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There are two shoe repair shops almost adjacent to one another on Changpuak Road across from  Rajabhat University. Both are equally good and inexpensive. Have used both for several years. Cheers

On 3/4/2017 at 11:53 AM, spidermike007 said:

I have been saying all along, the Dark Tao serial killer is still on the loose. He was never caught or convicted. The two stooges were his fall guys. He is still plying his trade, and his family is too wealthy to touch. Above the law. And and all laws. 

' The two stooges '?

Had the same problem with electrical shower units when I first visited Thailand years ago. When I settled in Thailand I bought a Japanese gas shower unit and have used one ever since. Peace of mind....

Macro stock a complete cotton linen set in white on display with other colors available in their catalogue at their main sales counter.

Surasi Maawai needs to check out the party lights at a temple gathering or wedding etc.. all are illegally tapped into the overhead power wires! The fella just needs to open his eyes..

Indeed. Check this out: (Thanks to whomever initially took the photo using safety pins to tap into the overhead power wire.)

There's a viable third option...

Hire someone to stand in line for you at 5am so that they get an early queue number, meet them at 8:30 and spend 2-3 hours at the Mall

300 baht sees it done.

Where does one contact those (Burmese?) who will stand in for you, or do you mean anyone at all? Cheers

I don't know what these oeople were getting but all the people that went to the same desk while I was waiting received their passports signed by the same person that signed mine. They walked out with their passpoets. One group looked to me like a family - husband, wife, and 3 children - they all left with their passports.

Maybe it was my lucky day!

I got a single reentry last July and it was an on the spot thing. Am going in again to get another one next month. Hope they haven't changed it.

I recall that last year you used the agent a few doors down from the immigration office - is that your intention this year too? Cheers

Considered a Sex offender in the USA

Caught taking a leak at the side of a road will also label you a sex offender in the USA. Sad but true....

Hi there menzies233

Would suggest you chill out with the labels " stupidity", "incompetent fool" etc.

No one on this site would be permitted to label you as such, so....

Leave it be. Post anymore with the company name, especially on FB and you are courting being sued. There's no way you can prove it was their fault. People insert all kinds of junk in their food and attempt to extract payment, e.g McDonald s.

Wat Pa Pao is a refuge for stray and abandoned cats. I got my last one from there. Lots to choose from, free. Simply walk in and gesture to a monk.

The plump bookseller used to promote adoptions from there prior to his untimely departure.

Every single baby born in Thailand is brainwashed from birth to believe that Thailand is not only the finest country in the world but it is also the largest. This is the literal teaching they receive every day in school and is enforced by the press and the TV. Along with this is the implication that all foreigners are somehow not quite human, and to be tolerated, at best. At worst, particularly with young Thai men (who have a mental age of an adolescent out of control with an excess of testosterone) farangs are to not to be tolerated, given the slightest excuse. Add to this cultural belief any kind of loss of face concerning a farang, and the hatred and fear bursts out.

I've seen Thai women, supposedly adult, in a childish tantrum, beating their children almost senseless - this is with their own kind. And you only have to watch the video of this savage and brutal attack (in Hua Hin) to glimpse the fury and hatred that is under the surface of so many people in Thailand.

This wasn't just someone pushing back to save face. This was an outburst of hatred and rage - coming back again and again to punch and kick the old people who were already semi-conscious on the ground.

If further argument is needed, the same culture teaches Thai people to venerate the aged. Which they do. Unless the old people are less than human and somewhere between an animal and a person - a foreigner.

It is totally irrelevant who pushed first or if the farangs started it or not. This incident is yet another example that Thailand is not a civilised nation in the way the rest of the world understands the concept. This is a country where there is so much dissatisfaction and aggression that the name of the daily exercise for everyone is to make everything *appear* wonderful and keep things in line with way that the Thais like to perceive themselves - smiling and gentle. In other words - do absolutely anything at all to save face.

Unfortunately for Thailand, again and again and again, the instantaneous nature of social media and its world-wide coverage is revealing the lies and cover-ups almost daily to the rest of the world. And the more it happens, the more laughable the Thai reaction, as they panic and flap about pathetically with implausible explanations and responses which only serve to dig them deeper in the shit, as they desperately try to save some last despairing shred of face, like senseless schoolkids babbling blatant lies to the teacher.

Very sadly, I think it's all going to get a lot worse before it begins to get any better.

Rob, while I understand and agree with much of your post, and am disgusted by the cowardly treatment of the Welsh tourists, particularly an elderly lady, to say that all Thais are painted with the same brush is a rather extreme form of generalisation and stereotyping. Last year, my brother (Australia, 62) was king hit by his son-in-law (40) and then kicked while he was laying on the ground. Some people get drunk, and some people get violent when drunk. Perhaps Thailand has a higher than average proportion of this personality type, I'm not sure. Surely, neither are you!

