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Bedsheets & linens - best place is located in Baan Tawai (Soi 15?).......they supply the 5 star hotels in CM and it's all good-best quality (and we looked everywhere) at a reasonable price (somewhere in my posts I locked down the location - PM me and I can give a pretty accurate description).....

We had to buy for 2 guest beds + our linens.........about a year and going strong......it's good enough that I wouldn't consider going anywhere else.....better in fact than most found in the US. They told us they have their own mill and thus control quality.......top notch stuff.....

We had originally bought some at Big C and it was only OK although we read the packaging & studiously checked everything......

I know an earlier thread was devoted to this with some people going to BKK to find/buy = not necessary.....

Blenders, etc - Big C - Tesco Lotus ------> Macro possibly worth the first look.....

OmanIalmostfeelsorryforthoseOmanis......1Omani isTooOmanistories?.......must have missed those......

No mention of wallets - passports missing.....

OmanIOmanIOmanIwishedIhad'tsaidthat......

???????? CHICAGO ?????????

You know - sometimes we're just one step away.....

I look at some of the stairways at landmarks/temples...some bars and wonder how someone unsteady ever makes it whether just a miss-step of alcohol assisted.

Went over the bridge at Ob Luang the other day - I'm 6'4" and there is NO way I could reach the hand rail - it was not a comfortable moment.....different from what happened to in the OP - but still one step away.....

My house has all teak furniture - I'd bet it's pretty unforgiving.....

Hmmmm

Let's start small and work up with recognized states and work up starting with the Vatican looking for places without corruption - nope don't see any.....so in my opinion trying to rid anywhere of corruption short of a nuclear blast is pretty unrealistic.....

Facebook?????? Maybe he should have thought of a little more subtle approach......well he got the attention - just not from who he wanted.....

There is an Irish Pub in CM....

Chiang Rai with the White & Black temples...The Queen Mothers Garden.

Pai is interesting for a couple of days with a drive or tour to the Long Necks, waterfalls,parks along the way. Hill tribe areas also...hot springs...elephant rides or feeding/photo op (20B for bananas)....waterfalls along the way up....

Doi Inthanon is a half day trip...highest peak in Thailand with beautiful gardens and shrines.

Ob Luang National Park has a nice gorge with hiking, petroglyfs from ancient man...along with caves and a geyser.....

River rafting in Hang Dong.....

Temples ala-carte all over.....

Of course the Saturday/Sunday/Night bazaar markets....

One guest recently took a 4 day course in Thai cooking from the CM Cookery School and loved every minute of it...can take 1-2-3-4-5 day up to you.....

Bo Sang - Baan Tawai for interesting shopping/strolling.....

I completey agree - the dress - attitude & demeanor have gone downhill greatly over the past 3 years in the CM office.

They should act respectful and dress presentably or go back home.

Some do look and act like they've just crawled away from a bar for the 1st time in weeks.....

I don't know why people have to be that way and treat other people in a grumpy way. Filled up in a filling station in Hang Dong about a week or so ago....I mostly have fun with the attendants because I'm tall and they like to stand next to me - all in good fun...we always share smiles when I fuel up there.

Some other Farang pulled in in a small pick up - got out - probably about my age but mismatched clothes, smallish wrinkled bitter looking guy with a neck chain with 3-4 amulets swinging around like fishing weights & starts barking at the attendants in a gruff way - so gruff that they all shied away - he wanted someone to wash his windshield and was most unpleasant in his approach and demeanor. About that time they were washing my windshield & that of the car behind me happily without being asked. This guy had such an onerous black cloud around him that he actually poisoned the whole immediate area - cutomers and attendants. They shied away.

I was tempted to go ask him if one of those amulets was for protecting @$$holes like himself - but decided that one farang looking bad did not justify another one joining into a possible confrontation.....fortunately I drove away and forgot about this clown but others are stuck with him throughout life - sadly.....

Anyone care to speculate what would have happened if the victim had reacted and hit the little shit ?

That's exactly what I was thinking....then it could have turned out 2-3-4-on one.....if not caught by surprise I believe I would have knocked the hand away.....but it might have provoked something else.....

Maybe the way it played out was best.....

Every time I think of getting a motorbike might be fun one of these pops up......thanks TV

I do (drive) have a nice strong SUV & will be content with that from now on.....

They got him......good job......with the M.O. there's no telling what else took place with knocked out people. Chances are it didn't stop at theft.....

If you had read the original story it seemed the 17 year old was ok with the sex but NOT ok about not being paid on time!!!! this was not a kid, he was over 15 years old and looks like he gave consent.

no, it is not okay. neither is it okay to go out and look on the street or in special establishment for underage prostitutes and pay them for service nor is it okay if you misuse your position of a teacher like authority figure to manipulate underage victims in this kind of situation. there is no consent.

My guess is that he/many were "groomed" for this type of "servoce"....You're 12-17 with no home and tha abbott/monk is your teacher....this abbott died too easily and the kid/boy/child is a pawn in an area he probably didn't know existed until he landed in the temple.....nothing about this is right......

And anyone that still believes in global warming hasn't studied the weather patterns for the last few 1000 years.....

Got any drugs little girl????? "Search me" she said.....

Roadblock groping????

I would hazard a guess that proportionately more Russians fall into the unkind guest catagory among the numbers represented with each nationality.....a lot of which come from a pretty rough crowd/background in their homeland.....

Thanks Guys,

Dont know what to do, because I realy dont want to pay another airfare just to bring her back personally.

Aaaarrrrrrr

Fly in and out of Clark - about 1/2 cost.....

Football takes many forms....some less coliding than others.....before you put your foot in the pool it's best to describe.....the kick ass or the kick ball.....both are fun.....

Someone probably said this but he better hope the family does not get to him first....Really no place for him to run - he better try an dissappear.....

what about falangs wearing them?

i think it looks good..

Cute little gal

I don't get some of you guys in here.

this man raped 5 women. these are non consensual acts in case you don't understand the concept of rape. the planning and artifice in his deception makes him worthy of very severe treatment by the courts if indeed he is guilty.

making light of this, joking, blaming the victim is reprehensible you foolish men...I hope that if you are ever the victim of such evil, your macho posturing and compassionless howls, your sterile shrill cries for help, go unnoticed.

Somehow I missed the 5 rape part - I retract ANY levity with regard to this topic/news item/thread...May he get every punishment he deserves.....

Maybe he wanted to break out his "crystal balls" to finish the seance......covering her 20 year old body with magical "wax".....

I worked in the wrong industry.....