Boksida

you know anyone who's still with the same woman after 30yrs in this country, mmmm, i dont,

You need to get out more.

You can probably get a detached house or townhouse in Lampang within your budget if that is of any interest. There are quite a few teachers living in what is now called Soi Farang. Are you going to be teaching in Lampang? If so, the other expat teachers at your school should be able to help you get set up.

The Red's refuse to negotiate, what else can the Govt do?

Resign?

I am not here ' Thai Bashing ' or anything like that. But who the hel_l in there right mind would want to be a Thai Citizen ??

The only benefit from it is that you can own land in Thailand. That is the one and only benefit. A Thai would still never see you as a Thai person.

Most people do it to secure their business interests. It has many benefits for company ownership.

Are we including vote buying as democratically elected?

I guess we have to, as all parties, including the Democrats, buy votes as a matter of course in electorates where they consider they have a chance of winning.

where is everyone?

anyway thought i might post on regardless, maybe some lurkers that love my posts

We are lurking waiting for your tips - you're doing pretty good so far.

Well done Abhisit the Reds will hate you even more now

Can they hate any more than they did before?

Good point! As if the more hard core brainwashed reds are EVER going to vote democrat in their lifetimes.

I know lots of people who have never voted for the Democrat party in their lives and probably never will. Most of them also have no interest in the red movement.

Due to so many online viewers UDD TV have announced they are upgrading the systems so may be offline now and again.

http://www.uddthailand.com

read the governmet have knocked out some of their capacity but not all

Still on here

The only smartphone with large screen, Wifi, and 2 sim cards is the ACER DX900.

This phone is far to be perfect but is useful to test wifi connection when you travel and be able to use 2 sim cards at the same time.

You can buy it second hand cheap, less than 10000.

The touch screen failed on my DX900 this week so it has now won the triple crown - software, firmware and hardware do not work unless changed by the user.

Tough times nowadays. They might have had the billy lid insured.

What is a good submergance level ??

I asked what was the depth that he would go beyond striking the water level. He repeated something simple he said before re not going more than necessary etc.

20 meters should be good if that is possible as there might be seasonal fluctuations from a shallow aquifer.

Thanks Boksida.

I like the sound of the local guy, not because he is cheaper. In fact when he advises of his per meter price over and above the depth he would go to, I would be happy to pay to go deeper.

He seemed to only want to go as deep as needed, which is good i guess, but is there advantage in going that extra 20m or more than where he recommends to stop ??

No particular reason to go deeper if you have enough water but you may want to ask him what he estimates the standing (or static) water level will be. You need to have a well deep enough that you have good submergence for your pump when installed as the water level in the well goes down when pumping.

Kind of lost me with the

up against some plough pushers from up North

Veera is from Songkhla and was an outstanding opposition spokesman when he was in the Democrat (Abhisit's) party. Jatuporn is from Surat Thani and last I heard, both of these provinces are in the south. I am not sure about Dr Weng as he is relatively new on the scene.

Anyway the bar has been raised for uninformed newbie drivel but, watch out, there is plenty of competition out there.

I have nothing against Abhisit, he is a nice boy but I doubt if his elitist background will ever win many votes outside Bangkok. If we discount the 2006 coup, there is also nothing very unusual or illegal about how he came to be PM of a coalition government. If Thailand is to become a "failed third world state" as some posters claim, he is probably uniquely qualified to lead us forward. After all, he was born and raised in another one and knows what can go wrong.

Mr Wiggle,

I concur with metisdead's comments - air drilling is the norm in consolidated formations. Depth is limited by the pressure rating on the compressor and you could use 10 meters of depth per bar of pressure as a rule of thumb. The other advantage is that you can see how much water your well be able to produce while the drilling is taking place.

Re the other specifications:

6" bore with 4" casing should be fine for the yields you are expecting.

Glued joints will normally be OK if care is taken. I prefer to add stainless steel screws or pieces of PVC rod to assist with tensile strength but not absolutely necessary.

I doubt the wall thickness is 8.5mm but rather suspect it is the standard pressure rating (in bar) of a class of locally available PVC pipe. Class 13.5 is better but reduces the internal diameter of your well. Specifications are available here.

No problem with single phase power with motors less than 5HP.

