jamesbrock

Here is another item on sk menu Bangers & Mash in a lovely rich home made gravy and lovely mash finished with real Aussie butter,2 x 80g pork sausages in this ready to go sk meal,Only 129Baht

Now you're talking!

Again you move away from the question of pies. I never mentioned curries or their prices in comparison to yours In my original question, I asked about your pies and why you deem them better than others. I do not think your self promotion of having lived with an indian family qualifies you to be an expert on british pies. And yes I have tried your pies....once was enough. Size of 350 g is definitely not important, but quality certainly is!! But as you choose to mention or ask who is cheaper than your curries on the market...read my answer again.. I stated quite simply that there were better curries and Cheaper rice around. I never stated that there were CHEAPER curries. But maybe that needs to be looked at gramme for gramme and taste for taste sake.

Actually, he answered the question of the pies, by saying they're filled with "top quality meats and gravy with no msg". What more do you want?

The fact that he's still producing and selling pies, and running an obviously successful business which would be nowhere with bland or tasteless (or overpriced, for that matter) offerings, should tell you that a lot of people think they are better than others.

How do you possibly expect the man to answer why he feels his pies are better than others without any self-promotion? Methinks you have a bee in your bonnet for some inexplicable reason.

Hello All,

I'm Jack's friend who just bought the Nouvo SX.

I have been riding the 135 Elegance and the biggest difference I've seen so far is that

from a standing stop the Elegance has more acceleration. The SX accelerates very smoothly,

there is no 'kick' like you get with the Elegance when you quickly open the throttle.

Does the SX eventually catch up with the Elegance? We haven't found that out yet.

One funny thing is that when I came the parking area my engine suddenly shut down.

I thought that was strange. Then it happened again at another parking place.

My friend figured out that it was the kickstand switch which cuts off the engine when

you put down the kickstand. I had gotten used to putting down the kickstand right away

and then reaching for the key to shut off the engine.

I wish they had an English manual. There are three diagrams that look interesting but I don't

know what they're telling me. Does anyone have an idea?

i know what that first chart is

its how your bike will perform if its serviced properly at regular intervals

it shows the bike can be kept in good shape for a long time and permormance drops a bit

but then rises nearly to where it was when new when serviced

cant remember what the second one is though

The second graph is something to do with fuel economy... Can't work out exactly what they're getting at though.

All the power to you! I know I'd be staying put if I needed to use and trust "a guy" in order to save $3 each!

I top up my pre-paid balance only when I need to top up my data quota, and do so at a 7-Eleven or a Family Mart.

The prices are here: http://www.truemove-h.com/en//prepay/prepay-topping.aspx

One month after applying one of the packages using your purchased pre-paid balance, they will attempt to re-apply it. If you have enough remaining balance, the package will be re-applied; if you don't, the package will be cancelled, and any data you use will come off your remaining balance until that is depleted (which doesn't take long!).

I usually go for the 349B package, and only once have I used the whole 1GB within the month - that was when I was travelling and using the data on my laptop via the Personal Hotspot. I doubt that would be enough if you were to use it this way all the time.

Well, I contacted them again last night after the re-read of the other thread led me to post here the second time, and it turns out I was right about appearing to make a deal with someone else - that was the reason my quote was shelved. No problems really - as I said, I'd been too preoccupied of late to be sure when the move was going to take place...

Anyway, John (the owner) replied last night, and after providing a quote that was high (but not unexpectedly so), he offered to contact a haulage company that runs between Samui and Chiang Mai, to see if they could do it cheaper for me. In the end, though, he came up with a win/win scenario for the both of us that I am exceedingly happy and grateful for.

Interesting how Wiki give the population as 50,000 (2008) but cites no reference for that figure. When you go back to DOPA's figure for 2008, you get 30,841...

The population was around this 30,000 figure from 2004 to 2008, but, for some reason, dropped to 18,026 in 2009. Where did nearly 13,000 people go in one year??

