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Supposedly my house is grounded but I started getting tingles from the shower faucet, disconnected the water heater. Now I love cold showers! I never trust the electricity over here, even walking down a footpath I never touch any metal poles or anything with electricity connected to it. Too many horror stories over here of people getting elctrocuted, especially in the rainy season. 

One time I was going to have an electrician--and I use that term loosely, install a water heater in one of my showers. To test it I told him after he was done I wanted him to stand in the shower with the water on and turn it on, he never came back to do the job. I thought it was a reasonble request. If you trust your work it wouldn't have been a problem.

On 7/6/2024 at 10:55 AM, arick said:

Yes it's quite common to get tickles from the back of your fridge from aluminum surfaces like the microwave or the back of your fridge.

That's why in the villages they have some sort of cloth on the handles of refridgerators.

On 7/5/2024 at 5:22 PM, snoop1130 said:

Pattaya City unveiled a new campaign outside Terminal 21

The Chinese must be complaining about this as it's been happening in locations all over the city since I've lived here.............with nothing being done about it. In fact many years ago on beach rd to the south the motorcycle rental places were clogging up the on street parking. The city govt/police told them it was illegal so they moved all their bikes onto the footpath! TIT

22 hours ago, StraightTalk said:

Try Asahi and/or Sapporo. Beer Lao Dark and Gold/Lager are a very good brews as well.

A man after my own heart, love all these, especially Asahi and Beer Lao dark!

How many years have I been hearing about this?! Maybe with so many chinese here now it's a possibility, but the govt willl be deciding how to handle the profits/brown envelopes before anything is done! Gotta sort out the important stuff first!

7 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Where does the money go after collected?

We all know the answer to that! Why would he impose the fines if not beneficial to him and his cronies!

3 hours ago, newnative said:

Any workers in the photo?  Not that I can see.

You'd think since this is a major throughfare they'd be working 24/7 with double or even triple the amount of workers, but sadly every time I drive past this area only a handful are working and only 8 to 5. Oh well, TIT!

18 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

As per usual requirements can depend on the immigration office/officer. 

This is the problem isn't it, some rules aren't the same from immi office to immi office, up to the offficers discretion.

4 hours ago, cncltd1973 said:

will there be passengers from China who can't afford a plane ticket?

I was just thinking the same thing, even cheaper chinese coming! 

Especially bad since she was disabled! What a monster he is, death penalty is too good for him. Let her and her family pour fuel on him and set him alight!

No, they don't get jealous; they're in the background living the good life siphoning off the money you give her. When your tirak is with you the Thai guy's with his mia noi spending that money.

7 hours ago, BKKKevin said:

It should be understood that the US Government has placed restrictions on ALL foreign banks…

Placing reporting and funds transfer limits and notification for its citizens…

 

So if you want to blame anyone, blame 9-11 and the knee jerk reaction of Congress in it’s aftermath…

Agree totally; it's not the bank's fault, they don't want to deal with the paperwork associated with Americans. I've had a Kasikorn account for over 25 years and a manager at the bank told me better to keep it open because it's very difficult for Americans to open new accounts.

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I'd suggest that 50% of all Thai landlords find something wrong to prevent the repayment of the deposit

I agree; I rented a house for approx one year, watered and cut the grass, fixed any lights that failed, kept the place up, and it was in better condition than when the wife and I first rented it....never saw one baht of deposit. The owner made various excuses as to why we couldn't get it back.

Plus the fridge was sarting to fail a month after we moved in--looked about 10-15 years old, and the owner told us if it failed we'd have to buy a new one. I don't think so! If I did something to cause it to fail no problem, but the damage was done before we moved in. Lesson learned, never again.

How about finish some of the road works that have been started.....oh that's right almost forgot, road works don't generate tourism $$$ that eventually end up in certain people's pockets!

5 hours ago, steven100 said:

there are some places like that near my soi ....   should I be concerned 

Yes, you should be. I had it once and when they came and fogged my house/land they told me even a bottle cap sized container that has water can be a breeding ground for mosquitos, so yes I would be concerned if I was you. As others have stated the mosquito that caries dengue has a black and white striped body and is a daytime feeder.

Does anyone have credible evidence of this becoming a reality, and if so what are the rules, and has it been implemented yet? I ask these questions because it's hard to find facts from the Thai govt. 

In addition to this; if I put my funds that come in regularly into my wife's bank account instead of mine will this work as far as not paying tax on it since technically it will be her income 

How about you finish some of the other road works before starting on this!

Just a thought, but maybe take some of these funds and put them into overtime on the Sukhumvit project; seems like they're only working week days 8-5 and no holiday work. Put the project on 24-7, and put more workers on, until it's done. It would be different if it was some small out of the way soi but it's a major thoroughfare!

Depends on your idea of "advanced", I'd say less advanced; can't tie their own shoelaces, can't replace a lightbulb, can't change a tire, can't take criticism, etc. I've seen so many examples of things people can't do now days that were common years ago. Seems like social media "likes and follows" are more important than real life things. And people remember less because their "smart devices" do it for them. When I was a teen I remembered around 10-15 phone numbers, now I'm down to 2-3, my phone has all of them on it. IMO we're getting dumber as a race and devices are getting smarter.

23 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

But maybe it's a setup to get money maybe sometime later. Be careful! 

 Watch out for those fake ID's!

Just came thru yesterday, I'm afraid it's got a lonnnngg way to go to acheive a top 50 ranking I think all the corruption and cheap materials during construction are catching up to it now. Some areas are pretty shocking!

This kind of thing is sickening to me, lots of students use machetes to fight also. I think the penalty for this should be harsh.

Once again, about the victim complaining of smoking, he should've just not complained and kept his head under the radar, pop your head up and bad things can happen. Admittedly he shouldn't have lost an arm over such a small issue but you never know how mental people can be.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

If the company loses too many points, it will lose a chance to work on future infrastructure projects

Sounds good in theory but we all know brown envelopes beat a points system!

9 hours ago, eumenades said:

The Thais have always treated me well and I try to reciprocate.

Exactly!

Plus, a lot of people tend to forget they're a guest in this country; that's in the back of my mind all the time.

I treat people like I want to be treated, works most of the time. As I said in the Swiss guy kicking incident post, better to keep your head under the radar, makes life a lot easier and less problematic.

Don't see the problem; I had a friend that was 65 and had a 22 year old wife. They were married and stayed togther until he died a very happy man at 78. To be fair, she was a mature 22 not like one of those girls that likes stuffed animals, Hello Kitty stuff, and Kpop music.

I'm not a law expert but pretty sure the self defense excuse doesn't come into play if you're dealing with police. They should've just stopped and cooperated, probably would have a different outcome. 

7 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Just keep your head down, only speak when spoken to.

That's the golden rule I live by, has worked for numerous years while living here.