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I make it 7 1/2%, not bad at all . As a big bike is a lot more expensive than your average Wave ,and a more limited market ,interest rates will have to be low ,or no one would buy one . What would interest rate be for a imported BMW or Harley on HP. Surprised no guarantor needed for a big bike on HP ,must be different rules ??than a small bike ,have you got the log book yet ?

Many years ago it was known as Venice of the Orient with the amount of canals round the city,then they filled them all in ,one reason for the floods of 2011 water had nowhere to go ,before the canals would have taken the water away. I do not know when the op wrote this article ,but the Passak dam is not full ,it is very local to me ,they have opened all the gates on the dam and water is now flowing out ,wife's sister was fishing they on Sunday and said the water level had dropped ,the op wants to check his facts before writing. The normal thing, bad news sells copy. It was 3 years ago that they opened the dam gates in August after a lot of rain ,afraid of a lot of rain in September/October,filling the dam, and they will have to let water go so flooding land down stream,then the rains stopped early ,come January/February not enough water in the dam for locale needs ,mainly irrigation,in April dam was only 15% full,wife not happy ,nowhere to go fishing Most locals around here say the rains come early this year they will finish early ,I think they are right going on past years leaving the dam short when water is needed again.

We brought a new Wave 125 two colour ,mag wheels,that was 60k baht also, that was 4-5 months ago,the last one we brought was 4 years ago that was 50k baht. I was surprised at the price ,this was the third Wave we have brought from this shop ,so we know them,.and they are normaly the cheapest in the area,they did say they were a shortage of Waves . And we have 3-4 Honda dealers in the area ,I did not check all of them, but one other did say 60k . It used to be shops do not like cash sales ,they lose out on they cut of the HP agreement ,as the average HP agreement here in Thailand runs at 30% interest ,a few of these will add up,so they could ? up the cash price, so they make a bit more.

It also means thin in Thai,hardly applies to our new PM .

It is already free ,I live in a rural area we have a locale government clinic nearby, ann-a -mie in Thai ,one of many in the area ,the local women just go they when they want they next pack of the pill .

I speak Thai ,a case of having to, I come to Thailand to work ,with Thai farmers who do not speak any English , I had structured Thai lessons for 2 months,still could not speak more than about 10 words at the end of it ,that was a good few years ago Now I am married I still speak Thai, the wife and all her family do not speak any English ,so I have no chose . Also, we have a small holding rearing a few cattle ,if I want to buy a bag of feed or a bag of nails I just go and get them ,no waiting for the wife to go with me. But living in a rural area with just one other farang nearby I can go weeks some time without speaking any English ,just Thai ,If could not speak any Thai I would be one lonely guy. Also being dyslexic being able to speak any language is an achievement .

Can we have the link to that quote ,takes some believing.

In some ways you can see where they are going,nearly all of Thai good are hauled by road ,the last time fuel pries were high,diesel was 40baht plus litre 10-12 years ago prices,of every thing went up . Now with the high inflation, the government are thinking subsidizing diesel will be cheaper in the long run than an even higher rate of inflation.

A 1925 NUT,Newcasle-Upon -Tyne,made in Newcastle,this engine they made them self's 698cc OHV ,almost the same as the JAP engines , One NUT motorcycle won the 1913 Junior TT and an eye-catching exhaust system. Like a lot of bikes manufacturers at the time,with the depression, they closed in 1933.

Yet again, different rules for different shops,I brought a new bike cash ,just copy of passport ,and visa, and yellow house registration book, no immigration certificate. The joys of speaking Thai ,I went on my own ,it is all in my name.

Rummers going round,him at the top of the ladder says he can stay on as PM ,so that has about finalized it. And remember, when he first took over he said it was for the transition period ,for when the late king passed away ,and his son became the new king ,and all the time he was saying,how good he will be ,and now him at the top is saying thank you.

Funny you should write that ,the wife's niece is a nurse at a rural hospital ,all I here is that last week she was here and they ,ie a jolly, again ,I said does she do any work,and she is on about 35k/baht month.

Interesting article ,our garden we have a good few fruit trees Lumyai,Farang,Mango Limes,Pomegranit ,they are ding all right ,but after last year's flood ,garden was 18 inches deep in water for 2 days ,then waterlogged for another week ,we lost a few young fruit trees, the big trees all survived The papaya soon died .all but one ,they do not like getting their feet wet at all . A few years ago I planted some lime trees ,they would not do ,so I dug them up .dug a good 18-inch hole filled 60% of it with stones ,then the lime trees on top ,they soon picked up,improve the drainage for us organic matter is no problem ,we rear a few cattle. In about another 6 weeks ,end of the rainy season?I will try Papaya again this time ,I will try the deep hole/stones ,see if that helps . We have tried Durain ,twice now,they just died ,our area is just not a Durian area.

As I said they use a Kwie Lec,and pump from a pond ,they have said with the long tail it still lift water with some pond sediment in it ,not certain if a pump would cope with pond rubbish. Our own place we have a electric pump on our pond ,use to water trees and plants in the garden ,I have had to take it apart ,to clean out a bit of grass from the impeller ,that was reducing the flow. I knew a farmer he got an old pickup petrol engine ,and a second hand gas system ,rigged to a pump,he was watering grass ,had the gas cylinder there ,said it was an economical set-up,even with gas going up ,got to be better than diesel.

