Muhendis

Only 2 million tax on 21 million income? Wish my uk tax was that low when I was working.

That has a familiar ring to it

Not very inventive are "they".

1000 Baht per kg would be nice. Then watch how quick my wife can sign up/register...........

You forgot to mention the methane produced by paddy fields. Methane is a "greenhouse" gas.

I have an annual blood test and urine sample test done at my local government hospital. I have a printout of the results including the minimum and maximum limits of things like electrolytes, kidney function and cholesterol tests. The whole lot comes to about 900 Baht plus 100 for the doctors consultancy fee after. I understand the tests are automated and I am told to come back for the consultancy about 4 hours after the test.

Yup. They (the farmers?) do sometimes sell to house builders but more likely the farmers will change to growing sugar cane which is worth more to them. Looking at the figures above of 500kg/rai lets say a farmer has 24 rai. he would get about 16 Baht/kg from the local mill for his years effort so with 24 rai that would be 192,000 Baht less harvesting costs of 600 baht/rai (14,400 baht) less fertilizer cost of say 3,000 baht less other incidental costs say 1,000 baht total value to the farmer would be 192,000 - 18,400 = 173,600 baht. That is his years income. It also assumes top money from the mill at 16 baht/kg. Quite often this is a lot less at anything down to 12 baht/kg. Growing more exotic varieties will not necessarily make more money for the farmer and the local mill may very well refuse to have anything to do with anything other than Hom Mali (jasmine) rice.

It might be only 16% but in money it is over 49 billion US$ (2022).

If your wife dies before you, and if there is no will, you inherit everything. But. The government rule is that you must sell any land and property within one year. Failure to comply will result in land and property being sold by the government. Whichever happens, you get the procedes of the sale which is likely to be very little if the government sells it.

How about calling on relevant government agencies to enforce stricter regulations on ALL construction projects. Builders the world over find ways to cut corners for one reason or another usually for either laziness or monetary gain. It is down to the local Health and Safety Executive, which is what we call it in the UK, to strenuously to enforce building site safety regulations. As far as locals believing in the supernatural is concerned, this is what the monks want. It keeps them in a job and maintains their pseudo superiority over the villagers and, of course, ensures the monks receive their daily food allowance from said villagers. Footnote. Buddha said to his followers "Do not worship me. I am not a god" Hey Ho. Simple people have other ideas..... ps I am a godless heathen so I know nothing.

How was she on Einstein's Laws of Relativity ......?

Thai post is possibly ok in other areas but some things sent to me from UK never get past the local main office.

And of course, these improved prices will be shared with the farmers. NOT.

They should have got a better picture of her.

I think you may have a problem.

When a student starts talking about going on to university, I ask them what subject aare they going to study for their degree. The answer I get is very vague. They have no idea about the sort of work they want to do. Another thing is that when students talk of going to university they really mean college which is more vocational.

At 83, you don't give a toss for "elderly care" but instead get out and enjoy what are your last years. Good for him and I hope he is found alive and well.

Drying rice on public roads is not allowed but having said that, many people do it. It should be made compulsory to erect warning signs and flashing lights etc.

I'd go with the air filter change idea. When the mixture (petrol/air) is a bit weak, the engine runs hotter and may smell hot (something burning) and of course the engine won't have the power it normally has and will readily stall.

"They" don't make these large roundabouts because Thai drivers don't understand how they work.

Not just important files. You can share Youtube videos the same way if you're so inclined.

That's a question akin to how long is a piece of string. Generally I tend to go round corners on the assumption that someone has built a wall out of sight across the road and I need to be doing a speed that I can stop quickly without losing control.

Unmarked roadworks. 01:30 in the morning. Motor cyclist 16 years old. Car driver lost control possibly going way too fast and trying to avoid road works. Plenty of things to go wrong.

Yes I'm not surprised. There are cooling kits on the market which, as well as cooling the panels will also supply hot water. These come as a sort of copper pipe looped backward and forwards in contact with the rear of the panel. Another trick is to sprinkle the panels with water all day and recirculate it with a gutter arrangement but with this the water needs to be kept free of dirt and minerals which could stain the panels and thus reduce the light hitting the solar cells.

Not really a problem with solar. The heat is not caused by the panels so much as the sun shining on them. Panels mounted over water have much of that heat removed by the cooler water. This makes the panels more efficient but I suspect you know all this basic stuff already.