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Yes, great! Start service early... then within ten years, you'll have it running from 5:00am till 2:00am and use the three other hours for maintenance service!

Next up... why not add extra cars to trains during peak hours.... do ya think that will improve service?!!! Dooooooooooooh!!!!

There is no need to add extra cars to the trains hours, it is a matter of speeding up the time interval between trains. The trains are all controlled by computer, the driver is only there to check the doors opening and closing. 5 extra 4 car units are being introduced this month (February) due to the extension to the Silom line, and the Thaksin station will be removed. After that the situation will improve at peak hours. BTS will run the trains for longer hours according to demand and profitability. The London Underground runs from around 5.20 until 00.20 so what is the problem Dooooooooh!!!!! Full information on the BTS and all the new and proposed skytrain, light rail and underground lines can be found here:

http://bts.listedcompany.com/misc/PRESN/20140213-BTS-managementPresentation.pdf

I wonder why they're removing the Thaksin station? Purely a coincidence no doubt...

You'll find Nonthaburi very boring and ugly compared to Phuket. It's Bangkok without any of the attractions that make Bangkok great. Now if you were moving to lower Sukhumvit, that would be a different proposition...

Seriously, who comes to live in Thailand to watch TV, especially the TV from your home country? You come to Thailand to get away from all that, to escape the culture that obviously doesn't suit you if you choose to be an expat. Some people need to get out more...

Out of curiosity I looked up the prices of a few items both in Thailand and in the UK, expecting the Thai price to be significantly higher because of import taxes. I had two surprises: (1) every single item I looked up was available in both countries, (2) for many items Thailand was actually cheaper.

UK prices (in parentheses) converted to THB at an exchange rate of 54:

Klippan pouffe 2290 (2700 )

Stenklover quilt cover + pillowcases 990 (810)

Skanka set of pans 1590 (2430)

Bumerang clothes hangers 169 (297)

Slitbar bread knife 850 (1188)

Dombas wardrobe 3490 (4320)

Hemnes bedframe 1190 (8910)

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Stenklover, Skanka and Slitbar... I'm pretty sure all of those are bars on the 3rd floor of Nana Plaza.

150,000 baht... That's 4,286 short-trip taxi fares at the minimum of 35 baht per fare, or one fare every single day for 11 years and 9 months. (Puts away calculator.) He's going to have to pick up a lot of extra fares to make up for the loss of this potential "windfall", but perhaps the good karma gained will make it all worthwhile! By the way, does anyone know if they are EVER going to increase the minimum fare from 35 baht? That is ridiculously cheap considering it sometimes seems you can travel about 1 mile before it goes up to 37 baht! I think 50 baht would be very reasonable and would give taxi drivers a better income.

Don't buy property in Thailand, only ever rent it. You'll be glad you did in the long term. You have the flexibility of being able to leave at any time and go elsewhere in the country, or leave the country if the relationship with your Thai partner ends, as is often the case, plus to be honest property is not a strong investment in Thailand. The property market here is structured such that rental rates are often quite low and in some cases you could rent a house/apartment for 15-30 years for less money than it would cost you to buy it. Renting is definitely the way to go!

Why use ATMs anyway? Just take your bank card and passport to any major bank and you don't even have to go inside the bank, just go to the money exchange window on the street, takes about 1 minute, the teller inserts your card in a machine and charges it for any amount you want (up to whatever is available in your account) and you sign a paper, depending on the card type you may or may not have to enter your PIN, then they hand you the cash. No fee whatsoever and no limit on the withdrawal amount. I have taken out up to 100,000 baht on several occasions.

Completely different, at least in terms of perception by the locals.

If you shop in IKEA in Thailand people assume that you're wealthy, whereas in the West it is considered more an "entry" market in terms of obtaining furnitures...

Items on offer and shop layout is mostly identical.

Well hey, SIZZLER is considered an upmarket restaurant for wealthy people by Thais... You have to see some of them dress up in their Sunday best to go and eat there!

Next time, they might get idea of dropping a dozen fully loaded automatic weapons and hand grenades instead of yaba and phones to yabber on, and then they might actually be able to break out!!!

I need to go to Panthip and 2 banks in Silom and Rama 4....

What's the situation coming from Morchit with the 77 bus to Silom , past the Victory monument !!! and around Lumpini park !!! to Silom road and then to Rama 4 road a bit east of the boxing stadium ? Do the busses ride on Rama 4 past Lumpini ?

Is everything normal in Panthip plaza ?

Why on earth would you want come all the way from Mo Chit on a BUS? There's a BTS station in Mo Chit that will get you to Silom 5 times faster than a bus.

To the OP Chalongian: Bangkok is a LOT safer than Chalong. The crime level in Phuket in general is way higher, as it is in Pattaya.

Criteria can be found here: http://english.redcross.or.th/node/49

Blood Donor Criteria

1. Donors must weigh more than 45 kilograms and be in good health.

2. Donors must be between the ages of 17-70 years. Those who are 17 years of age and wish to donate, must have permission from parents. A first time donor must be less than 55 years old.

