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    havent a clue mate,never seen one before,surely someones wife gf on td must know? your right though very unusual, like an alien egg or something

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    Kinda looks like a swollen Pineapple. Is it Eaten? (OK, stupid question) what's it look like inside?

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    Quote Originally Posted by friscofrankie
    Is it Eaten?
    I don't think so.
    I asked the question "Can you eat it ?" and the answer was "no"
    but that might have meant "no, I don't know"

    Funny that you should mention Pineapples because we do get some strange red wild pineapples here. I found this one just up the road from our place.


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    Showed my wife and she had never seen one before Tetters...sure you're not taking the piss here?..

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    I am not taking the piss and my wife has never seen one before.
    I really doubt that the organisers would have allowed someone to exhibit a fake fruit/vegetable so that only leaves the answer that it is some obscure plant.

    As FF said it looks nothing like a coconut and doesn't even appear to come from a tree. I am just trying to find out what it is.
    If it turns out to be a fake/joke plant then I will be looking pretty silly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by melvbot
    Good pics but Im still waiting on the gratuitous "fit bird doing something" shot.
    This one with the large baps is as close as we've got so far.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Thetyim View Post
    Today was the annual village fair so I went down to try out my new camera.

    I haven't been to a fair for ages and some of the events seen to have changed a bit.
    First up we had the Rice Planting Race.
    I'm sure we never had that at the Surrey County Show.



    Easy rules really just plant rice until you reach the end of the course.
    First to finish wins



    are they the farmers? I don't think so... never seen anyone planting forward!




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    farang planting rice? mmm?

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    When the race started they all went backwards except the boys in red.
    Later they all changed to going forward when the boys streaked ahead.

    My guess would be that farmers go backwards in order to plant nice straight rows but forward is quicker

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    Quote Originally Posted by sunsetter View Post
    farang planting rice? mmm?
    yeah... was fun, but f**king hot!

    never tried it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thetyim View Post
    When the race started they all went backwards except the boys in red.
    Later they all changed to going forward when the boys streaked ahead.

    My guess would be that farmers go backwards in order to plant nice straight rows but forward is quicker

    if doing only 2 rows for racing.. yeah go forward is quicker, but if it's more than 5 rows i believe that do it backward is better
    and the reasons why the farmers plant the rice backward are;

    a: they don't want to stamp on the rice
    b: to go backward helps to make the mud softer
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    Quote Originally Posted by notanameleft View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by sunsetter View Post
    farang planting rice? mmm?
    yeah... was fun, but f**king hot!

    never tried it?
    once or twice yes

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thetyim
    Have I stumbled onto something unusual ?
    Just a suggestion Thetyim could it be a type of pumpkin or gourd. I have not found anything like it yet with the unusual markings

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    nice thread! I really like the photos & the descriptions.

    I've heard some wonderful things about Phrae, so maybe after I visir Phayao, I'll stop by there for some country living!
    Last edited by bustak; 25-07-2008 at 09:18 PM. Reason: fixed typo

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    I really liked the small night market in the city center of Phrae. The Plaa Tong Go stand (thai fried doughnuts) was probably the best I have ever eaten anywhere.

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    I just asked my son thetyim and he has no idea what that is.

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    After a long search I think I have found the answer.
    It's a Cycas Pectinata from the Cycadaceae family.
    No idea of the English name, discovered by a Scotsman in India and only grows in mountain jungles.
    Fully grown looks like this

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    Great pictures and a different view on life. Thanks!

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    Cheers Thets nice pics

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