OneMoreFarang

Why is anybody surprised that a stupid/crazy/ill person talks like a stupid/crazy/ill person? If Ye wouldn't exist, would this world miss him? I don't think so. I have to admit I never noticed that he existed until recently. And then I heard about his strange comments. And then I saw that Lex Fridman interviewed him and I thought: Let's look what that is all about. I looked a few minutes, and it was strange. Then I tried a few minutes more and it got stranger. As far as I remember there wasn't anything controversial in those first 10 minutes. It just didn't make any sense. Like absolutely no sense at all. Why do people care about someone like that?

You convinced me. Bitcoin is such a great idea. I will put all my money in it.

You can try to explain it. How about the USA, the best democracy money can buy? And about Yingluck: She is responsible for the rice scam, even if she only followed the "advice" of her brother. She wasted the taxpayers' money to enrich her family and cronies. There is not much doubt that that is what happened, including lot of evidence. But the farmers and middlemen profited and most of them don't pay income tax so I guess they don't care if other peoples' money was wasted.

Yesterday I sent an email to IKEA and asked them what happens if I try to assemble things and then I change my mind and like that IKEA does it. Here is their answer: "The department that installs kitchen sets will install only products that have not yet been assembled. and will install the whole set."

In theory I could do that. But I am not sure I have the patience. If they do a good job, then that is obviously fine. But if they rush and/or do a bad job then what? Tell them to do it again? And this will take hours, maybe even more than a day. I don't think I want to sit there and watch and get more headache every few minutes. And I can also understand the point of view of the people who do the work. If I do something and someone watches constantly over my shoulder and tells me what I should do differently I get annoyed and stressed and that definitely doesn't help. Just for the record: I saw some people work, also in Thailand, who do a fantastic job. I.e. the guy who does my tiles in the moment does a great job. Sometimes I watch him working and I obviously see the finished product and I think: Wow, what a great job.

Thanks for all your advice and comments. Now I am pretty sure I will do it myself. Yesterday I spoke with a friend who just got a 70,000B sofa delivered, which had to be assembled in his home. My friend was shocked by their incompetence and their attitude that they just don't care. I guess it is possible to have good luck with the assembly people, but it seems to be really a question of luck. I will read the instructions carefully before I begin and watch some more videos about it. There are lots of them on YouTube. I am sure I will take longer than a team from IKEA but I am also sure I will do it more carefully. I guess I will order the kitchen in maybe two week. IKEA has a good computer program and competent people in their shop to help to select all the necessary parts.

I have to admit I find questions like that annoying. Do you read/watch the news? It was all over the news for a long time. Anybody who paid attention saw it. And if you missed the news you could look up pages like Wikipedia and others. I don't see the point why I should do work like that when all the information is public knowledge.

Since when is justice a democratic decision? It's about who breaks laws - even if lots of people like the lawbreaker. Do I really have to explain that?

Ok, I did it for you. Just in case you want to try it yourself go to en.wikipedia.org search for something like Thaksin Click on the relevant link And then maybe search on that page for conviction It's not really that difficult. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaksin_Shinawatra#Convictions_and_exile you are welcome

You could look it up and try to overcome your ignorance.

Thank you, your honor. No further questions. Don't bother replying to this. I will block you now because I really don't need to see more of your ignorance.

I looked this video series. It covers lots of details.

No, the answer is unfortunately not obvious. Thaksin and his family are convicted criminals. And the military removed those corrupt governments. Now what will happen when people vote again the same corrupt family? Guess! If the people want peace then maybe they should not vote for known criminals.

English. And up to now I think they are clear and with lots of pictures. But obviously I don't want to find out later on that I should have done xyz which was not written in the manual.

It seems you make the same mistakes like many others. The current government is bad, so let's vote for another one - any other one. The problem is that the alternative(s) might not be better. Thaksin divided the country like nobody before him. He is responsible for the red mob and the MiB and lots of dead people. If another Thaksin clone will come to power again nobody should be surprised if history is repeated again. What is so difficult about not voting again for the same known corrupt criminals?

They pretend they do something. That could be a motto for a big part of Thailand...

Thanks, I have the inserts with the thread as well. So I will use them. I don't know what material the "wood" is. It's a cabinet from bathroom Kohler. The legs have a thick aluminium base. The hex bit seems to fit perfectly.

I know that Thaksin and at least some people in his family are criminals. He and his sister would be in jail if they wouldn't have run away. Obviously you can join those people who just shout "political prosecution" or you can look at facts and realize that he and his sister were very corrupt criminals. And nobody doubts that his daughter will deliver more of the same. Do you want corruption? Do you want criminals running the country? Then go ahead and vote for her. And just in case you want an honest government then look for honest alternatives. I know that is difficult in Thailand. But just voting again for the same corrupt people will not change anything.

Where do you get your information from. Truth today or the drums in the red village or does the missus tell you what to think? Having a brain is a good start. Using it from time to time is even better.

Key cards are available with many security levels. Obviously high security is more expensive. But does it really work? We have such a system in my condominium, and it happens often that people who "forgot" their card just walk through with somebody else. And mostly the security does nothing. I guess that is also the case in many other buildings. High security cards won't change that.

It is 100% sure that the government is corrupt if people vote for corrupt politicians. It might be difficult to find decent honest politicians. But if people want an honest government, then that is what they should vote for.

Let's not forget that most people in those villages up country don't pay any income tax. They don't really care if taxes are wasted - it's not their money. And they are stupid enough to vote for the daughter of the fugitive criminal and hope she will do what he tells her to do and then they are surprised when they get a corrupt government. My advice: If you want an honest government then don't vote for criminal corrupt crooks or their family members.

Thanks for the detailed advice. Currently I am more on the DIY side, but I haven't made up my mind until now. The funniest part of your reply is this: "The one job I do hate is the telescopic extractor hood. So try to get the electrican to do this." Almost anything in my apartment is done by the contractor. With one exception: I do the electrical installation. ???? The contractor agreed already he will do the exhaust part of the hood.

Thanks. For the sleeves the holes much be obviously bigger. I have a drill, no problem. You write: "gluing in the sleeves" Is that necessary and/or common? I used the sleeves before on a little unimportant project and I just put them in a tight-fitting hole and all worked fine.

I bought a bathroom cabinet with optional "legs". The legs came together with screws for wood and in the bas of the cabinet are little holes. In general, I am not a fan of little screws for wood because it's easy to fasten them too much. I like the idea of metal sleeves and screws. They are easy to remove and insert again. Are there any disadvantages from those metal sleeves? What would you use to mount those legs? Here are pictures of the predrilled holes in the cabinet, the screws which are supplied, and the metal sleeves and screws which I consider.