Those Laxada ones are Chines rip off Honda 's,at that price it should be OK .........for a short time,places like Home Pro sell them ,but where you can get them repaired I would not know ,I would say main problem would be the diaphragm in the carb going. You can get a Chines 2 stroke one for about 3500,a bit over your budget .a lot about and most locals can fix them ,the carb is the problem ,they do not like gashol fuel . Anything half descent will cost you, I got a Mitsubishi 2 stroke good strimmer ,that was 4 years ago cost 6000,only last month I got a new set of rings and pistons, from my locale motorbike repair shop ,who also repair strimmers ,so they are repairable, have seen Stihl ,they are good ,on the net for about 7000.,I used them in the UK for a few years ,no problems.,

Hi jvs Thanks for that and the links ,I must admit not thought about solar units being stolen,they rice fields are out in the sticks . This photo I have posted before ,units mounted on a trailer ,any problems ,take them home with you in the evening

Hi All. The wife's son-in-law and daughter are rice farmers, and they are always pumping water into their rice fields ,they use a Kwie Lec,walk behind tractor ,turning a water auger ,belt driven . Yet again they're saying about the cost of diesel for the Kwie Lec,this time last week it has been 5 000 baht,and they are not yet done. So,anyone out there using a solar pump to pump water ,the water is a pond that fills in the rainy season ,looking at the net most systems seem to use boar holes ,using 1-2 HP motors and 2 inch pipe,that would be a bit slow ,for them a 3-inch pump would be ideal ,with a low head 10 meters at the most,a 2 HP? motor should work .with 6 panels?. Anyone any ideas .and what is the cost of a panel and all the electrical bits that need to go with the system. Thanks .

And the fact that his maid was,at the time was the 3-4 richest person in the country ,along with his children,the court was right he is the offender. But, the Singapore company that brought his company ,brought the shears though the Thai stock market ,under Thai stock market law no tax was needed to be paid. I can remember at the time that is a big loophole that needs closing . As for the rest of his businesses, of course he tried to fiddle the tax ,might have been legally ,but I suspect it was not so

Announced this morning, UK inflation is now 10%,highest for 40 years, with energy cost's due to go up ,even more in the new year ,when you need it ,not a nice place to be in. So the last person leaving the UK turning the lights off , they can use that dinghy,down at Dover on the beach left by the newcomers to leave by. No chance of a flight out, BA are limiting passengers to 100k/day at Heathrow due to staff shortages ,and the time it takes for new employers to get security clearance. If Truss gets in ,and it looks likely,with her proposed tax cuts ,funded by energy company's windfall tax,still not enough in the pot to pay for every thing ,things will only get worse.

We grew Papaya for some years ,had lots of fruit ,we even provided some to a local SomTam seller ,then for 5 years we could not grow any ,a bit of research found it was a root-born disease,this year we are growing a few but not over good ,it is almost they need growing in a rotation . As for Tamarin ,forget it ,we have some 50 foot monsters near here we have a few around the place ,one we will have to take the top out and slow it down . Also, Thai like the sweet Tamarin ,these are normaly found in Petchaboon Provence ,some say ?they do not grow well else where ,we have one grown from seed they are sweet. Try a Lar-Moot,Thai word, nice fruit,easy to grow .

A job to say you mill your 1 ton of rice you will get about 300 kg of husk ,rice bran,and small and broken rice grains ,as husk does not weigh a lot I would say 150 kg of husk. It will also depend on the quality of the rice ,nice fat grains will yield more than small not so good quality grains.

I do not think a Farang can get a bike on the never-never, if you can, you will need a wife or girlfriend to act as an guarantor a lot of hassle . I know most Thais buy a bike on HP ,interest is about 30%, say Wave 125 cash is now 60 000 baht, put say 3000 down as a deposit ,2000 /baht month over 3 years , a realistic term for buying a new bike. then at the end of it another 1500 baht , for "Own"Thai for getting the log book.76 500 baht,in total. and the wife has said they could a life insurance on top of that.

Agreed,I know Lopburi quite well ,and these new ammunition dumps will be built along way from the monkeys . A PS,for the past 2 weeks the Thai army have been having exercises near me 60 km from Lopburi ,they have brought the tanks up from Sarburi for a run round for a few days ,we have been hearing the big artillery guns going off most days ,sometimes at night time too. Been going on for a long time this time ,unusual I said to the wife, practising for the next coup.

First off, dogs do not get Anaplasmosis ,that is a cattle tick disease ,more than likely Babesia. Babesia takes a dog a long time to get over it ,but normaly it does not come back for a loge time ,but like cattle that dog will be "salted' for a long time ,that is if you do a blood test it will show systems ,but the dog will be eating ok and general ok. As for limping with Babesia ,yes in cattle certain breeds of tics can cause praises in the hind quarters ,never heard of it in dogs ,I would get another vet to look at it .

When I was in the UK at collage ,we were told burning was a good thing ,gets rid of any disease spores ,some weeds ,and the residue had some P and K fertilizer in it. Someone had worked it out that a good burn was worth a good few quid/dollars an acre. How things have changed ,just a pity Thai combines do not have choppers on them to chop the straw in to small pieces for incorporating back in to the soil ,get a bit of organic matter back in to the soil, Saying that around here it is the main sauce of roughage for the dairy cows along with all the problems it causes, mainly infertility ,if rice straw was chopped farmers would have to get off they backsides and grow some grass.