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Could possibly have been space junk,

i.e the remains of an old satellite or rocket parts?

But NASA usually tracks and reports any large objects likely to cause damage on the ground.

It would be interesting to see video taken from other provinces to see what the angle of approach was and the direction it was headed.

All depends on the position of the viewer. (see previous reports)

In Bangkok it appears to be almost 90 degrees but from another viewpoint it could have been much less than 90 degrees.

Meteorites approaching the earth at 90 degrees usually burn up in the upper atmosphere or way before they become visible.

So if this one was entering the atmosphere at about 90 degrees then it must have been fairly large to have penetrated so far before burning up and/or exploding.

Imagine getting hit by one of these objects while you're in passenger jet at 30,000 ft ?

I was playing golf in Hua Hin and saw this as it plunged to earth. The flight path appeared to be almost north to south - I was facing almost due north when I saw it and the very very bright 'head' was a brilliant white hot blue colour. I would hazard a guess that from my position it was about 15-20 degrees above the horizon when it burnt out.

I have been lucky enough to have seen a large meteorite on two other occasions, both in the UK with this same characteristic colour, which I understand it gets from the metal content vapourising. The vapour trail was visible for minutes afterwards. A really spectacular sight to witness.

My golfing partners; who didn't witness this, were very sceptical when I told them I was 99% certain that it was a meteorite that I'd seen.

The 'usual shooting star' that a lot of people see when the annual Persiod shower is in evidence are said to be extremely small grain like objects, but this was much much bigger to have caused such a brilliant display. I wouldn't be surprised if parts of this are found sometime in the future.

Hua Hin on the WEST COAST?????

HH is on the south EAST COAST. If they can't even get it's location correct, what chance do they stand in having anything useful to contribute to its development?

There are two main types in TH: Japanese narrow leaf, and Malay broad leaf. The former is best for areas that will get full sun, the latter best for areas that get little sun. Both types need plenty of water, just the same.

If you're filling in patches, you'll want the same type as you already have, no?

Don't, whatever you do get 'Bermuda'. I made this mistake and I'm thinking of digging it all up after nearly 8 years of TLC. It takes an awful lot of looking after with regular cutting/fertilising and watering. The 'Japanese' grass looks to grow beautifully and when given a decent haircut looks better than Bermuda. I've always been into my 'Lawns', but made one hell of a 'boobu' with this decision. Anybody got any ideas about the cost of the 'Japanese' in the Hua-Hin area please? I will probably need some 500+sq m of turf.

Opened the door cause he couldn't find how to wind the window down. Shouldn't be allowed out of their homes, never mind out in public.

And TAT are doing their damndest encouraging the Chinese to come to Thailand ?????

TV like most countries is to set the population mindset into zombie subservience and keep them amused with inanity so they don't notice the ruling class stealing everything.

The same goes for RELIGION

I don't suppose anybody helped,this being Thailand. Great dog

I'm so glad I don't live in the same Thailand as you do.

I live in the countryside in a farming community,a couple of months ago i found a tiny kitten placed in the shade of the village shop to die. It had been bitten multiple times by a male cat and was covered in blood, the visitors to the shop ignored its weak miaowing. I took it home and have nursed it back to health,it took the full two months and still walks in a strange way,half forward and half side ways,it has gone through pneumonia and blood poisoning a real survivor, the villagers would sometimes come round and watch me feeding it milk with crushed mince meat with a straw and told me i was mad and that if i wanted to help it i should just drown it. He is now a great pet always by my side and has the name ''little fellah''. I am not a cat person more of a dog person really but little fellah is here to stay.

Well done you ! I wish there were more people in the world like yourself, with compassion towards animals.

I wish you and your new found friend many happy years together. If you are ever in Hua-Hin give me call and I'll buy you a few beers.

Storm in a teacup Happens every winter <yawn>

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"they did not include the nine items that cannot be reproduced under Thai law"

Out of curiosity, does anyone know what this statement refers to...?

There are certain things that cannot be reproduced by law here, nine of the artefacts fell under that category. The remainder didn't, ie there is no restriction on the reproduction of those.

What kind of an answer is that? You are only reiterating the obvious.

What was the bus doing on the right lane ??

Where in hells name have you been? They nearly always travel in the outside lane or haven't you noticed.

I would suggest that you try the 'Black Mountain Practice Range' They have a very good 'Tiered green' which you can hit shots into from a very well maintained fairway from a max of about 110 yards along with some 'tricky bunkers' by the side of this. Very good (large) putting green onto which you can chip. I think they charge about 200Baht to use this - no time limit.

I don't know about anybody else, but I believe this is the best practice facility in the HH area.

They also offer practice to various distanced greens, from either matts or from a turfed area - which costs more as the balls that you buy for this are of a superior quality and of course you are taking out divots which need to be repaired.

I hope that you enjoy your practice there - I do !

