TravelerEastWest

Agreed - good investment if you are busy and not retired...

No the total shares equal 100% but you can own all the common - voting shares and the Thai shareholders all the preferred shares. Not complicated or expensive to do I have done it. You can have a lawyer or CPA do it for you.

Have common shares in your name and preferred shares in the Thai shareholders name. Easy to do I have done it

Agreed

Exactly as above. The visa is not difficult but if confused just get help - simple. I work so use teh marriage visa if you don't work whichever you prefer. Also the 400,000 baht can be used for living expenses just top it up 2 or 3 months before your annual visa extension.

A good idea might be: Own the house directly. Next set up a company for the land with shareholders you know and then lend money to the company with the land as collateral.

Yes, I thought Americans can often own 100% of a Thai company using the Amity rules. Is that no longer the case?

"Our neighbours use roundup, we use no chems at all." Yes strong chemicals work well - but like you we don't use any. I can't easily mulch 20 rai but I do mulch in a circle around most of my trees - step by step I will increase mulching...

I am not certain how many vine weeds we have - we have some that grow on fences. I am not hopeful at the moment but I am not going to give up...

Doesn't sound good - but you are probably correct...

I appreciate your ideas but I am a vegan so eating goats is not an option... and my large dogs would not play well with goats

Thank you but no cattle we have large dogs and it would not work well... A tractor would not be possible as we have hills and I need the weeds cut between trees, I am thinking some sort of cover crop that would be stronger than weeds?

Probably a good idea but too much maintenance....!

I have about 20 rai in Mae Rim on a hill and lots of weeds - how to naturally control them? I have about one rai with vegetables and the rest are fruit trees. For now I use a weed cutter with takes about four days to clear the farm. Is there a better way to do keep the land between trees and walk ways free of weeds?

Steve Harris is the Legend, Standing by to hear what you find! Even in America Doctors who talk extensively about nutrition and exercise are in the minority. So Dr Joy is a normal Thai/Western/modern doctor. But slowly this is changing... Have you read the Mastering Diabetes book? The best one that I have read so far... I looked at Dr Hawkins website and she seems very nice but a normal doctor. From her website: Fasting blood sugar testing, Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) testing, physical examination. Concise consultations with precise medication and medical supplies for complete diabetes management Another option is finding a good doctor in America who offers telemedicine and combine that with a local doctor who can run tests etc.

Agree 100%

I see you very much enjoy putting forth your thoughts (evidenced by many posts...), but when presented with evidence to the contrary you lose interest - fair enough and you are honest - I respect that. The facts under the law of all 50 US states (not sure about other countries...) are that they are equal and they have similar medical training. MDs and Osteopaths are very similar: "DOs have all the same responsibilities and rights as MDs, including the abilities to perform surgery with proper training and prescribe medicine. How Are MDs and DOs Similar? MDs and DOs follow similar educational routes. They must first earn a four-year undergraduate degree, and most will take pre-medicine courses during this time. After getting an undergraduate degree, they will attend either medical school or a college of osteopathic medicine. After finishing four years of medical education, MDs and DOs must complete an internship and a residency. A residency is on-the-job training under the supervision of more experienced doctors. Some MDs and DOs will also go on to do fellowships to learn more about a specialty." So the very clear facts again under the law and by training is that Dr Goldhammer is nothing like Berg. Actually Dr Goldhammer is a serious professional with training and lots of experience Dr Berg is not currently practicing and has been in trouble with the law: https://quackwatch.org/cases/board/chiro/berg/ So it is clear they are not similar at all. I don't know your background you could be a MD or have a Phd in science; but I can tell you that I have no where near the training that Dr Goldhammer has and certainly not the clinical experience. So my opinons are not as good as his... "Osteopaths do not have such a clinical history AT ALL." You are clearly mistaken - Dr Goldhammer has more than 20,000 patients that he and his team (which includes MDs) has treated at his clinic much more than Dr Fung. and more long term fasting experience and I am not sure that Dr Fung does any actual extended water fasts at all - I think he advises taking supplements and the option of coffee etc. So in summary there is no science that I have found (or you have cited) after a long time searching that says we should exercise while doing an extended water fast (more than 7 days and no supplements only water) and the many patients seen at True North by Dr Goldhammer and MDs have clearly shown that it is safe and advisable to not exercise while on an extended (true) water fast. They have shown safety by never having a problem with more than 20,000 patients. They have shown low loss of lean tissue using Dexa scans. I am planning to start an extended water fast soon and I was hoping that you could come up with some clear proof that exercising during an extended fast is a good idea. Or evidence that resting is harmful.

"While nations were still debating the seriousness of the pandemic, the groups identified potential vaccine makers and targeted investments in the development of tests, treatments and shots." We are lucky that they were there to donate billions of dollars - without which how many more lives would haven been lost?

I am curious are you saying everyone should ignore it? Or just young and healthy people?

We bought a 12 inch chainsaw and spent a week or so cutting many trees. Worked well. New sprouts are already growing. We kept a couple of smaller trees so we can have fruit for next year. I have given up selling longan as the prices are so low it is not worth it. Note my trees are about 45 years old and so big very few people wanted to climb up them to get the longan. Interestingly we have younger rambutan that are smaller trees which are very easy to harvest. Dried wood but not charcoal. However, my in-laws use regular wood to cook and end up with charcoal which they then use to grill.

COVID is certainly not over... Less death and new cases seems so - but certainly not over and certainly a concern for those in a high risk group such as age and underlying conditions. Updates 1,062 new cases and 22 new deaths in Thailand [source] September 5 Updates 1,360 new cases and 22 new deaths in Thailand [source] September 4 Updates 1,631 new cases and 25 new deaths in Thailand [source] September 3 Updates 1,942 new cases and 23 new deaths in Thailand [source] September 2 Updates 2,046 new cases and 24 new deaths in Thailand [source]

I have decided to keep the wood as it looks good... The money I would get is so small taht it was a better idea to keep the wood and maybe use it for cooking...

Many thanks for the answers - although it was not good news! Maybe I will just sell the wood... I do have teak logs here and there on the farm and they are fine.

Stacked Longon wood will it get eaten by termites? I have about ten stacks of cut Longon wood on my farm in Chiang mai. I may use them for fire wood for cooking - meanwhile I like the look of them - sort of rustic... My wife told me there are lots of termites on our farm and they may eat all the wood! Does dry wood survive termites better?

Great Post thank you