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That was just what I was looking for! I did a search before posting my request, but my computer kept freezing and not coming up with anything, so I ended up just putting in a request. Many thanks.

Sawasdee Khrup, Khun Harsu,

Thought this topic recently discussed here ... sure enough : art supplies in Chiang Mai

good luck, ~o:37;

That was just what I was looking for! I did a search before posting my request, but my computer kept freezing and not coming up with anything, so I ended up just putting in a request. Many thanks.

Sawasdee Khrup, Khun Harsu,

Thought this topic recently discussed here ... sure enough : art supplies in Chiang Mai

good luck, ~o:37;

I'm looking for some help in finding art supplies in Chiang Mai, particularly for water colours. I will be visiting here from 'up north' later this week. On previous visits to town, I found one small art supply shop near the CM university art dept. and gallery, but there must be more! Someone mentioned there might be somewhere near 'the Union bar'(?). Any help and directions suitable for use by an out of towner with a street map would be most gratefully received.

There are 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't. CR is best suited to those who do.

00000010 post

I didn't think anyone would even remember what it was! The computer language version of ancient Phoenician. 'H.D for Dummies' available on polished stone tablets only.

Anyone willing to try to translate hexadecimal?

49:20:63:6f:75:6c:64:20:67:69:76:65:20:69:74:20:61:20:74:72:79:20:49:20:67:75:65:73:73:3f

Anyone willing to try to translate hexadecimal?

Went out this morning and bought a slow cooker- something we've threatened to do after every Pot Luck where we've been treated to that slow cooked barbequed meat of yours, and other attendees' falling apart, succulent meat dishes. Used one a lot in the Uk, when we were all out at work, but you forget how it can transform an indifferent cut of meat. Memories of (surplus males)Goat curry, venison in red wine, whole (surplus cockerals)chicken curry, It was always a bit unfortunate to be born of the male gender on our smallholding unless you had some exceptional traits. (T. says this is why he survived.)

Yes, I agree. Perfect spot for such a get together. And as Harry says, CHOCOLATE CAKE!! also. A nice laid back afternoon.

They're bilingual - so no problem with Thai or English papers. Both serve equally well to get splattered on.

If anyone coming to the pot luck on Sunday has a few spare newspapers, and can bring them along, I would be grateful. Incontinent budgies!

I read mine on Kindle and I am not giving the budgies that.

If anyone coming to the pot luck on Sunday has a few spare newspapers, and can bring them along, I would be grateful. Incontinent budgies!

They also do the nicest fruit drinks in town, not sweet just delicious, and they have a good selection of magazines to read while you relax.

Work @ Home has the best tuna sandwich in town, in my opinion. Had one again today and am never disappointed. They use a particularly small loaf of fresh baked bread, slice the top half off, layer the good stuff on the bottom half and plunk the top half back onto the sandwich.

I had the ham and cheese sandwich right after the tuna sandwich. Same foundation, different fillings and it was remarkable also. The bread for the sandwiches is always served warm. Not sure, but I think all of those styles of sandwich are 85 baht. Other styles do cost more.

You can check your e-mail on one of the house computers while you wait and I think the net is free for dining room customers. Smoking is allowed at the tables outside of the cafe. If you don't want to sit out by the street and listen to the racket of the traffic, there are also chairs and tables at the back of the shop where you can overlook their garden as you relax.

Work @ Home really is a special place when you're needing a break from the local fare.

Stu, I did see the bacon in the display case. I think the post read 45 baht for 100 grams. The bacon looked good but I didn't buy.

Do you have any photographs? The sap of the frangipani is a sticky white fluid - it might be this that's leaking out where sucking insects have been feasting during the night. Sometimes mine look like they have been dotted all over with white spots.Or it could be a mealy bug infestation -they are very prolific at this time of year - I fight mine off with a high powered blast of washing up liquid and water - this breaks down their white waxy protective coating better.If the infestation is bad, the whole leaf and stalk can look like they have a white, slightly fuzzy coating.

