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I have found quite a weird video on LoiKratong here:

If you ever find a retired or non-retired lift engineer, would you mind putting me in contact with him, too?

Kind of interesting reading on the subject. http://en.wikipedia....bratory_gunfire

Nice link. Thanks for sharing.

Most interesting:

The mortality rate among those struck by falling bullets is about 32%, compared with about 2% to 6% normally associated with gunshot wounds. The higher mortality is related to the higher incidence of head wounds from falling bullets.

I guess this issue is sorted.

the laws of physics make her story impossible, unless her roof is made of tissue paper.

BillR, I doubt that you calculated the bullet's kinetic energy, neither do we know anything about the roof's materials and structure, so my suggestion is to be careful to mention the laws of physics in this context. You might be interested to read this:

http://www.straightd...n-it-comes-down

or

http://blogs.chron.c...azardous_a.html

Or on mythbusters there is another episode on this, here is a very brief conclusion:

Adam brought out plan B: a balloon attached to an instrumented platform that could drop bullets remotely. The platform had a wireless video camera that fed an image of the platform, including the altitude gauge, down to Adam.

The bullets were dropped in a bundle from a height of 400 ft. The .03-06 made a 2" hole. The 9mm made a 2" hole as well, matching up perfectly with the actual 9mm bullet firing.

For the first time ever, they deemed this one busted, plausible, and confirmed. All of their tests, from the pig's head to the 9mm firing to the balloon, showed that a bullet fired perfectly straight up into the air is not lethal. However, it is also very difficult to shoot perfectly straight up into the air and, with the cases cited by Dr. Mohler, they have confirmed that people have died from bullets falling from the sky.

I believe the story. It seems the roof helped to speed down the bullet leading to a non-lethal impact.

I'm thinking, oh my God, I'm in Laos, with a dog killer and there's already one dead puppy here and if I don't keep my cool, there may be another dead puppy here soon. So, I give the woman an answer and about a 40 baht, got my grilled dog and went back to my room. Score: Laos - 1, Puppy's - 0.

That has got to be one of the weirdest experiences of my life.

I have heard these kind of stories happening in Laos before but never believed them. Must have been awful. I always enjoyed eating out in Laos but will check twice now.

To the Sausage King,

Hey, this forum has a private messages service. Or did you want others to know, too?

Thanks to the person who gave me directions to his factory. Spot on.!! I found it no problem.

So, where is it? A hotlink on googlemaps would be nice.

THANKS AGAIN TO THE SAUSAGE KING

Yeah, he got the message... nevertheless, this many thanks always look a bit fake, even if they aren't. It might even look like cheesy web 2.0- advertising, I don´t know if you wanted him to look this way.

Come back after 20 years when the red taxis and tuktuks of Chiang Mai have been shredded, where there are car-free zones, bicycle lanes, cleared sidewalks, black spaghetti moved underground and Tapae Gate got a fontain with seats around. Only then Europe will be way cheaper.

:D can´t agree more. But where should one stay meanwhile?

e) The lady taking the order can speak English, slim looking and quite young, look around mid or late 20s.

You have a crush on her? Let us know if you ever found her again.

I liked it.

Quite annoying though that some old angry farangs were rushing up and down parallel to the procession instead of staying in one place and enjoying the parade. Some of them were in company of (maybe former) bar girls. As they couldn't agree whether it was more important to drop a kratong or to follow the procession, they dumped the offerings next to the McDonald's trashcan.

In the US, it's cheaper to keep 'em than to execute.

It's not all bad news from the US.

That doesn't mean much hoss.The helments are fiberglass.NFL football helments are better and the players get concushions from them on A regular basis.They are just A false sense of security.They'll help in A small fender bender.But ya have A fairly major accident your history no matter what kind of brain bucket you happen to be wearing.Experience on the subject over 45 years.

Yep, in 45 years wearing football helmets in all occasions I have made the same experience. While the other other helmets let bullets, debris and bumpers penetrate my brains, them good old football helmets never let me down.

I was under the impression the electrons in wires don't actually travel all the way.

More like a tube filled with ball bearings, push one in at one end, and a similar one pops out the other end ...........

That's a nice idea.

Nevertheless, electricity travels in a normal copper line at 96% of speed of light, in a coaxial cable still at 66%. I guess that's what nikster was referring to. Nevertheless, I would think that they are using fiber optic cables now and the speed of the transmission should be the nearest to speed of light. see http://www.tycotelec...=320&type=Press if you are interested.

This is what I got now on speed to Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I have a 6 Mb/s line with TOT:

EDIT: Nikster, while I don't doubt that BBB is cheating, your calculation is revealing. Any idea how BBB can possibly cheat on speedtest.net?

Any suggestions

Can't be that hard to order a pair of sneakers on amazon.

Rant over? Off topic and nothing to do with anything. Obviously the lift didn't make it to the top floor......

I prefer using the stairs or if available: an elevator. It's safer and healthier this way and I don't get overwhelmed counting

No rant. Just having fun. Will go and get my IDP tomorrow and report back. Promised.

Firesily, of course, it was a typo. No need to get nervous about it.

In plain old everyday English, the second level of a building is called first floor by Brits,....

Actually, the older English is spoken in the USA but probably "plain and everyday" in both countries, the US as well as in the UK. The Brits speak "British English" and maybe 82% of the US-Americans speak "American English" as a first language.

.... and second floor by Americans (and Thais). The distinction was made to make it clear for all of us which floor to had to in that building.

Not a very distinguished trait of rasseru to mention an non-existing language, the "American language". After all, it doesn't make it easier for "all of us", whoever you included in your imagination. He could have used a more appropriate term if he wanted to make something clear for the ones of us who need this clarification: "for us US-Americans" or "in American English terms"

And did you want to show how well you are using your brains when writing "which floor to had to in that building"? After heading home write ten times: "I had better gone to elementary school."

FYI, most Americans will not agree with your explanation as in many American countries the second level of a building is called "primera planta", in others "segunda planta". It is the second floor only for US-Americans.

No need to suspect a conspiracy.

You are the only one with this impression.

(second floor for users of the American language) ....

Not really OT:

I wasn't aware "American language" existed but - yeah - Spanish is well on its way. Now, let me set the record straight: although we are a minority and English isn't even the national language in no American nation, there are also some of us folks speaking English in America: 215 million people claim English as their native language in America which has about 900 Million inhabitans. That is a staggering 24% of the Americans who speak native English! My conclusion: there is no American language yet, although you Spanish speaker outnumber us by far on the American continent.

Or am I completely confused now and you refer to "American language" as one of the many native languages of America, such as Quechang, Dakota, Zuni, etc.? Na.... that can't be: we have cut down on that long time ago and would be a bit hard to find someone speaking Quechang in a government office in Thailand.

Un cordial saludo, amigo!

Thanks for some good info in this thread. I will contact Dr. Siri to get a second opinion...

I did see the lady derm at Ram and not impressed in how she handles things. based on my experience and now others in this thread, all she seems to do is schedule the plastic surgeon to remove anything that is presented to her. Seems to be a racket to me!

Fully agree.

Also, I wasn't very impressed to pay 900 BHT for the 2 minutes of attention I received and the appointment to get it surgically removed.

Also, not impressive at all to give me a hard time to get the 100 BHT change for the bill of 1000 I gave.

IMHO, racism has to do with genetics and ethnicity. The Thai nation comprises successfully far too many ethnicities to be racist.

Now, it could be some form of nationalism or profiteering. I used to get angry about that, but it is normal here to try to get out of their customer the max they could get. One "trick" is to tell a farang he is not Thai, and there is little to discuss or negotiate. So it is popular. When a Thai buys a phone, they will try something else. If you can't negotiate this fee and don't like the attitude of a shop keeper, do it like the Thais: excuse yourself, walk away and buy your stuff somewhere else.

I don't get upset anymore when I have to pay more to get into a National Park. I have many privileges here yet I don't pay taxes here. I can even ride a bike not wearing a helmet and pay only 200 BHT to a friendly policeman when I get caught. What a luxury! I wish they would treat me this kindly in Europe. Very often I feel treated better than the Thai and they give me more attention than to their Thai customers, which makes me feel ashamed.

Now, just recently I have seen a sign on the Central-store in Kad Suan Kaew: VAT return for tourists + 5% discount! How could a Thai think about that?

If you don't learn this lesson, you will be an angry old man one day.

Do you think I will get a well-priced Elephant there?

Regarding the directions, it seems I might be able to help you. Enter this into maps.google.com: 14.872792,103.495409

or grab a taxi to

Surin Provincial Stadium, Nok Mueang, Mueang Surin, Surin 32000, Thailand

I saw Philips electric groomers (for styling the beard, sideburns, etc.) at Carrefour. I am quite certain that right next to them were shavers as well.

Update: Went to Carrefour today. Have seen 3 different models of average Philips shavers but no trimmers. When asked, they said they wouldn't have that.

And the problem with that is.........

... that is doesn't make young girls as attractive as they need to be to eventually find a rich man:

I found airberlin o.k.

Return ticket starting from 28400 Baht and in business for 70000 Baht. They offer nonstop flights from/to Berlin, Munich and Dusseldorf which have an excellent connection to other European cities.

KLM should be the same, their business class being a bit more expensive.

There is absolutely none better in Chiang Mai than Dr. Siri Chiewchanvit. He is a Professor at CMU and is considered one of the best Doctors in Thailand.

Hi clinic is at 199 Thannon Moon Muang - very close to Pratu Taphae and Sompet Market. He also has clinics at Sripat and Chiang Mai Ram. He speaks perfect fluent English.

Agree. You can also see him on Thursdays at 2 pm in the Siripat Hospital or any other day after 5 pm in his clinic. Having been treated by the Lady dermatologist at RAM and by Dr. Siri, I give clear preference to the last.