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The scene is being set for the undercover creation of conditions that will be deemed to be a national security risk and guess what, the security apparatus will kick into gear and we will be back to control at gunpoint. It may not happen overnight but just watch out for a slow moving coup and get ready for unrest on the streets prior to an intervention. The military and their lackeys have absolutely no intention of giving up control wether it is behind the scenes or once more in the full glare of daylight. Don't forget this mob have been carefully watching and learning how their friends in the Tatmadaw regained power and they will do likewise.

Hmm! Methinks it would be a good idea to lay in stocks of emergency rations of food and crucially booze. We could be in for interesting times as they say in China.

Used my visa agent, OS. They did all the paperwork so all I had to do was sign, pay and wait 13 weeks, and they also got all my Immigration stamps transferred from the old to the new passport. This was done late last year so with the strike it could easily take longer.

Surprised he ventured here. No doubt the happy people who were pictured surrounding him was rentacrowd. The sooner he is sent packing back to his house in the army compound the better.

I saw a police encampment on a main road near me. A nice tent with air-conditioning and fat cops sitting in the shade having left their vehicles to block one of the four lanes of the road. They contributed nothing towards safety, in fact caused traffic back-ups, but they did have a fun few days out of the office. Seems like another monumental waste of time and money at the expense of the taxpayer. See you next year guys!

Nasty little man who has run a construction firm renowned for being over budget, over schedule and well below quality. Did the same as a minister. Thailand will be all the better for seeing the back of this egotistical pygmy.

How can a buffet be up market, after all it is nothing but long ago prepared food left lying around and collecting dropped hair and shed skin cells from people who wander past, cough on it and move on.

Why not apply to have the Burning Season made a cultural heritage practice. It is much more meaningful than a couple of days splashing water around.

The governor is playing games with the lives of people. It is his indolence and incompetence that has contributed to this crisis. WFH is no solution because the air in workplaces is often better than in the house, especially of lower income families who cannot afford the capital cost of an air purifier not the electricity cost to run one. It seems the main qualification needed to be governor of Chiang Mai is to be "intellectually challenged" and this governor is supremely well equipped for the job.

As ever there is nothing more to the plan than a few words on paper. The cost areas where they propose changes are on the margin and even making all charges zero would only have a minor effect because the big costs are not being, and cannot be reduced by government intervention. The reason why ticket prices rise are partially affected by costs but also by the airline yield management systems which increase prices in line or even ahead of increasing demand. Because available capacity is limited and an unsold seat is an operating cost airlines can charge higher prices if demand exceeds supply, which is currently the case. Of course Prayuth has no concept of the real world and is only trying to electioneer with this issue. Prices will only fall when supply exceeds demand and that isn't going to be anytime soon.

Excuse me jerynbea, have you not realised that the OP is asking about Chiang Mai?

It will take more than an election to rid Thailand of the swamp of corruption that is ruining this country. From what I hear from younger Thai voters they want change but are not determined enough to fight for it. And so there will be no meaningful change this year or for a long time to come because the critical mass of those determined to fight for a revolutionary change does not exist.

I asked a young degree holding Thai friend about these mist spraying trucks and his response to what were they achieving was " it is science"! Seems to me the accusation about rigging should be on educators who feed their students all kinds of trash science behind which government officials can hide from reality.

Six down 500001 to go.

If anyone thinks that the government will listen to the people they don't know this country. When you come to power holding a gun you listen to know one even when you pretend you are democratically elected. And Thai people have been indoctrinated for centuries to accept their lowly position. In Chiang Mai an attempt at a class action was quashed by a judge who decided the situation is not an emergency! He knows which side his bread is buttered on and it is not the side representing the people. No political party hoping to be elected in May is even making pollution a part of their policies so that shows what everyone is up against. And after that they will all be scrambling to get their noses in the trough. Next year will be no better but many deaths in 2023 will be quietly brushed under the carpet and ordinary folk must just accept their fate.

It should be named Pie in the Sky Airlines. Won't even get to its inaugural flight.

Hail, rain, wind, damaged buildings, ruined gardens, no power for over 6 hours, no internet for nearly 18 hours, mobile service unstable.. how can you tell that Prayuth was in town yesterday! Hats off to the lady who gave him a bunch of dead flowers and told him to go.

This is a health crisis that affects at least as many as Covid and yet there is absolutely nothing done to eliminate the causes. The likes of Anutin have totally disappeared from the scene, we get a myriad of "experts" telling us what the problem is, and the hospitals are admitting large numbers of the sick and dying. And we just carry on living in this disgusting pollution day after day, month after month, year after year. Why are the population not gathering en mass to demand real action from the government?

Yes it is true, and renewing my passport recently took 13 weeks! But if genuine emergency travel is necessary you can apply to those wonderful people at the British Embassy for an emergency travel document.

Does this mean the end of mass debating? Can only be a good thing.

Firstly you need to know which monitor is using which measurement system. The Chinese system uses an average spread over time to give a smoothed reading, the US system uses real time measurements to give readings which fluctuate more than the Chinese but is a more accurate measure of reality. Then you need to measure your air at the same locations. The instrument with the purifier is measuring air in the close proximity to the machine, so place your mobile readers in exactly the same location. And finally you need to be sure of the type of measurement technology being used by the various devices as they have varying accuracy rates. The best measurement monitor is possibly the AirVisual that is sold via the IQAir app site, but others might prefer a different device.

Some seem to be talking at cross purposes. N 95 or KN 95 masks are advisable or necessary if you are outdoors in this pollution, nothing to do with Covid. Yes you can get 3M masks, I found them in various places including Homepro. I also have some washable KN 95 masks from Boots in Central Festival, not a known brand. Those with valves are for pollution protection and require a bit less breathing effort due to the exhaust valve, but they are only marginally more comfortable. Where I live in the Amphur the AQI has been close to 200 for days and working outside is causing me breathing problems and allergic rhinitis. Seems sensible to use a mask and limiting myself to one hour sessions and then retreating to the indoor air cleaned by a number of air purifiers scattered around the house. Each to his own.

So I guess this means that here in Chiang Mai in the height of the pollution season we will see the traditional Songkran activities of the Team Coughing marathon and the Long Distance Phlegm Spitting championships. Both typical Lanna pastimes.

Look at Pipper, made from pineapple and available in Rimping.

So at 8am it was an acceptable AQI of 58. Now at 14:00 hrs it is 156! There must have been some very concerted fire lighting overnight because CM is rapidly moving up the world ranking. Well done Somchai, we are number 9 globally.