surreybloke

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.  

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.     

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.          

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

yes of course    apologies

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.    

yes a real   4 wheel    job 500k up        i see john deere  although I suspect they are something else with a JD  badge.   I also see small  New Holland stuff and yanmar iseki.       The kubota advantage to me is the possibility of patent parts/second hand parts.   I guess there are fitters around who have the skills to repair.       

2 hours ago, steve187 said:

are you saying the motorway is open end to end,

I doubt it will be more relaxed underneath

I am told what there is actually built is open  .     I despair at the driving.     

Can it really be true ?   I love isaan and Korat.   The downside is getting there.  Train is slow and driving is just horrible. I drive up route 2 and feel I need valium afterwards.   Aggressive does not really describe driving standards.   Is the motorway just a racetrack best left alone or will mean those of us who prefer a leisurely  drive be able to use the regular road underneath and enjoy more relaxed experience.  Then there is still the climb up past the cement works   .  

I am thinking of buying the long term  g/f family an agricultural tractor for a small farm .   Her parents are long gone.     Call it a sort of sinsot.      Anyone got any thoughts on makes.   The orange ones look the most used.    I used to work on a horiticultural unit in the uk and remember using Kubotas.     Little experience on other small tractor manufacturers.    The local dealers had some second hand items.  I am guessing these could be repo s .    is there such a thing as farm auctions in Isaan.    I am sure there must be bailiff sales etc.         

condensed milk flavoured  3 in 1 coffee used to be nice    also the tea you see in the south made with condensed milk is good for me especially when its poured over crushed ice.     

Thank you  all for kind replies

Ah yes   New rai lines !!!!

I work in london  UK.   Look what happens when a new rail service is discussed  not even built .     The real issue is splitting up a farm rather buying land. Having said that is is not far from route 2  and a few miles from  the route of the new rail link.   

 BTW I was in Saraburi recently    .     I know folk have mixed feelings about the " Silk Road"    But the  construction is impressive

9 minutes ago, surreybloke said:

 

thank you for that link       the land issue is between thai citizens    

8 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Isaan Lawyers are advertising on this forum.PINNED at the top of this forum.

 

It is not a foreigner trying to own land .   This is a uk based thai citizen 

 

There is an old saying " son is a son until he finds a wife a daughter is for life" 

I would shop around  .     You can get them done in europe for far less  or at least the same

this is in the uk   Cataract Surgery Costs in The UK | Optegra

Trust me i am looking at treatment and much less in central europe.        Fancy a holiday somewhere  china or india  maybe malaysia.  

BTW it is normal to have one done and then go back for the other after healing.    

How about getting an independent assessment at a medical school.   Is she showing symptoms that are causing problems

Where are you   ?     Get out to the provinces if you are in BKK or Pattaya.      KK has a good medical school

I find it quite shocking just how little educated thais actually earn   .    School teachers, public servants and alike.    Mr Farang arrives in village for retirement then builds a house .   Farang dies 10 years later   say late sixties.    Mrs Thai gets some of farang occupational pension and his savings  and maybe  assetts in the west.    Other women must  look at this and think did I pick the right husband.  

But look at this as an example.    Two thai children grow up.   One goes abroad to work maybe marry foreigner.   The other stays behind looks after parents and farm.     Does the one who left owe anything to the one who stayed ? 

jts-khorat , Yes indeed thanks for that .    I think she assumes that she can do the land split  without formality.     I am suspicious that there maybe no will.    Anyway the hunt for a qualified lawyer continues.    

The uk based thai lady friend has a problem back at the family farm in isaan.  She and 2 other sisters regard the family farm as jointly owned.     Sister one in LOS  has her name on the house book , 

sister two has a daughter.   Daughter has had considerable amount of money spent on her education and even had a brand new car bought for her or least a very large deposit.

Daughter is attractive with no kids or any problems.   The daughters education was paid for by wealthy foreign employers .   The idea was that daughter would get a decent job and help take care of her mother in her later years.  

Despite this daughter has not managed to get a decent job and seems to think the foreign money from uk based sister 3 will carry on for ever.    To add to it she has moved back to the family home and found a useless boyfriend actually a local school teacher.    Both are in debt with little sign of ever paying off debts.  They do little to pay the bills.    Both seem to enjoy driving decent cars and posh phones etc.     Boyfriend is effectively moving in and getting his feet under table.     Sister 3 in the UK is angry and wants to split up the land and looking for a decent surveyor. 

I have been trying to find a decent lawyer.   Ideally an english speaking lawyer.  Not so much to start court proceedings but a least give advice on potential outcomes.   A few firms have been suggested but when i asked said legal folk if they are bona fida lawyers conversations seem to stop.   Some firms are not actually thai owned .    

So I am looking for a qualified registered lawyer ideally english speaking and based in isaan     korat or KK    maybe.    I asked a couple of individuals about charging but they did not want to answer that question.  

Any thoughts.  

20 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

She is not living in Pattaya?

Passports are usually sent to the address where she is registered.

Don't know whether and how it can be sent to another address.

I wondered about that.    Apparently  someone will collect the passport from where it is delivered and  bring it back to the UK. Anyway she is off to Central as I type.   

Thank you       I owe you a beer or two      

the gf is with her adult son near Pattaya and has left it to the last minute to get her thai pass port extended.  Not sure why she is bothering.   She lives in uk and has a uk passport.   where does she go as in where is the nearest office  ???

18 hours ago, Steve Mee said:

 

Yes there is.  Here:  https://www.mrkumka.com/en/carinsurance/    https://checkdi.com/th/car/main?lg=en

thanks for that.    What are the classes of insurance ?

There was someone in a shop in korat who almost refused to sell the latex pipe printer.   Ironically Cannon have a factory south of korat where they make printers and copiers.      I wonder if the shop owner knows something about printers.   ???

even more bizaare is that I know a lady who works in said factory and cannot buy the factory product