tango

^ Why not drop by the airport on a recce beforehand; do a little shopping at Central, and take lunch at the Hydroponics restaurant a little further on.

Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted.

^ Nice image. Sorry can not help but...

was wondering if you have a design-image for a rear top rack for a m/c like yours.

I've been many places...'no can' is the standard reply.

...I'm hoping to take advantage of any positive reply you may receive re your pannier rack, if that's ok?

Cheers

i had always bought Aspent low dosage but came across 'Aspilets' 81mg in 10tab foil packs. Priced same as Aspent, which I am happy to hear are back.

Bought mine at the CMU Pharmacy on Suthep: BTW, if you are elderly you can obtain their member discount card which gives you 5% off. Mind you Makro Pharmacies are competitively priced for most other non-drug supplies one encounters in a pharmacy these days.

Hope someone recommends a proper tree pruner.

Just witnessed the 'gardener' hacking off limbs willy-nilly on a medium-sized tree across the way at a neighbor's. This is in keeping with most tree hacking methods I've witnessed in Thailand over two decades. It is to cringe.

Possibly inquire at the huge gardening supply area behind Lotus Kamtieng.

Glyphosate 48 (aka Round-up) is safe to use around animals/pets. It must be sparayed onto the leaf/leaves in order for it to disseminate to the roots, that is do not cut your weeds as the stem remaining will not transport the Round-up to the roots. The weeds will simply grow again.

My son's place was inundated with catclaw mimosa which was contained in newly bought and delivered land 'fill'. It sprouted at the first rain of last season, and then spread like the proverbial wildfire. I was worried it would move beyond his plot and affect the neighbours. Glyphosate was quickly sprayed onto the leaves and within 6 days were destroyed. We were lucky it did not rain after the initial spary as the rain would have washed it off the leaves. There is an upgraded Glyphosate that will not wash off.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=catclaw+mimosa+in+Thailand+in+Thailand

The Glyphosate did not affect what little grass there was, and that's the way it is supposed to be. Now there is grass-like weed/crab grass/whatever which has grown within and spilled out of the yet to be enclosed, previously dirt-only enclosures (6). The fumigation lines were laid all around the inner foundation walls of these six enclosures, and sprayed. Without killing the accumulated choking 'grasses' I doubt the next insecticide(environmentally-friendly so they say) will be effective. I also worry about his pet dogs when conducting further herbicide sprays targeting this grass-like long-stemmed, little leaf weed.

I may well advise just leaving the enclosed grass-like weed because it surely will die once the concrete floor slabs are laid, topped with grate reinforcement, and then smoothed-over with concrete floor. Better for the dogs,not to mention family too.

Just in case:

has anyone any advice on destroying grass-like weed, the kind you see growing wild along roadways; such that son can eventually lay 'yah Malay'( great for shade and light with little cutting needed)?

Cheers

Just a couple of added points:

1. Before you leave make sure you continue your Thai social security health coverage. Then pay out of pocket the miniscule monthly amount to ensure you are covered. Many farang fail to do this mainly because they never realized they could.

2. If you are on a Non-Imm B visa you can automtically get an additional three months by crossing a border and then immediately turning around and entering Thailand. Again, many farang fail to do this mainly because they never realized they could.

Good Luck,

Been there, sorta done that

In the Chiang Mai area, I was told 20 years ago now by adult Thais studying English, the term used is 'shu'(spelling?), pronounced the same as the English word "shoe". No one mentioned or has since mentioned any other term. FWIW.

Re CNG, apparently only three filling points in CMai. May have changed but even so....

CMSteve offers sage advice at # 8: 'If it doesn't cover motorcycles, see if there is an additional rider that can be added to cover it. (FYI most insurance do not cover motorcycle accidents, or have limited coverage) '

Read the fine print because the above is so true, and no doubt disconcerting if you were in a serious accident on a M/C and assumed wrongly you were covered. This goes for 'western' policies too.

Ensure too you are insured against 3rd party damage, injury and/or death. I once had BUPA and unless things have changed they cover only 50% whether your are riding or pillion.

Doubt if they will even consider a 'rider', but....

^ Probably the latter: '...they just charge more and people assume that they must be getting something for that extra money....'

I'd thought 3BB plan options below 1000B in the 500-700B range were for within Thailand ( not sure how that's supposed to work on the WORLD-Wide Web ?) and that their 1000B(+) plans were for internet access outside Thailand via that undersea cable that often 'leaks'.

I have kept my initial 1156B plan of several years ago from expiring as I had noticed 7 months or so ago that 3BB's cheapest and then newest plans were well in excess of 2000B monthly.

But when all is said and done, I do like 3BB.

Did it crash? Didn't notice. Quit it for good last night after reading about it allowing beheading videos to be shown. Scum.

Where exactly on it's Facebook page do you find the buttons to push to 'Quit it for good...'? I wish to do the same.

Cheers

The CELTA course, in passing, advertises itself as intensive. Be advised that the CELTA term 'intensive' takes on a whole new meaning!

'Brilliant Desk Chair' and 'Cheap' - non-sequitur

^66 '...So,the situation is very fluid and we encourage applicants to wait a couple weeks,....'

