ourmanflint

Hi all, 

I have been asked to help design Auntie's new retirement home on one of the family plots, single storey, approx 90 sq metres

Does anyone know what are standard wall thicknesses for brick ext. walls and interior partition walls? Need it for CAD software

Thanks

It's all BS! New figures today

33 minutes ago, DLock said:

The numbers still make little sense.

 

Thailand has 595 people under observation and 32 confirmed cases, a ratio of approximately 18:1.

 

China has 34,575 confirmed cases, and if the ratio is somewhat accurate, China must have around 622,000 PUI.

 

Either China doesn't know that PUI number (likely) or Thailand are not being timely and truthful about concerting PUI to confirmed (also likely).

 

If we had the China PUI approximation, we could calculate the probably ratio that should be converting to confirmed in Thailand. The delay of information, the growing list of PUI and tests yet to be completed...it just feels very dodgy.

 

The numbers will become clearer over time.

 

 

 

China suspected cases are lower than confirmed cases

https://ncov.dxy.cn/ncovh5/view/pneumonia

Thanks Soidog

I can easily keep them a fair distance apart, so the plan is still looking OK. I'm guessing the waiting list is so long at Pak Chong because the price is good? There's always someone with stock selling at a premium, or is it that they do varieties no one else does?

56 minutes ago, Lungstib said:

Which could explain why my trees get flowers and no fruit, we have lemons nearby in all locations.

Yes, this does bother me. How far away would Lemon trees need to be do you think to ensure both fertilized?

1 hour ago, soidog2 said:

Forget about planting and moving, will not work, you will kill the trees.

You can safely keep grafted seedlings for a year or more in large plastic bags (for planting) 

 

Avocado needs careful homework.

Sourcing trees is not a real problem. You need to decide on what types will successfully bear fruit in your climate/soil.

Best you try to get a mix of "A" types & "B" types that flower simultaneously; to increase pollination

 

Citrus flowers roughly at the same time as avocado, the pollinators will ignore the avocado flowers and head straight for the citrus flowers.

 

 

In Pak Chong, you will need to reserve trees for at least a year in advance, Chatuchack is not really a good place to buy because of the unknown scion quality.

Around Pak Chong there are people specializing in grafted Avocado that sell to real growers.

You will have a shorter wait at a higher price per tree.

 

Good Luck

Thanks for the tip on mixing Types A & B. Will ask some friends in Pak Chong to see if they can source some trees for me

We are looking to take over 9 rai of land around Phrae in a few years, it already belongs to the family but at present is rented out for pennies & just used for cassava. We will be moving back to Thailand in about 4-5 years so would be great to get some trees in now so they might be ready to go when we get there. Brother in law is an agro specialist for Thai bank so he will look after everything for the time being. Land is at 300m or so and never really floods so thought it would be ideal for Citrus & Avocados.

Have read quite a lot of threads on here and am hopeful this could work. For now though I would like to source a few avocado trees, but am a bit confused about best options. 

Where should we source trees? Pak chong institute? Chatuchak? Can we plant them in one farm for a year or two then move them later on to final position? One family plot is irrigated but the other is not as yet, and this is the one we will be taking over

Cheers

Super thread. Thanks to all who contributed especially Mr Kie. You have given me plenty to think about for the future

Laos will have a high speed international train service many years before Thailand ever will. Just think about that for a minute!

The Thai tourist figures are load of baloney let's face it. The figures they have been using for past 10 years or so are just totals for everyone entering the kingdom no matter what their purpose for visiting is. The number of actual tourists paying for such things as hotel rooms must be a lot lot smaller

I actually read the original blog post, (weird I know, and a most un TV thing to do)  and found everything in it was pretty much spot on.

I have always recommended Thailand to friends to have never been, some come and love it, some absolutely hate it, mostly for the same reasons as those in the blog post. And when they hate it, they really hate it, especially when they compare it to nearby countries like Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

Yom River near family home in Phrae, overflowing for first time in 20 yrs. Don't think it's finished rising yet either, Nakhon Sawan is downstream so it will be next I imagine

Are there other countries in the world with such complete disregard for law and morality? 

