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I give the new 1+5 hotel and testing requirement 1 month until it will be scrapped and reverted to the old Test&Go scheme. Personally I have no problem with being tested as many times as they want but the hotel requirement on the 5th day is just ridiculous.

The big home improvement stores hand out their member cards plus have several discount promotions with Thai credit card companies. I would say a discount of 5 percent is easy to achieve. Plus this stores most likely have literally everything you need. Local shops might give you also a discount but ususally not have everything or from low quality

correct, the old thinking of cannabis as entrance drug has been widely rejected by the scientific/medical community through several studies

ok, maybe another problem. It is the first 90 day report after visa extension, that could be another reason. TiT, you never know...

As expected, it hasn't worked again online. And I think I know already why. In the form the sent for confirming my application there is a field for the arrival card number. But in the online application form there is no field to fill that data in. I just re-checked it. Seems like no one has tested the whole process before...

And by the way the Bloomberg and Thaiger articles are interpreted wrong. They are talking about legalizing all plant parts from what is known as hemp with not more than 0.2% THC

Indeed, but the intellectual horizon of the people in charge is very limited here. They don't know what's going on outside of Thailand. One just need to do a five minute google check on the tax income from cannabis in countries and states that have legalised it. But the minster's aide probably can't read English so it's a waste of time.

For now, only leaves are sold in cannabis cafes

Good point, in fact vaping nicotine is illegal. Yet I see almost daily people using it and you can get supplies easily online. Besides the fact a dry herb vaporizer doesn't create much smoke so most people wouldn't even notice or understand what you are doing

Or vaping

You're right about smoking. When I was younger and cigarette smoker, I didn't care about it. But few years later only pure joints for me. Actually smoking weed is quite old fashioned way. Don't know about the situation in legalized markets such as US states and Canada, but I think vaping and edibles/oil are becoming more common.

He is right, on the paper it seems relatively easy to apply for a license. But in reality it is not unless you have influential connections, money or both. Just hope other like him will speak up and reveal the scam Anutin is telling the people to believe.

Another day, another joke. Does anyone seriously believe that these companies, who want to maximize profits, will be reporting true numbers? Just to be forced to sell at lower prices? Dream on....

Thanks for the advice. At least my application has been successful and received by immigration. Now waiting for approval

From my personal experience. I have moved and changed address within Bangkok. Did the TM30 report as advised and first 90 reporting in person. Immigration received all the data in their system. But since then I couldn't make another 90 day report online or with the app. I always comes with an error "please report to your local immigration office".

Even the already in place Smart visa scheme seems to me (from Employer and Employee side) a non starter. If I had the choice between smart visa and regular work permit + extension of stay I would opt out for the latter. And now they are thinking of another badly thought out scheme that only a few people can use or will apply... What a waste

I understand a visa processing fee like 2 or 3.000 Baht but what's this yearly 10,000 Baht fee per year? Sounds like a subscription you have to pay to make the government endure those pesky farang for another year. Do they realise most foreigners pay a lot more taxes (Vat) than the average Thai citizen. Also I would think from their background of taxation system at home foreigners would agree to declare their income and pay income tax on that. How many Thais work in informal jobs and pay zero taxes? And always this nonsense talk about attracting wealthy individuals. Just need to roughly scroll through social media where those people reside. Thailand isn't one of these countries for sure...

Don't worry. It doesn't concern me. Let himself drown and killed by alcohol and when he's in pain addicted to opioid medication....

You can show me evidence of your theory, not barstool stories? You know, scientific peer reviewed articles that normally can be found in libraries (nowadays also on the invention called internet).

Yeah, right. You know you can drink yourself to death but there has been no documented death from cannabis use. Alcohol is a cell toxin. And I would rather hire someone that is stoned than drunk....

Anutin wants to become the next prime minister (god forbid, but that's his plan) so he will do everything to please the masses before they get behind his lies and scam about the six cannabis plants for every household, that got him and his party a lot of votes I think. Expect a full legalization or at least decriminalization of cannabis and hemp within this year. I bet

It will be scrapped by the master general right before it's introduction and all meetings, committees and working groups have been a waste of time and money. Plus giving Thailand a bad name in international travel press and scaring potential tourists away.... Those in charge never learn and stop with those knee-jerk and flip-flop decisions...

You're right, most of these machines are just scratching on the surface. Especially when you look at all the YouTube videos. The tiller attachment is set far too hight. Just shaking my head when I see it. It's waste of time and gasoline to work the soil like this, but this is the Thai way.... Outsourcing the heavy soil work already to local farmers with tractor. Problem is reliability and if you don't supervise it, the correct way of doing it. Anyway, we can't afford and also justify a own tractor for just 5 Rai. The small rotavator will be used for seedbed preparation and bed making. End of this month is Kaset AG fair at KU Bangkhen. I will have a look there and collect some brochures. Also going through my archives at home. I remember there were a couple of local dealers selling Yanmar or Mitsubishi walking tractors.

Thanks, looks like a Kubota engine and frame to me. Probably the attachments can be found at local dealers. The second hand machine (a Yanmar brand) looks nice and price is reasonable. My worries are about getting spare parts in case a maintenance.

Can anyone recommend a particular brand or model? It is (for me) not easy to find brand name models such as Honda or Mitsubishi. Why is that? Most tools I've found are toys or just suited for rice field work such as ploughing or level the soil. For example Kubota seems to have a walk behind tractor but not selling any attachments... I am looking for something like this: