easyas

This is so obvious a fit up even the Burmese military chief [no humanitarian] felt he had to intervene !

I'm setting up a small personal kitchen and I'm looking for quality equipment for it from manufacturers such as Le Creuset, Kitchenaid and Cuisinart.

Does anyone have any advice to offer as to where to find these items here in Thailand ?

You must be from the Confederacy !

I believe Collard Greens are the same as Kale.

As far as I know, Kale is called Collard Greens only in the Southern States of the USA - it's Kale everywhere else.

Let me know if I've got that wrong !

Where in Thailand can one buy either of these two, or one as the case may be ?

Suspected Appendicitus

Is it still possible to pay a 300 baht or so fee to the Hua Hin Hospital for early examination?

Disgraceful fit up !!!!

Hmmm.....I'm looking for a place a bit more upmarket serving superb food.

That should narrow it down a bit....a great view is always a plus too.

You seem a totally confused individual - first of all, you say you have no interest in a restaurant serving either of the world's finest cuisines. Then your signature includes a favourable reference to a sauce, a staple of one of those two unfavoured cuisines !!!

"A great view" - does that mean you are narrowing the choice to a lunchtime dining experience ?

Aussies had it good for a while but back where it should be good news about the US dollar and i am real happy since I get me monies in dollars

If you are American how else would you "get yer monies"? Canadian dollars, Australian dollars, New Zealand dollars, Singapore dollars, . Enjoy your good luck, pray it lasts.

I'm English

Forget HCMC IMHO !!!

Hanoi great - but also try to get to Hoi An if you can. Short flight to Danang, 30 minutes taxi to Hoi An.

Try buying petrol / diesel in Australia or better still in the UK !!

Stop grumbling !!!

Unbelievable !

Totally unbelievable !

I just don't believe it !!!

S... me Sherlock fancy, by screwing down hard on teachers doing boarder runs you run short of English teachers. Up side the ones here might now be in greater demand and Demand = more money Happy happy oh happy days.

How about learning how to spell - "boarder"!

I have just renewed mine using this method. I am Aust and  all l needed was to sign a Statuary Declaration at the Australian Embassy, stating my income. I did not need to show any proof.However, a Stat Dec is a legal and binding document. It cost me 590 Bt. Whether the same applies for UK residents,you would need to check.

I just sent you a PM asking about Stat Dec wording
 

Putin has stated that the country over which any such incident occurs is responsible for the incident itself.

Really? That makes Scotland responsible for Lockerbie!

Bill Clinton. He likes to travel and he'll have a good excuse to leave Hillary in the White House. Plus, he don't need the graft.

I thought both he and Hillary woz broke after he left the White House!

I'm of the opinion that Sepp Blatter is too old for another 5 year spell in charge of FIFA money.

My choice of a replacement based on his previous record of money making activities is Harry Rednapp, whose appetite for a bung is unrivalled.

I would imagine that countries like Australia and the US who had much more in common with South Africa in the treatment of blacks and indigenous peoples would know more about Mandela. Thailand never had any minority to discriminate against or any Europeans to be saved from.

Tell that to the hill tribe tribe people who are considered as nothing at all by Thailand. They don't have a vote, no medical. no education and aren't even citizens even tho they have lived longer in Thailand than the Thai-Chinese Rulers. Please someone slap him with a cold dead fish.

You need to research when the hill tribe people came to Thailand and and when the indigenous people came to Australia and when the American Indians came to America. With America there is also the slavery issue. Blacks did not come to America of their own free will. Hill tribe people are migratory folk that started coming to Thailand and Burma a couple of hundred of years ago.

I realize your point is to demonize Thailand but it is a very complicated issue. There is not a common language or culture and the Hill Tribe people came of their own volition. It is not the same as South Africa. Also it is worth saying that the Hill tribe people are not black.

They came because they were being terrorised in their own country, Burma. Do you know they were helped to settle by our King ? Do you know anything about Aung San Suu Kyi? Do you know that she became engaged in the country’s nationwide democracy uprising? The military regime responded to the uprising with brute force, killing up to 5,000 demonstrators on 8th August 1988. Facing increasing domestic and international pressure, the dictatorship was forced to call a general election, held in 1990. The National League for Democracy (NLD) won a staggering 82% of the seats in Parliament. The dictatorship never recognised the results of the election, and refused to hand over power.

Sounds just a little like Thailand?

What about the Muslims in Thailand's South?

If not all of these people are jet black, so what?

As far as South Africa is concerned, there is no one common language or culture in South Africa either.

In fact there are 11 official languages:

Marxist liberals cheering the downfall of their own race. Really sad to see.

This guy was nobody to respect. Just another black racist, a Mugabe who resented white economic success. Glad to see him go.

What are you then, a White supremist, a KKK member? Your post is disgusting! Give me a here and now and I will be glad to see you go!

While I totally agree 99% of Thais appear to have no knowledge of or interest in anything outside their country (and inside for that matter), my GF doesn't even know what Malaysia is, let alone where it is, is that so very different from most citizens of the Good Ol' US of A? Why else is it always "Paris, France" (Yes, I do know about Paris, Texas - hardly in the same league!) or "Rome, Italy"?

Walk - good for the sole!

techboy - not to mention passengers getting and off!

Ridiculous speed claim - 225 km in an hour with 3 stops before Hua Hin.

Totally impossible!

In the same time that it took you to enter your post you could have accessed the following information on the internet:

"High-speed trains travel at around 275 km/h on average. The fastest conventional high-speed trains are French TGVs. The current TGV speed record is 574.8 kilometres per hour (357.2 mph). Maglev trains are faster, but there are very few in service, mostly as test facilities. The world speed record was set by one at 581 kilometres per hour (361 mph)."

techboy - thanks for your insult! You obviously don't understand the effect on theoretical averages of stopping (you have to brake!) and starting (you have to accelerate!) 3 times over on a relatively short journey.

Ridiculous speed claim - 225 km in an hour with 3 stops before Hua Hin.

Totally impossible!

In the same time that it took you to enter your post you could have accessed the following information on the internet:

"High-speed trains travel at around 275 km/h on average. The fastest conventional high-speed trains are French TGVs. The current TGV speed record is 574.8 kilometres per hour (357.2 mph). Maglev trains are faster, but there are very few in service, mostly as test facilities. The world speed record was set by one at 581 kilometres per hour (361 mph)."

techboy - thanks for your insult! You obviously don't understand the effect on theoretical averages of stopping (you have to brake!) and starting (you have to accelerate!) 3 times over on a relatively short journey.