What cheeses me off

[JohnK]

As stated by @love_the_life i agree these behaviours are extremely unpleasant. If that's all you'd stated then pretty sure all would agree.

I'm not sure what you think I'd stated but that was pretty much what I meant. There are more examples. Some simple, some complex.

I've been to Thailand and Pattaya in particular more than most people. I've come across lots of people but the past 2-3 years has been the worst and getting worse each time. If these people have travelled before they sure don't show it.

Their behaviour can affect a holiday. It's not a pleasant experience. I lose my patience and cool very quickly. Yes this is not a good thing. I don't feel comfortable eating breakfast that I paid and seeing people touch food with their hands and not just once. Over and over.

June last year was great. Hardly anyone there and the Golf bar with more than enough patrons to make interesting golf days.

Can't wait when I can start holidaying February (birthday), June low season and October each year.

 

[MARTINE]

I'm not sure what you think I'd stated but that was pretty much what I meant. There are more examples. Some simple, some complex.

I've been to Thailand and Pattaya in particular more than most people. I've come across lots of people but the past 2-3 years has been the worst and getting worse each time. If these people have travelled before they sure don't show it.

Their behaviour can affect a holiday. It's not a pleasant experience. I lose my patience and cool very quickly. Yes this is not a good thing. I don't feel comfortable eating breakfast that I paid and seeing people touch food with their hands and not just once. Over and over.

June last year was great. Hardly anyone there and the Golf bar with more than enough patrons to make interesting golf days.

Can't wait when I can start holidaying February (birthday), June low season and October each year.

Maybe you need to avoid buffet breakfasts and go a la carte.
Thats travel - its a caveat emptor - we don't get to make the rules
I agree the behavior is bad …..but most places change over time , have times that are busier…

 

[Pushka]

Price matching. Or failure to reward loyalty.
I have to buy a special hills science diet food for cat otherwise he gets sick. I’ve been buying it at same PetBarn for years and am a member.

Today I paid $54 for 1.6 kilos which I commented was a steep increase of $10. So the person serving me said I should check on 99petfood and they will price match. They would not price match as she’d just scanned the goods. Can’t be that much different can it? Ah should have stopped the transaction. It’s $20 cheaper.

@admin - Thankyou for fixing my banner too!

 

[JohnK]

Have a lot to learn.

Growing grass should be easy right? This is paspalum. I spent all of $2.30 to test some out. The pieces they sell are stored/ folded into 3 pieces/squares. The top one is green and the other 2 are not so green.

The photo is after 2 weeks. The green grass still green but the rest just has not settled. Now 1 week later and I'm told still the same. It needs lots of water and we've been giving it lots of water.



They'll come out and plant the grass for ~$3.50/m². Our property is ~1290m². I think we'll need ~600m²-750m² grass. That's not cheap for what I'm trying to achieve. The dirt alone to level up the land is going to be an extra $1000.

I'd want to make sure that I don't throw the money away. The local Thai/SE Asian grass is awful. I was thinking Bermuda/couch or Zoysia could be a better option but may not be easy to get there and possibly expensive. Another option is Kikuyu grass. That's more resilient.

This is not something they do in the village. Most yards are rough. I may need to look around for the various options but this wish could be a tough one to maintain.

 

[prozac]

WCMO today. Yesterday arvo we had a huge thunderclap overhead and the NBN went out and is still out today. Aussie App telling me they expect it will be back on by 1630. I am not hopeful. Using my mobile as a hotspot is only just working and my ability to access the world wide interweb is greatly diminished.

Edit: Made me a doubter. NBN back on 30 minutes early.

 

[mrsterryn]

WCMO today. Yesterday arvo we had a huge thunderclap overhead and the NBN went out and is still out today. Aussie App telling me they expect it will be back on by 1630. I am not hopeful. Using my mobile as a hotspot is only just working and my ability to access the world wide interweb is greatly diminished.

Edit: Made me a doubter. NBN back on 30 minutes early.

We were out for about seven hours yesterday. Grateful I had books downloaded. Also grateful it was restored quicker than the estimate

 

[RB]

Have a lot to learn.

Growing grass should be easy right? This is paspalum. I spent all of $2.30 to test some out. The pieces they sell are stored/ folded into 3 pieces/squares. The top one is green and the other 2 are not so green.

The photo is after 2 weeks. The green grass still green but the rest just has not settled. Now 1 week later and I'm told still the same. It needs lots of water and we've been giving it lots of water.

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They'll come out and plant the grass for ~$3.50/m². Our property is ~1290m². I think we'll need ~600m²-750m² grass. That's not cheap for what I'm trying to achieve. The dirt alone to level up the land is going to be an extra $1000.

