Dean1953

They are originally from Chiang Mai and only moved to the U.S. in October, 2008, to study English   and finish there studies here.   They do have Green Cards, so they can either stay here after their schooling or go back to Thailand.  Its their choice and I will respect either choice.

I can relate to the Thais in foreign countries still speaking primarily Thai.  My wife gave up trying to learn English.  At home, thai is the primary language.   I've tried to get them to understand that learning English is the most important thing they will do here, if they intend to stay here.  I think that I will show all three (22, 17 and 15 years old) this thread, not that it will make any difference to them speaking more English.

I live in the U.S. but have three step children from Chiang Mai that have lived here for almost 4 years.   The boy turns 18 next month and I would be happy to have him contact you, if you are interested. Maybe, you could convince him that going to college might be helpful for his financial future.

Actually, the original question was what would be the consequences of putting up a net to catch and push back the debris falling from them.  What would a typical thai do, up to burning down my house.    Like I said, I'll just bring over a leaf blower with me the next time.  And when I get around to fixing the wall (or tearing it down to rebuild), I may put the net design into the re-building of the wall.  I don't plan on cutting his other trees down but will examine his trees the next time I am over there, to see if any of them are sick and could possibly fall down, like the teak tree.  I do need two of the four walls, as they border the thai apartments that I and my thai partner own.  I make 7,000 baht a month off of them and have waived that amount for the last 2 years, as my partner's son is in his 2nd year of college and they can use the money.  Once he graduates, the payments resume.  So, however you want to state it (you reap what you sow or Karma), I do think that I have been a good resident while in LOS and as an absentee landlord.   I get along with the thais that stay in the apartments, the neighbor across the street and his next door neighbor.   The rest, I do not know very well but am able to give them business when I can (repairing wheelbarrows and buying cow manure from them).  Because I am on good terms with almost all of them, I know that they look after my house and I doubt if my next door neighbor would try anything, as he is related to all of them.   There is always the change that a stranger will see the house and decide to break in, and that does concern me.

Its still better than sending the kids to a thai-chinese school in Chiang Mai.  Plus, they will actually find a decent job when their schooling is finished, which is unlikely in Thailand