Rampant Rabbit

Havent lived with  mine  for over 18 years ( thankfully) no problems  yet, home visit  once in all that time, she was there for that but  only by chance as they didnt make ann appoinment. She does show up  for the annual visa fiasco though.

looks  like the typical 1  second attention span I notice regularly here. Wonder what pressure the tyres were at? as looks  like an overloaded type delivery pick up  with the stainless  steel accoutrements.

3 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Thai's very smart

depressing really

35 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

I don't mean to be picky but this year the heat and lack of rain is exceptional. 

No it isnt, had  worse in Pranburi about 6 years  ago maxed out at 43.5 but the following 3-4 years have been really good for rain didnt go over 39 and  not as hot as those 2-3 years of higher heat. This year 6 days at 41c so far and  drier than the previous 3-4

Pranburi/Prachuap is already one of the driest provinces in Thailand. Of course unlike the govt here I planned for this when I moved there with two deepwater wells and a one rai lake and all rainfall is collected into that lake via  various channels......one receievd 750,000 views on tik tok with numerous  comments in Thai asking me how I did it and maybe to run for governer of Bangkok.......they didnt know I was a dirty Flang though  

22 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I would define scam as paying a 400bht bill with a 1000bht note, and being given 100bht change ............... "no, you gave me a 500bht note". Probably the most common taxi/bar scam in Thailand.

 

How many times a day can you afford to lose a tenner?

I keep a 1000 baht note in my ash tray in my pick up ( older  toyotas since sold\) for emergencies etc, took the car to the car  wash place and when I got it back the 1000 had become a 100............ complained and was told prove it, called our Policeman who negotiated a 500 baht  refund without liability ect.............it  goes on for sure. Still  lost 400 though. Needless to say slagged  off that car wash to everyone I met

8 hours ago, Mike Teavee said:

If you defer starting your pension then it should still accrue yearly cost of living increases so it might be worth anybody approaching State Pension age & facing a frozen pension to consider deferring it for a few years whilst current increases are so high, as a bonus your pension will increase by 1% every 9 weeks.

This is my  plan as I come from a  line of  long livers, Mother currently 96 still driving lives  alone without help. Ill wait until at least 70 maybe more but I wouldnt be surprised that they remove entirely pensions for anyone living overseas. As stated with information technology ie BIG BROTHER they will know your every move. Glad my working years when I was self employed didnt have much of this crap that youngsters seem to embrace. The taxman lost out big time to CASH when I worked and Ill go to my grave particularly  happy  about that.

Breaking news, PM to address  water shortage , plan drawn up , meetings scheduled to start September October

18 minutes ago, 1happykamper said:

Dishonest doesn't call for violence. The brit was lucky no machete was pulled out and 5 other Thai didn't beat the crp out of him. 

bwhaaaa  ha  ha, been here  long, I reported a machete  attack police  did  NOTHING

nooooooooooo you  must never hit women.....= rights n all that

5 hours ago, mfd101 said:

Most of the 700 or 800 'generals' have the military competence of the average AN reader.

Steady on!😵

They must be really desperate for money to fund their vote buying   incredible schemes

43 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

wonder how their new sales and profits look like with the new points system and pricing compared to previous years. 

I was thinking of getting the 20 year one when I got to 65ish ( 60now) but with their stupid price increase and the perhaps maybe tax situation I guess its  now 

most are cheaper in Thailand, UK suzuki swift start at £18699 (840kbaht) Thailand 580k baht

1 hour ago, Dmaxdan said:

We have a well maintained 12000 BTU inverter air conditioner in our bedroom. The room is 16 square meters. It is set to 25°C and runs every night from about 7:00pm to 5:30am. 

Our electric bill in April was 1,186 baht.

If my wife didn't use the well pump to water her longan orchard our bill would have been under 1000 baht.

I'm estimating that May's bill may be a little higher but not by much more than say 200 baht.

What I will say is we live out in the sticks so we pay the standard PEA rate. We don't get ripped off by some unscrupulous condo landlord.

My bills  normally lower than I posted but due to there being NO water in the village this year I have to use my own deepwater  well (2) which has increased my monthly cost.....I water  about 1 acre of garden trees with small sprinklers at the base of each tree (2-300)  so as not to waste  water, its basically drip irrigation as the spray does not spray an area more than 2sq feet......whereas  locals  use sprinklers and reckon most  of it evaporates

1 hour ago, gamb00ler said:

Your figures don't take into account the actual amount of heat that the air conditioner must transfer from the room to maintain the selected temperature.  Obviously a well insulated room allows less heat from outside to raise the inside temperature.  Less power is needed to remove less heat.  The "average" consumption needs to be adjusted for different circumstances.

my  point entirely as many houses here have awful windows/doors and often zero insulation + single redbrick or concrete block with no sealing. My house is surrounded by trees  I planted 12  years  ago to mitigate the heat, none of the walls get any sunlight, even the aircon unit itself is mounted high up on the wall to help out of the sun. AAc blocks were too expensive when I built so I went  with this 

1 hour ago, itsari said:

12000 btu airconditioner will on average use 1kw per hour . 720 hours in the month will equate to 3600 baht . 

heres the  bill from yesterday, this  also includes a  deep well pump thats  running 4 hours a  day @750w and 27 x7watt leds lights on 12 hours per  night .................surely any cost would depend on the insulation you  have............and mines very VERY well insulated

47 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Keep in mind, you'll need to trim your doors and trim and whatnot. 

 

Unless I were doing it myself, and was certain the existing were sound, I would not consider it. 

 

You can always hit it with a grinder to knock the glaze off and just go with thin-set. 

you can use this without primer https://www.th.weber/en/webertai-flex

including in shower areas etc 

41 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

I want to retile a bathroom top to bottom. I just figured on taking out the old tile first was the only option. Am I wrong?????

If the tiles are  well stuck down you dont need to remove them, tap  them to see if they sound  hollow as many Thai tilers are crap hollow ones need to be removed, Ive just found this primer made by Davco and available in Thailand for non porous  tiles ie shiny ones  https://aus.sika.com/en/construction/tile-stone-installationsystems/primers-additives/davco-ultrabond.html

This is the Australian site  but you can buy it in Thailand here https://www.pbtechno.co.th/product/davco-ultrabond/

Failing that run an angle grinder over the tiles if they are  glossy at a  shallow  angle ie not the usual vertical position, make sure you clean the tiles down really well, you dont want ANY  dust at all. After youve cleaned the walls  wet ypour finger tips, run them over the walls, if you get dust on them they arent clean enough