Maybole

Some 40 years ago I was at a party in Kota Kinabalu when we heard a commotion outside. It had been raining heavily all day and the road was flooded ankle deep. A late comer had parked his car, removed his shoes and socks and rolled up his trousers and walked about 30 metres to the house. In the dark he could not see the path into the house, guessed wrongly and stepped straight into one of the 2 metre deep storm drains which lined the road. It took 3 of us to get him out and we spent the rest of the evening in sarongs and Tee shirts lent by the host.

I had an HP printer for which replacement cartridges were Gbp17 each. They used to dry up if not used for about 4 days. I bought refilled cartridges at1/3 the price but the printer would not work with them nor would it when I tried refilling them myself with a shop bought ink. The printer could detect a non-HP ink. I gave up and now use a Brother with refillable tanks. A new bottle of ink from Big C costs Thb 69.

At my last extension for marriage (in May) Chiangmai Immigration required me to have the Thb400000 in the bank for 3 months,. "Rules have changed" said the IO. Also, I had to produce copies of ALL the pages of my bank book, (going back over 2 years+). I was instructed to bring my bank book when returning at the end of the "under consideration" period. On doing so, the IO (a different one) handed my book back unexamined with the query"what's that for?" I think IOs make up rules as they feel like it.

Burke and Hare will sell you to Dr Knox.

Hurray!

Sunflower cooking oil has got up by about 18%, soap bars by about 5%.

I think we all have experience the Thai idea of a loan.

Is it still a pushrod engine?

The Covid-19 virus is now likely to be around for a very long time. Any new vaccine is welcome and a plant based one (if it works) is likely to be cheaper and quicker to produce than the laboratory modified DNA etc ones . Let us wait and see..

Did you have any side effects?

I need new spectacles. So far I have only found outlets of large optical chains e.g. Top Charoen etc. These outlets are staffed by sales people who only know how to operate a machine which assesses the eye. I want a properly qualified optician. Recommendations please for such in Chiangmai, preferable to the south side, Mae Hia, Hang Dong, Sanpatong direction. Thank you.

Grand daughter says she needs an "IPad" that she can write on for her university course. I consider Apple products grossley overpriced, Would any expert suggest an alternative brand please

My sister-in-law has an Oppo Smartphone and recently took a few photos which she wanted me to print out. (My prin.ter can do it on to proper photo paper). No matter what I tried I could not get the phone to talk to my Linux Mint laptop. (It would not talk to a Windows 7 device either) I was using a miniUSB to Computer USB cable. Please give suggestions and/or guidance on how to overcome this. Also Grand daughter has an Apple device and I would like it to communicate with my computer.