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I'm reading reports of gunfire last night on facebook. Anyone hear this? Chang Puak gate?

It was reported that the soldiers fired warning shots in the air to disperse the crowd.

Who reported this? Any links?

I'm reading reports of gunfire last night on facebook. Anyone hear this? Chang Puak gate?

The baht has been artificially inflated for years. Bring on the crash...

Been pretty stable the last 2 days +or- 20 satang against the pound sterling. So, unless all out civil war breaks out, don't expect any significant changes.

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If you want to make friends here it is just TOO easy.

Walk into any expat bar (non girlie) in Thailand, and people are usually friendly. Try that in pubs in UK for example.

Heck i've even made friends on TV

I didn't get any notice from my kids schools?

It was only decided last night. Our school in CM sent an email

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No school tomorrow affects bangkok only or here as well? Kids are having a pre-celebratory dance so deciding to put them to sleep or not.

Announcement said "nationwide", but just heard that CMIS is still planning to be open. Nothing official.

My son is a teacher at one of the CM international schools, he just called to check, his supervisor confirmed all schools primary / high school / govt/. / pvt / whatever are ordered closed 23 to 25 May inclusive.

Sounds inadvisable to challenge these orders.

Couldn't they have had the coup in the school holidays? Thai schools just gone back. Which army department is issuing refunds for school fees?

I use Amway organic dish cleaner for my veggies, it claims it rinses away all the chemicals used if soaking for a few minutes.

After reading an article that pretty much everyone in Thailand can put 'organic' on its products without much checks I am lost also about how to get healty and clean food so for now, amway seems to do the trick

The chemicals they spray on our crops go on the crops, into the soil and into the water. So i assume the chemicals get right into the roots and the whole vegetable or fruit. I don't know this is the case, but our whole earth on big farms is riddled with chemicals which of course washes into the whole water system, so even organic produce is probably tainted by nearby use of chemicals.

One can often tell what is organic by looking at it and then tasting it. Plus if you find the farmers and growers themselves (eg the two places i mentioned in the OP), then you can talk to them and know that way.

I've seen garbage (plastics) being burned on the banks of water tanks (small reservoirs) from which the water is pumped to irrigate crops. Also very common to see garbage being burned in dry irrigation canals that when full are used to irrigate fields. Loverly isn't it. NOT!!

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555? I lived here for many years and still can't figure out what they are fighting about. Both side is corrupt no matter who is in office? I guess if you are not getting your share it is certainly something to fight about.

I just want to know how soon will my $$$ be worth more so I can ship some more over? And can the Boy scout army really impose and enforce a thing like this?

Apparently the fight is between what tastes best: Shit sandwhich or Turdburger ...anyway, something like that. Take your side and argue it out.

Eanie meanie, mynie moe....

Well - this is going well the initial 5 replies removed as unhelpful.

Drat, I missed them

New office makes life easy... park outside door, walk in fill out form, hand over docs + 500Bt, out the door in under 10mins. Pick up letter 1pm tomorrow.

Would be so much better if you picked up the letter 10 minutes later rather than a day later. That's what it was like 4 or 5 years ago when I got my last one

I hope the dog doesn't eat anything illegal on the way to the airport. Be pretty hard to explain that away.

There's only so much heroin you can fit into a pomeranian.

Golden retriever a different story

Last coup in 06 bars stayed open 24 hours a day,no bib's. They ran like scared jack rabbits.

Traffic police had a checkpoint on hwy 11 northbound, south of Chiang Mai this morning. A regular occurance, so BiB still functioning normally.

One year Into the thread, Mr Fall guy, can you remember what what you needed the duct tape for?

You never said....

And it would be annoying if a better solution was available from the brains out here.

The original need was to repair the grass cuttings catcher bag on my aged lawn mower. More recently it's been used to hold the rusting lawn mower chassis together. And the most recent use was to "cure" a veruca on the sole of my foot.

And last week I bought a new lawn mower....

...

Now that's my kind of engineering - but can you get wd40 here? Someone(s) will tell me it's everywhere but I have yet to find it...

Yes you can. Got mine at Thai Watsadu, Amorn to name 2 places. Stationery shops & 7-11 probably don't.

Duct tape & WD40 sort out most of my practical problems

This is now rainy season so we will no longer need to post for each event.... let's put this thread to bed 'till next dry season.

It's raining, the frogs are singing, I'm happy

Stop your moaning

Saw a couple of decent sized petrol driven shredder/chippers here 18.811662,98.984982

SE corner of Chotona intersection with Superhighway. Next to last shop before the lights. Expect them to be pricey.

Global House had a smaller TUF brand electric model last time I went. Probably made in China.

Do I understand this correctly? They are building an observation tower at

Doi Suthep Temple (got it) ... where one can observe (?) exactly what? I'm guessing

the fine city of Chiang Mai is visible from the temple maybe 20 days a year

No, the observation tower is so people can "look down" upon a Buddhist temple.

I'm so outraged that a pimple has grown on the end of my nose.

Not sure but the strange thing is the other way with the same airlines LHR-BKK-CNX they could not check me or my luggage all the way through to CNX....a bit strange!

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You can, but you really have to push the clueless check in staff. Insist on the supervisor helping out.

I actually Drove up from Pattaya, Never again !!! My Tip would be to take the Bus or fly for what it is worth

"Take the bus"