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Try this

http://www.wifinder.com/searchresults.php?...ni=&tcom=&tpub=

In your local sois you may be able to catch one of the delivery people delivering to the shops. They more than likely would supply you with wholesale depending if they stock what you want. I think the usual is that there would be several suppliers to a shop with limited range of products though.

I know red bull is cheaper to buy in makro than from my local red bull wholesaler and thats buying by the pallet.

Makro

Need to apply for a makro card at one of their branches to make purchases

A lot of people who own ma and pa shops buy in bulk (certain items) to resell in their shops from what I see.

What made you suspect that there was something wrong in the first place?

lack of eye contact etc. as you said or this is what the doctor said? More medical opinions for sure.

"very active, likes to play with other kids, likes to play with me & the wife, laughs a lot, is big & strong..."

"On the other hand, he can't concentrate on anything (except TV) for long & and will only answer a question if he really has to - for instance if he wants a certain type of food/drink/activity."

No medical experience and just giving ideas

He is only 3 right? Big age difference but sounds exactly like my 9 yr old newphew.

(except it's more-so video games)

Several medical opinions in Aust. put it down to ADD or the other one (theres 2 i think). And I can't remember exactly.

Apparently he has an allergy (no visiable symptoms besides similar to what you've said) to certain foods and this promotes the symptoms. In his case wheat products. I have been amazed by how much of what we eat has wheat products in it (falang-land) (even most cornflour are wheat and not corn in oz, tomatoe sauce and the rest of the sauces, instant mix sachels, lots of canned foods with sauces or gravy blah blah blah). (Not sure if this is rice substitute in asia or soy or whatever). Apparently the new thoughts on this type of "illness?" is monodiets where we eat alot of processed foods (or parts thereof added to recipies) with the same base ingredients such as wheat as thickeners etc. (Maybe its all bull@#$t and we now diagnose everything differently with more education and technllogy)

My sister changed his diet cutting out any wheat and is doing medical treatment to train is thought patterns. Has electrodes conected to a computer pasted to his head a few times a week and plays a game with his brain waves like photo hunt to train his thought patterns to help him concentrate. Theres been a diference in concentration and social interaction as well as sleeping through the night and not waking up and wondering the house for a couple of hours at night looking for things to do.

Sounds pritty similar symptoms. I'm not a greenie, but we (our kids for sure) eat a lot of processed foods these days compared to when most of us were kids and we're probably not built to do this and as adults we are probably more tolerant to the effects as we ate more "homemade" foods when we were kids (not out of packets). Just some thoughts and maybe some avenues to explore.

Teak is clased as medium in hardness rating. It's durable, weather resistant (used for boats) and it's heartwood has a high resistants to fungi and insect borers. Apparently has a natural insectacide in it's tanin and sap.

hardness (out of the ones mentioned so far)

Mai Makkha is clased as the hardest

followed by Mai Theng

then teak (mai sak)

prices are around (bought from the wood shop no installation Bangkok)

Mai Makkha 1700 B per cubic foot

Teak around the same

Mai Theng 1000B

Your probably looking at approximately 3 square meters in a cubic foot

I won't sleep right until someone jumps down my throat and flames me.

I have a friend in Lampoon area (Chang Mai) that farms some sort of marino, has about 30 of them grazing under loghan. Already asked about meat but they're only selling so people can breed, maybe in a year or 2 they''ll start selling for meat like thier goats. I think they're 70,000B per pregnant female so they'd be an expensive meal.

If we're talking about aust. i would think that

1. the soils are poor in nitrogen to start with. i.e. the original rock that was broken down isn't a good source.

2. Lack of a good humus layer or conditions for nitrogen fixing bacteria to thrive. Maybe due to fire disturbance or the tanins in euc foliage (not sure what affects tanins would have)

If isaan

1. I'm actually not too sure if isaan has acidic soils (acidic soils by there nature would have low levels of nitrogen) Thought I saw it somewhere but looking around haven't been able to confirm

2. Salinity problems. Adding available N may be well but if saline conditions are present it is difficult for nutrient uptake (and water) by plants to occur

Here are some interesting articles on salinity problems in issan

http://www.fao.or.th/Rap03-08.htm

http://recmert.kku.ac.th/international/income/toppage20.htm

Nitrogen cycle

http://www.visionlearning.com/library/modu...ewer.php?mid=98

gardening

http://www.earthandtable.com/glossary/soil...nts.html#manure

Yawn! ozzy you're the winner in the itchy crotch department

But setting fire to the forest that you worked in was obviously not part of thier management strategy. Funny how you needed to lay the 'seed limbs' out to dry. I thought you were saying that euc seeds (in general) are released just like that, of course the natural way would be through fire.

