If I remember correctly there have been 2 box jellyfish fatalities in the last couple of years, a German woman in Koh Samui area and a young French boy in Phi Phi?. One of my Australian friends thinks he saw box jellyfish off the west side of Ban Phe, Rayong when we were still getting the rain. I've seen no jellyfish for weeks since the rain stopped.

'The White House has released a list of 78 attacks which it described as “executed or inspired by” Islamic State to support a claim by President Donald Trump that the media is under-reporting terrorist atrocities.

But Rosie Ayliffe, the mother of Mia Ayliffe-Chung who was stabbed to death in a hostel in Australia, has criticised the inclusion of the 20-year-old’s killing by Smail Ayad as a “terror attack”.'

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/read-mothers-open-letter-donald-112407373.html

What's funny is the comments section is full of idiots slagging her off for being a liberal left winger and still calling it a terrorist attack instead of a mental health issue.

4 hours ago, colinneil said:

How many more driving around with false plates??

 

or no plates?

9 minutes ago, georgemandm said:

You are talking about the old diesel motors not the new one 

and this is not about diesel is it .

It's about smoking in thailand let's keep it to that .

Nope, this is to do with brand new cutting edge diesels.

16 minutes ago, transam said:

YOU have just clarified my diesel point..........Diesels are far more harmful than a ciggy....So much so legislation in some countries are trying to combat the harm...

In LOS nothing.......YOU drive a diesel here then YOU are worse than a ciggy smoker.....YOU got it yet............?

I have to agree with you, it looks like Europe is going to start banning diesels in city centres due to their exhaust emissions. They used say it was cleaner due to an excess of air in the combustion making a diesels carbon monoxide much lower but they missed out on the particulates which are now being quoted as carcinogenic.

Apologies to everyone, was only on my 2nd mug of tea .......

Sorry about the title, it was lifted from The Sun newspaper.   

Four British tourists paraded on TV after ‘being caught changing FORGED currency at Thai exchange bureaus’

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1815753/four-british-tourists-paraded-on-tv-after-being-caught-changing-forged-currency-at-thai-exchange-bureaus/

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere.

Going to the airport from Rayong can be quite nerve wracking, the trucks + bus drivers don't give a siht and will just pull out in front of you and slowly overtake another truck causing chaos. 

3 hours ago, Martinpeter said:

Thank you Pulse T.V - I am very happy now - plus saving 24k a year from my old true rubbish system - I want formula 1 - pulse offer this!

If you have an android box then install mobro and you will have skysportsf1 on the sports section

Install mobdro and kodi. Big C currently have a special offer on an android box, 2500baht, and it has a very simple interface as compared to some of the others I've bought. I think the brand is IDream.

On ‎09‎/‎01‎/‎2017 at 5:15 AM, Crossy said:

 

Nah, it's a phenomenon that confuses a lot of people. Think diverted neutral current.

 

The neutral is grounded at the transformer. By the time it gets to you it can be several volts above ground (Mr Ohm has a lot to answer for).

 

Now add a second ground (the N-E fault) on the cold side of the RCD.

 

A current roughly proportional to the neutral voltage and the ground resistance will flow through the neutral side of the sense coil.

 

The simple electromechanical (non electronic) RCD which most of us have will sense the differential (no current in the live) and trip.

 

EDIT Change the "would" to "should" in the previous post :) Although I'm confused as to what PEA actually did, possibly there was an overvoltage and our OP was switched to another phase. Sadly we're unlikely to ever find out. Great that it's all sorted.

Possibly induced current/voltage as well. Even after more than 30 yrs in industry having worked in power generation etc the problems with grounding/earthing still surprise me. I've even had a shock off a cable which was disconnected at both ends, it must have been coiled around some live cables and acted like a current transformer.

I have 2 flukes not sure of the models but I would suspect that the problem you have switching on is corrosion, just have a look at what this climate does to a computer kbd. Another point here is don't leave batteries in anything you don't use, we have recently lost 2 Samsung remotes through lack of use. And my soapbox about Flukes, those <deleted> fuses for low current measurement - both my meters have a strand of copper wire now.

The snake must have got into the house and into the toilet, there is no way a snake could get into our sewerage system except through a toilet unless some pipework had broken and the snake got underground.

1 hour ago, Pomthai said:

We have had good results with these Preventic collars. http://www.lazada.co.th/catalog/?q=prevent+tick

 

In addition we give En-Dex 4000 once a month now which you vet can probably supply.

 

We had what could only be described as a tick epidemic with three dogs. We initially gave them the en-dex once every 2 weeks for 6 weeks along with the collars, it solved the problem.

 

Still get them occasionally but rare. Previously they were crawling all over the place.

Sorry tried the collars but they were so poisonous had to take them off. We get the monthly injection, take them swimming in the sea, shower them with anti parasite shampoo and my wife picks the ticks out every night. It's better now there's no rain but they can also cause a problem to people as they've bitten me and in the UK they did have a problem with ticks causing Lime's disease.

43 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

It's 10-15k Baht per month long.

It seems to me there are 3 people in this relationship and one of the most important parts of it doesn't post on TV.

4 minutes ago, MichaelBates said:

!= means NOT EQUAL TO

I think he was taking the piss out of you, you are going to be a victim in this country .......

Come to Ban Phe, Rayong for the annual festival and we've had Siriporn headlining here in the past. It's on this weekend so you have only Sunday night left if you want to come. 

Trump - Jub!

Putin - Jub!

repeat ad infinitum

1 minute ago, AlexRich said:

"My Thai Bride" Ted ... not the Wahlberg movie.

lol I know, sound of screaming reel ........................

2 minutes ago, MichaelBates said:

You were illogical (regarding apartment and living time in Thai).

 

I asked "how much people think is a reasonable amount for this (per week/month)". That is a fair question, and I could personally give you a ballpark figure in other countries, so I asked what others who might be in similar home style situations (not expats living in an expensive rental and on expense accounts and eating out 7 days a week).

My only frustration is with the inability of almost all of the posters to address the simple question. You included.

You refuse to listen keep banging your head against the wall, just get a good internet connection and beat the meat it would make your life so much easier.

8 minutes ago, MichaelBates said:

This is NOT a shared economy, dork!

And had you read, there is a specific reason for not having living expense details - we are talking about Thailand, not the other 7 countries I've lived in.

wow 7 countries, when in a ditch stop digging ....

Mr bates has run away, he's not following this topic anymore

9 minutes ago, MichaelBates said:

There is no maximum number of currency that a woman will not request if given the realistic opportunity. My bank account is finite. It's not hard ...

This says it all, don't bother replying.

2 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

Are you Ted in disguise?

1st movie was good, 2nd was rubbish .....

After reading through the whole 6 pages I don't understand what Michael is asking for anymore, is he just trying to have an argument online?. Don't you have enough sense not to give any money or only little bits of money until you are sure about the relationship?. Did you have a personal servant who did everything for you before you moved to Thailand, do have any grasp of the real world?. Why can't you concentrate on the relationship instead of the money?. I'm married to a beautiful Thai wife and when she asks for money I just ask her how much because I trust her and we have had to spend a lot of money setting up a business. I think you're paying too much attention to money instead of the personal side, if the personal side doesn't work out these 6 pages are just '.moo'