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Come on guys - it was young men from Myanmar

AH2 -is Asian Highway 2 - the southern section is mainly the Thailand designated route 4 that runs south from Bangkok through Hua Hin to the southerns provinces. My point was there is currently nothing north. north-east ot east of Bangkok, so it appears to me that the bomb setters travelled the AH2

The bombs have all been set off in places directly linked by the southern leg of AH2 - does that give a clue as to where the setters originated?

From a safety viewpoint those with dangerous 'flaws' should be closed until fixed not left to operate dangerously for another 30 days; of course this is Thailand and they will be shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted plus forming a Committee

So chowny77 - are all English football supporters hooligans? Where should they f*****f to? They were there before Israel was formed.

It is genuine. confirmed when I asked where I could get parts in Thailand, so yes Brooks & Stratton but my question was where!!

..and what would be the sentence if Thais were caught shoplifting in Singapore

I have a Brooks & Statton Lawn Mower EUROE-EAT5.

The priming button is sticking in and I am having to prime manually by adding fuel with the air filter off. The machine runs quite well for around 15 minutes and then stops; but I can restart it after a while. I suspect a faulty needle valve.

Repairing is beyond my capabilities , so does anyone know of a reliable Brooks & Statton agency in or near Pranburi/Hua Hin?

I have e-mailed the spares agency in Bangkok where I obtain new air filters from but they have not replied.

Makes sense when you are using public )i.e. taxpayers') money - I worked for a local authority and had first class rail but it was taken away latterly - didn't bother me in the least, especially as I sometimes travelled with lower graded colleagues in second class anyway.

Prbkk's suggestion regarding pooling the air miles into a travel budget is well worthwhile. Of course this ruling, along with many others, will be overturned as soon as things get back to what is taken as normal here.

Now that they have been found out? What about the poor farmers?

From the full Reuter's report

The first section is 250 kms (155 miles) long and will take around 2.5 years to build, he added. Thailand would likely hire Chinese construction firms and use Chinese technology, he said.

So transparency in the tendering process then?

Thanks baansmgr and dino - I have made contact with the person and sorted it out. Thank you for your interest and advice

Incorrect longthorn - it's English for English but British for Scots, Irish and Welsh (not Welsch)

A lot of clerks will now be in 'inactive posts'

Thanks again bino - I misunderstood - I should know as we have many Hua Hin Hotels here in Pranburi!. I think I've found it from baansmgr's post which explains that the address that was sent to me was mistyped!!

Thanks again for your interest

Thanks Bino - I do know Hua Hin Mountain View but this is specifically Cha Am which is in Petchaburi - I am quoting the address as it was sent to me;

Thanks baansgr - I have messaged you

I have been asked to visit a retired UK serviceman to assist him in filling in a claim for assistance - he has poor sight and needs help.

I cannot find the address I've been given using Google maps - maybe someone in Cha Am can help

I'm looking for Mountain View, Petccubri, Cha Am I can find my way to Cha Am from Pranburi OK

jacky54 - it is a well recorded fact that electricity generation will produce some level of pollution. Having said that would it not be better if the pollution was removed from the town and city centres into a more rural environment where there is sufficient greenery to offset the carbon monoxide emissions?

One of the major problems for Thai people is that electric vehicles do not make as much noise as internal combustion vehicles so there is a risk of people stepping out in front of the vehicles; I speak from experience as a trolleybus driver in the late 60s

I should have said TIT i.e. this is unlikely to happen - I'm sure most of you realised it was a tongue in cheek comment!!

This is sound market strategy - do you see OPEC flooding the market with oil when the world price is low? Of course not. What is needed is a change of mentality by the farmers who perhaps need educating on the economic triggers that affect their product output.

Was it only 2008/9 when the price of rubber went 'through the roof' and was celebrated by southern rubber producers by buying new 4x4s, satellite TVs and cell phones, only to ask for government assistance when the price dropped in later years, instead of banking the profits in the good time to cross-subsidise the poor times, or alternatively cut production.

Rice farmers are in a similar boat but they have the option of a catch crop such as wheat or maize. Bearing in mind the above report that the average rice consumption per capita has dropped from 190 kg to 106 kg, one can assume it is the increased consumption of a quasi-farang diet that is dependent on wheat or maize - domestic supply as opposed to imported at a higher cost.

Subsequent populist policies of successive Thai governments has lead to the situation we are in today and. if reason has to be imposed, then better it be reason than t*****n

Thanks Piers - I'll have to pop round to Makro - maybe in Hua Hin if our Pranburi stores doesn't have all of that.

My niece is coming to stay on 16th Feb and she informs me she is vegan. Whilst I can establish what vegans eat and do not eat, there is always the problem that some processes introduce substances that are not acceptable to vegans. Thai food labels are unreadable as far as I am concerned and often those printed in English are covered up by Thai language labelsd.

Does anybody know of a shop where vegan suitable products are sold?

They exist because there is no reasonable alternative for anyone who wants to get into Bangkok without being dumped at a remote bus station. Traffic planning is non-existent, hence no central bus station with bus priority access. Before anyone says it - the problem here would be that the bus lanes would be full of other traffic due to lack of enforcement.

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2015/10/20/cerys-edwards-tragedy-girl-left-paralysed-after-millionaires-son-ploughs-into-family-car-dies/

I need to buy some baking beans to blind bake some tarts - anyone know where I can buy in Hua HIn area?