When I wrote "the consultant activated it over the phone no questions asked", I meant she literally asked no questions; so I can't see it turning out to much differently.

I will add - to their defence - that I appeared to make a deal with another poster on that particular thread, which was not the case; and I have been too preoccupied and unsure of my plans to contact them again since then.

Not too sure to be honest. When they first came out, they weren't available on Samui for ages; I got mine in Bangkok.

You could try calling Microsoft and telling them you don't have your product code. I had to call them recently to activate Office 2010, and the consultant activated it over the phone no questions asked. Took all of 10 minutes. (It is a legitimate copy, which i was installing on a virtual machine, but it wouldn't activate as I had previously installed it on a PC. I had the plea that I wiped the PC and threw it out ready, but this didn't even come up.)

Jailbreaking means removing Apples locks from the device, so you may install un-sanctioned software, that is software not from the Apple app store. When the iphone first came out there was no app store and no apps, and independent hackers started to do their own thing- thats where this is coming from. These days there are some apps that do things Apple would never allow - for example make Skype and Facetime work over 3G, enable tethering even if your provider doesnt want it, and so on.

Once your iphone is jailbroken, you can install anything on it.

Unlocking is removing the SIM-lock from your phone. Not all iphones are SIM locked of course, and in order to do it your phone needs to be jailbroken as Apple obviously doesnt allow software that unlocks phones

Just need to qualify your last paragraph - in order to unlock your your phone independently of your carrier, it needs to be jailbroken. All Australian carriers will unlock for free upon a simple phone call; I unlocked my last iPhone while in Thailand by calling Telstra.

That doesn't sound too much if it includes the minivan from Chaweng to Nathon, but, if you can get it cheaper by going to Nathon, why not do that?

Their service must be good, and their prices so low, that they're obviously not short of work! I contacted them via email asking for a quote to move a small amount of stuff from Samui to CM on 24 March, and mentioned on another thread a week or so later how I'd never received a reply; the manager was also reading the thread and apologised, however I never did receive a quote. Glad your experience with them was better.

I've been using a TrueMove H micro-SIM in my iPhone since January (and a TrueMove H iSim before that), and it's been consistently reliable and fast since then. I am in Lamai, but can't recall having any service issues anywhere around the island.

Test against: Phnom Penh

Last Result:

Download Speed: 6555 kbps (819.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 2496 kbps (312.0 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 178 ms

26 April, 2012 15:09:58

Edit: Can't recall any teeth-gnashingly frustrating service issues since then; can't claim 100% uptime with any carrier.

50,000 per month can be very comfortable.

If you don't want kids.

And you prefer the convenience and low running costs of a scooter.

And you have a long-term relationship with a self-sufficient woman.

And don't feel the need to visit your home-country every year.

Easy.

as far as super-yachts go, she certainly is fugly too! That being said, you could throw some good parties on her!

Sorry, I should have used the sarcasm font.

As far as arguments go, this one is bordering on the ridiculous. You really, really believe that the engineers of three independent motorcycle manufacturers place that brace there for no other reason than to make it difficult to transport certain goods, and you're placing the burden of proof onto me to convince you otherwise... Really.

Rather than accept that the engineers of three independent motorcycle manufacturers place that brace there for a specific reason, you accuse me of .........?

I feel so much stupider for engaging you.

EDIT: Apart from "theory", can you really, really tell me one reason (maybe from your own experience), why the underbones are "better" or more "secure"?

<facepalm> Wait, wait; I'm on the phone to the chief design engineer for Yamaha - I'll get back to you with the answer...

@Vel_tins.. more rigid frame or not, I don't think people would care that much when looking at the price difference between a click and sx

Well, I personally would always prefer a step through "scooter" style bike like the Mio/Click/etc., because of the way better transportation facilities!

And, do you honestly think that that massive orange bar running from just under the seat to the steering assembly is "needless" and "cosmetic"?

see No.1 (millions of scooters doesn't need it, you do?)

