granny salmons

Mai Thai guesthouse. Owned by Ron from York, England. Very welcoming. Lovely clean place. Full English breakfasts. Can't remember price but well under 1,000 baht.

http://www.maithaiguesthouse.com/

Ha ha, nice one. What's the date today?

For me, the best place is always the local farmers markets, you can find them here:

https://www.facebook.com/bkkfm

Corned beef - available in Villa Market and usually at Tops.

Sweet piccalilli - great quality, home made available at London Pie shops on Sathu Pradit 19 or Sukhumvit 63. The Sukhumvit 63 branch now do home delivery too: http://www.londonpiebangkok.com/product-category/granny-salmons-jams-and-chutneys/

We pick ours when they are just starting to turn yellow and they usually ripen fully within a day. If we leave them any longer, they tend to drop off the trees. We have one tree though from which we always pick them green as they make good chutney. Newspaper - yes, to stop maggots but where we live it is also a sign to the neighbours to keep their hands off!

I guess the nonsense comments on here are a reflection of the people making those comments. The simple truth is that there are good employers and bad employers, regardless of whether they are agencies, schools or something else. After teaching here for ten years, I'm certainly aware of some bad agencies just as I'm aware of some bad schools to work for. I'm also aware of very good companies who make the whole thing of teaching here easier and pleasanter for their teachers. So beware of the idiotic broad-brush answers and try to research each individual employer. Beware also of the 'professional' forum poster who is so often negative...what is his/her real problem? Don't rule out the probability that somebody perhaps fired them for a very good reason!

Statutory retirement age in government schools is 60 so this sounds like the agency having its own rules. If they wish, individual schools can extend that for teachers they want to hang on to. A lot of 'third party' employers (agencies service providers etc) won't take you after age 59 because they can't get a work permit for you.

Bangkok Farmers Market!

Yes, both treacle and golden syrup been available in Villa for a couple of months now.