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'Scotch Gard' (3M) works wonders for hats, furniture and the like in water-proofing and stain resisting. Not for tents I'd imagine.

^ Yes it amazes me too. Actually their patience in these offices and waiting rooms wins me over, as I too readily settle in. As you say, their patience falls rapidly away when on the roads; yet here too I gain, for I know the vehicles stopped in front of me are soon on their way.

Notwithstanding, may the family rest in peace.

^Havent lived in Hillside 4 but have in other condos before now living in a house in a very quiet(for now) sector of the city.

'constant loud building noise throughout the block due to apartment owners renovating the dated apartments....' drove me from the condos I'd rented. The noise of renovation continually reverberates throughout and within the walls of these massive concrete buildings.

When one renovation is complete there are others starting up: it never seemed/seems to stop. Renovation noise is always a persistent jarring, headache-inducing din(a welter of discordant sounds).

Apartments, even the newer stylish ones have their own noise and other issues, cigarette smoke spiraling up through the pipe and electrical conduits being a serious one.

Suggest you rent for a month or so before ever considering renting long-term or, need I say, buying - as once you own it, it owns you.

Have fun...

#53"...after age 70 they can refuse to insure you at any price. This has been my experience (using Bupa)...."

I'm surprised that, your having been a BUPA subscriber, do not understand that BUPA is one of the few insurance agencies that will ensure you for life; provided you enrolled before age 60(?) and continuously insured with them each year. Too late for you now FJ; but you are misleading those who, regardless of cost, want lifetime coverage.

For those that do, why not check their site or pay a visit to their Chiangmai office across from Wat Yed Yod.

I had BUPA coverage for years well into their lifetime coverage but threw in the towel at the growing expense of it all.

Try here:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/625739-health-insurance-for-70-s/

Better alternatives currently used in medical schools and in school biology lessons:

Virtual Dissection

Body image: Computerized table lets students do virtual dissection - See more at: http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2011/may/dissection-0509.html#sthash.QS0dp7Hf.dpuf

Alternatives to Dissection - classroom animal dissections

http://www.teachkind.org/dissectalt.asp

Possibly the huge number of rebar rods needed to support the usual flat concrete roof impede signals.

Top floors can be like ovens especially if your wall is facing west - unrelenting sun all day long as the sun moves from E to W; with the captured heat radiating inwards by night - good luck with that...

I recommend the 'ugly' cement block constructed perimeter wall as being more secure than shrubs. Planted climbing vines on the inside - looks good when completely grown. Use the rectangular flat brick (approx 1'x8"x1.5") on the outside entrance wall, leaving a ledge on the ground beams wide enough to support the stacked flat bricks. FWIW

San Sai 3BB up and running just fine all day yesterday; seldom any downtime in the past seven months at least. My 'internet access' button at the base of the page, when kliked, shows any breaks and where in the system.

^^^ the word is 'exhorting': to try to influence (someone) by words or advice : to strongly urge (someone) to do something. Full Definition of EXHORT - www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exhort‎

Your poor choice of gerund begs defaming the Japanese...not something TV would condone, I'd imagine; but let's leave it up to a moderator.

Why not bathe them both, so their natural smells are brought more in line with one another.

Unless you want heartache, vet costs for stitching up attack wounds, and suffering dogs; I'd invest in two muzzles in the interim until peace is achieved.

As for #14, your pets should not be allowed to go out and about: they can easily return with ticks, pick up terrible debilitating and costly-to-cure diseases,get into fights, or worse - be picked up to be served as dinner in Laos/Vietnam(and SanPatong CMai) - a truly horrific, extended, slow death being skinned alive, and then par-boiled alive having been beaten almost senseless.

^

yes indeed...all different _

This is nice:

Hi,

A Good start begins here:

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So you bought a new car and it's ready for you to pick up and drive off the lot. We know you're excited to get on the road, but it is important not to rush the delivery process. Below you'll find some general guidelines and a checklist for you to print out and use the day you pick up your new baby.

-- Call the salesperson ahead of time and let them know that you plan to perform a delivery check during daylight hours. Make an appointment -- getting through your checklist may take more than an hour.

