Pawpcorn

.5mg Alprazolam (Xanax) gets me through the occasional night where 1/2 through the sleep cycle, some anxiety-provoking thoughts / worries / problems have made continued sleep impossible. Xanax is effective during daytime hours, too. Good news is Thai doctors seem to have very little resistance to prescribing Xanax. NOT FOR DAILY USE, afaik.

This is such a GOOD TIP! Works well for my locale in ISSAN territory too! Thank you!

Mine arrived today... the SSA letter had the mailing date of June 27, 2022 typewritten on it... Arriving 11 days later is pretty nice, back to Pre-Covid mail performance (such a welcome change!)

Yup, got mine today, checked all the NO boxes, signed it poorly, and mailed it back same day... Certified, Priority, Registered, Air Mail, cost me 325 Baht for this high priority method! Figured it was worth my peace of mind...

Well, must say the nipple was used brilliantly to make his tattoo be... unable to be unseen, once seen... ????

What is this?

Google image search nailed it: https://www.italia.it/en/sardinia/sassari/la-maddalena-archipelago-national-park

Reality Check... will set in quickly, for any high-end tourists who buy into the smoke-and-mirrors con being attempted here...

I will see if we can find out! They are not friends with my partner... but I will try to find out. ????

Gotcha there, thanks for the reminder... Now I wonder about the little plastic piggies I put in my current toilet to make the toilet water blue, and supposedly make the toilet easier to keep clean... Do you know if these also destroy the Bacteria inside a Septic Tank that works on the Nitrogen process? Thanks again, Pawpcorn

Educating the partner who is #1 lead guy for the house design... is a frequent task. Just added THIS trap to my Lazada cart, and showed said partner the MANY many forms of vent traps, for shower drain, thank you! https://www.lazada.co.th/products/qengjerng2394-backflow-preventer-toilet-sewer-plug-trap-insectproof-anti-odor-hair-trap-shower-drain-stopper-deodorant-floor-drain-core-i2663143943-s9581746455.html?

This IS my tendency, to be sure (as a life-long engineer). The extension of this, now living here, is to take on the task of "planning for unforeseen circumstances", since that trait seems not to be a strong suit here, thus the abundance of "surprise" events occurring, due to ghosts, spirits, etc. ????

Much thanks for the additional input, information, and support! Take care, Pawpcorn

Thanks for the advice! Consultations with all of the above ideas and input will commence tomorrow! Thanks again, Pawpcorn

Thanks for both your answers... (and questions). (Our 2 "septic tanks", as I was calling them, is really just TWO of those concrete "soakaways" you referenced, each one 4 cylinders deep. I had thought to call them "septic tanks", I guess in error, sorry about that!) Your interest and responses helped me RE-open up the discussion with my partner, who has designed the house, and whose family construction company is constructing the house. I TOO wanted to just let the gray water go into a trench of sorts, to just soak into the ground; it seemed simple enough. BUT our house is adjacent another house, about 15 feet away, on that side... There IS no public works storm drain system in this rural farmland country area. My partner has said repeatedly that just dumping the gray water out into a trench to just soak into the ground "would not be polite" to the neighbor. However, with your feedback, it added some weight to my PRIOR "argument" (IE suggestions) to just let the gray water flow freely out into a shallow trench alongside the house... AND I REITERATED that (to the best of my knowledge) the water would NOT have any evil scent coming from it! Anyway! NOW, (after the renewed discussion!) he has told me that he will discuss this situation at some length, with the building foreman (husband of his niece) in charge of the project... tomorrow. ...well I guess I was using the wrong term, there are just TWO "soakaways", 4 cylinders deep, into the ground. I had envisioned (IF NECESSARY) just pumping the gray water OUT of the potentially-filled graywater "soakaway", via an electric pump, into watering the plants in the back yard. Thank you SO MUCH for both of your Reponses!!! Pawpcorn (second image below shows the adjacent house) video-1656464249.mp4

We're having a new home built in the rural Northeast Issan country... The house has TWO bathrooms, built side by side, and TWO SEPTIC TANKS, also dug side by side. Fortunately, the water table of the soil is, I believe, rather deep. Originally, the builder was going to port the toilet water AND the sink/shower water from each toilet... into the SAME septic tank (associated with that bathroom). Given the fact that the fumes from the tank would be free to vent back into the shower (no inherent air trap) AND IMPORTANTLY the fact that there is CERTAIN to be abundantly MORE waste water from the shower and sink... I thought it would be wise to port the TOILET water from BOTH bathrooms into ONE septic tank, and all the other (Gray) water from the shower and sinks... into the SECOND septic tank. As an aside, I thought it would be possible, should the gray water septic tank fill up to the top, that it could be force pumped out into the yard, to water the plants. The builder agreed with my request to assign one septic tank as black water, and the other septic tank as gray water, and said he would plumb the feeds accordingly. My question, to our illustrious group here, is... Do you think I was correct in requesting this black vs. grey septic tank design? I'd appreciate any advice and real life experience stories to confirm or reject my thinking on this. Thank You! Pawpcorn

Within the above link:

https://www.thailandtrains.com/bang-sue-grand-station/ is an excellent writeup / reality / fact check on the new station.

I looked into this exact inquiry a couple months ago, and found that the nearest hotels were a decent taxi journey away, distance-wise... The actual conversion of the station into the Primary Destination Train Station seems to be delayed, quite possibly by years, at this point in time, due to multiple factors.

WOW, if I was actually able to meet a soul with this mindset IN UDON THANI... I'd have an actual FRIEND, in my retirement province. What a refreshingly open-minded, well-spoken view!

Scare tactics B S headline, AKA a click bait repetitive topics article, meant to scare who? Current Baht / USD exchange rate matches March 2017, a little over 5 years.

Point taken! 36 baht instead of 18 baht (Khon Kaen to Kumphawapi [80+ km]) wouldn't break the budget, lol.

Same thing happens on the Thai trains! Assigned seating on this train, and I was supposed to sit my 6'4" body between these two big body Thais! Luckily the opposite seat was available!

No, no, no, don't DO that! Please let the baht float where it is, NO REASON TO STRENGTHEN THE BAHT, for the love of God.

I would take these lines as "suggestions", and just do as Thais do... make your lane changes as needed, and maybe plan ahead, next time, to be in the optimal lanes ahead of time. I only hear of police enforcing speed limits, with the cameras/radar, but that said, they ARE an inventive/crafty bunch! ????