KhunVee

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The one they're going to built on the corner of Super Highway and Doi Saket - Chiang Rai road (never mind the numbers) is going to be an CENTRAL FESTIVAL.

Same concept as in Pattaya and Phuket.

CENTRAL Khad Suan Kaew will indeed no longer be exploited by CENTRAL and this is the replacement.

There will be no ROBINSON inside this one as it is CENTRAL's competitor.

I think I can live without Rimping's peaches - royal or not, whilst I can get a pineapple, papaya, bananas, mango's and oranges for 100 baht at a local market

These are good and at Thai prices. Until these, I haven't had a decent peach for 20 years.

You should get out more often then.

Peaches don't have feet and will not come to you.

Greater Chiang Mai is Thailand's Fruit Garden.

They are out there and have always been out there for you to come and get them.

Look around and you'll find them anywhere during the season, and not just this year.

Quality has always been AAA+

I find them mostly much better than the ones (claimed to be AAA+ also) we get in Europe.

I think I can live without Rimping's peaches - royal or not, whilst I can get a pineapple, papaya, bananas, mango's and oranges for 100 baht at a local market

Spot-on!

I just bought 5 kilo of Peaches from a local farmer in the street right out of his truck (mixed sizes) for 75 THB (That's 15 THB per Kilo) and that is what they should cost more or less. Some goes for the freshly harvested Mango's (15 THB p/Kg)

Rimping has some great (imported and local) stuff that no one else has and I'm happy to pay extra for my cravings for imported products.

But sometimes they're over the top.

We bought it at Index chiang mai

They had to order it from bkk

5 days later 2 pack delivered at 560 THB per pack of about half kilo each.

We soon found out that we ordered too little and then my sister in law went to the talad and came bsck with 5 kilo of "sticky rice powder" LOL

Boil water and start adding the powder trough a sift while steering thouroughly trough the "soup"

When it thickens you're done and have very good wallpaper glue.

Price for 5 kilo was about 25 THB

I have asked this question before to the Office Chief at the Chiang Mai Land-Office.

His answer was short.

"You pay transfer fee every time we change the name on the Chanote. We don't care how much you pay for it or if you get land for free. We look in our book and you pay the fee based on our calculations."

He also said, there's 2 different calculations:

1) last ownership transfer was less than 5 years ago,.... you pay a higher fee

2) last ownership transfer was more than 5 years ago: you pay the standard fee

I did not mention anything about in-heritage or things like adding or removing names from the chanote.

I was asking this simply out of curiosity as in my home-country you can make a donation (when old or sick....) under certain circumstances and avoid high tax on in-heritage....

Anyway, most officials speak enough English to give you a correct and straight forward answer for your particular situation. You can walk in to the land office with ANY question about this matter and they will give you explanation.

Just take a number at the entrance and pay (for the given service) on the way out.

e.g.: If you have a property/chanote and want to sell it and want to know what currently the transfer fee will be. You can walk in with that chanote and they will calculate for you. This service costs 40 THB in Chiang Mai.

Simple as that.

Try to contact Nienke at Luckydogs.

If anyone knows the answer to that...,

There is one near Chaing Mai Plastics....around that area. Had rolls upon rolls of natural Thai cotton. Ask around and you will find it there.

Only one? LOL

Just kidding, but yes that's the place to be in Chiang Mai,.... just stroll down the soi's of Wororot, you'll find plenty

CMU - near the football stadium and students tennis courts. Beach volley ball court that is used most days.

I love you.

I need to go check that place out very soon.

Need to also add some air to my beach volley ball - I dont have the needle so probably need to go to a sports shop e.g. Supersports in Huay Keow right?

Yes, they have all the right tools for you.

There's a bunch of people playing volleyball on a weekly basis.

They get together at Yokkadok (a straight-friendly gay bar-restaurant & Guesthouse)

I don't know the exact details but you can find their contact details on the website (just browse for Yokkadok Chiang Mai in your search engine)

The owner's David (UK) and Puy (TH) are overwhelmingly friendly guys, so be prepared for a HUG and killer smiles!!!

I know they want to expand to a more serious organisation so why not give them a call and see what you volleyball-lovers can achieve together.

If you PM me I can give you the contact numbers/e-mails.

This is a typical result of water erosion from during the flood.

Be careful there people, who knows how many more of those are waiting to .... sink? open? crack?

Yes, sure something to get worried about.

Maybe off topic, and English is only my third language,.... but is the word CRATER not a bit "drama-queen"

crater (krtr)

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Try the outter moat roadside shops with all the military and police uniforms the Northern stretch I believe it is......

They have lot's of choice.

