MantisMan

Hi, I'm looking out for THE best Ham/cheese burger. Hopefully that comes as a set with fries and under 300 bt.

Any place you recommend?

Today a friend recommended a place for a nice burger to me. So naturally I had to try it out.

The Cable Grill

Its a take-away only place, situated by the Samui Outlet shopping precinct.

Go to the end of the lake road where it meets the beach road, turn left, and its about 50 metres along, on the right hand side.

It is designed to look like an old fashioned San Francisco tram car. Next to it is an old London bus, which is a take-away cocktail bar.

I had the Double Cheeseburger meal, with fries and a Fanta - 199 THB - so comparable to McDonalds prices.

It was a little greasy (they cook on a hot plate, not a grill), but very very tasty indeed. Very much like the taste of a homemade burger (their slogan is "Homemade Burger and Beyond").

Will definitely go back again.

It was closed when i drove past. Does it only open in the evening?

I've seen that place and was tempted to try it out. Now with your report, I'll be there asap.....thanks for that!

I got my diving license back in 1985 from L.A. Calif. In those days, dive hunting was a thing to do, but you needed a fishing license that you could easily obtain from any Sporting store. I visited a few dive shops here and a few local owned fishing equipment stores and inquired about spear guns. The type I used was the old one that was a pole with a long rubber band on the end with a trident spear head. Once asking the question, "So, how's the spear fishing here on Samui?" I get get the wide-eye-facial-expression-of-utter-shock when asking that and the response of, "Oh no! We only shoot fish with a camera!" It's been awhile since I have dived, but when have we become so PC about it? I am not a big hunter by any means and only want to catch what I will intend to eat that day. So that's only like two or three fish. Is it really that frowned upon here in Samui? Looks like I'll have to go on-line and order one.

where on Samui is Tabkiab??

Good question.

Cobras and monitors??!! Holly Molly.

So I am correct? Elephants are not native here?

No tropical Parrots?

How about dolphins and sharks?

Someone once told me Sea Turtles were plentiful here so I guess I was lucky the day I saw one come up for air.

Seems to be a conflict about monkeys. Some report yes, some report no.

Seems sad no monkeys...........

Try PEA first in Nathon but I think they will send you to Tesaban which is along from the traffic lights in Nathon. They have a department which deals with public lighting. Take photos with you and draw them a map where the Soi is.

Thanks everybody for your comments.

I'll bring along pics and a map as well as dressing smart-casual.

Maybe this Friday.................

Oh, I forgot to ask........PEA............Power of Electric A-------??

No no, I'm not referring to the Go-Go bars, Green Mango nor Lamai.

I was wondering what kind of wild life inhibits the islands here.

I've seen green snakes. I think they are the poisonous ones.

I remember my first visit to Goh Pangang and a scorpion sneaked into my backpack. I traveled with it all they way back to Bangkok without knowing it.

Poor little guy.

Seen giant Wolf-spiders in the house.

Seen elephants but something tells me they are not native here.

Seen one Sea Turtle by a great chance of luck one day fishing.

How about monkeys? I don't see a lot of them. Very surprised.

Even the mountains in Japan and Hong Kong have wild monkeys.

Water buffalo is native here or they were brought over centuries ago?

How about Parrots? Any tropical parrots?

Wasps? I have not seen any of those, especially the giant Sutsumebachi.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ejN0B5YZeA

Hello, I honestly don't know what to call this department here in Samui.

I live in Bophut on Soi Sunday. About the first 100 meters going up the road on the right side, there are a quite a few major looking poles with power lines that are completely covered with overgrowth as in vines and tree branches that looks like took a few years to get that way.

Is there a number or website I can call/visit and report this?

I seriously would like to know their reaction to this, whether they will do something about it or not.

If by web, then I can send pics as proof.

I understand this being a developing nation and all as well as things here being "Thai-time", but this is ridiculous.

It's possible no one has called this in and they simply don't know about it.

Thank you for your help

One day, we will to it to them in our own perspective countries, so they know what it feels like.

Lots of pidgin phases we use in today's English is from the Cantonese, believe it or not:

Long time, no see

No this no that

No money no talk

Look-see

Chop chop

I'm sure there are more.

Ah I see. Perfect. I will probably be leaving the country again for a holiday before my visa is up so I may leave it till then, I will just have to make sure where I go will be able to give me an ED visa.

Thanks

That consulate in KL is giving people a lot of problems.

If you want to save yourself from further trouble, be sure to have ANOTHER copy of your bank statement.

They will ask for it.

To be clear, you needed one for the school, right? They shipped that off to the Education Ministry.

Now, you also need another copy for the KL consulate (immmigration). I don't know why........................

