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On 4/1/2024 at 5:16 PM, GarryP said:

 

Don't know what to say really, as nothing could cover the hurt everyone concerned must be feeling.    

 

When I was a nipper in the UK, swimming lessons were compulsory at primary school level for any places that were located near rivers or the coast. I'm sure it must have saved many lives. No idea whether that is still the case. It would be good to introduce it here, but the investment would be very high as there are very few public swimming pools here.  

Just a thought, one of the lads down here near Buriram has a large swimming pool at his house. He offered to teach the kids to swim for free. And yes, we were taught to swim at the local municipal baths in Wood Green, London N22 when we were at primary school.

On 3/27/2024 at 8:56 PM, owl sees all said:

Thanks for clarification Mick. 77 metres is a fair old bore. What is the water table level at different times of the year?

 

I would opt for 5 inch if it was me. Depends somewhat on the water table and how quickly the bore water is replenished when pumping is in progress.

The water table is always fairly high, even now you can see a dividing line in the pond banks about 2 metres down. When we had the ponds dug they hit water with the first bucket. The driver jumped out of the macro with a cup, tasted the water and pronounced it drinkable. Last year in August, we had to shore up the ponds with sandbags as they had levelled out with the surrounding rice paddies. The year before we were a bit slow and lost a lot of koi -- much to the delight of the local lads fishing in the stream at the end of the land. Most of them were about 40cms long so I would gladly have bought them back but there you go.

3 hours ago, GarryP said:

For a home with a smallish garden, I assume that a 4" bore would be sufficient.

yes, 4" is adequate. We have about 4 rai of which 1 rai is fishponds, 1 rai eucalyptus trees and maybe another rai for ducks, chickens  and vegetables and the house is somehow squeezed in between numerous fruit trees.

The 100 metres mentioned in my last post was the distance between the borewells. This borewell went down 77 metres. The 2000 litre tank fills up early in the morning then I switch it over to filling up the ponds. 

I've been advised the XSR comes in different engine sizes. This is a 155cc bike

March 2022 Yamaha XSR for sale. Matt black. Extas added at Yamaha are engine crash bars and daytime riding lights. ABS. Only done 395kms so obviously little used. Asking price is 70,000 baht. We are 11 kms due south of Prakon Chai in Buriram Province.

Mick 0902624781 - English

Jen   0847667122 - Thai and English. 

Just a baby.....

My apologies to you all for the length of time it has taken me to reply, but I am grateful for the answers put forward. Our smaller pond which has the grass problem is about two and a half meters deep and normally dries out by about April. I'll dust it with lime and see what happens in July/August. There's a lot of wild fish in it at the moment but we'll hand pick them for the bbq. The big pond was about four meters deep but the sides have gradually eroded but this retains water ( and fish ) all year round. No grass problem in this one. I need to get around to building my koi pond and move the dozen or so that have grown in this pond along with some huge pla rat ( giant gourami ) which we bought for a fish tank. From about four inches long some five years ago, they are now about two feet in length. We've also removed the couple of mekong catfish which had grown into ginormous monsters:- Hmmm, tried to insert pics but no go......yet

Thank you for the replies. Firstly, RIP Ubonjoe. We never met but had many online conversations. Your wealth of knowledge will be missed along with your enthusiasm to share it.

We had more water this year than in the last 18 years. We had to sandbag the ponds after putting blue netting around. Last year we were too late and slow to do anything and lost a lot of koi into the old man's rice field next door which is bordered by a seasonal river. Luckily this year there were no losses but to see a huge lake was a bit of a shock. I think we'll pump the smaller pond after removing the wild fish and let it dry out. Hopefully then we can deal with the grass. The wife wants to fill it in but that's not happening.

Well, it would seem like ' hello ' from one old codger.....but I don't want to be rude on my first post. I've a question about ponds. We only have two now, had seven, but we don't grow fish for resale, just family consumption. I used to get an amazing wealth of info from a member known as ' ubonjoe ' but when I serched him this morning there was an ' RIP ' against his name. A great loss if it is true. He told me several years ago that after harvesting the fish and before filling and re-stocking his ponds, he treated them with either a chemical or a fertiliser that got rid of all unwanted matter. My problem is long grass that grows from the bottom of the pond. Very long grass, 2 to 3 meters and I would dearly love to find a way of getting rid of it. If anyone has any information, I'd be pleased to hear from you. That's both about the ponds and ubonjoe. Happy New Yaer one and all.

Incredible statistics indeed ! I had to contact the Thai flagship airline's booking helpline. The message that came back was that their head office in BKK was operating on a skeleton staff. That was over 10 days ago.  I wonder which airlines are bringing all those passengers or maybe all the H.O staff are at the airport assisting with the tumultuous arrivals ?

4 hours ago, rbkk said:

RTP and Thai immigration: the festering wound on Thai society that just keeps on giving.

Giving ?

.....and we are led to believe from the other featured article that Bangkok is rated as the 30th best city in the world and the 2nd best in ASEAN. Hmmm.

1 hour ago, Denim said:

I'm interested. Pray tell. 

 

I have driven cars with a broken clutch but in order to do so I had to turn off the engine ( whilst stationary ) slip it into third then turn on engine and gun it as it lurches forward. If third too high , works in 2nd. What's your way ?

 

Either way , most Thais that drive saloon cars can't drive manual transmissions. 

Denim, you are half way there. As you write, engine off, select gear ( usually 2nd ) and turn the key and off you should go. Don't know about gunning it though. To change gear you need to use the double de - clutch method as used on the old crash gear boxes I.e. no synchromesh. Foot off the throttle, gear lever into neutral, blip the throttle and push the gear lever into gear. It may crunch a few times until you get used to the method but it works. I've not only driven cars in this way but articulated trucks too. ????

7 hours ago, Denim said:

Nope. Would require the use of clutch.

Actually that is not correct.  You can engage any gear without the use of the clutch. Any vehicle with a manual gearbox that suffers from clutch failure can be driven if you know how. ????

1 hour ago, Gknrd said:

I was around a vapor recently, the guy never put it down for the two hours we were talking. That cannot be better than cigarettes. 

Bit like a baby and a dummy

2 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

NO. The title should read: a 69 year old man parks and doesn't put the transmission in "park". Maybe the reporter is not a driver.

Maybe the car has manual transmission  ?

11 hours ago, swerve said:

Must be hundreds of wanted Brits in Thailand.  Seems this is where they come to hide.

All that infamous that we've never heard of them.....

11 hours ago, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

They MADE his car break down so he'd have to take it to the garage, where they could set up this elaborate takedown and impressive photo op. Absolutely brilliant. Never underestimate the BIB.

Maybe it was a hub that was the problem ?

2 hours ago, Lorry said:

How can she have a transfer slip if the transfer wasn't done using the app? At my bank, you get them only if you use mobile banking.

 

Forgive me for being a bit slow here but if you use mobile banking, exactly where does the transfer slip come out ?

He seems to forget ( conveniently  ) where it all came from in the first place. What a t**t