Daily Moan

[armstrong]

Considering your budget… yes.

But let’s be honest, great schools don’t make kids do exams on a Sunday. Do they?

Not unlike your constant poking. Annoying, innit?

All schools in Thailand require Thai children to participate during the weekend at some point. I'm surprised you didn't know that being such a keen Thailand forum enthusiast.

Although we're all well aware your specialty is not in Thai education.

[dirk diggler]

@Troy:

Bamboo charcoal bags prevent mold, mildew, and bacteria from forming on surfaces by absorbing excess moisture. Without moisture mold can not grow. In addition charcoal bags work continuously to absorb and remove odors, allergens, and harmful pollutants and clean and freshen the air.

[Edmond]

Bamboo charcoal bags prevent mold, mildew, and bacteria from forming on surfaces by absorbing excess moisture. Without moisture mold can not grow. In addition charcoal bags work continuously to absorb and remove odors, allergens, and harmful pollutants and clean and freshen the air.

Well that just fokin' explains something then.

A tenant moved out of a unit a few months ago and inside the fridge and a few of the cupboards were these bags of charcoal.

I presumed that she had been doing a schneaky Kingwilly on the balcony, despite there being no other evidence of such smokery. But why was there a bag in the fridge as well various cupboards.

Well I know now. Educated by a Pom, I dun't belieeve it.

[dirk diggler]

Educated by a Pom, I dun't belieeve it.

May I also suggest leaving the gas on a little bit to displace all the oxygen which is required for mould to develop.

[hallelujah]

May I also suggest leaving the gas on a little bit to displace all the oxygen which is required for mould to develop.

I was wondering what your response would be!

[DrWilly]

All schools in Thailand require Thai children to participate during the weekend at some point.

Nope: not all. And I noticed you’ve shifted the goalpost from Sunday to weekend. But still no.

[panama hat]

Although we're all well aware your specialty is not in Thai education.

Neither is yours, so that evens it out.

[DrWilly]

What a really weird and quite random thing to say. I don’t teach Thai or teach in Thai public schools. I have never claimed to.

[Loy Toy]

I try to do most repair and building work myself not to save money but, based upon experience, I do a better job than most Thai construction guys.

A major job was required to stop a wall undermining at the back of our house due to the Klongs water flow.

My wife suggested that the job was too big for me and we employed a Thai team to do it.

Well what a fuck up.

If they don't agree to follow my instructions when they arrive this morning they can piss off and I will finish the job myself.

[Troy]

Just a suggestion here having been in and around sailboats, maybe look into a dehumidifier for the car. My parents had 3 or 4 of them hanging around on their boat to stop moisture which led to mildew and mold. Some are packets, others are balls. Might take a look.

Packs of silica gel? That would work, should have thought of that before...thanks.

[misskit]

You can buy these in the supermarket, Troy. They suck up a lot of moisture and hold it.

[armstrong]

Nope: not all. And I noticed you’ve shifted the goalpost from Sunday to weekend. But still no.

Yes, they do.

[armstrong]

Neither is yours, so that evens it out.

Fuck off, troll.

[Troy]

You can but these in the supermarket, Troy.

Thank-you misskit, I shall have a look around today as we are going to Udon.

[nidhogg]

What a palaver it is to change phones nowadays. Upgraded my old Sony to the latest model - about half an hour preflighting the old phone (backing data, linking line) half an hour transferring data (through the shop wifi!!) - then swapping the Sim finally. Luckily the shop guy did all the heavy lifting - my main job was trying to remember half a dozen different passwords. Some apps did not transfer, so will probably have to spend time over the next couple of weeks downloading them - and trying to remember the f*cking passwords.

[panama hat]

Fuck off, troll.

Careful, sunshine . . . abusive talk like that can get you banned from sub-forums I've been told.

my main job was trying to remember half a dozen different passwords

Ugh . . . I think everyone feels your pain. Now . . . throw in changing from iphone to android or vice versa

[DrWilly]

What a palaver it is to change phones nowadays. Upgraded my old Sony to the latest model - about half an hour preflighting the old phone (backing data, linking line) half an hour transferring data (through the shop wifi!!) - then swapping the Sim finally. Luckily the shop guy did all the heavy lifting - my main job was trying to remember half a dozen different passwords. Some apps did not transfer, so will probably have to spend time over the next couple of weeks downloading them - and trying to remember the f*cking passwords.

I recently bought a new kindle. On opening it asked do I have the kindle app on my phone and an Amazon account and would I like to sync it.

Yes.

And done!

[nidhogg]

I recently bought a new kindle. On opening it asked do I have the kindle app on my phone and an Amazon account and would I like to sync it.

Yes.

And done!

Probably would have been easier. I just really do not want all my things synched. Just seems too much big brother is watching you. Its getting harder and harder to have anything that does not, at some point link back to a phone number.

Or maybe I am just too old...

[VocalNeal]

Or maybe I am just too old...

Join the club. Not simply just too old, but can't be assed?

[DrWilly]

And 1 button sync for a new iPad or new phone. That’s worth it!

[Edmond]

The thing about passwords is nowadays new sites have so many fokin' rules about them.

You know your few common PWs that you use. Now new sites throw in a 'Must contain a capital letter.' 'Must contain a number' 'must contain non-number non-letter keystroke', which foks everything up.

I'm mainly on chrome so simply export bookmarks and passwords to an excel file. Of course if anyone happens to find that excel file they have all my passwords, but that's a risk I'm happy to take.

[Joe 90]

Chrome has been a lifesaver in the past!

Not had a good moan for a while, so here goes...

Multi tasking tonight involved washing the pots after a damn fine meat feast and finding a couple of documents that have gone AWOL this past month sometime.
So I leave the tap running in the kitchen sink and head to my office to source the missing documents thinking I could put my hand straight on them.

So I start rooting and rummaging, jeez it's been a good few years since I've had a clear out of old paperwork.

So I'm totally engrossed in my methodical search through swafes of papers , it was literally akin to a time machine!

45 minutes later my daughter says " why is the hall all shiny?"

Then she realises quickly that we have a flood!
Kitchen, dining room and hallway under an inch of water.

Fortunately the areas flooded were solid floors so we balled out the water and gave the laminate flooring a good polish.
I'm hoping for a heatwave to make sure of no damp going into the Autumn but we are forecast storms.

Anyhow, the kids and dog thought it funny and the whole village knows about it now via snapchat

#plonkerdadmoment

Rant over.

[Reg Dingle]

the whole village knows about it now via snapchat

Bang goes the insurance job

My floors are all wet too right now, just cleaned all the carpets. The amount of fakkin dog hair I pulled out of the machine.

[Joe 90]

The amount of fakkin dog hair I pulled out of the machine

In hindsight you can understand why peeps go for these poodle mix breeds.

[misskit]

The doggone garbage collectors. The tessaban wants to clean up the area. They told everyone in the village to keep garbage inside their yard until the collection day, then put it out on the street. Fine. Good system. However, they don’t keep their own schedule. They don’t get around for days after the scheduled date. Grrrr.