Your house is my house!

[connda]

Fences, locked gates, and 9 medium to moderately large barking dogs takes care of that on our property.
Nothing like a pack of dogs with bared teeth to say, "No - you're not welcome to wander onto the property uninvited." 

"Your dogs may bite someone!!!"

You have to climb over a fence with is 6 feet high and either topped with barbed wire or spikes.  Anyone making onto the property are trespassing, and doing so at their own risk.

[connda]

2 hours ago, Na Fan said:

There is a door bell. You can ring it.

Nope - they stand in front of the front gate and yell.  Not gonna hear anything other than barking dogs to give us a clue that someone who doesn't know how to push one of the two clearly marked doorbells at the front gate is standing at the front gate yelling where we can't hear them.

[Na Fan]

1 minute ago, connda said:

Nope - they stand in front of the front gate and yell.  Not gonna hear anything other than barking dogs to give us a clue that someone who doesn't know how to push one of the two clearly marked doorbells at the front gate is standing at the front gate yelling where we can't hear them.

Yeah. That happens a lot.

[MisterTee]

24 minutes ago, mokwit said:

Nobody borrowed your car yet?

Maybe they've been too busy borrowing his wife.

[connda]

1 hour ago, Na Fan said:

Yes, sure, but it feels silly to have to lock your door while you're at home.

Why?  You're probably perceived as a "Rich Farang."  Ever hear of "Home Invasion."  I've lived here long enough to have seem multiple instances where farang end up dead and buried somewhere in the jungle after their home is robbed. It does happen. 

[OneMoreFarang]

1 hour ago, Hummin said:

I have given up, and also given up everything I have made to make things easier, ans as well the routines I established at the farm. They will not adopt or change "their way" of doing things. Even 2 hours works takes my way, takes them a whole day if lucky.

I guess this is somehow why they do it the way they do it. They spent a day chatting with each other and also doing a little work at the same time.

[connda]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

And obviously you see the same wall, just the other side of it. Do you like that view?

Absolutely - the trees, shrubs, and flowers boarding the wall are beautiful!  Mountains and jungle in the background.  Wonderful view!

[mokwit]

7 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I guess this is somehow why they do it the way they do it. They spent a day chatting with each other and also doing a little work at the same time.

With breaks for snacking, obviously.

[ColeBOzbourne]

A friend in Mexico used to tell me, "My house is your house, my car is your car, my wife is your boss."

 

My father had the habit of walking into people's houses unannounced and without knocking. It made the whole family cringe, but he always just said, "It's okay, they don't mind."