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Not to get too detailed, but the reason they'd go to 25 meters is generally because the wells drilled to 10, 15, or 20 meters have gone dry. Maybe permanently dry, or maybe seasonally dry. It's a combination of where they find porous rock that holds the water (the reservoir- generally it's not a cavern- it's porous rock), and the pressure of the water at that depth. It's quite possible to find water 1000 meters down at a pressure that's high enough that you don't even need a pump. That's referred to as an artesian well. Realizing that it's dangerous to project US or Euro standards on Thailand, generally the entity that doles out the well permits also collects well records from the drillers that can be a wealth of information for anyone contemplating drilling a well in the area. How deep they had to drill, whether they set pipe and how deep, whether they grouted the pipe, etc. Maybe they don't collect those drilling reports (TIT), but it's worth a check to see if they have that information to plan your own well.

I hope the guy's okay, and just 2 days late is a little early to panic. Could just be a cellphone or SIM failure, and/or a hotel theft that may have included his passport. Not hard to imagine the guy's trying to get to his embassy or consulate. Which would be difficult without money, a cell phone or a passport.

You could always buy a pedal bike and benefit from the exercise, as well as getting around. Pattaya's not that big...

Not that I recommend it, but there are some YouTubes made by guys who "drill" their own water wells in the USA using pumps and PVC pipe to jet down to potable water zones. Works a treat in soft and sandy soil. But may not be legal in Thailand. It's certainly not legal where they're doing it in the USA, but they're the off-grid crowd. If you do go that way, make sure you disinfect the borehole with chlorine bleach or you can screw up your aquifer. And thoroughly and justifiably piss off the neighbors. I'd post a link or 3, but YouTube is blocked where I'm staying.

Where that's the case, I'd hope they keep records that will help figure out how deep your neighbors' wells are and which ones had to be redrilled because they weren't deep enough during the dry season. In any case, it would be worth a visit to the section that does the permitting before spending a wad of money on an improvement that can make a huge difference in the livability of your home. Or you can rely on the experience of the drillers who should know.

One big difference is that the protestors of the '60s were likely to be sent to fight in Vietnam. And many had friends and family that had already been drafted and sent. They were protesting something that affected them on a personal level.

You also have to consider what's included. Is that a turnkey well, with pump, controller, cable, downhole pipe and surface pipe? Or just a borehole that someone else will have to equip?

Begging the question, who's funding it? And to what purpose? The OP reads like a puff piece. It didn't unmask anything.

As spidermike points out, the OP's buddy also has to consider his home country's laws, in addition to Thai laws on the topic. And I'd be real careful about an ID "proving" anything. A week after the deed, there may be a knock on the door and a very different ID presented, along with a demand for a big chunk of change to stay out of prison.

Speaking of idiot ideas and WW3... "We can't let Ukraine fall because if it does, then there's a significant likelihood that America will have to get into the conflict — not simply with our money, but with our servicewomen and our servicemen," (Hakeem) Jeffries (D) said in an interview with Norah O'Donnell for 60 Minutes. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrat-leader-jeffries-pro-putin-faction-in-gop-delayed-ukraine-aid-60-minutes/ Edit: I found that first on RT.com, and had to search the interwebs to make sure it wasn't just Russkie propaganda. Nope. Sadly, it's that stoopid.

I'd bet that was done by the locals when the cast iron covers were stolen. Probably well meaning, but it didn't work out. I'd absolutely prosecute anyone who steals the covers, or any scrap dealers who buy them.

If you're going to select and promote your employees based on demographics, and not based on merit, isn't that treating them as a fungible commodity? One engineer is as good as the next, so let's pick the black guy, because we're short on blacks according to our DEI goals... My mechanical engineering class had about 250 graduates with half a dozen blacks and the same number of women. There is no mathematical way for a company to get to "equity" without hiring the bottom 50% of women and blacks in preference to the top of the whites and Asians. That's just numbers, and not a judgment of the quality of the graduates.

Strange as it may sound, some of us love them even when they pack on the years and the pounds. (though too many pounds is a boner killer).

Good catch. McKinsey also published this gem on Boeing... https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/data-as-jet-fuel-an-interview-with-boeings-cio In the oilfield, we used to suffer through a McKinsey audit every 5 years or so. Their recommendations always proposed treating talent as a fungible commodity, where a $70K cub engineer was as good as a $200K 30 year guy. I've seen 30 year guys save the company 100x their salary in a day when they pointed out what happened 10 years ago when we last tried what that noob is proposing. That's why Boeings seem to be falling apart and crashing. Fungible talent. Another DEI feature.

It's been over 50 years since skin color made the difference in educational quality. White kids, Hispanic kids and Asian kids have the same challenges in crappy inner city school systems. (The families that value education move to better districts). So why should black kids get DEI preferential treatment when their educational options were the same as inner city white kids, or Hispanic kids? My grandparents came to the USA from Belarus and Russia with no money and speaking no English. 2 generations later, we're 60% millionaires at retirement. The next generation is already 50% millionaires and nowhere near retirement yet. 3 of the 10 will be gazillionaires by retirement. Because they valued education and chose to move to good districts. With the advent of the interweb, the good districts are easy to find, and generally have better jobs to move to...

Shouldn't talk about chicks, either... 'Cept maybe that one who used to show up at the track with the bumper sticker "You beat me, you eat me". I don't think she ever lost. But 99.9% of the mechanics and grease monkeys (where I categorize myself) were guys.

All my female friends who drove "hot cars" drove Camaros, Firebirds and Mustangs. Most of them had straight 6's. Except Jill. Her Firebird had a 350. It was as fine as she was, after she lost that weight. They didn't go for the mid size cars like Chargers, Torinos and Chevelles.

That's like sticking baseball cards in your spokes with a clothespin.

I had a '79 and I would have been better off financially giving it away the day after I bought it. Worst car I ever owned, and a cheap Toyota of recent vintage would handle better and probably beat it on the track, for sure in the curves. My dream car as a kid was a 70-71 Torino GT with a 429. Today, I look back and cringe that I even wanted one. The only cars that handled worse were the Mopars. Any Mopar.

2/3 of a real big number is still a big number.

Reading the title, I thought they were offering Viagra tourism. You can get a real good stiffy in just 90 days. Not sure how competitive a Muay Thai boxer can get in 90 days.

I am cautiously optimistic that scientists over the next 70 years will come up with plant strains that will tolerate any changes in conditions and use all that extra plant food in the atmosphere to increase yields. Even in Thailand.

Amassing 800K baht, a few GBP at a time. Then, it's GO TIME.

Was that before or after his story about flying around planet Mongo with Flash Gordon, fighting Ming the Merciless?

As long as there are scrap dealers who will buy cast iron manhole covers, they'll disappear. Here in China, they mostly make them out of fiberglass nowadays. One of my buddies' relatives owns the biggest fishing rod factory in the world (used to be anyway...). They use mostly leftover fiberglass scraps to make cheap manhole covers. No resale scrap value, and they last as long or longer than cast iron. I can't believe the MEA would even consider wood.