Tapster

I've come across these in our garden once or twice. We live in Phuket.

They do sting and, as was said above, it's a mild 3-4 out of ten.

I have found the curved screen to be a nightmare.

My wife has one on her Samsung and it seems difficult to hold the phone without accidentally touching the curved edge.

I have a flat screen HTC of a similar size and never touch the screen when I don't want to.

You can get screen protectors for curved screens and also phone covers designed to protect the curved part while still allowing access to it.

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I'm sure I read recently that the Thai government has started taxing wine according to the volume of the container.

This would of course mean that box wines would increase in price much more, relative to bottles.

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@ThaidDown

Thank you very much.

I'd found a couple of batik workshops where I could probably get dye, but B2S is a dead cert for Dylon..............I've messaged them to find out exactly where they are in Phuket.

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I always recommend Rang Hill Dental Clinic, who have done very good work for my wife, including an implant and crown.

http://www.ranghilldentalclinic.com/

I think their prices are in line with the one you mentioned, but I know the work to be good, I'm an ex-dentist.

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I have two white bathrobes that I'd like to dye a different colour.

Does anyone know where I can get dye, or get someone to dye them for me?

I'm based in Rawai but will go anywhere for this. 

In the UK, I used to use Dylon. I've heard of it being used in Thailand but I don't know where I'd go to get some.

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Many thanks for all the advice.

I'm going to Chaindrite the bottom of the kitchen cabinets and keep an eye out over the next few months.

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@jenny2017

Cool.

So, are you saying that changing from a non-O to a non-B visa can be done within Thailand, and only at the division HQ in BKK?

I'd really like to know this for sure.

@jenny2017

Thanks for the comment but are you asking me or telling me that that's the reason?

@ubonjoe

My wife needs to change from non-O (as wife of a retired person), to a non-B for teaching. She already has the job, starting tomorrow. 

What you've said above seems to say that we can get this done in BKK. That would be fantastic. Why doesn't everyone do this?

Pretty much everything I've read and heard before, says that you have to apply from abroad of changing the type of visa.

If we can get it done in BKK, why not in Phuket?

Lastly, if it takes two weeks to process, and we get it done in BKK, would immigration allow a courier to collect it so that we can have it delivered to us in Phuket?

Many thanks!   

But, please can I have the advice I requested?

Will the termites that got into the house try to infest my wood?

Last night we had a home invasion by hundreds of flying termites.

Our back door was open and we didn't notice the little b******s until they were inside and most of them had shed their wings.

I sprayed the few that hadn't disappeared under/behind furniture, cupboards etc.

My question: do I need to worry?  Are the flying termites intent on eating all the wood inside the house? What do I need to do?

Many thanks for any advice.   

@superal

It certainly could be a light engineering business, fer sure!

@thaiguzzi

Most Impressive!

What do you design/fabricate/build with all that lovely stuff?

Do you live in the sticks, and have many rai to play on?

Do you have your own off-road bike/4x4 track?

I have all the tools and machines that I took from the UK to South Africa, and now to LoS.
I'd be lost without them, but you have so much stuff, you must be building your own bikes/pipe cars/megatrucks!!!

Please tell all!

P.S. For five years I used to have a Guzzi California in the UK. What's yours?

@ubonjoe

Thank you, Joe.

OK, so she could change back to her current extension, but....

Can people continue to get non-B extensions if they don't have a job at the time?

My wife is about to change from a non-O based on my retirement visa, to a non-B.

Once someone has a non-B, and a job with a work permit, what happens if you leave the job?

Can you continue to get extensions of the non-B even if you're not working?

@smedly

Pretty sure they can stop him. This was covered in a thread a couple of months ago. If I can find it I'll post the link.

@1happykamper

I haven't been to Hua Hin but it is definitely not such a happening, beach resort as either Ao Nang or parts of Phuket.

I love rock climbing. Ao Nang has access to some of the best climbing in the world. I'd go there if I wanted to do more outdoors stuff.

Phuket has many beaches and beach life is certainly possible. It's probably more expensive than Ao Nang.

There's much more you can read about these places. The main thing is that you can probably cross Hua Hin off your list.

Have you considered Khao Lak, 70km north of Phuket?

I'm getting very tired of Go Fund Me scroungers.

My wife spent six weeks in hospital last year, nearly dying of pneumonia.

After the insurance cover maxxed out, my co-pay was 1.3 million THB, which I can ill afford!

Maybe I was lucky to have that money in the first place, but I had it and so I paid.

We're now strictly budgeting, and I would have loved a hand-out!

Still, it's worth it to have my wife alive and well.

It should be mandatory to have travel insurance in Thailand, or anywhere else.

@Jimi007

The word prawn doesn't require inverted commas. It is used in the majority of English-speaking countries.

In the latter countries, shrimp is used for small crustaceans, and prawn for larger ones. There is no hard line denoting the one from the other.

Yours, pedantically....

They're the same in that both the meat and the fish are raised in captivity under controlled conditions.

They are fed by the farmer and protected from predators and environmental elements which might reduce the chance of delivering good 'product'.

All very interesting.

At the sea gypsy fish stalls in Rawai, opposite the restaurants which will cook to order, is most of that seafood locally caught?

There are some enormous prawns there. I've always thought they they must be from a farm. Is that correct?

@NanLaew

Good points.

Allotments aren't about net worth, though. They're given free, aren't they, after maybe years waiting for some old codger to die.

A shed on an allotment is essential or you have to bring your tools and everything each time you visit. Someone may break in though.

A workshop isn't a uniquely British thing, for sure, but the garden shed, being a haven of maleness is certainly a British meme.

@keithpa

Indeed!

Your best bet in a land with so much easily-accessible rubber is to coat yourself with latex.

Fully protective, waterproof and can be removed after the inclement conditions have passed, to allow you to polish your deck at your leisure.

P.S ..................I'm outta here!

I have my own deck to polish!

It's dick, I tell ya!