springsteen

It's 50 baht (£1) if your backpacking walk

Shichon

Simple as that! It used to be fun in the early days 10 years ago - it was rare to see spiteful posts.

Now it seems that almost every post is 'destroyed' by complete nutters and extremists, or those with hateful, abusive posts.

One simple question - What is the easiest way to put a member on ignore? Is it a '1-click' procedure? I will feel happier to place all these members on ignore and not have their rubbish intrude into threads.

Simon

Do you feel the same about the other Thai forum where you sometimes frequent and sometimes troll and hate or just this one?

My daughter took this in our garden on Samui

Banana leaf from the garden Samui

Ha ha nice to know you have got a sense of humour after all and reading this forum for many years Carmine

I've just spent three weeks there LoL

The school only goes until 12 years of age thats why we have decided for ISS. Can you give us few advises on life on Samui for kids. Great thanks

my friend likes paydee in chaweng noi. Blue water i dont like expensive has allot of facitlies but the important thing is for kids to learn and learn how to deal with others. i want my child to be street smart as well as acidemically smart

sometime people have a high IQ in school but does not mean they are street smart. IQ can be measured in so many way pother than tests that are designed by physics teachers that are designed for people who think like them.

Having your street skill from a young age is just as important if not more than school. If i was in the UK noi matter how mucyh money i had my kids would always go to government schools.

Thailand different as all school u hgave to pay

Don't want to appear rude BigC, but some adults may perhaps have benefited more by regular attendance at school rather than preferring to become 'street smart' during childhood.

On topic, I have not heard bad reports about any of the schools previously mentioned.

Maybe an unannounced visit to each would be the best initial approach to get a gut feeling before digging deeper.

i am saying that it pays to be both street wise and educated. it is all part of the bigger picture. somethings in school u cannt earn in the real word but the more ready u r for this headaches and shit infront of you. the most it should help a youngster have a real prostect of what they wannt to be.

Kids need the learn the value of money to help them work towards there proffession. plus all the trickers and liers that stand in their path and how to deal with them with out disrecpeting them.

i now i have spet stuff wrong here but i like to type fast and get my poinnt accross quickerly.

to tell the truth i work with computers all day long with emails and stuff so it is nice for me when posting on here that i dont have to calculate every word i say. then re check everything with a spell checker. as long as people understand that is fine with me. as i save my spelling and grammer for mails that i am paid to write.

savey?

If you could spell in the first place you wouldn't need spell check, but your probably to street smart for that. Derrrrr

Why don't you just go back to England then?

Try this http://www.myhomekohsamui.com/ might give you a few ideas

Try The Office Bangrak it's run by a New Zealand guy Steve.

They are all rugby nuts that get in there and Steves a friendly guy too.

Absolutely!

The Office has the back area with a projector screen for rugby and they are serious about all the Aussie games - Steve is Australian.

The front part usually shows that other sport - wossisname . . . with the round ball? - while the back concentrates on the serious stuff.

I'm not sure about being open for live broadcasts (12 hours difference??) but I remember in the past that they've shown recordings of some things on the following day.

You'll need to check.

(And when you find out - let us know!)

R

I wouldn't call him Australian to his face if I were you, he's a big guy (but gentle).

Agree with you on that

Try The Office Bangrak it's run by a New Zealand guy Steve.

They are all rugby nuts that get in there and Steves a friendly guy too.

THE LOWDOWN.

I have spent the last month and about 5,000 baht trying every option known to man to check out ways to watch English TV on Samui.

Alternatives are (no UK channels):

1. UBC =2,000 plus a month. Another 6-12K baht for the hardware.

2. Samui Cable - 500 baht.

3.All sorts of hints and tips with "free" UK TV websites that i) spend 20 seconds every 30 seconds at a halt and buffering and ii) have an advert that covers the screen first and iii) end up with a matchbox-size image that stutters and stops and halts.

I have paid for a proxy server and aslso a 1Gbit VPN server so that I can watch Brit TV on BBC iPlayer and ITV iPlayer. Again, with the FLASH streaming video which all of these use, there is no way to stop buffering or to build up a reserve by pausing it.

I have now researched this and found that as soon as you pause a flash-streaming vid it starts all over again. You can't escape buffering. Even with a mega-fast broadband connection you are still subject to the speed of the server you are connected to.

I have gone into Windows and disabled hardware acceleration and shifted my swapfile to a different drive, modified the registry and installed a better graphics card and more RAM (really!)

I've listened patiently to guys here who have recommended sites that have tiny, stuttering images that they swear by, and have gone and tried each one of them. If you're happy watching a matchbox image (or a big fractured full-screen picture that has a picture quality worse than VHS ever was in the '80s) then you can stop reading now.

UKTV is the only option.

First, it doesn't ever buffer, even with a slow 2 Gb connection. It's a constant smooth flow. With a 6 Gb connection is actually loads-into buffer faster than the broadband connection receives it. (I have used meters and charts to check this.) There is no buffering. But - if your TOT connection goes to sleep for 15 mins - you already have 15 mins in buffer ready to watch. So no break in the picture, ever.

ALSO - pausing the program allows the buffer to accumulate - which no streaming online TV can do.

The quality is as good as standard UBC or Cable. (HD it is not.)

Additionally you get a full program guide onscreen for all the broadcasts across all the 18 channels - 5 days behind that's accessible and 3 days in front so you can see what's coming. A click on any program brings up a synopsis. you can record it also without the need to actually watch it. And double-click starts the broadcast. And there's also a search-box to find keywords or genre (sports, documentaries, drama etc.)