There are also loads of weird and wonderful fungal diseases around. if you can get a picture and post it here, I'm sure someone much more knowledgeable than me will be able to give you a correct diagnosis and treatment. Good luck.

Time -13.00hrs. We'll put up some 'P.L' signs to aid house finding once you are inside the estate. Everyone welcome. Bring your own stuff as per usual. Might do pizza.

Well we had an embarrassment of riches(options) but it has been decided to have the May 29 Pot Luck at the Harsu clans place.:jap: It is very amenable to an outdoor event plus they have a veranda and of course a house that could be used if the weather turns nasty. There is a mini park immediately nearby and their yard has plenty of elbow room. Plenty of parking and CR Beach is just up the road. It is up to Harsu to set the time.

DIRECTIONS: From CR Hospital, continue west through stoplight, Continue on San Khong Noi to next stoplight and turn left Turn right at next stoplight on to Honglee. Follow this road till you see Mae Fa Laung Gardens on right. The road to CR Country Homes is almost opposite on the right. The road bends to the left then you will see the Gate/entrance. Continue on the main road and it will take a bend to the left and then a small bridge to the right. You can not miss the house as it is the only one with a new blue roof.

Hopefully the attached maps will post and help as well. Harsu, feel free to clarify my directions.

Literally three days ago we chopped one down in our back garden. My sister in law gave us a 3 metre specimen last year -she had brought a few up from Bangkok way for her very big garden, and we merrily stuck it in about 4 metres from the house. Now -having done some looking it up on internet, we now know why the local gardeners ( who like to come in and inspect our amateur efforts!) all gave it a thumbs down or a rueful shake of the head. The final confirmation of it being in totally the wrong place was when an American friend who'd lived in St.John in the caribbean, asked us if we were aware how badly the flowers smelt, and the potential for concussion from falling fruit. It had grown 3 metres since last June.

'We'll move it', we decided, then after four hours of excavating to the middle of the earth, it got chopped down, and the rootball was eventually removed by brute force and sheer b..y mindedness.

Nice tree in the right position.

My local temple in Chiang Mai. (San Sai) (Photos)

I visited another temple in San Sai last week, only to find an even bigger tree.

Some Thai friends of ours wanted to know the English name.

I put a photo up on facebook yesterday and lots of people likened it to something from "Avatar". They're not wrong.

Wait 'til they see the cannonballs!

Regards.

harsu your the first person that has greyhounds in los that i have heard of i had them for 29years in uk [racing] dont they make fantstic pets,as you have great knowledge of coat shredding i was wondering could we have our alskan marmalute clipped,we do every thing to make his life bearable ect.in doors durring the day,fan on all night outside we are going to have our car port roof extened he is the most lovable dog i have owned,as he was a rescued dog he gives back all his loyalty to me and the wife,so would it be ok for him to be clipped,it does get very hot down here in issan.

My two greyhounds are rehomed racers from the UK- and, yes, they make the best pets. The boy is nearly 12 years old and his racing name was Harsu Prince and he had quite a few wins. Our girl ( Cohan Velvet) never made the grade - hasn't a working brain cell in her head - and still thinks she's a puppy at nearly 11. Wonderful with people but care needed with both of them near small animals even now.

Your malamute sounds lovely. I've never kept a proper winter weather proof 'double coated dog' but I know that you aren't supposed to clip them out fully (shave) as the double coat also acts as an insulation against the heat and sunburn as well as the cold, and (again, only what I've been told by a friend who used to have a very hairy Spitz) when the coat grows back in it may not do so properly.

You can trim the coat so it's not so long over the belly/legs etc and use those special combs for stripping out the undercoat quickly - which you probably already do. Shade, fan, air-con, access to a paddling pool to lie in, exercise early am or late pm - you're doing it all already.

