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Anywhere in CM that does shotblasting / sandblasting?

I am looking to buy a logitech G25 or G27 steering wheel for PS3.

Where can I find one for sale in Bangkok?

I am looking to buy a logitech G25 or G27 steering wheel for PS3.

Where can I find one for sale in Bangkok?

I have a friend in a band back home who wants to get CD's and covers printed up for an album they have come out with. He asked if I could check costings etc in CM as probably cheaper than back where he lives.

Thoughts on where I might try in CM, with an emphasis on quality.

I read an interesting article recently online, which gives a slightly different perspective on the situation than I have seen so far on this forum.

I am not vouching as to whether it is true or otherwise, but it certainly is food for thought

http://altthainews.blogspot.com/2013/11/thailand-uprooting-wall-streets-proxy_28.html

Hello all.

I need a work visa for China, so went to the Chinese consulate to inquire, but was put off by a very long queue

and only one window serving.

There was a sign on the wall giving the requirements for a work visa, so I assume they issue them at the consulate..

I was hoping someone could confirm this.

According to the AQI figure in my sons school this morning, the AQI is 60. I guess they got it before they decided to password protect the figures

for some reason. Driving there you cannot see Doi Suthep at all, and you can see smoke lying across all the fields on the way. If that is the real figure, then something is very wrong.

One measuring station in CM out of service, followed by website changes, followed by readings that to my eye and nose are way too low (having kept a close eye on visibility and figures for

a consideable time). Also, all these changes take place just after the time the governor of CM is told to do something, and his immediate response is to spray water around from fire engines as a publicity stunt,

and little else from what I can see. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but something stinks, and it is not just the air.

Picture of smog over Chiangmai taken from near Nimmanheimen intersection

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/01/china-air-pollution-tough-rules

Chinese authorities have set tougher rules to combat air pollution by ordering all major cities to monitor tiny particles that do serious damage to health. One of China's leading environmental activists, Ma Jun, greeted the change as a major step forward.

Surprisingly, given China's strict control of the internet, state media have acknowledged the change is partly in response to online environmental campaigners.

The national air quality rules were agreed at an executive meeting of the state council presided over by the premier, Wen Jiabao, on 1 March, a statement on its website said.

They order stricter air pollution monitoring standards this year in the mega-cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Tianjin, 27 provincial capitals, and three key industrial belts: the Yangtze and Pearl river deltas, and Beijing's hinterland. Another 113 cities must adopt new standards next year, and all but the smallest cities by 2015.

To "help allay public concern over official air quality readings", levels of ozone and PM2.5 particles must be included. PM2.5 particulate matter is below 2.5 micrometres in diameter, or 1/30th the width of an average human hair, and easily penetrates lung tissue.

"This is a major step forward in terms of China's process to combat urban air pollution," said Ma Jun, director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs. "The prerequisite for mobilising our people is to let them know what is going on.

"It doesn't mean that the sky will turn blue automatically because at the end of the day we still need to cut off these emissions."

Following the announcement, more than a million – mostly positive – comments were posted on the Weibo micro-blogging service in under 24 hours. "Good news, applause," wrote Xu Xiaonian, a prominent economist. Others questioned whether the rules would be enforced.

In January, Beijing's environmental agency included PM2.5 particles in its calculations after months of postings from netizens mocking the discrepancy between officially clear days and the dense smog at their windows. Ma said social media had played an essential role in changing government policy last year.

State media also acknowledged the role of bloggers: "A stirring campaign on the country's social network websites since last autumn seemed to have gained a satisfying response from the country's policymakers," Xinhua news agency said.

The question is, when will Thai authorities adopt this monitoring. We have exactly the same problem here, very high PM2.5 levels, and it is not even monitored.

I have the old style CBR 150 and love it, small, light, neutral handling. I got a loan of a friends CBR 250 for a few days and

while it is a great bike, it is a lot heavier than the 150, not as nimble, but has a great engine.

I reckon the 250 engine fitted into the 150 would make for a real fun bike, the best of both. I am wondering how difficult it would be to do. There is probably not enough clearance in the frame due to the 250 being a taller engine, and engine mounts would no doubt need modifying. I am not even sure if it would be possible to buy a new 250 motor from honda.