BUT:

I would consider an "underbone-style" bike only, if:

1. I want to race and my average speed would be around >100 Km/h or more. Maybe (?) I could benefit from the stiffer frame.

2. I plan to mount a saleng (sidecar) to the bike. A scooter isn't build for these purposes.

3. I want to smuggle something....there is an lot of empty space under the "bone", as you can see on the picture .

4. ? Recommendations are welcome...

Otherwise, its a lot of waisted storage space and nothing else!

Well, there's always the possibility that ALL motorbike manufacturers spontaneously decided to put a stabilising bar on their larger-framed bikes for the sole purpose of making it difficult to transport certain goods, but Occam's Razor would suggest that the so-called "wasted storage space" is a necessary trade-off for the increased strength and rigidity called for by having the larger frame.

Frame comparison

"Scooter", engine mounted on the left swing-arm: Click/Scoopy/Mio/Fino, etc.

"underbone style", engine mounted on the left swing-arm: Yamaha Nuovo/Honda Airblade/Suzuki Hayate, etc

(just a scooter with a needless piece of steel between your feet ).

You see, it's just cosmetics, waisted space. (Why don't they put the tank inside?)

But useful, if you want to mount a sidecar - saleng.

The engine is on the same place, as the scooters engine.

Not much difference, except the 2nd shock.

"real underbone", engine mounted under the "bone", mostly manual or semi-automatics (except Honda Wave AT): Honda Wave/Suzuki Raider/Yamaha Spark, etc

Regardless of where the engine sits, they are still underbone-styled - i.e. they have an underbone frame; which puts them in a different class, or do you still not get it?

And, do you honestly think that that massive orange bar running from just under the seat to the steering assembly is "needless" and "cosmetic"?

Anyways, thanks for proving my point. Let's get back on topic to the new Nouvo; I can't wait to see some reviews and pics.

JB,

I'm wondering if your assessment of the new Click-i 125 eSP is of the real vehicle? I do not know about the frame's design, compared to the old, and it surely has the single spring. But it is not the same bike; it is bigger. Rear suspension is improved, I believe.

Yes, the real Click 125i. The frame might be bigger, the engine might be bigger, but is is still a scooter (even according to vel_tins' classification above)

The Corolla hatchback and the Mazda 3 have changed shape, size and engine capacity over the years, but they have always remained in the same class. Just because the Click is now 125, doesn't mean it's changed it chassis design. Just like the Nouvo was still in the same class as the Hayate and Airblade when it was 10cc's bigger.

Also, I make the point again (and it's been made by others) that the Airblade has only been a chipper, at best, 110cc, and could never outperform the Elegance, other things being equal, least of all in hauling freight, going uphill, or top speed. Don't even know that the 2011 model got better mileage. Good storage and comfy seat, however. Also, didn't it have those relatively thin 14" tyres, as does yet the Click yet?

I never said the Airblade was, or is, as good as the Hayate or Elegance, in fact I completely agree with Jack that the Elegance was the far superior machine, but being a large-framed, underbone-styled, step-through, it is certainly in the same class of motorcycle.

I don't get your point about the tyres, but the PCX (both old and new) comes with 14" tyres too; does that put it in the same class as the Click? A friend has a new Click 125i, and the tyres on it are 90's on the front and 100's on the rear (a far cry from the 70's & 80's that are standard on the Hayate); I'm not sure though, if they are the standard tyres.

I find myself back at the same topic wanting the same thing..s

Unfortunatly no street views for these three islands. I would love to see this happen!

I find myself at the same topic once again.

Same here.

It's just a matter of time.

Some news from home...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-25/thousands-mark-anzac-day-at-gallipoli/3971984

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-25/rain-fails-to-dampen-spirits-at-anzac-commemorations/3971914

And across the ditch...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-25/christchurch-marks-anzac-day/3971096

I Was Only 19, Redgum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAwvH8FbdjM&feature=related

Thanks Trapper. Speaking of lumps in your throat...