Bad Things Come In Threes.

[Formaleins]

Wouldn't have believed today, it has been somewhat of a strange bummer of a day.

 

Been renovating a couple of rooms and putting in extra sockets, switches and the like. Anyway, I was in the roof space putting in some cables to drop into sockets, when I am up there I always give a check to the state of the wood beams and laths as our land is a termite paradise.

 

All was good, no signs of wood damage so I was happy.

 

Gets up today and hears a rather loud crash, often the wife will dispose of a pile of plastic or packaging by hurling it out the upstairs window so I thought no more about it.

 

Went to go downstairs and there is about a four foot by four foot section of gypsum ceiling from out outside roof hanging off along with some wiring and light fittings. Shouts for the missus to take a look, she gets a long pole and starts poking it, so I immediately let her know that this is dangerous and probably a mans job. She gives me the pole, I poke the ceiling and lo and behold an entire 8 X 4 section complete with cables and lights lands on my head! 

 

Full of termites eating the gypsum!!!!!!

 

Next, Tesco turns up as I am chucking chunks of broken ceiling from the first floor, goes down to pay, not really in the mood but they are nice guys. Anyway, just as they are about to leave I realise that some of the order is not there. After all it turns out that an entire case was forgotten so they had to do another 90KM round trip to fetch the missing items. All good humoured, I know the guys and they are pretty easy going.....WHO CHECKS THE OUTGOING ORDERS at Tesco Chiang Mai?

 

Then the third PIA, Thai post turns up with my new Maktec MT230 Mitre saw, signs for it and off he goes in his almost brand new truck, he gets 30 yards and the truck is dead, 2 hours on the phone to get him back on the road.

 

Now, I could make a separate post about tools and the good and bad, but I will just tag it on to the end of this.

 

Not that impressed with the Maktec saw, you can get good results but if you follow the manual you will never get a square cut. The set screws for mitre and bevel angle are just bolt heads with lock nuts. You can set the saw up perfectly square in all directions and then, when you lock the rear clamp it twists the blade out of true.

 

You can get round this but it takes a lot of time and patience and relies on you tightening everything up in a similar manner each time. This would not be repeatable between different people.

 

If you want a compound mitre saw, probably worth you doubling the budget and buying the real Makita.

 

If like me you can probably get a smile on your face by actually getting two 45 Angled pieces of wood to match up then, this might do you. Like I say, it isn't bad for the money but it could be a lot better, I can see a lot of the angle stops and critical lock positions wearing out quite quickly.

 

End of today's sermon.

[Kwasaki]

" Bad Things Come In Threes." 

 

Quite right no matter where l've lived,  3 x 3 x 3 x 3  recurring.  

[1FinickyOne]

Three people died in my village yesterday... 

[steven100]

11 hours ago, Formaleins said:

Full of termites eating the gypsum!!!!!

wow ...  I never realised termites would destroy plaster board .... 

I'd better check the roof as we are in the bush ...trees and bush 30m away ..

[ThaiWai]

Beers on the beach come in three's when you rent.

[ThaiWai]

42 minutes ago, kenk24 said:

Three people died in my village yesterday... 

Care to explain where you were???

[1FinickyOne]

LOL - - At the time of the deaths? I don't think I am a suspect - as far as I know, all natural causes... but I will leave town for a road trip tomorrow anyway... we don't want any hangings now, do we? 

[1FinickyOne]

3 minutes ago, ThaiWai said:

Care to explain where you were???

LOL - - At the time of the deaths? I don't think I am a suspect - as far as I know, all natural causes... but I will leave town for a road trip tomorrow anyway... we don't want any hangings now, do we? 

[Nice Boyd]

My gf just stole money from me for Gambling, 3x  before I know I'm an Idiot, We Break today, she paid someone to take money out  of my ATM card, I hope I can prosecute?

[Old Croc]

 

2 hours ago, kenk24 said:

Three people died in my village yesterday... 

There have been a rash of deaths in my local village over the last six months or so. Seems every second day there is a tent up in the road. Aging population I suppose.  As long as I'm not the reason for pitching a tent it's all ok.

 

One unfortunate soul expired about the same time as a VIP, and it wasn't considered appropriate to start her mourning period at that time. I believe she spent a week of so in a back room before they were able to begin the process..

[GarryP]

6 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

 

There have been a rash of deaths in my local village over the last six months or so. Seems every second day there is a tent up in the road. Aging population I suppose.  As long as I'm not the reason for pitching a tent it's all ok.

 

One unfortunate soul expired about the same time as a VIP, and it wasn't considered appropriate to start her mourning period at that time. I believe she spent a week of so in a back room before they were able to begin the process..

I find that wrong in so many ways. The family and friends of the deceased should have been allowed to mourn regardless who else died at that time.  Their loss hits so much closer to home than the passing of a VIP. And yes I do believe I know which VIP you are referring to.  

