Mr Meeseeks

The lesson, never ever trust the Police here or anyone for that matter. All backstabbing snakes.

They know what their job is and what it has always been, thugs hired to protect the rich merchant class.

Some of us have been here for years and it was a lot worse 20+ years ago. This is a part of Thailand and its culture that we have to just deal with unfortunately.

If she looks well young and you don't ask or check you are a nonce end of.

No money in it.

Don't fret, I doubt the Thais do either.

What occupational health and safety? Even the HSE training companies in Thailand use unsafe and expired equipment for training, and most of the trainers have no industry experience or knowledge. When I worked offshore I remember training at a Thai company on the Eastern Seaboard where the work at height harnesses were all over 10 years old, frayed and damaged. I refused to participate in the training and raised this with the Thai instructor, usual mai bpen rai attitude and excuses. Needless to say I informed my company and they never used that provider again. Apparently the company is owned by a Kiwi as well, should know better.

I would disagree, most do walk away, leaving the women and children with nothing. Walking away is endemic here.

The World's most well known and best loved Indian dish, Chicken Tikka Masala was invented in Glasgow.

To use the toilets?

www.siamseeds.com They are the official distributors for Mephisto Genetics, Fastbuds, Exotic Genetics, Kickflip and Hypno Seeds in Thailand. I am currently growing some Mephisto Genetics Creme de la Chem that I got from them.

This. ????

Thailand. Mai pben rai.

The Thai way... mai bpen rai, until somebody is killed by this unhinged lunatic, then it is too late..

Needs to be off the streets and in an asylum before he kills someone.

Yep, everything was open until the last customer left back in the day, after Purachai destroyed the nightlife you had to seek out little secret spots like Penny Black in Soi Cowboy or that little Karaoke bar on Ratchadamnoen for after hours drinks. There was a while where the Grace Hotel Disco and that hotel bar on Petchburi Road also filled an after hours criteria but they soon went by the wayside as the police got increasingly greedy. Hence why Phnom Penh became the best kept secret in South East Asia in the early 00's as it was open all day all night and there was no riff raff there unlike now. It was only the more intrepid expats that ventured over there.

That is correct. You need a separate license to sell. Has to be in a Thai individual or Thai company name only. Foreigners and foreign owned companies cannot apply. The license ONLY covers a particular part of the plant, i.e. if you get a license to sell seeds you can't legally sell flower etc. Licenses to sell flower are getting harder and harder to obtain too. My gf has just received the licenses she applied including for flower but there have been people waiting 6 months or more and heard nothing. Licenses are not cheap either, I think a single license to sell flower was upwards of 23,000thb and you will probably need to pay additional backhanders to move your application along. They will send an inspector round to check your grow to ensure it is at home where your Thai partner registered. If you are growing commercially on a farm or facility as an actual business then there's a lot more paperwork, hassle and money involved.

I dry with just the air-con on at 23°C and constant air flow around but not on the hanging plants. This is enough, I find a dehumidifier dries them out too much and too quickly. Wherever possible I hang the whole plant after removing the excess fan leaves. They are usually dry within 10-12 days. I cure in jars with Boveda packets to maintain 58 to 62% RH for a month burping twice a day for two weeks, down to once a day for the remainder of the month. I will be using Grove TerpLok bags on the next grow, will report back whether they are any good or not but I am hearing great things.

For my indoor grow I am running the AC at 23°C and dehumidifier set for 50% during mid-flower and 40% late flower. I don't run the dehumidifier at any other time as there's no need. I have the Widetech Xiaomi 18L dehumidifier in a 5x5 tent with the AC running 24/7. I think I paid about 5,000thb for it. I might get away with just the air-con on dry setting but after getting botrytis on several plants outside and one inside during rainy season I won't risk it.

The night after the coup in 2006 all of Soi Cowboy opened until 5am in the morning. Previously they were being forced to close at 1am to 2am. Police had lost control when the govt. of Pol Col Thaksin S. was ousted. I watched the coup unfold in Heart of Darkness and Howies on St. 51 in Phnom Penh and flew back in at 6am in the morning, still half cut, to witness humvees on the expressway from the airport.

I used to live just up the road from there 25 years ago, is it still open? In those days there were no expats up that neck of the woods, if they ventured past Ekkamai they would get a nose bleed.

Correct, but the opportunities for extortion those who test positive are what is important here.

Mate it was like this at the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh 20 years ago. Get a jumped up little, inadequate, xenophobic Thai male in charge as Consul and this is what you get.

Absolutely spot on.

That's about the limit of their 'skills'. Absolute imposters the lot of them.