cooked

No rain for 8 months a year, no water reserves. Come on you agricultural geniuses, you must be able to think of something.

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The posters are belligerent and abusive

That's it.

I started giving friendly advice and ended up detesting this guy, not that I'm not sorry for him but he seems to have serious problems that won't be solved by fleeing his present situation. He himself throws abuse about and then can't take it when some comes back. Sad.

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We had a visit recently, no problems. The lady probably sold all the syringes to drug addicts (joke).

Without meaning to offend , this kind of posting reminds me why I only visit Thai restaurants here. Go buy the ingredients for a pizza- mozzarella and parmesan cheese, maybe olives.... The pizza you make yourself turns out expensive but much better. I have tried a pizza in Chiang Mail that was more expensive than I would have paid in Switzerland and it was uneatable .

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The reluctance of Thais to 'make waves' is one reason why it is difficult to get anything done about stuff like this. We have no problems like this at all in the private school we use, if anything they are too lax.

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Let's not get started on what happens to parking spaces reserved for invalids.

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Maybe this belongs on the general forum but here goes. Many vehicles have roof racks but I never see them being used and I cannot find an explanation. I can generally work out most Thai-thainess things but this one has me puzzled. Especially as you see all kinds of crazy loading 'techniques'. I am thinking about getting one myself because I need one and not for decoration.

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Ok fair enough . We don't know that and then risk getting banned if we say something ?

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Some people still take a bus ? Stupid or suicidal ?

Good answer. So we are expected to walk? Driving isn't necessarily a safe solution , the Bangkok express train from Buriram is regularly 2-3hours late.

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I hate the blo**y things and I had a couple of guys that refused to use them for the above mentioned reasons.

At the risk of losing all credibility on this forum, it looks as though I have to say no for the third time. No money! No beer looming up as a dread future.

This looked really interesting and I was looking forward to meeting up, oh well. Maybe I'll win at Lotto or something.

Clutching at straws. For Buddha's sake close this stupid thread.

I sow anything I feel like all the year round. In the dry season we seem to have less problems with pests. Planting just before the rainy season is obviously making things easier.

We water young seedlings twice a day, mature plants every day or two days. Chilli will appreciate the heat, and will survive without too much water... I had to find out the hard way, despite receiving excellent advice on this forum, there are so many differences in soil and climate, that it is difficult to apply general 'planting time rules' to gardens in Thailand.

However if you don't want to water regularly, I don't think you will have much success.

We have had our Almera for a year now and like it. It runs fine and while one should not expect massive acceleration it serves our purposes.

My only irritant is the engine shutting off at each stop sign/stop light. I automatically hit the disengage button as soon as I start the car. I don't like the delay and think that it puts undo wear and tear on the starter. Plus, with such a small engine I figure that I am contributing enough towards fuel savings.

Would I buy another one? Probably, although I would have the mechanic hard wire the system to permanently override that pesky engine shutoff system before the car left the dealer.

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I agree up to a point. Question: what is happening when you are stationary and you have your foot on the brake pedal? Nothing being slowly wasted away?

Secondly, in Bangkok traffic for instance you can find yourself waiting for 5 or 10 minutes in front of a red light, but I don't know why people can't be trusted to turn off the motor themselves if they want to. I tend to turn of the idle stop also.

Almera?

Up to you, did you do a test drive? I drive at least 100Km per day doing the school run and other general taxi work, and am happy with the Almera. It generally has three adults and a chit of a child in it. A combination of country roads, highways and town traffic. I have been to Bangkok from Buriram twice, We also went to Vientiane going through Pitsanaluk and that stuff. I never noticed a problem due lack of umph, the acceleration although not fantastic, is sufficient. I get about 18 Km per litre, which is not to be scoffed at. Three years insurance included in the price and three years roadside assistance.

The automatic transmission is a dream for me after years of driving all sorts of trucks so maybe I am a bit overwhelmed by this car. It would be nice to know how you decide and what your experiences are.

Cooked, I am a bit confused, is your Almera automatic or is it stick?

I normally like a stick shift, and if I had my way would never buy an automatic, But I also like sex so I need to keep the wife Happy.with an AT

I think a stick shift Almera would be fine, it is the Automatic that I have concerns with.

mmmm.... as I state in my last line, automatic. I know, I know, many people think that they prefer stick. Don't forget my 40 years truck driving, including a couple that I had to double declutch. If you really want to go for boy racing in bangkok traffic or on the highways, I'm afraid that my interest in that kind of thing left me many years ago. Thai driving is about smoothly fitting into to the flow, anticipation staying cool and not dying. The new automatics (CVT) are a revelation, I love it. I hated the earlier automatics also,

Almera?

Up to you, did you do a test drive? I drive at least 100Km per day doing the school run and other general taxi work, and am happy with the Almera. It generally has three adults and a chit of a child in it. A combination of country roads, highways and town traffic. I have been to Bangkok from Buriram twice, We also went to Vientiane going through Pitsanaluk and that stuff. I never noticed a problem due lack of umph, the acceleration although not fantastic, is sufficient. I get about 18 Km per litre, which is not to be scoffed at. Three years insurance included in the price and three years roadside assistance.

The automatic transmission is a dream for me after years of driving all sorts of trucks so maybe I am a bit overwhelmed by this car. It would be nice to know how you decide and what your experiences are.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0088278#abstract0

A difficult to follow scientific study here, which doesn't necessarily prove anything, that indicates that vegans and vegetarians are more prone to disease and die earlier.

If you get a Nakhonchai card you can order tickets by phone.

Why not just shoot them 1 by 1 ? It could save many people lives !

Shooting one in ten should do the trick .

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Illegal yes, you pay a ฿600.- fine for brewing (I think this includes distilling) for your own consumption. The problem is that the ideal temperature for brewing in 23°C more or less, and that you should be able to store it cool for a month or two for best quality results (which is why Thai beer is a/expensive and b/not as good as it could be. You could rig up a thermostat to a freezer to brew, people have done that but I myself am slowly going off the idea altogether. Try the home brew forum Thailand for ingredients, and try to use rain water.

They grow ok down here in Isaan but we get a maximum of one strawberry a day.

I use the FF extension 'XMarks' to back up my bookmarks and very usefull it was too when I destroyed my computer back home and later when I moved to Thailand. I also wiped my profile one time when it misbehaved after an update, no problem . I don't keep passwords using the FF function either so I don't really care about losing my profile.

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I just saw the words 'soil bag' above. I read elsewhere that these are often spent mushroom compost. I tried planting tomatoes in bags and nothing happened apart from them turning yellow. After 4 weeks I in desperation stuck them out in the garden and the difference is amazing. I guess your soil is at fault.

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There is a law against it but who cares ?

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