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I like your style ^^^. Nice and economical...

Or...go big or go home...

Does anyone have a contact # for a soil engineer. Maybe that's too lofty a title so I'll dumb it down a bit...

I need a qualified person (or company) that can analyze the soil on a plot before deciding on what type of foundation will be needed...

Koh Chang's weather bears some similarity to Trat's regarding the wet and dry seasons.

But KC has it's own micro-climate. The mountains are quite high (700mtrs+) and act as a huge 'sail' that catches whatever weather is prevalent more so than mainland Trat.

For instance, my rain gauge records ~30% more annual rainfall--consistently, year after year...

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Everything I've read here seems to suggest the MQ3-45 is a good pump. I called some dealers today and two of them commented they had complaints regarding the electronics with this model and suggested I buy a different model Grundfos.

My question...have any of the members here had problems or know others who've had problems with the electronics on the MQ3-45???

I got the job done last week with the PC 30 macro. 2 full days for 6000 baht. He even removed a huge tree that looked impossible with that small an excavator...

Not so bodered about the internet, just a word of warning to all user who dail 008 to call abroad..........check you phone bills so you know they are not over charging you

Good grief...just use SKYPE and save a bundle

Thanks Maize and Gary. That's about what the larger Komatsu (PC120-200) rents for around here but all those are unavailable and a bit of overkill for my needs.

The one I saw yesterday was a smaller PC 30 but the operator didn't know what the owner charges per hour...

Changian

TOT Koh Chang is offering twice the old speed--for whatever service you currently have--for the same price

(mine is still 570 baht). They actually upgraded my service without telling me and I didn't know about it until I paid my monthly bill. It's now comparable to CAT most times of the day--maybe faster...

Maybe they've done the same to your line?

The macro man reckons the job will take less than a day and he has other work very close by so maybe I'm catching a break here. I know what a large macro charges per day so all I need is a ballpark figure...

Quick question...What does a small macro usually rent for per hour? Not heavy work--just clearing some brush (no trees) for a 4 x 30 meter track.

I've seen the macro and it is small--maybe a 36" square bucket...

tomster--T5 bulbs in Thailand??? PLEASE tell me where--other than ordering them from Singapore (through Phillips, GE, Sylvania etc). Been there, done that and shipping cost a small fortune...

Last night i went to the beach with loads of beer,spent one hour looking for a dark spot,unfortunately the sky was a bit hazy,but i saw one meteor,and my girl friend saw one too.

Gone are the days when you could see millions of stars here on K.Chang,now there are lights everywhere..

Drove down the road (past the Dewa Hotel) to the beach at 0400 this morning and the shower was AWESOME!!! Best I've seen here since '03...

Why?

They think they have found him crossing the Cambodia border to Thailand and:

YELLOW SHIRT CROWD: A Thaksin! A Thaksin! A Thaksin! We've got a Thaksin! A Thaksin!

YELLOW SHIRT #1: We have found a Thaksin, might we burn him?

YELLOW SHIRT CROWD: Burn him! Burn!

INTERPOL: How do you know he is a Thaksin?

YELLOW SHIRT #2: He looks like one.

INTERPOL: Bring him forward.

THAKSIN: I'm not a Thaksin. I'm not a Thaksin.

INTERPOL: But you are dressed as one.

THAKSIN: They dressed me up like this.

YELLOW SHIRTS: No, we didn't... no.

THAKSIN: And this isn't my square head, it's a false one.

INTEPOL: Well?

YELLOW SHIRT #1: Well, we did do the square head.

INTERPOL: The side parting?

YELLOW SHIRT #1: And the smirk -- but he is a Thaksin!

YELLOW SHIRT CROWD: Burn him! Thaksin! Thaksin! Burn him!

INTERPOL: Did you dress him up like this?

YELLOW SHIRT CROWD: No, no... no ... yes. Yes, yes, a bit, a bit.

YELLOW SHIRT #1: He has got multiple passports!

INTERPOL: You there, what makes you think he's a Thaksin?

YELLOW SHIRT #3: Well, he turned me into a Red Shirt.

INTERPOL: A Red Shirt?

YELLOW SHIRT #3: I got better.

YELLOW SHIRT #2: Burn him anyway!

YELLOW SHIRT CROWD: Burn! Burn him!

INTERPOL: Quiet, Quiet. Quiet! There are ways of telling whether he is a Thaksin.

YELLOW SHIRT CROWD: Are there? What are they?

INTERPOL: Tell me, what do you do with Thaksin's?

YELLOW SHIRT #2: Burn!

YELLOW SHIRT CROWD: Burn, burn them up!

INTERPOL: And what do you burn apart from Thaksin's?

YELLOW SHIRT #1: More Thaksin's!

YELLOW SHIRT #2: Dry buffalo dung!

INTERPOL: So, why do Thaksin's burn?

[pause]

YELLOW SHIRT #3: B--... 'cause they're made of dry buffalo dung...?

INTERPOL: Good!

YELLOW SHIRT CROWD: Oh yeah, yeah...