[elgordo38]

Thank God I live in a concrete condo. I used to like repairing and remodeling but then old age set in and my curiosity waned. Well I hope things work out for you and you get things sorted out. Time for a beer. 

[smotherb]

2 hours ago, ThaiWai said:

Beers on the beach come in three's when you rent.

Massage specials come in threes--hours, girls, options.

 

The fourth cold beer is always necessary, wouldn't want to stay with  just three.

 

I guess the fact I am with my third wife must be problematic, but I think I'll keep her--she learned well and I don't want to take the time to train a fourth.

[marko kok prong]

To quote Riddick [vin Diesel] in the last Movie of the franchise " there are bad day's ,then there are legendary bad days" i have had a few of both,it's strange,like when i used to play football,some games everything you did just came of perfect,others,it was 50/50 but some nothing would go right,i was a defender and once scored a hatrick,but in my own net,it was not great in the dressing room after,dark looks ect,the manager then told me,"1 own goal is a mistake,2 stupidity,but 3 Marko, that's damn near treason" then he threw the teacup at me,needless to say i sat on the bench for the next few games,now that was a legendary bad day.

[Khon Kaen Dave]

The wife's sister.

The wifes mother.

The wife's, fat, lazy, good for nothing daughter Who, thank god Does not live with us)

This is the most unholiest trio that i can put together right now.Macbeth's problem's were a breeze, compared to mine, when these 3 crones get together.

 

Edited May 18, 2017 by Khon Kaen Dave
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[marko kok prong]

10 minutes ago, Khon Kaen Dave said:

The wife's sister.

The wifes mother.

The wife's, fat, lazy, good for nothing daughter Who, thank god Does not live with us)

This is the most unholiest trio that i can put together right now.Macbeth's problem's were a breeze, compared to mine, when these 3 crones get together.

 

Was it Sartre who said "hell is other people" in your case Dave this would seem to ring true.

[jesimps]

4 hours ago, steven100 said:

wow ...  I never realised termites would destroy plaster board .... 

I'd better check the roof as we are in the bush ...trees and bush 30m away ..

Happened in my old house, the bathroom ceiling collapsed. The crafty beggars had been eating it from the roof side and there was no loft access. Didn't suspect anything until it fell down.

 

Caught me completely by surprise as I've never experienced termite infestation anywhere else that I've lived.

 

Have a loft hatch in my new place and inspect regularly.

[Khon Kaen Dave]

5 hours ago, marko kok prong said:

Was it Sartre who said "hell is other people" in your case Dave this would seem to ring true.

I'm not quite sure how you meant that. If it was a smart criticism, then i suggest you come over to my house on a Sunday afternoon and i defy you to spend more than 1 hour, listening to them bemoaning their lot and the behaviour of other people in the village, who is banging who, and any other morsel's they can manage to extract from the local gossips. In the mean time they will be stirring their Isaan food pot, containing lip of Jew and eye of Turk ., and muttering, "when will we three meet again"

I take the opportunity, on this day of the week, to ignominiously, vanish to the local Chicken shop and eat BBQ fowell and guzzle a few Changs down me  gob.

If this was not intended as a smart criticism, then, I will google 'Satre' in the mean time  i will stick with Neichze (forgive my spelling) who I think said, "when you stare into the Abyss, sometimes, the Abyss stares back." Or my old grandad who said, "dont dare push your granny when she's shaving"

[Formaleins]

11 hours ago, steven100 said:

wow ...  I never realised termites would destroy plaster board .... 

I'd better check the roof as we are in the bush ...trees and bush 30m away ..

I have treated as much of the wood as I could and it seems like when there is little left to eat these buggers can actually go through cement!

 

The plasterboard is not the internal stuff either, it is the waterproof external grade. Once these sods are into your house it is a nightmare getting shot of them.

 

They actually ate very little of the plaster board, just boring random holes everywhere until it weakened it to the point where it collapses under its own weight. The sections that dropped on my head were large sheets, not small bits, I now have a hole in the ceiling outside about 1.5m x 2.4m.

 

One more thing, the Thais like to plant bushes and trees around the house - CUT TO DEATH anything that is touching or almost touching your house, they will use it to get in.

Edited May 18, 2017 by Formaleins

[elgordo38]

8 hours ago, smotherb said:

Massage specials come in threes--hours, girls, options.

 

The fourth cold beer is always necessary, wouldn't want to stay with  just three.

 

I guess the fact I am with my third wife must be problematic, but I think I'll keep her--she learned well and I don't want to take the time to train a fourth.

Loved it your the gift that just keeps on giving. 

[smotherb]

1 hour ago, elgordo38 said:

Loved it your the gift that just keeps on giving. 

Some may say I keep on taking

[bill59]

I'm beginning to believe it! On the same day my car battery went dead, I got a flat tire and a stone hit my windshield! True story!


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