Kenny202

Anyone live there have any idea if it is a busy time or not? We don't like the crowds ????

Reminds me of living in several villages here, always a village lao khao drunk. Usually dressed in his Sunday best, hair dyed like he's still a bit of a catch and the village playboy. Wandering the sois with a big watermelon eating grin, biting people for 20 baht....hoping no one will notice lol ????

I got an app has all the latest news feeds in Thailand (if you can call it that lol). Asean now posts pop up in that. I wouldn't be purposefully looking for any info or life tips in Glamma's posts 5555. Poor bugger, at least he's positive and refuses to be offended

Lol. I can assure you I don't read them. Take some pills and go.have a lay down. Stop.wasting your life writing out these endless, meaningless scribes. You're welcome ????

I hate that I have to scroll through your drivel everyday just to check on any visa changes, news etc. Have you considered seeing a professional? I pity anyone unlucky enough to have to live with you ????

I use a margarine I buy from Makro in 1kg packs....brand is Blue Band. Has a really nice buttery taste and excellent for cooking. Usually near the mayo area. Was 60 baht a couple of years recently increased to 110 baht. Recipe Jeff the Chef uses exactly the same as mine but I just do mine in the mixer. Crumb the butter and flour first on low. Then add water a little at a time until dough pulling cleanly away from the bowl and nice and pliable. I use the dough for the casings of my pies and puff pastry on top

Makro sell frozen puff pastry sheets, very good too. Usually near the bread / bakery area in the freezer. If you want a basic pie crust recipe pm me. Very easy to make....flour, butter, water. Got a great aussie meat pie filling recipe too ????

I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you

Thanks so much guys, have a pretty good picture of when and where I want to go now. Probably plan trip for November. Thanks all for your help

Just following up. Received the adjustable power pack today and works like a charm ???? You are a lifesaver. Not a light flimsy electronic thing either. Feels like a proper copper wound trx. Will definitely buy another one in a different range. I am always looking for odd voltage power supplies and generally they are expensive, if you can find one at all. Thank you so much again ????

I'd suggest we all ignore his comments. With a user name like that and his horrible comments he is one of those people hiding behind a keyboard who feeds off peoples misery and is just putting bait comments out to get a reaction. Too many like that on AN in fact possibly in the majority. Many others running daily polls on what color Tie everyone is wearing today or if they wear their collar up or down. I often wonder why admin don't immediately shunt people like this. It can't be good for the overall prosperity of the forum. No wonder the forum in the last few years has been put up for sale several times.

Yaya, Bella (Ranee Campen), Davika, Mario Mauer, Nadech, Sunny, Louis Scott, Willy McKintosh, Chompoo, Baifern ... all in the top 15 of Thai / actors and are mixed race. Any Thai person would instantly recognize any of these names. To say Thai people shun mixed race kids is just pure fiction. I was single with my son when he was a baby and I am sure many of the girls I dated were more interested in my son than me lol. It would be a status symbol for them to have a mixed race kid. I even had Thai people asking me if they could "take care" of my son. Anyone here that has a mixed race kid would have experienced the same thing. Always a source of amazement to me as Thais themselves have to be some of the most good looking people in the world yet seem to have a bit of inferiority complex regarding looks.

I have a Thai son. His mother was very dark skinned in fact her nickname in the village was "lair", derogatory term for very dark. My son has very caucasian features and very fair skinned. Looks nothing like his mother apart from the dark brown eyes. I have never seen a "leuk kreung" kid here with say blue eyes or green so don't expect that. Some have lighter brown eyes. Funny my kids appearance is 100% European but underneath he is Thai 100% lol. All the traits (good and bad lol) Loves spicy Thai food, village food. I am guessing maybe you are a little concerned the child maybe not yours and you should be quietly concerned. It does happen here particularly if you are living in her home village where there would be plenty of old husbands, boyfriends and temptations. I have heard Thais discussing some unaware farangs kid thinking the guy was stupid for accepting a kid that clearly wasn't his. The Thais seem to know what's what in this regard. My poor Mrs got the opposite. No one believed my son came from my missus lol. Anyway, I have seen plenty of mixed race kids and some have more predominant Thai features and others Euro. I think you would know though there should be some Euro facial or body features to suggest the child is yours. If the child does look 100% Asian and you have doubts you should get a DNA test. I know it is a difficult thing to suggest to his mother etc but better to find out now than later. Maybe you only need a hair sample or something and the mother doesn't have to know. I had a child back home with a very promiscuous wife and was always a doubt for me and not nice to live with. If you are just concerned with the looks many half Thai kids are exceptionally good looking but its not a given. In any case if it is your child you will love, adore and cherish the child the moment you lay eyes on them ????

