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maybe should carry a brick while crossing, let them see it no stop,then a brick through the windscreen, 555

hi there anyone got information of how to renew my 5 year driving licence on koh Phangan? do i have to travel to Samui to do this? i know i need copies.etc but do i also need medical certificate? if so where do i get this as i assume it has to be the same day? Do i need to do the online thing too before going ? do i need to book an appointment or can i just turn up? Thanks

yup, they can afford to live if they hold out the begging bowl for all the benefits now tell me how a pensioner on state pension can afford to live while renting, without going begging fpr government handouts ? yet a pensioner on state pension can live reasonably well in Thailand , if he doesn't drink all day and eat western food all the time and live in expensive condos try getting an appointment at your doctors quickly, or getting to see a specialist at the hospital look at the basic bills in the uk. Water, gas, electric, rates, cost of motoring, train fares, parking fees, etx, etc yes food can be cheaper, as with beer, but that applies to Thailand too , if you eat local. Try eating in Thai restaurants and see how much a simple Pad Thai will cost you i have family in Uk, but neither want to, or afford to move back, just driving around is a nightmare of fines and restrictions, so much more easier and relaxing to live here in Thailand, apart from the visa problems, but that's only once a year anyway

is this deaths of people found to have covid after death by other causes, or healthy people dying because of covid only ? Remember how they inflated the number of covid deaths, even from people with heart attack's, cancer, etc

where is this place ? Lived in Nakhon Phanom for 6 years, never heard of it Left 2 years ago, so a new place ?

Water Shortages ??? On Koh Phangan here we get water, if lucky. 1 hour every second day ! 6 am till 7 am, my washer takes 56 minutes to do a load, so impossible to do it been on the cold showers and water tubs for the toilets for a while

so where is the load bearing on a small 4x4 extension ? Two side walls will be tied to the existing building , with only two corners to form the front wall the only load onto the new walls would be on the front wall, which would have a wll plate fixed to fasten the lightweight steel mono pitch roof to , with the high point of the roof fixed to the existing building, so no load on the side walls from the roof are you saying 100mm oe 125mm blocks are not strong enough to stnd up and the bonded corners are not sufficient ? Surely the bonded corners ar as strong as the clip or nails the use to tie the blocks in with ?

thanks 100mm is stock where i am, but could go to 125mm , just creates more problems around the door and window, which are 100mm not sure what you mean by ring beam for roof ? Its a mono pitch, fixed at the high point to the existing building, with the only light load being on the front wall, which would have a steel wall plate strapped down, which would spread the light weight on the full width why the need or a concrete beam ? where is the load bearing , apart from the front wall? which will have minimal load ?

thanks putting lintols over openings is a given, standard practice used foam before with windows, due to fixing problems in the cheap concrete blocks But rof will be a lightweight mono pitch steel roof, fixed to existing house wall, with steel wall plate at the other end+ its an extension rather than a separate building, tied two sides to existing building and one front wall with door and window +size is 4mx4m max, so not a large unit or large spans I have built a couple of dwarf walls using these blocks with 45 degree angles and surprised how strong the actually are when impacted

100mm is standard bock size in many countries. especially the UK. So not sure why the need for a post on the corner when it would be cross bonded, which would be as strong, if not stronger then butting up to a post each side ? Ant the roof would be lightweight steel, mono pitch, bearing on to a steel wall plate, so spreading the light load ? No wind shear to factor in, wil be built between existing buildings, so sheltered from sun and wind

they are reasonably solid, unlike the cheap concrete hollow blocks, and are bonded with adhesives rather than sand and cement

Hi there thinking of building a small 4m x 4m room using the lightweight blocks , 100mm thick , build off a concrete slab Any reason why i need to use concrete posts on the corners, instead of just bonding the corners? The roof will be a lightweight steel frame with steel sheets over, so no weight on the walls Seems to be the norm to use either standard concrete posts, or to form reinforced posts on the corners and intermediates Thanks

so more tourists to rip off with their ridiculous fares and to an island that is struggling to provide enough water to the existing population ?

had quite a few speeding tickets over the years, had about 12 under my desk Told by Thais not to bother paying them so never did even the roadside stops, would argue no photo, no pay and again not paid one for years have no problem taxing my motors , was taxed only last month but they are still registered to my old address, so not sure how many they get through the post now where i am, there are no speed limits, no signs, no cameras and very few police, so no worries here ,

maybe because its often cheaper to drink water than a smoothie or a coffee, plus it a nice cool, long drink ?