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The problem I find with Bere Lao Dar ,is that you can taste the molasses ,that makes the beer dark, the other Beer Lao I find too sweet ,and I thought Lao beer was made by Calisburg, under licence But ,now I do like Carabao Dunkel,the IPA you can get is not bad.

Do what a Thai cow will eat about 7-8 kg of rice straw a day no hay here in Thailand ,about 1-2kg of DM, dry matter ,the main diet is made up of low energy concentrate, that is expensive ,plus cassava waste ,waste from soya milk production .and in my area brewers grains. The flavoured milk you buy is made up from imported milk powered ,mainly from Australia and NZ. The cattle you see next the roadside are beef cattle not dairy cattle most Thai dairy cows are kept like the American system cattle in sheds and food is brought to them ,very little grass is feed ,as said it is mainly rice straw ,which gives a low quality milk ,that is why ,they is very little cream on top of the milk. Breeds now come from imported semen ,mainly from the USA .and has done for some years now ,no Zebu cattle or any crosses . Cows are not on strike just a lot less of them, high feed costs ,high bank borrowing ,a lot of dairy farms have given up about 2 years ago they were 30 000 dairy farms in Thailand .now they are 16 000 ,and some are still giving up . So, milk may become white gold less fames more demand, price will only go up . As from 1st January next year Thailand under WTO World Trade Organization ,have to drop all tariffs on imported milk products ,mainly milk powder,a knife in the back for inefficient Thai dairy farmers ,but good for Thai milk companies the can produce milk products at a low price than Thai dairy farmers can produce ,will milk prices drop ,no ,just more money for Thai and their foreign milk companies partners.

Like where, move down south, especially Ranong, they nearly always has more rain than anywhere north of Bangkok.

SCB has an internet account, I have one ,as well as a Kesikorn account,the Kasikorn internet account is a lot better . How things have changed, I opened my SCB account a lot of years ago with a photo copy of my passport and 200 baht, job done. As has been said, different banks have different rules, why not go round all the banks and see what they say. What I can not understand if an agent can open a bank account in a farangs name why can't a farang open an account himself, or, do banks take brown envelops?

Say what you like, it is better than a taxi, as I said I am coming own from lop Buri get off the Minibus at Mawchit, hail a taxi, taxi driver sees it is a Farang says 500 baht to the airport I say, in Thai, use the meter, he drives away. I do not need the hassle, the BTS train Mawchit to Parathai ,then the link, always have a seat, one time of day it was very quiet now with the other colored lines having links to it, it is now a major commuter link. You want a comparison to try the London underground, Piccadilly line to LHR from the city.......

I am going to the airport on Monday, coming down from Lopburi ,is the Airport Link open yet. Thanks.

I used to buy stuff from those shops under the Sapan Kwie BTS station, for my Kawa GTO, but alas last time I looked most have gone, they were one left, is that still they?

I could be wrong, but I know that government departments they tax year ends, end of September, it was announced as the op said, last October, start of the new financial year.

Looking at the photos, I would say the surrounding shade is the problem, like that big tree, it is short on space it is getting leggy as it is trying to get more light by growing up, and not putting out any new shoots.

I have just read that article, it is what has been known for the past 15 years, as a farang if I know it, so does everyone else. They also say it was them at the then top of then ladder that engineered the coup that ousted him.

I like the cover photo of China town in Bangkok, why China town? , is that a hint as to where our government will be going for a few subs, not the underwater type.

Last month lost my phone, went to renew the old SIM, but they system, AIS, only had the old registered passport number on it, going back 15 years plus, as luck had it I still had my old passport from then, and I could re new the old SIM, they would not take my current passport at all. No old passport no re new my old SIM.

The seeds you were told that where "sterile" are probable F1 Hybrids, that is they only grow and seed once, then try replanting them they will grow, often stunted, but will not flower /seed. Maize/corn is another one, new seed will produce a cob, plant that seed it will grow into a plant, but no cob. Someone on Lazda was selling seed but not F1, like they said, but never mind it has grown which matters.

True, I use to keep traveler's cheques here as an emergence stand by, I thought with now cashless all over the palace I thought I would cash them in on my last trip to the UK. My bank Lloyds would not take them, and it was them that issued them, had to go to a Buro exchange and change then back to cash, at a commission charge, of course, As I see it traveler's cheques are now RIP.

He is holding the election in July, as they say best to move house in the summer than in the late autumn/winter, like Sunak will have too. Who will win, must be Labour, can they sort things out, their way is to spend money top of the list (again) will be the black hole known as the NHS. What will they do with the economy, it has got better over the past year still a long way to go exports to the European mainland still not good, and now all the red tape, that needs to be sorted out. My guess as I said Labour will just spend, in 5 years times country has run out of money they will have to put taxes up, after bringing down as in they to be pre-election pledge, and the Tories will get in again . Of cause the black horse will be the Reform party, they have had 10%n of the by-election vote some say that will rise in July....at who's cost. Election, 4th July American Independency Day...............

They are saying that the money will be paired with contributions from the BAAC. That is the farmers bank, that loans money to farmers, for buying seed, fertilizers etc. buying land building, houses, the wife gets her pension from them. I read a report a few years ago that loans from the bank, on compound interest will take for the next 50 years to pay back, we know more than one farmer who has over 1-million-baht loans from them. It is government owned, as I see it the government are robbing Peter to pay Paul, it is all coming out of the same pot, they were talk about the Government Saving bank getting involved, same difference, all government money. Looking at my crystal ball, I do not think it will happen, someone will listen to one of the economists and they will find the pot is not bottom less, almost empty.

This has been running on Thia TV for the past week, and this eveing with the PM looking in on it, they have said it is safe to eat, talk about sell it for 10-17 baht/kg. but as the wife has said and others, the taste has gone, and it will have a Moudy taste to it. no one here will eat it. Someone said export it, to whom, other countries can read the news and will never buy it. Like I said before the big livestock feed manufacturing companies will buy it, if the price is right, pigs, poultry, cattle will not be fussy.

I have read about growing alternative crops between coconut palms, similar to palm oil trees, black pepper plants was one, they like the shade, but difficult to grow. In my area Lopburi, they are a few young palm oil tree plantations, but it is very dark under them, too much shade nothing will grow.

On my computer I just press the button, maybe for a second or two, above the Tab key, next to the number one, and that will change the language.

Something I learned not so long ago, Lao Khao is made from Pineapples.

Not only the sellers, what about the growers of the stuff, near me is a place 17 rie, almost 7 acers, they have invested a good few million in growing the weed and are still investing, there are few other smaller places. Will they get any compensation?..........no

The wife said they are Head Pot, you can eat them. Sauté them in butter with a bit of garlic.

You cannot tell me after 10 years that weevils have not got into the rice. It will have lost its scent for sure, probable have a moldy taste to it, be better off selling to the likes of CP or Betagro and mix it in for livestock feed. but feed companies would not pay much more than say 10baht/kg for it.

Long story short, for the first-time last week I had to use my UK bank cark to make a cash withdraw 5.1 % was Kasikorn charge, then UK bank charges. Glad I am not a tourist here on holiday using a Uk bank card or any other bank card, to withdraw cash ... an expensive holiday.

Same as me I use AIS on my mobile speed is good, but my mobile is fairly new, so speed is good. But if you look at the AIS website, like I did, I could not find my 1800-baht one year package, it should be *777*7329#