Island Of Misfits

[user 65379]

Have the farmers where you are figured a way to use human waste as fert?

No, they use Animal Manure, Chicken is Popular for Rice and everything else. But most are using Chemicals on corn.

 

[user 65379]

They always have.

Resto, have you been there long enough to have gone through a monsoon season? Always wondered how bad those were.

Yes Rainy season Began late. I got here Aug 27th. Thats when it started. It usually starts in June/july. Its an Inconvenience. We have 2 Umbrellas in every Vehicle. 3 Vehicles. What really sucks is the Flooding. Our Levy Broke and wiped out 3/4 of our Bananas. We were cut off for 2 days but didnt lose power. My wife said it was the third time in 7 years, thats shes been here. I had an Excavator clen up the break in the levy, Ill fill it with rebar and cement.

 

[user 65379]

They always have.

Resto, have you been there long enough to have gone through a monsoon season? Always wondered how bad those were.

If you are in Bangkok bring Flip Flops with an Umbrella. 2 feet of water on the sidewalks. Everybody just goes to the nearest indoor mall as soon as the rain starts. Watch out for Sewer Lizards. some are 3' long. Like a Monitor Lizard, bad infection if Bitten. They never gave me a problem when I was there. They just pass by.

 

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[user 65379]

I really like Thailand. The People are very nice and Hospitable. If Im out without my wife(very Rare as I dont speak much Nan or Lao) a Beautiful Thai Lady will walk up and ask for my Line ID. What I really like about it is that you can always Expect, The Unexpected. Anything can happen at any time here and it does. Thai is only spoken in Big Cities like Bangkok or Pattaya, Phuket. The rest of Thailand has indigenous Languages. In the North here they are Lana(Lao People) they speak Nan Thai Lao. Im 30 minutes from Lao. My wife speaks Bangkok Thai, Nan(Lao) and British English. Her late Husband was a Retired British Naval Officer.

 

[RosterMan]

I really like Thailand. The People are very nice and Hospitable. If Im out without my wife(very Rare as I dont speak much Nan or Lao) a Beautiful Thai Lady will walk up and ask for my Line ID. What I really like about it is that you can always Expect, The Unexpected. Anything can happen at any time here and it does. Thai is only spoken in Big Cities like Bangkok or Pattaya, Phuket. The rest of Thailand has indigenous Languages. In the North here they are Lana(Lao People) they speak Nan Thai Lao. Im 30 minutes from Lao.

What is a line ID, email address?

 

[user 65379]

What is a line ID, email address?

Its like Facebook and every other app you can think of, Twitter, Instagram and it has Locators for people in your area. So Thai Girls use it for Hook Ups with Falangs(Giant Hairy White Monkeys from The West). There is also 2 from China WeChat and QQ.

 

[WonkasTHC]

Thats nuts, imagine a 6 or 7 foot giant lizard climbing the snack rack at 7-11? Hell nawh!
Haha we just get bears in the gas stations/grocery stores here in the states.

 

[WonkasTHC]

They even like my trash can!

 

[Hippie420]

And robbers/shop lifters.

 

[user 65379]

Thats nuts, imagine a 6 or 7 foot giant lizard climbing the snack rack at 7-11? Hell nawh!
Haha we just get bears in the gas stations/grocery stores here in the states.

Its a fun Place if you like Burmese Pythons, Scorpians. venomous snakes and Insects. We have a 12" Geko here that Mimics at night, like a Mina Bird. The two we have at our house say "Tuk Tuk Tuk TRACTOR!" Loudly. The ones in the rain Forrest. make noises like Ghosts and Suffering Humans.

 

[user 65379]

Oh...Did I mention "Full Body Apparitions"? Yes everybody sees Ghosts here, they are everywhere.

 

[Hippie420]

If you get bit by a gecko, you can count on wearing him for a while. Burmese pythons are cool, but the reticulated pythons are some beautiful, hateful bastards. I've owned a few of each.

Lots of superstition going on over there, huh?

 

[user 65379]

The Govt offered Free Ground asphalt for Driveways and roads, when They resurfaced the Highway. I was going to get some. My Mother In Law said Dont do it. "People Die in Car Accidents on The Road". "You Might Bring In Dead People" "You Dont Know". I respected her wishes. The last thing I need here is Dead Car Crash Victims, roaming the Farm. I dont speak Thai.

 

[user 65379]

If you get bit by a gecko, you can count on wearing him for a while. Burmese pythons are cool, but the reticulated pythons are some beautiful, hateful bastards. I've owned a few of each.

Lots of superstition going on over there, huh?

Yup Lots. Pythons ate all our ducks and Chickens before I got here.

 

[Hippie420]

I had one retic, my first, that I brought home from Florida. He was beautiful. The colors in his pattern were bright, well defined, and just an overall prime specimen. Meaner than Satan with a toothache. I finally sold him to the head of the herpetological society of Genesee county. The guy was thrilled to have him and told me to come back in a couple of weeks and see just how much his attitude would improve.
I went back in two weeks, and he had a retic bathing in a tank getting ready to shed. I looked the snake over and said, "That ain't Rick". I called him Rick the Prick 'cause he was. He said, "Hell no! I got rid of that sumbitch. He'd only be good to make a belt out of!"

 

[user 65379]

The Full Body Apparitions seem lost and confused, like they dont know where they are at. They Ignore you like they dont see you.

 

[Hippie420]

You've seen one?

 

[user 65379]

I had one retic, my first, that I brought home from Florida. He was beautiful. The colors in his pattern were bright, well defined, and just an overall prime specimen. Meaner than Satan with a toothache. I finally sold him to the head of the herpetological society of Genesee county. The guy was thrilled to have him and told me to come back in a couple of weeks and see just how much his attitude would improve.
I went back in two weeks, and he had a retic bathing in a tank getting ready to shed. I looked the snake over and said, "That ain't Rick". I called him Rick the Prick 'cause he was. He said, "Hell no! I got rid of that sumbitch. He'd only be good to make a belt out of!"

The Pythons here dont like human activity. I cleared the Jungle Undergrowth, so they dont have cover. They left when I bought my Kubota. My wife said she could here them splashing into the river. 3 sides of our farm is bordered by a river.

 

[user 65379]

You've seen one?

Not yet. But the Villagers tell me what they have seen here at Night. An Old Woman in White, an Old man and Rainbow colored flying Beings. No one would come here before my wife bought this land. They are Amazed that we live here. They say I have Ju Ju or something like that.