GreasyFingers

Does this mean that you can now have alcohol on a long distance train.

You have to be careful that there are not slight size differences in the batteries even though they are advertised as being a Makita substitute. The difference can be very small but they do not fit Makita tools.

A couple of years ago there was a promotion for butter that came with a plastic container to fit 250gm. Allowrie then reduced the butter to 240gm, them 220gm and now 200gm so the plastic containers are the wrong size. We do not need to talk about the price increase as well.

You have creayed a problem for yourself buying 2 houses already, would be better to sell one now. There is nothing wrong with being married, as I am, but the wife immediately made a will at the Amphur that everything goes to me and not her children. That is the minimum you should require from her (knowing she can change it at any time without you knowing). As has been mentioned above, you will have 12 months to sell after probate is granted but there will be problems with the family. I would not be staying long term in the house either. On the other side of the coin if you have 2 houses to sell you should not have any trouble finding W4.

But you are not Thai. They all go on the slightest pretence (family included) to get more of the magic tablets that cure everything as long as you take them for the rest of your Thai life. It is a joke what they take.

Actually mine went down a couple of baht +satang last month. Have no idea why as you said it has been the same for years.

But maybe they will be like the USA and employ 20000 new tax masters. Can you imagine the sht fight.

That is a question that no one has answered.

Except you have to have a FB account before you can use it.

So you do not have a scanner? Or take a photo with your phone and download to the computer. All of this modern stuff with a phone is a big pain. I had to sign up to Facebook today because a friend only uses Messenger. Funny how FB already had my details.

We have not had a problem with cleaning as long as slope of the roof is sufficient for "self cleansing", the same as for stormwater pipes.

Is this a Taksin payback?

We used the translucent sheeting for a carport (6 x 5m) as metal sheeting would have made the adjoining bedroom too dark. It also provided a workspace that does not need lighting. Yes it does get hot on full sunny days but that is not every day. In wet season we do not notice it being too hot. Your idea to have a mixture of both is good. Then you can have a frame under the clear sheets to slide in timber sheeting for the days that are too hot.

Depends on the weather.

What a wonderful new government!

Time for you to go to Blighty then. Otherwise we have different types of squirrels, shrews, ferrets all within sight from our house. The variety of birds is amazing as the seasons change.

You must live in a city or a hole. Get out and open your eyes.

try this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_Thailand

Do a search on Wikipedia and other sites, there are all types of animals and birds out in the regional areas. We see many of them around the house.

Yes, I asked that myself after posting. With operating theatre and surgeon it is okay. Bed and basic nursing should be cheap but there is always a "medical supplies" (whatever they are) item that is expensive.

30000 baht seems bit high for up here, but is there any opposition apart from the public one?

Need advice on how to watch the RWC. True Visions have most of the rugby with Premier Sports (ch 669) but have not seen any ads that they will show it. Expect that I will need a subscription but one that is not geo-blocked and has replays, not getting up in the early hours to watch it live.

Seems to be strange advice from PEA. Our neighbours electricity runs through our land (no easement) on concrete poles that we have been told belong to us, not PEA.

We are having a below normal wet season (last year was very wet) with the wife watering her durian trees from the well. Otherwise still enough rain to keep the grass alive. Drove through Uttaradit last week and was depressing to see how dry it was, rice fields with absolutely no water.

It should be no problem except for some car hire companies that want a digital license. I used my Thai licence in Mach in preference to my Australian one to get around the above issue.