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I have been looking for Turnips where ever I go and just cant seem to find any ... Are they seasonal? Or just not popular enough to grow.... I figure if you can grow potatoes over here you can grow turnips ....

looking for 25 to 50 kg'..... any leads would help Thanks.

havent seen them.

25 to 50 kg you say, planning on starting an alternative fuels operation?

I'm married with a Sino/Thai lady. For more than 30 years I escaped from the tradition of given an Angpauw envelop to the younger relatives. Therefore my question.

Do you give the Angpauw?

Do you give it only to the grand children, or also to the children married already.

I'm married into a middle class family so how much I would suppose to give, and do I give everybody the same amount or is it depending on age.

I could ask may wife, but I'm afraid that she will be too generous

If you have escaped it for 30 years, continue to do what you are doing.

Edited : Man City = They have the same amount of Shots on Target as the League Leaders, are more accurate with them than the League Leaders, but lie close to the relegation Zone ???????? Defending is so obviously the problem there then surely ??

Nail on the head Singh

Hopefully we will address this very shortly. (insert fingers crossed smily)

I agree, signing kaka will help with your goals against.

I find the discussions on what the "average" Thai salary pretty much worthless. The range is so wide the average doesn't really mean anything. I sit here in my office in Bangkok and look at the 6 Thai that report directly to me and their salaries range from 45k a month all the way up to 125k. These are university educated, mid to late 30's people with 5-15 years experience working in the Engineering and Construction business. These ranges seem to be pretty normal for this business. So much for the 12k a month average

TH

So if we take a figure between the 45k and 125k. Say 80K. This is what you consider to be the average monthly salery in Thailand? 80K?

Think you find 12k closer to the mark.

Can you comprehend what you read? What I said was the "The range is so wide the average doesn't really mean anything" and gave an example of why I said that. 80k is probably the average in my industry. Comparing these people to bank clerks is meaningless.

TH

So if a construction worker earns 125 baht a day (3000 baht a month) and TH staff earns 125,000 baht a month, and you add them together for an avg of 64k and divide that by 5 because it works, you find an it works out to 12k or so. I like this thai maths stuff.

We're rich. RICH, i tell ya

We'll get the money back at the petrol pumps, don't you worry

I heard they are going to re-name your stadium : City: Rags to Riches

Fillet steak. 1.5 kilo today at the market - 60 Baht

Which market?

The one in sakon (sp). Fillet of stray dog - 60 baht a kilo.

I am absolutely positive our attacking stats will be changing for us in the 2nd half of the season!

Come this weekend we'll have played the 'Top 4' home and away (excluding Arse away) - 11 of our 21 points so far have from playing teams in the top half of the table.

As for tacklers I am pretty amazed there isn't a single Stoke player in the Top 5!

it's ok, mr all-world tackler machoramo is not in the top five either. but these stats are bit misleading, when you have most of the ball, you don't need to tackle as often.

I just don't know where all this is gonna leave Scott Parker ??

on the bench at City..

Stats make grim reading for Stoke fans with only 56 shots on target all season and the least number of successful passes but to be fair to them they are battling hard and might yet survive come the end of the season.

do throw-ins count as a shot on goal?

Ronaldo Named FIFA World Player Of The Year

"It's the most overwhelming moment of my life," Ronaldo has said.[/i]

saw part of it on BBC last night...

its a shame women football is so under-rated. the woman that got it (I cant even remember her name!) has got it for 3 consecutive years!!

women play football?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/foo...icle5513160.ece

did I read that right, 500,000 pounds a week salary? rediculous.

One thing you used to be able to say about Chelsea,wether you loved them or hated them,was that they had a good team spirit and kept going for the whole 90 minutes.

Now they seem to have some players of questionable temperament who are OK when things are going well but disappear or go into a sulk when the going gets tough eg.Anelka,Deco,Drogba.

Also some players who have been there a while but arent quite up to it eg.Kalou,Belletti,Mikel,Malouda.

They will be in the top 4 at the end of the season,maybe in with a chance of a trophy somewhere,but I think Scolari will undertake a major overhaul of the squad in the close season.

Your bolded portion seems in direct conflict with every newspaper and alot of Blues supporter's views. They tried to push hard when Anelka came on, but they quit after the second goal.

The rest of your statement I agree with.

On a positive note, one can go for an oily and not worry about freezing to death from the overused aircon unit.

From the Guardian:

Cristiano Ronaldo believes Manchester United are building a dynasty that will dominate club football for years and can improve on last season's haul of the Premier League and European Cup by adding the FA and League Cup to claim an unprecedented quadruple.

