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by big jimmy
Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:52 pm
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: Insurance again!
Replies: 10
Views: 1008

Paul Nears, who has just taken over Crawfords has an insurance business..we have just renewed...seems reasonable...
by big jimmy
Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:43 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: Pass the earplugs !
Replies: 23
Views: 1381

Re: Pass the earplugs !

Hi, I hope someone out there may be able to give me some advise.For the past month or so we have had a new bar right next to our house.They have live music every night and play till at least midnight.The music would be ok but the base is unbearable. There are a few of us living in this development ...
by big jimmy
Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:39 pm
Forum: Suggestions, Questions & Announcements
Topic: Renamed forum
Replies: 34
Views: 2734

Hobiecat..I am with you on this one...free speech is one of the freedoms we have and I agree that if there is a forum on Hua Hin..then it should be about Hua Hin....Yes..there is space to talk about other topics and that is all fair and well.....but when the forum gets posts by people talking about ...
by big jimmy
Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:12 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: Eighty million years without sex
Replies: 24
Views: 1230

Re: Eighty million years without sex

Last Updated: Friday, 12 October 2007, 08:13 GMT 09:13 UK Eighty million years without sex Asexual organisms are usually short-lived The mystery of how an animal has survived for 80 million years without sex has been solved by UK scientists. A Cambridge team says the creature owes its existence to ...
by big jimmy
Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:33 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: SUNLOUNGERS
Replies: 30
Views: 2666

Never heard so much dribble in my entire life .....better stay inside today...the Moon might fall on your head....with a bit of luck it will be a plastic moon with a crack in it and you will survive ...is life that hard for you that plastic chairs are a worry ?....or a concern.....you need a life o...
by big jimmy
Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:49 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: Tattoo Artist in Hua Hin
Replies: 10
Views: 2332

get a biro...do it yourself when you are pissed...when you sober up...you can wash it off.....no harm done......and no one judges you...
by big jimmy
Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:45 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: SUNLOUNGERS
Replies: 30
Views: 2666

Amazing but true. The normal pool side or restaurant molded plastic chairs at hotels or elsewhere. When you sit in them look down left and right at the plastic joint where the arm rests meet the two front legs and the seat itself. If you see a hairline crack, don't sit in them. I myself have been i...
by big jimmy
Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:37 pm
Forum: Entertainment Zone
Topic: What has happened to the surf 102.5 stream
Replies: 4
Views: 1698

Yes.....sad to say...you have to listen to music from Bangkok instead of the rock..country..hip hop...R and B music from the world capital of music that is Hua Hin.....what possibly could be next ?...Cathode ray tubes instead of HD ?...Duh?
by big jimmy
Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:30 pm
Forum: Feeding Time
Topic: Pasta Factory Review - very impressed
Replies: 19
Views: 1854

Also in my report I stated what I thought was good and what I thought could be improved. He certainly does not know me nor our friend who was with us. So does eveyone get a complimentary bottle of wine with their meal if the owner doesn't recognise the diner ?..methinks he had Dawn and you pegged....
by big jimmy
Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:08 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: Antique Furniture shop / market
Replies: 7
Views: 1285

Siam teak..up palu road after Elephant village before the highway....he can make what you want...some nice pieces..
by big jimmy
Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:07 pm
Forum: Accommodation
Topic: hotel on Petchkasem Rd. from 2005
Replies: 11
Views: 2113

Minitel...
by big jimmy
Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:19 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: Glasgow humour
Replies: 22
Views: 1398

A man was knocked down out side Parkead..it looked serious..he was wearing a Celtic top.....the first man on the scene realised he was dying....he said to the injured man "..I think we should call a priest "..the dying man looked up at him and said " for f##k sake...the last thing I n...
by big jimmy
Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:53 pm
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: retirement visa redux!
Replies: 15
Views: 1755

Went to Thai consulatein hong Kong last week..and this is what I was told... Copy of bank statement showing a deposit at the amount equal too and no less than 800,000 baht. An income certificate with a monthly salary no less than 65,000 baht.. Deposit account plus a monthly income of no less than 80...
by big jimmy
Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:44 pm
Forum: Property & Real Estate
Topic: Is it safe to buy "off Plan"
Replies: 30
Views: 3607

Unless you are going to buy a second hand house you have to buy off plan as the developer will not build a house unless he has a buyer...we bought off plan and are very satisfied with the outcome.
by big jimmy
Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:43 pm
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: Financial Advisor
Replies: 29
Views: 2750

Parahandy......its not Friends Provident that we don't trust..its your advisors..you did not deal directly with Friends Provident..you went thru a third party..therefore there is scope to defraud..we are not here to scaremonger..but to offer another view..I hope your investment is secure..but when y...