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My beautiful 2559 (next year) tax disk was stolen from my motorbike. Anybody any idea as what to do? Going to the tax office to get a new one? Report to then police beforehand? Thanks!

Which sealant will be better for my 6 year old faded concrete stamped drive?

TAO claims to do 40 square meters per gallon at 514 Baht/gallon.

Bosney, the green one, claims only 20 meters/gallon @ 460 baht per gallon.

Think possibly to get something in the middle, @ 30 square meters per gallon?

Anybody knows where I can purchase some small ventilation grilles? Some ideas attached. Thanks.

Homemade Organic Compost, made from garden waste and cow dung, ideal for mulching, vegetable plots, trees and bushes.

Each large bag about 20 Kg. Hang Dong, Mae Hia, Nong Kwai area. 100 Baht/Bag.

PM me if interested.

You can buy it at Win Salonne shop at Warorot market or Nut beauty opposit from Chiang mai gate.

Indeed, thnak sfor the inforamation, went to Nut beauty and greaty find. Got the brush, two actually, and looks great, 15 Baht each.

Tks!

Anybody knos where I can buy a shaving brush, a small one? The present one has given the ghost alas! Tks.

I have this tree in my garden. About 6 meters tall. The leaves upper side are green and the bottom side is brown. It produces some kind of brown "apples" rather sweet. Anybody knows the name of it? I thought bit was called "appen tree" in the Thai language. I attach a picture. Thanks, By the way, it is not doing very well, leaves are not as big as they should be and it is not producing many new leaves, branches, etc. Ideas?

Any body knows where I can buy a decent size shredder for the garden waste? Tks.

Got my supply from Rimping at the airport; they got plenty in stock. It is now coming in a different tin, longer and slimmer. Maybe a distribution issue as mentioned. Thanks for all the replies. Now back to my G&T.

Anybody else experiencing the shortage of tonic water? Been trying Big C, Makro, Rimping, all are out. See plenty of other Schweppes products on the shelves however. Something to do with the things going on in Bangkok or government reasons?

I don't like the bulge on my Honda Forza seat. I feel that a tall person wants to sit more backwards. Anyway, I removed the bulge, unscrewing 6 nuts. Anybody has had any experience as what to do next? I am of course left with 6 screw holes through the upholstery of the seat. Re-upholster, move the "bulge" more back? Any shop or business in Chiang Mai that can modify the seat so it will be a more comfortable ride? Thanks.

Anybody knows the opening hours of Central Festival? Tks.

Tried to go to the dim sum restaurant at Plaza 89, Nong Hoi and it was closed. All furniture gone etc. Anybody any idea if they have moved to another location or finished trading? Thanks.

Any carpenters or repair shops that that can repair a wooden door? It is an outdoor shed door, bigger than the standard doors and the bottom bit is rotten and needs 2 pieces of new wood. If somebody knows of any shop that can do the repair I can take it there and then. Thanks.

Cannot see the benifits versus a "ritirement" visa. The costs are high and plenty of paperwork and still have to get a re-entry permit.

Retirement needs the once a year extension, the 90-days and some money in the bank. Much easier option as I can see.

I had a stainless steel water softener filter installed, after the iron (metal) filter taking in the well water. It removes the manganese from the water. It is a 50 L. filter and filled with manganese resin. I was told that in order to re-generate the resin I can just add 10 Kg salt into the filter (remove the hatch at the top) Let it stand for 1 to 2 hours, flush and check for hardness. Is this correct? I can test the water re hardness, now it is blue (meaning soft) and re-generate when color is pink. I read somewhere that I have to make a brine first and trhen add to the filter. Can somebody explain to me please how I should do the cleaning/flushing with salt. Tks.

I am looking for the fruit called Luo Han Kuo, or sometimes written Luo Han Guo. Also called monk fruit, or arhat fruit. Looks like a dark brown apple. Extensively used for Chinese medicine and tonic drinks. I see it plenty advertised in Malaysia and Singapore and I know that it is also grown in Thailand. I tried the Chinese clinic/pharmacy near Thapea, no luck! Anybody came across it here in Chiang Mai or know where I might purchase?

Company: Future Electron Chiang Mai. Call 053-240117. Came to see my refrigerator that was not not working, got a spare part and fixed the next day. Great service and seem to do all brands.