I spose aborigines would know about the ash thing for paint pigments but they are nomads and have never developed agrarian practices of cultivation. (Preservation techneques aside) Slash and burn techneque is a reasonable way to put nutrients back into the soil in easily available form ready for the seasons crop but the same plot isn't used for several years to allow for recovery in successful societies that practice the like.

Not sure about the rice thing really as i'm a forstry scientist and haven't worked with rice specifically. I just assumed most of the organic matter in modern Thai farming is burned off and weathered. I thought I was in agreement about isaan soils being <deleted> in nitrogen (available nitrogen anyway) from day one though I haven't seen a soil analysis just guessing since the soils in the region are classified as sandy.

Not a bit surprised that there isn't a shortage of nitrogen in a tasmanian rainforest considering there would be a deep humus layer. I've been picturing the soil under eucs in thailand.

Eucs were of course around before aborigines got to australia, they were just not the dominant forest type. Removing the dominate forest (rainforest) at that time by fire gave a competative advantage to eucs.

Eucs in general do need fire to release thier seeds from thier pods

the pH measures hydrogen ion concentration. It's the most fundemental measurement in soil analysis as it affects cation exchange capacity and overall availability of other nutrients. You could have a lot of nutrients in your soil but if the soil is too acidic then they are locked up in unusable forms for most plants and are therefore unavailable. Saline soils are not acidic they tend to be basic pH no greater than 8.5 (but are called neutral having low Na). The large quantities of neutral salts affect plant growth by affecting osmotic pressures (increasing). As op increases it becomes difficult for plants to uptake water and nutrients. Salt concentration of the soil is inversely proportional to soil water content so arid conditions make the soil more saline.

Sorry, what I should of said is that the soil pH in Isaan is getting worst as organic material is removed as crop. Salinity is getting worse due to generally arid conditions and dissolving the underlying salt pan when cropping rice bring more salts to the surface through evaporation.

Small quantities of nitrogen are release to the atmosphere due to burning. Most of it is removed with the harvested crop.

I would say nitrogen under eucs is low due to the above two problems.

Mixing around

acid is pH below 6 while alkaline is pH above

salinity meaning the soil is becoming salty and therefore more acidic.

The nature of cropping rice for example would increase soil salinity on the surface in a place like Isaan. The water used would desolve the salts below (in this case in the underlying salt deposit which is like a locked up storage area for salt until you add water), be evaporated and through the process bring more salt to the surface.

Eucalypts (not sure of all species) actually produce chemicals (distributed around thier upper roots) that are toxic to other plants. Kind of like a natural herbicide. They're a pioneering species meaning that they like to grow on bare (disturbed) land. They produce these toxins to suppress competition and grow very fast (tall) to to eliminate any light reaching competing plants under their canopy.

The reason why they're the dominate tree in Australia is most likely due to the arrival of humans and they're use of fire in hunting. Previous, the dominte forest type was rain forest along the east coast. Australia has very inorganic soils. Rain forest are only very fertile due to the top humus layer, if it's removed the soil undernieth is usually very poor (Oz anyway) Fire disturbance and the consequential removal of forest litter left good bare land for euclyptus to invade and of course eucalyptus need fire to release they're seed so they became dominant.

Soils in Issan are poor. They are classed as sandy. The region itself has a large salt deposit underlying the topsoil. Deforestation and subsequent raising of the water table has resulted in secondary salinisation. Basically the soil in the region is getting more acidic. I would say that acidic soil being a regional problem would be impossible to change in the long run unless with a grand project. You could add something like lime for short term solutions but any advantages of increasing the nitrogen, phophorus and potasium in your hard won alkaline soil would be leached away reasonably quickly.

