McTavish

Your experience is quite wrong. 80 to 90% of all fires in Chiang Mai province are NOT agricultural. They are primarily grass and scrub (forest) fires. Following 6 months of DRY HOT weather it's only natural that fires will occur, naturally, accidentally and on purpose by hill tribes who later harvest mushrooms. Anyone from Australia knows only too well how a fire can get out of control real fast under such conditions. This annual phenomena is not new and exacerbated by terrain, wind (or lack thereof), and fires in adjoining provinces as well as Burma and Laos.

Best I've found and will return again and again - Suvarnabhumi Ville Airport Hotel They have several shuttles for pick up and return available 24hrs. Rooms are spacious and clean plus 24hr restaurant and adjacent mini-mart. Inexpensive too!

Is there a way to shade the outside of the wall - trees, awning or lattice? I installed a 4m x 2.4m UV 95% blockout awning outside a wall (10cm off) and it has made a huge difference. Even a cheapie market/shop-style roll down awning will do.

Which part of 'unlicensed' did you not understand?

YaBa, meth, or something similar?

The Government's gotta do something about this heat ... 😎 Fix this and PM2.5 goes away too People die every day due to many causes, pneumonia, heatstroke, cancer or the #57 bus - it's not altogether avoidable, almost normal, although what does Covid has to do with heat? Vitamin D from sun exposure is a preventative, no?

It's '24 production and I decant into 1L glass bottles for storage in a cool/dark pantry. Never had a problem.

The main reason for supply shortages is Middle East troubles and shipping delays. Airfreight is expensive and not warranted for many 'luxury' food imports although some gets through to Bangkok specialty importers and retailers. The North gets little or nothing. 😞 Olive oil is in short supply anyway due to the past year of drought and disease in Euro growing regions. Prices have sky-rocketed for this 'liquid gold' and I stocked up with 5L bottles of Extra Virgin @ 2600Bt at Makro Hang Dong recently. Shortages will continue. Euro cheese imports are very slow, NZ Mainland and Anchor product in stock at Makro and Rimping PLUS you can buy JARTISAN specialty cheeses at GoWholesale or Rimping. Note: HoReCa cheese sold at Makro is garbage IMHO, buy Anchor large blocks of cheddar for most cooking purposes in preference.

Dont encourage trolls with a response old m8, ok na.

Tim Newton is a professional journalist who can write in-depth editorial without bias which unfortunately is not what social media companies want. The problem is, all us old fogies on these boards want real news not AI generated trash.

Spot on!

Water is best, no need for electrolyte drinks IMO unless you've been exercising or working extremely hard and sweating profusely.

12 weeks or less is about right for Thailand, depending on brew type, transportation and storage. Safe limit is 6 weeks for a hoppy brew, borderline for bottled Archa, Asahi or Bud.

Funny story about VB, which I never touched, 'orrible stuff. A friend bought 6 cartons of VB cans in Cairns to take on a boat trip. The stuff was well and truly off, tainted, obviously stored in a hot warehouse. Arriving back in Cairns he was unable to return for refund and rather than dump it he gave away, one case at a time, to Aborigine vagrants living in the waterfront parkland. He had to literally drop it at their feet and run as others would come chase him, expecting more.

Look up the meaning of sarcasm.