Will visit a few more places tomorrow. Mc Cormick and Sripat and maybe even Rajavej (near Holiday Inn) If I can be in and out in a day I will be ever so pleased.

Any members have any experience with a hernia operation in Chiang Mai? It is just a one hernia in the groin area. Dr Seree at Ram hospital, which comes recommended on TV, suggested an open or a laparoscopic surgery. Cost about 150K Baht for the laparscopic ONE. An open surgery will be about 75K Baht. Both will require a stay in the hospital of 2 nights.

Any other doctors that come highly recommended regarding hernia operations?

Referring to an earlier threat of on TV from “seesip” as herewith:

Open surgery to repair a hernia is no big deal. I had mine done in the USA and I was out of the outpatient surgery center and up and around in about 3 hours’ time. I'm not sure what kind of hernia the above poster had repaired when he talks about spending the night in the hospital, taking antibiotics and other meds? A good hernia surgeon will have you up and around in a few hours’ time. They don't even use sutures anymore, they just glue up the incision.

Does anybody know if this method is available in Chiang Mai? It would be great if one could have the operation as an out-patient procedure. Thanks!

Waiting till Tuesday May 7!? Hmmmm. Seems like awful long time. Already salivating! Any chance to purchase a dozen now or tomorrow or earlier?

We have the accordian screens on every door, upstairs and downstairs, entrance door and balcony/patio doors, and prefer them over sliding or swinging ones. However, there are trade-offs to consider. I will list some thoughts that come to mind, including problems we had that have been eliminated.

1. Expensive (can't be fixed)
2. Take up next to no space -- major advantage -- folding into a 1" - 1 1/2 " channel on the side of each side of the door. The channels are set back so they do not protrude into the door opening on the side or top.
3. On a double sliding doors (say to a patio), the screen come in from each side and close nicely in the middle with a very strong magnetic strip.
4. New visitors have to be taught how to open them as most people have never seen them before. And even just telling them how to open them is frequently not enough as the magnetic strip is really strong and they are afraid to exert sufficient force. I conside that a neutral issue.
5. Channel(s) are a box, 4 sided, with the bottom one on the floor inside the door. That can not be "set back" so you have to get used to stepping up, say, 2 inches above the eye's perception of the floor height as you come in. Otherwise you stub your toes (that has been a painful lesson for me).
6. Orginally strung with gut (like old tennis racquets); now all gut has been replaced with nylong as the gut kept breaking.
7. Nylon lines in the bottom and top channel require periodic cleaning and rubbing with either commercial grade olive oil (installer recommended) or synthetic lubricant (web source says suitable for nylon lines).
8. All screens are guided to the closed position by pulling a vertical metal bar across the opening. That bar has plastic pulleys and rollers on the top and the bottom. Depending upon use and age, the pulleys break occasionally. In 6 years we have probably averaged 1 break per door.
9. Our cat has learned it can leave or enter the house by pushing the screen at the bottom. Has not caused any damage so far. That is good. A stray cat we feed watched her and learned he can do it, too. That is bad (but then it is our fault for feeding him).

We like them enough we will keep them in good repair and even completely replace them if needed.

Any place you can recommed to replace the gut wiring with the nylon strings?

Thanks for all the replies. Sounds all ever so promising. Will keep me busy next week.

Anybody knows a place that sells decent and not too expensive secondhand motorcycles? Looked at Niyom Panich, Airport, have about 20, expensive and not in such exiting condition. Looked in Classifieds, almost nothing and the ones I wrote to do not reply. Thanks!

Apparently there are 11 one-stop centers in Thailand where alien workers can register; not only from Myanmar, but also other surrounding Asian countries. According to the Thai government (I am quoting from a recent newspaper article) these centers have the capacity to register 500 to 1000 migrant workers per day. Also all these centers have representatives of the foreign country to assist. The cost to the Thai government for the worker for all the documentation to stay and work legally in Thailand is 3,500 Baht. As most workers do not know the way to obtain said license they resort to brokers who charge them as much as 15,000 Baht. Which I feel is extortion level, especially taking into consideration the monthly wage level of most of these workers.

Does anybody have knowledge as where the center is in Chiang Mai and/or any broker that might be able to do the paperwork and assist for a more reasonable fee?