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My fault. I performed a rainmaking ceremony. I watered my sister-in -laws' flowers and vegetables on Friday evening.

This is designed to put money in the pockets of a few large hotel owners.

2 things, I was assured by a captain of police that my pink ID card was sufficient.

Secondly, for Ajnamoon, how long did it take? VFS in Chiangmai a still quoting 13 weeks.

I do not know which district you live in, so cannot point you at a specific shop. Not far from me is a shop making bamboo furniture and othet artifacts. I got them to make me a 5m ladder so that I could reach some coconuts . The cost was about 1200 Baht.

Heavy showers in Sanpatong for 3 days.

My regular Dental Clinic has 2 dentists. The man prefers to pass me on to has woman colleague because he does not speak English , but his lady colleague does.

36 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

No, better imagination.

 

Moved to the Pub

Thanks

This is totally frivolous. I thought of putting it in the Pub Forum but cannot find it.

Just before Christmas my daughter saw some of my underpants on the washing line and commented that they were getting tatty. So. she bought me some new ones for Christmas. They are an american brand to replace my old Marks and Spencer's. Although the labels say that they are all the same size the americans are slightly smaller.

Do Scotsmen have bigger <deleted> than the Yanks?

Hurray, a full hour's moderate rain in Sanpatong with some heavy bursts tonight. That should reduce the haze a bit.

It has become very hot suddenly (max 31C last Monday , 38C today) and the dust haze has just as suddenly increased. Hurray again.

Wait for it! BBC has just announced that UK postal Rates are going up . A first class letter (internal mail) will now cost 95 pence.

It already has. Brent crude is $110 per barrel today.

Many years ago, I travelled by bus from Don Muang to Chiang mai an eight hour trip. On arrival , I was horrified to see the driver gulp down a few pills, turn the bus round, load up again and set off back to Bangkok!

I scapegoat must be found! No post mortem result has been yet published. Is it possible she she drowned?

Rice Straw?

5 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

How long ago did it fall over ?? 

 

Maybe leave the bananas attached, the tree won't die immediately, so that would give them a chance to mature a bit more, we've had green bananas and left them for a few days to ripen.

Two days ago, but it was causing an obstruction and has already been cut up and cleared, although I took care to keep the fruit.

One of my banana trees has fallen over and died. Unfortunately, it had a large number of almost fully formed fruit on it. Sister-in law reckon they were about three weeks from ripening. Sensible suggestions please on cooking or doing something useful with them. I am loath to waste them.

Moderators, if you find a cooking forum or more appropriate one please move.

Good intentions, but I fear they will fall on deaf ears

I could never get the old system to work.

Back in December , when the new system was up and running, I registered and almost immediately received a password. It puzzled me because it contained an asterisk and an exclamation mark. However, I saved it and when my report came due I copied and pasted it into the correct slot. It came up "incorrect data", but offered me "Forget Password?" Used that, received an EMail immediately offering a "reset Password", which I used, carefully using letters and numbers only. That worked and I received an acknowledgement within seconds

Two days later an EMail came through with an attachment allowing me to print off a proper receipt. The system worked this time.

9 hours ago, CNXBKKMAN said:

There are all kinds of handlebar stem types and sizes and if you have a old Japanese bike made for the Japanese domestic market i would not assume its todays common 31.8mm size or the once common but harder to find 25.4mm. There are other uncommon sizes too. Rims come in all kinds of widths, sizes and number of spokes. Its best to post some photos if you dont know exactly what you are looking for. 

I do know exactly what I am looking for  I have the originals for comparison.

Just over a year ago, after much bullying from wife, sister-in-law and many family members, I succumbed and bought my granddaughter a 16000Thb Smart phone for her 18th birthday.

In December she went up to university and I discovered that she had left it behind. I offered to send it to her but she declined. "i don't need it Grandpa, I can do everything on my I-Pad, besides it is too easy to steal!".

He is not living in the same world as I am.

6 minutes ago, Adumbration said:

Handle bar stems are standard sizing.  As are rims.  I suggest you look on Shopee you can get spoked aluminium rims for about 500-600 baht per set. What size is the bike.  Is it 26inch?

The rim takes a 700x1.75 tyre and the only stems I have found are a full 3cm shorter than the old one.

1 hour ago, captainjackS said:

which spare parts are you looking to buy?  Perhaps some people in this group can help you sort out the vocabulary of exactly what to search for if you post some pictures.

Wheel rim and handlebar stem, both failing due to much use.

49 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

I have had a few folding 2nd hand japanese bikes and ride my current one daily in old city

 

As i have found the parts shops as i done a few repairs.....chang moi rd going towards chinatown--right side before bridge over stream...first one is open shop and another is the soi right after that..always busy and they did the repairs for free after buying parts...

if u are in car id pull into that soi after the 1st shop as they are very close to each other..

 

Feels like chinese-thai owners as they spoke english to me and they have tons of stuff--also i buy my 2nd hand bikes from a lady who has 100s of them at her house--imported from japan 2nd hand and her hubby fixes them--local and good prices---lots of parts too-but when I asked where SHE gets parts she told me the shops on chang moi rd--old city

That looks interesting, I will try there. Thank you.