I'd want to make sure that I don't throw the money away. The local Thai/SE Asian grass is awful. I was thinking Bermuda/couch or Zoysia could be a better option but may not be easy to get there and possibly expensive. Another option is Kikuyu grass. That's more resilient.

This is not something they do in the village. Most yards are rough. I may need to look around for the various options but this wish could be a tough one to maintain.

From my Aust experiences, paspalum wouldn't be something I would be trying to grow. Seek local advice & do it once & do it well

 

[Quickstatus]

Nope that is why they make multi-focals

Which are a waste of time and $$ IMO
I've gone from multifocal to monos.

 

[Quickstatus]

but can only travel during school holidays which limits opportunities.

Nothing wrong with Staycations

The green grass still green but the rest just has not settled

Did you prepare the soil before hand?
If growth was poor beforehand, putting new grass is not going to work.

 

[JohnK]

This is really not fun. Sometimes I don't know why I bother.

BP promotion for 10x points. Go out of my way to BP.

Fill up, scan BP rewards card, pay but card declined, use another card and payment goes through. Check receipt and no BP rewards points.

Ask staff what's wrong? Your card was declined so BP rewards declined as well.

Oh FFS you knew this, you saw me scan BP rewards card and you didn't ask me to scan BP rewards again? Why are these business so awful? Do these points come out of their profit?

Now I need to waste time trying to get 430 points.

 

[Pushka]

This is really not fun. Sometimes I don't know why I bother.

BP promotion for 10x points. Go out of my way to BP.

Fill up, scan BP rewards card, pay but card declined, use another card and payment goes through. Check receipt and no BP rewards points.

Ask staff what's wrong? Your card was declined so BP rewards declined as well.

Oh FFS you knew this, you saw me scan BP rewards card and you didn't ask me to scan BP rewards again? Why are these business so awful? Do these points come out of their profit?

Now I need to waste time trying to get 430 points.

Or write it off to experience and not waste your time anymore and know for next time? Not like it's costing you money.

 

[JohnK]

From my Aust experiences, paspalum wouldn't be something I would be trying to grow. Seek local advice & do it once & do it well

Not much choice from what I've seen so far but there's no rush.

Paspalum for me me looks best and in theory grows and spreads quickly if you know how. I don't like "Nor Noi" grass, Malaysian grass or Japanese grass which are the other common ones they sell. Ideally Bermuda/couch looks best but where to find?

Note this is just an experiment. What ever we decide it will be professionally planned.

Nothing wrong with Staycations

Did you prepare the soil before hand?
If growth was poor beforehand, putting new grass is not going to work.

Growth is not poor. The current wild grass grows quick. You cut it and it grows back behind you. The soil was only 1-2 weeks old and soft. I didn't test PH level.

 

[RB]

Not much choice from what I've seen so far but there's no rush.

Paspalum for me me looks best and in theory grows and spreads quickly if you know how. I don't like "Nor Noi" grass, Malaysian grass or Japanese grass which are the other common ones they sell. Ideally Bermuda/couch looks best but where to find?

Note this is just an experiment. What ever we decide it will be professionally planned.


Growth is not poor. The current wild grass grows quick. You cut it and it grows back behind you. The soil was only 1-2 weeks old and soft. I didn't test PH level.

Think you will eventually seek out roundup for the paspalum.

 

[JohnK]

Think you will eventually seek out roundup for the paspalum.

You are probably right. Interested to see how my experiment goes.

Also need to head out to some of the estates and find out what type of grass they are using.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Whats grass growing got to do with a WCMO thread?

 

[prozac]

You are probably right. Interested to see how my experiment goes.

Also need to head out to some of the estates and find out what type of grass they are using.

Talk to the green keepers where you play golf.

 

[drron]

Things are different in Thailand to Australia. A quick google shows a variety of paspalum as one of the better grasses for lawns.

The growth, nutrient use, and water use of 3 grasses in central Thailand | Asian Turfgrass Center

There are a variety of grasses used for lawns and sports turf in central Thailand. I gave a presentation last week at the American Society for Horticultural Science annual meeting about the growth of three of those grasses:

www.asianturfgrass.com

 

[TheRealTMA]

Things are different in Thailand to Australia. A quick google shows a variety of paspalum as one of the better grasses for lawns.

The growth, nutrient use, and water use of 3 grasses in central Thailand | Asian Turfgrass Center

There are a variety of grasses used for lawns and sports turf in central Thailand. I gave a presentation last week at the American Society for Horticultural Science annual meeting about the growth of three of those grasses:

www.asianturfgrass.com

Just can’t wait for the start of the thrilling and exciting new grass thread. We can all watch it grow.