-- Don't depend on a "prep man" -- the dealer's mechanics and preparation people -- to take care of every last detail. Inspect it yourself and if it isn't right, have it corrected. Even the F&I manager may make a paperwork error. So look at all the documents once again.

-- Most dealers prefer to make spot (immediate) deliveries. Don't accept this. Take some time to think things over. Most dealers will require a deposit. Go ahead and give them one, but limit the amount, and make sure that locks you into a specific VIN. Of course, remember that most incentives are tied to delivery dates, not purchase agreements or deposit dates.

-- A proper delivery means that all the vehicle attributes should be demonstrated or discussed with you prior to you taking the car. This hour can teach you volumes about your new vehicle. Even though you may know your car inside out after this day, commit to reading the owner's manual.

-- Tell the salesperson that you don't want any dealer nameplates affixed to the vehicle in any way (painted, riveted, or adhesive bonded). The license plate holder is okay. Ask that the vehicle's plates remain the dealer's until after you've taken delivery.

-- The laws vary from state to state as to when you actually own the vehicle, you may want to check with your state to find out. (Some states say you don't own it until all the documents are signed and the vehicle is driven off the dealer's premises.)

-- Call your insurance agent and arrange to have the vehicle under your policy the minute you take delivery. (Do this as far in advance as possible.)

We've included a list of items to check, it is not all-encompassing, but it will get you started down the road to obtaining a problem-free vehicle. Always remember that the dealership will be more receptive to making repairs before the sale. So have any corrections made before you take delivery.

http://www.consumerreports.org/content/news/wheeling/worksheets/pickup_car_inspection_table.html

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/car-checklists/1194893

Additionally:

Ask if the new vehicle has been repaired in any way or had been in an accident: new cars sometimes get damaged by truck transporter, etc.

Ask if your new vehicle has been a ‘demonstrator’

new baby.

-- Call the salesperson ahead of time and let them know that you plan to perform a delivery check during daylight hours. Make an appointment -- getting through your checklist may take more than an hour.

-- Don't depend on a "prep man" -- the dealer's mechanics and preparation people -- to take care of every last detail. Inspect it yourself and if it isn't right, have it corrected. Even the F&I manager may make a paperwork error. So look at all the documents once again.

-- Most dealers prefer to make spot (immediate) deliveries. Don't accept this. Take some time to think things over. Most dealers will require a deposit. Go ahead and give them one, but limit the amount, and make sure that locks you into a specific VIN. Of course, remember that most incentives are tied to delivery dates, not purchase agreements or deposit dates.

-- A proper delivery means that all the vehicle attributes should be demonstrated or discussed with you prior to you taking the car. This hour can teach you volumes about your new vehicle. Even though you may know your car inside out after this day, commit to reading the owner's manual.

-- Tell the salesperson that you don't want any dealer nameplates affixed to the vehicle in any way (painted, riveted, or adhesive bonded). The license plate holder is okay. Ask that the vehicle's plates remain the dealer's until after you've taken delivery.

-- The laws vary from state to state as to when you actually own the vehicle, you may want to check with your state to find out. (Some states say you don't own it until all the documents are signed and the vehicle is driven off the dealer's premises.)

-- Call your insurance agent and arrange to have the vehicle under your policy the minute you take delivery. (Do this as far in advance as possible.)

We've included a list of items to check, it is not all-encompassing, but it will get you started down the road to obtaining a problem-free vehicle. Always remember that the dealership will be more receptive to making repairs before the sale. So have any corrections made before you take delivery.cont'd....

Wellll... I'd go to the Thai bloke on the inside of the klong 2 shop houses from the corner nestled beside the finest lock smith this side of Doi Intahnon, and almost directly opposite Icon/Amorn/ S Bakery. He sells older bikes after renovating them.

Try Google.

Most dog foods are essentially the same, dried renderings from chicken and cattle slaughter houses mixed with the retailer's grains of choice to give it that, je ne sais quoi, - caché. Tip toe thru the aisles of your favorite vet to ring up their 2000-3000B sacs of specialty renderings .

It's a little like your better-half thumbing his nose at a perfume retailing at $20 when there are 'better' selling for $200, little realizing they're essentially the same with only the fragrance du jour setting them apart - the bottle is the expensive bit at at $.20, not the liquid. Like 'premium' dog food they charge what the market will bear.

