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I now have considerably more time on my hands and I finally want to fulfil one of my many dreams: get a dog. Growing up, we always had dogs at home and now I'd like my wee boy to have one also and think a German Shepherd or Doberman would be a good match for the family. 

Ideally, a puppy in need of a good home, but understand that most people here breed them from $$$, so I suppose I'll have no other choice but to go to a breeder. Any suggestions in the Korat / Isan area? German Shepherds or Doberman only. For various reasons, am not interested in other breeds or strays. 

How much worse could it get under the new guys? 

Didn't his predecessor say the same when taking office? 

Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul has never been a good idea. 

If it means less of "them", then I sincerely hope a few more scandals hit the headlines soon... 

Feels more like a step backwards than forwards. 

11 hours ago, Adumbration said:

Didn't you used to be based in Phuket?  Why the move to Isaan?

You appear to have me mixed up with somebody else. Have never set foot on Phuket Island. 

39 minutes ago, Adumbration said:

Too difficult to repair the existing well.  You will never get the cement rings to sit straight and the water will still get polluted.

 

What is much better is to just dig a new well close by.

 

You know there is good water already.

 

When they dig a well they have two guys.  One digging in the well and one tugging up the bucket full of dirt on a rope.

 

They start by placing a ring on the ground and then a little guy gets in the middle of the ring and then starts digging.  The ring sinks into the ground.  When it is ground level they place another ring on top and so on.

 

The rings are usually about 50cm deep.

 

The well diggers usually charge by the meter.  Precovid in my area they charged 1000 baht per meter.  So you well would only have a labor cost of 4,000 baht.

 

You should go for the bigger diameter rings...you will have more water...and it is easier for the digger to work inside.

 

The rings dont cost that much 2-300 baht each plus 200 for the cap.  So for abour 6k thb all up you can have a brand new cement lined and capped well.

Sounds logical. I felt a bit daft asking for a new well when we already had one. 

1k/m really sounds very reasonable. 

Bought a piece of land off a neighbour recently, which has a hole/well dug on it. Approximately 4m deep and about 1.5 m in diameter. This is fed from the water table, by the way. Thing is, there's no pipe/wall - just a hole. 

I plan on hooking a solar powered pump up to this well to water new durian trees on the new parcel of land.

Question: should I have some kind of pipes (e.g. those big cement rings) lowered into the well or will it be fine just the way it is? 

I definitely have to do something at the ground level as this soil is not stable and tends to crumble easily. I can't take care of the ground level issue until I know what I should do with the well.

Why don't they just release him, that's what they're angling for anyways .. getting him further and further away from the bars (the prison ones). Stop treating everyone like fools. 

7 hours ago, PremiumLane said:

You have stopped doing that then? 

What a witty retort that was. Did it take you long to come up with it? That's a good boy. 

7 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

But that is only in Thailand, not outside in the normal world 

Really? Type Karen into YT and see what you get. It goes across cultures, nations, continents. 

A tranny dies and this is news? What next? My cat can fart the alphabet? 

One questionable bloke less hanging around women's changing rooms then. 

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Intercontinental Khao Yai Resort

Will not be staying in this place for the next few years. 

5 hours ago, Deli said:

Sending a message asking for a leave is definitely not the right approach. A call and a vocal explanation might have given the situation a different outcome. But Thais are  obsessed with using Line, Messenger, etc. for everything. 

Sometimes you need things in writing... Just sayin'

When I was going to university all those moons ago, I didn't have 10k for gambling and I most certainly didn't have 350k for "police". So, either I was incredibly poor by Thai standards, or this student isn't your average Thai Student but one from a more affluent background. If that is infact the case, then it's probably just his monthly pocket money that he has lost, so no big deal. 

2 - 3 weeks ago was at an avocado farm/plantation in Korat province. The owner is growing lovely avocados which he sells mainly at the gate or online. He uses a hybrid (correct word when talking about a plant which is a mix of two plants?). So, I think yes, it's possible, however, cultivars like Hass don't seem to like it here in our neck of the woods, so you're going to have to find a tree that can grow in this climate. From what I can tell, avocados don't seem to be too fussy when it comes to soil type, but they don't like having wet feet. 

12 hours ago, webfact said:

welfare state

"welfare state"??? I must get them our dictionary. 

One place is too generous with the welfare they hand out, other places aren't doing enough to help. 

11 hours ago, webfact said:

bolster officer safety, agility, and overall performance

It'll take more than uniforms to boost "performance". A good boot up the ar$e is what most of 'em need. 

Why is this even in the news?