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I have not heard of this ban, I strongly doubt that it is a fact.

We are cutting thousands of trees and selling the product.

My biggest question really is that the prices quoted on the internet average around 50baht/kilo for 2014. The farmers in Isaan get about 20baht at the moment. The middle men are certainly not missing out, but the farmers who do the work and own the infrastructure get very little. This is what the government should take a close look at.

What may happen is that, the price being so low, we won't be able to get people to cut for us. Why would someone work most of the night for a tiny pay, as we pay them 40% of the sale price. This is what will control the cutting, it is supply and demand.

Yesterday TV stated that the government had sold half of the 200,000 tonne stockpile and it seems this has not made the price drop again. There is still another 100,000 tonnes of this stockpile to sell, don't know what will happen then.

Yes, well usually there is pollution attached to the manufacture of electricity which is needed to charge the bus. Also the final disposal of batteries is not without risk of pollution.

I've had my two sizeable mugs this morning

The Country lost 500 million....Isn't that about the same amount of money Thaksin borrowed off the Russians, for that construction project in Dubai that went belly up and the investors lost everything.

The Russians would still want to be payed back plus interest of course.

Just throwing it out there what do you think?

The story said 500,000 million

For years I have flown every few weeks from Singapore to Bangkok and return of course. Thai Airways is only about $100 more than Air Asia and I do not have to complete customs and collect bag and check back in again at Changi. (This is the final leg of my trip). You need to book fairly well in advance to secure this price, if you book a few days before flying the price is something like $1,000 more and then this is expensive.

Evidence is evidence from wherever it comes. If it can be proved then what's the problem.

This guy is basically saying what they have provided is not to be trusted.

Evidence is evidence no matter from where it is derived, if it can be supported so be it

I thought advertising alcohol was now illegal.

There's a lot of public education needed with road safety. Maybe the TV channels should give up a few slots each day and remind folk of a few basics.

I read recently that a survey of students showed that very few of them knew that they must stop if people are using a zebra crossing.

Are you supposed to?

I actually don't stop on the grounds that most zebra crossings are on roads with two or more lanes in the same direction. I worry that right after the pedestrians scuttle across in front of me bowing their heads they will get taken out by a red-truck zooming past me in the next lane....

Until I have some evidence that the majority understand "don't drive past anyone stopped at a zebra crossing", I won't be stopping!

I agree exactly with not stopping at zebra crossings for the reason stated above. I slow down, at the same time risking being hit up the bum.

You need eyes everywhere when driving in this country. I have never seen any Thai driver stop for pedestrians.

Got no idea what yoy are talking about

So a third of the population is over weight, total crap

Surely there is something better to do.

This is petty sounds like there is more to it.

The other way to look at this is, that if you are living in Thailand, perhaps you should learn Thai

Yes diesel prices were increased.

Many private vehicles here are using diesel and many trucks use gas.

The motor bike owners will save a little bit.

Without the figures though hard to say, but hard to see much difference to inflation which is only running at about 2.2% pa currently, can't see too much problem with that as it seems to be a low figure in any case.

12 girls in the picture, not 9 as reprorted??

I like the quote that the owner is 'concerned that the insurance WILL pay for the damage'

But aren't we talkin g about 'NON-THAIS' therefore don't they need a work permit?

Further to my previous post, if there is such a discrepancy in prices within Thailand it just points to the situation where the farmer who owns the plantation and does the work makes the least out of the product.

All the middle men are taking their profit, I'm sure they are not missing out.

There is not much clarity when the 'official' price was about 60 baht recently.

Who actually makes the money?

If he was getting 40 baht per kilo he is doing well.

In my area, Buriram, we are only getting 21.5 baht, I would be happy with this guys price.

My car was damaged by a sizable branch falling from a tree when the vehicle was parked.

A call by my wife to the insurance company saw them recommend a place for the repairs, at Nang Rong, not too far away.

We went to this place and they actually completed the paperwork for us. Strange thing though, they said don't say the car was parked, you need to say it was being driven. So the claim said the branch fell out of a tree as we passed underneath. I don't understand this at all, this is first class insurance, and certainly in Australia there would be no question of a valid claim if the actual circumstances were stated.

Anyway the repairers photographed the damage and lodged the claim. The insurance company agreed the repairs should go ahead. When the place repaired the car they also fixed up a number of non related scratches and gave the car back promptly and looking good.

I have no complaints whatever about the service I received from the insurer or the repairer, just left me wondering a bit about the needing to be driven bit.

Also the poverty line would should be dofferent depending on where one's location is, for instance it costs a lot nore to live in Bangkok than somewhere in the country.

Can't see how they can m ake this work. Retail price of most goods is set by the retailer.

Much of the sales are through small stores around the country and they are not in the tax system at all, getting excise from them would be impossible.

Only way would be to estimate the retail price and levy the excise at the manufacturer or distibutor level.

The drug business will be taken over by the new powers

Euthanising is not the right word.

Euthanising is to be killed by consent.

The dogs should be killed.