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    Well !!!


    Surprisingly ...... there may be a Thread coming !

    A small one .

    A Threadette .

    And that will only mean something to those historic patrons of this Thread who know all about LadyPig and LadyBed and LadyMango and there's another one but she's LadyDead now .... and the difficulties of having a house which is landloocked by hostile family.
    For you see LadyPig doesn't have a pig to her name any more and she wants a pig so she wants 10 000 Baht with which to purchase this pig .

    Which means we have final clearance to make a cement road into Missy's property through the land of LadyPig and LadyDead as long as we front up a loan of 10 000 Baht knowing bloody well we will never see a Baht come back.

    Still ....... scope here for a Thread on the construction of a 20 metre SuperHighway which has the added Bonus that the work is being assigned to ...... - THE INDOLENT BROTHER !!!!

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    Hoorah Hoorah ! ♪♫

    Let's see how this goes then !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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    Definitely looking forward to another of your wonderful building threads Waspy

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    He quit on the second day !




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    Quote Originally Posted by Wasp View Post
    He quit on the second day !




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    Did you pay him in advance?

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    I'm surprised he lasted that long !!

    I didn't even pay him afterwards .



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    amusing read!

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    The ‘ Threadette ’ may not have entirely expired after its one day .

    It appears the useless brother has inserted two white sticks into the ground to mark his “survey”.
    One is a painted broom handle so its about 4 foot long …… and the other is a painted stick from a Magnum .

    And now he wants 19 000 Baht for a guy with a digger to come and dig up a trench !

    But I am suspicious .




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    Angry

    Suspicious because it's such an odd amount .

    You would think 20 000 Baht .

    Or 15 000 . Or 12 . But not 19 000 . I mean what's that ?
    Also - it's a trench that might be 4 metres long .
    Two guys - two shovels or whatever those Thai things are called . One day . 500 Baht each . So 1 000 . And some drinks . Total 1250 Baht .
    Maybe 1500 on a generous day.

    Not 19 000 for an unnecessary digger .



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    1000b for the digger, 18,000b for indolent bro in law

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    I do remember this digger guy .

    Our ' builder ' was Theep ...... a self-taught builder who was absent for most of his lessons and played truant for the rest of them .

    I recall that on the day that the digger was coming we found Theep down on the ground with his ear pressed into the dirt .
    I thought he was listening for the rumble of an approaching heavy dirt digger.
    Was quite impressed with the ethnic skills .... " Keemo Sabbay - big whiteman magic coming . Heavy . "

    But no .

    He was judging whether the ground was level . He didn't own a Spirit Level yet.




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    OK ... There's not a lot going on in the Construction area .

    But have you seen what's going on in the Thai Space Programme ?

    It's phenomenal !!!!

    https://www.youtube.com/embed/pD_yQZ4iNjY?rel=0



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    Talking

    ^ That. Is disturbingly impressive.

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    Continuing an old theme that used to be a feature of this Thread ....... Missy has to work today so she's gathering a collection of music for background enjoyment .

    I ask ..... " What is your number one song that you love ? "

    " Stay Away Too Heavy ! "



    Seems to be into heavy Rock.



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    Has she heard The Long and Winding Road? Lots of Asians love Beatles. Maybe they dig up a few on the path to your plot as it takes a twist and a turn around the family land.

    I like how your threadette is taking off. Keep up the due diligence, wouldn't want you to feel the sting of the swarms.
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    Village Life

    One aspect of village life which I always have hated is the number of dogs .

    The noise . The crap . The being bit by the slavering stinking beasts.

    Always wondered why these dogs are so popular .......... but here is one reason .

    This big snake found three days ago near the shack of the indolent brother .





    ........ and apparently killed by one bite from one fearless dog !

    It provoked some movement into the indolent brother who instantly saw several meals in the deceased snake ! Yuck !







