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Got any pictures. I love growing chillies and would take some seeds.....

I use these, available 1/2", 3/4", 1"

Find a pneumatic tool/fittings/equipment supplier although the box states suitale for pneumatic, liquids, etc. I use them on my water tanks in conjunction with a float switch for automatic filling of tanks. Thing is, they are normally closed so probably no use for your application in a power cut. Maybe they do them normally open, never asked.

Laem Mae Phim, very child-friendly, no bars to speak of, no go-gos, no whores and loads of Thai and European restaurants. Beach is very nice and the water is clean. Cool at the moment in the evenings.

56 minutes ago, peterrabbit said:

The main cause of this is swine flu in China!

Thai exports of chicken to China have increased by 700% in the last year.

No industry can cope with such a dramatic change without problems.

Net result of such a sudden increase in demand is a drop in quality in favour of volume production. 

Don't expect much to change until China's pig production returns to normal.

 

I (er, no, my wife) runs a commercial broiler farm. 5 grow-outs per year, 20,000 birds per grow-out. We can't suddenly squeeze in another 10,000 birds into the shed each time and we can't grow them any quicker. The net result of the swine 'flu problem in China is an increase in pork and chicken prices worldwide - look up pork prices in the UK increasing due to increased exports to China.

The reason for the OP's experience I think (and I can't be sure) is 'woody breast' affecting the chickens at the farm and the processors are allowing it through to the shops and consumer. The OP (OK, his wife) should point out the problem at the store. Probably won't do any good.

Like I said at the start, soak overnight in brine.

Never mind the sea ice data, here's data tampering of sea level data:

NASA graph 1870 - 2013

Link: https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/

Now here's James Hansen's graph 1880 - 1980

Link: https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/1982/1982_Gornitz_go05100g.pdf

And here are the two graphs superimposed onto one another

Can you see a pattern emerging here?

@Airbagwill & @Chomper Higgot

Care to discuss Arctic sea ice extent and hiding of data?

This graph of Arctic sea ice extent is from NOAA website (1979 onwards)

Link: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/snow-and-ice/extent/sea-ice/N/0

What they don't show you is the data prior to 1979

Source: IPCC Report 1990 https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/03/ipcc_far_wg_I_full_report.pdf

The report goes on to state that there are significant decreases in open water within the ice and no change in ice thickness of around 2m.

So sea ice extent seems pretty stable.

11 hours ago, Airbagwill said:

So, who to believe, the unequivocal evidence as presented by Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough or the inane misogynistic blitherings of those on this thread. 

You are just making fools of yourselves.

I would sooner listen to the likes of distinguished scientists like William Happer, Richard Lindzen, Willie Soon and Freeman Dyson.

Greta Thunberg & David Attenborough? LOL.

60 door handles.......LOL

On 11/9/2019 at 11:19 AM, rkidlad said:

Not sure about the TM6, but I predicted they’d let the TM30 disappear quietly and pretend it never happened

21 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Meanwhile in Chiang Mai, people who went out for dinner and a drink over the weekend will still need to report to immigration on Mon/Tue that they've got back home.

I'm simply sharing my last experience at my local I/O. I specifically asked about completing a TM30 on my return home if I stayed out of province overnight and the hotel had completed a TM30 when I arrived.

I'm not making any predictions on the actions of I/Os. Everyone's experience (such as yours) maybe different and only time will tell what Immigration rules will appear in the future. But thanks for sharing.

14 hours ago, drtreelove said:

OM is hard to maintain in the tropics because of warmth and rain and rapid decomp.  Green manuring is an economical method to do your best at OM content and other benefits. 

 

The primary problem in Thailand from what I've seen in comparing soil tests from different regions, is extremely low CEC (cation exchange capacity), due to monsoon climate leaching and from cropping use without comprehensive replenishment. 

http://www.soilminerals.com/Cation_Exchange_Simplified.htm

There is some good advice from Geoff Lawton about mulching with different types of green manure and what type to use for differing climes. As an aside and pointed out by @IsaanAussie post #23 I had a problem with imported rice straw for mulch bringing in fungal spores and ruining a tomato raised bed a couple of years back. I now let the grass grow to about 2m tall and then strim, gather and use as mulch. I think it is much better to use what you have on site rather than importing materials from outside.

31 minutes ago, RideJocky said:

So where is the list of the 97% that agree? 

see post #2539?

16 minutes ago, Forethat said:

Check out Karla's qualification!

 

and

Böhme, Hanjo Pensioner Pensioner Namibia

You keeping it here or cruising? Keeping a boat here can be a minefield of regs but I suppose you've done your homework on this.  I know cruisers visiting on a visa have been shocked to find they have to check-in and out of each province they visit, not just a Thailand country check-in/out like the rest of the world. B2,000 fine.

PSS have a boatyard near Phuket if you get a fixer-upper - lookup Follow the Boat on YouTube - they were there for a year but apparently the yard manager has left............ and it's not as cheap here now as it was, haul-out and yard rent nearly as much as prices in the west.

$100,000 is really cheap for a boat to 40ft. They are out there but I doubt there's much cheap around here, Langkawi. You'd do better in Europe, USA. Watch out and make sure anything you buy is tax (i.e. VAT) paid, otherwise you are looking at another 20% on top. I looked at an Amel Super Maramu 53ft in Aus for around $200K - bargin, new rig, sails, batteries, radar but it went before I could get the cash together. A fixer-upper maybe cheap to buy but will cost a small fortune to repair and re-fit. Some other guys on YouTube bought a hurricane-damaged cat but that was still around $100K and a year later they're still repairing it.

Good luck anyway mate, as a ex-Merchant Seaman I'd love to get back on the water.

2 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

I think 97% of TVF is in consensus bickering scientists are not entertaining. Where's the wine, bread & gladiators? Didn't Greta tell the apocalypse should be here by now? Action!

Maybe the SV Regina Maris (taking a bunch of 'changemakers' from Europe to the now-cancelled COP summit) can pop over to pick up Greta and take her home?

I find the bickering of scientists entertaining and at the same time depressing.

2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I think we’ve established beyond question that your arguments blow with the wind.

 

You go from presenting failed surveys you believe support your views to telling us you don’t have much faith in these surveys when they don’t support the arguments you make.

 

 

Excellent.

My view is there is no scientific consensus and I lean towards the skeptical side of the AGW/ACC debate.

I'm glad you believe these surveys are 'failed', as do I.

There is a rare head-to-head debate on AGW/ACC here: