joe84330

Pet meat trade?

I think you'd be very hard pressed to find any place, even a secret one, that serves dog meat in Samui.

I'm not talking about places that serve dog/cat meat on Samui.

I mean pets being stolen here, smuggled and sold to restaurants in Vietnam and China.

yes this makes perfect sense.

if you are trying to make it as complicated and expensive as possible that is. where do you come up with this stuff? is there a weekly world news for samui that i haven't seen yet? is the mayor really a robot sent here to encourage mortals to eat magic mushrooms in order to open pathways to communicate with our ancestors on another planet?

stay tuned for next weeks eye opening story...

yes you can have a gun here, completely legally. there was just an article here on TV about this very subject. you must have a WP, house book, "some assets" to protect, go get fingerprinted and have a police background check.

so many times i've heard people say "you can't collect unemployment/social security/have a gun, you're a farang" and they are wrong nearly every time. i say nearly because i don't have my gun permit yet, i'm just going through the process now to get it.

actually i said that the adult venomous snake is capable of adjusting the amount of venom that it injects into prey, and is also capable of determing whether something is, in fact, prey or not. they won't, for example, just go around randomly biting and injecting venom into buffalos.

i also said that that applies to adult venomous snakes, and that you should be wary of young venomous snakes as they are not yet capable of this same level of sophistication.

how any particular individual responds to a bite is entirely up to them.

i was driving onto the ferry in donsak last week when i got a phone call. looking at my phone i had to blink and refocus because i had 3G showing. as soon as i had parked and gone upstairs i sat down to play with it before the boat left. sure enough, i had dtac 3G in donsak. can't wait for it to be here.

A big, fat, and (potentially ugly) farang with poor circulation, is much more likely to survive a snake attack than a cute, cuddly, little blue eyed toddler.

perhaps, but venomous snakes have the ability to adjust the amount of venom to suit their prey. humans, big and fat or small and cuddly are not prey, so unless you are really messing around with it you aren't going to get much if any venom. i'll have to go back through many years of photos but maybe i'll find the cobra that i accidentally stepped on in bophut on the golf course. no venom, not even a bite, he just raised up in order to look at me funny before disappearing into the trees. i have however had dengue fever so i wish mosquitos were getting this much attention.

man am i happy i have access to google and a basic idea of what they are, what they are after and what they do (and won't do) to get it.

each and every one of you has spent ten minutes reading tips on how to remove or avoid mosquitos and dengue and/malaria kill far more people each year than a venomous snake. so take 5 minutes and help snake proof your property and leave the fear mongering to politicians.

http://ufwildlife.if...nake_faqs.shtml

They can climb vertical walls don't you know ? Google " snakes climbing vertical walls" and be enlightened . Again it is all in American so I am not sure if the same rules apply .

glad it's in american, these thai cobras will never understand it that way.

man am i happy i have access to google and a basic idea of what they are, what they are after and what they do (and won't do) to get it.

each and every one of you has spent ten minutes reading tips on how to remove or avoid mosquitos and dengue and/malaria kill far more people each year than a venomous snake. so take 5 minutes and help snake proof your property and leave the fear mongering to politicians.

http://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/venomous_snake_faqs.shtml

p that snake is only a threat if you aren't tending to your local area and watching over things. he's most likely not going to enter a yard where a few kids are playing noisily, he's not going to seek you out for his next meal. he'll follow a snake though so keep your grass cut and don't leave small objects/hiding places lying around and you'll all be just fine. relocate him please.

In my extensive experience with snakes, and cobras specifically, I have to tell you this has not been my experience in the many many years I have lived here. I have had cobras enter my home (doors are open all day) and curl up outside my bedroom door, and we have a fairly active place with 3 dogs. I have had cobras in my kitchen, I have had them in my bathroom thats attached to the house, and like I said, had one curl up happily outside my bedroom door as I napped inside during the middle of the day.

They will enter even active areas. There is no long grass around my house but I live near a small stream. There are no hiding places around my house, but obviously they like the inside.

We kill the cobras that come into our house. We kill the ones that come into our resort and are in public areas. I do not want to be responsible if a guest gets bitten by a cobra because I didn't relocate him in time.

In the OP's case, I would have called the snake man, you'd better know what you are doing to confront a highly poisonous snake and most people do not.

And yes, I'd rather have rodents than poisonous snakes in my home.

have you considered opening a snake farm instead of a resort? curious because i have to travel and pay to see them and you have a veritable goldmine at your feet.

i live in a semi rural area on samui with open lands around and we never see any snakes. have never had any cobras, only rat snakes and tree snakes here. in fact, i've complained here in the past due to having no snakes in the natural environment.

please catch your snakes, i'll pay for them and have them shipped over here as well.