Then go to Wororot market and buy a roll of strong and wide Velcro. Have the plastic buttons removed and the Velcro stitched on in long straps so it closes firmly and you don't look like Batman and keeps it from riding up and flapping all over the place.

There you go. Your perfect Poncho.

Weather in Chiang Mai is weird, things change in a single day. Ive never experienced anything like this anywhere else in the world.

One day it started raining and didnt stop for a while, In the cool season it got cool all of the sudden, then one day it just decided to get smoky, then a couple of days ago it just got cool all of a sudden.

Its confizzling.

You should visit Belgium.

Any time of the year, there you can experience 4 seasons and an Indian Summer in one single day.

Almost every electricity shop sells the LED flashlights with extra feature so you can open one side and it will lit the whole building.

They cost between 99 and and 99,50 THB

They're so cheap and mine (3 pieces) lasts 2 year already,....

Any other emergency light from an imported brand will cost you at least a 1000 a piece.

Just saying,....

Anyway, the ones you want they sell in the Khad Suan Kaew Sports section.

They used to sell Coleman there, but not sure if they still do.

Certainly, it would be good to know if a kerosene fueled lamp (wick type) with glass chimney, is available anywhere.

Or maybe even the good old fashioned 'Hurricane' lamp.

I guess a Coleman or Tilley light would be hard to find.

Not so difficult to find.

In the city inside the Wororot small soi's (close to Chiang Mai Plastic's backdoor) is a shop who sells many sizes and shapes.

Outside the city you are very likely to find them in the typical farmers' hardware and convenience store.

We just bought 6 big ones (40 cm) on the road to Phrao (about 3 kilometers after Maejo Uni) on the street.

They're in metal with removable glass (pretty thick and strong).

The wick you can easily make yourself with cotton cloth (hard to explain how to do but can find on the Boyscouts website for sure LOL)

Would you be allowed to let them off in Europe

or US? I kind of doubt it somehow.

As long as it is not within 15 miles of a 'controlled' airport, I don't think it would be a problem.

I have this plan to send a dozen or so to my brother who lives in the cornfields of midwestern America, have him send them up over Hicksville some weekend evening then videotape for me the TV news coverage of UFO's over da crop circles!

Have any of you seen the old and frequently presented videos of the lights over Phoenix long ago that still stir folk's imaginations of little green guys and girls? If those are not our very own Thai lanterns, I don't know what is..

Hey, maybe if we exported enough of these things, we could start a whole new UFO rage in many of the "civilized" countries of the world, eh?

Great idea it would be a blast to watch.

Problem being Americans are so afraid of living they probably would have a dozen laws against it.

You replied to a 6 year old post by a member who has since passed away.

Well, I can understand the confusion here,...

I also, almost, replied to the thread here.

Somehow the posts title showed up 5th in line of the Chiang Mai Forum.

So you get somehow the idea it's a recent post.

When browsing the fora, you look at the highlighted title's and your eye does not always catch the date.

(It's actually not the first time this happens to me)

Especially when the OP is no longer with us,.... it is very awkward indeed. But how to know?

Maybe the webmaster(s) could built in a feature of some kind to avoid these 2 issues?

Yes Correct..

He need's to give a Power of Attorney to any Thai national to be he's rep. at the land office.

Yeah sure.

I would have thought anyone buying three condos could take a few days off, bring the money over and do the deal; personally.

For you this might be a big event that need big ceremonies and personal presentation, maybe.

For others ( like grown up investors ) this is just another day at the office and a well calculated business transaction. However, I did not say he never inspected them personally.

As a matter in fact, this one bought 20 condo's ( in Chiang Mai only and that I'm aware of ) in the last 6 month.

Anyway, sorry to go off topic. But since you wanted to go cynical about a well ment reply to an interresting question from the OP....

Yes you can buy. You don't even need to be in Thailand.

Just the funds transfered from outside and ID of some sort.

I have sold a few to people not in Thailand at the time. Just a little signed paperwork and all is done

Yes Correct.

I can confirm this.

Just sold 3 condo's to a Briton that was not even in Thailand at the time.

He need's to give a Power of Attorney to any Thai national to be he's rep. at the landoffice.

The Chanote will be registered in the Foreigners name.

I can also vouch for Khun Sumalee. She has a very good reputation in the expat community for both property purchases as well as business transactions.

You don't need a lawyer to buy a house. There is no Added Value.

There's nothing they do you can't do yourself, especially when you're married to a Thai.

The officials at the land-office will make sure all documents are legit.

They will explain any issue to you and/or your wife when needed.

Money transfer?

You buy a Cashier check in the seller's bank in with the seller's name on it, the only way to make a "registered" payment in Thailand.