Hello Geisha,

I had the same problem some 18 or so years ago and was told there was no 'Real Treatment' for it by the specialist and started to do my own research on it. After months of hunting on the internet I found a vague reference to the use of the leaf of the 'Neem' tree. and traced a supplier in the UK called (surprisingly) 'The Neem Company'. I sent off for some of their capsules, which was very inexpensive, about 6 UK pounds for 40 capsules and took them religiously for some 8 months. As it was stated that there were NO side effects known from taking this herb I decided to take 4 times the recommended dose for the 2 months - so this equated to taking to taking 8 capsules a day. I then reduced it month by month until I was only taking 2 a day. At the end of the 8 months the terrible pain that his causes had almost ceased and I continued taking the capsules for another 4 or so months afterwards. I am happy to say that I have not had ANY further problems since then.

I was due for a checkup with the 'Specialist' at the end of 9 months and when I went I informed him of what had happened - Guess what? He didn't want to know. I offered to have another test to confirm that I was now cured, but he just ridiculed my request.

NOW, here's the really good news if you trust me? This 'Neem' tree also grows in profusion here in Thailand and is called the 'Sadoa or Sadao' tree. Go and get some of the leaves and let them dry naturally and then use them to make a 'Tea' with hot water. Take this infusion three times a day and I am sure that you will find the results remarkable. I wish you luck and good health. The 'Tea' has a very bitter taste, but what the hell.

P.S. This 'Neem' has been used in India and China for thousands of years - just Google it and have a read.

Putin may be many things, but retarded is not one of them. Like him or not, he is brilliant, shrewd, and ruthless; he also has considerable KGB experience. I think many have noted Putin runs circles around the American leader; how unfortunate for America. Now is Russia's moment. In fact, now is anyone' s moment to test American resolve everywhere!

Well, it might be their 'Moment', but the Russian currency has dropped by over 40%% against all the other major currencies in the past 6 or so months; so well done President Putin, your doing a fine job for Russia !!!!

If they keep this up, they will be lucky to survive and let's see what the people of Russia think about their great leader then. A megalomaniac for sure and a very dangerous one !

I do not recall any of his predecessors condemning the IRA

All Catholics together!

You do here of the odd condemnation from the odd mullah, but I think most of them who disagree with what their sick brethren are doing keep quiet for fear of seeing their body from a platter.

Precisely. As I have said before, it's about time that the worlds "Moderate Muslims" got off their backsides and took to the streets to protest against the maniacs who bring the Muslim world into disrepute. All I've ever seen in the UK is the Muslim demonstrations encouraging the killing of "Non Believers". The problem is that it takes a lot of 'Balls' to do this as, the radicals will probably come after you; so the silence is deafening, but en-mass it would have some significant impact. I live in hope !

So do you get it form fleas ?

If you mean "Do you get it FROM fleas?" the answer is yes.

This news from Madagascar is about 6 weeks out of date.

They should have used this picture, as being more to the point for zebra crossings in Thailand

It really pisses me off when I stop at a 'crossing' and some lunatic 'overtakes/undertakes' as people are crossing. I'm beginning to think that the best thing to do as 99.99% of other road users do and NOT stop at them. MOSTLY Thai's guilty of this but also Farangs.

Every country should take a leaf out of Japan's book no radicals allowed in. All muslims should be banned from entering non muslim countries and any members of criminal organizations should be executed thus weeding them out slowly but surly.

Wouldn't it be great to see the so called 'Moderate Muslims' (whatever that is) parading around the Western world protesting at the barbaric acts that are being perpetrated under the name of their god (small 'g' intended). They come out in droves openly displaying banners saying kill us all who aren't of their faith and calling for changes in the law of various countries to pacify their 'Backward thinking brutal religion' and the stupidly "Politically Correct" authorities allow them to do this. Far, far to much tolerance has been given to these maniacs and it's time for a complete reversal of the way they are treated by the rest of 'Humanity' from which I would exclude them by definition. The problem with this is that nearly everybody that you talk to on this subject agrees with you, but the 'Politicians' haven't got the balls to say it and believe that the general populace WANT this change. time for the big stick to come out.

Maybe send a few of the SAS boys out to put a few bombs under them in Mecca - maybe then they might get the picture - a tooth for a tooth as the old saying goes.

She is a nobody who is only making the headlines because of Thailand's overly nepotist culture.

Brings to mind the murderers etc who turn to 'Religion' when they get caught. Seems if you do this everything is supposed to be cleared off your slate.

Total buxxxhit.

For the hoi polloi it's the "look at me, look at me, I've made it" vehicle of choice.

What a load of crap ! People buy them because they do "What it says on the tin". It's a good reliable 4x4 vehicle, end of story and YES before you ask, I HAVE driven some very nice saloon cars before. Everyone to their own There are lots of very good vehicles out there and the Fortuner is one of them in Thailand in my humble opinion. I would not hesitate in buying another one

Jesus.

I was not aware of this particular hazard.