INTERPOL: So, how do we tell whether he is made of dry buffalo dung ?

YELLOW SHIRT #1: Build a house out of him.

INTERPOL: Aah, but can you not also build a house out of stone?

YELLOW SHIRT #2: Oh, yeah.

INTERPOL: Does dung sink in water?

YELLOW SHIRT #1: No, no.

YELLOW SHIRT #2: It floats! It floats!

YELLOW SHIRT #1: Throw him into the klong!

YELLOW SHIRT CROWD: The klong!

INTERPOL: What also floats in water?

YELLOW SHIRT #1: Corn!

YELLOW SHIRT #2: Dead fish!

YELLOW SHIRT #3: Very small coins!

YELLOW SHIRT #1: Sato!

YELLOW SHIRT #2: Khao Man Gai!

YELLOW SHIRT #1: Cherry apples!

YELLOW SHIRT #2: Mud!

YELLOW SHIRT #3: tuk tuks -- tuk tuk's!

YELLOW SHIRT #2: Gold -- Gold!

INTERNATIONAL OBSERVER: A duck.

YELLOW SHIRT CROWD: Oooh!!

INTERPOL: Exactly! So, logically...,

YELLOW SHIRT #1: If... he.. weighs the same as a duck, he's made of dry buffalo dung.

INTERPOL: And therefore--?

YELLOW SHIRT #1: A Thaksin!

YELLOW SHIRT CROWD: A Thaksin!

INTERPOL: We shall use my larger scales!

[yelling]

INTERPOL: Right, remove the supports!

[whop]

[creak]..THAKSIN SIDE IS DOWN COMPARED TO THE DRIED BUFFALO DUNG!

YELLOW SHIRT CROWD: A Thaksin! A Thaksin!

THAKSIN: It's a fair cop.

YELLOW SHIRT CROWD: Burn him! Burn! [yelling]

Both those links have wrong/dated info. Car with driver=320 baht return. Each additional pax is 50 baht. Discount cards are available if you're Thai and/or can prove you are a 'frequent-ferrier' haha...

These prices are for "Ferry Koh Chang". Ao Thammachat--Ao Sapparot--Ao Thammachat.

Case closed!

My neighbor just spent ~125,000 baht for an electric fence around his small resort. Last night some Cambodians just threw a blanket over the wire and scampered right on over.

Nothing will stop someone who is determined to get in...

I've received at least a dozen books from Amazon in the past two years. Even without paying extra for "rush-shipping" the order arrives in no more than 5 working days. Are you using Paypal ? That seems to grease the wheels a bit...

Hey! Lighten up! Times are tough here on the rock!

The locals are broke and hungry...Give 'em a break

No probs GD.

He's not but he's a good guy, very dependable He even called to ask if I received his package.

Dave the (other) Worm Man from Kanch didn't want to hassle with a small amount...his loss, I reckon

No, I'm from Grimsby

J/K... I'm from Texas

edit: I just checked my phone records and the worm man I dealt with has a different # than the one on the package-- #089 703 7506. Prob the same guy or his relative, you know the deal...

I doubt so....the person you spoken to may not be Wayne Fauser aka Thewormman.....I had a meeting with him for two days back in Singapore year 2006. I was trying to negotiate a Thailand exclusive farming contract then but didn't work out...not need for details i guess....but he also told me that the Thailand web pages of his website, he had a fall out with the farang seen holding the Thai flag in the picture and that he had withdrew all he investment. So i came in at the right time then as a person to colaborate a co-op venture worm farming.....but as i said the deal didn't push through.............

RBH

You obviously misunderstood what I said. Read my reply again. The worm man I spoke to was Thai and the "Prob the same guy or his relative, you know the deal..." refers to him (the Thai) and the different phone #s. Capiche?

^^^ This might be what you guys are talking about (growcubes)--

www.suretogrow.com/index

Sounds like white-mans-magic to me. I'll stick to the coco coir for 70 baht/20 kilo bag myself...

OMG!!! I take back everything I just said. True/ESPN is showing (right now) 3 hours of the spelling bee!!! I must have died and gone to Heaven!!! Thank you so, so much...I just pray that tomorrow they will follow the 3 hours of women's pool with another 3 hours of the spelling bee!!!

What more could you ask for??? 9 (hopefully 12) hours of quality sports programming on this weekend's afternoons...

It just doesn't get any better than this...

I just checked the ever-accurate-and-up-to-date 'Premier' program guide and realize they have actually replaced the 14:00 scheduled program--"Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009"--with the women's pool...

I've been looking forward to that spelling bee all week.

Damm you, Truevisions...

I don't know how everyone else feels, but I'm almost peeing in my pants watching the indescribably thrilling ESPN's "Womens 10-Ball" pool tournament. The downside is there's only 3 hours of it today and tomorrow also...

I'm so glad they are showing this instead of some program nobody has the least interest in

True/ESPN=total crap

There is a police station (on the right side) just before the pier. Check with them--they used to let people park there if they had the space.