Guitar God

Here's photos. I'm guessing this is just a regular, annual occurrence here next to the jungle.

They appear to be the flying termites. They were only around two nights, appeared after the first big rain of the season, lost wings like Thai women shed hair.

How the hell do you imbed or attach photos here?

Last night I left around 21:30, was back before 22:30 and when I pulled in I noticed bugs in front of the back wall, attracted to the headlights. I went to the house and the porch had hundreds of flying bugs and as many dead ones. I opened the house and even though all the doors are windows were as closed (as they can be on a Thai house, even a new one), the living room was full of bugs on the ground, flying around, crawling around. I went to the kitchen where the door seals quite tightly, the windows were closed but the room also had 100's of bugs.

Tonight they were even getting in when the lights were dim and the curtains were drawn tight. They seem to squeeze between the weatherstripping and go for any source of light. Outside on the porch and tiles around the house, it was almost totally black with these bugs.

They resemble small mayflies to me. Does anyone know how long this certain plague will last? ( I really don't care what they're called, you can tell me if you know but I'm most interested in knowing when they'll F off back to where they came from).

Insects come in streaks here it seems. One week the house was full of butterflies, Another week termites or huge flying ants outside, then some flying insects that just hovered over the lawn, a while ago, mini June bugs, the walking stick invasion of January and just a few days before these little winged pests, feathery bees that came out at dusk and all died within a few hours.

I tried attaching with the Flash using the basic and advanced loader and imbedding and linking to the photo I took, using .jpg. gif and .png but nothing worked.

I built a house in a nice residential area, none of the neighbors owned roosters. Soon after we moved in, first one neighbor at the other end of the development got a rooster, then my next door neighbor. The first one didn't bother me but if my neighbor likes roosters so much u think he should put the pen near his house, not mine. I'm still looking for the right owls.

Get some owls. Thailand needs more owls, especially in my neighborhood.

The implants are eventually going to need to be replaced and chances are she will experience capsulation pain from scar tissue for months or years prior to the replacement. I'd try to convince her not to.

We have a shallow bore well that ran dry last week, municipal water is dragging their feet to hook us up to city water and there's no rain forecast for at least a week.

Any idea who to contact to get a water truck to come to the house and fill the tanks?

Thanks.

I hope they are able to confiscate all the drugs soon so all the drug problems will finally be solved.

Intradiction and criminal penalties worked so well in America, no reason that approach won't be a huge success here too.

I'm guessing there are cultural reasons why there seem to be so few options available. This isn't the only story I've heard where a couple could benefit from an objective analysis and professional recommendations.

My wife's best friend was having marital issues, married for 8 years, three kids, controlling Thai husband. I suggested to my wife that they go talk to someone to help sort out their issues and the concept seemed foreign to her.

I'm sure some relationships are beyond repair but I have heard of other couples in the US and Europe who were able to get some good advice, put it in practice and benefited from it.

Thanks for the suggestions so far, I'll pass them along.

A good friend of mine has been married to a Thai woman for 3-4 years, they have a good relationship but occasionally his wife seems to get a bit bi-polar and starts arguments over the most insignificant things.

In the U.S. and Europe there are marriage and relationship counslors who help couples avoid and deal with these situations before they escalate.

I mentioned it to him and he thought it was a good idea but when he asked where he could go, I drew a blank. I asked a few Thais and the concept seemed unknown to them.

Any ideas where to find bi-lingual relationship counslors or psychologists who specialize in that field in the vicinity of Ubon?

I got a 5 year license in Ubon with a retirement extension of visa and a one year license on my first renewal.

Four hours sounds like a awfully long concert with no booze.

What's it cost to import a big bike into Thailand from Malaysia ?

Since its part of ASEAN I thought I'd read that it was much less complicated and expensive than importing a bike from outside Asia.

On a related question, what's involved in importing a bike to Malaysia from s country outside of Asia?

When bongs are outlawed, only outlaws will have bongs.

I feel much safer now.

National Basketball League or National Badminton League?

What's required for a renewal? Where do I go to apply in Ubon?

When I first got my car and MC licenses in bkk I brought a medical certificate, copies of my passport, visa, and first page, copies of my foreign DL's and two photos. What do I need here for a renewal?

I pay for my own insurance and I'm coveted worldwide so that doesn't apply to me but what a bullshit law, you pay into Medicare your entire life and then don't receive the benefits you paid for because you don't live in the US 12 months a year. I figure as long as I have US citizenship, with all the duties and obligations that goes along with it, that I should also get the benefits, especially the ones I've paid for.

Bring your meds back with you in a checked bag.

Include copies of your prescriptions with the meds.

Don't bring codeine.

Don't travel with a guitar case.

I bring 3-6 months worth back almost every time I fly back here. I've never had anyone look in my bags, except when I was traveling with a guitar.

I had someone in the U.S. mail me an envelope with photos and a card in it on 17 Jan and still no trace of it. I mailed a letter to the U.S. by EMS that was supposed to take 4 days that took 10.

The ones our neighbor built a pen for that's located as close as possible to my house and as far away from his house as possible crow all the time, midnight, 2:00, 4:20, 5am, 6, 8 10, noon, whenever the other neighbor's rooster crows...

I'll check them out, thanks for the suggestions.

I can't believe there isn't a place in Ubon that's equipped to do metal fabrication. Metal lathe, mig or tig welder etc. there seem to be enough old tractors and other machinery here where replacement parts are no longer available.

Only places I've seen in Ubon with a selection of wine are Tesco and TopMarket. Haven't found a decent tasting proseco, cava or Spumante and Moët imperial costs twice what it does in Europe or the U.S.

I need some metal fabrication done, turning down a shaft of high carbon steel, welding it onto a plate and machining the end of the shaft into a square to fix the flywheel in my elliptical trainer. Does anybody know a place in Ubon where I can have that done?