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I thought he lived in Lancashire.

Remember, Thomas, that more people than you might think work night shift and post when they get home from work.

They don't post in the hours you might consider normal because they are asleep or at work.

Nor does this make them 'sad, lost souls', although being so often regarded as 'non-persons' by the rest of the community could make them feel that way.

It really is faster. Yippee.

This is bad timing. Most schools go back next week and this closure won't help the inevitable traffic jams. Could really gum up the eastern suburbs.

I like Firefox but find it so S-L-O-W to load --- even slower than IE. Opera seems to be the fastest although it doesn't have much else going for it.

Hope this new version of Firefox wakes up quickly, jumps out of bed and hits the floor running, unlike its lethargic predecessors.

I think True is trying to tell me why my ADSL internet connection at home went down this morning. Is this just because it's Friday the 13th or does anyone have additional information?

Dear True Customer

Subject Internetation Link Down

True Corporation Public Company Limited would like to inform you that CAT Telecom Public Co.,Ltd. have some equipment collapsed cause unable to slow access of International Web, which is effect to all ISP in Thailand. CAT Telecom Public Co.,Ltd will be urgently solving this problem soon.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this.

Internet Service Center

0 2900 9000

Thanks.

Yep. You're right there. Just checked UBCTV.com and Silver has been revamped. For the money it's not a bad deal at all.

Now if BBC Prime would just lose some of those tired old promos they drown us in every 10 minutes...

The channels you mentioned --- BBC Prime, Animax, Star World --- are only available in the Platinum package for about 150 baht a week more than the Gold package.

If you upgrade to Gold you still won't get any of those channels. You can watch extracts on the Channel 8 preview channel.

Agree with with you about Disney. That should be a natural. Time to lobby UBC.

This is the lady senator frequently portrayed in the Thai press as enjoying, and sometimes employing, the company of men far younger than herself.

Not, of course, for displays in public for obvious reasons.

But who believes these gossip columns? We at Thai Visa are surely above that...

Best abbreviation would be LOS.

###### right. Good for them. They had me fooled, not that that's incredibly difficult. Great to see them back again.

The 2bangkok.com index page is still blocked. If it's not an April Fool's joke then it's been hacked. This has happened to other local sites hosted overseas.

If it's a joke, and I hope it is, then it's gone on for long enough. Hasn't it, Ron?

Aha, but who would take over and are you so sure that person would be an improvement? Would still be a TRT evangelist.

You might also like to add a quick prayer that it turned up safely. The British post office sent the last shipment addressed to me to Singapore even though it was clearly marked Thailand.

It took me a month to track it down and get it back.

That '40%' wouldn't be all import duty. Sounds like they've taxed you at the regular rate of 30% and then added 7% VAT on the total. Standard procedure.

It's unlikely your local post office has the power to change it. They just act as the collection agent. If you contest it, you'll have a lengthy hassle with the Customs bureau at Rong Muang or lose the goods. Customs HQ at Rong Muang will not be sympathetic and you can expect additional storage charges.

I import a fair bit and your assessment sounds reasonable to me. It's similar to what I've always paid.

Anyone else heard the old wife's tale about Thai. If a women gives birth on one of thier flights , the baby is rewarded with free flights in later life for bringing the airline good luck  . My mother-in-law reckons it's true but like I say, sounds like total BS to me. 

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It's true. The most recent time I can recall it happening was on a flight from Japan to Bangkok a few years ago. Huge picture spreads in all the English and Thai-language papers and the newborn babe was snowed under with scholarships, free flights for life and other goodies. The (Thai) mother gave the baby the same name as the one given the aircraft.

Good to see justice done. I hope that, in future, the Parole Board shows them as much mercy as they showed their victims.

These wild animals need to be caged.

My understanding is that a British citizen is entitled to medical treatment for up to three months under the NHS if that person is resident overseas.

If this has been changed I haven't heard about it.

He's also wanted for arson. Likes to burn things down. I wouldn't want to share his homeward-bound flight.

I wonder what his "Thai wife" saw in this loser. Couldn't have been his future prospects.