2.1 Criteria for donors more than 60-70 years old

2.1.1 Criteria for donors more than 60-65 years old

1) Donors have been consistently giving blood until the age of 60.

2) Donors may donate blood not more than 3 times a year (every 4 months)

3) Donors must have their Complete Blood Count (CBC) checked every time before donating blood.

4) Donors must have their Serum Ferritin (SF), Blood Chemistry (BC) checked once every year.

5) Doctors or nurses have considered and recorded abnormal SF, Hb,

Hematocrit and other abnormal results from olaboratories.

If the blood test results and blood pressure are normal, then the donation of blood is permitted.

2.1.2 Criteria for donors more than 65-70 years old

1) Donors have been consistently giving blood from ages 60-65 years old.

2) Donors may not donate blood more than two times a year (every 6 months).

3) Donors must have their CBC checked every time before donating blood

4) Donors must have their BC, SF, and EKG checked once every year.

5) Donors must have a medical certificate written by a doctor giving them permission to donate blood.

3. Donors must get plenty of sleep the night before donating blood.

4. Donors may not have diarrhea or symptoms of a fever 7 days before donating.

5. Women donors may not be pregnant, or breastfeeding at the time of donation. Women may not donate if they have delivered, or have had an abortion within the last six months

6. Donors may not donate if they have experienced a drastic loss of weight, without knowing the cause, within the last 3 months.

7. Donors taking aspirin, or other pain medicines must have stopped taking medicine 3 days prior to donating. Donors taking antibiotics need to have stopped taking antibiotics 7 days prior to donating.

8. Donors may not have asthma, chronic skin conditions, tuberculosis or other allergies.

9. Donors may not have high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, liver disease, kidney disease, thyroid condition, cancer, etc.

10. Donors who have had tooth extraction, filling, scaling, or root canal treatment must allow 3 days to pass prior to donating.

11. Donors that have undergone any major surgery must wait 6 months before donating. Donors that have undergone any minor surgery must wait 1 month before donating.

12. Donors and their marriage/ sexual partners may not practice risky sexual behavior.

13. Donors may not have any record of drug addiction-if a having served term, donors must wait at least 3 years before donating, and be in good health.

14. Donors that have ear piercings, body tattoos, erasing of body tattoos or received acupuncture, must wait more than 1 year after their procedure to donate.

15. Donors who have a record of receiving treatment with a blood transfusion must wait more than 1 year to donate blood.

16. Donors that have a record of malaria, or had been infected, must have no symptoms or be cured for at least 3 years before donating blood. Donors who have been to places that have known malaria outbreaks must not allow one year to pass before being able to donate blood.

17. Donors must not have received any vaccinations 14 days or serum 1 year prior to donating.

18. Donors must have eaten prior to donating. Refrain from eating food containing high amounts of protein, for example: steamed rice with chicken, rice with stewed pork, fried dishes, sweet dishes, and dishes made with coconut.

So in other words, according to these criteria, NEVER eat coconut before donating blood, but it's no problem if you have HIV...

I can point you in the direction of some ladies who are very well used and blow just like a trumpet, should cost you 1,000 or less. However, the ones I'm thinking of are not in Silom. Would soi 4 at Nana be too far out of the way for you?

No.

Hey, you can't really call it "shooting raw footage" unless you get shot in the foot and then return immediately with a raw wound. I wonder if it hurt much, because his surname means "pain in the night" in German?

You're not allowed to run a business on Ebay selling out of Thailand unless you have a work permit, and no Thai company is going to give you a work permit for that, so selling on Ebay from Thailand is work reserved for Thais only. Your business is illegal and I suggest you shut it down before you get caught.

What has this question got to do with the Thailand Travel Forum?

Farang him no good!

Just saw this list from large US news network of vacations spots with go or do not go recommendations.

Mexico, Brazil and St. Petersburg Russia made the "to go" list.

Only Thailand and Egypt made the don't go list. I think I would feel much safer in Thailand than either Mexico or Brazil at the present time.

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http://www.today.com/travel/go-or-not-go-countries-enjoy-or-avoid-year-2D12005122

Having said that, I'm pretty sure Thailand is safer than St. Petersburg too! Oddly enough (or perhaps not oddly, not sure if others would agree with me) even in these protest times I feel that Bangkok is a much safer city to live in than Pattaya or Patong Beach. Both of the latter have a very large low-life thug element, whereas the parts of Bangkok I hang out in are full of well-groomed middle-class Thais who couldn't be more non-threatening. Pattaya and Patong are both massive black holes that are attractors of riffraff both foreign and domestic. Bangkok, EVEN NOW, seems one of the safest cities I have ever lived in. The only two I can think of that seem even safer (to the point of being too boring) are Hong Kong and Singapore. Who agrees?

Who told you that H&M is "decent quality"? True, it's very cheap indeed, but it's worthless rubbish. Better to buy true quality items that about cost 3 times more to buy, but will look more stylish, with better materials and workmanship, and as a result will often more than 3 times longer, making them "cheaper" than H&M but with a bigger initial investment.

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