It is remarkable the number of westerners with hygeine issues that one runs across here in Thailand. Having said that, I consider T-shirts to be underwear or gym apperal so I'm not so sure you (or any of us) should complain about other westerners reflecting badly on an entire race.

I wear smart t-shirts not the type you use for the gym or a under garment. I also wear shirts and polo shirts. I was just trying to show I was

clean and smartly turned out.

The guy in question was dirty.

Clean and smartly turned out hey...gimme a break.

Talk about pompous...maybe the other guy had been working at home all day, sweating it out in the garden, dropped around the corner to grab some food for a sanga and was a tad thirsty.

Bullsh#t. You don't go into a public store smelling of sh#t nor drink alcohol in public like a major chain super market.

You saying you do this in your country? Why not? Because there are laws as well as common decency?

Don't do something here that you're too chicken sh#t to do in your own country.

That goes for the idiots who don't wear shirts in stores. Nasty asses.

What was his cause exactly?

Lose weight?

Help him buy a new cap or some more neck jewelry?

I didn't get that part.

Why is it the North Korea and do something about corruption, but Thailand cannot?

I instead, paid one camel, 2 goats and a dozen chickens ...

Please try harder ...

.

You mean I should have thrown in another camel?

HK or BKK ... what ... no Pigs? ...

Camels are so passé nowadays

Lots of germs recently coming down from Shenzhen-Guangzhou region supposedly related to pigs.

People are getting scared.

Anyways, after reading about Sinsod (new vocabulary for me) with the link provided by 7by7, might be best to lock this thread up.

I've wasted enough of peoples time.

got to ask, what in the hell and where in the hell did you get a camel in Hong Kong and what did they do with it, sounds just a bit wrong to me.............

He found it under his bridge

Um, say what? Bridge? Where did that come from? Left field?

Anyways, before the topic gets on a tangent as the case usually prevails on TV threads it was a serious question.

Thanks 7by7 for the link and post.

I instead, paid one camel, 2 goats and a dozen chickens ...

Please try harder ...

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You mean I should have thrown in another camel?

Is there a dowry system in Thailand?

If there is, how much is it and who do you pay it to?

Believe it or not, there IS one in Hong Kong.

My wife is HK Chinese and I would have to pay the in-laws US$2000.

I instead, paid one camel, 2 goats and a dozen chickens. I got a bargain!

***sorry if there is already a thread on this topic

Hi, I'm looking out for THE best Ham/cheese burger. Hopefully that comes as a set with fries and under 300 bt.

Any place you recommend?

Linseed oil is used by all artists here on Samui.

Mixes well with oil paint, can be bought for 700 baht / gallon (PM me)

Read also this thread about tung oil on Samui.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/646634-tung-oil/

More tips here.

http://voices.yahoo.com/the-green-way-clean-hardwood-floors-7253952.html

Thanks for the link.

I went to that shop they talked about in Nathon and they had TEAK oil, 3.50L at 1050bt.

Same was found at HomeMart in Maenam, 3.50L at 899bt.

As an experiment, I found a method on the net.

They use veggie oil and mix it with either vinegar or lemon juice to thin it out.

If it doesn't work out, I'll try the TEAK oil, but damn.......3.50L. That's a lot. Think I'll make moonshine with the remainder...

I've got an additional two wooden doors and some wooden shutters as bathroom doors.

I'll test it on on one of them and see how it works.

Some complaints were that Olive, Soy, Corn oils turn rancid.That's because it's too thick, hence the lemon or vinegar addition.

Also learned that it's a good way to take care of your wooden cutting boards, after you've rubbed them with salt.......

Shall report later on results.

Have you tried with a blunt knife.?

For oiling the floor, use linseed oil.

How big area are we talking about?

First of all, thank you everybody for your replies.

I've got a putty knife but a bit worried I may scratch the wood as well as using anything abrasive, but I'll pick a spot that is close to the wall or something and test it out.

About the linseed oil, where can I get that on Samui?

Doesn't have a strong odor? So, you don't recommend coconut oil for this?

Anyways, thanks. I'll look around BigC/Lotus.

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I think I'll pour hot water on them first and let them sit in it, then try the putty knife. May have to consider a sharper blade like razor or cutter......will report back with results....

Hello, I hope this is the correct thread.............

Before I moved into my Condo, the person who haphazardly painted the ceiling did not cover the floor, so therefore, there are a few drops of paint (white) on the wooden flooring.

I'd like to remove the paint without removing the stain. I think Turpentine would do that but not sure.

Do you recommend a brand or product?

Lastly, I'd like to put a coat of oil on the same floor and shine it up. It looks thirsty.

I was thinking of using coconut oil being that I live on Koh Samui. I know the house will reek of the smell. Do you think this a bad idea?

If so, what would you recommend?

Thank you for your help.

 

Because 90 percent of Thai conversations are about food, and I don't care what they ate, when they ate it, was it good, when will they eat next etc....