"It will be very difficult but we will try. Why not? We want to win everything this season and in my head I know it's possible because the team is still the same, the spirit is still the same and the desire is still the same," said the Portugal winger in the afterglow of winning the Fifa World Player of the Year award.

"The priorities are the Premier League and Champions League but it would be great to create history by winning all four."

United host Wigan tonight at Old Trafford and Ronaldo is bullish that the champions, who then visit Bolton on Saturday, are firm favourites for the title. "I think so. We're in a great position. We have to win our next two games. If we can do that, then I think it will be hard for anyone else to beat us. We know it's tough but we're very confident.

"I think we can dominate. Manchester has a lot of young players – myself included – and so the future for the club looks good. But we have to make sure we win more trophies. I want to be here, to be a part of the success that I believe lies ahead for this team. It's great to be a part of this fantastic club."

Ronaldo hailed his achievement as a tribute to Sir Alex Ferguson's influence since he signed from Sporting Lisbon in 2003. Ferguson's renowned man-management skills persuaded Ronaldo to stay at United last summer instead of moving to Real Madrid. Ferguson said: "The player must have the personal ambition, the desire and drive to succeed. But he also owes a lot to Manchester United for nurturing and encouraging him in the proper way at the right times."

Despite Ronaldo now being the European and world player of the year, the Scot offers no preferential treatment.

"It's the same as he did when I first came as an 18-year-old," Ronaldo said. "He's helped me so much. Last season he helped me in every aspect – passing, shooting, decision-making, everything. And I listen to him always because he has so much experience and taught some of the best players in the world.

"All the time he's giving me advice to make me better and better. This is what I try to do all the time. There is such a great spirit among the players at United. That is why the club has been so successful. The team comes first, not the individual."

Ronaldo also admitted concern about whoever will succeed Ferguson and offered a hint that his own future at United is tied to the manager's. "He is the coach and I listen to him. This is very important for me. The boss is the most important person at the club. When he leaves it's going to be very difficult to replace him. But, thankfully, this is not the time to think about this because right now he's in charge and everything is great."

Even after winning everything possible both individually and team wise, the best player in the world knows his place at the club - refreshing to see that at least this superstar knows that no player is bigger than the club itself.

I love them.

There is also much benefit to the Thai economy.

Staff who work in them, and they are huge employers, pay taxes.

Most of the locals shop in them, and resell at a profit.

Thais now realise that they don't have to eat the crap sold to them in the open markets.

They realise they can have clean meat that hasn't been hanging around on a stall all day at 30 degrees, and free of road dust and fly sh^t.

Most of these chain stores sponsor local charities.

And don't forget, we are now into the 21st century!

Wake UP.

Taxes, an interesting concept, I wonder how many of these little mom and pop shops pay a baht in tax - the ringing of two tills.

as i've mentioned before man, rod liddle is a pompous upper class twit who beats pregnant women. his opinion on football is worth less than yours is.

and football365 ceased being funny about eight years ago, right around the time danny kelly sold up and left there.

I think you and Rafa should take a course in anger management - may I recommend Jack Nicolson (sp).

who wrote that james?

your friend liddle...

ok, at least the one below is funny...from football365.com

Rafa: My List Of TRUE FACTS

The wife send me to Marks and Spencer. She give me shopping list. I find this inspirational. I get home, I write my own list. But this is not just a list. This is a sane, rational, truthful list. Full of true FACTS.

* FACT: Mr Ferguson is a computer expert who uses his Nintendo Wii to hack into FA fixture computer in order to get the matches that suit him. He also can score over 200 on Nintendo Wii bowling by cheating.

* FACT: Mr Ferguson personally referees games in disguise. This is a talent he acquired in the 1970s when he replaced Peter Gabriel in Genesis. This is a fact that THEY do not want you to know. By THEM I refer to Phil Collins especially.

* FACT: The cunning of Mr Ferguson knows no bounds. He unsettles visiting teams at Manchester United by sending radio-controlled mice into the away dressing room with the purpose of to steal clothes, spy on tactical team talks and frighten Fernando Torres.

* FACT: Mr Ferguson has a big kennel in his garden where he keeps selected Premier League referees, which he feeds on dog biscuits and honeyed words.

* FACT: Mr Ferguson was arrested for his part in the 1993 Waco Siege yet walked away a free man. That very year, the Premiership was introduced and Manchester United won it. Coincidence? OPEN YOUR EYES.

* FACT: Manchester is suspiciously close to Liverpool. How convenient. I will say no more, for he is listening.

* FACT: And watching too. His eyes are everywhere. Only just now, in the supermarket, I see a man who look very much exactly like referee Steve Bennett talking on the phone while buying a tin of shortbread. No doubt he was on the phone to Ferguson.