Eucs generally like sandy soils of acidity in the range of 5.5 to 6.4. Your best bet would be to replant in Eucalyptus. I doubt that the eucs in Thailand are grown as a source of timber as it is notoriously difficult to mill into straight boards (requiring the right techneque and mills) and I've never seen it in the timber supply shops. It's most like used in pulp and paper. I think there are a few big processing mills around as CP grows alot of Eucs for this purpose. Mills require large supplies, the more the better. They would most likely cut and remove your trees as part of the sale and advise if they require any pruning to improve fiber characteristics etc. You would make more money than rice but you would probably be on a 5 or 7 year rotation for your money. That's prbably why the land lies bare as you need to re-invest and wait for the payoff and poor farmers need to live now not in the future.

There is a large chineese medicine hospital next door to Hua-Chiew Hospital (huat-che-ow) or it could be the chinese medicine section of Hua Chiew hospital.

665 Bumrungmuang Road

It is close to central railway station Haulampong on the other side of the small klong.

Offer accupuncture, herbs etc etc

Donna is correct as far as I know as i did this with my last 1 year multiple non-b leaving a week before the one year expired then returning and was granted 90 days from the day I returned running over the expiry date for the multiple by about 85 days. That is getting approximately 15 months from a 1 year multi non-b

Since then had another 1 year non b multi and have had no problems.

Get a single entry non B from a consulate.

In brisbane for example you need

1. a letter from your company on a company letterhead stating what your going to do, but check with the consulate if this letter has to come from the thai company.

2. A passport size photo (they can do it there for $15)

3. Completed application form

4. Forget how much it cost

Tell them what you're doing in Thailand

They'll say you should be applying for a work permit because they have to advise that but they'll understand you won't have time and it'll be a hassle

They'll give a non-b to you while you wait. All up you're in and out in 10 minutes as there are no queues.

Don't know about other consulates though

Taking a short trip to the philippines in may through airasia landing at Clark

Wanting to visit the northern region of Luzon (Bontoc and surrounds)

Can anyone give any ideas on sights to see, places to stay, transportation options, week long route to take etc. Not really interested in Manila unless best options are to fly domestically.

Interested in culture or nature, probably mountain treks, white water rafting etc not sex/drugs/rocknroll

Anyone been on similiar trip?

Thanks in advance for any replys

8.2 on the richter scale off sumatra again

Acer travelmate 290 (a few variation but 290 is the printed name of the general package)

centrino 1500 mHz

standard 256 ram

40 gig hard drive

DVD player (not DVD burner) Cd writer

Bought mine for just over 40,000 but can't remember exact price (upgraded to 512 ram) about 6 months ago in Panthip

Very good battery life

Had no problems

Best I could find for around 40,000

Downside is that the quality of the screen is not great as it isn't very crisp like a sony or others

specs

http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/hardware/note...9020004p,00.htm?

This is a good website with detail descriptions of beast varieties including photos.

Cattle, Goats, Horses, Sheep, Swine and Other Species

Although not Thailand specific

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/

If in Bangkok there are a few second hand places on Wiphawadi rd at Luk Si that display a wide range of mini kobotas etc

The area is about a km from the airport coming from downtown direction on the airport side

The big boss with bruce lee

A very famous thai fortune teller has predicted a devastating earthquake on the 12th of march. Bangkok supposedly gets wiped out. He also predicted a terorist attack in bangkok in feburary and a host of other financial misfortunes for the rest of the year. A lot of people I've noticed are taking his warnings seriously as they do with mumbo jumbo

The 3 filter ones that have seperate plastic housings are quite expensive too maintain.

Generally (depending on brand)

Filter 1 clean every month, change every year

Filter 2 change every 3 months (some brands clean and replace after year)

Filter 3 change every year

Comes out at around 2500 baht a year in filter cost

Alternative is box like thing (conway brand) that has three filters out of view where you change the filters every year for about 800 baht

They also have thier very own starbucks and bumrungrad medical clinic

Petrols also going up 40 satang at midnight tonight

If anyone is interested

Diesel fuel will rise by 60 satang at midnight today.

Expected to rise by 4 baht in total (probably 60 satang to 1 baht increments) as the govt subsidy is withdrawn.

Not sure when it will finally be at it's +4 baht but I suspect soonish with increases every week.