Longwood50

I can recommend Euro Optic Royal Gardens : +66 81 861 3468

The woman is from the Philipines speaks fluent English. Very modern equipment.  With that said, prices for glasses are expensive.  Seems to be true throughout Thailand.  

Not sure if the bylaws of this community or any other cover abandoned property. I live in a gated community and have exactly the same situation with abandoned properties and its bylaws do not address attending to abandoned homes.  In the USA it is typically a provision of a homeowner association that to protect the value of the other homeowners that the association maintains the right to attend to the property and assess costs that are liens against the home.  The governmental units will also maintain things like broken windows, abandoned cars, unkept lawns and assess a tax lien against the property and eventually foreclose on it. 

 I also don't know if a provision could be added to the existing bylaws but I see no reason why it could not. 

If the bylaws contained a provision that required each Chanote owner to maintain the property for the common good and if not maintained the community would undertake needed maintenance and repair but assess the Chanote for its cost just like unpaid community fees.   If it is a bank owned property I would invoice them for the services if they chose not to maintain their property.   I would 'think" that the juristic entity would have some rights to legally press the bank for reimbursement of services provided by the Juristic Entity. 

Certainly after I believe after 10 years a property openly maintained by another such as a juristic entity could have its ownership taken by the entity.  

That of course does not good if the value of the home is less than the outstanding mortgage to the bank.  

9 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Why is it that when people refer to Ireland, they don't say Northern Ireland or The Republic of Ireland. Don't they know they are two separate countries? One is part of the UK and one isn't.

Yes that is true.  However I think most regard the warmth and congeniality of the Irish "people" whether they reside in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.  I have traveled in both.  There is no "border signs" no going through customs etc.   



 

34 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

So...opened the local paper and read out crime after crime. All committed within the past few days.

There is crime all over.  There are areas of the USA that I would fear as much as Mexico.  Major thing difference in Mexico is that you probably have as much to fear from the police as the criminals.  

In California they decriminalized shoplifting.  Now it is rampant with people knowing they wont be charged.  In Mexico, those that conduct armed robberies, kidnapping, rape etc are also rampant knowing the authorities will do nothing to them.  Total lawlessness. 

23 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Only 10-20 percent of eateries have resumed business but "have been mostly empty,"

It is very easy to kill a business but considerably harder to revitalize one.  Once patrons stop a routine of going out to eat it does not immediately resume once the restaurant re-opens.  Also with no alcohol, there are some who would prefer to dine at home with a glass of wine rather than go out and be limited to water and soft drinks. 

Just now, pkrv said:

Not true - you can register with the 13 digit Covid registration ID you get after your vaccination, starting 6000000xxxxxxx. I have this and there's a thread on AN about doing this.

I didn't know that.  Thank You

24 minutes ago, MJCM said:

Google Appstore Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mor.promplus&hl=en&gl=US

 

iOS:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/หมอพร-อม/id1559337829

Edited 12 minutes ago by MJCM

Mor Prom only for Thai's can not register without a Thai ID

A person indicated that there is an app for your phone where you can view your covid vaccination records perhaps other medical history as well.   I did a search but could only find sites like Mor Prom and Intervac to make an application for receiving a vaccine.  I could find nothing regarding a site or application that you logged into to view your vaccine records.    Anyone know of what app this is? 

They will legalized here in Thailand but can not be smoked in bars, or after whatever is announced as the quarantine hours. 

23 hours ago, John Drake said:

(Could make Mexico, in the right city, permanent)

A couple of years ago I was in Las Vegas and met a couple from Mexico who had immigrated to the USA.  I asked them about Lake Chapala which is a beautiful mountain area that was extremely popular with expatriates.  

They said it use to be safe but no longer not so much.  I said, well where exactly in Mexico is safe.  The replied NOWHERE.  

Even the resort towns like Cancun, Cozumel, and Los Cabos have experienced the drug gang violence.  They were once sacrosanct as safe because the government knew if tourists feared coming they would shun them.  

Belize was once a haven but not so safe any longer.  Though not without some violence Costa Rica and Panama are probably safer places than anyplace in Mexico. 

The government here is like a dog chasing its own tail.  On the one hand they say they want more tourists but still fully vaccinated tourists with a clean bill of health are required to be in quarantine.  They want tourists but now raise the fee for tourists to enter Thailand.  They want tourists but still require for fully vaccinated tourists extra insurance covering their stay in Thailand.  If every country adopted that, can you imagine the nightmare for tourists who have to get separate policies for each country they visit.  Finally, after all the hassle the government tells the tourist that though you can come, and dine, you can not enjoy a glass of wine, cocktail, or beer with your meal. 

They really should get their act together and figure out whether they want to make it difficult to get into Thailand and discourage tourists or whether they really want tourists and reduce the burden to come here. 

Golf is not a game of perfect

Said a different way, the great golfer makes the fewest mistakes. 