Ref:"Some people get drunk, and some people get violent when drunk."

This is an oft quoted belief / excuse the premise of which, I believe, is false. Violent people are just that - violent; they use the excuse of being drunk in an attempt to mask their savagery.

I am glad that i saw the video and i post to some other network..because is disgusting and they have to put their house in order and go on TV to tell these bastard their day are counted

Yes I am glad to have seen the video, a cautionary tale of what can happen to any of us here in the LOS.

But I too am pleased to see the clarity and coverage of this high quality video; it's so pleasantly unlike the dismal ghost-like recordings of standard video CCTV cameras one sees.

JT you have just been here to long. You will never survive back in the states.

I know I couldn't. I cannot even conceive a long visit back there now.

I think you may have been here longer than me.

I have made the calculation if I stay another 5 years or more, then there may be no realistic path to go back.

I see a path now and I feel it makes sense. There is a lot of personal detail going into my thinking, which is too personal to go into here.

Of course you may be right. Nobody can predict the future.

If things went totally bust in the U.S. and I could still manage the finances, flights leave the U.S. daily ...

Re 'a lot of personal detail going into my thinking, which is too personal to go into here.'

Ahh gee...com'on, we're not easily offended

I use a small 8" fan bought at Icon Plaza which I place on the floor at the back of the fridge to circulate air into the lower open (compressor) area. I also have never enclosed my fridges. And, I have used a few slotted cement wall 'bricks' placed at floor level in the kitchen wall to dissipate heat: be sure to cover with wire mesh as I learned to my chagrin that field mice were entering-exiting the house via the narrow slots. FWIW...

The problem is the room aircon filters most likely need cleaning, same problem with air buses.

When traveling I always carry rubber gloves, a small container of liquid detergent and another of chlorine (Heiter). Upon renting a room remove the air filter upon which you will realize why you must wear gloves, as the filter is usually a clogged mess of strange colored muck. Rinse the filter in the toilet using the shower house; not the shower-bath as you will stand there eventually. Soak the rinsed filter in a soap-chlorine mix in the sink or trash bucket, for at least 20 minutes while you take your shower. Afterwards rinse off the filter, shake and let dry near the window. Go out on the town and upon return replace the filter if you haven't already.

Awake the next day without throat problems!

Do try this at home and office....

Only solution to bus aircons is to wear a proper mask, not the basic 'few Baht' one but a 3M Respirator Mask 9211N95. Don't leave home without one...really.

The above solutions may well prevent bacterial lung infection and save your life. FWIW...

I noticed white pipes, similar to the blue and yellow, for the first time at HomePro a week ago; sorry did not see fittings.

That great agent at Promanada quotes retirement extension 3,000 and re-entry permit (single or multiple) 500 plus the usual immigration department fees and fast service (call the day before so they can get the queue, next day visit the office at 10 am for about 12 minutes of paperwork, visit immigration with them for photo at about 2 pm same day, finished) Did not ask about 90 day reports because they are so easy to do yourself now.

'call the day before so they can get the queue'

Call? Do you mean drop by as in 'call in'? Or if a number, what tel number?

I'd understood one need only drop in at a reasonable time on the day you wish?

That great agent at Promanada quotes retirement extension 3,000 and re-entry permit (single or multiple) 500 plus the usual immigration department fees and fast service (call the day before so they can get the queue, next day visit the office at 10 am for about 12 minutes of paperwork, visit immigration with them for photo at about 2 pm same day, finished) Did not ask about 90 day reports because they are so easy to do yourself now.

'call the day before so they can get the queue'

Call? Do you mean drop by as in 'call in'? Or if a number, what tel number?

I'd understood one need only drop in at a reasonable time on the day you wish?

That great agent at Promanada quotes retirement extension 3,000 and re-entry permit (single or multiple) 500 plus the usual immigration department fees and fast service (call the day before so they can get the queue, next day visit the office at 10 am for about 12 minutes of paperwork, visit immigration with them for photo at about 2 pm same day, finished) Did not ask about 90 day reports because they are so easy to do yourself now.

'call the day before so they can get the queue'

Call? Do you mean drop by as in 'call in'? Or if a number, what tel number?

I'd understood one need only drop in at a reasonable time on the day you wish?

Yes 4 pills in the afternoon 3 at night .

Out of curiosity, what medicines were they? I'm guessing some sort of appetite suppressant and possibly an amphetamine to raise the metabolism.

