Have a look at 'Brett Dev' channel on Youtube. He's been doing for years on all kinds of visas and obviously made no secret of the fact.

Is that an emergency stop button right at the top of the image, towards the left?

From the PBS article, it stopped itself automatically after 20 seconds, which is an awfully long time for no action to be taken by staff or other passengers.

Maybe there wasn't an emergency stop?

Just now.

Don't worry, the authorities have everything under control.

https://thethaiger.com/news/national/chiang-mai-tackles-pm2-5-pollution-with-giant-vacuum-cleaner

3 hours ago, nglodnig said:

Is there another cycle path on the 121? The one I'm thinking of is where the 3035 meets the 121 (Samoeng crossroads 1269?)  and the 121 goes round CM,  on the west side, we are south of Doi Suthep. The cycle path ends WELL before the Suthep Road. The 121 continues north but that is outside my territory as I usally turn right into CM Town there.

Ah, yes we are talking about different paths. The one I meant starts at the convention centre and goes north to Huai Tueng Thao. It runs next to the 121 but quite far from it, next to a service road, which is pretty quiet.

In any case, Soi Ban Ram which I mentioned above is not far from where you're talking about. Look for 'Mekong community institute. ' You turn left off the 121 and go up the hill then left at Banpong Noi school.

Soi Ban Ram isn't too bad either. It's left of the 121 and runs parallel with. It's quite scenic and shaded too. I sometimes use it in favor of the 121 on my motorcycle.

From your end, it brings you out on to Suthep Road at the back end of the university.

There's only one 'attack dog' that I have come across, just up the steep hill by 'Corner Coff' cafe.

I've used the cycling path next to the 121 for years. It's never been blocked due to a market. Do you mean at the 700 year stadium? Just cycle right through. 

At the junction, just before cowboy riding club, turn left towards Huai Tung Tao, follow that road about 100m then turn right and you can follow the path in the woods, goes round in a circle. You used to be able to get through a gap in the fence and go on to Huai Tung Tao itself, but it's been blocked up. 

All the dogs are cyclist friendly, quite courteous infact.

I used to cycle round the university, but been chased by dogs there once to often.

No, but I'm pretty sure that's 0.856 EC

0.856 mS/cm

19 hours ago, rice555 said:

 

All coir should have it's leachate tested before use no mater what the seller says.

rice555

OK, I just tested some new stuff, which does seem a little drier and looks a bit different than usual. 

Tap water was 108 PPM. I put about the same volume of coco in and left it for 10 minutes before giving it a stir.

With the coco was 424 PPM. This translates to 856 micro siemens/cm.

Is this acceptable? I guess it depends on what type of salt it is. 

11 hours ago, tomster said:

 

 

Would you have any pictures of the coco, either the bag or the medium itself, by any chance?

Well I only have a little scratty bit left. 

If you're in Chiang Mai, you defo will be able to get the same stuff at Kham Thiang Garden Market, I've seen it there, pearlite too.

5 hours ago, tomster said:

 

 

For the coco I think you are washing and buffering it, from memory?

Me? No, I just use it straight out the bag. I think it's only problem if the coconuts come from coastal areas where they might have sea salt in them. I live in Chiang Mai and coconut trees everywhere, never been a problem. If I want to re use it, I lay it out thin on a sheet and bake it in the sun, roots and all. 

14 hours ago, tomster said:

100G-1KG Nick-Spray Total Chelated Micronutrient Powder Micronutrient + supplement BASF(UK) / Nic-spray EDTA Chelate micronutrient mixture |

 

@Marcous - what brand of Coco are you using?

Not seen that before. It doesn't list cobalt being present though, whereas the Micronic-P does.

Reminds me, been meaning to get some Azomite, which contains pretty much everything including selenium.

No clue what brand the coco is. I just buy at the local mom & pop shop. Comes in a clear unmarked bag. Roughly 4 litres is 25 Baht.

1 hour ago, Giorgi Ivanovich said:

Have you ever used Chemrich?

Yes, I've used them twice now and it's all good. I bought some of their 10-20-30 fertilizer too last time, not tried it yet. Pity they don't sell the micro nutrients, or I could buy everything I need at one place.

All grown in coco with hydroponic nutes.

Wesco 10-20-30

MICRONIC-P ( EDTA chelate secondary nutrients + micronutrients + other nutrients )

Calcium Nitrate

Magnesium Sulfate

Phosphoric acid

All can be found pretty cheap on Lazada.

This is my hydroponic mix, works very well with tomatoes, lettuce and peppers too. 

Watching 'Alice in Borderland' on Netflix and quite enjoying it. 

It's a bit like 'Cube' in some ways. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10795658/

They are junk and you'll have a hard time selling it. Just my experience. 

New episodes of 'Money Heist: Korea' available on Netflix.

Also 'Keep Breathing' was quite good. About a woman who survives a small aircraft crash.

'Dharma- Monster' Also on Netflix is worth a watch. 

'Meltdown 3 mile Island'  interesting. 

'Bank Robbers - The Last Great Heist'  Quite surreal documentary about a bank robbery in Argentina. 

I just bought a new toy. It's the same as this but bought it in a local stationary shop for 110 Baht.

https://shopee.co.th/product/250630550/5431783827

The lens in the handle is 45X. A bit difficult to hold over the phone, the LED lights really help though.

The trichomes look milky to me, but not amber yet which is what I'm after.

I had something similar and came to the same conclusion - a Treehopper.

Looked like it was feeding on the sap. After a quick google, yep that's what they do.

I prodded it and it jumped off.

Yeah,  it woke me up.  The bed was shaking, windows rattling and could hear a faint rumbling.

This is my meager effort. Bought the pump and air stone from Lazada for 100 Baht inc delivery. It's very quiet, the bubbles make far more noise than the pump. Also it's a USB as I will use outside and don't want to have to deal with mains electrical wires and rain. At 1 watt, the 20,000 mAh power pack should run it for a couple of days. 

I cut the holes with a soldering iron but have since found a spark plug remover hex socket heated up with a blow torch is much easier.

I'm using it to start some lettuce ATM. I will look into trying to spread the bubbles out further.

My Blue Dream hybrid was doing OK until we had about 5 days of solid rain. When the sun finally did come out, I happened to have it in full midday sun. It burned a few leaves quite badly which still have white spots a holes. I have since made a makeshift screen for it. The shading is only lightly clipped on so if the wind catches it, it will just pop off rather than take off, hopefully. Only cost me 100 Baht anyway.

For the first 2 months I brought in indoors under the kitchen light in the evening to stop it from flowering. Maybe I should have left it longer. Turns out it's a hermie too, maybe from the stress.