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Supporters gathered around Kanokrat Booth, 42, waving banners saying ‘Stop Judging Thai People’ and ‘Marriage is not a love service and needs no probation’

I'm just thankful that farangs who marry Thai women don't have to suffer the kind of embarassing and judgemental behaviour handed out by the cruel, nasty U.K. authorities when they are at the mercy of Thai immigration...

I mean it's not like farang women who marry Thai men are eligible for Thai citizenship and farang men who marry Thai women aren't....  errrrr... hold on a minute....

I appreciate the comments and in large part they account for the reason why I'm not inclined to jump at the first opportunity. I would prefer to do business with a bike owning expat who has additional space if possible. You may be correct in your assumption that it is illegal to sublet as many of the Thai nationals want to keep the arrangement under their hats so to speak; In respect to my current arrangement, I approached the building management rather than a resident, or security personnel at the bulilding in which I rent an apartment whilst in town, and it is they who have agreed to let me store my bike... further I have a good quality German lock and chain set which is looped around an 8" riser and my back wheel so good luck to anybody who wants to spend a significant amount of time hacking thorugh the bloody thing. The building is in a good area, cameras up the wazoo and the security staff know me, so I feel quite relaxed about leaving it there, it's not a 'long term' solution however... my search will continue....

Cheers...

genghis61, on 2011-02-22 11:16:55, said:

Hi Genghis,

Thanks for the advice and offer of assistance, apologies for the delay in responding... I have managed to come up with something to tide me over for the next six months and there is another chap in Bkk who is in the process of buying a Harley with a similar requirement for secure, private parking, so we're going to work together to try and find something appropriate.

In the event that anybody ever reads this thread and is looking for parking, you may wish to try the Thai version of Craigs List as a first port of call, look under Parking/Storage, there were a number of listings in the 1000/2000 baht per month for secure parking, but invariably they are Thai nationals looking to rent out their condo spaces... if there are any expats out there (for ease of communication in the first instance) who can offer this service, please let me know as we are still looking for a longer term fix.

Cheers...

Hey Guys,

Have a VFR750, apologies for the small picture, it just happened to be in the shot.

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Off topic; have just finished riding Khon Kaen to Mae Sot - Mae Sot to Kanchanaburi - to BKK... don't know how many of you have ridden between Tak and Mae Sot, but pack a bag and get up there, you wont regret it... next time I'll rig up some kind of camera on the bike, the last 20Km to Mae Sot through the mountains is sublime riding and well worth the trip.

Also wondered if there's anybody out there with a little room to spare in Bkk who may be willing to garage my bike whilst I'm overseas... happy to pay rent, if you have room in a secure location (or downstairs in an appt block if the building staff are happy enough)... please let me know.

Cheers...

I've been considering a generator for a couple of years because we suffer from brownouts a lot and everything stops working. I'm not ready to buy yet and I didnt really understand how the connection is made to the house from the generator. I contacted the guy from link posted by elkangorito (hes got an ad somewhere in the forum), and he has emailed me a few times with lots of info on how generators work and how they are connected to the house, he seems to know what he's talking about so if anybody needs advice on this kind of thing you could do worse than drop him a line...