Yes, 90% of what is on UK land-based TV is crud - serials, soaps and antique movies. But there's F1 live, rugby, live, Rugby World Cup, league footy, internationals and EuroChamp matches, plus there's going to be the Olympics next year, too. There's BBC documentaries - like the tribute to Jimmy Saville or David Dimbleby's Frozen Planet series or Billy O'Connell's route 66. Top Gear and Jonathan Ross and Jools Holland. Sure, you can get most of these via the Torr**ts sites. But try to find "The history of Film: an Odyssey" (4 hours) or the already-mentioned J Saville tribute. No can do. As a rule if I now spot something I like the look of then I download it and save it via other means. The special programs, the unique one-offs, I screen-capture and save. (Perhaps the only nasty thing about it is that you cannot export saved programs to your hard drive. They remain "saved" for only as long as you continue your subscription, then they are deleted. Personally I find this mean and unpleasant and can see little reason for it. And anyway it's easy to get round this with screen-capture software, so they're doing themselves no favours at UKTV by being silly about this, especially when it's so easy to sidestep it. Peter in Pattaya please take note.)

It's going to be a little over 1,000 baht when it starts for real on the 1st December. Already 2 of my friends have cancelled their UBC subs in favour of this. Plus you can watch it in your house, on the balcony or in the bedroom, or anywhere else where there is a WiFi connection, even on the beach. Full-screen, no buffering or pauses, no breaks because it's raining, clean and crisp. It's expensive but it's the best and there really is no comparison outside of Cable or UBC (and then you're tied to your TV and when it rains it cuts). I haven't wanted "TV" in my house for 3 years now. My home cinema system is gathering dust. But this I can watch anywhere and even cable it to my 32" flatscreen.

So there it is. Chuck your UBC, buy a little laptop and use it with your LCD TV and take it to the beach if you fancy it. (Laptop, not big TV.)

I originally wasn't going to lay-out 1,000 a month for it - too much money. But now I am. It could really do with a few extra channels and some more sport. But what the heck. You pay your money and you get what you pay for, most of the time, anyway. In this case you really do.

And I have no connection with these guys at all. In fact I was strongly critical of them to begin with. But not now I've tried all the other alternatives.

This is excellent!

R

Agree with you all the way except this

David Dimbleby's Frozen Planet

I have just spoken to Julie. I am entirely happy with her explanation of events and am also aware of how desperately upset she is about injuries to people. I am sure everyone understands how lethal these roads are at any time of the day and would strongly advise anyone to call Julie to listen to the explanation i have been given. She is happy to show anyone the photos and insurance documents and i feel since she is open to speaking it would be far better to speak to her than continue posting on here,

Nothing else needs to be said other than to speak to her.

Photos of what??

Was there a lorry as was quoted by her in the news paper??

Is the explanation the same as the news paper??

Questions questions

I'm sure she is a busy lady so to save everyone phoning i give you the floor to reply ...................................

The Op just doesn't get it...

While I was perhaps sympathetic towards his opening post I am now quite disgusted by his opinions. He obviously represents the slimy of end of the scale. Unfortunately the OP is the brush with which many westerns get tarred in a small community.

MY thoughts exactly

Have you ever seen a farang with a Thai woman his own age?

YES

perhaps that's your problem.

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Bruce, please take a picture of them. If I wanted black bananas I could find plenty in my orchard back home. Like most men here, I came for the fresh fruit. My wife is 24yrs younger, but I still feel she is way too old. My buddies who are ten years older have girlfriends/wives much younger than mine and it bothers me. That's the wonderful thing about life, though, you can choose anyone you like. If you prefer an old beater more power to you. I'll take the sleek new model.

You still don't get it do you

Did it ever occur to you that it might turn some Thai fathers stomachs like it does mine and probably all the fathers in your home country to see their daughters trying to be chatted up by an old man. Do you have any morals. The more i read your posts i think you deserve what you get. I think you came here thinking you can do what the f***k you like, you want to start showing a bit of respect and you might get some back. I bet you believe your wife when she calls you handsome man.

Have you ever seen a farang with a Thai woman his own age?

YES

perhaps that's your problem.

Hi Springteen,

There are a number of plants I think you could use, perhaps you could say what kind of height you want..... (which would fit the situation!)

Cheers Jimmy

(Height) I am looking for no more than knee-high and something that might brighten up that part of the garden although beauty isn't important just something that can handle the conditions and remain healthy with a little care from me.thanks for taking the time and for the suggestions will look into these .

Springsteen

Hi could anyone suggest some nice plants that would grow in a well shady and damp area.

Its a patch of garden up the side of my house that has the overhang of the roof and opposite

a wall and trees blocking out the sun. It gets a lot of water with the run off from the roof but not

much chance to dry out. I would be grateful for any suggestions

Thanks in advance Springsteen

Shame! its a bloody disgrace.

Now i know that club is run by idiots.

If the remote works on the other unit then the IR sensor in that room that doesn't work is Kaput. You need to get the guy in to replace it. I have just had one done and 350 baht I think it was. If you are handy with a screwdriver etc then take off the cover and they are not that hard to access. Down to your local air shop and get a replacement but for what it costs to get the guy in it ain't worth it.

cheers and thanks for the quick reply.

i like to think i am pretty handy with a screw driver but like you said for what it costs

ill get the guys in. thanks again

Hi

i cant work the air condition unit with the remote control only manually i know the remote works because it

works on the other unit in the other room. I just wondered if there was something simple could be done

save calling the guys out. I wouldnt be bothered about working it manually my self for a while but its a customer

renting one of the bungalows. any help appreciated and thanks in advance springsteen.

Hi im springsteen (a Wolves fan) ive been enjoying reading Thai Visa for some time and found it very useful at times since

ive been living here and finally joined last month. Ive just noticed this page for the first time so hey hi everyone.