Saying all that, I used to shave my lab./Collie cross in Scotland in the summer - not because of the shedding (though he had a very thick coat) but because he used to spend his days rummaging around outside with us, and his coat used to be constantly caked in mud, gorse bits, burdock seed heads, teasels and anything else he could search out and roll in. I'd leave about an inch on his body, and a bit longer on his legs, for protection, and leave his head untouched. When Autumn came his coat had already grown back in ready for winter. He looked a bit strange but it saved a good hour s grooming a day and a bath - both of which he really didn't enjoy. A five minute brush surficed. Dog purists would have been appalled, but it worked for him and us.

I'd try looking on the internet and see if anyone can offer you some first- hand advice about living in the sub-tropics with a hairy beastie. Do they have a breed club for Malamutes in USA or somewhere that has hot summers?

I am glad to read you left some to try on your second visit to Central.

I now feel thoroughly embarrassed to have ever stepped into that snooty, hoity-toity plaza and eaten at the following restaurants Sukishi Buffet, Fuji, MK, Yayoi, Yum Sap and Moom Mai. There must be something seriously wrong with me.

I'll try to restrain myself and not be tempted by the following offerings, Hot Pot Inter Buffet, S&P, Black Canyon, The Pizza Company, Kanom Jeen Street, Sizzler, Bar B Q Plaza, Chester's Grill, KFC, and of course McDonald's as it gets such mixed reviews.

Then again, I am weak and will no doubt try them all before passing judgement.

A Mynah bird - you lucky thing. We looked into getting one a little while ago, but ended up with a Jenday Conure instead. But you're welcome to the info. we found out about their dietary needs.

Mynahs have an iron storage disease so they need to have a certain type of diet. You can't feed them parrot food/pellets - only the soft bill/pelleted food for Mynahs - this is because this has a low iron content only. They also have no crop so you shouldn't give them seeds.

Their problem with iron also means you should only give them fruit that is not too acidic (high in Vitamin C which increases the absorption of iron from foods). Fruits such as limes, pineapple, oranges, lemon, grapefruit, pomelo, avocado and apricots shouldn't be given.

Don't give them RED meat either.

Give them fruits such as apples, water apples, pears,melons,grapes, bananas - make sure you get rid of seeds and pits before you feed them to the bird- and they're not worried if they don't get a lot of variety.

Fresh water, non-acidic fruit and Mynah bird pellets will keep it healthy.

Enjoy.

YOU CAN BUY PELLETS WHICH WILL BE GOOD ENOUGH.YOU CAN SUPPLEMENT THEIR FOOD WITH FRUIT ,THEY ARE SOFT BILLS SO THE DO SHIT A LOT BUT GREAT TALKERS.HOPE THIS HELPS JIM

Many thank's. Yes have got the pellet's pinky/red, and give it fruit mainly banana's as I get them for free. "Talk" the Bloody thing doesn't stop pick's up anything/everything in minute's. One good thing to come out of it all, is I'm now opening a shop selling Gua'no. Fred.

Here are my observations based on our dogs.

If you are moving to the North of Thailand where we have a 'winter/cooler season', you may find that your dog continues to develop a winter/seasonal coat which is then shed in Feb./March followed by the normal coat shedding throughout the year.

Elsewhere -as a heavily coated dog - that will probably spend a lot of time in the shade/by a fan etc- you may find that he/she will eventually adjust to the lack of major changes in temp./weather and just shed constantly throughout the year to maintain a healthy coat, hopefully without a thick winter coat build-up.

We have greyhounds and they shed more noticeably here than in the UK - this is probably because their hair is more obvious on tiled floors - but they don't get as much soft 'downy' undercoat in the winter (Chiang Rai) as they used to. My family's other dogs are white Alsations - have acclimatised fully and have no winter coat build- up, and a Doberman who spends a lot of time outside, and he hardly seems to shed at all.

A lot of the local heavily coated pet dogs are routinely clipped as soon as it starts to get hotter here.(And, up here in the cold North, most local Thais put winter coats on their dogs ,irrespective of breed, when the temperature drops below a scary 24.C)

In other words, I think it''s going to depend on where you're moving to, the lifestyle the dog is going to have, and the individual dog and how long it takes to acclimatise. Unfortunately, the coat brush may still need to be in daily use. Good luck with your move.