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    Not really worth starting a new thread so I thought I'd slip this in here. Today I came across a different way in which Thais do the foundations of a new build. I always believed/saw them brick the outer foundations before filling with soil and then concreting over for the floor.
    The way they've done it here is to form the footings in reinforced concrete up to 60-80cm above ground level. The front has been left open to allow trucks to tip in the soil which will then be finished off level by tractor then hand.








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    ..... and a bit more village life -








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    ..... and the sadder side of village life .



    I wasn't sure where to put this .

    Maybe in the recent fredwiggy nonsense . It's not really a Gallery of House Builds item . So maybe in this short village life section .

    And it's an old story . It's outside our village...... but within range of the shrieking temple funeral laments.

    Fallang spends money building a house . Finds family life and village life are not idyllic after all .
    Big break-up .

    House with furniture and air-conditioning goes up for sale.





    2.6 Million.







    But it's kind of nowhere.



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    I've seen it before. A guy, ex poster on here, built 2 houses here in the village determined to make it. Now lives in Pattaya in rented accommodation.

    He built his first house but didn't like it. So that's why he built the second. Then he didn't like that.

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    Red face

    What I find sad is ' Who is going to buy it - really ? '

    The Thais can't afford it and with that money they wouldn't build this house .

    And a fallang can find a house like this anywhere he looks in Thailand . He's not going to come and live in this area so many miles from any familiar area - unless by chance he's already interested in this area .

    And how likely is that ?


    So it will fall apart under the tender auspices of the Thai family and the fallang says " bye " to his money .



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    I mentioned one of my neighbours doing something similar in Fredwiggy's thread.

    Farang built dream house for self and b/f in his village on over 30 rai of land for 30 million baht - swimming pool, sauna, the works.

    They split up, b/f went to France, farang fell on hard times and tried to sell.

    No interest at all at 30, 25, 20, 15, 12 or 10 mill. Finally one interested viewer at 5, but even if he had been interested a sale wasn't possible as it was still in the b/f's name and all he had was a non-transferable lease.

    Eventually the b/f's family offered 3 mill rather than waiting for him to die and he took the offer. 3 mill for 30 rai plus what used to be a beautiful house.

    Even in our area there's no shortage of locals who could afford 2.6 mill for a house, but unless its where they want it they're not going to buy it.

    We're spending far more than we could ever hope to get back on our house, but it's what we want, where we want so re-sale isn't really a condideration. An other farang's building a house for probably around 250,00 baht, and that's probably around what it would fetch if sold. It all depends what you want to do with whatever you've got.

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    I put this house in the Property Sale site ..... as its appropriate there .

    I was asked how far from Korat is this house so I wrote a perfectly innocent answer .

    And it got blocked !!!!!!

    Writing now just to see if the same happens here for some strange reason.


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    EDIT : No . It showed up as usual .

    So why does a Post saying " 20 km North of Korat " get blocked ?

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    ^ Heh...Those are a few interesting questions, Wasp...How have you been doing lately?...
    Hello BB .

    Lately ....... don't know. Feeling less inclined to return to Thailand I think . Doubting why I would want to be there . It could be the same place but expensive and I'd have no wish at all to be there . So the attraction is still it being cheap .

    People say " Ooh - it's a lot more costly now " . Well yes . But all that means is that someone labouring for you wants £10 a day now instead of £4 .
    That's still cheap though .

    So going there just because it's cheap ?

    No.

    I need to have something to do every day . A purpose . And that's not drinking Leo all day.

    So doing much thinking BB . Maybe too much .



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    Quote Originally Posted by Wasp
    So doing much thinking BB . Maybe too much .
    Farang tink too mut.

    Quote Originally Posted by Wasp
    I need to have something to do every day .
    I'm the same even though there's naff all for me to do. But it all boils down to the person. I always find something to do. Get a dog(s). Have children. Built a workshed. Go for walks. Go cycling. Etc etc. No such thing as 'nothing to do'.

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    ^^ One needs a mate nearby. Two guys can do nothing better than one?

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