Thoughts?

Hello all. Am looking for suggestions as to where I might buy anti vibration mounts in Chiangmai.

High frequency for a light load (4 kg or so).

It has me scratching my head!

In response to JohnHender.

sometimes i think Thai women just deseverse Thai guys"

What a stupid comment. Thai men are like any other, some good, some bad.

I live here, and am married to a woman close to my own age. Having said that, I know plenty of older guys married to women a lot younger than they and in some cases it seems to work ok,

While it may not a shining example of a meeting of minds or mutual attraction, it works in a mutually supportive kind of way.

What I don't understand is the older guy (60 plus in a lot of cases) having children. They make various arguments as to why it is not a bad thing, however, at the end of the day you are going to have a child

that is going to be left fatherless at a relatively young age, and that is not fair on the child.

Hello All.

I am looking for somewhere in ChiangMai (or area) that can do work with very light guage alumimium tubing with some CNC work tied in. I am looking to get a lightweight camera mount made to sit under an RC helicopter. One thought that crossed my mind was the mechatronic dept at CMU.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Hello All.

My wife is looking to buy a secondhand cake display cabinet, this glass cabinets you see in cake shops. Any ideas where to look in the CM area?

Hello All. I will explain my situation first and then I am hoping someone can help explain how withholding tax would affect me.

I work offshore on an oil platform, and am currently (unfortunately) back working in the north sea. I have been in Thailand for 8 years, am a non UK resident.

However, any income generated in the UK is liable to UK tax, including most platforms in the north sea as they are designated Uk tax zones. I have been working as a Ltd UK company,

but was advised by a tax advisor it would be more beneficial to me to work through a Thai company as corporation tax was 15%. I could also write off some of the travel costs involved against tax.

My wife has a Thai company which i could work through, and as I am not a director and not working in Thailand, don't need a work permit.

However, when I went to see an accountant, she explained that there would also be a witholding tax of 15% applied on top of the corporation tax, and as a foreigner I would have to pay this- Thais can claim some back.

Her english was not that good and I did not understand her fully.

Can anyone explain? Would be much appreciated!

I have never heard of anyone who has imported a motorbike successfully into Thailand. the problem I have been led to believe is

getting registration papers for the bike once it is in the country, and the bike is not much use without them.

I have an old Z1B 900 Kawasaki in pristine condition back home I would love to bring across as it is only sitting gathering dust. Has anyone had any positive experience importing a bike, and if so, what were the steps you went through to bring it across?

I have a question with regards to the new regulations with regards to buying land via a company in Thailand.

According to the land registry dept, for the last 3 years, the Thai partner in the company has to show that the money for buying the land has come from them, and that the company is not just a front for a foreigner buying land.

My wife is the director of the company and has a business of her own which she can say the funds to buy the land came from, so that is not an issue.

In reality however, I am paying for the land.

My question is this.

Given these new regulations are in place, is there now any legal recourse for the foreigner who actually bought the land to have any legal protection. In the past, the 90 year lease / or document which gave the foreigner a legal right to remain on the land until they died was there. Is this any longer the case seeing as now the Thai partner has "proof" in effect that they funded the purchase of the land from the outset?

Well guys, One of the reasons I brought it up is I fly ultralights here on a regular basis and if you saw the general smog over the city from the sky, it is something like living covered in a blanket of the stuff. It was not like that even a few years ago, it was visibily less for a lot more of the time. I can also feel it in my chest at a lot of the time which I did not do before . There is certainly an element of haze to it, but thats just the veneer.

Is it my imagination, or is air quality getting progressively worse all year round in Chiang Mai. I know the burning season has been bad the last couple of years, but I cannot remember the air quality being as bad as this out of burning season. It seems we don't get many even get semi OK days very often now- only if there is a decent wind blowing, which does not happen much.

Is there any online air quality monitoring site which covers Chiang mai year round?

I have not read this whole thread from the start, so am not sure if someone has mentioned this. I have been in Chiang mai for 6 years now, and it seems to be that air pollution from burning is a lot worse than when I came here first. It used to be bad for a few weeks in April / May, but not it seems to be bad last and this year so far) from January all the way through to June. Has the amount of burning increased, or are there other factors at play?