Leckyman

Have sent you a message..

I was playing football at the Samui Arena at 810pm when the lights went out. Strangely, across the other side of the road all the power was ok, but out all along the same side of the road as the football arena.

Then driving home, there were random little pockets of blackouts all along the route. After living here a few years now Im quite used to which areas are on which part of the grid, and where the boundaries are from area to area. I've never seen it like it is/was tonight.

Luckily we are ok at home (Ghost Road area), which is quite a nice surprise as we are normally the 1st to lose power.

Shh!!

I live just a few doors from you !

Anyone for a generator hook up tomorrow??

Sue,

i have been through this nightmare myself a few years ago.

There is no way around it, you would be better off going to the UK on a temp passport & getting a new one there. ( When it happened to me Bangkok issued new passports).

Also, get a new visa there too, you cannot transfer your visa here, it is lost forever, Do you have photocopies of the visa page??

My experience cost in excess of 40k Baht.

Give me a call tomorrow, i'll tell you all about it....

Nice little write up.

I had a TDR 250 for a good few years here, mostly spent in bits in my garage. But when it did go, it went well.

I miss it.

In the house of Rooo ???

What make are they?

I have a spare Regene one & a Compass East one.

Or, as a previous poster mentioned, you can buy replacement remotes/recievers from Home Pro & supot @ about 1,000 Baht i think.

The pink stuff was tasty, not so the clear....

Great night!!

Hottie Yingluck in town!! I'd better get a shave then....

The wife bought some food items in there today, among them was a salad dressing.

Whilst eating dinner tonight i happened to see the best before date on the bottle..... 14 JUN 2012 !!! Purchased today

Absolute disgrace.

A few years back i was selling a bike. Yam 250, a guy calls & says he is driving from Singapore to Bangkok so could i get on the ferry & meet him at Donsak pier for him to check it out.

As i wasn't busy then i said ok & duly went at the agreed time.

The guy turned up, checked the bike over & had a ride around the car park. He then gave me 10,000 Baht deposit (20% of the price) & said he would call to arrange payment & collection.

Never heard from him again!! 10K to me, thank you very much.

Classic Gems is the shop on the corner of Soi Colibri.

Thaicbr is quite correct.

I have also seen quite a few of these come up on Bahtsold lately.

Brilliant, i'm in, so is the Mrs... My pre birthday bash also, the cheapskate i am!

Scandal in my soi!!

I won't miss her bloody dogs....

The only thing you know with confidence leckyman is where to find the cheapest beer!

Haha,

the only thing i know with confidence is that after more than 15,000 posts you still don"t live in Thailand.

So what time tonight will the power go out in Plai Laem and Bangrak? Anyone forewarnings from someone ITK would be greatly appreciated.

At the moment it appears they will be random and at their most inconvenient, early to mid evening meal time, just to add to the fun. Imbeciles.

It's not random, it's when demand is at it's peak & there's not enough. I'm ITK but sworn to secrecy

Do not feed the troll!!

Dr Pisanu is working out of an office on the sea front strip. Very good i hear.

Will let you know on that in due course..

It all depends on the water pump you have(power consumption), do you really need to pump water during a power outage?

If you plan to take a hot shower during a power outage , these generators won't be enough, you need to have a look at 6KW and preferably diesel generators.

Not if you have stored hot water. The one Spindle is interested in will cope with the demand.

Definitely go for the electric start, trying to start by hand in the heat & dark is no fun at all.

Even better is one with an auto transfer switch so you don't have to lift a finger. But, $$$$$..

Is the PIN number a secret??

If the vehicles on the roundabout have to give way to those entering the roundabout it would be full in seconds, nobody would get anywhere.

Especially here, as Motocrosser says, nobody will leave a space to get a car through.

Crikey. I have obviously been away from the UK for too long.

What the heck is that Boater?

So - if I go back to England - rent a bike and just drive on the wrong side. Yes?

It's in Hemel Hempstead. Known locally as the majic roundabout.

You treat it like a series of mini ones, you can go either way round..

You'll do well to clear the San Miguel.. Minging!

I don't think anywhere on Samui can do it. You could try Steve at The Hut (Ghost rd) he may know of somewhere to sent it

Hey Man. Is that Steve the guy that does spray jobs? If so, have heard lots of praise for his work.

It is mate.

VocalNeal, yes Samui.