Mosha
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Post by Mosha on Jul 5, 2017 17:51:55 GMT 7
Article in BKK Post. Strong Baht is harming tinned tuna exports, must be harming more than that.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jul 5, 2017 21:33:04 GMT 7
^^^ thankfully I done eat Tuna, poor mans salmon. No tuna eaten upcountry, pla ra is the plat du jour.
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Post by Mosha on Jul 6, 2017 5:54:13 GMT 7
^^^ thankfully I done eat Tuna, poor mans salmon. No tuna eaten upcountry, pla ra is the plat du jour. Cancer food, kills 20,000 a year according to TV reports.
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Post by chiangmai on Jul 6, 2017 8:49:07 GMT 7
Pla ra, best avoided given the stats for liver cancer of late, liver flukes to blame.
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Post by Mosha on Jul 17, 2017 18:29:01 GMT 7
One source I saw on Google forecasting an interest rate rise in August.
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Post by chiangmai on Jul 17, 2017 18:36:39 GMT 7
I read today that Deutche Bank reckons the Thai central bank will CUT rates by a quarter per cent, that seems more probable to me since the economy needs stimulation plus the Baht is too strong. "The private sector might need a push to complete its turnaround. Deutsche Bank said the government may slash the policy rate by 0.25% in August or September, before inflation rebounds".
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jul 17, 2017 22:21:29 GMT 7
The economy is doing just fine, plenty of quality tourists inbound. Up my way, they cant build houses fast enough (Bkk).
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Post by smokie36 on Jul 18, 2017 11:31:07 GMT 7
The economy is doing just fine, plenty of quality tourists inbound. Up my way, they cant build houses fast enough (Bkk). I was going to build my 16 bedroom mansion with statues and a 50m swimming pool upcountry but I have two questions. 1. I will need a staff of at least 18 including farrier and western chef (as I don't eat foreign muck) will I be able to find staff up there as it seems they are all relocating to Bangkok? 2. Are there foxes for my hunt? Sold the country pile last week in disgust at May's backtracking....bloody awful place nowadays!
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Post by me on Jul 18, 2017 12:04:34 GMT 7
The economy is doing just fine, plenty of quality tourists inbound. Up my way, they cant build houses fast enough (Bkk). I was going to build my 16 bedroom mansion with statues and a 50m swimming pool upcountry but I have two questions. 1. I will need a staff of at least 18 including farrier and western chef (as I don't eat foreign muck) will I be able to find staff up there as it seems they are all relocating to Bangkok? 2. Are there foxes for my hunt? Sold the country pile last week in disgust at May's backtracking....bloody awful place nowadays! You going to replace the hunt horses with Hondas?
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Post by Soutpeel on Jul 18, 2017 13:19:42 GMT 7
The economy is doing just fine, plenty of quality tourists inbound. Up my way, they cant build houses fast enough (Bkk). I was going to build my 16 bedroom mansion with statues and a 50m swimming pool upcountry but I have two questions. 1. I will need a staff of at least 18 including farrier and western chef (as I don't eat foreign muck) will I be able to find staff up there as it seems they are all relocating to Bangkok? 2. Are there foxes for my hunt? Sold the country pile last week in disgust at May's backtracking....bloody awful place nowadays! How about a lake to go duck hunting on ? I will break the Purdeys out
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Post by smokie36 on Jul 18, 2017 13:20:29 GMT 7
I was going to build my 16 bedroom mansion with statues and a 50m swimming pool upcountry but I have two questions. 1. I will need a staff of at least 18 including farrier and western chef (as I don't eat foreign muck) will I be able to find staff up there as it seems they are all relocating to Bangkok? 2. Are there foxes for my hunt? Sold the country pile last week in disgust at May's backtracking....bloody awful place nowadays! You going to replace the hunt horses with Hondas? I thought we would use elephants. Wonder if I will need a new lighter pair of riding boots hmmph.
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Post by smokie36 on Jul 18, 2017 13:21:13 GMT 7
I was going to build my 16 bedroom mansion with statues and a 50m swimming pool upcountry but I have two questions. 1. I will need a staff of at least 18 including farrier and western chef (as I don't eat foreign muck) will I be able to find staff up there as it seems they are all relocating to Bangkok? 2. Are there foxes for my hunt? Sold the country pile last week in disgust at May's backtracking....bloody awful place nowadays! How about a lake to go duck hunting on ? I will break the Purdeys out I shall never stop hunting those <duck>ers!
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Post by me on Jul 18, 2017 13:24:47 GMT 7
You going to replace the hunt horses with Hondas? I thought we would use elephants. Wonder if I will need a new lighter pair of riding boots hmmph. Thought the pile of stone was a big enough white elephant
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jul 18, 2017 21:27:04 GMT 7
The economy is doing just fine, plenty of quality tourists inbound. Up my way, they cant build houses fast enough (Bkk). I was going to build my 16 bedroom mansion with statues and a 50m swimming pool upcountry but I have two questions. 1. I will need a staff of at least 18 including farrier and western chef (as I don't eat foreign muck) will I be able to find staff up there as it seems they are all relocating to Bangkok? 2. Are there foxes for my hunt? Sold the country pile last week in disgust at May's backtracking....bloody awful place nowadays! Ah yes the dilemma, the mrs had the peacocks removed from the front lawn so she could invite her hiso mates round for a game of croquet. The rear of the estate has seen all sorts, rubber trees, mushroom farms, crayfish farms and sugar cane, thankfully its only 30 rai so I didnt lose my ass.. I find Burmese staff to be the best, they were well trained by their Brit Masters, and they make a dammed fine pot of tea served everyday without fail at 3 pm on the Western Wing, they do take some training thought, Ii have warned them the next twat that effs up my salmon sannies by putting cucumber in them will be sacked on the spot. I was actually thinking about introducing a Burmese lottery and sacking one of the staff every month just for the hell of it, it will keep the other up to speed on the standards required, I would have hired Vietnamese or Lao, sadly these days my French skills arent what they used to be. Could be worse, could be up in the boonies. Toodle Pip old chap, the man servant has just informed my bottle of chilled Mt Gay will now be served on the balcony.
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Post by chiangmai on Jul 18, 2017 21:45:54 GMT 7
The economy is doing just fine, plenty of quality tourists inbound. Up my way, they cant build houses fast enough (Bkk). Oddly the same is true where I live (Mae Rim). Today I took a walk around the area where I live, mostly rice paddies with great views of the mountains and two or three soi's built out, all with one off houses. Was very surprised to see how many new places had been built since I last took that stroll, came across one Thai gent having his house built on the edge (for now) of the paddies, a very nice decently constructed place with a veranda running all the way around, 4 to 5 million all in he volunteered. Two more are Chinese families having homes built, that brings us up to ten Chinese families nearby currently, three to four kids each and all at Prem International school, pricey hence well heeled. The General who is the predominant landowner is a nice guy, he's got trucks tipping fill over ten more rai currently, no mass produced housing, each designed and built as required. I calculate in the past twelve months we've seen twenty new houses built and an equal number of new neighbors arrive and they're still building.
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