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For whom? Certainly not the farmers.

I find the reporting gaffs more interesting than the substance of the story. The Jurassic period ended about 145.5 million years ago. Of course the reptile's extinct.

We will never know because defamation law always takes precedence which precludes the reporting of any outcome.

Turkish embassy has slowed down a lot. A few years ago when my wife needed to get a visa from them it only took about 4 hours.

You could divert to the Surin Elephant village for a few hours. https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/surin-elephant-village

Good idea but it will never happen and the reason? If you are not Thai, They don't want you. In other words, Xenophobia.

Just for the confused among us Loy Krathong, or the Festival of Lights, is one of the most popular festivals in Thailand. Originally a ritual to honor and seek forgiveness from the Goddess of Water, https://www.thailandnow.in.th/event/loy-krathong-festival/

Yeah. OK. That's good although it seems entirely strange to me. I wonder what the water god thinks of it.

Please can someone enlighten me. What is digital about a krathong?

That won't work unless you can find a market for whisky scented jasmine rice.

All of the above is true. Just don't get stopped by police. That's a 200 Baht on the spot fine

https://youtu.be/ORTSTOcnIXc?si=KwsKBtRzQNrGXxb5

Mosquitos mainly.

They use their own special Thai designed calculator which is clearly the best in the world.

I entirely agree. The tourism industry represents something like 20% of Thailand's income. There is no enthusiasm to improve general education because it will mean spending money with no immediate return. Meanwhile The Thai government is pushing to become an AI hub (what a worn out word that is) and is also trying to attract car companies for assembly work etc. Thailand would be better off getting out of the tourism rut and improving it's engineering skills base.

I agree no hose = no good but I thought it was clear from my description that there is a hose/pipe which goes to the window. Just in case there is still room for doubt in my explanation please have a look at the drawing attached. Drawing A is how it is and drawing B is how it should be. Portable air con.pdf

These portable AC units are not really much good. They cool the space well enough but they are power hungry. I have a 6,000 BTU one and never use it. What happens is, the air in the room is circulated through the AC in at the top then out of the bottom after passing through the cooling fins. Well that's fine but the exhaust air which is supposed to go out the window also comes from inside the room. So on the one hand the AC unit is cooling the air in the room and on the other hand it is exhausting some of that cooled air out through the window. It is an unsplit unit with both the outdoor section and the indoor section in the same box. I keep telling myself I will modify it to get the incoming air to enter from the outside but that's a project which is filed in the "I will do it tomorrow" folder. Better to get a split system.

I also have starting problems with my drill press and with my lathe. The lathe will start in the lower gears which suggests it's not a capacitor problem. Maybe it could do with a strip down and clean problem is it worked fine in UK Could be an environment problem? The drill press rarely starts unaided but, once again, it was fine in the UK. Perhaps an air conditioner?

Just one small point. Internet plus telephone landline is all fibre-optics these days. Glass is worthless. Because of this it's possible she was targeted for some reason. Who else lost their connection?

Well all that's true enough until you start noticing pages of "relevant" adverts getting in the way of your normal browsing. It's an unwelcome intrusion which, as far as I am aware, cannot be opted out of.

Correct. Bits of tree that enter your property without a visa still belong to the tree owner so that's who you should give the to.

Whilst I find myself in agreement with your comment to a certain extent, it is a simplistic blanket coverage which only works if many other criteria are included and addressed. Here in Buriram, the soil is ideally suited for growing Hom Mali which is the name for Fragrant or Jasmine rice. There would need to be a lot of soil changes to grow other crops in any profitable quality and quantity. In addition to that, as The Cyclist said, there would be a reluctance for many rice growers to change to another cash crop. As I write I am reminding myself that this has been overcome some years ago when other farmers around me changed to growing sugar cane. Trouble is that those guys are now finding the value of their crop being eroded by the factories to which they are tied. Regarding burning. That hasn't happened for years around here. We harvest the rice then harvest the straw for fodder sales. The stubble is left and ploughed back in so it can rot down to provide humus for the next crop. We also invite our local herds of cow and buffalo to eat and crap on our land. So the next time you swallow a mouthful of rice...........

Are you feeling alright?

My setup is pretty much the same as yours I think. I use a 370W pump to draw water from a surface well with max depth of 5.5 metres. The water goes through 2 carbon filters an then through a resin filter. Those are the big ones at about 1.5 metres tall. Then there are 2 x 20" pp filters of 5 and 1 microns before the 2 cubic metre storage tank. Not much in the way of pressure to be concerned about. The pressure comes after the storage tank from a Mitsubishi 370W supply pump which gives about 3 bar pressure to the house hot and cold water systems. (I have a flat panel solar heater with 200L storage tank). I feed the pressurised water to an RO drinking water assembly which has some 10" carbon and pp pre-filters. Happy to answer any more questions

I also have hearing problems which were fixed with a CI by Dr. Lalida Kasemsuwan at Ramathibodi hospital. She has fond memories of her initial medical training in Bristol UK. https://www.vichaiyut.com/en/profile_doctor/dr-lalida-kasemsuwan/ Hope this helps