CMHomeboy78

FM radio stations in Chiang Mai are an unreliable source for BBC - or any other English language news. Go direct to the online sites of the news you want.

This corrupt clan are as slippery as eels.

He's dumb as dirt and he knows it.

Spot on. For years now Shinawatra apologists have been excusing the clan's blatant acts of criminality by saying "The Thai people overwhelmingly support them and vote them into office every chance they get". Not anymore. Now the big question is whether or not the people have the cojones to effectively put an end to this kleptocracy and install the winners of the last election. I wouldn't bet on it.

Khamtieng market has several large shops selling garden statuary. Whether or not they buy or sell on consignment I don't know.

If the OP - or anyone else - is still interested, try: Pattrara Prepress. 242/2 Manee Nopparat Rd. Sri Phum, A. Muang. Tel. 053 210 816 Located near Chang Puak Gate, it's the go-to place for graphic arts professionals in Chiang Mai. If you can't get what you want there, it's Bloom Pro Lab in Bangkok. They will accept and return work by mail or courier. Not cheap but numero uno for quality prints in Thailand.

The cops will be playing Whack-A-Mole for years to come with Chinese gangs in condos all over the city.

As a graphic artist my income came from abroad - USA mostly. The immediate effect of the sudden baht devaluation was to effectively double my money. What had been a good life here with my Thai wife and our fwo young daughters became even better, at least from a financial standpoint. For the local khon muang that we lived among, the situation became one where they had much less buying power. Many in my wife's extended family were involved in the building trades in one way or another. All the big construction projects shut down leaving the workers to get whatever small jobs they could in their own neighborhoods. The ways they got by reminded me very much of stories I had heard growing up from my parent's generation of their experiences during the Depression of the 1930's.

Obviously gov't on all levels isn't up to the task of controlling agricultural burning and dealing with forest fires in the hills - many of which are set by foragers to clear the underbrush so they can harvest mushrooms and other forest products. If tourist numbers dropped precipitously that might arouse the authorities into action. In the meantime, more should be done by concerned citizens - especially young people,, but it's not. Until more creative ways of provoking elected officials into doing their jobs are found, nothing will change.

Beautiful indeed, and she looks a lot more Thai than Khmer. Siam occupied and dominated Angkor Wat and most of Northeastern Cambodia from the early 1400s until the French Colonial regime drove them out in the 19th century. Battambang had been the Siamese administrative center of the province. The fact that Pita's grandmother had once lived there - or even if she was born there - doesn't prove Khmer ancestry. Not that it would matter anyway. He made a mistake in making an issue of it. Tempest in a teapot.

So true... and it's not rocket science. A fully competent electrical appliance repairman would be your best bet. Avoid the big flashy places, they'll see you coming before you're even inside the door. I'd add my vote for Befixed. This guy has a well-deserved good reputation among long-term expats here.

If money isn't a big issue with you, then have it custom made. There are plenty of talented woodcarvers who can be found in the Chiang Mai area. Ban Tawai is probably the biggest but there are several other woodcarving and furniture making villages not far from the city. Take a photo of what you want, be clear on your dimensions, and shop around. Good luck.

That's the line of attack taken by Singapore against agricultural burning in Borneo and other nearby areas. They went after the big companies who were behind it with sanctions that proved effective according to my son-in-law who lives there.