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I think you're much better off buying new pillows. They aren't that expensive, in the end. IKEA for one will have them. Might have to ship from BKK. Index might have them, etc... If you get from a farm, they're neither going to be sterile nor the soft feathers separated from the usable feathers. There are different grade feathers used for different price ranges. Feathers, not done right, can be very prickly and uncomfortable. They will poke through your pillow and be unpleasant.

Hi all...sorry for my delay in responding. I did not get notifications and I got busy with some other stuff and the post had slipped my mind. As far as the grey water under the house...and the black water which is also under there, I believe, in underground tanks,etc..., I live in a rented house with a very reasonable rent. I have been here many years now and we never see the landlords and they never contact us, either. Any repairs and whatnot needed I do myself or hire someone. I am happy with this arrangement and they seem so, too. I don't want to rock the boat by pointing out shortcomings or asking for repairs, etc... And I am not going to undertake repairing the grey/black water system. So I choose to deal with the mosquitos. The mosquitos have always been here but it suddenly got to the top of my list when I noticed this swarm at the screen. I'm telling you, it was sort of terrifying. Amazingly, since writing the post, or even starting the day before I wrote, the swarm is greatly diminished. Almost like clockwork. It may indeed have been a boost from the recent rains but the uptick in mozzies started about 2 or 3 weeks ago, before much rain of any substance fell. Nevertheless, it has always been a high mozzie place and the swarms in the boxes under the carport are always an issue as is staying outside at dusk. Of course, the grey water is always replenishing with or without rain, so this makes sense. Also have an up tick in the last 3 weeks of big cockroaches coming into the bathrooms at night. They especially love to climb up the shower/sink drain pipe to the upstairs bathroom. Of course, this pipe just is a straight pipe that dumps into the mystery space under the house. Tiger balm on the ankles, I'll have to try that. I don't like putting on too much bug spray if I'm indoors. That just seems sad, right? I would love to get some zappers that work, as well as the fogger. I'll do more research on that. Looks like the diesel/poison fogger might be worth a try, as smelly as it is. Interestingly, the government fogger guy came down the street today. But did a poor job squirting into my yard. Just the way it is... Thanks all for the input.

I have used one of those pump sprayers. So mixing with diesel is not that much different? It certainly makes a big plume of rolling smoke unlike the pump sprayers. Does that plume only contain smoke and not the insecticide to kill them?

I bought this same trap a few years ago but it turned out to be a fake and I sent it back. Since then, I've read mosquitos are not at all attracted to UV lights and that most traps are useless as is citronella. Perhaps the ones that puff out CO2 can work. I had a different UV light trap set up right next to the swarms and did not get even one mosquito. Maybe BKK mosquitos like those traps but mine don't. Well, I'm off to buy some spray cans of bug killer for the time being. It's really out of hand here.

I didn't find much using search, nothing current at least, thus my post. I have a lot of mosquitos. I think they breed underneath the house where the grey waste waters disappear. They swarm at the screens at night. Disturbing any storage boxes or bins in the carport produces swarms of them...100s fly up. Staying outside at dusk or later is impossible without bug spray. Of course, plenty get in the house, too. Anyhow, make fun of me, call me a sissy, tell me to move home...I don't care. Has anyone purchased recently a small-scale mosquito fogger that I could use to go around once a week and take care of this situation? It's very un-fun. I've tried emptying cans of spray but that gets expensive quickly. I prefer to do this procedure quickly myself, when needed, over trying to arrange with a service or the government. I'm a DIY type of guy. I've seen a variety of machines on Lazada but it's difficult to judge the effectiveness. One of the more pro looking guns mentioned having to mix diesel 3:1 with the killing liquid. Is that the best type to buy? Seems to me, the government guy that comes around sometimes does produce a slightly diesel smelling smoke so that might be a good sign. The one I looked at was about 2400 baht. Anyone with hands-on experience here? Thanks all!

If you buy from a local shop, you can develop a relationship with them. This will be a nice bonus for when the bike needs a tune-up or repairs or exchange or upgrade or what have you. Also, supporting local businesses is a very nice thing to do. I bought my bike at Chaitawat. It is an extra large frame..Marlin 7. Actually, too big for me...go figure. They don't speak any English, however. A friend of mine who is quite the pro on bikes was impressed with Velocity on Huay Kaew road. I've never been but he said one person spoke great English and knew his stuff. Good luck.

Thanks for putting up with my, guys! cheers!

Well, I just found this on the immigration website so I do believe Foreverlomsak is correct and I am set until 90 days from March 24th. Wishing you all a fine day.

HI all, jumping into an older thread here. I'm on a retirement extension and my 90 days is (was?) due by April 7. However, I just skipped out to Kuala Lumpur and back to Thailand on 24 March. Is it true that this nixes having to do the 90 day report that is due April 7....as Foreverlomsak mentions? That would be just lovely! Thanks friends!

...didn't exit country within 90 days....

I don't know for sure but I would suspect that because you missed your 90 day report within the 90 day window (I think that's what you're saying), you lost that opportunity. I missed mine once but was close to a border and exited, paid the 4 day overstay fine, and re-entered without any long-term consequences. Needless to say, I was scared that I had screwed myself...lost track of the 90 days.

Thanks all. This is the info I was looking for. So...it's normal to go hog wild with the poisons. I'll just keep my mouth shut and try to keep the dudes from spraying directly on my stuff. And then I'll vacate for a bit. Cheers!

They def don't have any holes drilled in the walls/floor. Well, they are coming tomorrow. I have prepared the best I can, more so than the first time 3 months ago as I had no idea they would wash down the walls with the stuff. Will be washing the floors on Thursday, for sure. And will try to slow down their spraying tomorrow.

Hugs, brother. Good luck with this.

I'll bet the landlords don't do this in their own house to this extent. Sure, outside and in various dark/dank spots. But wholesale throughout the house doesn't make sense to me. It's living quarters. Not a garage. I just don't see any benefit spraying it all over the floor and walls except to impress the folks paying for the treatment. Certainly, I'm not moving. My question is can I ask them to tone it down a bit so it doesn't get all over my stuff or are they going to look at me cross-eyed?