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If one calls the 1175 hotline number you MAY get a correct answer to any question you put forward to them. I had to call 3 different occasions and 2 of their answers were wrong. Best idea is to call your local office if possible, for any queries.

3 hours ago, nickstav said:

I've never heard anyone claim that pot can "cure" diseases, except maybe from some Rastas, but its ability to alleviate symptoms is pretty much well-established.

 

Google Rick Simpson oil.

3 hours ago, nickstav said:

I've never heard anyone claim that pot can "cure" diseases, except maybe from some Rastas, but its ability to alleviate symptoms is pretty much well-established.

 

Have you lived on a remote island for the past 50 years? Get your Google finger to work?

AFIS website of Chiang Mai hotspots live (as of this timestamp). CM is center screen and the coverage is a 200km radius. Hey! I have an idea! Why not let some "clever" Thai engineer convert/modify the "well used" submarine into to flying drone water tanker to extinguish the fires. We need to fire the government.... pun intended.

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23 hours ago, ravip said:

Maybe brake failure. The road does not look very wide to justify fast driving - whatever the drivers nationality is or if there was another vehicle coming from the wrong side.

Looks a narrow country road...Driver fault should be suspect.

RIP to the lady.

I step in here to defend the driver even tho' we don't have the full story.... You may or may not know that to obtain a German DL , it takes one year of learning/practice. One can assume (only) that some vehicle in the oposite lane forced him off the road. Could've been that he was driving a bit too fast. P.S. - I'm not a German national.

I think it's possibly due to this. Yes he has 125 rai. Mike has 64 rai. All Mike's trees have been open for a few years now growing in production every year.

Scott has many trees still not open ,so making nothing but paying pui and grass cutting expenses. Also Scott has many trees only just open or in maybe 2nd year of tapping. So very little production yet,but still paying pui also.

Just my shitty opinion, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

Cheers cobbler

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Just opened one of our two plantations yesterday. The other one opens next week. 2-3 weeks earlier than the last few years.

https://app.ubidots.com/ubi/public/getdashboard/page/gAfjzNIxwBZ0AsYwALovqce9KtA#/
 
 
real time tracking of pollution in CMU

Interesting! Must be the hot climate. Wait! It probablty is.
 
Do you think the biogas contraption that I showed (modified to suit the Thai market in whatever ways it can) could simplify the process enough to make it appealing (with the free gas and the free compost)? True! Gas bottles last forever in my experience and they are dirt cheap at 400 B. True! Composting is done by burning. Sort of. How about a governmental program in schools to evaluate 15 anti-pollution video ads by parents and children as a soft manner to educate them on the consequences of their action! Surely, they are not going to continue burning their fields if they know that they are causing harm to their children AND them, as the videos would persuade incontrovertibly. It has to be done smartly. This is one of the smart ways that was done in some areas where smoking use was generalized and in 30 years it has been  virtually "eradicated". Big changes like these don't happen overnight, but demand clever persuasion techniques and incentives, along with peer pressure and losing face pressures. Children will remind their parents everyday that they are stupid and uncaring. Your thoughts?
 
 

On 2/26/2018 at 9:47 PM, XGM said:

I generally agree with you, change is possible, however for a long process to be completed it has to start first, and things haven't even started to move to that direction in Thailand. So, 30 years from now, perhaps.

Agreed. Let's put anotherspanner in the works and talk about the chemical salespeople that say(and I've actually heard this said), "With these products, we can enhance the burnt ash to double the effect of your output" ..... <deleted>Sakes!

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I think there is no other way than to burn, slash and burn, how else to do it?

Though the Unhealthy bar has been raised (again) most schools have "indoors sport day" on days like these.... I was watching the Thai news the other day .... Chiang Mai was worse than Bangkok except for Din Daeng roadside BUT Chiang Mai was not mentioned. Many expats that have been here a while know of news blackouts for one event or another and the message "someone" might be trying to get across to Joe Public.

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Just flew in yesterday. On the plane about 5 minutes before landing in daylight a large agricultural burn could be seen.
Huge smoke, open flames.
 
One would figure the Army would go arrest the burners.

Folks, smoking season is early this year.... Get your air filters up and running and try to wear N95 face masks.

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I drive in to Chiang Mai every morning from the south. From about Thai Watsadu on the superhighway, the pollution becomes noticeable. South of there there is very little.
Today, I was stuck in stop start traffic from Central Festival to Thapae Gate.
I'm blaming the current pollution on the cooler air and heavier traffic combination.

Anyone know where to buy a good filter/protection mask, and a hand-held pollution monitoring kit? (CM preferably, BKK if needs be.)

Is that different from noisy scooters?

still waiting for the promised crackdown on the insanely loud scooters........

...and Samui has the highest death rate in Thailand.

You only need a small arm to take down this bastard immediately. He is just another loser in the society.

Just rule in drastic visa regulations for the Chinese, before arrival, and problem solved overnight.