simon43

After a couple of health scares, I've soft-retired at 64 years old and retired to a rural house outside Luang Prabang, north Laos. It's about 5km from the stunning kuang si waterfalls ???? There is about 400 square metres available to grow fruit and for my sole consumption - this is not a business and I wouldn't want to compete with the local villagers who sell their home-produce. Here is a picture of half of the land - the other half on the right is for my radio antennas and science projects. Buying fruit and veg is quite cheap in any case, but to get a good choice I need to visit the morning market in LP, some 20km away. So I can avoid a daily trip by growing my own. There is a mango tree on the land which produces tasty fruit ???? Being a complete beginner at growing my own, what can you suggest that will provide a regular crop, with minimal horticulture knowledge required? (I'll use the veg to make salads - today in the market I bought chinese cabbage, bell peppers, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, onions and some plant that I recognised from the salad that I ate in a restaurant recently. This is a nice location, with paddy fields to the back and .. er ... an elephant to the front!

What a wonderful idea! Unfortunately, I do not live in Thailand but will make a quick visa run from Laos and so it would save me time if anyone has spotted a shop in Pattaya that sells these kinds of things.

I'm not going into the lottery ticket business, but I have a charitable use for the box that ticket sellers display their tickets in/on. Any ideas where I might buy a similar box in Pattaya? Thanks.

Don't hand over any money unless you receive the full ownership documents immediately by return. (Yes, I made this mistake 20 years ago when I handed over 2.5 million baht for a rai of land (in my Thai wife's name). The cash was handed to the lawyer in Phuket, but the Thai owner actually dropped dead of a heart attack as he was going to the land office to sign the sale papers over to my wife. The (foreign) lawyer based in Phuket handed my cash over to the owner's family and they refused to sign over the land to my wife..... I wasted THBTHBTHB trying to complete that contract, never got ownership of the land....

[quote] ... but claimed that he was not properly dressed because of an ailment requiring treatment on his buttocks. ... [/quote] Best excuse I've heard in ages!!

No next....

Yes, that's my plan ???? I gave a link to the telescope on Lazada but my post was deleted, sorry ????

Durian ice-cream tastes OK ????

Mods, I know that this isn't a buy-and-sell forum, but I've had no luck advertising on the Pattaya Facebook groups. I'm retiring from my in-class science teaching and have an almost-new 7cm reflector telescope with tripod and all lens accessories etc that is surplus to requirements. I'm relocating from Pattaya in the next few days and don't wish to take the telescope with me. It's an ideal piece of equipment for a student who is interested in astronomy, or an aging expat who wishes to scan the beach for beauties from their beach-view condo(!). If anyone would like to buy the 'scope, it's 1,000 baht, which is 50% of the purchase price just 12 months ago.

Childish bickering clogging up this thread..... UK inflation falling is bad for me (purely selfish viewpoint) because I'm due to start my UK state pension in 2 years from now, so hope for high inflation figures over the next 2 years to increase the amount that I will receive each month ????

I do recall some 20 years ago that in order to get a mobile phone signal at my ex's Isaan home I had to climb onto the roof of her house!!

[quote] ... He said he told the cat not to go anywhere ... [/quote] what!! ????

Maybe he gets some sexual thrill from giving him money. You know, like watching your wife banging some other guy. As for me, I just stick to sex dolls, so much less hassle... ????

The only terrorists are those sitting in Naypyitaw....

AS per KingKenny's post, I was able to open an account with Halifax when I was back in the UK for a couple of months earlier this year. I used my hotel address, showed my passport at the local branch and received a debit card through the post, plus access to my account online. (I don't actually need such a bank account, but it made sense to open the account since it was easily available).

Well, that doesn't sound correct. Why do volunteer workers in Thailand who receive no salary still need to have a work permit?

Life must be very boring if you almost have an orgasm because you think you saw Stickman.....

I watched his video on YT yesterday and immediately came to the conclusion that the man was a plonker! Why didn't he rent for a longer period and get the rental (lease) agreement secured at the land office (as is legally required). He doesn't have a legal leg to stand on. Why on earth would someone sink their life savings into a project with a 3-year lifespan and no legal right of lease renewal? Having seen the video, I cam to the conclusion that his life savings amounted to a few thousand quid....

Well, that was obviously some kind of organised hit....

In another thread, I detailed my 21 year history of lung problems, which include copious amounts of lung, throat and nasal mucus. The consensus (after numerous doctors found no underlying illness), was that these symptoms were due to an as yet unidentified allergy. For the past week I have been taking anti-histamine, which may be having a positive effect. But for the past couple of days, I have been trying a very simple medication >> gargling several times a day with salt water and snorting salt water up my nostrils. It's too early to say if this is the wonder cure, but since I started gargling with salt water the mucus in my throat has all but disappeared and I'm no longer coughing like an old 200/day smoker in my efforts to bring up the thick mucus. I suggest you try this very simple (and cheap) treatment and see if if is of benefit to you.

Absolutely. Had my prostate biopsy found cancer cells, the next step would have been referral to Preston NHS Hospital for surgery or radiation treatment. I would certainly still be in the UK until at least the Autumn.

The evidence is 'yours truly', who returned to the UK in early February for prostate cancer diagnosis/investigation and received prompt and free treatment on the NHS. I explained that I had recently returned from living in south-east Asia for 21 years, but at no time was I ever asked for proof of UK residency (eg UK bank account, electoral register etc).

Doc pushed the throat endoscope too far? ????

I don't think it is compulsory to take part...

Why is it a mysterious death? The man was 65 years old. Stroke, heart attack etc, let's see what the autopsy discovers.