bunta71

I'm on my third pressure washer in 10 years. I've always found that:-

1. Fixing them is expensive relative to the cost of a new one.

2. Once one thing fails, it's not long before something else does.

Good luck with your K'archer.

My Makita sprayer's hose wore through after only a couple hours of dragging it on the concrete. Anyone have any idea who might sell a new hose with fittings?

Never met a Thai snake that hissed. Might be a hissing beetle. They hiss real loud but not dangerous at all.

Honestly, I cant really confirm that the DSI will go all the way to fixing these problems, but I see problems that have already started to be resolved, so we need to support them.

Is he serious????? Is that the disclaimer to negate him from having to do anything or take responsibility just a little bit! What a f.ing joke!!!

off topic a bit:

IMO, because i see some poor bastard lying on the road in a bloody mess daily now its coming into high season, why don't they stop the cops from handing out 500baht fines to every farang that doesn't have a motorcycle license OR the better way, why dont they enforce the "renter" of said motorbikes to only hire to people that have a license.....now this will stop a major amount of accidents i see............ oh because then the renters wont be able to rip off the farang and the cops dont get their fine money, which will run into the millions by season end.

What ever happened to duty of care by these people? Shit i thought i was back in Oz for a second. lmao.

Do they fine you in your home country for driving a vehicle without a license? When you pay a fine in your home country, do you accuse the police of keeping the fine? In the states, I get the ticket, I go to the courthouse, pay the fine, and walk away knowing that I deserved it. The same thing happens here, but they are, by the Thai Visa community, called corrupt police just lining their own pockets. Have you seen them actually putting the money in their pockets and going home with it, or are you just going along with the popular sport of believing everything your read?

Some expats have been brought up in cultures that teach and promote "problem solving". It can be frustrating to experience a culture that believes there are no problems and if there were no one can make changes for the better. Many of the shortcomings in Thailand are simple to fix yet never occurs. Understandable frustration IMHO.

th.ch.quno vom hause fritz.JPGPolice and various salesmen are screened first by my 24 hour security guard. Never had any visits since I hired the guard.

Are you sure he cannot be persuaded to let them in for a bone and a nice head scratch?

Google translate from RKU News facebook.

More Phuket at this time to control the placement of fire . Light Brigade had not yet gone . But still can not get inside the arena . Because the Light Brigade . Some news sources report that the body found at the scene confirmed that 11 bodies from the scene . The rescue team charity fair question. That no one can go inside if you would like to confirm that as soon as the scene did not report on deaths here .

Not on my bucket list...even if they paid me.

What's to learn? Surely you jest.

Not exactly. I like to doubt waste of time and effort to gain some sort of paper certification when those are not really needed.

Back in my home country getting motorbike licence would take few months and cost 100.000B. In Singapore this would take couple of years, depending of the size of the bike.

When youngsters have learned to ride a bicycle, what is there to learn to ride a scooter or motorbike?

I'm from the US and use Bangkok Bank as they have an office in New York. Never had a problem in 15 years. Money goes in one day and the next working day it;s avaiiable here.

I am going to try and open an account with The Bangkok bank next week for the same reasons as you. I'm glad that you have recommended it. There is also a branch in London. Should be easier and cheaper to transfer money from the UK.

I knew of two dogs poisoned in the Philippines by MSG. Two tablespoons inside a hollowed out hotdog. Aji-namoto is the brand , easily available and in most Thai food. Ever wonder about the headache after eating out sometimes?

A couple weeks ago my daughter brought home the results of the yearly Sermpanya IQ test. She placed 1st in Southern Thailand and 7th in Thailand overall. She is Filipina/American. Her mother's beauty and my brains. Happy parents here. I believe it boils down to 50% genes and 50% environment...I make no claims of superior intelligence or lack of it to any particular race or nationality. As a case in point, in my country about 47% are ignorant fools and seem to actually celebrate it. Never dismiss the 53% though...

I have added this to my Facebook page and I hope others do the same, to whatever social network you belong too. Hopefully someone has a circle of 7 that can make this article world news !

OK thanks guys

Quick question here....my neighbor did his first marriage ext. last year. After handing in the stack of papers, they gave him a 30 day ext. so the paperwork could be approved in BKK before he got his yearly ext. Is this just for first timers or does he have to wait this 30 day thing every year? Thanks in advance

Oh! Household goods...I bought a house once and moved it 60 miles. Sorry for my useless post. Bored

American coffee where I come from...Seattle area comes in 50-100 varieties from all over the world and is prepared many ways...many. Many things get lost in the translation here i.e. American Fried rice. American fried rice has ham in it not a thin, thin slice of sandwich ham, it has eggs scrambled and cooked in the rice,not a burned fried egg on top. Chicken also is cooked in the rice and not a drumstick on the side. The hotdog? God only knows how they came up with that.

Giving up American citizenship means less options in life. Up to you.

The brakes fail it seems only when it rains. Most unqualified drivers in the world

So I did have to travel down to Chalong. Added three hours to my day. Extremely happy to have moved off the island, but will still have to "experience" the Phuket ambiance every couple months shopping for those things not available anywhere else. Every time I swear I will never be back. Never say never...

I am taking a run over to Phuket tomorrow and curious about the new Villa Market in Cherngtalay/ Laguna. First where would it be coming toward Cherngtalay from the Heroines Monument, and second, do they have a reasonable selection of things as down at Chalong? Hoping to find some molasses and even Jalapeno peppers among other odd things...thanks for any replies

I was at the Earth clinic an hour before the Dept. of Health and the police took Dr. Ted off to jail. Here is what happened....Dr. Ted is a chemist specializing in curing disease through non-pharmaceutical means. He uses many healing techniques including Ancient Chinese, and Indian Aruthvedic and many other natural herbal remedies. I have watched him cure cancer, and many other life threatening diseases. What happened is a son of a doctor, came to the clinic displaying severe symptoms of something similar to mad cow disease. He was told he needed to get to a hospital immediately. Calls to his parents went unanswered and by the time he got to the hospital, he had worsened. The mother immediately freaked out and blamed Dr. Ted for administering something that caused this reaction when in fact he had not treated him at all. Within 24 hours of his release, the truth came out and the mother dropped the charges. He still faces other charges by the government.

I grew up on the west coast of America. California, Washington and Alaska. In Alaska I wore long pants. This seems more of a cultural influence from your upbringing. The stuffed shirts of England come to mind. My English neighbor will not leave his yard without "proper" long pants and button up shirts. I dare say, where I come from, this attitude would be hysterical. Lighten up and enjoy the heat. I wear long pants to immigration and funerals. And I never attend funerals

As a former truck driver I am an expert on restaurants... I have a theory about the pitfalls of the tip jar being evenly divided among the staff. To me, this is an open invitation for mediocrity at it's best. I think of it as a parallel to communism. It takes away the incentive for personal excellence. If the staff understood that by improving their performance, they could make far more money with their own tips when deserved. With a staff driven to improve and do their best, the business thrives. Pay the cooks a little more to make up for their loss of their easy slice of the tip jar. If a cook does an exemplary job they also gain in occasional tips to the cooks. The wait staff are at the forefront of the customers view and has a direct impact on return business. If a waitress/ waiter is very friendly and attentive they can make loads of tips and the business, as I said,... thrives...