See here: Googled yanhee hospital weight loss pills

https://www.google.co.th/search?q=Yan+Hee+hospital&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=kNlsVt3LMcizuASAyIzoCA#q=yanhee+hospital+weight+loss+pills

Many citing the dangers

Suggest the next time you have to go to the airport immigration office come in to Cmai a day or two early and stay at the Airport Greenery diagonally opposite Aiport Plaza, a short walk to immigation. There are a couple of hotel-like places behind the Greenery. Last time I looked they were advertising B400 per night. That's my routine.

Here ya go:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@18.769538,98.977804,3a,75y,117.7h,97.94t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGq6x6Mq2mbqZZf5hBtqOVg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

This sounds more like it. Thanks for your imput.

tons of info here about that; but i have only one word: ivermectin. injected... or oral dosage but injected in the beginning... any vet in thailand will have the stuff and all vets have experience with mange...

possibly some antibiotics if there is infection from the scratching...

feeding good foods/ either raw bone /meat foods or decent prepared foods, because mange is a mite that becomes active on dogs that have low immune systems...

you can buy ivermectin *(ivomac, imectin, etc) in most animal stores in thailand, can be sub cutaneosly injected, or given orally, the dosages are in the internet (always written thta the stuff is for cows only, but given to dogs except for collies and collie mixes)...

Two of my dogs suffer from demodectic mange which until recently was treated by our local vet with a ivermectin injection when symptoms flared up with a small amount of relief for the pooches.

However I recently visited a vet in Udon Thani who told me that mange had to treated intensively and the mites completely wiped out for a proper cure , the mites evidentally live deep in the hair follicles and are hard to eliminate.

To this end we started a one month treatment of ..one ivermectin injection per week for 4 weeks plus a one month course of tablet and liquid antibiotics ,tick and mange shampoo and a wash which is daubed on the whole body and left to dry.

They started the treatment two weeks ago (3rd injection due today) and the results are amazing ,all scratching has ceased and hair is growing back where they had torn it all out..

She made up the months treatment including 8 loaded hyperdemic needles so I could administer the treatment here on the farm ,cost was about 1000 baht for two poodles.the vet was adament that good quality ivermectin must be used (she uses German manufactured ).

You are chasing your own tail by following much of the advice on the web re your pet's problem. This topic is persistent despite being addressed ad infinitum. Here for instance is:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/523835-cant-get-rid-of-ticks-help/page-2 see #38

And my own advice, given 3 years ago, and it worked and continues to work for all seven of my dogs, after going thru what you and others have, is as fols:

VORMEC PLUS (ivermectin tablets) (FOR DOGS ONLY)is the solution to almost all your troubles.

I first tried all of the expensive Frontline and similar pills and sprays, plus Batocol - none worked. Ticks went on about their blood feast on my Rotts as if nothing occurred.

I came across VORMEC PLUS three or four years ago and my pets and I have never looked back. I first used liquid vermectin when 2 of my dogs mysteriously came down with mange 5 yrs ago, and vermectin cured the mange in 4-5 weeks with no recurrence.

VORMEC PLUS controls and prevents:

heart worm

round worm

hook worm

Ticks

Fleas

earmites

Demodectic mange, and

Sarcoptic mange.

A pack of 10 tiny chewable tablets (1 per month) costs ~300Baht for the 40Kg-dog version [ivermectin 12,000mcg tablets].

Less for smaller sized dogs. The tablets are the diameter of a pencil eraser and about 1mm thick. The dogs readily chew them.

My friends also use these tablets to their dogs' delight.

Letz see if I can upload the image of the VORMEC PLUS package.

You will have to shop around but there are pet supply shops selling them.

May your petz be ever eased of their scourges and their owners equally at peace.

Also my addendum at #39:

^^ The recommended normal dosage is 1 tablet in 1 month, once per week is intensive for the management of skin parasites (mange) only.

Best in the case of mange to go for the liquid ivermectin (from Holland and sold in farm animal medicinal shops) subcutaneous injections for 5-6 weeks. Checking with a veterinarian doctor before usage is a given.

Check and follow the directions folks - please. See attachment.

'Saving the village by burning it down' probably best describes overdosing your pet.

Medicating pets correctly is problematic under the best of conditions; doing it incorrectly can prove fatal fast.

Edited by ataloss, 2012-04-04 11:14:58.

Try Vormec Plus, your petz will really luv you for it!

Actually, there is a British guy driving around solo in the Algerian desert. He's taking photos of rock formations and other natural phenomena, as a hobbyist. So, in a sense, it is a two-way avenue. I once got in trouble for playing music at a couple of clubs in Mexico. The Mexican authorities said I was working there illegally. They were right. You could have called me a 'wetback' - but going south instead of north. We had a good chuckle, and I drove 2000 miles back to my home in California.

RE 'You could have called me a 'wetback' - but going south instead of north.'

Because you were going south, the Mexicans refer to you as a 'setback'.