Hua Hin Forum

Last August, when my father passed away. Used to be around two years between forays out, hard to say these days but will probably still be around twice a year as Mum is still around. However, to put time spent in Thailand into perspective,I've probably spent less than two months away in total over t...

Tend to agree with Chas. On a side note, not many autos have aluminium parts, am curious as to what this part and its function is? I've worked in aviation as well as NDT, plus held a welding inspectors licence so will advise that if it's just a cosmetic non-stressed part you're probably okay to go a...

Re pigeons. The old lady two doors down FEEDS the blighters so there is a swarm of the bl**dy vermin on the power lines, her house roof and surrounds. I got shouted at for shooting at them with a plastic pellet rifle; not that it worked, but it gave me some pleasure with my evening beers(I know, I k...

I beg to differ. Rats DO make an awful din at times, especially when they treat the ceiling space as a safe,dry haven most suited for mating dances and raising generations of siblings. Unfortunately my ceiling is gypsum board nailed to the crossbeams so almost no access. I finally resorted to rat po...

Spotted bird repellent spikes at HomePro last week; two sizes, one for pigeons and larger birds, another for the smaller species. Somewhere around 350 baht for 5 meters of the pigeon repellent variety. Under serious consideration at the moment.

R.I.P. Sarge, will miss the rather opinionated posts.
Condolences to his wife, family and friends.

You'll certainly not get anything viable for less than 200,000 baht. European makes are generally cheaper on the secondhand market for the same age as their Japanese counterparts. The main reason for this is that the locals believe maintenance costs will be higher so tend to avoid them. It is not to...

Roel as long as you contribute, up to 60, you will get the health benefit. After that they will not accept any contribution. You qualify for the pension once over 55. I believe if you start drawing the pension, you will not get the health benefits any more. I will find out soon enough as I will be g...

Correct me if I'm wrong....but if you have a WP and pay taxes can't you use the the national health service here, thought you could. You need to be paying the social security deductions, for which you will be issued a card. You also have to nominate a hospital of your choice from a list they provid...

I've set my mobile so that it will only update apps if connected to wifi. It will not update if I'm using my data connection. Don't know if this applies to a tethered device, though.

Have you noticed........responses in this forum are mainly in the morning. Probably the Pensioners are drinking their Leo's (1 bottle per 3 hours) in the afternoon / early evening. :cheers: Actually it's because I've fired up the office computer and get to reading HHAD only after I've perused the l...

Thai food... a bit of a generalization, perhaps? The Southern is very different from the Northern, or Northeast - even the locals have problems coping with non-provincial food. For some people the sensitivity may be more psychological than physical, as in 'durian smells bad, so it may taste worse, i...

Doesn't matter about cost of air card. What matters costwise when running is the package you get with the SIM. It might just be a better option to get a cheap, skype-enabled smartphone; this would be practically guaranteed to work. I've seen many packages advertised so won't cost an arm and a leg. Y...

Pete the website 'thaiflood' is still active; you can choose the Thai language map with a blog update or the English version with a color-coded status by province. Click 'View this map in English Version'. http://www.thaiflood.com/ BTW the soi in front of the house in Bangkok was almost ankle deep l...

Always has been 100 per country, but mainly nationals from the subcontinent are applying. PR applications were suspended for a couple of years, only now just being reinstated. I know many people who were waiting for applications to be re-opened. The benefits are less hoops to jump through re work pe...