Thread: Japanese House

Old Monkey. a question not exactly on the subject. In your avatar, are those your legs or those of your spouse?

I have enjoyed this thread muchly and feel sure that the Thai or Lisu swim club would like to take over your pool on completion for training sessions.

Thank you Grasshopper, I took a sneaky pleasure in choosing this avatar, it shows what is usually censored, and the legs were superb!
Have you noticed that Thai ladies have most often beautiful legs?
Did you know that Miss Universe contest was won by Thailand ladies more often than any other country. As a dirty old man and a voyeur, I consider myself in paradise. "Plaisir des yeux", as they say in Moroco when they want and insist to show you carpets.
After 11 years together with my wife, I've grown older, who has not, she, a bit bigger, but we've come to ease the cultural shocks between us, most of the time. Les plus beaux yeux du monde sont ceux qui vous regardent avec tendresse. Loving eyes are the most beautiful!

Old Monkey,
I followed your build with great interest and enjoyed the trip immensely. Couple of questions if you are still monitoring this thread. Did you ever get a "good" resolution to your farm manager being pursued by the police for a crime he had nothing to do with? What is the current status of the "filter" area of your pool? Hope you have completed the beautiful house and are currently enjoying the fruits of your labor.

Shiloh Jim

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

Originally Posted by Necron99

This bio filter. What stops it becoming a massive mossie farm?

There is no soil! The small river rocks offer a big surface, microorganisms establish residence on these surfaces and capture and transform the polluants coming mostly from swimmers. Water plants have no soil to feed on, so they send roots everywhere and feed on whatever comes. A balance establishes itself, and the water stays clear. It is the same principle as in most water filters, i mean bio-filters.
There is also a sand and charcoal pre-filter on the line, but I expect it to be bypassed most of the time. I will learn how to adjust this with time, I suppose, depending on the temperature and the number of swimmers.

OM,

In fast moving water as you have up North will work, down in the South in Red-necksville... Another story

My manager is gone.
I miss him. I'll stay on till mid July this year, 3 more months than usual, to try to get things done.
Every month, we went to the police to try getting the pick-up back.
Today, we were told to come get it tomorrow!

The rice paddies are almost ready to transplant, there are squash everywhere, we planted palm oil trees on newly drained rais, and I'm watching to see if the moringa seeds we planted will germinate.
I'm expanding the house for pigs.
The well digger was typical, promised to come next month for 4 months... I decided to give up on him; next week, I'll rig gutters and use rainwater in the big tank. We did not move in the house and did not fill the pool...
I did not post any photos, I supposed they would not interest Teakdoor, since the subject of the tread was the japanese house.
In fact I miss the dialogue...

Originally Posted by ShilohJim

Old Monkey,
I followed your build with great interest and enjoyed the trip immensely. Couple of questions if you are still monitoring this thread. Did you ever get a "good" resolution to your farm manager being pursued by the police for a crime he had nothing to do with? What is the current status of the "filter" area of your pool? Hope you have completed the beautiful house and are currently enjoying the fruits of your labor.

Shiloh Jim

I forgot to add, we started planting flowers and trees. My favorite horticultor arrives next week for a two month stay. Things will evolve!

I just looked on the Teakdoor menu, more than 71,000 views on the tread! I should have sold books!

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

I supposed they would not interest Teakdoor

Think you were wrong there OM, I for one would enjoy any additions to the thread!

OK, I'll drive the old truck back to the farm this afternoon, hopefully, and I'll take some picture of the whole project.

Originally Posted by Carrabow

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

Originally Posted by Necron99

This bio filter. What stops it becoming a massive mossie farm?

There is no soil! The small river rocks offer a big surface, microorganisms establish residence on these surfaces and capture and transform the polluants coming mostly from swimmers. Water plants have no soil to feed on, so they send roots everywhere and feed on whatever comes. A balance establishes itself, and the water stays clear. It is the same principle as in most water filters, i mean bio-filters.
There is also a sand and charcoal pre-filter on the line, but I expect it to be bypassed most of the time. I will learn how to adjust this with time, I suppose, depending on the temperature and the number of swimmers.

OM,

In fast moving water as you have up North will work, down in the South in Red-necksville... Another story

I don't understand!

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

Originally Posted by Carrabow

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

Originally Posted by Necron99

This bio filter. What stops it becoming a massive mossie farm?

There is no soil! The small river rocks offer a big surface, microorganisms establish residence on these surfaces and capture and transform the polluants coming mostly from swimmers. Water plants have no soil to feed on, so they send roots everywhere and feed on whatever comes. A balance establishes itself, and the water stays clear. It is the same principle as in most water filters, i mean bio-filters.
There is also a sand and charcoal pre-filter on the line, but I expect it to be bypassed most of the time. I will learn how to adjust this with time, I suppose, depending on the temperature and the number of swimmers.

OM,

In fast moving water as you have up North will work, down in the South in Red-necksville... Another story

I don't understand!

Down south we have a lot of standing water.

Great thread OM!

Please do take the time to update it, I've thoroughly enjoyed reading it for the last few hours.

Dear Policeman, yes, we will wait for your call... We've been waiting for months, so a few more days won't kill us...

OM,
I wish to add my desire for more photos and updates when you feel like doing it. I really enjoyed the thread and followed it regularly. Was sad about your manager being caught in the trap as I (like you) believe him innocent. Unfortunately he'll probably either leave the country or live out his days in hiding, such a waste. I suppose saying a prayer and burning a little incense couldn't hurt.

Shiloh Jim

Good news! 3 days before I left for Farangland for the summer, we got our pick-up back from the police, only 6 months of waiting...
I had to buy a new one, could not survive long carrying tons of food for pigs in a car, an old one. Beautiful Isuzu 4X4 and all, but a stretch on finances.
Then, we had to buy a house to lodge the 8 kids, another stretch... This in fact means a few months of skating on thin ice, moneywise.
I refuse to stress on this, but my wife is younger, from a survival culture, and lives a lot of stress, worrying daily.
I'm meditating on how to relieve the pressure on her.

Here is a series of photos I took of my temp workers, all of them Lisus. Pleasure for the eyes of an old voyeur (dirty old man!)

My wife, still the prettiest, is starting to wonder what I'm doing...

Sometimes aware of the attention...

Lisu women are the best looking, to my eye!

June is one of the busiest month on the farm. It's the beginning of the rainy season, time to plant the rice.
First, the paddies are all plowed.

Then all the retaining walls are redone.

The weather is very hot, this is a physical job. I look at them and I sweat!
Then, using the water as a guide, the paddies are leveled.

Then, we'ready to transplant.