Flinstone

7 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

...a short-tempered, latently violent, stone-lazy pimp with an unlicensed gun (In other words, a typical Thai male)?

I take extreme offence to this sort of statement. Back it up with proof or shut up. And I don't mean the old bar stool nonsense. Real proof from interacting with Thai men....not just shagging bar girls and bullshitting to your mates. Or are you referring to the not  unreasonable action of men anywhere when one of their women is disrespected by some <deleted>....

I go to the ATM, pull out 20,000 baht and go party. If it costs me 220 baht ATM fee and whatever from my 'Home bank" what the hell!!

Seriously, if you can't afford to lose a few bucks on the ATM costs, do you really think you should be going out on  an night on the town??

Slightly off topic... my apologies. 

Dies Kindle and the like support the Thai script? Can Thai language books be downloaded.... if they actually exist?

my dear old MIL  loves reading and it is sad to see her reading or reading floppy eared old books. I'd love to buy her an e- reader if it was useful.

thanks for any comments/advice/ knowledge of the subject

57 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Saw Boris at the airport in Naypyidaw when he arrived, (I mean I 'saw' him, not to speak with...).  Using the word 'Burma' will hardly endear him to the locals...

57 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Saw Boris at the airport in Naypyidaw when he arrived, (I mean I 'saw' him, not to speak with...).  Using the word 'Burma' will hardly endear him to the locals...

Why? It is now known officially as either Burma or Mayanmar.

Cahill Crossing on the East Allgator river.... the " border " to Arnhem Land is quite a spooky place. Steep banks and maybe 30-40 kilometres from the sea but still tidal. Can see a standing wave forming at the concrete causeway. Many crocodiles in the vicinity.

one of the guys I worked with lost his life to a croc there ... fishing on the causeway... washed off. Swam to the bank while his teenage son was reaching down with a stick from a tree to help his dad climb the bank.

Tourists watching and videotaping.

croc took his head clean off and the swam away with the body.

that was in 85 or 86 or thereabouts 

Hi Gentlemen.

While realising a previous police order banned the import of second-hand cars and motorbikes a couple of years ago, is there any scope for importing vintage motorbikes? Or is just  blanket rule with no other options?

I can see the logic in restricting "new" imports.....no problem with that.

I have a 1973 bike that I would love to ride in Thai.....any comments/thoughts welcome.

The same old sell  and buy new in Thai just doesn't  apply in this case .

I could possibly buy a similar bike in Thai...but those of us who really know motorbikes....i.e. pull down, rebuild  OUR bikes , etc etc will know this isn't the same.

If it can't be done thats cool...the Grandson will have a pretty good toy in 15 years.

Kev

There is Yaa Baa and Yaa Ice. two very different drugs. Yaa Ice is the one leading to all the current problems.

Reading some of the responses I guess people lock up their TV's and all their expensive kitchen appliances when the maid comes to clean. A TV isn't hard to steal if no-one is home.

IMO I'd contact the lady (if she is as good as the OP first stated) and have a chat with her to see what the root cause of the issue is. If she is just an out and out (malicious) thief then be done with her, although I suspect this may not be the case. If not, there may be a reasonable solution acceptable to both parties. After reading other posts where people talk about the difficulty in finding or keeping maids it could be a worthwhile exercise.

Can you provide more details of the actual building? Is it a warehouse style building? Commercial style like a large shop or is it a collection of offices?

Depending on what type of building there may be passive methods of reducing the initial heat uptake to reduce the actual amount of cooling energy required.

Why should Australia want or need to take Hun Sen to the world court in the Hague. There are enough domestic issues that need attention without trying to big note themselves on the world stage.

swimming in a red-flag zone

Should be warning enough