My lilo has sprung a leak

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hhfarang wrote:Thanks prcscct,

I've been reading this thread trying like hell to figure out what a Lilo is. After the last two posts I guess it's something like a beach ball.

English is such a frustrating language for an American when you live and read and write on a forum dominated by Brits! :D :D :D
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Sorry to burst your bubble :twisted: but a Lilo is a blow up air bed.

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....but we have 3 balls involved also. For the "lilo" patching is probably cost effective. However, as Randy suggested, shave the damn cactus...LOL. Pete :cheers:

PS: A serious comment, if you have a stone wash walkway and edging around your pool, that in itself will puncture inflatable items when they rub on it. I've gone through half a dozen pair of those inflatable arm floats for my daughter in the last year because of it.
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Post by Sabai Jai »

Mr Plum

What alot of sympathetic, caring and helpful replies you have had.

Must be repair kits on sale...try Tesco or anywhere selling inflatables.

Otherwise a daily visit to Lolitas to get it blown up again!

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Sabai Jai wrote:Mr Plum

What alot of sympathetic, caring and helpful replies you have had.

Must be repair kits on sale...try Tesco or anywhere selling inflatables.

Otherwise a daily visit to Lolitas to get it blown up again!

Regards SJ
It's revenge for my often too serious posts! :D

I do remember you could buy repair kits in the UK. I've tried Tesco. Nothing doing. I'll follow Steve G's and yours and try the shops selling inflatables.

Cheers.
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Post by sandman67 »

hmmmmmm

maybe Im out on a limb here guys but really.....doesnt this strike to the heart of Thai failure to work out cause and effect?

see me, Im thinking swimming pool = naked flesh. Naked flesh + spiky cactus = injuries......so dont put thorny/spiky pants in a public use area. Im thinking you aint learned this lesson, despite several repeat events...so maybe me getting tough with you would wake you up. No more new lilos and balls......

Im thinking.....sharp stone edges on a swimming pool = potential for scrapes and scratches....im thinking smooth marble edges or maybe plastic?????

expand this failure to look past the end of your nose, or "mai pen rai" problems onto someone else and....you get the current social /economic climate in the land of smiles.....

As the Jesuits say.... give me the boy .....

try explaining to your kids that the money pit is empty, blow up things and sharp stuff dont mix.....so tough....next time try applying a little consideration before jumping......use that brain Buddha gave you

do em a favour now eh?

Mollycoddling kids makes for a society of no forethought idiots....and Thailand has a surplus of those already.

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Cut the end off and give it to this guy. Ready ribbed as well. :D
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hhfarang wrote:Thanks prcscct,

I've been reading this thread trying like hell to figure out what a Lilo is. After the last two posts I guess it's something like a beach ball.

English is such a frustrating language for an American when you live and read and write on a forum dominated by Brits! :D :D :D
LiLo is what you Ameicans used to do in Nam, for us Brits it's an inflateable air bed that we lay on in the pool whilst drinking ice cold beer and moaning it's to hot. :D :lach:

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kendo wrote:LiLo is what you Ameicans used to do in Nam
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I have a Spanish - English - Spanish dictionary and a Thai - English - Thai dictionary.

I guess I need to go out and get an English - English - English dictionary! :shock: :D
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Post by DenisT »

Get some PVC around the same thickness as your lilo, what I used was a bit of a PVC pen packet bought from Tesco, cut a bit to size of hole, small as possible, adhere to hole with superglue. It works well! cheap, effective and you end up with 6 or so felt tip pens as a bonus.
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Post by margaretcarnes »

What a great thread for a change! Love SM's Thai cause and effect theories.
SM - FYI - Thailand never signed up to the 'cause and effect' theory. Despite warnings from international agencies they decided that Health and Safety initiatives were pretty boring. Hard hats on building sites would only keep the bits together in the event of a fall for example. Likewise having a Highway Code was too much like hard work, and a waste of paper. Mainly because drivers were too young to read anyway.
And why waste all that space along the side of roads by insisting that people shouldn't drive along them the wrong way? Thats just a plain daft waste of space. As is putting up railway barriers and warning lights, when people will still cross the lines anyway.
So any hope of smooth concrete pool surrounds is plainly crazy. They don't look nearly as nice as rough finishes do they?
Lets let Thais get on with selling endless Lilos and beach balls to boost the economy eh?
And as for shaving cacti - the Western way would be to wax. Thais pluck! :cheers:
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Post by hhfarang »

Actually, when I first saw the topic "My Lilo has sprung a leak" and saw that MrPlum had started it, I thought it was about a medical problem that us older guys sometimes have! :D
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Post by caducus »

Having read all of the learned advice given on this thread I have taken the following action:

1) donated all of my pool-side cacti to the local stray dogs home;

2) replaced the said cacti with hydrangeas;

3) torn up all the rough concrete surrounding my pool;

4) replaced the rough concrete with super-smooth marble.

Earlier this morning I was resting on my lilo, reading the News of the World, when I felt the sudden need to relieve myself. I jumped up and before I had decided which toilet to use I slipped on the super-smooth marble.

I now have a large hole in my head. with a thick red liquid substance gushing out all over my horoscope.

Does anyone know where I can get something to mend this hole in my head? I have tried the local 7-Eleven, but as soon as I opened the door the sales-girl screamed and ran to the back of the shop.

At the moment I have stemmed the flow with a handful of sticky rice, but this is only a temporary measure - Mrs Caducus will be wanting to have her second breakfast soon.

Somebody help me - please.
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