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surreybloke

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  1. Um reminds me of the song about Ilkley Moor. Bury me / worms eat me up / duck eat worms and someone eats ducks.
  2. Why are they allowed to drag these poor creatures around the streets. I like those you tube videos of the elephants in Khao Yai . See them trashing cars when they do not get fed.
  3. The security guards looked distressed. Did they follow up on it.
  4. You want it cheaper take a thai person and stay out of site. BTW make sure the other party does not know your thai friend works overseas.
  5. The issue is that I want a 20ft container and just pack it myself. I am told that the max weight including container and contents is 28k kg. I will just fill it up once the essentials are in there.
  6. I am trying to ship some possession s from the UK. I have considered using an entire shipping container. Is this possible. ? The freight forwarders do not want to talk to me. The removal companies are difficult and not willing to just rent/sell a container. Shipping containers are easy to buy here in the uk. Any thoughts
  7. I have liver and stomach issues. Many decent hospitals. Remember the best tend to work in different locations. You could try one of the teaching hospitals. Department - SIRIRAJ (mahidol.ac.th) I would just go to one of the local general hospitals
  8. I must admit if you can get off the main routes rural driving can be a pleasure. Try driving down rural back streets when they are drying rice in the road. Never understood the rural dogs sleeping in the middle of the road.
  9. All good if you live around the south east. Qatar/Emirates from regional airports
  10. It appears that BA will start flying again. from Gatwick. not a fan myself but a bit of competition might help.
  11. Travelled south on the M6 recently . Was it worth it ? 80 kph speed limit . Did it shorten the travel time to BKK ? not much. When I left i still had to fight with the wagons in the outside lane as everyone crawled up the hills. Little sign of any work to complete. Managed to miss the start going north.
  12. Ah yes credit unions I forgot about those. Not very common in the UK . A decent savings rate in the UK is 5 % plus. I am just looking at alternatives to the run of the mill legacy banks. Yes deffo leave most of it back home
  13. Looking at some kind of semi retirement in LOS. I do have a savings account with the BKK bank. The interest rate is not worth having. Fees eat up interest. I looked at the table of interest rates and it is a joke. To be honest If I compared the thai legacy banks with the same in the uk the miserable savings rates seem to be the same. I have my retirement pots of cash in various less well known institutions here in the uk. Has anyone come across anything worth looking at in LOS. To be honest I am only looking at a modest investment in LOS. Maybe enough for visa requirement s maybe a bit more .
  14. I meant that you should make sure a decent fitter carries out those tasks. To be honest if you listed the tasks a bus / hgv fitter should be able to do most jobs. I used do tractor servicing/repairs in a previous life. I did notice a new new holland (ford) dealer being built recently on route 2 south of KK. The annoying thing about dealers is that they will insist on using NH branded spares etc.
  15. any half decent plant fitter should be ok do not forget to grease the centre bearing on the front axle often get neglected. You need get an owners manual . When were the filters last changes and the fuel filter drained. Gearbox / transmission oil checked ?? pto guard in good condition ??
  16. Ivorbiggun2 many thanks for the links . Some detailed reading there . Incidentally I am looking at giving the gf some money to the gf and buying a small plot next to the main house . Then looking at a lease or userfruct or maybe some sort of lease and superficie (spelt wrong i guess) . The lawyer issue is that the three sisters are not all together and in agreement. The sister with grown up child is ok but seems to ok with daughter bf moving in . The two other sisters are against this. My worry is that as the sisters get old and start dying the daughter and male friend maybe husband will take over . I need a lawyer to encourage them to make adequate wills and consider various contingencies. To be honest I am not convinced the three sisters have that much knowledge either.
  17. My uk lady friend has an issue as posted previously. We have found a a decent lawyer as suggested by a member on this forum . I meeting up with the lawyer in a few weeks. Essentially there are 3 sisters and only one with children . One of the children has found a male friend who is trying to move in and take up permanent residence. Essentially we are trying to split the land and come to some sort of arrangement with the house. . In the mean time can someone help me out with a couple of questions. Her family have land and a house but not on the same plot. There is a name on the house book. We are advised to get a copy of the Chanot. What is the house book if it is not a proof of ownership. Also what are those metal signs I see in the countryside with what look like lists of names. Are they lists of land occupancy or ownership or something else.
  18. Not really getting involved. Trying to provide a little support. The brown shirts appear to like naming and shaming. The annoying thing is there are 3 women (sisters) who are looking after this land. If there were 3 brothers would it be different. A lot of foreign earned money has been spent . I sometimes wonder if foreign money appears to being spent on houses and farms if it causes some resentment with the locals.
  19. The gf s sister has a daughter who in turn is co habiting with one of the local cops and possibly one of the better brown shirts. To be honest i wonder about the power of naming and shaming.
  20. Thank you recom 273. Distance maybe 1/4 mile maybe less. I had similar thoughts about sd card. I was thinking of putting something on a tall heavy duty bit of steel pipe concreted in the ground.
  21. The gf family farm is under constant attack from petty theft . Fish from the ponds one week and something else another week. We are thinking of installing some kind of cctv camera with maybe a small solar / battery set up . She wants some kind of sd card storage any thoughts
  22. Has anyone tried to use long distance buses from the airport . There used to be a few . The lady is going route 2 with a load of luggage. I know there are other ways.
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