MESmith

Quite unexpected but very welcome.

It was forecast, & the rain radar was showing it on its way. Unfortunately only a very light sprinkling San Kamphaeng way. But at least the winds are doing their job......

Wind, thunder and rain out towards Hang Dong now. Rather dark towards the south. Maybe getting close to time to unpin the Smog topic.

Don't be too hasty. But I do wish it could be the case.

According to Norman W. Walker and Ann Wigmore - famous juicers - the pesticides are retained in the pulp. I have no idea if this is true, but that is what they were promoting along with juice therapy to cure diseases. All I know is that I do not like pulp in my vegetable juice as it tastes much better without it.

Probably from systematic pesticides, no doubt abused by farmers here, not following the instructions correctly

get a good look of what a place looks like before travelling there.

I guess we'll be getting a drop off in tourists

Thanks for the update. I'm surprised how much of the valley is covered. Even out where I live in rural San Kamphaeng, out in the rice fields.

The firefly map is back up & running. Lot's of fires in north Thailand in "last 24 hrs"

Also northern Laos seems to on fire, as well as northeast Burma.

Destruction of mangrove forests wont have helped.

Also, CM's finest out in force today, several road blocks set up to catch "law breaking" motorists, shame such manpower can't be more useful and more sensibly deployed such as catching/stopping burners for example.

You been "inhaling"?

May be they could drop the "fire" & increase the "wind" to save the "earth"

I thought they already had all this data measured. eg http://www.hydro-1.com/index.php?id=61&rivercode=0607

They normally only update this website hourly during times of flood.

Once again it's the proprtion of fires seen locally versus the intensity of the pollution/smoke, right now in Muang it's about as bad as it gets, that's just three hours after you went for your bike ride in near perfect conditions, can you explain all of that using local burning as the only factor.

For a start I didn't say "near perfect conditions" this morning. I said it was hazy, but the hills on the eastern side of the valley were still visible.

The fact that CM is located in a valley, &, according to local reports, the hills around us are on fire, is enough to convince me that local burning is a factor, probably the main factor.

I don't want to beat the "imported smoke" drum too loudly but, the firemap doesn't show very much burning inside northern Thailand. Two days ago when the volume of external fires was substantial I was told they didn't corelate to the low pollution numbers in this region, they do now!

I thought it was pretty clear today. Could see Doi suthep & the east side of the valley.

Not according to reports from Nikster and Mcgriffith in post 651 yesterday evening, whilst there are the odd fires around that can be seen they surely don't account for a reading of 180. Once again, the fire map show the vast majority of activity as being over the border in Myanmar.

Well it was clear yesterday all day over on the east side of the valley. And I could see Doi Suthep. Afternoon spent watering the garden, no mask, no sore eyes. Nice breeze. Today it was hazy early in the morning, but eastern hills still visible. We went cycling around the lakes east of San Kamphaeng. By the time we'd finished, around 9 am, visibility was decreasing rapidly.

I thought Nikster was on the beach? McGriffith's report was of smoke off Doi Suthep.

T-Dog is reporting many fires just to the northwest.

Sounds local to me. Either way, we need some more wind & rain.

I don't want to beat the "imported smoke" drum too loudly but, the firemap doesn't show very much burning inside northern Thailand. Two days ago when the volume of external fires was substantial I was told they didn't corelate to the low pollution numbers in this region, they do now!

I thought it was pretty clear today. Could see Doi suthep & the east side of the valley.

I think I'll arrange to have every album released by The Fall played before they can shut the &*#@ up ;-) Aural torture for anyone but the faithful

I really wish the Nation would get a native English proof reader, a native of Austria is not an Australian

preserverence ? They don't even use a spell checker

How much does a meths pill weigh? 100mg? So how much do 2.5 million weigh? 250kg? Plus 50kg of "ice" . Seems a lot for 3 people to be checking in with. Or my sums are wrong, or the report is wrong.....

Seen a few new Rangers on the road in the last few days...........

Is there any choice in colour ? all the ones I have seen have been Blue.

The Udon dealership had Aurora Blue ones mostly last month but have seen other colours on the streets or on transporters. I have seen red ones (both varieties), the gold one and the Pattaya dealership had a Gunmetal Blue on the stand.

The Aurora Blue seems popular in Chiang Mai, or maybe I keep seeing the same one ;-) When I ordered my Gunmetal Blue last month they had most colours on the forecourt awaiting collection.

Part-time 4WD not for use on paved roads - causes axle wind up, or something like that.

by the way, this is the unit i ordered http://www.ebay.co.u...ME:L:OC:US:3160

Output voltage: pulsating max. 1000 V / 0.5 joule

that should deter a person safely, see pic

Let us know how it feels when you test it

Three rehearsals of the April 9 funeral service for HRH Princess Bejaratana have been scheduled for this month.

Will alcohol be banned during the rehearsals???

It's a long time since I've had 3 dry days in a row. Probably need to rehearse ;-)

If they ban alcohol for 3 days in mourning for someone very few people have ever heard of (including Thais by the way) how long will the period last when someone even more important passes away?

Patrick

Probably a good time to take a trip home for a few weeks.......

And remember that what govts classify as illegal drugs change over time. 100 yrs ago or so, many drugs illegal today were legal. Similarly, alcohol was once illegal in US. Myself, I'm only partial to loads of legal beer, occasionally with a couple of tabs of ibuprofen the following morning. Perfectly legal ;-) Tobacco? Should be illegal in my book. Lock 'em all up & throw away the key!! That might sound stupid now, but in 20 yrs time.......

What's our prize for that honor????

Ask me in 20 yrs, if I'm still alive.....

I use XP. Wont change until my computer fai

i tested those for 9-12k baht at tesco and they are pretty good. Regular AC's on wheels. Settings from 30c to 16c. 9000btu/12000btu

will buy one next month

I saw them yesterday, the initial reaction was "great". But surely, in order to cool, heat must be generated? So, as you're cooling the room, you're heating the room at the same time? Regular a/c, the heat is generated outside. I would like to buy one of these portables, but I'm unsure how effective they really are.