"LoS" Land of Stupid. It's almost as if the country and Bangkok were run by petulant children

How many paid up members of the BMA fan club are active in this forum now?
This is just about the daftest and saddest idea I've ever heard, in a land that has become synonymous with daft ideas

Also arrest his Imam, if anyone radicalises, it is the Imams

6 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

The guy in charge of wire taps at the time said it never happened.  Trump's trying to deflect from the Sessions problem. 

 

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/05/politics/white-house-spicer-congress-2016/index.html

 

 

FISA warrant was asked for there times in 2016 and granted in October 2016. So what Tapper and Comey are really saying is

"we asked for a warrant 3 times to tap Trump, but when we got it, we never used it"

59 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

interesting video of two people who don't know how to drive.

 

at least the driver of the car made some effort to avoid hitting the motorbike.

 

classic over steering and over reacting to a simple lane change into a open lane.

 

 

And thats where he went wrong, he shouldn't have tried to avoid him at all, just brake and rear end the motorbike

Is there any good reason for immigration checks when leaving a country? Seems a bit silly

13 hours ago, dunroaming said:

Yes the BBC are certainly not backing Trump in their reporting.  Actually nor are the ITV or Channel 4 news.  As for the newspapers they are also guilty.  Cartoons in just about all of them lampooning poor Donald almost every day.  In fact in the UK it is hard to find any coverage that isn't highly critical or indeed mocking of Trump.  Thank goodness in the USA Fox are covering his back.

That is all fine with me, they can have cartoons, not back him or whatever, but they should never report "gossip" as fact

2 minutes ago, Andaman Al said:

"The Russian dossier event being the one thing that links all those barred."

 

 Now stop and think about that statement for a moment! Doesn't that make you think -omg! The security and intelligence agencies have already made it very clear that there is/was some kind of collusion with the Russians. Why was Flynn fired? For not telling Pence? If there was nothing wrong why would he not discuss this with Pence? Instead of saying the reporting has been sloppy, just think on your own conclusion "The Russian dossier event being the one thing that links all those barred." enough said!

No not at all. The whole Russia thing is another example of how media is inflating a story to damage the POTUS. Bigger story is NSA spying on incoming White House Team.

2 minutes ago, alanrchase said:

 

You are worried by unverified news reports? Does Donald claiming "people are saying, I've heard, someone told me that" not bother you?

Sent from my SM-A500F using Thaivisa Connect mobile app
 

 

I am not personally worried, but big news sites like the BBC should not be repeating Twitter gossip as fact. It's gone beyond ridiculous during the past year. 

I think was all well & truly deserved, those media outlets not allowed to attend have been very sloppy in some of their reporting recently, even the BBC seems to be getting unverified news from Twitter and repeating it as gospel. I for one have been shocked by huge bias in BBC reporting of late. The Russian dossier event being the one thing that links all those barred.

Still Im hope this is a one off slap on the wrists rather than outright bar

22 hours ago, DNPBC0 said:

I did a 'quick and dirty' Google search..  As I now understand it, the issue seems to be  all about the preservation of coral reefs.  Algae grows on coral, and, if it is not controlled, the coral dies.  Fish normally eat the algae and keep it from taking over the reef.  If fish are given an alternative and more attractive food (eg bread), they eat less of the algae, and there is less chance that the algal growth will be safely controlled . We need a marine biologist to confirm all this . However, even if it is correct, I do wonder how far tourists know about the prohibition on feeding fish in regulated areas and how far they understand the rationale for the prohibition.  In the circumstances, I entirely agree that the present  response of the authorities to infringements of the ban is well over the top.

The logic behind it is nonsense. The fish that eat algae off coral such as Tangs and other specialised algivores are not the same ones usually fed by tourists, these are usually such things as sergeant majors, the blue/yellow striped ones, and other omnivorous damselfish.