But I digress, try BOKDOK brand which is bagged in varying colors differentiating the protein percentage: Makro bags it under their own name at a third more in cost.

Then again it may probably be best to go 'primal'; but beef bourguignon can prove expensive over the long haul.

Excellent data. Thnx guys. Can toss True in the bin. Cheers

The cause of slipping as pointed out is diesel, but likely not spilled directly. There are daily a long convoy of buses and vans, seemingly internally hemorrhaging as they climb the grade, spewing clouds of diesel fumes and traces of diesel directly above and onto the roadway. While rain does make the road a virtual skating rink, rain is not needed for the dried slick to cause havoc.

^The 2nd part is so un-sacred.... And here I was thinking it would be a future school for my granddaughter.

Thanks for the heads-up!

missed payments for two days after she needed money for the treatment of her sick mother.

^7

' dip switch ' - luv it !

Now adopted for wider use; thanks SP.

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^^hellodolly...

EXactly my experience.So True.

I too recommend YMCA, I've recommended it to several Thai learners who enjoyed the learning flow.

AUA Thai classes usually have many farang who've studied the language before and return to monopolize the classes with the tutors directing their efforts towards them, thus leaving the beginners behind.

If your wife is working to 6PM, studying evenings can test the best fortitude. Study one day with a break the next.

All the best...

Your wife is most likely doing a superb job of cleaning.

But you both forgot ....

the dog needs cleaning too, and when clean & dry, spray the critter with a diluted 3% solution of Hydrogen peroxide (aval at Makro drugs).

After mama has cleaned the floors spray with a diluted 3% solution of Hydrogen peroxide or as the wise restauranteur mentioned above a diluted spray of haiter.

It works.

BTW do not coat your body with these poisonous insect repellants, these are essentially blood or nerve agents (yep!).

A quick spray of Windex is all you need, undiluted, around your ankles and other sensitive spots does the job, and a narrow spray will, with practice, knock the insects out of flight. Test your skill set while on the porch putting back a cool one, or two, or....

True: 'Different dogs seem to react to different methods of tick control.'

You may have to do 4 to 5 weekly injections to rid your pets of the current crop, before moving on to a monthly tablet. I once found, after years of monthly tablets, 2 ticks on the floor beside my dog and gave him another tablet in addition to the monthly tablet, but only once. The idea is to keep all medications to the absolute minimum. Probably like you, I place myself in my dog's mind.

Different dogs seem to react to different methods of tick control. All my dogs are on monthly Ivermec.... and I am fighting the biggest tick outbreak I've seen in five years. One of the dogs only has ticks on the ears; the other four have them all over, though mainly on the head, upper back, and under the front legs.

Suggest you keep your pets from roaming, where just casual meetings with other dogs is enough for ticks to jump ship onto yours; and by keeping them inside a walled compound where the grass is kept cut short. 'Ya Malay' is good as it is short-bladed and hugs the ground whereas other grasses have tall blades which ticks tend to use as a jumping platform onto your pets. May have to spray the vicinity first as well as denude your pets of any body ticks.

BTW, the VORMEC PLUS (ivermectin tablets) are beef-flavored so my dogs sniff first then chew readily.

#51 'we give ours heartguard for heartworm so useing vormec plus as well be ok or would i have to stop heartguard.'

Hi Meatboy, I recommend Vormec for the prevention of the noted pet ailments. Vormec has been doing an effective preventative prophylaxis for at least five years now.

While overmedication is likely as bad as no medication; to be on the safe side, once you take yours for the annual rabies shot, have the vet check for heartworm; or sooner. I would not change to solely Vormec until you have the vet test because this test is advised "If the dog is switched from one type of heartworm prevention to another" [ http://www.fda.gov/animalveterinary/resourcesforyou/animalhealthliteracy/ucm188470.htm ]

You may also wish to further brush up on the topic of Heartworm and its prevention here:

http://www.heartwormsociety.org/pet-owner-resources/faqs.html

and:

https://www.google.co.th/search?q=checking+for+heartworm&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Here's trusting this all works for you and yours.

Nienke #16

Thank you,Nienke, for being so proactive.

I have read and continue to peruse your generous contributions on vaccinations and advocating a raw food or Paleo diet. My pets are the better for it.

Cheers.