Led Lolly Yellow Lolly

... you can just clamp read the rod itself to check. . . Unless it's buried in cement Thai style.

Sounds like you have a reversed neutral/phase. If so, this is hazardous. Be cautious.

24 minutes ago, SunshineHarvey7 said:

3) Does it seem crazy to stick one probe of a digital voltmeter into the soil and with the other probe touch the ground rod and measure 4-5 volts or more? After I soaked the too few inches of soil, the voltage dropped to around 2 volts. Some insist it should be even closer to 0 volts. What would you say?

This is a symptom of what I describe above. Be cautious, disconnecting the ground rod will electrocute you. The 4 or 5 volts is due to the soil resistance causing step potential.

24 minutes ago, SunshineHarvey7 said:

4) Have you had good experience with copper plated rods? Or would you insist on solid copper?

All ground rods are copper clad steel

47 minutes ago, Eaglekott said:

at 0.22 (and 0.45) he asked "Why did you park there?" and at 0.57 he say "You should have parked over there" 

He's asking how many people are in the car.

17 hours ago, internationalism said:

do invest 25b at black hair colouring for home self-application

 

I really don't understand why men of a certain age do that. Why try to cover up those distinguished white streaks of a silver fox? A lot of young, YOUNG women really dig that. Trying to cover it never works, you just look like you used a permanent marker pen.

13 hours ago, tgw said:

I am really in no position to recommend anything.

 

But I remember this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ilovaisk

 

https://www.newsweek.com/2014/11/14/battle-ilovaisk-details-massacre-inside-rebel-held-eastern-ukraine-282003.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49426724

 

also known as the "massacre of Ilovaisk"

 

Russians can be 100% trusted to not respect any agreements.

Well, what you see in Ukraine is daily cud for talking heads on the news day in, day out, year after year, decade upon decade. . . but now it's white Europeans, so now we care, right?. . .

1 hour ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

Im more of a sangsom guy

Considering it's affordable price, SangSom is actually a pretty nice rum. I only take it neat.

On 4/10/2022 at 7:30 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

I am sure the problem with most of those people is they can move to anywhere and they will still complain. They will find something, anything, to complain. Because that is their "character".

I don't think that's the whole story. Forgive me, I can't remember your nationality, but in the UK where I'm from, it's a part of the culture to go into some office of the civil service or some QUANGO and jab your finger repeatedly on the counter while making your complaint, and then taking a deep breath, and continuing with "AND ANOTHER THING!. . ."

Obviously, there is no outlet here for folk like this. Not having that outlet eats away at the soul of some people.

On 4/3/2022 at 10:53 PM, whereyougo said:

Its very obviouse that long term posters are suffering mental health issues IMO due to the constant bad news stories without a break.

Be careful people

I like my mental health problems. I wouldn't be cranky old phukker me if I was right in the head. I've found my problems to be very useful, educational actually. For example, I learned how to make a soundproof room so people can't hear me scream.

1 hour ago, overherebc said:

What is the problem with these idiots.

Frankly I think your expectations of Thai resorts are unrealistic. It's fair to say I have extensive insight on the industry. Chefs (i.e. real ones that can cook a broad range of foods, and cook WELL) are expensive to employ. Many hotels have been hit hard this last couple of years and have had to let the more costly staff go. Additional to this is Thai resorts i.e. GENUINELY Thai owned and managed are usually managed really badly and have generally low standards in all aspects of the business, from front of house to basic maintenance. . .

As another poster pointed out, if you want full service and professionalism, stick with the international brands (Marriott, Intercontinental, Hilton etc etc) where they have the resources, training and backups in place. I specifically avoid Thai operated hotels for the above reasons. Yes, internationals are more expensive, but you get what you pay for, and it's particularly true in this industry.

1 hour ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

It's an interesting statement. 

 

Where I come from, money doesn't run out.

 

At times we run out of petrol, beer or cigarettes, never money.

 

 

 

I have to ask though, what do you call it when you have no money? Do you pick it from trees, or is it like running out of fuel and the fuel fairy fills up the car for you when you sleep?

37 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I don't need to know what they want or what they think.

They can take the 10k/month and serve me, or not, up to them.

 

I take it back, I'm not sad for you. You deserve it.

If you must know, I blew my savings on getting my stepdaughter an education in the UK and making her British.

11 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Thinking you know the mind of a woman is the ultimate male hubris.

Back at you. You somehow think you know the female mind better because your relationships are entirely transactional? I'm genuinely sad for you if that's how your life is with your kids.

Selective editing of my posts only discredits you.

22 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Women only care about their bloodline.

I thought you were a man?

Men and women don't have the same biological programming.

I love my Thai step-daughter much more than my four Brit kids, but I'm not a woman.

I'm sad for you if you have such a cynical view of yours.

9 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Filial Piety is all about her bloodline, and you will never be part of that bloodline.

This is just so badly wrong. You remind me of a friend that once suggested those with stepchildren could not love those stepchildren with the same sincerity as a child with their own blood. I was so deeply offended by the suggestion, and so shocked that such an intelligent person could at the same time be so utterly clueless, I gave up on the friendship.

3 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Or, might it be that you have heard so many, half wit, drunkards coming to Thailand complaining over their mistakes?

It cannot be denied that for a long time, and as continues to be the case, the vast majority of farang relationships with Thai women started out with a beer, a lady drink and a commercial arrangement. For the rest, whatever was left had personality issues, which the westerner missed because he thought it was sufficient to communicate in pidgin. Combine this with the fact the majority of those westerners were (are) bitter divorcees living on the finite resource of whatever they got from the sale if their house, the results are entirely predictable.

And so, when times get tough and the family asks for help, or the elders need some care, the dumb brain dead loser farang just writes them off as money-grubbing filth. Likewise, when the farang's own money runs out, he's alienated himself so badly here, no one wants to help, he's on a one way ticket back to a bedsit in Leeds.

I'm pretty sure that what I describe is the bulk of ThaiVisa and yes, the overwhelming negativity here regarding marriages to Thai women does get very tiresome. . .

This is changing. Very slowly, but it is changing. The expat profile is shifting, as is the way they interact with locals. I was fortunate to meet my wife at work. I was fortunate she can live with the baggage I brought with me. I was fortunate she was able to spend time in the west and have a good grasp of farang ways. I'm very fortunate. I imagine most men stuck in the UK would do anything for my life here.

Full disclosure: I was a drunkard before I got married.

If anyone has anything to add on the OP please chime in.

10 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

You've a way to go yet.

 

That's not to say that you are guaranteed to go further.

 

 

 

 

. . . get to where, the point where I can delude myself I have no regrets? No thanks grandad.

6 minutes ago, LaosLover said:

He didn't seem unhappy when he said it.

He said the same to me. Truth is I kind of liked him, he seemed like an honest bloke... But if there's one thing I know, anyone that says they have no regrets is lying.

Thank you for highlighting Idol's character. Surely one of the great icons of British counter-culture. I do a rather good impression of the Idol sneer.

Is George still in CM? I swung by the shop to say hi to him once with my wife on a visit to the British consulate. Long time ago now.