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- Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:57 am
- Forum: Sports Fans
- Topic: Origins of Football?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 482
Re: Origins of Football?
Another form of the game, also originating from the Far East, was the Japanese Kemari, which began some 500-600 years later and is still played today. This is a sport lacking the competitive element of Tsu' Chu with no struggle for possession involved. Standing in a circle, the players had to pass t...
- Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:55 am
- Forum: Sports Fans
- Topic: Origins of Football?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 482
Re: Origins of Football?
The very earliest form of the game for which there is scientific evidence was an exercise from a military manual dating back to the second and third centuries BC in China. This Han Dynasty forebear of football was called Tsu' Chu and it consisted of kicking a leather ball filled with feathers and ha...
ROFL :)
An Englishman, a Scotsman, an Irishman, a Welshman, a Turk, an Aussie, a Yank, an Egyptian, a Jap, a Mexican, a Spaniard, a Greek, a Russian, an Frenchman, a German, an Italian, a Pole, a Lithuanian, a Swede, a Finn, an Israeli, a Romanian, a Bulgarian, a Korean, a Czech, and an Afghan walk into a p...
- Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:20 pm
- Forum: The Beach Bar
- Topic: Postal Delivery in Hua Hin
- Replies: 79
- Views: 24004
Post Office EMS
I moved house on Monday so sent myself an EMS letter on Wednesday from the counter in Market Village it arrived today ... all sounds good? Well it would have been if I had realised there was no mail box outside the house :( No problem the guy cunningly left a card on the floor in the road outside T....
- Thu Aug 18, 2011 6:27 pm
- Forum: Health Issues
- Topic: The new Bangkok Hospital in Hua Hin
- Replies: 485
- Views: 54148
Re: The new Bangkok Hospital in Hua Hin
LOL They used to put "other hospital expenses" in the BPH. I jokingly asked one cashier if that was to pay for the new extension they were building at the time ... she/he said "yes" ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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- Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:46 pm
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: Visa 90 day report
- Replies: 73
- Views: 6050
Re: Visa 90 day report
Me tooski:)
- Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:42 pm
- Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
- Topic: Sunlight hours?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 690
Sunlight hours?
I just checked the forecast on here for the rest of the week and found this interesting fact :
Average Weather in Hua Hin for August
Sunlight 4 hours a day
Must remember to stay in bed longer![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Average Weather in Hua Hin for August
Sunlight 4 hours a day
Must remember to stay in bed longer
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- Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:09 pm
- Forum: Ask The Expats
- Topic: wheelchair rental
- Replies: 2
- Views: 520
Re: wheelchair rental
Two posts in six years ... best I have seen yet ![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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- Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:45 am
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: Foreign ATM card daily withdrawal limits
- Replies: 57
- Views: 5098
Re: Foreign ATM card daily withdrawal limits
"p42 80,000 baht at 46.6497 cost 4.50 = 1714 pounds x 3 = 5142 4.50 x 3 ==13.50 therefore transferring lloyds tsb is cheaper." Correct Malcolm two different routines Lindosfan ... transferring it direct from Lloyds would be 17.50 as it is over 5000 pounds And am I a type of plane now? P42 ...
- Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:54 pm
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: Foreign ATM card daily withdrawal limits
- Replies: 57
- Views: 5098
Re: Foreign ATM card daily withdrawal limits
Here you go! No commission SCB.HUAHIN MARKET TH 80000.00 XR 46.6497 13JUL11 CASH CHARGE 13JUL11 DEB 4.50 And from LLoyds website : Our transfer charges for sending an International Payment online are: For payments of less than £5,000, the charge is £10. For payments of £5,000 or more, the charge is ...
- Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:58 pm
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: Foreign ATM card daily withdrawal limits
- Replies: 57
- Views: 5098
Re: Foreign ATM card daily withdrawal limits
I know it is easier to set up transfer from Lloyds but I object to paying 10 quid when I can go into SCB in Market Village and it only costs 4 pound 50p ![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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- Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:15 pm
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: Foreign ATM card daily withdrawal limits
- Replies: 57
- Views: 5098
Re: Foreign ATM card daily withdrawal limits
One of my mates pointed out to me instead of going to the ATM weekly and incurring charges each time it is better to go to the bank once a month and hide the money under your mattress. I use SCB and draw 50/70k at a time , costs 4 pounds 50p using my LLoydsTSB Visa debit card
- Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:37 am
- Forum: Health Issues
- Topic: wheelchair taxis
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1980
Re: wheelchair taxis
I just googled them and they have a new website
"Day trip duration 4 hours 1-3 persons 3500 baht"
Think I will stick with my friendly baht bus![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
"Day trip duration 4 hours 1-3 persons 3500 baht"
Think I will stick with my friendly baht bus
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- Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:43 pm
- Forum: The Beach Bar
- Topic: Are the Russians coming to Hua Hin?
- Replies: 98
- Views: 12886
Re: Are the Russians coming to Hua Hin?
Bimbling along walking street in Pattaya on my crutches last year [Racist remarks removed in accordance with board T&Cs]
- Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:11 pm
- Forum: Ask The Expats
- Topic: DHL IN HUA HIN ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1530
Re: DHL IN HUA HIN ?
My parcel from DHL that was inadvertently sent to Phuket was sent back to Bangkok and I picked it up myself there at Don Muang on Tuesday (I was flying to Sakon) they informed me from Bangkok it would have come by EMS as they have no office in HH?