RobFord

Yes, they love 1st hand houses and hates 2nd. Personal experience.
 
They might justify it by that ghost of past owners lives there or gave you some simlilar crap. Real reasson ussualy is, that after first owner that property will start falling apart. Level of maitanance, unqualified workers, trying to save on everything when building a house. It just ads up.
 
In our village on the main street was build a house. First renter stayed there about 5years. I came as a 2nd renter. The state of this house is completely horrendous after this 5 years. The roof is leaking so bad, that ceilings in the bathroom literally fell down. 20% of ceramic tiles in bathroom just simply felt off own on their own. Balcony is leaking. 2nd floor toilet is leaking through ceilings to 1st floor bathroom. Frame of door in living room simply felt on the ground. Its basically falling all apart. 
 
Im not the owner, but if I was and I was trying to put this house together, it would be cheaper just start from the scratch.
 
2nd hand properies sounds good only if you're not familiar with thai standars... 
 
 

I've had little luck finding good avocados in Mai Rim. From searches online when they first introduced avocados they went for a large variety. Unfortunately their tasteless and watery. Avoid the big ones. There are smaller ones, firm and full of flavor when in season. Just haven't been able to find them.


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Can anyone explain how to make the transfer from an overseas account while in Thailand?

Can you contact your home bank by phone to set it up, or do you have to be there?

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Just as an aside I brought this up with the girlfriend.
She says it's very common that the tellers will cheat the hill tribe people who arrive with a large amount of cash from sales of their crops.
They typically have a grade four education and are intimidated by the bank staff.


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I know someone who went to Hong Kong Bank with his wife ( they had a son ) to deposit money in an interest bearing account. The money disappeared ( hired a lawyer and couldn't find out where it went) and he was soon divorced. The ex had a fine spending spree in Europe.
Do not bring money to Thailand.


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Seems yingluck is not so dense after all .
Well done. 

Nice going, Donald!
 
Try thinking things through from now on.  (Like that's going happen.) 
 
That tapes threat tweet really worked out well for you.  Now, you have admitted that not only have you lied - as if that's a surprise - but it sure looks like (check out Chou Anou's post #8 and link above) you have engaged in witness intimidation.  Plus, this gives even more credibility to Comey's testimony of that one-on-one dinner conversation that could have been left as a "he said, he said" legal contest.  Maybe you should have taken every criminal defense attorney's advice to their clients of keeping your mouth shut (or fingers not tweeting).   
 
So, what kind of indication is this of how well the president is handling negotiating with seasoned foreign leaders and diplomats?  
 
Donald, maybe you should get some advice from this classic book called The Art of the Deal.   

I would actually take issue with that. Maybe because I only see the English language version but I have seen their presentation as balanced. Certainly not anti American. Again i do not agree with all they show. I do find them very informative. And often far more balanced in their approach to some middle east and World problems. I think it is their more balanced view on the Arab World that upsets their Gulf neighbours. 

Why would a wealthy Super star resort to drugging?

Doesn't make any sense he could have had what he wanted

So Australian immigrant in Thailand wipes out family after minor scrape.
20 years imprisonment is the only acceptable punishment

Kinda like when a Thai does it people here judge all Thai drivers, ain't it?
 
Fleeing the scene is often the correct thing to do but not when the police are there! 

..meals-on-wheels.

The inside word is that it was an instruction guide written by Trump's hair stylist.  Fat little Un secretly coverts the look.

 
A Whitehouse spokesman said there's no way that could be allowed to happen, as the thought of a thatched headed, childish, paranoid narcissist with his finger on the nuclear button was just too terrible to contemplate.

I have lost count of the number of times Trump has denied accusations then given an interview or tweet confirming the accusation only later to send a minion out to deny that he confirmed the accusation.

A good example of the dishonesty of the media. How can you even try to have an intelligent discussion with someone who is just repeatedly trying to pretend to not understand what you are saying. 

No never. I've never even heard of anyone experiencing that.  Are you in Nigeria or something?  555 stealing tire caps?? Whatta laugh! Your paranoia is showing.

It might be hopeless without changing mindsets.
 
Granted, Trump is all the things said about him. Fine. But the alternative (read other candidates) weren't much to write home about. Their main allure is that they aren't Trump. That can carry for a while, but it doesn't address the issue, just postpones the next episode. Whether it will make sides come to terms or if each "next episode" would become worse, is anyone's guess. I wouldn't be too optimistic as far as the short run goes.
 
So it's not just a question of "resisting" Trump. But what's to be done post-Trump. And also, let's say the "resistance" will triumph - there are victories and then there are victories. Win while pushing people too far, and things could go badly bigly. End of the day, regardless of popular votes, there are plenty of Americans who voted for Trump (for whatever reason). It's something that can't be ignored by labeling, and can't be dreamed away as a non-issue. Need to come to terms with that. With them.

 
That might be your own take, not mine.
If anything, the post above exemplifies my point. The American public seems to have more and more trouble discussing anything in a rational manner, without resorting to extreme partisan position. And that cuts both ways. There could also be choice words said about cultural changes making it possible for such a caricature of  person such as Trump to be seen as a viable candidate, never mind a President. Goes a ways beyond the political divide, though, so guess it's outside the scope of this sandbox topic.
 
I dunno if the last line was intended as general or personal. If the latter, you're outta line and off mark. If the former, still off mark.
 
 

I hear you loud and clear. I was a liberal leaning young man that turned into a angry middle aged man thinking I was paying taxes that were being wasted by a liberal elite etc. Then when I turned fifty ( 14 years ago) I turned back into that liberal. Don't even mind the taxes anymore
Can't explain it but I'm much happier now.


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Essentially, the social justice Left turned me from a huge liberal to a conservative over the course of a couple years and with such poor timing on their part! And I'm not the only one, you can find thousands of people sharing similar stories like this.




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OK Transam , in the '60s I had a 500cc Norton , punch ups at Brighton , tying the aerials on scooters in knots , oh what fun we had.
 
Now I have a Forza as Nortons are more hard to come by.  Back to topic.  Tyre pressures are interesting , mine should be 25psi front - 29 rear. Same everywhere ..check when cold.   Now cold here on a hot day is a lot different to cold on a cold day in Iceland. A few months ago on a hot road over here the road holding was horrideous . I now run the tyres with 20psi front and 25 rear, much better .

The Vespa usually sports 10 inch rims, in some cases 11. That means, that the tire on a Vespa with 10.000 Km on the clock equals 17.000 Km on a 17 inch rim.  I change the rubber on my 110 Yamaha  Nano Spark (17 inch) latest at 15.000 Km. So, a tire on a Vespa with 10k is pretty much done and should be changed immediately. The reason that motorcyclists have to change their tires more often than car drivers is due to the fact, that the rubber mixture is - for a good reason - much softer, than those used on car tires. There should be no problem with the mayor brands like Heidenau (!), Metzeler, Michelin and Pirelli. I will not comment on riding a MOE Pirelli tire with 23,000 on it.

 
Trump is a symptom, not a cause.

You must be one of the first people I can remember on TV to have the balls to link to Ann Coulter, not only that but to her actual own website.

As long as he is connected to the businesses, he is profiting.  The real reason is to get at his tax records and business records anyway.  Considering all of these investigations deepening, it will happen eventually.  What will come of it, who knows?  It's better for him if it's all in the open anyway (assuming there is nothing to hide).