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    We'll be there tomorrow morning watching the concrete mixing.

    The orchids have been ready for a while. I stopped fertilizing to limit growth. But, I need to live in the house for a bit to watch the sunshine patterns and figure out where to put them all!

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    Ah, underground wiring. Now I know why you have had delays. It flips them, that. All the PVC pipe to put the wires in and such. Also, maintenance will be interesting. Hope you keep copies of the exact location of the wiring. All the critters that like to chew. Had that at a friend's property. After seven years, the electric blitzed and they couldn't find the friggin lines to see where the break was.
    Nevertheless, it's great things are going forward, BH. Really happy for you and will toast you on your move in! Let us know, please.

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    They've had the flexible conduit for the underground wiring on site for some time:



    I will take lots of photos of where and how the bury it for future reference.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
    Are you sure they've delivered enough sand?
    Another pile of sand mysteriously showed up this morning. Wasn't there at 8 PM last night. Midnight shopping?

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    Quote Originally Posted by buad hai
    But, I need to live in the house for a bit to watch the sunshine patterns and figure out where to put them all!
    It usually comes from above, in a downward direction.

    Anyway, I like orchids. I like plants that aren't fuzzy and don't die on me when you ignore them for a couple months. (or forever
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    Quote Originally Posted by WhiteLotusLane
    It usually comes from above, in a downward direction.
    Except in the morning when it comes from the East at a rather steep angle and in the afternoon when it comes from the West at a similarly steep angle. Then there are the shadows from the house, wall and other plants.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by buad hai View Post
    We'll be there tomorrow morning watching the concrete mixing.

    Isn't that like watching paint drying?



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    Quote Originally Posted by a. boozer
    Isn't that like watching paint drying?
    This is Korat, remember. Moments this exciting are few and far between.

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    I've just started looking for a 100 talang wah plot of land.
    Should be an adventure.
    Plenty of misery to come from me I suspect BH.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
    Plenty of misery to come from me
    Theres a thread open for that already

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    We took the cabinet face frames over to the house this morning and had some discussions with the guy who's going to be doing the kitchen. Seems like a lot of cabinets for a small kitchen:



    We had an interesting discussion on the counter height. I wanted 90cm but the chang pointed out that the cabinet faces were made for an 80cm counter. The extra space above or below would look bad if the counter was 90. So, we settled on 80. Perfect for Ms. B; a little low for me.

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    Kitchen Construction


    Lucky us. They mixed in the street instead of on our driveway.


    Hmmm. I wonder about this crew. Sure looks awful at this stage.

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    BH, unless they wash all that stuff away every day, you're road in front is going to look the same as your driveway would if they had done it there. Tell them to get the big black oval shaped bucket (or whatever they call it) to mix in. Believe me it's a pain in the ass to get rid of it after it's hardened.
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    ^They don't even have a truck. I don't know how they'd get it.

    Just one more f*ck up in a long line of them.

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    Take a hose and wash it down when they are finished. Done the same day it should spread out the crap and smooth it out. Plus they got a nice damp base to work on tomorrow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by buad hai
    The extra space above or below would look bad if the counter was 90
    You would normally have a 10cm skirt on the ground anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog
    You would normally have a 10cm skirt on the ground anyway.
    Yeah, this is what the cabinets are designed for. If we made the counter 90, we'd have an extra 10 cm to either add to the skirt or the space between the counter top and cabinet. A world of never ending compromise....

    Quote Originally Posted by El Gibbon
    Take a hose and wash it down when they are finished.
    If only we had water and a hose....

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    ^^so how far do they have to go to get their water for their mix?..

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    Quote Originally Posted by klongmaster
    ^^so how far do they have to go to get their water for their mix?..
    About 100 meters. They are using my watering can to cary the water. Luck I bought one day before yesterday or they'd be SOL.

    They did a good job of cleaning the street though. You can hardly tell that someone mixed their mortar there....

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog View Post
    You would normally have a 10cm skirt on the ground anyway.
    Any skirts over 10 cm are a waste. 10 cms, silvery fabric and matching platform boots.. Perfection.

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    Quote Originally Posted by buad hai
    They did a good job of cleaning the street though. You can hardly tell that someone mixed their mortar there....
    Still... There'd be less cleaning to do and even less visible if they'd just bring one of these:


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    Quote Originally Posted by WhiteLotusLane
    Still... There'd be less cleaning to do and even less visible if they'd just bring one of these:
    As I said, they don't have a truck. The three of them arrive all on one motorcycle. This morning they also brought a power cross-cut saw. It was quite a sight to see. Sorry I didn't get a pic.

    On the other hand. There are plenty of those concrete mixing tubs scattered around the subdivision. I guess I could advise them to nick one this evening around midnight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon View Post
    ^
    I've just started looking for a 100 talang wah plot of land.
    Should be an adventure.
    Plenty of misery to come from me I suspect BH.

    If you are not in too much of a hurry CMN, we have some land we will be selling in Mae Rim, near our house

    at the moment it is rice fields, but we plan on building up the level and putting in an access road

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    Anger Management

    Now I've been with Ms. B nearly four years. In that time I've never, ever seen her get angry or display any sort of displeasure for more than a second or two.

    Until yesterday when she saw this:





    WTF is this guy thinking? What a god awful mess. Why pour a big slab when the kitchen counter is going to be a nice thick hunk of granite? Why use 1/8" veneer plywood to make a form for concrete? (Ever heard of Plyform?)

    Anyway, all through dinner last night Ms. B's jaw was clinched in anger her hands shaking with fury. She called "Khun Chang" and told him to do no more work until she talks to him more. She's taking a half day off to meet with him this afternoon.

    I'd say the first step involves a sledge hammer.

    Of course, I went over to the house before her and solved the problem in the usual manner: lots and lots of Beer Chang.

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