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It is a nice city ,when King Narai was King his capital was Ayutthaya ,but he used to like and spend time in Lopburi ,hence all the old buildings ie the Sam Yod . Not changed a lot over the past 20 yeas ,yes I know they is now a Big C ,Macro Robinson's ect ,and a rake of DIY shops ,they were a couple of disco/clubs, but I think Covid put them to rest .live music place near the bus station use to be good,still they?? As for restaurants we use to meet up once a week all us farangs ,at different restaurants in and out of town ,a good night out it was ,that stopped a good few years ago now ,along with most of the restaurants we used,again a lot suffered under Covid .a lot just stopped, could not make it. As you can speak Thai just ask about someone will tell you what is good ect . I think that backpacker gust house is still open ,not so far from the station. Whinnit School use to have farang teachers ,not certain if they still do same as the Rachapat,for some frang company. Ps. Immigration is back of the main Police station out of town off the Narai round-about nice place very quiet ,again you speaking Thai will have no problem.

And Shell are nearly always a Baht or two more expensive than other petrol stations ,( they are around here). And a new Shell petrol station has just opened near me, see how they go. We have a Caltex near here ,one of a very few petrol stations selling proper 91 octane petrol ,if I remember right about 45 baht/litre.

I have a Thai friend of mine ,he has a small dairy farm ,he uses just dried cow manure on his plants ,he has about 30 odd plants ,they all look well. I joke with him, he will be selling organic cannabis .................niche marketing.

Britain has not yet officially confirmed the number of tanks it will be sending to Ukraine, but it’s believed to be about a dozen Challenger 2’s. The decision could be significant, but only if other Western nations follow. On its own it’s unlikely to make a big difference in the war. Ukraine says it needs hundreds more tanks and armoured vehicles to retake the territories still held by Russia The Challenger, built in the late 1990s, was originally designed to face Russian armour. But it's rifled barrel means it uses different ammunition to NATO countries. From the BBC websight .

All so The new company has 55millon subscribers ,AIS has 45 million,total 100 million Thailand has a population of 60 million . They must be using phone users and internet users as separate customers,when a lot ie me use both on my mobile phone . And True TV must be separate ,when a lot of customers will be using all 3?

I filled up today at our local Bangchak noticed petrol was 40 stang/litre more expensive than a few days ago . suppose they have to pay for the acquisition somehow.

They are good at keeping these old Fords going ,we still have a few old Ford 5000 about still working ,first manufacture in 1968. As you say they are not expensive,I know of 2–3 farmers who have had their Ford's rebuilt from the ground up ,engine ,backend etc even a new paint job and Ford stickers,cost about 40-50000 baht bar routine maintenance no major work needed for 10-15 years . Dealer near me sells re-con imported 6600's for about 400 000 baht, When I first come to LOS about half of our sugar cane was hauled to our local mill by Fords and trailers ,trailers being cut down 10 wheel trucks ,total weight about 20 ton not bad for a late 80's 75-85hp tractor.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64192382 He has rattled to many Chinese cages . They stopped the flotation of the Ant Group at the last minute, a multi-billion flotation ,it was his company ,he had to give it up ,well, now has 6% control,after a change of governance structure . Chines government clapping down on big tec companies, Why would someone in his position just disappear for 3 months.

The wife on a bad hair day , E - Heea.

Good Q,having lived here for a few years now you notice these things ,twice now ,seen a rear half shaft on the road looks if wheel bearing has collapsed ,or crown wheel /pinion ,due to lack of oil has collapsed whoe lot falls out. Thai friend of mine has a car repair business he had in a Mitsubishi G Wagon owner had run it out of water cooked the engine had to replace the engine ,he said he is always replacing battery's ,owners never check water levels battery dry, plates twisted,replace only . Our neighbour has a Ford pickup known them for a few years now ,far as i know never been in to Ford for a full service ,no money ,and I would say the no money bit is a problem with a lot of car/pickup owners.

It uses a fair bit of oil ,and no leaks 110 000 km ,or in English money, 68 000 miles ,not a vast amount for a modern day engendered car. Using oil sounds to me if the piston rings /bores are worn? ,been in Thai hands,not regularly serviced ,get a compression test done might show something.

You're in a village not a town or city,if your village is anything like ours ,it is the village only water supply,no water board,the village will have a local guy that will see to any repairs ,our guy is at the end of our Soi ask around to find who it is . Looking at that photo not a difficult job to do yourself ,concrete probably only 3-4 inches thick,water meters are often encased in concrete to prevent them from getting stolen. No reason why you can not do it your self.

Same difference ,it is the gross weight being carried/towed , being a truck or in this case a tractor and trailer ,how would you class a truck with a trailer behind .OK,the weight of the tractor/trailer unit is on the tractor draw bar ,the weight of a truck trailer is on the trailer axels ,but it is still a weight being transported ,both units have trailer brakes ,tractors use hydraulic trailer brakes.

Here's one I prepared earlier ,the tractor and trailer were coming back from the sugar mill ,the truck on his way to the mill . This photo is from our local sugar mill ,a typical sugar cane trailer,this tractor is smaller than the one in the accident, as I said he will have about 15–20 ton on the trailer.

