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You should be able to grow enough rice for the family to eat but not much else. Vegetable farming is a lot more work but also more profitable. Not in the western sense.

I do like a heavy oil massage but I have one lady that mixes in some Thai massage (not the neck) and it does wonders on my back.

Beans are from plants and we all know about what beans produce when digested.

Sprayed on or block?

I can tell you that SIP 3" is what is used for ice storage. I can also tell you that if it is sprayed onto the roof tile, etc, you will never have a leak. Of course if it is not directly on the ceiling of your rooms it is a waste. The attic/garret will always be hot unless very well ventilated and then..................

I also found that in Miami FL, USA, recommended R value on the ceiling should be 30-45. That's a lot of foam at 5 per inch.

20 years ago it was fine. Too many farang now.

Make a fire with charcoal. when it get to a low heat ad the soaked chips. It will take, since you don't have a real smoker, several loads and don't put the bacon above the fire. Don't let it get too hot either.

Never seen it here. It is manufactured in the States by a Vietnamese man. Well, his company.

Get an ugly fat one.

Your not thai living my friend.Also many have side jobs they do to get more money.Also 2 incomes.If more family s living there then there is more income to pay the bills.Many have mopeds.They are so cheap on gas.The ones that do have A car they have A

bigger income.Like one guy said,housing is low for A Thai.You can't rent A house the same price as A Thai does.

More than one job is part of this whole misery.

Of course you're tired and exhausted if you work 10 hours, 7 days.

Ergo that means company has to employ more staff with lower individual salary.

Ergo, most staff are not worth much. Thank the education system for that.

You will find the people who comment on here sit comfortably in their Issan mansions or Bangkok /Pattaya condos living nothing like the people they know so much about,it amazes me how expat westerners know so much about the living habits of the less fortunate Thai folk.

Yo, Stoner, I live amongst them.

What about using a few of those black charcoal peices they use here? It's hardwood and smokes up

That should stink it up good.

Try some water soaked tamarind wood chips. Or you can spend a fortune at HomePro for mesquite or hickory chips.

If it stinks, it is good. If there is not a strong smell it is crap.

I got a car to near the Loei border for 1000 Baht. NBL town is 50 km less.

Sorry, forgot to add, ask at the taxi stand. 1 hour drive to the town.

Believe it if it happens.

Ever been to Isan? It happens when you least expect it.

Before anyone else suggests what the OP should try, note that they already identified what was needed to fix (professional cleaning)

If they are too stoopid to clean it, they are too stoopid to ask a question.

2 things.

The high heat. A perfect air conditioner can only cool about 9 degrees C from outside temperature

Check the voltage to the unit. If you are in a small area. PEA will try to put too many houses on the same transformer that cannot handle the load.

Only 9 degrees? - only if it's undersized

Mine can create deltas of 20c +

Then you have a refrigeration unit. R 22. Freon 12 cannot provide that. Or maybe R410.

It is almost never a single person. The family collectively survives. In Isan, people don't have one job, they have many.

http://www.kasikornbank.com/EN/RatesAndFees/ForeignExchange/Pages/ForeignExchange.aspx

I saw a guy in Big C Pattaya a long time ago with a large label from TAMPAX TAMPONS emblazoned on his T shirt.

2 things.

The high heat. A perfect air conditioner can only cool about 9 degrees C from outside temperature

Check the voltage to the unit. If you are in a small area. PEA will try to put too many houses on the same transformer that cannot handle the load.

Does that mean less revenue is going into pockets?

Definitely YES!! every time I go back to north america

Hopefully I won't have to do that again.

Nok at the Book house in Udon cooked me some excellent sweet and sour chicken balls and chicken chow mien English Chinese style and it was fantastic

Chickens have balls?

There is no retirement visa. Only the OA.

I left my nanny state so long ago I forgot what it was like but I read the news and see the new stuff they come up with and I know why I left. Nobody here really pays attention to laws here anyway.