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“Visit Thailand 2022, Now Even More Amazing Thailand Has It All”

Some proposed advertisements for new campaign

8 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

The message is clear - the presence of foreigners in Thailand is tolerated rather than welcomed. 

Yes in the USA you could even enter illegally, get "free healthcare" be treated with lower tuition rates at colleges, get free education for your children, the hospitals are required to have translators available at no additional cost for every language on earth and be eligible for a pension when you turn 66 even though you are illegal and never contributed any money at all into the system.  And which country is showing a lack of common sense.  Certainly not Thailand.  If the government is in some way subsidizing the healthcare certainly extra charges for non-thai's is reasonable.  However for services that are not subsidized, it is clearly just a method of extracting extra money from those that they assume can afford it. 

On 9/25/2021 at 1:43 PM, AgMech Cowboy said:

I'm also hoping someone knows of a company doing this in Thailand. @Longwood50Let me know if you ever get a yes answer, where and who. The other comments where nice, but won't solve 'my' problem., and maybe not yours either.

You are correct.  It would be nice to hear if that sort of service is available in Thailand or not.  Perhaps the cement companies might know. 

The rain has washed out a small section of soil underneath the cement slab that is our driveway.  In the USA there is a process called mud jacking where a high pressure hose injects cement underneath cement slabs.  It is used at times to raise houses that have settled and level them.   I know I can fill the hole with cement but you can not see how far back the hole goes or how deep it is.  If cement could be forcibly injected in the hole so that it was completely filled, it would stop the slab from sinking and eventually cracking. 

Anyone know of a service such as this, or have other ideas on how to fix the hole underneath the driveway cement slab? 

21 hours ago, Fairynuff said:

You apparently have perfected the art of talking through yours

Ah, the snipe.  As said, a person's sexual preference is their business and no one else.  The craving desire on the part of gays, lesbians, transsexuals', etc to publicly proclaim who they like to have sex with shows they are not convinced themselves of its appropriateness and want public affirmation.  

I don't and I don't believe most people do care who are what other people have as a sexual preference.  I don't believe most people care what food your prefer, what drinks you like, what clothes you like to wear, your religion, your politics, or your national heritage,   Those that feel the need to put their sexual orientation on display and clamor for public approval need to do what they want, leave others who don't share their lifestyle out of it, and if they mentally can't deal with that get counseling. 

5 minutes ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

Look at a country like Russia or Muslim countries. Gays are persecuted today for being gay

The fact is that unless someone broadcasts the fact that they are gay.  No one knows.  Your sexual preference should be like your religion or politics.  You have the right to choose it.  However don't expect that I should condone it being taught in the schools, cheer at the parades, be proud of their flag etc.  

As stated the obvious.  When I walk down the street whether it is in Russia, or any Muslim country, no one asks, and no one knows if I am straight or gay.  It is the deliberate actions of those who advocate alternative sexual preference to broadcast it to the world.  That action is what exposes them to those who do not favor that lifestyle.  

To beat a dead horse my sexual preference is my business and I doubt seriously that anyone cares about it.  The same is true of others who embrace the gay, lesbian, transgender lifestyle.  They have this crying need for the rest of the world not just to condone it but to celebrate it and to have it taught in the schools.  Sorry, I respect their right to live it as they choose but just like their  religion or politics, don't ask me to agree with them, adopt them as my own, or have them taught in the public schools.  

Keep your sexual preference like your sexual organs, not out for public display. 

7 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

A very slight, tiny difference between the heterosexual experience and the homosexual experience might account for this wish to parade and demonstrate, both of which are saying to the world, in a strange kind of way, leave us be???

And Will just how does someone know that I am or am not homosexual unless I tell them. The very reason that they potentially are targeted for physical abuse or potential discrimination is this crying need on their part to share their sexuality with the world.  

If the person who is heterosexual is not compelled to fly flags, and march in parades what the heck is the need for those with other sexual preferences to do so?  If they kept their preference to themselves and in the bedroom no one would know and frankly no one would care. 

2 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

They normally just stick to their own. 

No that is not true.  At one time those who were not heterosexual were said to "be in the closet"   Well I am not sure how that differs from heterosexuals who certainly don't and never had heterosexual parades, heterosexual flags, or demand legislative protection for being heterosexual.  

Guess what, when I walk down the street I doubt that many people care or want to know what my sexual preference is and frankly it is none of their business.  

The same should be true for gays, lesbians, transexuals, swingers, or any other variant you can imagine.  Its fine that you have chosen that as your preference.  But stop trying to push it in the schools, have flags hung from the U.S. embassies, and demanding that somehow I embrace that lifestyle and rejoice in it.  Those with other sexual preference lifestyles don't embrace or love the fact that I am a heterosexual.  Your sexual preference is like your religion, or politics.  While I respect and condone your right to choose them, don't expect me to agree with them, or celebrate them.