Qatar Airlines gets our vote - my daughter is (literally) just driving up from Chiang mai, after a round trip back to the UK (to Manchester) via Bangkok and Doha with the main carrier as Qatar. Won hands down on staff friendliness and helpfulness, quality of food -she's kept the menu to show me - and efficiency over B.A, KLM and quite a few other airlines she's travelled with. She travels economy class. The only slight criticism she has was that at Doha, you have to transfer between terminal/plane by bus. It was a little bit more expensive than her other two options, but that was because she wanted to fly from Chiang mai, going through Immigration there and just navigate Suv. BKK as a transfer passenger without the possible problem of lengthy Immigration delays and luggage to move around.

I am invariably 'well intentioned' ,albeit misguided.

VF. the Bike hash is nothing - absolutely nothing - like the 'proper' hash, it simply got the name because a couple of people who started it up also go to the HHH. Someone plans a route and once a month a small group go out to enjoy the ride. They don't follow a paper trail, just go out with the pathfinder. T. says they have been to Doi Chang, last month they went the back tracks behind Mae Yao/ Bandhu, and they go for a coffee or meal afterwards. I am told it is very sociable and civilised.

And - I know- I'm still off topic because this post isn't about paved road cycling;this is about pleasurable cycling in C.R's lovely countryside away from traffic fumes. Much nicer.

I wouldn't be so hard on 'harsu'. She was well intentioned after all.

Confirm that it is member of the Dipterocarpus family.

If the 'wings' of the fruiting body/seed were brightish pink when fresh, it is probably Dipterocarpus obtusiflius (called ยางเหียง in Thai) which grows up to 28m, has big broadly oval shaped leaves -which are hairy when young-, greyish very cracked looking bark and vivid pink flowers in Nov - late January. It's one of the main trees that make up dry dipterocarp forests in northern Thailand.

The other Dipterocarpus with very similar fruiting bodies is D. tuberculatus (พลวง ตึง) , but the leaves have a rounded or heart-shaped base, the flowers are pale pink-violet with a darker red-violet colour on one side only - flowers slightly later in Feb - April, and the fruiting body/seed has 5 lumps between the wings at the top where they join the 'round bit'. Tree grows up to 30m, and it is not a common tree.

So it's probably the first one.

If you are interested in trees - even if it's just to have the satisfaction of being able to say 'I think I know what that is' and you can get hold of a copy, I would highly recommend a paperback 'A Field Guide to Forest trees of Northern Thailand' - and I think they also publish similar guides to other areas of Thailand.

The Chiang Rai Hash House Harriers have a bike trail once a month - usually a combination of road and some good surface tracks .If that isn't for you, I would still recommend going to their webpage (or P.M. "Soap' who posts their reports on here who could probably give you the gents. details), as I know the person who maintains the site is a keen cyclist and would, no doubt,be able to put you in touch with like- minded individuals.

We found it very pleasant this afternoon to stroll - and buy - in the coolness of the centre. Sometimes you just need a bit of relief from the May claminess. Also noted that there are now at least 4 disabled car parking spots and upstairs by 'Mr. Donut" (?) there are now two very nice wheelchairs and a baby pram to borrow if you have the need. We have also found that the fruit and veg. stalls downstairs offer really tasty quality stuff, and that places such as 'เอา เอา' (who have shops elsewhere in the town), haven't put their prices up just because of their location.

We're willing to be the 'back -up' site.

Now that we have had our first pot luck at a house, any comments, preferences, etc. One thing seem quite apparent. Even if we have it at someones house, their is an apparent preference for moving it out of doors (assuming no rain). I am assuming if there was heavy rain the attendance would be rather sparse to non existent anyway. Looking for some possible sites for the next one but is there anyone that wants to volunteer their house as a back up? :jap: We can always take our chance with the original site and pray.

Thanks to lannaman for opening up his house/garden for all of us and to everyone else who came along to make it another very pleasant afternoon with some scrummy food as added bonus.