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21 hours ago, stupidfarang said:

if you want your son then you need to wait until she contacts you, if you want to help son then I suggest you send nappies and milk each month,

I would gamble and go the other way.... start hanging out with a new girl and make it known. Blast some money on her too and post pics on facebook. If your ex see that you blasting your money on another girl she will come back with your kid in tow to get her share before she loses out.

There is a 30km strip from Krasang along the Surin river border towards Satuek where rain has been less than usual. Rice crops are not doing too well. The rivers are so dry the cows wander through it.

If I get rain in Krasang I'll give my last rice to the monks!

Accept the things you can not change.

Some time ago when mobile phones started running browsers there was a big problem with how to fit a web page into a small screen as it was too large and designed specifically for desktop browsers of the time.

I remember Opera mobile running on Java2 had a zoom function where you could zoom the page in percentages to your required size and then scroll around it. That was around 2005, but I believe they were the first to have solved the problem.

Most sites has a mobile version and a desktop version. As example 'Thaivisa.com' automatically load the mobile version if using Android on a mobile device. The mobile versions are extremely limited in features.

By switching to the desktop version you can zoom with your two fingers and scroll around the page with a single finger, also have the full feature set in text and font sizes.

To switch to desktop mode you need to pop the drop menu of your browser and select it. Firefox has a slider "desktop site", Chrome a checkbox "desktop site", and the Android browser as a click "Request Desktop site"

Just a reminder that a page in desktop mode may load slower and takes much more data, you will also be less secure. And switching back will reaload the page and there will be a loss of data on some sites.

Hope that can help.

I have a Honda for 3 years now. It is the cable driven one, it has more freedom to maneuver but weighs a bit more. It is easy to service and repair with a limited amount of tools necessary.

Cost me 8500 Baht then, Dono what they cost now. Ensure you do not buy fake.

9 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Thai officials can be very different in different districts

We have a district "man" that decided I do not have enough grounds to get a yellow book. With everyone at the district shaking because the "man" is as close friend of a local specific minister.

Immigration was at a loss for words expecting me to have a copy of my yellow book on my next NON O visa, and urged us to take it further.

Made several complaints to my provincial office and the Bangkok office in writing but did not help. I went to the district office 4 times with me being shot down. A recorded conversation (my wife went undercover with her phone) broke the ice. I was begged to come in to do the documentation and got that book and the "pinkie" after six month of BS.

41 minutes ago, faraday said:

Take it back, the discrepancies come out of their wages.

That's why 7/11 are always looking for employees!

3 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

Could you upload a pix of the ones you have?

Originally I had Continental 4.00-10's. These are he new 5.00-10 SIAMES AG-613's and fit well on the rims.

The thing was to find a tire to fit the rim and not interfere with the 4x4 ratio. My ratio is 1:50 and it runs currently lagging as new tires are little over diameter size. It is still in spec though, and I feel steering is better.

33 minutes ago, kickstart said:

Have you thought of growing a grass legume ,higher protein than Ruize grass ,likeStylo  Hamata

or Centrosema.or grow Stylo with Ruize.

For seed try TV's Michael Hare ,or your local DLD office ,Department of Livestock Development, Gom-Pasue-Sat.in Thai .

I will need to research it fully. Performance during the dry season in the rice paddy in Isaan without irrigation is the biggest hurdle. And my paddy material also does not help. Also some cattle are slightly picky what they eat, in fact some of our cows do not eat freshly cut rice leaves, they pull it on the floor for fodder and sleep on it. It has to be dry baled before they eat.

2 hours ago, farmerjo said:

Bloody hard to kill.

Indeed. You have to remove the whole damn root system. So far tilled before the rice season they tend to compost very well without growing in the paddies. I might have misjudged the Ruzi as a suitable single cover crop ass well.

2 hours ago, farmerjo said:

not sure what variety

According to the clever internet there are many species of it with 40 million hectares growing naturally in Brazil.

2 hours ago, IsaanAussie said:

other Indian tractor companies

Sonalika is an Indian multinational company headquartered in Hoshiarpur, India. I see Yanmar has their 'Solis' range on the floor. Parts and continuation of the brand is my worry there.

Mahindra looks like a solid tractor. I don't think they are in Thailand. I owned a Mahindra pickup's in my home country and although they ride like a ox wagons, they are extremely reliable and old school easy to fix.

YTO is also in Thailand, will look into them.

1 hour ago, farmerjo said:

Those paddy tires wear out quickly when put to work.

I changed my Kubota B5001 front tires recently. I now run a wider general AG tire, the brand is called 'SIAMES'. They do feel a bit soft though. Wonder what tires are the top brand for tractors. Deestone?

1 hour ago, farmerjo said:

Interested in your ruzi picture,looks more like a guinea grass.

Local bought Ruzi grass grows about 1.5m leaf length. The 'hybrid' I get grows not more than 0.8m. (it is also cheaper) Ruzi is for direct grazing while Guinea and Napier is feed grass. Check out https://www.feedipedia.org is worth a bookmark!

On 9/2/2020 at 2:47 PM, OOTAI said:

So about 15 years ago we bought a "Euro 55DI" and it did a good job for several years. 

I have found a link to a Thailand site you posted in 2010 http://www.eurotrac.co.th/ Here's a pic on their site, she looks pretty mean with those rice paddy tires on.

37 minutes ago, tlandtday said:

As I mentioned earlier why you necessarilly think you need a bigger bike here is beyond me.

Spot on that.

I have a 2016 Scoopy Club after riding big bikes in my home country for 20 years, This country is not made for big bikes period. All drivers are way too absent minded to consider you. If you gonna ride 50 km/h with the scooters, by all means get your big bike. But if you gonna ride with the vehicles or faster, you will dead soon.

You can take my 10 cents any way you like it.

Looks like this kids gonna have a pee there and mommy is filming it. Imagine the headline with that picture in the Papers tomorrow.

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

with huge rally

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Some 50 police officers

Not seeing the actual numbers here if only 50 uniforms were send to identify the next thee finger salute boys to send to prison.

Let's abolish the whole race war and star Jason Statham as the Black Panther.

And star Will Smith as the new Batman.

Mix it up a bit.

17 hours ago, Dumbastheycome said:

From reading through the  above I am of the opinion that given the intensity of your farming that buying a tractor would be a  no brainer !

Indeed the main reason for this thread. On the border of the Buriram-Surin Chi river, rain is looking grim this year and I might lean to insurance to pay out. So I might only purchase a tractor later in next year.

I will also skip the cover crop and pasture this coming year as soil moisture will not allow it, and just cut and manually bale the rice (and grasses) as is in the paddy as we have 3 months of cool weather to get that done.

I am not religious, but I have found myself in the middle of the night talking rain strategies to the starry night skies.