The commercial details are up to you and your degree of confidence in the contractor. The local guy may have the better price because he is more confident on how deep he will have to drill at your location. At near to 30 baht per liter for diesel fuel for a thirsty compressor, I pity both the guys.

This is quite a relief for me. After reading this forum I feared I had travelled to a parallel universe last weekend but now it looks like somebody else was there too, so maybe it was real after all.

There is another one here.

I have no personal experience with them but saw them mentioned on a forum for dissatisfied ACER users. I believe the drawback is that they are not 3G capable.

I have the same need for a dual sim phone. I have had a G-net which was bulky and not so good on internet connections, a few of the Chinese mini Iphone lookalikes and an Acer DX-900. The Chinese phones all failed for different reasons so I bought the expensive Acer. On paper this does everything you would need, has two sim cards and uses the Windows Mobile OS. In reality, battery life is terrible and the manufacturer's ROM does not work but alternatives are available on the net. It requires an incredible amount of geekiness to keep it running and I would not recommend it.

I'm still looking too.

I've done that trip quite a few times. The route I found to be the quickest is Chiangmai-Lampang-Denchai-Uttaradit-Chatrakarn-Nakhon Thai-Dan Sai-Phu Rua-Loei.

The only tricky part is to turn left at the first set of lights you encounter after leaving Uttaradit behind.

@bokside

maybe you signed at the backside , but you are not in the bluebook. if yes, i think all users would be happy to see a copy

i build house on my own name goverment registration premit ,as well electris and gov.services, i make blue book by my self, but even than cant register. the yellow housingbook is not more aviable in our area.

so if youre in the bluebook as non thai show..................

I have removed my personal details from the document. You will note my nationality is shown as Australian:

I am non-Thai and am on my blue House Registration book (as Jao Baan).

This is So .

Is that your signature or part of your post?

After over 500 000 Km all around Thailand ( mainly central, east and northeast ) I got stoped by the police more than 100 times.

When it is justified I'm happy to pay on the spot, usually 100 ฿, dl+ 100 ฿ readily prepared for a fast transaction - no silly talk, no excessive demand, no haggle, no quarrel - he likes it, we like it.

If I am not in the wrong, no money.

That's about my experience too and I have driven well over a million km. Sometimes I don't even have to bother with the licence and just give them the 100 baht, but a lot of them recognize me now anyway. I would say over 95% of the times have been a "fair cop". Even with a radar detector it is sometimes too late. Some of the more unusual experience have been:

i) A cop at the Tha Phra intersection south of Khon Kaen who used to set the digital frequency display of his walkie-talkie to 140.0 and try to convince people his "radar" machine had caught them going 140.

ii) At one time I was commuting between Udon and Khon Kaen once or twice daily. I was quite bored with getting stopped but the police told me if I bought them a bottle of whisky, I could get a season ticket to go as fast I liked. When I went to the liquor store at the gas station near Nam Pong, the girl showed me to the section selling "police whisky" which was pretty much down market. I lashed out though and got them a bottle of 100 Pipers. They were waiting for me to come back and were good to their word.

I love it.

These are a few I took in 1968-1969 while stationed here.

Is the first photo the early stages of construction on the Chokchai Building? I think it and the Dusit Thani were the first of the tall buildings.

If I remember correctly, in the second picture the old British Dispensary was two doors down from the Copacabana Club on the left. This company has now grown into the BNH hospital. I hope you were not there for the same reason as my all too frequent visits. Dr Paddy Dickson used to claim he could identify the girl's badge number from the Copa when viewing the recently painfully extracted sample through the microscope.

The Topper Club was still around when I first lived here 1980-1984. I remember they have pics of when Bob Hope visited or did his act there. I think that was in Ploenchit area? Anyone remember the Sani Chateau in Gaysorn and Mario's Pizza?

The thing I remember most about the Sani Chateau, apart from the late closing, was the table that seemed to be reserved for an older farang woman every night. She used to entice the shoe shine urchins under the tablecloth with lavish tips. I could never see what they did under there but they used to emerge, tip in hand, with disgusted looks on their faces and trying to clean out their mouths.

The OP has already said he does not want to ride a bus and safety is his primary concern, so that excludes motor cycles. The Lampang-Sukhothai round trip fare is 2,330 baht.