Fred white

6 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Ah, so what?  Tile is cheap.  Labor is cheap.  If they break it they fix it for free.

 

Listen, I built my own home in America. 

 

Everything. 

 

Didn't hire a single contractor, except a guy with a bulldozer who leveled the area prior to construction.  

 

Design, foundation, plumbing, electrical, interior finish, exterior finish, stucco, painting, roof, windows, doors, bond beans, walls, flooring, solar system, wind generator, fence, shed, driveway, landscaping.

 

Only hired day laborers @ $10/hour to help out.

 

I even dug a 4' deep trench for the drainage with two Mexican jornoleros.

 

Dude. 

 

I Guarantee you NOBODY here has done this, except me. ✓

 

Not even professional contractors.

 

No brag, just facts.  Most contractors I met live in trailers ("manufactued housing") because they are too busy working and most ain't got a pot to <deleted> in because alcoholic and or drugs.

 

Wrong me and my wife built our house in the US we didn't hire labor I did pay for a septic tank system. I worked for a contractor when I got out of the military he had a nice house wasn't a druggie or alcoholic of course our house didn't have a bond bean in it

10 hours ago, Lee4Life said:

I built my own computer desk, I spent days looking for a decent desk for a dual screen setup, the best I could find still had a press-board top. The one I built looks good, cost a fraction of the cost and will be having grand-kids when the other one is long gone.

   I built my own bunk beds, the bunk beds available where I live are junk and the beds available in other places are outrageously priced and don't include shipping,

          I replace my own water pumps, I don't have anyone available who will do a decent job, besides...I rather enjoy the work as I am not one to sit around.

          You asked the question, did you really even expect an answer? Or were you just trolling?

 

              

 

The problem I have with wood working is finding good material I built a cabinet to hold our gas cylinder in and put a microwave on top of bought the material from mega home couple of months later I noticed saw dust and small holes in the wood it was infested with some kind of termite

2 hours ago, toolpush said:

How does a bypass make it easy to swap out? Secondly, where are the unions on the inlet and outlets that would enable an easy swap out?

Some of these pumps have bolt on flanges mine does

17 minutes ago, BigFun said:

Well, the statement was from.the PM and ex leader of the armed forces...how much higher CAN it go? 

One more step

56 minutes ago, Melbun said:

No doubt about it. The government is correct. Mate they are only cashiers and hostesses serving drinks - much like airline stewardesses. No different for sure.

They're just selling high priced condums then giving instructions on how to use them

11 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

In this topic we talk about air pollution caused by the burning of sugar cane .

We do not talk about rice or fruit farmers , as fruit farmers do not burn their trees after the harvest ... do they ...?

Apprenez a lire , mon cher monsieur ...

But some of the rice farmers burn the stubble off their fields

11 hours ago, chilli42 said:

Well, they don’t want to lose the votes.  Remember that Over 50% of the population lives in rural areas. And frankly these people don’t give a &$@? what happens in Bangkok.  Also, they lack the education and understanding regarding the danger they are doing to themselves ... they have been doing this way since the year get go.

And the money to buy the equipment to harvest the cane

1 hour ago, Sumarianson said:

If people stop buying sugar cane products, that will put a stop to a lot of it. That will also result in a healthier population. 

The government is inept and the cause of many respiratory illnesses in children and adults. The government should be sued for the cost to the public for the health costs as they have the power to stop the burning but do not have the political will. A tariff on sugar which is in itself is a known health hazard would be an option. Of course the proceesds to be used to compensste farmers and enforce the law not to be pocketed by the corrupt officials in government.

Sorry I ain't giving up my sugar But I use it in moderation anything used excessively is bad

1 hour ago, DrTuner said:

If I understood correctly, the ethanol used in the E-fuels comes from sugar cane. I'd rather use gasoline without ethanol, but it's not widely available anymore.

They can grow corn to produce ethanol during a good year with plenty of rain probably raise 2 or 3 crops

On 1/21/2020 at 5:14 AM, SoonOh said:

Good idea TAX to the limits,  Divert all taxes to sex education. 

Legalize prostitution and at the same time impose harsh punishment for mental/physical rape.

The money would just go to buy more Strykers

On 1/20/2020 at 8:39 AM, Dimple said:

I’m afraid that next years ‘smokey season’ will be worse than this year and worse the year after that and so on until the people assigned to handle the situation actually DO something. 

They ain't they're just going to keep buying submarines

36 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Sack the governors, after the first two or three have been removed you will see a change in attitudes!!!!

Start with doing away with the very top person then the ones under him might change if not get rid of them

Locally where the farmers have harvesting equipment they have been bailing the leaves the main ones burning are the ones cutting the cane by hand

59 minutes ago, overherebc said:

And you were obviously trained as a rescue diver, like me, based on the Cartesian Diver system. As you will know this is used when the baking powder runs out.

As an ex sailor I served on surface ships and trained to keep them on top of the water what's the deal with the baking powder

4 hours ago, SoilSpoil said:

If you can only discipline kids by wacking them, I hope you dont have kids.

I don't know I got whacked several times once with a military web belt I will never shoplift again I'm 62 and don't have problems. Spanking a child might be ok within reason in school it was done by the principal in the office if it was a female it was done by a female teacher in the office with a paddle not a stick in front of the class

7 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Walmart could also bring in own ideas of customers sartorial elegance.

At least some of these Thai girls would look good in their PJ's ????

1 hour ago, TooBigToFit said:

These are in the city mostly.

 

Two are part of huge monopolies

Makro

CP owns Makro, 7ELeven, True Phones, and so much more. Makro is part of this huge CP monopoly in Thailand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charoen_Pokphand

 

Tops

Tops is owned by Central Group which also owns Robinson, KFC, and a zillion other businesses like HomeMart and 40 hotels. Big C was founded by Central Group. Not sure how it is connected now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Group

 

Independent

Villa

Here's the story of Villas. Good for city people but most of the country has nothing like this.

https://shoponline.villamarket.com/about

 

Foodland

If you live in BKK or a few cities you might have access to it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foodland_(Thailand)

Villa and foodland are the only reason I go to Pattaya I'll go about every 3 or4 months and stock up on stuff I can't get where I live my wife uses truvia and Villa is the only place that carries it and even they will only have 2 or 3 items

2 hours ago, zydeco said:

To be honest, Lotus is going that way. Something happened about three years ago and they've been cleaning out what I used to consider the farang aisles. At least at my Lotus. No more canned salmon for salmon croquettes, no more taco shells, no more sour cream, no more white onions, and a reduction in pasta varieties.

2.5 years and I've never seen taco shells or sour cream in either one of the Tesco's close to me I used to get garlic salad sauce that I would use as dip they haven't had it in over 2 months

14 hours ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

so let's start with the sister of this genius politician...than cousins...than an auntie or two...i am sure they won't mind to contribute their fare share for the sexual welfare of humanity.

 

 

Depends on what they look like ????

18 hours ago, overherebc said:

Don't know all the details but on UK news they are reporting the whole gov'has resigned. Where would that leave Putin???

I don't know but he named a previously unknown as PM

There's a national park close to where I live for Thai nationals it's 40 baht falong 400 baht and you can't walk the trails with out a guide