jmcalear

My brother in law has two harvesters. He is planning to sell the older one.

His equipment is always carefully looked after. He lives in Chiang Rai.

I can funish phone number and other details if interested.

The Chiang Rai Youth Orchestra will hold a free concert at

Central Plaza on Sunday 21 August 2011 at 6:00PM.

The concert will include a divertimento by Mozart and

a selection of some shorter works. Guest soloist will be

the Belgian violinist, Ms Geertje Podevn

Come and support our local youth and enjoy the beautiful

music. Further details at WWW.chiangrai-youth-orchestra.org

Mr Paddy,

Thought I might share with you what we have done which we have done in various stages ... but never thinking we would make alot of money. First we bought some rice paddies. We later built (hiring an eacavater)a rather large moat putting the excavated dirt in the center. The higher center should be well above any unusual rainy season flooding. We have alot of fish (restocking every 2 or 3 years from a govt hatchery and the moat is always full of water to a depth of 15-25 feet depending upon season. We feed the fish from our rice (as well as the chickens) so have constant source of protein. Two years ago I suggested we grow a second crop (which is not done in our village) by pumping water from the moat onto ajacent paddies. It worked very well even though the birds attacked our emerald paddy. We can't do a hugh area but have expanded this current season. Four villagers have been been over and three are also trying a second crop.

We (my brother-in-law)have built a very nice house in the center of the moat and now I have comfortable western style housing for myself with an active small scale farm which is appealing aethetically (to use your term) but equally important provides a livlihood for my Thai family. My father-in-law and his two sons had a water drilling business for many years and, I guess, this expertise was the first trigger to launching our project. We have been able to dig and then drill deep enough so that the moat fills naturally and always has a good supply of water.

Also, I'm blessed with a very good family to interface with local people and practices.

j mcalear

directions to this months hash on april 14th

greetings all. I hope you can stay dry through this

water throwing madness.

A quick note - this month's hash will be a week early

as requested by our special hares, Paddy Boy and

Godzilla. So please join us on April 14th at 4 pm at

Paddy Boy's farm behind MFLU. He guarantees you will

get wet!

For those in need of directions, drive north on the

Asia Highway past Rajapat U. At the traffic light N

of Rajapat, take a right towards Golden Pines Resort.

Continue on that road about 10 km. When you see a

monstrosity being built on a hill to your left (ie

Great Wall of China), take a left and go about 2 km.

Paddy Boy's farm is on the left. Look for HHH signs

at all main intersections. If you need a ride, give a

call 089-661-5840.

directions to this months hash on april 14th

greetings all. I hope you can stay dry through this

water throwing madness.

A quick note - this month's hash will be a week early

as requested by our special hares, Paddy Boy and

Godzilla. So please join us on April 14th at 4 pm at

Paddy Boy's farm behind MFLU. He guarantees you will

get wet!

For those in need of directions, drive north on the

Asia Highway past Rajapat U. At the traffic light N

of Rajapat, take a right towards Golden Pines Resort.

Continue on that road about 10 km. When you see a

monstrosity being built on a hill to your left (ie

Great Wall of China), take a left and go about 2 km.

Paddy Boy's farm is on the left. Look for HHH signs

at all main intersections. If you need a ride, give a

call 089-661-5840.

To all the HHH Songkran hikers ... thank you for a warm welcome on my first hike yesterday. The hike was in beautiful countryside (even managed a peek at the"Great Wall of China") and not too arduous for those who managed to keep on the trail. What a nice group of people, delicious food and enjoyable conversation.

Special thanks to Soap for posting announcement on CR forum.

Anyoen know (with any certainty) what happens if your one-year licence expired 2 or 3 years ago? Is there a limit on the period of expiration? Will they only give you a 1 year again - or worse make you take the test?

Today, I discovered my one year licence expired over one year ago ( I had thought it was good for three years). I'm told by my Thai family that I should bring my passport and another doctor's certificate to renew my licence. Unfortunately, the clock starts again and I can only expect another one year licence. However, next year upon expiration I can apply for a three year licence. They're not sure about test and feel it may be up to the local govt office. The only test I recall was for sight, color blindness and braking reaction time. This licence expiration is relatively new as they all have licences which never expire!