* FACT: He is clever too, the man Bennett. He speaked on the phone so to throw me off the scent and saying "Yes dear...no dear...no I haven't forgotten...I am just buying the bloody shortbread now...Yes, I'll pick up some flowers for your mother...No dear I am not going to pub". But not clever enough. I know real Mr Ferguson would never choose flowers over pub.

* FACT: For that was a decoy Bennett. The real one is follow me back to my car waving red card for poor Javier Mascherano. I run. I am shouting: "Get this man away from me." I grab policeman and say: "He is behind me, asking me for Respect but bullying my player."

* FACT: The policeman say: "There is nobody behind you, sir. Are you feeling alright?"

* FACT: Mr Ferguson is even better than I thought. He has mastered the devilry of invisibility. I must return to Anfield manager's office (coated with tin foil to stop HIS EYE being upon me) at once.

* FACT: Kevin Keegan phone up to say: "You've got the bugger right where you want him, Rafa. Let's plan what you're going to say this weekend."

Clearly made up by John Nicholson and Alan Tyers

you forgot to mention the times...

Anyone who thinks that Rafael Benitez was just getting something off his chest when he attacked Sir Alex Ferguson last Friday should have been at the Britannia Stadium the following evening.

Tony Pulis, the Stoke City manager, decided to duck out of the post-match press conference after his side had drawn 0-0 with Liverpool. That gave Benitez the perfect opportunity to keep schtum, but the temptation to pour fuel on the fire he had started 24 hours earlier proved too much.

Talking with the carefree abandon of an old soak who had spent the afternoon in his local, Benitez rambled on about how the evil Ferguson was responsible for global warming, the Respect campaign falling apart, Woolworths closing down and dodgy refereeing decisions.

OK, he may not have got round to global warming and Woolworths but he probably would have done if he hadn’t promised his wife he’d be home in time for Match of the Day.

Nobody can deny that Benitez is one of the best managers in the business, but if Liverpool can afford to pay Steven Gerrard £100,000 a week, why can’t they employ a half-decent PR man to tell the Spaniard to engage his brain before he opens his mouth? Or to keep his mouth shut?

Benitez is going back to hospital to have another operation on his kidney stones this week. While he’s in there he should ask the doctor to have a look at the bullet holes in his feet.

I can tell you for nothing it's been bloody chilly at night up here!

Even inside my house the temperature has barely reach 20C all day - at night considerably colder.

In my native UK this would be nothing since in the UK you have heating and the houses are designed for colder weather - but here the house are designed for hot weather so you have no way of warming the place up! Also since my house is north facing the sun doesn't even warm the living room since the windows are north facing also!

I have to say however the cooler days are very enjoyable . . . just at night it gets a bit on the chilly side!

Yes there is heating in the Uk,if you have coins to put in the gasmeter,many older people can not afford this and they freeze to dead.

Wasn't it 3 or 4 summers ago everyone is europe was fighting heat waves with many deaths, wouldn't mind a few degrees of that heat here now (thought I would never ever say that)

funny how its always good reading when its praise for LP and <deleted> when its not

not funny. normal and understandable and part of being a football fan no?

there's plenty of objective journalists i agree with when they talk about other clubs james - you're starting to sound like a stereotypical bitter glams fan with this media nonsense.

we can go back and revisit your posts stevie, all <deleted> mirror, daily mail, guardian etc etc when they write something bad about your team but all good when they praise

as for bitter, seems the only ones bitter these days are LP fans, I wonder why that is?

How awful,. with a 31 year old !

what is he thinking? not only does he have to live down the "crime", he has lost so much face now going with someone this age that he will never get a date again in bkk or pattaya.

Very unlucky to have been caught eh?...sounds like his little stash was very well concealed, I wonder what gave it away?...dogs?...tip off?....

Everyone deserves a second chance especially when its just a bit for personal use, hope the kid gets a break and learns his lesson.

I'd be interested to know what gave him away too? What made the officer suspicious?

probably the black lab that kept nipping at his feet and barking "drugs here, drugs here"

"Are deposits still being taken."

Are you interested in buying there?

perhaps he was checking to see if he can anticipate any more?

Ducktail

You're a scholar, indeed.

We all know you have a secret hard-on for Liverpool. We they win the title, you'll jump ship like the glory hunter you are.

Well Tores' goldy locks when seen from behind have made mistaken him for Maria Sharapova, so any hard on is purely by coincidence.

As for jumping ship, this won't happen as the afforementioned title winning scenario is as likely Rafa actually suffering from kidney stones and not an ulcer.

funny how its always good reading when its praise for LP and <deleted> when its not