TigerandDog

slight correction, it's international date system, except for stupid USA.

we used 600mmx200mmx75mm. You need ensure that the special premixed mortar for AAC blocks is used. This way there is no sand required to be purchased and not as much mortar needs to be applied. The same goes for render, special premixed. Once the render had dried and was ready for painting we had a plastic skin applied to the render, then the undercoat and then the top coat. With painting we used Dulux paint, BUT if you use that paint you MUST insist on NO watering down of the paint, as Thais love to add stacks of water so the paint goes on easier, but that then reduces the life span of the paint. As a result of using the AAC bricks, which we purchased from Global Warehouse, we don't need to run air con on the lower level, just fans, and in the top floor bedrooms only need air con on for 1 hour before hitting the sack. Noise reduction is pretty good to and the one big thing we've been happy about is no rising damp, especially as the ground water level is only 1 metre below the surface here, and no need for double bricking on the western side of the house.

and that's just one of many reasons why the USA sucks.

the bricks themselves are costly. However, when you look at the overall costs, viz. render, labour & time costs to build, mortar costs etc. they are overall cheaper. we used AAC bricks to build our house. Saved quite a lot of money and time in the long run by using them.

Firstly that's none of your business. Secondly I've been living here for 11 years, and if you read my opening words I stated "based on my experience". That is NOT a generalisation. I will add that my wife experiences EXACTLY the same thing when she needs to go to the dr.

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My experience with drs in Thailand is that they are incapable of diagnosing the cause of a medical issue, so they just treat the visible symptoms by loading you up with 3 or 4 packets of antibiotics, pain killers and other drugs. All of which they get paid a back hander for from big pharma.

the north & south poles aren't about to switch BUT the Magnetic north & south poles have been slowly moving for years and are long overdue for a full flip. However, I don't believe it will happen in our lifetime.

ttb (formerly TMB) Bank REFUSE to open accounts for Americans. No link to this, it's THEIR policy because THEY don't want to do all the paperwork involved in the mandatory reporting the IRS demands for Americans outside the USA.

where in the article does it say "farangs"? It doesn't, it says "foreigners", and it doesn't make any accusations about "farangs" opening mule accounts. You actually blew your opening sentence out of the water when you correctly referenced those that do open mule accounts. Great job contradicting yourself in your post.

It's not a restriction. It's reverting to the rules/requirements that have been in place for the 12 years that I've been in Thailand. BKK bank took it upon themselves to relax/expand on those restrictions and now it's coming back to bite them and everyone impacted in the bum. My bank has never wavered from and still strictly adheres to the rules/restrictions, with one exception, that are referred to in the article. That exception being they will not open accounts for Americans because of the mandatory reporting back to the IRS.

that's right, BUT who owns & runs the airport rail link, it's BTS. Don't even try to argue with me on that point because my brother-in-law works on the airport rail link and he is employed & paid by BTS.

The airport link is run by BTS, the last time I flew into Don Meung the Red Line wasn't open, so if it's open now that's even better.

Firstly Swampy doesn't have MRT it has BTS, and yeah that's being finicky I know. Secondly Don Meung has buses to Mo Chit where you can then get on the MRT, so there is no need to have to rely on taxis.

If somebody wants to identify as a different gender to the one they are born with, I don't have a problem with that. We see lots of that on a daily basis in Thailand. However, IMHO transgender males should NOT be allowed to participate in female sports. In my neck of the woods in Northern Thailand there are 2 options for transgender males who wish to play sport. #1. They compete with the men #2. There are transgender volleyball tournaments and they are very popular with the transgender guys and supported by the local communities. If a transgender guy tried to participate in a female sport, even though there are no local rules to prevent that from happening, the locals would not allow that to happen.