CanadaSam

I would first consult to owner to confirm that they have your deposit. If so, then draw up a simple lease and sign directly with landlord. If not, then you have a problem as agent will want to see empty, clean condo before returning your deposit.

Totally harmless moth. Quite rare. Please don't harm it. Best idea was to turn off indoor lights, put on outdoor ones, leave window/door open.

Anybody have a suggestion for a company that can remove my curtains, have them cleaned and re-hung? Jomtien area. They're pretty high, so although I can borrow a tall ladder from the building, I am not going risk life and limb for this minor task! Will appreciate any suggestions / help! Thank you in advance.

The simplest and fastest solution would be to send all the cops out with a mandate to fine every offender 500 baht, on the spot, no receipt required! I mean every offender including baht buses that don't pull to the left and block traffic, motorcyclists who don't wear helmets, people who run lights and break every other rule. They would return to the PS at the end of the shift with about a quarter million in cash each day (assuming 500 fines per shift), making EVERYBODY happy including us, due to permanent resolution of all these traffic problems in about a week, I would guess!

I see no crime, or anything wrong done by the girl at all. She slept with a guy twice her age intending to marry him, he paid her tuition as dowry, and was told the balance was to be paid on the wedding day (probably the cost of the wedding). She moved in with him, and lived with him as husband/wife awaiting the wedding day. He started to object to her wearing skimpy outfits (idiot) and then like a crybaby, he goes running to her parents, which made the girl furious and call the marriage off. IMO, totally his fault, and he has NO reason to demand any money back at all!

I really wonder if anybody in authority reads these news reports and realizes that it makes LOS a laughing stock in the eyes of the world?

I buy mine at large roadside markets where they sell all manner of meats and vegetables, fruits etc. You have to mention the Thai name: Look Gra Wan or Look Gar Wan. It also helps if you can show them a picture or two on your mobile. Real cheap, about 15-20 baht for a small packet. Sometimes comes with leaves which I don't know what to do with, so I discard.

Every branch of every bank has different rules and policies! Just take a fair amount of cash and your passport, and keep walking in to banks to open an account. By the end of the day, you will have at least a couple of accounts opened, I'm pretty sure!

Try cardamom, absolutely delicious in hot tea!!!

Sure. POA & Usufruct is workable, but far from foolproof. Hope you are aware that the actual owner can sell the place anytime for a bargain price, by making the buyer aware of the arrangement, who would only need to wait for you to pass away before moving into his heavily discounted home?

Having driven in at least 10 countries, one unwritten rule has been ingrained into my mind, the larger vehicle is not to be messed with! For a bike rider (who was, by the way, driving in the right "fast" lane obviously slower than the taxi who overtook him) to engage in a "heated argument" with a car (the bigger vehicle) was unwise, IMO. Not to say that sticks and knives should be used in any type of confrontation, but if you're smaller, accept the lesson, stay off the fast lane, and don't pick fights with guys bigger than you.

Well, thank you for saving us 300 baht, and in the same year that you announced you will be taxing us hundreds of thousands of bath on our foreign incomes / pensions.

Somebody please explain why, in the US, the people can vote with a majority for a Presidential candidate, but that candidate can lose, through something called "electoral congress" or some such thing. Not much different from Thailand, innit, where a majority win by the popular people's vote is summarily dismissed and someone else gets to lead the country!

I would bet that the per capita consumption of pork in Thailand is one of the highest in the world.

dddave, fascinating man, would love to meet one day.