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Kab Khun Mac krap. will give those a try and maybe find a charity local to us, preferred, or can pack up the stuff to send. Thank you very very much.????

The daughter of a friend has graduated with a diploma to teach English. She is currently looking for any work but focusing on hotels now. Are there any fairly short hotel management type of courses available that she could take to be able to have a bit more to offer than all the other applicants who can also speak Thai and English? Thanks for any comments????

Thanks for comments. I have written to Tim at Helpthai and will see where that goes. There are plenty of small schools around here, including one in our village too. I am looking to do something other than just dumping a bunch of stuff in the schoolyard or at the wat as a 'free for all' to whoever spots it first. Also, I am not too keen to have everybody in the village knowing that it is my stuff that they are inspecting and commenting on. We have our share of nosey busybodies and drawing attention to myself in any way is something I would like to avoid. Thanks for your ideas. More please????

We have accumulated too much 'stuff'. Cloths, building supplies and misc. 'things' that we don't want or need that I would like to give away. We are in a small rural village 90 km north of Buriram city. I do not want to just dump all these things at the local wat for people to rummage through in 'lucky dip' way. Both for personal and practical reasons. I would like to find an oxfam or goodwill Thai equivalent, hopefully local to this area. Any ideas? I have been told (by my 'absence of empathy' wife that charities do not exist in Thailand. I find this hard to believe. Any ideas will be gratefully received. ????

John Spooner at Isaan Lawyers. https://isaanlawyers.com/ He is English lawyer (owner) with a team of Thai lawyers/staff. Reasonable price and good service. Based in Nakhon Ratchasima but well worth the effort to go outside Krung Tep for legal help.

30 06 2023 Crystal ball question coming up... Is the current valuation of the THB only due to recent political problems or is there deeper problem with the Thai economy? Exchange to the Euro is as high as it has been for well over5 years. Given the war in Europe and uncertainty there it is surprising that the Euro is strengthening. Is the current trend too good to last? Should I change more than just a couple of thousand now? Yes, I know, 'nobody knows' but it would be interesting to learn your thoughts. Thank you????

Beginning of the end (of weed freedom)? Legalizing weed without forethought has brought some problems. Children smoking in a doorway on a busy street, for example. Fast forward or backwards (suit yerself) same kids with a plastic bag full of glue. Focusing on weed and not the social circumstances suffered by street waifs is typical of those with a hidden agenda that requires manipulation of public opinion to be acceptable. Let's hope the war on drugs is focused on meth, not weed.????

Up here in rice land the authorities are installing these overhead cameras and speed detectors. I know that the speed gun, or whatever, cannot be detected due to its on/off again operation. But do the big overhead installations run full time? Also, how far away do they start detecting? I am just driving on the open highway, not in heavy traffic areas, btw. Thanks for any comments????

30 04 2023 A year or so ago I married the woman I have been living with for 7 or 8 years. She is 58 yrs old and was an office worker. We had come up here to her village and bought some land, built a house, put in a pool etc. etc. and paid for it all. I have an usufruct on the land and a pretty clear prenup so whatever happens this will remain my home until death, if I want to stay. (Wife gets all on my death) It is just getting comfortable. I am 75 and do not want to waste the rest of my life fighting with a woman who has nothing to lose and, she thinks, everything to gain. The question is, how nasty could it get? About 5 years ago she got mad at me and secretly started looking for a guy online. After some months she said she was going to see her son but in fact went away with 'Ricky' for a 2 week holiday by the beach. Then she came home and said I had to move out because her new lover was moving in. Ricky, an Ausie, knew nothing of me and following an exchange of emails, he apologized and disappeared. His emails were pretty explicit about some of their intimacies and his opinion of her. (In fact he is a retired guy who is on every dating site in se asia and lives his life making the rounds.) I let that slide but now, years later and recent months of bickering has led to her posting herself on Thaicupid. A friend saw it and told me and when confronted she did not apologize, saying I am a bad guy, don't respect her, etc. etc.. Now also saying she is talking to her lawyer and I would be really <deleted>*ked. She divorced her ex years ago after he had affaires with all of her friends so she has experience to be bitter and aggressive. (Unbelievably), I am not violent or demanding, do not drink or smoke cigarettes. I have a puff of weed in the evenings. No girlfriends and am friendly with people of the village. (Sun shines out my ...) My Thai speaking is very limited although I am trying. This village has people from Laos from a long time ago and so a kind of patois is spoken here. (Yes, I should be fluent Thai now but I'm not, sorry). So, how nasty can it all get? I have just enough money to live on and I am a very, very long way from wealthy. Also, here is the home I built and where I would like to remain. Thanks in advance for any comments.