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I know plenty of guys (including my late father) that don't want to discuss what happened in the wars. Some do, some don't.

Ferric sulphate works wonders if your soil and water are on the alkaline side of the pH scale. No idea of where to find it here.

... is worth a try also.

I'm sure that the guy's methods are ok as I tried his free introductory course a couple of times. I decided that I didn't like his way of teaching the Thai alphabet by assigning each letter to an object whose name in English began with that sound. So that's why some people won't like it as he correctly, in my view, starts with the alphabet.

My granddaughter (8 years old) teaches me now and I try to read car license plates and traffic signs every day. I took me a year to find out that the sign outside our village meant 'stop'.

eh? I have a number blocking process on my Android.

Most of these places are generally empty, following the Thai custom of copying what was maybe a good idea until there are too many. I stopped twice and was impolitely served with bad food both times. Maybe there is room for a decent and discrete service area correctly licensed and run, that would make sure that no competition threw up its shacks.

Blimey, I had a fit this month when we got a bill for ฿2100.-.

I am surprised to read a positive comment from you Krisb, but good luck to you.

It takes time.

I remember getting desperate when the place I was in sold hammers but didn't have any f#$%^ng nails! However after three years now, for a price I can generally find what I am looking for, I don't buy important stuff in BigC apart from baked beans. You need to find a mom and pop store that will look after you. There are many, many 'mai mee' shops and stores around (even if the requested product is just behind them), but there are places that give you 'Mai mee -- but we can find it for you'. I do occasionally travel from Buriram to Bangkok to get stuff from Thaicarpenter, Petberry or IKEA, paying a hotel plus the price that their stuff costs of course. I ask people coming back from Europe to bring me stuff. It is probably easier to do stuff like this in the provinces than it is in Bangkok, which seems counter intuitive initially. That's the way it is, if you don't like this....

By the way Thais don't buy expensive cars primarily because of reliability but, as do many Farangs here, to impress the neighbours and the police.

(Edit) PS: push brooms are the stupidest invention ever imposed on the population of this planet and I speak both as an ex- brush salesman ('Confessions of a brush Salesman' available soon) and someone that had to clean large areas regularly. Buy a leaf blower.

OK, do that. I wonder how you will add the P and K. Buying a packet of granulate fertiliser is much easier. I got my certificate as lawn professional around 1980 and never heard of anyone regularly fertilising a lawn this way, not saying that it isn't possible. I had a customer that foolishly applied a pure nitrogen fertiliser as you seem determined to do and we had big problems cutting that lawn and the customer thought that we were deliberately wasting time. .(The mower had to be really sharp and even then it was difficult). The effect wore off quickly.

I have done quick fixes with a high N liquid fertiliser to get a lawn looking nice for a wedding reception. I reckon that that that is all that fertilising like this is good for, up to you.

Urea (Nitrogen) is important if you want a green lawn. Too much will burn it or lead to super lush growth that is difficult to cut. A lawn needs around 20- 30 grams of N per year and M2 but in the rainy season it will be washed away. Also, a lawn needs other elements than N, most fertilisers have three numbers written on the package as in for instance NPK 20 10 15.

I would find a fertiliser with approximately these numbers and apply it three or four times a year to get to 20 - 30gm /M2 per year. I can't imagine how you can calculate how much Urea to dose

Want to make roads in Thailand safe? Simple. Remove ALL Thai drivers.

Typical, so you are the super duper driver from the western countries that is the Judge of driving here in Thailand.

You are so so wrong wrong with a comment like that, hope you was just having a dig at Thais in fun because they will certainly laugh a lot about someone like you.

I don't know, or care, where you're from, but apparently they don't teach recognition of humor. Or did you miss class that day on that subject?

The problem is that bad drivers are not removed from the roads or subjected to a heavy fine. It only takes one bad example of driving (and it may well be a Farang behind that tinted windscreen) to make you angry about Thai driving in general.

The unfortunate thing about slavery here is that it happens at the instigation or help of, police and navy authorities. If you report it or even quote a paragraph from a prize winning Reuter's report, you don't get your work permit renewed (thus effectively closing down your newspaper) but find yourself on trial for libel with the threat of imprisonment / very heavy fines. At least this doesn't happen in Farang land. much.

They do appear to be doing something about it, so nothing wrong with keeping up the pressure.

We paid ฿8.- for a one metre panel and later discovered that they had been stocked for a year or two (no longer firmly attached to the top stick, brittle). The number of panels/ M2 depends on the slope of the roof. Go look at other roofs in your area first. Living in Buriram, we have the impression that the stuff we buy here is imported from Cambodia.

Cats aren't necessarily defensive of their territory in the way that dogs are. Our cat just ignores our dogs when they run into the bedroom and they don't know what to make of it. They don't even bark at her any more. We also had a visit from a chicken, same reaction.

