cooked

You can also use boiling water that will destroy their nest.

Funny video, but at the same time, it points out some idiocies that are commonplace in Thailand.

Although not mentioned in the video, tipping money at a restaurant/bar in Thailand is a "Western" thing, although today even some generous Thais are doing it as well. One time I wanted to tip a bar 20 baht, but using spare change that I had (mostly 1 baht coins). They would not take it!... and even shouted at me for even offering it. It was not because they did not want the tip, but because it was all coins. So apparently these particular Thais felt that there is more value to a 20 baht note than to 20 baht of change. Seems to me that they are equals amounts. Anyhow, I gave them a 20 baht note, and in addition, I tossed the coins on the floor (oooh, a faux pas in Thailand!). I figure they would pick them up after I left the bar, like dogs picking up scraps.

As for footwear in the house, I presume most Thais take off their shoes to prevent tracking dirt/dust into their houses. This makes sense. Yet for some reason, at my home (in Thailand) I have to sweep the floor (Note: I do not have a work permit!) on a daily basis. I guess bare-feet also track in dirt/dust.

Tipping in coins is considered rude in the US too, FYI.... "...like dogs picking up scraps." Wow, keeping it classy.

Yes. This is a strange one. When I go to BigC and get coins back as change, my wife sticks them in her pocket. Next time: instead of having to accept ฿99 in change or whatever, she can give them the one Baht (or whatever) and we leave without a load of loose change. We get strange looks sometimes, why don't we pave the road with them or something? -kind of thing.

Glyphosate 2 - 4%.

Ounces per gallon? Even the UK doesn't do stuff likie that any more. Where do you buy a scale with ounces and and a measure with gallons in Thailand? Difficult enough finding metric measures. Don't forget to buy one when you buy poison...

a mixture expressed in percent has nothing to do with ounces or gallons but applies to any measures whether imperial, metric, ancient egyptian or extraterrestrian.

2% = 1 part of weedkiller, 49 parts of water,

4% = 1 part of weedkiller, 24 parts of water.

as simple as that

Is this a joke? No professional will do that, I certainly didn't. 2% = 2 parts of product in 100 parts of water. You will see written on the label: 20cc in 20 litres or whatever.

Scientifically speaking you are correct, but you are talking to guys that can't or won't be measuring out 9.8 litres or 98 before adding.

By the way: put a few litres into the tank before adding any product, otherwise a fair amount may flow undiluted into the spraying tube and be all applied in two seconds of spraying.

scientifically speaking your 2 parts weedkiller in 100 parts of water are exactly the same like my 1 part weedkiller mixed with 49 parts of water equalling 1 part product in 50 parts of water.

Isn't

I contacted a UK firm that picked up my stuff in a remote village in Isaan and got it to a remote village in Switzerland with no problems. Movecorp.

50 pounds? That's one suitcase on most airlines. Google excess baggage and your airline.

The only time I had any contact with one of these guys ( I tried to ask if I should turn back), he screamed 'stike' stike' (strike I suppose) and his eyes were rolling around his head, he didn't even look at me. Looked like a case of yaba to me. Keep away.

Glyphosate 2 - 4%.

Ounces per gallon? Even the UK doesn't do stuff likie that any more. Where do you buy a scale with ounces and and a measure with gallons in Thailand? Difficult enough finding metric measures. Don't forget to buy one when you buy poison...

a mixture expressed in percent has nothing to do with ounces or gallons but applies to any measures whether imperial, metric, ancient egyptian or extraterrestrian.

2% = 1 part of weedkiller, 49 parts of water,

4% = 1 part of weedkiller, 24 parts of water.

as simple as that

Is this a joke? No professional will do that, I certainly didn't. 2% = 2 parts of product in 100 parts of water. You will see written on the label: 20cc in 20 litres or whatever.

Scientifically speaking you are correct, but you are talking to guys that can't or won't be measuring out 9.8 litres or 98 before adding.

By the way: put a few litres into the tank before adding any product, otherwise a fair amount may flow undiluted into the spraying tube and be all applied in two seconds of spraying.

Ask for Glifosat. If there is only one English word on the label (required by law) it may be something like glycine, or variation of that.

Glyphosate 2 - 4%.

Ounces per gallon? Even the UK doesn't do stuff likie that any more. Where do you buy a scale with ounces and and a measure with gallons in Thailand? Difficult enough finding metric measures. Don't forget to buy one when you buy poison...

Nobody has mentioned the fact that since returns from investments in Japan diminished drastically, much of the money in the area has been looking around for other opportunities. Indonesia and Thailand have benefited from this. However many are looking for short term returns, which is one reason why condos are changing hand so often. Looks like a boom/bust situation to me.

Maybe my wife is typical, she looks through often and we have a good laugh about what Farangs in Phuket think they know about Thailand for instance. However her written English isn't so good so she rarely comments.

Nakhon Chai Air is the only company I trust, I have been to Chonburi using them a few times, a little bit more expensive but I won't allow relatives to take one of these horrible death traps that I see crazily veering all over the road with bits dropping off. I prefer to drive but you do need to stay alert....