Not pointless; I eat what I kill. Cobra makes a delightful curry. And I'm NOT trolling. It is delicious. I am certainly not alone in my views about keeping a place populated by humans safe for humans. If the snake were encountered in an unpopulated area or an area of low population density, my view would be completely different. Calling somebody that does not agree with you an "idiot" or a "schmuck" does more to reflect on your own mentality than anything else.

And Roo, I know plenty of Thais where I live in a rural area of southern Phitsanulok that would quickly kill that snake were it encountered here. There would be no thought of calling a "snake handler." I seriously doubt if there is even such a person in my area. My Thai wife never heard of such a person and she is an educated school teacher. And, were the snake killed in my village, it would definitely be eaten. There were dead cobras galore for sale in the local markets during the flooding.

Just kill the sonovabitch. I don't care how beautiful the thing is or who lived here first. Humans live there now ans are endangered by this snake. I wonder how all these feel good people begging you to save the snake would feel if one of their amll children were bitten?

I used to live in Alaska and never traveled in bear country unless well armed. I am reminded of an incident where four anti-gun California tourists were visiting a great fishing spot on the Russian River that was also populated by brown bears. As they were making their way along a trail, a brown bear suddenly stood up and grabbed one of the young men and began mauling him. One of the young women was screaming, "The bear has him! Who has a gun? Oh somebody, please help; who has a gun?" Well she should have thought about that before.

Kill the damned snake. The families that complained were probably Thai, as they seem to be a lot more sensible about these things than 90% of the stupid bleeding heart farangs that really know nothing about living in a dangerous environment, but think they know everything. All Alaskans are armed in bear country. When bears came into a subdivision, they were summarily killed.

classic, give him a rope and he'll hang himself. or at least we can only hope haha. you know, i think he's grown out of the small village idiot role and looking for a larger village.

cmon rooo, i took it very easy on this schmuck and you know it.

Just kill the sonovabitch. I don't care how beautiful the thing is or who lived here first. Humans live there now ans are endangered by this snake. I wonder how all these feel good people begging you to save the snake would feel if one of their amll children were bitten?

I used to live in Alaska and never traveled in bear country unless well armed. I am reminded of an incident where four anti-gun California tourists were visiting a great fishing spot on the Russian River that was also populated by brown bears. As they were making their way along a trail, a brown bear suddenly stood up and grabbed one of the young men and began mauling him. One of the young women was screaming, "The bear has him! Who has a gun? Oh somebody, please help; who has a gun?" Well she should have thought about that before.

Kill the damned snake. The families that complained were probably Thai, as they seem to be a lot more sensible about these things than 90% of the stupid bleeding heart farangs that really know nothing about living in a dangerous environment, but think they know everything. All Alaskans are armed in bear country. When bears came into a subdivision, they were summarily killed.

somewhere, a village is missing its XXXXXX.

it's magnificent. thank you for the photos. after six years here i've only seen one up close in nature, and that happened in a very very low density completely non urban area. that snake is near the top of the food chain here. i'm certainly not a snake expert but that thing knows the difference between you and a rat and will adjust its venom accordingly. it's the smaller ones you should be concerned about around houses and small landholdings i think.

may is one of the low seasons and shouldn't be wet at all unless you are in a bar. just hot, that's summer expect an afternoon storm and plenty of available rooms. water is calm but warm and swimming is great unless you are in shallow water. it's only separated from the high season by the calendar, enjoy.

please don't kill that snake. reference that number even if it's disappeared momentarily. i've nevered called it so i can't really vouch for it but that snake is going to eat all of the nuisance snakes that you might feel are a threat but are in fact completely harmless and keep the rest of the eco system in check. i've got a house full of kids and obviously want them to be protected. that snake is only a threat if you aren't tending to your local area and watching over things. he's most likely not going to enter a yard where a few kids are playing noisily, he's not going to seek you out for his next meal. he'll follow a snake though so keep your grass cut and don't leave small objects/hiding places lying around and you'll all be just fine. relocate him please.

certainly going to be tricky. my gf of the last 6 years has a boy who turns 11 in a few days. he's been living with us full time for perhaps 4 of the last 6 years. the difference over those last 4 years is amazing. he's becoming the best big brother to his new 3yr old and 6 month old sister and brother that we could ever hope for.