Total rubbish.

Also, I can't understand the people who say they don't want to talk to Thais.

I can speak, read and write due to simple hard work learning.

Was it a waste of time? Of course not. I just bought a house and it would have been extremely difficult if I couldn't have read the mortgage details or been able to tell the builders what to do.

I just built a shed and to go around shops asking for advice on what material to use etc would have been impossible if I was linguistically challenged. I read newspapers to see what's going on.

If you are a long-term tourist I guess there's no need to learn. If you're happy to be chained to your wife, fair enough. I could think of nothing worse than having to take my wife to the mechanic, bank, barber, etc. Learning the language gives so much freedom. I'd be totally embarrassed if after a few years I was still using sign language.

I spoke to the local 'head man' at eh weekend regarding security of my house and noise levels.

Last week I had had a drink with my neighbour and I learned a lot about Thai history.

Today, I went to the bank and discussed my mortgage. Yesterday, I had a meeting with one of my kid's teachers to discuss her getting off school for travelling to Bangkok. I could go on but basically, I live a normal life and to say the use of the language is a waste of time is ridiculous.

There are no excuses - only laziness and lack of motivation. Age is irrelevant. I'm no youngster and I'm learning Chinese at the moment. I know old guys, one in his 70s, who have learned to speak Thai fluently.

-some people pay cash for their homes instead of borrowing money,

-some people use a builder who is able to speak acceptable English,

-some people did not marry Thai ladies,

-some people don't live in the wilderness where "headmen" exist,

-some people have studied Thai history without using a neighbour's knowledge,

-some people do not have school age children,

-for some people learning Thai is a waste of precious time.

period!

You're just embarrassed to admit that you're one of the lazy and arrogant ones and you're jealous of those who took the time to learn it and are now successfully using it.

In other words, you now see you've wasted you're time and 20,000 something post here on TV and did not take the time to learn the language that would have benefited you, so instead, you lash out at others who took the time to learn it.

How pathetic.

Do us a favor and stop fighting something you've clearly lost. Move on.

 

Why on earth should I learn how to read and write Thai? May be to buy a newspaper to see all those advertisements written or who was last night popped off on the frontpage.

I speak fairly good Thai and Isaan according to my Thai staffs in Bangkok and family in Sakon nakhon. Besides I speak fluent Malay and Indonesian besides German and English and I am almost 50 years and for god's sake I am not learning another language in my life or learn how to write and read Thai, Chinese, Arabic or whatever.

Time is important for me for the next couple of years so I prefer to focus on making money for retirement and to allow my son to have a good eduction.

Hypocrite.

You just said you speak Thai and Issan dialect. You took the time to learn Malay and German.

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Does anybody know of a Spit Roast Chicken take away that does not 'plaster' the bird in strange tasting sauces. I just love the natural tasting spit roast chook.

 

Lady at the Bophut open market has them at 150 bt.

Just bought one yesterday and still enjoying it.

Another guy, way way past Lamai, going towards the Muslim fishing village, about 200 meters before the 90 degree right curve.

He's on the beach side with a yellow colored spit.

"Has anybody else embraced the buddhist monk lifestyle and lived with monks for a certain amount of time. How did you go about this? And do you have any advice for me?"

I did this for a week in Japan long ago and it was one of the most memorable moments in my life.

But I have to warn you, there is nothing easy about this life style.

Wait until you have to get up at 4am and meditate for a few hours, then go off and perform duties given to you like cleaning toilets, then meditating again, then eating breakfast in complete silence in an ultra traditional method ( at least in Japanese Buddhism ) then do walking meditation around the monetary, then eat lunch in complete silence.

Then meditate again, then prepare for dinner, eat in silence in the "5 bowl method" (google it).

Meditate again. Bed before 11pm.

Oh, there maybe on day of going out begging in the local shopping area.

We begged for money, but you are not allowed to touch it. There is a special pocketed apron for that.

Very humbling experience for a middle-class L.A Calif boy who has never begged in his life (except for the wife to give it up!).

If you get a chance, ask them to teach you how to ring the bell and ask if you can be responsible for that during your stay. Same beat here as in Japan. Found that interesting.

Enjoy!

 

I agree...we all need to speak such a universal language.

I know if I learnt to read, write and speak fluently it would open doors around the globe for me.

What a hypocrite. You expect non-native English speakers to learn your language when living in your country (and don't deny it) yet if the same is expected of you, you brush it off with a silly comment.

No one said Thai was an international language. It only makes sense if you're going to live here, you're going to simulate in the culture.

Perhaps that's asking too much of you with your walled off home, 2 cars you don't need, 3 TV's and what ever other Western comforts that provides a false security of sanctimonious Superiority over the Thai people and their culture.

Way to go, Gaijin.