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- Sun Nov 16, 2014 10:56 am
- Forum: On The Road
- Topic: Side trip to Vietnam questions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1935
Re: Side trip to Vietnam questions
Yeap bsida correct. The train journey from Hanoi up to to the hill country almost as slow and uncomfortable (bed sleeper) as Thailand > Not much done on their rail system for many years me thinks. My train tickets bought on the day but I guess they were ordered in advance by tour company. Even thoug...
- Sun Nov 16, 2014 10:47 am
- Forum: Health Issues
- Topic: If you have a heart problem, always check medication
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1824
Re: If you have a heart problem, always check medication
Yes - il caveat emptor. I wandered into a clinic in Phetkasem rd and was given what i thought was an equivalent replacement for my high blood pressure pills which I found out a year later were diuretics and were not all that suitable for my condition. I suppose they did not kill me so that's a relie...
- Thu Oct 16, 2014 6:56 am
- Forum: On The Road
- Topic: Photo trip report: A month in Myanmar
- Replies: 72
- Views: 9492
Re: Photo trip report: A month in Myanmar
Any more pics of lacquerware Buksi?
- Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:59 am
- Forum: On The Road
- Topic: Photo trip report: A month in Myanmar
- Replies: 72
- Views: 9492
Re: Photo trip report: A month in Myanmar
Great pics and a nice travelogue. My last trip was 40 years ago and I loved Pagan and the people were great.
Personally would love to see the Buddhist site in Rakhine state before the Rohingas destroy the "heathen" images.
Personally would love to see the Buddhist site in Rakhine state before the Rohingas destroy the "heathen" images.
- Mon Oct 13, 2014 12:33 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Bonus for traffic cops who reject bribes
- Replies: 11
- Views: 934
Re: Bonus for traffic cops who reject bribes
Who is going to bank roll the 10 k for each attempted and convicted briber to the god fearing MIB who arrests them?
- Sat Sep 20, 2014 7:08 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Thai PM: "Women in bikinis aren't safe, unless they're ugly"
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2760
Re: Thai PM: "Women in bikinis aren't safe, unless they're u
Yes they do Mr P according to my wife. They refer to them as being impolite and as for the current defacto PM - he is probably correct ha, ha. Haven't you heard the expression wouldn't go near them with a 40 foot pole (sorry to offended poles).
- Sun Aug 03, 2014 6:37 am
- Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
- Topic: Hua Hin Immigration clampdown on ID and 24hr reporting
- Replies: 160
- Views: 11862
Re: Hua Hin Immigration clampdown on ID and 24hr reporting
The days are numbered for lots if you believe this!
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/featur ... 20783.html
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/featur ... 20783.html
- Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:56 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Dutch Drug Suspect Nabbed
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1021
Re: Dutch Drug Suspect Nabbed
Selling drugs in Holland - now that would be a first!
- Fri Jul 11, 2014 11:36 am
- Forum: Science & Nature
- Topic: Global Warming 2
- Replies: 1125
- Views: 64308
Re: Global Warming 2
Bloody climate change!!!! Earth's magnetic field, which protects the planet from huge blasts of deadly solar radiation, has been weakening over the past six months, according to data collected by a European Space Agency (ESA) satellite array called Swarm. The biggest weak spots in the magnetic field...
- Fri Jul 04, 2014 11:06 am
- Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
- Topic: Cafe staffer washed shoe in sink
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1374
Re: Cafe staffer washed shoe in sink
Yes if you read between the lines it is yet another franchise, probably being squeezed to the limit financially and in premises without proper amenities!
- Fri Jul 04, 2014 11:02 am
- Forum: Science & Nature
- Topic: Global Warming 2
- Replies: 1125
- Views: 64308
Re: Global Warming 2
The Chinese do produce huge numbers of PV cells albeit not the most efficient. Maybe that's why they are looking are expanding their territories recently as there is not enough space to put all the cells out and align them correctly.
- Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:13 am
- Forum: Science & Nature
- Topic: Global Warming 2
- Replies: 1125
- Views: 64308
Re: Global Warming 2
Latest out of the US. Louisiana state Rep. Lenar Whitney (R) is accusing liberals, such as former Vice President Al Gore, of advancing "the greatest deception in the history of mankind" -- man-made climate change -- in a scheme to empower the executive branch and increase taxes. “A specter...
- Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:46 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Thai lady murdered in Hin Lek Fai
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7679
Re: Thai lady murdered in Hin Lek Fai
Nowadays in Oz some courtroom sketches are pixellated as are the arrested suspects. The age of PC is well and truly on us and who gives a damn about the victims??
No doubt in the future police will be looking for "someone"
No doubt in the future police will be looking for "someone"
- Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:39 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: 50 Ladyboys Detained in Pattaya
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1179
Re: 50 Ladyboys Detained in Pattaya
Isn't Madagascar the home of the DoDo?
Must have been the lemurs that gave them away.
Must have been the lemurs that gave them away.
- Fri May 30, 2014 8:49 am
- Forum: Science & Nature
- Topic: Experts' anger over 'invisible' rabies death toll.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 781
Re: Experts' anger over 'invisible' rabies death toll.
And you are worried about rabies!!!! Species on Earth are going extinct at least 1,000 times faster than they would be without human influence, new research finds. But there's still time to save the world from this biodiversity disaster. Between 100 and 1,000 species per million go extinct every yea...