Yes they do, you can see the remains of the trailer last photo left and side ,the trailers are cut down 10 wheel trucks with a draw bar on ,a tractor can haul 15-20 ton of cane. That truck must have been speeding to make a mess of the tractor like that.

US Dollars It may not come as a surprise to learn that the US dollar is the most commonly counterfeited currency in the world according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.Mar 11, 2564 BE I can remember reading that the USA dollar was the most counterfeiter currency in the world . The above proved it right,so this guy getting caught with fake USA dollar's not so unusually,in the fake currency world. Looking at some websites, they say GB Pound is the most faked.

Looking like sugar around here is 1070 baht/ton ,yields are good ,been a wet year sugar containt not so good . Most cane is cut by machine ,as I thought it is now 400baht/ton to cut and haul a ton of cane to the mill, up from 350 baht/ton. Not so good for fossil fuel ,before cane was burnt then cut by hand ,and then loaded on to a truck with a Ford 6600 and a grab. Now with a machine that has a 250 or350 hp 6-cylinder engine that uses a lot of fuel,you see a cane harvester going down the road ,behind will be a pick-up /fuel cart . The anti-burn brigade will be happy ,very little cane is burnt now,but the use of fossil fuel has gone up by 4-5 times with machine harvesting.........progress

At the signing ceremony, Thailand was represented by the PM and Foreign Minister ,two high ranking officials ,the EU represented by the Vice President and the Czech PM,why him ,was he the guy who was just happened to be about at the time, they are 27 PM's, Presidents, Chancellors etc in the EU,?not so over high ranking officials of the EU. Shows how important this was to the EU,a PR job?

I give our dogs 1cc one probably weighs no more than 20 kg . For cattle, it is 1cc per 50 kg,so 1cc for a dog might seem a lot ,but never had a problem .

I could be wrong, but I think they is no GM feed in Thailand ,but saying that your CP and Betagro import a lot of their raw ingredient for their livestock feed ,where they are sauced from I do not know . I did see a UK farming mag showing a photo of a ship in the UK being loaded with wheat bound for Thailand that will be non GM As for clover seed none in Thailand I have said before clover is a temperate crop ,will not grow in Thailand ,too hot. Clover is a legume ,Thailand has legumes Hamata,Sentrocemar ,look at the Department of Livestock Development website (DLD) for seed . Custom chicken feed should be easy to find most towns will have a shop selling ask around,my local shop sells chicken, pig dog and cat feed.

If you just want a tea pot ,the wife brought one from our local shop that sells all things to do with Buddhism/monks , look for the orange plastic bucket stuffed with things outside the shop they will have one, monks like drinking the Chinese tea.

We are looking for a new roof and are thinking about steel sheet roof,we have a local firm he buys in the rolls of coloured tin ,the guy said China,and forms the sheets himself ,he has various thicknesses ,the insulated sheets ,I think he uses foam they are 300baht/meter run,plain ones are I think 50baht/meter run. When the wife said she would like a metal roof ,the first thing I said was the noise of the rain ,we have small holding with some cattle the cattle sheds ,with their tin sheets any rain .......say no more,but the roofing guy and the wife said, as we have a tile suspended celling in the house the noise should be minimal ,jury is out on that one. One thing, is condensation a big problem with the plain sheet roof? I can see the problem with condensation

You can use Idectine ,the injection is the best ,I can get a 100 cc bottle for about 300 baht,it is a Thai /Chines rip off, but it works ,been using it for a few years now ,you need to jab the animal on day 0, then again at 14 days ,for bad cases they might need another jab. That is the easy bit ,can you catch the dogs and will they let you, or who ever will do the injection, be injected . I think they are a powder form ??you add to food ,that will kill the worms in the stomach/intestine,I would have my doubts if it will cure mange.

I live near the Bangkok-Lomsark/Phechaboon main road ,it was the same one bus every 45 -60 minuets pre Covid,pluss some buses doing just part of that route Now they are 4-5 buses day ,and they are the double-decker firs class , and they are only a few mini buses doing again just part of that root . They are going to be a lot of pickups loaded with people plying this route this holiday. And in less than 3 weeks is the biggie,New Year ,what are they going to do get buses out of mothballs ,the ones that used to drive this route are somewhere, If they do will they service them .........answers on a post card to.........

It is probable a good idea the romance has disappeared,the main problem with farming is they are no,or very few new entrants the only way new entrants are going to take up farming is to minimize the work ,as my old boss said 35 years ago "You lads want to do every thing from the seat of a tractor",he was brought up with horses . Well that time has arrived, people need food ,the average age of a farmer is now 50-55 plus,ie you and me, in Japan the average age is 65. Farming has never been sexy,low wages, long hours . Girl in pub,What do you do for a job ,answer Milk cows at 5 am ,and shove my hand up cows a#@e for AI-ing. Next guy, What do you do for a living ,I work in IT earning x0000 GBP/dollars/year,no competition. The only way youngster will take up farming is to use tractors,and drones,as for the livestock sector,old saying for the love of the job, AI-ing a cow seeing it calve that calf,well maybe a few new entrants will think that way. I know you can say with modem technology one man can now do the work of 5 ?, so as an industry you will need less staff, but you still have to find the man/woman,and pay them.