When I was first confronted with this problem, I started to look for a single magical solution to it. I tried Frontline, Ivermectin and so on. When you delve into the subject you realise that an adult female can lay up to 20 000 eggs at one go and that these can remain dormant for three years, these are difficult to eradicate. So once you have the problem, you are likely stuck with it.

I examine the interior walls of the house once a day and generally find a very small tick or two crawling up to find a place to metamorphose into the next stage on its way to being a happy mother. I spray inside and outside the house with Bayticol every few months and go away for the day. We get the dogs down and go over them looking for ticks, EVERY DAY,

I use tweezers to take them off, shake them on to a piece of paper and squash them. You have to look in the ears, between the paws and on their bum. We bathe them regularly with tick shampoo and alternatively apply Bayticol to the skin or dose them with Ivermectin. They are water dogs so any external application doesn't last long. Injections seem to be useless against ticks.

I am pretty sure that there is no magic bullet, you keep dogs, they will have ticks, even in a condo if a female has managed to lay eggs.

I do feel that they are the worst around the beginning and end of the rainy season.

Take a taxi to Mo chit. The taxi driver will ask where you want to go as there are different dropoffs for different destinations. Inside you will be approached by touts that will again ask where you want to go. Let them help you. If Nakhon Chai Air is an option, take it. When you get off the bus taxi and motorbike drivers will be waiting. Just say hotel, mai peng (not expensive) . Look at the room first. You can play with the trains and Bangkok later.

Was it a Farang or a Thai driving?

Does it matter?

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It does actually. If it was a Thai driver, he or she has no idea of who Hitler was. If it was a Farang, it is one serious nutter.

Your response is quite ridiculous.

You are saying ALL Thai people don't know who Hitler was? (completely ridiculous)

Are you saying ignorance is an excuse? If I don't know insulting the monarchy in Thailand is illegal and I do it; should I be exempt from prosecution? Your post clearly implies that one should.

But somehow according to your post, EVERY "falang" knows who Hitler was and what he did and must be held responsible for sensationalizing him (where a Thai shouldn't).

Again, this has got to win the prize for the most ridiculous post of the day/week/year.......

Let me school you here buddy.....IGNORANCE IS NO EXCUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!

This must be one of the more arrogant posts that I have seen for some time. How much do you know about Thai history, BUDDY? Let me school you. I agree that ignorance is no excuse for being arrogant.

I feel like I am really getting into the advanced stuff now that I am trying to grow tomatoes. When I plant a row, there are generally one or two looking like the attached fotos. They get watered, fertiliser, and were sprayed against insects although this is still a problem. I looked through google results, no luck. I suspect that maybe this is a replant problem, I have no idea what my wife planted before I came on the scene?

I did mention in another thread that a tomato plant that appeared from nowhere in the flower garden is the best plant I've had up to now...

Thanks.

Most Thais know nothing about the second world war, my wife had a hard few days working out why we were visiting the bridge on the River Kwai.

To be honest I feel a bit embarrassed about what I didn't know when I first came here. I learn all the time, at the moment I am trying to work out why Thais never use their roof racks but never remove them.

People that claim to know everything and at the same time seem incapable of learning (Thai for instance) are below being worth having civilised conversations with.

I was in Switzerland for 40 years and never felt myself above newbies, I was interested in how they saw things and would maybe try to iron out a misconception (the one about Swiss banks for instance, UK banks in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are much more suitable for laundering money). If the conversation is a search for common ground, it's worthwhile, imposing your point of view is boring, stupid and rude.

I thought I'd add my thoughts. Thanks to this posting, I started using rice straw which we have plenty of, as a mulching between plants and especially for pathways, a year ago. Certain weed types have almost disappeared, for some reason we have less problems with insects (maybe because the frogs like it) and I can walk through the garden when it is wet or just watered. I don't think my vegetable garden budget would be sufficient for buying coconut matting, but I was very interested to read the posts in this thread.

Looks good for brewing beer, which needs temperatures of around 23°C. I'll look into that but it looks like a lot of work to get ready.

My lady do this to but she gives me another reason. She says then the mosquitoes can go out not realising that new ones can come in ...

Mosquitoes will generally migrate towards warmth (like your body, for instance). That's why they won't leave your car until the air conditioning is working.

got a few in Pin Klao already...........as follows........

(Direction sign) U-Trun........!!

(another huge billboard outside a beauty clinic).......We are slimeing clinic

Outside Tesco Lotus........Tresco Lotus

At a Sidewalk cafe........Branana Smothies.......stroberry milkshakes

At Phya Thai at the bottom of the BTS stairs....4 medium/large official looking signs within 100 metres of each other.......Prya Thai........Phia Thai.......Phyra Thai.........Phraya Thai

Ok...I am not being pedantic....just observing...spelling or transliteration errors occur worldwide.

Hilarious. 5555 whilst I do enjoy reading these (tresco was the pick of the bunch btw) I can help but think why can't they just rub it past a farang before going to print?

Because doing that would mean that somebody with a degree in English has to lose face. I wrote a gardening column for a German newspaper and getting it checked before sending it off was more work than writing it.

I will carry out great vengeance on them and punish them in my wrath. You guys will be OK