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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2015 8:22:38 GMT 7
I'm not sure I can to be honest. Its hot already, and they don't have the Makita 18volt electric rice harvest shears. They do have a spare hat for me which is nice of them. I'd like to show them us whiteys can actually do hard work.
My concerns are:
Chopping my leg by mistake.
Snakes.
Mosquitoes.
Sunstroke.
Visa.
Low to no pay.
And what time they have smoko and lunch.
Oh and I'm a bit hungover.
Hmm, maybe I'll just go relax instead.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2015 8:33:29 GMT 7
Chuck a sickie. See other thread for excuses.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2015 8:39:06 GMT 7
Chuck a sickie. See other thread for excuses. I'm Aussie, sorry it's not hot enough today, can't go. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2015 8:42:00 GMT 7
 Besides not being hot enough it's lunchtime soon and beer o'clock to tamper the heat down. Do you see many snakes in the paddy fields? One time I was driving from BKK to Songkhla ( sp?) in a pickup with friends, we saw many signs of cobras along the roadside in the South, so couldn't pull over for a pee. Disturbing that. Us girls had to cross our legs. Times like these you wish you could pee in a bottle. |
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Post by siampolee on Nov 16, 2015 8:55:54 GMT 7
No can do no work permit !!!
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Post by stoneyboy on Nov 16, 2015 9:14:04 GMT 7
My work is complete,I've been in the garden since 7 am. I'm not really green fingered but sometimes you have to do a bit. In Thai tradition I have a huge bonfire to burn in the next couple of days,the old 5pm ritual.     |
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Post by geronimo on Nov 16, 2015 9:16:28 GMT 7
If the family are reluctant for you to do it, consider the losing face aspect from their point of view. Just saying ......
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2015 9:20:14 GMT 7
I miss bonfires, there's a big fine here if you light one and the fire brigade/police show up. About the only thing that's legal to light are garden flares and the BBQ.
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Post by siampolee on Nov 16, 2015 13:33:26 GMT 7
Here's a couple of options concerning the conundrum facing poor old hippity   |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2015 13:40:43 GMT 7
Actually I don't mind rice pudding. Vanilla flavour.
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Post by smokie36 on Nov 16, 2015 13:53:21 GMT 7
No one expects you to work....hell they aren't going to do any either!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2015 16:10:04 GMT 7
Go down, groan like hell for half an hour, collapse face first in the paddy, stand up looking like "It From the Deep," then get one of them to walk you home.
They'll have a great laugh, and forevermore you'll never be asked to work in the paddy again.
And while they still bring it up in years to come, you can just smile into your tinny and say to yourself.
"Ole Hippity might be half-daft, but he ain't stupid."
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Post by smokie36 on Nov 16, 2015 16:20:39 GMT 7
Take a bottle of Sangsom and some coke n ice with you.
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Post by stoneyboy on Nov 16, 2015 16:31:38 GMT 7
Take a bottle of Sangsom and some coke n ice with you. That would be spooling them. Just a bottle of below will do.  |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Nov 16, 2015 23:19:46 GMT 7
Go down, groan like hell for half an hour, collapse face first in the paddy, stand up looking like "It From the Deep," then get one of them to walk you home. They'll have a great laugh, and forevermore you'll never be asked to work in the paddy again. And while they still bring it up in years to come, you can just smile into your tinny and say to yourself. "Ole Hippity might be half-daft, but he ain't stupid." Jesus H, in the land of the Thai you have to think like a Thai. The phrase you seek is, mai wai, in colloquail Thai, it means, I cant be assed. Cheaper to go hire some Burmese labour, at least they work, unlike their country cousins. |
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