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What do you think is going to happen when clever Farangs (and Chinese) keep finding new ways of getting around the rules? I remember when Photoshop started to be used, bank statements were forged, etc. The first time an officer visited us at home about 9 years ago, he told us that he had already arrested 19 people that year (February) for fraudulent marriage extension applications, mostly Africans. We are waiting for a visa decision right now but the application seemed to go very well. I hope. 

On 3/18/2023 at 10:45 AM, Dcheech said:

So every farm dog in the UK is a 'working dog". I did not know and impressed. The farms I know of had dogs, one might be, say,  a German shorthair for hunting, beyond that no real emphasis on work dogs, just dogs.

Nope, didn't say that. A lot of them are just burglar alarms,

Looks very dry to me, but I guess you are watering at least once a week? 

Not visible on the fotos is the possibility that the tree has been planted too deep, around here at least I get a barrow or two of earth in order to raise the plant a little. That does necessitate irrigation. Burrow around near the stem and see if you find any roots, which should be just beneath the surface. 

On 2/23/2023 at 8:41 PM, Dcheech said:

The same reasons dogs were kept in Europe, North America and many other lands say a hundred years back. Not talking about urban pooches and Hi So people & pets of those times. You can still find that in many countries  today, in what you would term 'western countries'. 

You say you are struggling with it, I suspect you haven't considered the above, or have little knowedge of it.

I have seen dogs in the UK lead the cows out to grass in the morning, opening and closing the gate after them. I think you haven't considered the fact that a farmer here won't take his dog with him and if he is sleeping out in the fields during the rice harvest the dog doesn't come along. They aren't and never have been, working dogs in Thailand.

The Chinese are big importers of durian and once the rail link to China is complete Thailand will suffer a deficit (price hike) of durian as well as many other fruits and vegetables.

I'm not in Chaiyapum but in my experience any cattle farmer will be more than willing to sell you dung. If it isn't mature (nice dry stuff a bit like peat) you can just stock it for a month or two. We have cattle and the son-in-law will put the stuff into sacks for you and deliver. Usually supplies you with a load of undigested weed seeds at the same time.

On 12/21/2022 at 4:10 PM, Lacessit said:

I agree many Thai doctors would be struck off the register in Western countries; however, there are some competent ones in the hospitals. My urologist is one of them.

 

One failing that seems to be almost universal here, only one doctor has ever asked for my previous medical history.

 

The average life expectancy of Thais is 77 years as of 2020.

 

IMO the ones dying before 70 can thank their diet of Lao Khao and sticky rice.

 

 

Yup. In our village, about half die of the "Lao Khao" disease. No way can you te;; rice farmers not to eat rice.

Doctors: none of them ask about your dietary habits or alcohol consumption either.

If you can get it, maybe repatriation insurance in case of illness is a solution. Illness can strike suddenly and make you unfit to fly, so if your home country makes medical treatment available to you, this is the one to go for.

When I went for my last shot there were a few thousand others also waiting. It was no surprise that it took a few days for it to turn up on the Mor Prom app .

I use the Line app and Morprom (หมอพร้อม) send me an update on my vaccination status every week.

You might want to try with diluted wood vinegar, I got rid of caterpillars on my "Maraa kie nuk" (sour melon) applying this.

2 hours ago, drtreelove said:

Most of the microorganisms in the soil are beneficial, and in fact work to suppress the pathogens (harmful root-rot microbes). Sterilizing the soil will kill off the beneficials and set you up for an ongoing plague of root rot, plant losses and chemcial dependency. 

During a transition period while you are building the beneficial soil biology to optimum levels, you can drench with a biological fungicide for suppression of plant pathogens. 

 

 

.. which is why most stupid professional tomato growers frequently sterilise their soil. Nobody can grow members of the nightshade (tomato, tobacco, peppers etc) around here. I dare you to say that this is due to poor soil management as you usually do. A few kilometers further on I have even seen wild tomatoes growing in the hedgerows. Fusarium is almost impossible to eradicate once it is in the soil, also it is transmitted by insects. and recommending stuff only available in the US won't help anyway.

I grow my tomatoes in pots, using unsterilised (no need for that I think) compost, and get a decent crop though I am still experimenting with different varieties. 

I base my knowledge on many years of experience not on Google.

Maybe I'm having a bad day...

19 hours ago, puchooay said:

Your grand daughter seems to struggle where ever she has been studying. With the exception, as it appears, of Technical college.

 

Are you sure the issues are not nearer to home? Maybe she is not interested, maybe a bit lazy? Maybe she needs to be checked for learning disabilities, which is not something the school would ever suggest.

Yes I remember you, always ready to give advice . Yes she did struggle through her first school, mainly due to one teacher but she was happy to very happy in the following two up to present. The main problems were most definitely a matter of bad school organisation, how do you like the fact that a couple of times at 9pm she got an SMS saying "no school tomorrow" or alternatively "Saturday school tomorrow"? I was the one struggling with that.

Maybe you have behaviour disabilities checking up on and analysing children you don't know on the evidence of a few posts. For your information she has never been top of the class (except in English) but always near the top.  

Not lazy, not stupid, and well brought up, right?

We put my step granddaughter through 7 years of the so called "Chinese school' - Hua Khiao school. They were supposed to learn amongst other things Chinese, none of them ever did apart from learning a song, which none of them understood. We didn't pay the suggested sum of ฿20 000.- to get her into the supposedly best school in the district after that for further education so she went to a state school. 

Doesn't seem to have made much difference, she is now in technical college, plenty of stuff there I don't like but never mind, she's doing fine. 

It is amazing to me how far this has got. I first came in contact with this idea through a very intelligent teacher at school. Week after week we would bring more evidence that the world wasn't flat. Week after week he came up with another counterargument. Some of us latched on (11 years old, 60+ years ago) that it was a JOKE <deleted>. He did force at least some of us to think about things for ourselves, probably started with the most outrageous statement he could think of. Much better than "if a tree falls in a lonely forest with  no one to hear, does it make a noise" 

Never mind, feeling outrage at something that is an intellectual joke is not a sign of high intellect. IT's a JOKE.

I usually get insulting replies when I post this kind of stuff...

Nope. I doubt that a good quality paint would last two years in Thailand. Try to find a concrete additive to mix in. 

13 hours ago, puchooay said:

Of course it was. That's why you explained that it was at the first and second opportunity, instead of waiting for the third.

I often wish I could be so convinced that I'm always right about things, that takes dedication.

On 9/21/2022 at 2:34 PM, puchooay said:

On the contrary. I think not.

 

My daughter decided her future studies based on what she enjoyed, what could help her prosper in life, what would open the world up to her and what would enable her to move onwards and upwards. In that order.

 

I don't recall her ever mentioning air conditioning.

It was a JOKE <deleted>. But bully for your daughter. 

19 hours ago, puchooay said:

That is a sad, narrow minded outlook on one's future.

That is a sad, narrow minded outlook on attempts at making ironic remarks. 

I think the main reason that my granddaughter decided to study IT and computing is that the computers have to be in an air conditioned room. 

Close up pictures of flowers and fruit would help, also of the leaves, but I doubt anyone would want to id your stuff from fotos. Your neighbours will know, ask them, one of the kids will write the name down in Thai for you, you can google it.

That's exactly what I do. However the 'Grow pots' are a waste of money, in this climate they will survive being potted up easily. 

The other thing of course, is that in Thailand tomatoes need shade, and that constantly wet leaves leads to disease. Cherry tomatoes don't seem to suffer so much.