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by Homer
Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:26 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: Living on 1000 baht per day
Replies: 122
Views: 13230

Re: Living on 1000 baht per day

Try asking about relative costs of living on a Thai expat forum with a larger reach than this one. The OP was asking about costs of living in Hua Hin ... is there a Hua Hin expat forum with a larger reach than this one? :roll: :mrgreen: This is exactly the place to ask such questions. :thumb: The O...
by Homer
Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:57 am
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: Living on 1000 baht per day
Replies: 122
Views: 13230

Re: Living on 1000 baht per day

One could tack on 5 % to live in HH rather than say..... Kanchantaburi....correct..? Don't know about specific towns except Pattaya. Several guys have said their cost of living went up 30% when they moved to HH from there. The British Pound - Thai exchange rate has taken a beating in the last 5 yea...
by Homer
Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:33 pm
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Global Warming 2
Replies: 1125
Views: 65235

Re: Global Warming 2

Basic greenhouse gas theory was first experimentally demonstrated by John Tyndall in 1860 so the fact that more greenhouse gas will increase the earths temperature shouldn't really come as a surprise to anyone. Except to those who know that there is no way a simple physics model that explains lab d...
by Homer
Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:21 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: 20cm x 20cm ziplock plastic bags for airport security
Replies: 8
Views: 1293

Re: 20cm x 20cm ziplock plastic bags for airport security

Found the quart sized ziplocks at Tesco Lotus. Must have been out of stock when I checked before.
by Homer
Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:20 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Zoos to be checked after tiger skins and carcasses found
Replies: 7
Views: 721

Re: Zoos to be checked after tiger skins and carcasses found

If the Chinese, after all these centuries, still have realized that Rhino horn, tiger meat and bone, and so on, doesn't help one to get a bigger dongle, they'll never puzzle it out. Wouldn't surprise me if the consumers knew it didn't work but used their purchases of rhino horn and the like to show...
by Homer
Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:17 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: Living on 1000 baht per day
Replies: 122
Views: 13230

Re: Living on 1000 baht per day

You could, but why? 30k baht would go a lot farther in a less expensive town. Is something about HH that appealing?
by Homer
Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:13 pm
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: Windows 8
Replies: 108
Views: 8325

Re: Windows 8

Even Ubuntu has a UI that is tablet oriented. Either the decision makers behind win 8 and Ubuntu (and others) have bet the farm type data that says that tablets will replace PCs for the bulk of the OS market or a few years from now we'll find out how easy it is to remove the tablet oriented UI. I ex...
by Homer
Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:56 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: 20cm x 20cm ziplock plastic bags for airport security
Replies: 8
Views: 1293

20cm x 20cm ziplock plastic bags for airport security

Found plastic bags at Tesco, Villa Market and the grocery store at the back of the old mall. Some had ziplocs, none had the right size. Anybody know who else sells these? Or if BKK airport security gives a damn? When I went through security for flight from Singapore to BKK I forgot to take the bag o...
by Homer
Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:44 am
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: Entry refusal based on appearance
Replies: 38
Views: 3053

Re: Entry refusal based on appearance

"An alien with such characteristics will be prohibited from entering the kingdom." Seen at Pedang Besar, the border stop on the southern rail line. IdentifyHippy-b.jpg Everything I’ve read or heard about how to request a visa comes down to ‘Be respectable’. Last year I went to the Thai emb...
by Homer
Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:34 am
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: how much salary
Replies: 17
Views: 1873

Re: how much salary

Dr Mike wrote:Dont you hate it when its late at night, you are lonely and you can't find your RR mask
Gotta love a funny Doctor. :thumb:

At least when you can't find your Barbara Bush mask, there is a substitute:
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by Homer
Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:15 pm
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: how much salary
Replies: 17
Views: 1873

Re: how much salary

NatureSavior wrote:Paying a woman to be your wife or girlfriend is about as pathetic as jerking off in the mirror with a Ronald Reagan mask on your face...
"I don't pay them for sex. I pay them to leave." - Charlie Sheen

In the future please don't share the details of your wanking habits.
by Homer
Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:28 pm
Forum: Entertainment Zone
Topic: Favourite Movie
Replies: 25
Views: 1092

Re: Favourite Movie

One Hundred and One Dalmatians, 1961. Cruella De Vil scared me. Saw it at the Mesa Theater in Costa Mesa, California, which was torn down in '97. Ugly structure, nobody missed it. Favorite film. Gee ... I'd have trouble making a top 10 list. The Godfather is the first one come to mind. Why? Everythi...
by Homer
Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:33 pm
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: MIMS the word
Replies: 3
Views: 459

Re: MIMS the word

Haven't tried South East Pharmacy because I still have a several month supply. Thanks for your offer, but a friend is going in a couple days and will check for me.
by Homer
Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:57 pm
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Global Warming 2
Replies: 1125
Views: 65235

Re: Global Warming 2

Due to the fact that mankind is not changing where it obtains it's energy, there is a correlation between population growth and fossil fuel consumption. Population also correlates with habitation density and surface areas of all of the following: human habitation, land under cultivation, paved land...
by Homer
Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:44 pm
Forum: Flights, Airlines & Airports
Topic: heathrow horror
Replies: 36
Views: 1827

Re: heathrow horror

I've read people who advocate responding to any unreasonable question from their country's border security by first reading the text of what are permitting questions, making a statement about the inappropriateness of the question and asking to see a supervisor. Others respond that one would be an F'...