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There are touristy floating markets and real ones. A real one is worth a visit but will be a long way out from Bangkok and you need your own transport unless you hire a taxi. They are almost extinct now as Thais have gotten used to shopping malls but there are a few out there.

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Yes, my current ones are pretty good too. Had 5 of them visit last weekend for mothers day. Son in law , 2 daughters , his MIL and an young employee of his. 5 in all. three of them slept in the living room for two nights and left it spotless. Brought their own food and towels and we just provided futons and pillows etc. Have to say , my son in law is a really nice guy. If he were mine I would be proud of him. Takes good care of his family and regularly sends my fife a couple of thousand baht. This trip he gave wife 3000 , her sister 1000 and wifes 90 year old mum 1000. He and his wife work hard and have a house and a brand new pick up from their own sweat. Lovely family. My first wifes bunch though.....nightmare. Complete disaster, I shudder at the memories. As bad as it gets.

Community charge can be a killer.

Not wife material by a long way.

Lime green pick up burning oil shouldn't be too difficult to find. Probably be abandoned somewhere down the road.

Is it two weeks yet ?

Claymores , razor wire, dogs ...lots of scowling, skidmarks aplenty in the toilet, empty fridge etc etc. You have to think outside the box and know your enemy. Eg....loud Thai music drowned out by me on electric guitar trying to play purple haze and failing badly. Alternatively get called away on urgent business.

Helo hello hello . Do I detect a new hub in the offing .

Call that a bath tub ? We had an outdoor one put in for the MIL for her arthritis . She loves it .

Spoilt brat . Send him straight to bed without his supper and no smartphone.

Putin ordered up an unnecessary and unjustified war and now civilians on both sides are having to foot the bill of death and destruction. That's what happens when you let a narcissistic meglomaniac run the country and don't challenge his authority. He gets away with murder. What has Putin achieved so far ? More countries joining NATO .

Dads Army is one of the few old comedies that can still make me laugh. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13735081/Dads-Armys-Private-Pike-Ian-Lavender-various-charities-will.html RIP Ian. Thanks for Pvt Pike

One thing looks likely. Thaksin or not , the Phua Thai party will continue its slide downwards and is unlikely to recover from getting into bed with the military parties.

Seriously, in Thailand, unless it is a public holiday just turning up mid day will get you a room. I have traveled all over Thailand without booking and always got a room. This is not like the UK where if you don't book in advance you could end up sleeping in your car.

My meaning of detention center was a literall one. Once inside the gates no exit except when asylum is approved. The facilities inside should allow necessary creature comforts and outdoor recreation areas etc.

The UK welcomed genuine refugees and asylum seekers who fled war in Ukraine and arrived through regular channels with some kind of identifying paperwork. It should be made clear that anyone arriving illegally without documentation having paid people smugglers a large sum, will not be eligible for asylum and will either be deported to their own country or held in detention until circumstances permit that deportation. If they can prove some kind of persecution should they be forcibly returned then their case can be reviewed and asylum considered. This has zero to do with racism or Islamophobia but everything to do with respect and adherence to the countries laws.

Not really a cupboard as such. I used that for want of a better word. Two rows of breeze blocks , one either side , breeze blocks across the top and a net over the front. This because being on the outside of the house , at certain times of the year it would be a full sunlight which I felt could be dangerous. This way it is always in shade and gets ventilated so that if there were a leak from the valve it would dissipate on the outside rather than within the confines of the kitchen.

That was quick. Could be another home run for the anti democratic side . Just the sort of petty nit picking that is right up the constitutional courts alley. The new PP should use some of its recent donations to hire a crack team of lawyers to look for skeletons in the wardrobe of other parties. Seek and ye shall find , knock and it will be opened.

Quite probably

Bob will be around shortly. Best put the kettle on and make sure you have an ashtray.

In all our houses I have the gas cylinder outside the house in its own ventilated cupboard then run the pipe through the wall to the cooker on the inside. Most people in rural areas connect their own cylinders . Not rocket science.

I would like to put Bobs statement to the test with Salma Helek. And I would be thinking .....blimey , I've got my todgerr in Salma Helek !

Get one with removable cushions and removable covers so that you can wash them from time to time. Had ours ( from INDEX for 17,000 baht ) 13 years and it still looks presentable and got a few years left in it.

Were your flies undone by any chance ?