Lawyers for buying property in Thailand is ONE BIG SCAM.

I would've thought 555 would be the most popular... what's so special about 9999?

Can't believe people would pay this much for a license plate either, are they on crack? I mean I know Thai people can be extremely vain, but... 1.4 million baht for a license plate? I know they're not paying that just to donate to the Road Safety Fund. Crazies.

The number 9 is considered the most lucky number for Thai people.

And as the highest serie of numbers on a license plate are 4 digits,.... 4 x 9 = the most desired one.

thus 2 reasons,.....

1. Very lucky number on your car.

2. Show off BIG TIME with a very expensive license plate as everybody knows that you ain't got it cheap.

But let's say that reason number 2 is probably their highest priority,.... having the lucky number on your car is just the bonus here.

My father in law (also 56) bought his first cellphone last week at MAKRO the brand name is Infinity and it works alright.

Has a very clear and big keyboard to it. No complicated menu or features that nobody ever uses,....

Just under a 1000THB and it does all what you expect from a phone,... it rings when someone calls you and you can call other people.

If you never owned a cell before I would recommend to go for something like this.

Unless you are already computer literate of course.

Then you could go for android or iPhone if you want to use e-mail on the run, play with apps, chat on MSN while you're in a restaurant, take bad quality pictures or post everything you do on Facebook at any given time,..... and if you have tiny little fingers the size of a ballpoint,.... you can buy a Blackberry and actually use it.

Bottomline is, if you're not familiar with all the above and just want a phone. Buy a simple one under a 1000Baht and save yourself a lot of frustrations.

If you do go for the Samsung, Android, iPhone,.... best to buy it at a provider/store direct together with a plan.

In that case you are sure it's a legal and genuine model, you get the factory warranty & the service inclusive.

I'm a happy AIS customer,... if you choose for this provider, they have the main office on Thapae road, one street down from the Night Bazaar on the corner. But do shop around.

I must say,....

I just looooove those Thaksin treads.

They never fail to entertain.

We had a similar problem in our office in Europe.

The company purchased some hard PE or PP board sheets that are 1,5 x 1,5 meter in size and about 1/2 mm thick or so, anyway, you want a very rigid one.

Put on the floor it not only protects the floor but your chair will roll easier on it, it does not disturb the colors of your floor as it is transparent and it's easy to clean. Especially if you don't like fabric or carpet on your floor.

Also it last's a really long time,.... carpets and/or fabrics will eventually wear out soon.

I'm sorry I don't have an address for a shop where to buy this (in Europe you can buy from office-supply stores or furniture stores)

But this country having a huge plastic industry, maybe you can find or order from Chiang Mai plastics in Wororot market....

Thanks everyone.

I checked T-Levels at McCormick Hospital a few weeks ago. 800 baht it was sent out to a different lab.

That is what I was trying to figure out. I'd rather find THE LAB (or a lab) with competent staff rather than have it sent to another lab and have to wait on it. I was tested in pattaya a few years ago in a lab and they had the results in an hour, where all the hospitals said it would take 1 - 2 days, who then sent it to a lab.

Time of day affects T Levels and what physically activities you did the previous day, so take a day off, and check 2-3 hours from the time you wake up the next day.

Excellent tip. I did not know this. Thank you.

Lanna & RAM both have their own labo for sure and you can wait for the result and surely even talk to the labo- staff direct if you want. In Lanna they are most helpfull and informative in my experience.

I went to both for a cross-check.

Good experience.

My advise would be: stop reading most BS here and contact any HIV Clinic or Social Centre in your community and get educated.

I don't know where you are now, so you will need to do some research on whats available near you.

I've been an EMT for many years and also have/had many HIV+ in my close environment and I can tell you that the risk (when not actively involved in sexual acts or drug use) to contract HIV is 250 smaller than, let's say, Hepatitis.

Anyway, there are ( for sure in Belgium, so probably also in other countries) groups that educate newly infected people, friends & family members and professionals on how to handle and how to deal with it in various situations.

Go find them and get educated properly.

You soon will find out there are many myths, false truths and wrong ideas in the world about HIV.

I for one (in my duty as paramedic) got puked, peed, blood covered many times. I also touched, carried and at some stages on an emergency dragged HIV+ people all over the place without getting infected of course.

Each virus has it's own transmission behaviour, and sometimes I worry some people confuse HIV with Ebola.

Why would you go to a doc. Or clinic so you need to wait longer and pay more.

You can walk into Lanna hospital. Ask for the test from their lab.

You will briefly be interviewed by the Internist on duty, the lab will take a blood sample, you wait 1 or 2 hour and then walk out with your result.