Actually good advice but your earlier observation that "Meanwhile, one of the people enrolled yesterday will begin to pursue treatment at Nakorn Ping hospital under this insurance program

for a chronic, degenerative condition that requires surgery to correct."

Talk about IMMEDIATELY swamping the RESOURCES AND GOOD-WILL of the hospital AND possibly compromising the enrollment chances of others! Why not wait a bit...?

How about a picture of the pizza oven, used indoors or out for instance. thnx

#183 WG stated "...I am 68,I also have BUPA but that ends at 70 (when you most likely need it),...."

Actually BUPA will continue well past age 70, as long as you live, provided you had signed on before age 60(I think) and continuously renewed each year thereafter. Check with BUPA to confirm sign on age.

I had the same, but opted out of BUPA for near identical plan coverage with LMG Pacific at just over half the price of BUPA; but you can not now enroll with LMG Pacific as you must have had your insurance medical and have been enrolled before the day you turn 66.

Cheers.

Last year i went to Naton Koh Samui public hospital with bad chest infection. Saw 2 doctors had xrays and was given medicine & antibotics all cost me less than Bht 1000. No fancy card or form filling was required !

Last year i went to CMai Lanna hospital with a bad chest infection, presumed caused by the black mold growing on the wet rain-soaked walls of the kitchen due to leaky flat roof and subsiding of floor/walls of rented house .

Saw 1 doctor once for 10 minutes in each of 3 weeks, had 1 xray,

and was given medicine & antibiotics which all cost me more than Bht 9,900.

Already had their plain card, and form filling was required to start the Baht ball rolling.

^ 'I went to the other pharmacy and got a box of Novorapid for 1650 baht.'

What other pharmacy? Thnx

I know its a stupid question but I'll ask it anyway. does anybody know if there Is there such a publication as the Highway code (in English) here in Thailand. I have asked my wife more than once but cannot get an answer out of her as to whether there is or isn't .

These links do an admirable job of informing us in English of the Thai Highway code:

http://driving.information.in.th/

http://www.bkkriders.com/law/index.html

http://www.gt-rider.com/thailand-motorcycle-forum/showthread.php/36634-Traffic-Laws-in-Thailand-A-translation-%28from-www-bkkriders-com%29

Follow the various links in the sites to come up with colored pictorials of signs etc.

Cheers,

Tango

#14 said, and his pill-ion lostmebike agreed, that:

'Personal Hygiene is anyway not one of Thailand's strong points'

I beg to differ: Thais are amongst the most fastidious when it comes to basic and personal hygiene.

Institutional sanitation, on the other hand, may not always be up to par especially food being allowed to sit in the sun while in transit as probably in this instance; or say on the beaches where vendors sell various suspect foods.

I take it that there's nothing including property, land, cars in the OP's name; he simply foots the bills as the proverbial walking ATM. This is how many farangs, including myself at one stage, position themselves for a financial flogging because of 'love' etc. Reality raises its head normally only when it's too late.

Wife not wanting to help is a really serious bad sign: it seems this is not a marriage but a cash-cow one-way relationship. She should be the one, not the OP, seeking out loans; from her extended family, friends, banks, etc.

As was wisely advised the OP absolutely must stay well clear of so-called 'finance' companies and local area 'lenders' - all mafia, and all protected when it comes to putting the boots to those not paying up each month; and in the CMai area their rates are 10% per month.

The OP knows of course in his heart of hearts that it's over.

He's been raked over, picked clean, and brought to ruin no less by the person and persons he loves.

He should now plan for a 'silent' (telling no one including "wife") strategic withdrawal. He has to face the fact that his Thai (mis)adventure is over like so many before, currently, and after him. Put aside monies now to cover airfare home to an arranged temporary living situation with family or friends in the UK(?). Pray he doesn't have any medical issues in the meantime. Depart surreptitiously with a cover story he's off to a new bank manager who seems willing to help: hop on plane, have a much needed scotch and kiss it goodbye from the aircraft window.

Personal financial recovery will take time - but it will happen; but the lifting of the stress he's now under will be in large measure it's own reward. Possibly return sometime late in the future to see the wreck his 'spouse' either avoided or is immersed in.

Good luck OP - Like you, many of us are down the road taken, I'm sorry to say.

Lysol is sold at Makro in the drugstore component.

^Everything is over-priced there,always has been; a lot more expensive then new, especially given the sales at many large stores.

Never, ever buy used electronics or refrigerators, unless you enjoy life on the wilde side....

#4 ' For the bigger pipes at least there are three different thicknesses of wall, for narrower pipes I believe two. If you don't specify, Thai workmen will regularly spoil and endanger a job by saving just a few baht.'

I was somewhat taken aback at the fact that in a popular housing estate the company was using the cheapest, thinnest water pipes in a new house build. Having caught that early on, I had the thickest pipes delivered directly to the workmen who set to work uninstalling the little they'd done and then re-installing, with a tip on the side. It's not the workmen, it's their boss or the company contracting the various trades.

It's more than a jungle out there...

^^^ 'what's the pic of the Chinese Sheila got to do with soccer?' Exactly!

And what's with the brown mold under her nose...will she soon insert a follicle of hair to grow, a la Hồ Chí Minh?

Absolutely 'gusting...now back to the kickoff.