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Cruise control should be banned. All it does is allow drivers to hog the centre lane going, usually, slower than the rest of the traffic.

No. Stupid drivers should be banned. Cruise control is great.

Never lend money, full stop. She probably lost it gambling again. Same up here in the NE, heard it all before.

Farangs, do not lend money.

I never lift the hood but have seen taxi drivers tend to do it a lot. I think they lift the hood to cool the engine and also extend the life of the rubber hoses and other parts of the car engine. I don't think there is any benefit in cooling the engine block itself.

Surely it goes a bit further than there being no benefit in cooling the engine block itself. Surely it is of a detriment to cool the engine block. Engine block runs most efficiently when they are hot. Cooling them down so as to help save rubber hoses and other auxiliary components seems a bit daft.

Exception of course is if the car has a problem with over-heating. But as i say, in my neighbourhood the people that do this hood raising thing aren't the people running ten year old ragged taxis, they are people with brand new cars who don't travel very far. Seems silly to me.

I tried to understand what you were saying OP, but had to give up. If you care to explain in more detail, I'll give it another go.

if you want a girl half your age why would you do anything other than pay her salary monthly like you would the maid?

indeed

even bigger question to ask, if you have girl half your age how can even you fool yourself that it be true love!??

Get an IDP and get the lass to phone her insurance company to confirm you can drive with her cover, best safe than sorry eh,

Sounds fair to me, apart from the weird rules on sick leave.

Basically 15 two-day paid sick leaves can be taken per year, without the need for any piece of paper.

No paper needed means it's just paid holidays.

Where is the employer protected here? Can he send over a control doctor?

I'd rather see them get a 5 day working week, and get rid if a sick leave system wide open to abuse.

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OK so the guy knifed it, which is not pretty, but we do not know what led up to the story here. If me and a problem then a whack with a baseball bat would have sorted it, no blood and no crying from some here.

PS, thats not a Golden Retriever. it's a cross of oooodles of dogs.

Bugs will eat the plaster board on walls and the wood. Thai folk are not interested in ''cosmetics'' so everything is visible to take care of if an infestation.

Was aiming for the deep end of the pool.

If your happy like we are then noooooooo worries.

If you can't keep yourself busy, bluie, you have no business living in Isan. Simple as that.

I'm not busy.

At last a sound reply. I never understood why people would come to live here and be so busy all the time that they don't even have time for a walk. Surely stress is not good but stress in 32C temperature is really bad.

Yes, indeed, Tanaka, a walk is a necessity for most people to keep themselves reasonably fit. I walk for two hours or more a day.... and call that part of keeping busy. Being busy doesn't have to be stressful.

In Ubon we have a big DIY store called Watsidu, or spelled similar , that has many types and sizes of wheels with tyres. Just a thought that you had a similar store near you.

Is there a "sweet spot" to try and drill into the tiles (have not done this), or can you just go through any spot you'd like?

I will choose the centre of a tile. I usually pin punch a small indentation before drilling on the wall or tile.

http://en.wikipedia....ki/Punch_(tool)

The dreaded PMT. Followed me all my life. We must bite the bullet, no other way. ........

Probably not going to buy one but if I did it would be the turbo but I am disappointed it only comes in leather. Why anyone would chose leather in a stick-to-your-back tropical climate escapes me.

Leather is not really an issue in an airconditioned car... And it is just as fresh as any other material.

Where I live I am known by my Thai name of, Puke.

This angers me and is very disrespectful, and I always respond by saying; it`s Khun Puke if you don`t mind.

I appreciate the concern that some folks have for my plight, not that I deserve it or even want it.

Some state that without knowledge of the Thai language, I will be lost or incapable of functioning as an adult.

That said, I don't think that one would have to ingratiate and/or immerse oneself in a language to merely visit a place for a limited amount of time. I think that if one were to go to Brazil, Germany, China, or India, one could get by without having to learn the dialect of each specific country.

Most LOS folk who went to school learn a little English . I was never taught Thai at my UK school.

What about the first Christmas cracker "trust me" it wont blow your hand off and I promise you'll look cute in the paper hat.

If staying faithful does not include short-time gropes/fondles/sex then all is well. Thai woman get angry about "Mia Noi's" and knowing that you have bar-fined a girl. Anything they do not know about does not count!

Mine has truly earned it.

However it not only has to be earned, one must also be willing to give it and be trustworthy yourself.

Not easy !!!

Yermanee

Is there anybody posting right now who can honestly say that their wives would allow them to go to Pattaya with their friends without her? Although I have taken her with me sometimes, she knows I don't go to the girlie bars (I don't drink alcohol). Before someone asks me why I go there, there is more to Pattaya than girlie bars.

Hello ime from Liverpool, work in Mexico,and live with my wife and 2 daughters in Phon Thong near Roi et, i work 8 on 3 off and we are half way through building a house, i am waiting for delivery of a Kawasaki Versys any day now and would live to meet some westerners around this area as i only know my wifes family and freinds,

Nice to be a part of this forum

Providing the engine provides enough oil pressure to float the big and main bearings at idle you can idle all day long.

Idle all day long? We still taking about engines?

It really depends on what youve been doing with your turboed intercooled truck, if youve been out on a shopping trip or sight-seeing, fine, turn it off when you park, if youve just bought a load of Fertilizer or Cement ect and the truck has worked hard, the turbo will be red hot, so its best to let it idle for a few mins to cool turbo and restrict heat damage to the spindle seals,

There maybe something in that.

I've heard that they sell some after market kits to avoid the turbo overheating...but I don't 'buy' that ...to settle down for a few minutes after running hard sounds good thou...

Come on mow chaps, 2 wore out, 2 did not. ..................................