A couple of years ago I got stung by one of these nasty hornets in my garden. I was unaware that they had made a nest in a large ball bush and I caught the end of a ladder that ai was carrying on the bush and a couple of them came after me. the sting was incredibly painful and lasted for a few days. I thought that I had got over it, but about 5 days later my ankle was virtually paralysed and this lasted for about 7 weeks. The doctor that I saw said that the venom somehow remains in your system and that it is reputed that if you get stung more than 3 times in you life by these nasty hornets then it can kill you, particularly if you have a weak immune system, so the young and old are very vulnerable. A few weeks after I got stung I remember reading about two local Thai's who were attempting to 'smoking out' a hornets nest in a tree (they were after the grubs) and they dislodged the nest and the hornets attacked them. One of the men died within 15 minutes and the other was in intensive care for a very long time and took some 9 months to recover.

We VERY VERY careful of these hornets they are lethal, as is proved by the very sad death of the mother elephant. Just imagine, that there sting can penetrate the hide of an elephant, so our skin is easy peasy for them.

I don't like killing things unnecessarily, but I had no compunction in setting fire to this particular nest, which I did after sunset when all the hornets had returned.

Most Thai drivers make assumptions, and very rarely look. Take for example what we all experience daily. You can be driving correctly, and cautiously, and from the left of a soi comes a car or a motorcyle straight in front of you (even the cycles pull out into the centre of the lane you're on), without even looking to their right. They assume!

To assume a train is not coming is just as culpable... except it has much more severe consequences. Time for Thais to stop assuming the world revolves around them.

Totally agree with your comment about cars and motorbikes coming out without looking (or caring it seems). I recently went to renew my 5 year driving licence and had to sit through an hours video of 'Driving Instruction' - well it went on a lot longer because the DVD player kept failing and after the fourth attempt I had to watch the subtitles in (would you believe) Chinese. I was one of three 'falangs" in the room and the Thai lady that was trying her best to get the DVD player going was getting very frustrated and when she looked at me I told her Chinese was OK, as I could read Chinese (which of course I couldn't). The DVD kept showing people coming out of side roads without looking etc, but by this time 75% of the Thai's in the room were asleep on the desk tops and only woke up when others prodded them when the DVD was showing recorded footage of horrific crashes at traffic junctions, which most of them seemed to find hilarious.

I left the test centre with my new 5 year licence and just as I was driving out of the car park three Thai nutters who had been sitting alongside me watching the DVD swerved right across the front of my car inches from me. So much for 'Training'. The old saying "You can lead a horse to water" comes to mind. I know this is a silly question but I will pose it anyway - When oh when, are the Thai authorities going to implement a proper driving test in this country? The other saying "Pigs will fly" answers this one I think.

Boeing have got left behind in commercial design and the Dreamliner is not match for the long established Airbus range.

The A380 is a wonderful aircraft. It will take Boeing decades to catch up.

I'll take the A380 any day - love flying on this.

Hi Mate, I sound similar to yourself. I am 54 but the same bodyweight and height. I have lived in Jomtien ( outside Pattaya ) for over 2 years now and like you I find the heat and / or the humidity so oppressive most of the year.

Let me say I have always been a cooler weather person anyway, from the UK I used to holiday in Spain for many years and from June to October used to find that too hot!!! So I think the type of person you are, in terms of whether you like HOT or not is a starting point.

I will stress that you do definitely acclimatise, this year I have found it a little easier to handle than the previous year, but i like you dont want to have the air con on 24 - 7. As some guys say, take showers regularly, but this is only a very temporary relief, in some cases 5 minutes. Certain times of the year, April and May especially expect to sweat constantly.

I run a golf group in Pattaya so I am out in the fresh air all year round. April and May can be unbearable in terms of heat. Most of the golfers I know who also live here, have to stop walking and use a buggy during May as its just too dam hot. This is relatively fit guys who live here and are supposedly ''acclimatised''

My Thai GF is always astounded at how ''hot'' my body is ( she means this in a purely medical sense unfortunately ).

I unfortunately have accepted that I am always going to be ''too hot'' here, although without doubt I am acclimatising but just so slowly. But as I said at the start, I really believe its down to your body type and how you react to heat in general.

Remember though that Thailand does have exceedlingly high humidity many times of the year, and this alone can make a nice 30 degrees feel like 45 degrees. I always remember being in Las Vegas many years ago and it was 100 degrees, clear blue sky, sun shining, and not a bead of sweat on me. It was beautiful. Contrast that to 30 degrees in Thailand in the rainy season, cloudy sky, 95 percent humidity and sweating like a pig.

Good luck I hope you resolve your 'problem' I have accepted for me its just something I have got to learn to live with.

I'm 71 and have lived here in Hua Hin for nearly 8 years. I agree with everybody re the effects that humidity has on how hot or cool you tend to feel and obviously wearing the 'Right kind' of clothes is essential, unless you have to be 'Booted and Suited' for work. I normally play golf 3 times a week and always walk the course and funnily enough I find that I'm cooler on the course than I am when I'm just wandering around at home. I might occasionally use the A/C for an hour before bed, but as previous posters have said I much prefer to use the fans

As somebody once said to me when I first moved out here "If it ain't hot, it ain't Thailand". As a previous person has said, if you live near the coast you do get the benefit of the sea breezes and clean air. I hope that you acclimatise.