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Farang cannot meet the requirements of owning a handgun in Thailand under most circumstances, but those working for the police or military may have special permits granted.

But if your married to a Thai girl who owns her own home, has a business and a decent sum of money in the bank she can apply for the license.   It can take a year to get the license and lots of paperwork.  

Then you can go down to the gun shops in Charoen Krung Rd  and get royally screwed on what you choose.  Of course you can buy something of Chinese origin and get less screwed, but best case scenario is you will pay 3 times as much for a hand gun as you would in the USA.

BIL bought a Beretta 92 and without accessories or ammo it was almost 110k baht.

The checkout girl's love it when they get to use their card on your purchases. The points add up and go towards bonus items for them!

"Third world country" is fine, 'Developing country' is OK too! Both descriptions fit the bill.

We could make a list why it is so:

1/ Rampant and endemic corruption despite the alleged attempts to stamp it out.

2/ Human rights violations.

3/ Poorly regulated and poorly policed transport system.

4/ Infastructure poorly constructed and badly maintained.

5/ Care for the disabled and elderly almost non-existant.

Feel free to add whatever you think should be on the list!

They are pulling your leg! And they also believe in ghosts!

"with the word "wedge" in relation to motors, it is a small piece of metal that fits between the shaft and the brake." What the he11 are you talking about???

Not much milk sold in LOS is farm fresh. Some of it is reconstituted powdered milk. What you need is non-pasteurized. You need to 'Find a Friend with Some Dairy Cows'....maybe someone up around Chang Mai!

A Seinfeld post and I wasted 2 minutes of my life.

It's a crazy sort of system and it could be better but.........

How about designated and registered sellers in shops in city centres and designated and registered individual sellers outside the city and in the villages.

So, going by this "Nawin Sintusa-ard, vice governor of Chiang Mai, said the rail link to Den Chai supports the province's urban plan that promotes the northern Lanna culture as the soul of the North's tourism and international trade. "

There is going to be a big increase in foreigners going to that area by train instead of by bus, car, or motorbike? International trade....so that means what? Containers going out of the country filled with rice? Any going to China would have to be put on to standard gauge flat cars at an intermodal facility.

I can't see any logic in this.

Maybe it will become clear to me when they settle on a route......but maybe not!

You appear to have a pretty good grasp of horticulture - but the first step i would take is identify the beetle. You can't progress unless you know what it is. From the description i would guess Harlequin beetle

or does it look more like this ? the Broonze Orange bug. (stink beetle) they emit a nasty solution that stains the leaves and fruit for market and smells putrid )

Once identified then read up on the life cycle of the insect and spray when the insect is in the breeding stage with an appropriate spray. Most likely a systemic spray for sap suckers will be necessary , but it does mean the bark and fruit will transport a deadly chemical so strictly observe your withholding periods. . Look up Integrated pest Management for further information .and you find out how to save money and unnecessary use of chemical and often organic sprays will work very efficiently by knowing the right time in the life cycle to spray. By looking at the life cycle also take into account your location, weather conditions and micro climates and so on that may slightly alter the life cycle.

Also , what is the bird life like there in your area. If you are spraying indiscriminately and your neighbors are doing it too then a lot of the natural predators will be absent.

Neither of the above. I did describe them Hard wing cases and various colours, two different greens, also grey, fawn brown & mottled. Always in pairs and almost always humping. They munch on leaves, not suck sap. They prefer the newest sweetest leaves near end of branches.

They look a bit like this

Next time that you are at the market, buy some loose tobacco in a bundle. Make a tea by putting it in a bucket in the sun covered with water. After a few days, draw off the water and use that for a spray.

Hi there, haven't see tobacki leaf in the local market. We use tobacki and alcohol balls instead. Drop em in the tank and their mixed with the water by the time we get out the orchard.

It's stressful to me employing Thai's to do jobs. When the builder (I use that term loosely!) was here building the new shed I lost the bottle 3 times! Twice they didn't turn up for work the next day cause I upset the poor darlings.

So don't give me the story their stressed....because they create the problem themselves with their slack attitude and shoddy work practices.

"One police friend said he saw a suspect carrying a black bag, believed to have contained a gun, ran into a white Honda Civic with no license plate and flee after the shooting." Yet he never made any attempt to pursue the suspect??? Probably needed backup if he did but really, what kind of police don't pursue suspects? Yes I do know this happened in LOS.

" to eight years and 33 months" I would like to explain the new system of counting prison time.....but unfortunately I am at a loss to explain it.

I've got an agricultural hitch which is good for hauling the farm trailer but I can't take it off, it's welded to the support bar. Hope I don't get rear ended!

The problem is that costs will increase if their wages go up. It's pretty simple really.

If Somchai employs 200 workers for 300 baht a day which = 60.000 baht and sells product at X price and has to now pay his 200 workers 390 baht = 78.000 baht a day, so X becomes X + 30% which is passed on to everyone!

And that applies to 10's of thousands of workplaces around LOS.

All because Thai's live beyond their means.

The headline is a little misleading. The Thai's will be reporting to Japan very soon. Their just waiting for the interpreter to translate the documents into Japanese just as soon as he graduates from language school!

After reading that I feel so much better!

"Some said the fires were caused by spirits and advised the home owner to perform supernatural rite to drive away spirits in the home. " But were the spirit in a bottle bought at 7/11?

D.a.m.n! I've missed anther opportunity to invest in a profitable scheme!

When I said "Buy, maintain and register the car in your name" that includes rego & insurance. Your sticking you neck out going guarantor, so you may as well do it my way and pay the ongoing costs and have at least the opportunity to claim the car if it ll goes wrong. If it goes right it's between you and the family member, no loss of face for anyone.

My local 7/11 is in the program. Stamps are no problem. But they don't do photocopies so you will need to find somewhere else for that.

Is there a web page that details the crop insurance programme? The wife hasn't heard of this scheme and would like to read more about it.

A dead logger can't come back to steal more logs. Whats the chance that half of the 54 are already planning to come back or are on their way back!