We may be better off flying up and just stay based in the city. Is the city center spread out or walkable? Thanks for your reply

Thanks for your detailed useless SA reply

We're not far from Loei now, go camping there and Nam Nao regularly. It is beautiful

Wanted to go and check out Chiang Mai for so long. Looks like a very cool place. I often here the traffic etc compared to Bangkok. Is it really that bad? I hate that sort of scene particularly getting close to Bangkok with all the flyovers, turnoffs etc not to mention the traffic jams and traffic in the city. Is it anything like that in CM? Is it possible to park in the city? Can someone paint me a bit of a picture? Other question best time of year to come re pollution. Definitely don't want to be there in the burning season. Appreciate any info thanks.

I definitely like to keep my vehicles serviced....and air on the side of caution. You say manual gearbox oil every 100,000k's? These guys are hitting me up for a gearbox / 4wd transfer oil change every 10,000k's. I think the cost of the gear oil alone 1500 baht

Recently got a new TV and was delighted to see it connected automatically to the surround system with a HDMI cable using ARC, so the surround sound automatically came on with the TV, can adjust surround volume with TV remote etc. Was ok for about a month then out of the blue not connecting. All of the connection settings on the TV are o and set to ARC auto. I can see the HDMI is connected on the TV but according to the TV when troubleshooting the Surround sound is connected but turned off. I have tried three different HDMI cables including the one we got with the new Samsung TV. So what i want to do is go and look if anything had changed on the set up of the surround system but to do anything like that need to view the setup menu on a screen. TV no go so I plugged the HDMI cable from the sound system to my notebook but still not seeing the surround sound menu screen on my PC. Do I have to go and tell the computer to open a special screen for the HDMI input or something? I see plenty of videos on how I can connect my PC and view the PC screen on a TV but nothing about viewing a third party (surround sound) display on my PC? Any help appreciated.

2014 Dmax 4WD pick up....just nearing 120,000 km. Always had regular 10k services since new. Just wondering if that's still necesary? I am a great believer in regular service and oil changes but on the other hand could do without the 4000-6000 baht charge every 10000ks. I am sure the gearbox oil doesn't need changing that regularly. What does everyone else do with a vehicle around this age or what is the norm

Oh damn. Nice guy and always helpful and straight forward. RIP buddy

Will do. Still a bit skeptical as I know I was looking for a 14v supply some time ago and you just couldn't use one of the light electronic power supplies. I forget why but it had to be a copper wound job and they are expensive these days. Anyway, can't beat all those reviews. If it is ok I will turn around and buy the 9-24v also. I have quite a bit of vintage sound and vision gear and many have odd voltages. Thanks again my friend ????

Thanks for your help mate. Just ordered one. Incredibly cheap under 200 baht too. And locally from Bangkok too. have 300+ positive reviews so it should be ok. I don't know how you found it. I searched Lazada high and low thins morning...Thai and English...but thanks a bunch. I just went back to check because usually these cheaper power supplies are AC secondary (not DC) and the DC ones usually wire wound and much more expensive. It is DC so happy days ????

It wont work. The unit has its own internal smarts / electronics inside. Comes up with an error message and shuts down...over volt

Struggling to find an 8volt 5 amp DC power adapter cheaply. There are plenty of 12 volt ones around Would it be safe to put a cheap component like a resistor or something on the DC side to reduce the voltage? I assume in series on the positive lead? (or parallel across + -) At 5 amps it is a reasonable amount of power so don't want anything to heat up too much or be a safety risk. Powering a LED panel video light so close to 8 volt should be ok. The unit has an 8 volt input socket for a power adapter