I walked to the market and back, mixed mortar and laid 40 breeze blocks. I washed my tools, and am now getting drunk. The concept of 'exercise' never entered into my way of life, I just work when I can. Picture from yesterday.

US regulations require that Emmentaler has a minimum number of holes! That's why you guys don't know what real Emmentaler looks like.It doesn't need holes to make it taste better. You don't pay for the holes, they are offered free. If you prefer it sliced, because you don't know how to cut cheese, then you probably don't know what it is supposed to taste like either.

I used to buy a whole wheel of Emmentaler (not the 90 Kg ones, smaller) and keep it in the cellar, it got better all the time. I can't say that I have even bothered trying the stuff that I have seen on offer here in Thailand.

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May I may ask, why do you wish to improve tragedies? You could take a tip or two from Shakespeare maybe, he was a dab hand at tragedies. His English was quite good also.

If you take the time to read my post properly you will see I posted the first part by mistake and I did not have chance to review it before I posted, I think you know what I was trying to say but you took it out of context.

A confused mess of a thread, starting and finishing at your front door. The opening title is simply not applicable to what follows, which apparently is supposed to be a joke. Tragedies are not something to joke about. Go away.

I was told by a guy who was a developer for mint and then left because of the way things were going. He recommended sticking with Ubuntu, but this was a few years ago.

May I may ask, why do you wish to improve tragedies? You could take a tip or two from Shakespeare maybe, he was a dab hand at tragedies. His English was quite good also.

If your posts were a bit less of the rambling kind, maybe we could understand your situation and help. Your English is difficult to understand, which doesn't help .

You were advised to go to the police, why don't you do that? Tourist police number is 155 I believe

I am at a loss why Farangs need to build the biggest house in the village, situate their parking space so that everyone can see the SUV, the second car and the motorbikes, build a perimeter wall, and finish up with something that is much too large for the people living there. Hang on, thinking about it, maybe I do know why.

We live in an 8 x 8 metres house with the wife's granddaughter, (I am building a 3 x 8 metre extension) that I reckon I could build again for ฿200 000.-, double that with a new kitchen and bathroom.

Your pictures show a grass roof and it isn't thatched. I did one two years ago and it will have to be replaced soon, falling apart and we think there is a snake in there. I really like these roofs as they do keep things cool, however I will probably replace with 'tin' corrugated and insulated roof, I don't want to have to redo it every 2 -3 years. Price: dead cheap, don't spend money on a super professional grass roof in view of their life expectancy. The only 'difficult' bit is the ridge.

I went through the stage of asking for advice here, and I did indeed get some excellent advice. However I soon found out that you have to find out for yourself. Stuff will grow better on the other side of the road from here, melons need to be sprayed with insecticide too often for my taste, I have tomato wilt bacteria in the soil (being dealt with), meaning that I can't grow eggplant, tomatoes, peppers etc although chilli does ok for a few months. .. I have a lot of ginger.... I no longer go looking for exotic seeds, there are only a few flower seeds that I still want to import, imported vegetables just haven't worked. For me. You will have to look at what other people are growing, see what seeds are available. Stuff you see in the market may come from anywhere.

What kind of soil do you have? Is it exposed to salt spray? All sorts of things to consider.

The General really knows how to make friends, doesn't he?

It's not about handouts - but to his point in the OP,... POOR farmers lease part or all of their land. The 'handout' helps their 'landlord'

So he says no handouts we don't have money. The Thai farmers are going to watch him spend money on so many other projects and wonder what's going on.

The general says nice things that make sense, but he might want to roll out a few concrete projects which will have a positive impact. And do it soon, too - otherwise it is just promises from a general cum politician. So far, the general has shown that he is a military man through and through with a complete lack of real understanding for the plight of farmers - be they producing rice or rubber or other crops.

"So far, the general has shown that he is a military man through and through with a complete lack of real understanding for the plight of farmers - be they producing rice or rubber or other crops. "

But it would be fair to say that P.M. Prayut's predecessor had a total and comprehensive understanding of the farmer's plight and a solid solution to their problems?

Congratulations, you win todays prize of being the first to bring the previous administration into the topic.

We all know YS had sweet FA understanding of farming but she has a better line in handbags than the current Duke of York in charge now, so we sort of forgive her.

Rubber: when prices were good, farmers were allowed to destroy forest lands and plant. Surprise, prices went down, and not only in Thailand. Same thing with the oil palm I guess. Rice: a different game in some parts of Isaan. Around here it is the only thing that can be cultivated, one crop a year. Otherwise too little water, even fish ponds dry out, boreholes are too expensive to run. The only adjustment that farmers here can make is to sell their land and move to Bangkok.