while he possesses most of the common 11 yr old boy characteristics (would prefer playing video games to mowing the lawn etc.) it is evident that he is beginning to understand and accept the responsibilities that come with being an adult. he sees his biological father once or twice each year and has a facebook account to keep in touch with the extended family in the north, but he doesn't seem to accept the north as his home anymore. he sees the limitations and the lack of nearly everything that are evident there (money, thought, ambition, responsibility etc) and sees the opportunities here in his new home and school with us. he knows that he may go back and stay with his father and/or family in the north at any time and will still be welcome here, he just chooses to stay here with us and we are all very happy with that. he's a great kid. the father's day card he spent a week designing and drawing in english to give to me will be kept and treasured forever.

nothing is ever easy with stepchildren but i suppose that can be said about anything really.

i have always thought of roses as a hobby for old people. you shouldn't read any disrespect into that either.

young people just don't care about gardening or farming because they simply can't put 2 and 2 together.

adults understand the necessity, and eventually the need to escape from it and then do a quick u-turn back to it and grow accordingly.

the way i see it, only once you've been through each previous stage successfully would you understand and have available the time, resources, knowledge and appreciation at your disposal to grow roses.

but, you're still old.

Well, can't say i can agree with you there Mr Joe, I see young ones out in the garden helping Mumma or Pappa all the time around me, it also surprises me, that many younger Thai's seem to have a good knowledge of gardening and plants.... they may not use western practices, but seem to get out and get their hands in the "dirt"....

Now.... with western kids... well I think you are right though!

As for roses being for old people.... your time will come!

my time is gonna come, but only in the form of a led zepplin song!

i have always thought of roses as a hobby for old people. you shouldn't read any disrespect into that either.

young people just don't care about gardening or farming because they simply can't put 2 and 2 together.

adults understand the necessity, and eventually the need to escape from it and then do a quick u-turn back to it and grow accordingly.

the way i see it, only once you've been through each previous stage successfully would you understand and have available the time, resources, knowledge and appreciation at your disposal to grow roses.

but, you're still old.

we were planning a staff party a couple of years back and all of the thai staff selected the marine park. during the planning stages it was determined that we'd have to pay 200thb for each farang employee "because farang have to pay".

so i "charged" 200thb for an equivalent number of thai staff "for transportation to the park" without charging any of our foreign employees because they had to pay 200thb to get in.

probably didn't accomplish anything except let them argue in the other room over who was going to pay for their transportation to the park so that i could actually get some work done.

Talk to the post office.

Alternatively the second hand shop in Lamai.

Thank you!

Didnt think the post office did "bigger" things like that. Do you know if their prices are reasonable for this sort of stuff?

Where is the second hand shop in Lamai?

believe it's just north of ninja crepes, which also puts it just south of buddy beer. beach side.

i've been keeping rabbits for more than a year now jimmy, just looking for different genes that's all.

plenty of buffalo crap to use but as far as i'm concerned, rabbit and elephant are the best (for different reasons and seasons) no question about it.

if you want leaf growth rather than flowering or root development, go down to one of the waterfalls and collect elephant poop to substitute for the rabbit. wouldn't recommend foliar feeding with this one though, but your lawn won't complain either way.

hey jimmy, i've been south of the border for a few days.

the secret formula is a matter of extreme precision and a total devotion to quality control.

start with an empty large plastic garbage bin, i think mine is 75l. fill it up a third of the way with fresh seaweed. add 1 bucket of rabbit poop, one bucket of ash from your firepit and then top the bin off with water. stir for a few minutes, cover and let it sit for a few days. stir again, siphon off the liquid and spray it over your lawn. the solids go into the compost pile. start over. should be enough for more than 1000sq ft of lawn every month. if you don't have a compost pile, just side dress/mulch your plants. very little nitrogen in the mix, and what is there won't burn anything. you can also take the liquid, double its volume with more fresh water and use it as a foliar feed each week.

i'm experimenting with the recipe now by adding the last warm undrinkable ounce or so from every bottle of beer chang into the brew. 4 liters into that original mix in the large bin should be enough to notice a difference, we'll see.

Just talking with Jim here and he says they are being very accommodating with most visas here now in order to fund the new consulate expansion plans.

Thanks for your report, Did you already have Work Permit?

Penang is know to issue multiple non-B's on condition of work permit with at least 8 months remaining plus usual company papers plus company capitalisation of at least THB 8M

So the question is if you met these requirements or not.

Ah, yes then I believe I meet each of those requirements. Had thought this was something new.

Just left the consulate and the man taking my app for a non b noticed I was applying for only a 3 month non b.

He asked me why I wasn't applying for a one year, so I told him it will be extended for one year on samui. His response was "ok, just want you to know that you can get a multiple entry 1year visa here now"

Thought that might be useful info for some of you.