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by shakin' boxcar joe
Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:25 pm
Forum: Property & Real Estate
Topic: Utlity costs
Replies: 15
Views: 2003

Me and my wife, living full time in a 130sq.m. 2 bed condo unit with air con, washing machine, hot water showers, tv, refridgerator, microwave and hotplates pay about 800 to 1000 a month for electricity and about 100b a month for water. The aircons are hardly used, its breezy most of the time, the f...
by shakin' boxcar joe
Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:29 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: that damn road to hua hin
Replies: 11
Views: 1192

Considering that they are upgrading nearly 100kms of road from 4 lanes to eight lanes, I think they are doing a pretty good job and doing it quickly too. There is minimal road closures and the only real bottlenecks are where they are constructing bridges. If this was in the UK it would involve year ...
by shakin' boxcar joe
Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:30 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: Western Kitchen fitter
Replies: 15
Views: 5103

Stay away from cabinet, very expensive and they subcontract the work out to boneheads . Our 3 month job took 9 months, most of the work had to be redone by them (in some cases twice)before we would pay. Phone calls ignored, no communication between the sales staff and the workers, no supervision of ...
by shakin' boxcar joe
Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:12 am
Forum: Speaking Thai
Topic: I want to learn Thai, need a good teacher
Replies: 13
Views: 2577

fundamentals of the thai language is now out of print , however it can be downloaded free from http://www.thai-info2004.com/the_language_thailand.htm scroll down the page a bit and you will see the download link. i speak and read thai to an intermediate level and would also like to know a place wher...
by shakin' boxcar joe
Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:44 am
Forum: Property & Real Estate
Topic: Scrutiny of land purchases by companies with foreign investo
Replies: 13
Views: 2301

I hope you are right johnnyk,but I think articles relating to this should be posted so that those whose company setups were arranged less than perfectly are well aware that there are ongoing rumblings and murmurings from the authorities about it.
by shakin' boxcar joe
Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:14 pm
Forum: Property & Real Estate
Topic: Scrutiny of land purchases by companies with foreign investo
Replies: 13
Views: 2301

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by shakin' boxcar joe
Sun Nov 26, 2006 3:29 pm
Forum: Property & Real Estate
Topic: Scrutiny of land purchases by companies with foreign investo
Replies: 13
Views: 2301

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by shakin' boxcar joe
Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:09 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: Taxi to Bangkok
Replies: 32
Views: 3214

dusit resort run a minibus /minivan every day to the dusit thani hotel in bangkok ..... 600b
by shakin' boxcar joe
Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:27 pm
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: Air Quality?
Replies: 7
Views: 1428

It has been very hazy for the past couple of weeks , visibility down to a couple of kilometres some days , it's not industrial pollution and its not brownish like smog , I would guess that its coming up from the crop burning they do in Indonesia.

Normally the air quality here is very good.
by shakin' boxcar joe
Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:11 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Disneyland Thailand in Hua Hin?
Replies: 214
Views: 25751

10,000 rai in Hua Hin for the first Thailand Disneyland," Look on the bright side, at least there will be 10,000 rai less of ugly, half finished, overpriced ,shoddy ,tropical paradise bali fusion bollocks euro ghettoes to have to put up with. Shoot away folks , But you know i'm right. :guns: :D
by shakin' boxcar joe
Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:11 am
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Gruesome newspaper pictures
Replies: 17
Views: 2179

Thanks , and yes it was a slow connection , its one of those daft automatic responses to hit the key a few times as if that will improve the connection.
by shakin' boxcar joe
Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:07 am
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Gruesome newspaper pictures
Replies: 17
Views: 2179

Multiple posts !

Dont know what happened there .
by shakin' boxcar joe
Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:02 am
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Gruesome newspaper pictures
Replies: 17
Views: 2179

Although those pictures have never bothered me from the blood and guts point of view, they have always seemed like a gross invasion of a persons privacy. The Thai newsbroadcasts on TV are worse , cameras follow victims and relatives into hospital emergency rooms after accidents and crimes and film r...
by shakin' boxcar joe
Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:41 am
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOSPITAL .... HAS IT STOPPED?
Replies: 11
Views: 965

i thought it was being built with private funds.
by shakin' boxcar joe
Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:51 am
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOSPITAL .... HAS IT STOPPED?
Replies: 11
Views: 965

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOSPITAL .... HAS IT STOPPED?

The cranes have been still for a while , and there seems to be little activity on the site at the moment , at least on the phetkasem side of the site.

Does anybody know if the the project been halted , or run out of funds?