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should have been properly  cordoned off with the internationally accepted 

"world class" safety twig barrier.

40 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Never understood why solid wood furniture is so expensive in Thailand.

I got a feeling its to do with the  antiquated law about logging..until just very recently you couldn't even cut down a hardwood/protected species tree on your own land without getting permission from the government..

maybe (now the law has changed) in a few years people will feel encouraged enough to use their land for sustainable forests and timber prices come down ????   its very frustrating going to all the shops and the only furniture they have is the fall to pieces once wet fiberboard crap at prices equal to proper wood in Europe  ????

Stop watching movies...

Sorry about the blurry photo,  the sign says  woodworking and metal work undertaken  they make it right there

and can probably make any style you want..not just the tacky stuff !  ????

If none of the shops on Theprasit are  any good !!! (shocking)   you could try

https://www.google.com/maps/@12.8515237,100.9088295,3a,41.2y,100.77h,83.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2vkDv6lk4o05hs55Z44AAw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

they make tables chairs and  vendor stands   from "proper" wood  I'm sure they could make something  maybe not "built in" though  stand alone   bolt on later...this will not be fine marquetry standard woodworking ????

the shop just before the one shown on the map sells reclaimed wood, if you want a laugh and big shock stop in there and ask the price of their wood !!!!!!

5 hours ago, Neeranam said:

one girl shouted "papa" at me

Better than "Grandpa"    though "handsome man"  would have been better still.

Unfortunately ,probably they are right about a large percentage of foreigners in Pattaya displaying bad manners.

My first time in Bangkok my wife and I were returning (sober) to an international hotel with four in the name and apparently I was too close to the retaining wall because I broke my pinky toe in flip flops on an iron weep scupper sticking out about 4” at sidewalk level.
We were checked out with our bags being held in the lobby and a flight to catch so I knew going to a hospital or discussing liability with the hotel wasn’t very practical if I wanted to keep our itinerary.
The funny part in hindsight was learning about Thai mentality as my wife said things like, “it’s not their fault you have to be careful and watch where you’re going” and “we can go to the hospital if you want but we don’t do that in Thai,,we wait a week and see if it’s still a problem”.
Knowing our schedule and there’s not much the hospital can do I just tried to snap it back straight and deal with it. About a week later we were home to her village and it was still swollen and painful so I asked if I could see the doctor and get an X-ray.
We walked with her mother to the village clinic and waited outside until the doctor on duty came over from smoking a cigarette to take a look. He sent a nurse inside who came back with a little jar of Thai balm and said put this on and come back in a week if it’s still a problem!
Early on after that experience she answered many of my questions as a stranger in a foreign land with the simple line “you take care of you honey “.
I quickly learned she was serious and was giving good advice to live by here. So far I’ve only had a broken pinky toe.

Hold on didn't I see "Blute Willit" do this in a movie already ? [emoji39]

And how did they drain the petrol ?

Well, I have have just lost several 'friends'. There was a discussion going on about the 'these youngsters' having no political experience. Then it all went broodily silent...I mean, all I said was (in Thai) 'Well, I guess you don't need political experience when you have big guns, eh?' [emoji56]

Why do women (sometimes men too)..put their hand/s over their mouth when laughing?

It would be interesting to see where dog attacks statistically stack up to other violent crimes? 
 
I doubt any westerner has moved away from thailand b/c of the soi dog population....
 
i woukd like to see a 500B surcharge to all tourist and other visas to cover the cost of soi dog management program....that way all non Thais are contributing to their western solution and Thais wouldn’t be inconvenienced financially.... 

Is this for your traction engine project ? [emoji39]

And this is without med ganja......

9: because you're "poom pui"
10: because you pay 2x

Thanks for the clarification.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Officials said the import surge was due to imports of arms and military weapons for drills.

Cobra Gold ??????

2 hours ago, Myke4 said:

good quality with a fair price?

Remember too  that   "good quality and fair price"   are normally diametrically opposed

plus the tropical insects that love wood..except for hardwood  and hardwood is expensive

(except if builder/handyman was having a quiet spell and happens to have some leftover from something else   ???? )

Lots of Thai's go for the concrete/tile cabinets with plastic doors and granite or tiles worktops, long lasting no rot easy to clean  no insect damage.

8 minutes ago, Spidey said:

it, saves a lot of earache.

But doesn't save my money ????     besides  she has her own wallet ????

7 minutes ago, Spidey said:

It's my wife's normal address to me.

LoL    sometimes my wife will refer to me as  "farung kee nok"   she immediately gets the "Kon thai grajock"  reply

and we both laugh.