Thread: Finally starting the build.

For what purpose, Patsy? Are you planning a trip to rural Thailand???

No. Not unless you have a female version of a urinal.

Im quite happy sitting in my Swiss heated, non mosquited armchair. Thank you very much. With running water.

Luv ya.

Originally Posted by koman

So, let me see if I understand the rationale here. There was concern that somebody might miss while pissing into a urinal with an opening the size of the grand canyon, and designed specifically for the purpose; but they would be perfectly accurate pissing into a toilet bowl??....

Urinals are simple, hygienic, and efficient. The are not messy at all when used by civilized people. Some punters on here seem to be comparing them to the ones lined up in some gigantic public toilet facility where ten thousand guys a day piss into them and the cleaners don't show up for work.

In fact, they help prevent the toilet bowl from getting messy. The simplest of routine cleaning and maintenance keeps them smelling sweet. I really have no idea what you guys are talking about. This is the third one I've had and they are no trouble at all.

TD is well known for bollocks, and this issue is no exception....
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SF....redo your bathroom at once, and get a urinal.... don't listen to the Luddites....especially ones without proper kitchens.....

I love King Steves throne . However I would have kept the urinal and placed the plant in it. A beautiful functional porcelain work of art. So simple to maintain. Just flush once a week and enjoy the greenery.

Bettyboo I really like the color scheme of your exterior . Thanks for the colorfull thread and good luck with your future endeavors.

Thank you, Fishlocker - have you consulted a psychiatrist?

^ or an optician?

Sorry - an optician

All, thanks for an enjoyable read, this thread is so far off it's original course it should be a shipwreck, but it's amazing content and repartee makes it one of the best reads anywhere on TD. I am reading all this sh**t everyday. Just thought it was about time I added something irrelevant!

Originally Posted by Roobarb

an optician

No good if your colour blind

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Had a nice week at the house. A few things to fix, but will enjoy spending a week or three there from time to time. The satallite tv is going in, the 3g locally is fast, everything is looking good.

Flew to Korea today to finish paying for the house, but with a better quality of life than in Oman. Here's tonight's dinner...

What's all that fish for ?


Wasp

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Urinals are just horrible in a family home. End of!

Only see them in homes of 'new money but no class'.

bankao :
Regarding cheese on toast one night after work had finished the lads were drinking and eating something stinky.
I wandered into the kitchen and returned with a few rounds of cheese on toast liberally anointed with Worcestershire sauce.
I offered some to Somchai who much to my surprise announced it was was aroi mak !!!



Well that is just bizarre - because I make zerr lovely cheeezzontoast and Missy reckons it STINKS !!!!!

From a lady who eats this particular green vegetable that smells like a camel's diarrhoea after it has eaten Durian!!!



Wasp

Quoting from Bangyai circa 1984 :

" One thing I was aiming for was to avoid having any of the posts coming up in the middle of the living room ( as was normal in the village ) "

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New car port. Cost: not a lot (maybe 1000 baht).

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

New car port. Cost: not a lot (maybe 1000 baht).

Hmmmm .

A possible design feature article for Somchai Times 2nd Edition ?



Wasp

So, you paid Somchai 1000 baht for a tarp stolen from a disabled transport truck on the side of the road. Well done BB.....

Actually the FiL paid 1000 baht for the large bit of fabric then did all the work himself. I certainly like to encourage him in these efforts because it doesn't cost me anything...

It's functional.

It fits in rather well with the rest of the house.

^is that a compliment? It doesn't feel like a compliment!

You could start a little Glamping business.

Oh I get it.

glamping

Shorthand for glamorous camping; luxury camping.
I ain't sleepin' in no tent! For real, I'm goin' glamping!

It appears to be also a jolly useful place to let folks sleep off a lunchtime beer or two?

would make a nice little mom and pop shop

Personally, I think a tarp draped over a few bamboo poles is a bit limited in scope......just saying... Is there a recovery plan for when the typhoon hits.. it could well end up in another province... don't let them tie it to the car bumpers or anything like that.....