stupidfarang

Season one was excellent, looking forward to the next

Excellent, just what I am hoping for. Did you use heen klook stone on the drive and how deep was the layer of stone? I am a complete amatuar on this so any advice greatly appreciated. Here is a pic of the ground we are working on, is in Ranong, land never floods.

Hi, am making a drive way on good soil, have built it up by about half a meter in height and now waiting for the earth to settle. My question is about weed matt, is it a good idea to use? Will be placing heen klook (หินคลุก). It's designed for making roads and will place a layer of around 30cm. Any hints on how to get a good drive greatly appreciated.

I know it is scarcasim, traditionally it is local companies who been the buyers of durian from the farmers not "corrupt oligarch-owned monopolies". As said before, with the chinese setting up wharehouses and buying, like zero dollar tours the money made is not kept in Thailand or the local communitys, just like what is happening in the frieght, trucking and courier industry in Thailand now. Farmers get a fair price as per what the market dictates, Thailand is the largest exporter to China with Vietnam coming in second. Thailand’s durian has a very good reputation for quality yet Malaysian durians get a better price due to a wider variety of flavors but cannot match the volume. Thailand will be the major supplier for now, yet they have Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and China's own developing durian farms being developed. If you think they earn more, then you do not understand the industry. I do agree about the monopolies in general, hence why we buy at our local farmers market so the money benfits the growers and is kept local instead of the profits being sent back to monopolies.

The farmers do not set the price, price is subject to supply and demand. The chinese have set up many wharehouses in the south to buy durian from the farmers, they will end up cutting out the Thai buyers. This is common knowledge in Lang Suan, Sawi, Chumphon area where the main growing areas are.

will be interesting to see what happens to the baht, up or down or stay the same? To be honest I am amazed how strong the baht is when you read about the economy in general.

Still 45million people, just that 15million of those will get cash "The “fragile” groups, primarily state welfare cardholders, are in line for this direct cash handout"

Not just the travel, this happens in many other areas, now in the south the Chinese are building large warehouses from which they buy direct from the durian growers, then on to Chinese containers on Chinese trucking companies for transport. Cut out the middleman, all profit back to China, same is happening in logistics like couriers.

with a 10 year ban, it will work in his favour, the old ones will be long gone. The young thai generation want a change and this will take 10 to 20 years to happen.

So he handed himself in to the police after the shooting along with the gun he used, and as stated "After finding evidence of Jagkrit's guilt, the committee decided to remove him from his advisory role". Yet they let him out on bail?????

eating humble pie now, am sure he feels a right fool

I would agree with you on being less reliant on chinese products for any country, but we all know that will not happen

So you agree Trump is not understanding how free markets work with his plan to phase out importing all Chinese essential goods in to the USA if he becomes president?

If Trump wins, it will confirm to me how stupid americans are.

Common to find dogs poisoned.

Look forward to watching this, it is shocking how Purdue pushed the drugs and how the Sackler family made billions from it then wanted to settle for 6billion US dollars with a cluse that they would be protected from anyother future lawsuits. Luckly In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled against a multibillion-dollar opioid settlement that would have protected the Sackler family from future lawsuits.

Hi, does anyone know if there is a place I can park my car safely for a few days while I travel down to Penang island, Malaysia by min van?

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Thai Facebook groups for renting, there will be groups in your location, ask a Thai friend to look for you. Wish you and your wife all the best.

Totally agree, and as you said the UK is known for their compassion, yet the system needs to change so that the UK can look after and support all who live there in a positive supportive and way without overloading a system that is already buckling under the strain of not enough resources.

Just to be clear, at no point did I blame any economic problem on illegal immigration. You do make some good points about daily costs. There are around 20,000 state schools in the UK, if each one was given an extra £8million a year what a differance it would make.

Lawyers eventually filed three separate lawsuits from 2010 to 2013 against Trump University for, among other claims, “deceptive practices.”3 Donald Trump has agreed to pay a $25 million settlement to the people who attended Trump University in 2007, 2008, 2009, or 2010. Would be interesting to know if trump ever paid up.

Would be interested to see the news on this, can please you share?

With the very large crowds coming out to protest against the people making the riots, it is a very small percentage of Brits who are racist. Your figure of 7,000 is a bit short, in 2023 alone the government gave a figure of 52,530 irregular migrants entering the UK. Like most countries around the world, we need immigration, yet there is a very big problem with illegal immigration, this would stop overnight if the government stopped giving out benefits to illegals. The UK like most countries cannot keep supporting and unchecked immigration as it overloads the hospitals, police, schools, housing and general finances of the country. £8million GBP per day is spent just on accommodation for immigrants, if this money could be placed into the NHS or schools, what a difference. Countries need to build a sound foundation so the country can support it’s people and people wanting to live there. Just ranting about the negatives is not solving the problem.

the solution being prison, being taken away for a quite talk, re-education. If you knew anything you would know the locals have learnt to be very careful in what they say in public and with friends. 14million voters wanted a change and what happen? As for a solution in the UK, the anti-protests against the riots is happening now, not saying all is good in the UK with illegal immigration, the government needs to change a few laws and deport. I like what happens in Australia, if you break the law and end up in prison then once time is served you get deported back to where you come from, same needs to happen in the UK and no appeals in court. Time for a change but without the violence of the past weeks as this is not fixing the problem.