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And ensures a steady flow of brown envelopes.

Quite a few of the roads have an asphalt surface, probably b/c of the significantly higher cost of using concrete. Think it was about two years ago 2nd Rd was resurfaced with asphalt. At the time I thought it wouldn't last, but so far it's in pretty good shape. Soi Pothole is an example of a resurfacing job done on the cheap. This pic was taken just before they put down the new asphalt surface. No attempt was made to clean up the garbage first. So no surprise that within a few months the potholes are back.

The Avenue's new decorative concrete walkway The simulated wood looks good Shame they didn't use the same on the Bali Hai walkway.

Southend, half of the wooden walkway that's been falling apart has been removed. Odd they didn't remove the rest.

I found a workaround to topping up my Wallet account. For the authentication step I put in my TGF's details in. First attempt failed as they wanted her name in Thai, so had her email the Thai script to me. Copy and pasted that in and now good to go.

Easy R-Con open sewer project update. Top of the left side looks like it might end up flush with Buakhao road surface, but the right side is looking a bit too high. If you extend the sight line out from the top of the concrete form you get an idea how far back on the soi they'll have to backfill to make the road surface level with the top of the box. It looks like if they do raise the road surface it's going to negatively impact a few shop entrances.

It's painful to watch the recent fall in the USD, but that pain is somewhat mitigated by climb in value of my investment portfolio. As you posted, the low dollar is good for business. Hopefully my realized gains when I do sell for living expenses will more than offset the increasingly poor exchange rate.

Today's update of the Easy R-Con open sewer project. Installing rebar for the cap. Last night saw the owners of the R-Con bars so asked them about the project. Original completion date was supposed to have been May 22nd. Early on in the project they knew the timeline wasn't feasible as they didn't have the proper equipment for the job. What was most interesting is they said the plan is to fill the soi in to bring it level with the top of the box. Looking at the pic below I suppose they can get away with doing that as it looks like the floor of the building in the background will be sli

Easy R-Con open sewer update as of this morning. Edited to add: I'm now wondering, given the height of the box, if the plan isn't to close off this end of the soi to traffic and allow only foot traffic either side of the box. Keep in mind this soi would still have vehicle access on both sides via soi 13 and 19. Might make for a nice addition to the soi if they plant a garden on top of the box.

I've been using Lazada Wallet for purchases the last couple of months as I found it a bit more convenient than direct bank payments. The periodic bonuses they automatically deposited to the wallet was also another incentive. Making a purchase today a screen popped up stating I had to authenticate my Lazada account. Clicking on continue I was surprised when this message popped up. The reason for this, Identity verification on Lazada Wallet Due to the strict TH regulations and in compliance to the Anti Money Laundering laws, we are required to gather additional info

Work today at Easy R-Con open sewer to put forms in for the concrete cap.

I knew one BG several years ago that owned a car. Problem was she couldn't afford the loan payment and monthly rent, so she lived in her car. Seriously screwed up sense of priorities.

And when the soi floods it'll be a great waterski jump. Just thought of another idea for some enterprising Thai during the floods, rent paddle boards.

A BM on another forum made a comment about the height of the box relative to the road height. I was at Easy R-Con last night so snapped another pic from the other end. Once they put the cap on the box and bring the road grade up to that level, the new top of the road is going to be higher than the base of the shop on the right. It'll be interesting to see the finished product and its impact on the surrounding businesses after the first heavy rain.

Another update for the Easy R-Con open sewer project. I couldn't see it when the forms were in place, but there are outflows from the concrete box. Best guess now is the box is going to serve as a settling area for all the muck that gets washed down from farther upstream. Easier to clean the muck out in one place rather than the length of the storm sewers.

Now I'm really confused as to which is the original.

If you're referring to the following article, it's more about govt censorship and their blocking of access to the Internet rather than a worldwide Internet shutdown. https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/internet-shutdowns-don-t-make-anyone-safer-1.1268141

Forum is working fine for me. No issues with speed or loading of pages.

While sitting at Billabong a while ago noticed the cat wandering around. He/she made the mistake though of wandering into Time Bar only to be chased out by some guy with a stick. Obviously not a cat lover.

One day short of a week since they had the forms in and the concrete truck shows up. To my uneducated eye it seems odd they would start the concrete pour at the end of the form rather than in the middle. Not easy to see in the pic below but there's a "hill" in the concrete about a 1/3 of the way down which is preventing the new concrete from flowing to the farthest end. Wonder if any of the workers will notice before they send the truck away. I'm also wondering what they hope to accomplish with this project, other than lining someone's pocket. It's basically a big box wit

What's strange about the drilling they did is in some spots, after drilling they dug a trench in its place. My inexperienced guess is it would have been more expedient to just dig a trench rather than messing around with drilling. The one exception is across the 2nd Rd, Klang intersection, which is what they have done and as a result there was minimal traffic disruption. I didn't snap a pic, but did notice today they were feeding rope through the underground conduits in the part under the intersection. They'll then use the rope to pull the cable through. As @Bob Belzy posted, they'll

Easy R-Con open sewer, never ending project update. Concrete forms going in, so probably another week before they get around to pouring concrete. On a side note: Grabbed a bite to eat at Easy R-Con yesterday evening when I heard the pumps kick in. Short time later I was getting good whiffs of the stench from the open sewer. Enough so I had to move to the far side of the bar for fresh air. Over on 2nd Rd we see typical Thai lack of forethought at work. The trench that was dug to bury the overhead cables was filled in, then cemented over. But now they're back, breaking up the concre

Easy R-Con, slow going open sewer project. They are certainly taking their sweet time completing this project. On the 14th I snapped a pic of concrete forms going in on the rear half. Yesterday I noticed a cement truck on site, so a little more than a week to get around to the cement pour. Today, not exactly a beehive of activity.

Beach Rd palm trees are getting wrapped in decorative LED strip lighting.  Excavators onsite repairing damage from Wednesday morning's storm. They better not go too far as the next storm is on the horizon.