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Cables In 2007, I called an electrician to make some additional wiring in my house. Some lighting and outlets in my carport, lighting around my house on the outside, some outlets in my kitchen, etc. The electrician came to look at the work to do and made me an estimate of the price. In Europe, the electrical wires are embedded in the wall. More aesthetic and safe. I asked the electrician to do the wiring like in Europe, embedded in the wall. He looked at me, at my wife and asked: "Do you really want me to put the wiring in plastic pipes in the wall"?. I answered him that I wanted to electric wiring in my house embedded in the wall. Outside the house he could do the wiring "the Thai way"? I looked at my wife and she nodded her head. We agreed on the price and the next, early in the morning, he came back with 4 helpers. 2 workers, very young boys, started to cut a slice in the wall and insert an electric pipe whilst the other 2 workers were...