroduce shooting them next month Even the ones listed as Threatened Species (vulnerable to extinction). We have four species of flying foxes including 'Spectacled Flying Foxes' - Pteropus conspicillatus. Very cute.

I wouldn't need to travel much (other than for a few research trips around the island for which I'll take taxis).

Aaaaagghhh! You've mentioned taxis. Now it's on! Sit back and watch the fireworks about what to avoid in Phuket - tuk tuks, jetskis & taxis are just the start.

You should now hopefully get some very useful contributions about how to negotiate taxis and maybe the new bus service that's supposed to start up.

And don't forget to enjoy yourself

Chads

You've started out all wrong here on the Phuket Forum.

Ask how much you could expect to pay for a Chang beer or where to find Johnnie Walker Blue Label cheap and they'll be all over you like a rash.

Then, when they're busy insulting each other and Living in Kata is removing posts for flaming & starting to get stern, ask your question.

Good luck. But then, you already seem to have some with a Work Permit

I'm already guilty of trying to swipe my daughter's laptop screen...having become so accustomed to an iPhone. Definitely rotted my brain that device. Can't cope without it. I'm thinking of getting a second one as a backup.

Kids with rotted brains? My 30yo daughter was caught typing her own name in at the age of 4 & a bit, so she could play a game. Wouldn't let her in unless she did it. So she learned. By herself. Fast.

Who knows? Might be Somboon having a private movie made.

Theme: Watch the traffic chaos when you take your herd of elephants for a stroll along the highway. The wrong way.

Thanks for sharing Chainsaw. She has a great voice and I would love to go watch her at one of her gigs!

Me too!

OMG where did that great big sound come from? She could be a black soul singer with that voice.

I see them quite often coming from Koh Lone and flying towards Rawai. These are the big ones and I usually see them around dusk.

Take photos! Pleeease

We have a tubenosed nectar bat in Australia which is quite small. Very beautiful colours but a face like Shrek. The rest of the flying foxes are 600 to 800g but with a very big wingspan. The Bangladeshi flying foxes are huge in comparison. I'm sure there must be overlap in their ranges throughout SE Asia. It's thousands of miles in Australia with some flying to Papua New Guinea.

Not a lot of money for research. They don't have good press. You never know, there may be some undiscovered ones. Pteropus steelepulse sounds good

Ah, wheelchair! Yes, I thought an auto water closet was a bit much...

Me too

Thanks both of you.

If they come back oilinki, could you take photos please?

The person who heard & found them is a bat carer. Doubt she would mistake the sound of a colony having a 'domestic' for birds. Apparently she wouldn't go scuba diving till she dragged her partner all over the place at night trying to find them. Most of them would have been out & about of course

Dunno about yours, but our flying foxes prefer nectar from flowers. Fruit comes a very big second unless food is scarce. Not that you can convince farmers here in Oz.

I get quite a chuckle about how nervous some male falang are around ladyboys. Probably due to utter ignorance.

Thais seem to be blithely accepting of them as a normal part of their society. Good for them!!!!

I heard that there is a colony of flying foxes on Phi Phi. That's fruit bats - because they eat nectar & fruit. Not vampire ones, or insect eating ones (they tend to be small with only a face a mother could love).

There are a few possibilities, but I thought some local knowledge would be useful.

Yeah, I know 'google is your friend' but thought this topic might narrow it down a bit.

Thanks

For who? The person who doesn't realise it's latitude & longitude or 'gasp' referring someone to google?

Thai traffic lights have to be some of the worst on this planet.

But on the flip side I do like the countdown.

No. The Gold Coast in Queensland are the worst on the planet. I do my online banking, send emails, texts, file my nails, check the lipstick, clear the crap off the floor...waiting for them to change.

The countdown has to be the most brilliant antistress traffic device known to mankind. I LOVE THEM

It's not just the Thais who can't use roundabouts. Insurance companies go ballistic every time Lismore Council (NSW) puts another one in - there are so many minor accidents. Then there's the buses & trucks that drive right over the middle unless there's a large garden, waterfall & trees blocking the way. And the view of oncoming traffic.