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Gandtee

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  1. Trust me. I'm a lawyer!! I was conned by a Thai lawyer out of Bt.200,000. It even got as far as the court where in my stupidity I agreed, at the persuasion of my new lawyer, to settle out of court. The crook agreed to pay monthly installments into the court. Needless to say no payment was made. Brothers in arms. He was keeping two families going. His legal family and his mistress. The only satisfaction I had was reporting him to the partner of his new practice and he was ousted. I had him sacked from his old one and even tracked him down at a factory where he was working and shook the bushes about him. In the end, my wife and I decided to cease this futile exercise and get our minds right. It still rankles though. Steer clear of lawyers. Due to the nature of their job they are practiced in the art of deception.

    I would add that this was about 20 years ago. I am less naive now. I hope.

  2. Trust me. I'm a lawyer!! I was conned by a Thai lawyer out of Bt.200,000. It even got as far as the court where in my stupidity I agreed, at the persuasion of my new lawyer, to settle out of court. The crook agreed to pay monthly installments into the court. Needless to say no payment was made. Brothers in arms. He was keeping two families going. His legal family and his mistress. The only satisfaction I had was reporting him to the partner of his new practice and he was ousted. I had him sacked from his old one and even tracked him down at a factory where he was working and shook the bushes about him. In the end, my wife and I decided to cease this futile exercise and get our minds right. It still rankles though. Steer clear of lawyers. Due to the nature of their job they are practiced in the art of deception.

  3. Isn't there a Thai equivalent of what happened in the officer class in the old British Raj when a gentleman disgraced himself in some way?

    A brother officer would say to him "come along old friend do your duty and end it like a gentleman".He would be courteously escorted to the library where a loaded revolver and a bottle of decent malt would be found.Then the doors would be gently closed until it became extremely clear they could be opened again.

    I'm guessing the Thai equivalent is unloading a full clip at the gathered journalists.

    Not only in the British Raj, but in any country were honour and integrity are inviolate.

  4. if it was me i would install a small water pump close to the house

    problem solved

    I disagree. Yes the problem solved, but you have the cost of the pump and the cost of running it. Maybe the likelihood of power failures also. I'd just go for a small release valve at the top of the loop to bleed the air occasionally as the problem seems to be an airlock.

    I installed a tank in the roof space which supplies an electric shower and domestic water. It's barely 3m above the shower. The old shower worked perfectly until it failed due to old age( a bit like me) The new one failed to work. I removed the water control valve which came with the shower and it works perfectly.

  5. For my sins I installed a Laufen toilet system a few years ago. Apart from having to clean the inlet seal periodically, the problem is having to hold the flush button down until the flush is complete. Any answers to this problem?

  6. Just leave it alone and be careful when working around it and don't work too near! It looks like a hornets nest, several of which I have had in my garden. Eventually they went of their own accord. Don't let any children play near them. or even ban them from the area. Kids are always tempted to throw things at nests. A recipe for disaster. coffee1.gif

  7. As if the ocean doesn't bring out tones of debris every day for every piece of garbage to get the local

    existed and the media buzzing... and yeah, the locals could tell the different between aircraft

    metal sheet and just any other piece of metal....

    I don't think the locals offered any opinion on what type of wreckage they found. They gave their opinion on how long it could have been in the water on their experience.

  8. After watching this, even if my potholes are much worse, I'm glad to be away from the 'jobs worth' and claims at every opportunity situation. It would seem that this council has more chiefs than Indians. Much the same as most councils the world over I suspect.coffee1.gif

  9. I wonder when the same thing will apply to Thailand. Going up the road from my house is like trying to cross the Gobi Desert.

    "Almost £80,000 has been paid out by Lincolnshire County Council to people claiming compensation for damage caused by potholes and verge ruts".coffee1.gif

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