MrMuddle

Depend on your circumstances, I think, Asiantravel. Personally I don't mind the prices, as I can easily afford them, for foods I can't normally get in my home province.

Really OMGImInPattaya ? Perhaps you should leave the bars from time to time, mate !

They were plentiful but a little expensive up until a couple of years ago, we could even get them in Phetchabun at one time. All the big supermarkets used to sell them, but we were unable to get them the last couple of times we were in Pattaya. I actually prefer tinned grapefruit, (in juice), but I've never seen those anywhere in Thailand.

Does anyone know if it possible to buy Kung <deleted> / Karate equipment in Pattaya, for example practice Nunchakus, the light kind so that my students (family members), don't hurt themselves practicing ? Or practice swords, preferably wooden ?

Is there a gym in Pattaya I can join for while I am staying there, (just for a few days) ?

Thank you for any and all replies.

Hi, We are coming down to Pattaya for a few days, and I'd like to get some stocks of these UK foods and sweets if possible.
Looking for :
Suet Dumpling mix - preferably vegetarian,
Tate & Lyle Golden Syrup,
Brussels Sprouts, preferably fresh not frozen, we live a long way from Pattaya
Pot Noodles - the kind available in the UK, preferably curry flavour
Tins of New Potatoes
Grapefruits
Dime Bars
Bassetts Sherbert Fountains
Pea Soup - preferably Ainsley Harriott packet variety.
Tins of Rice Pudding

Thanks for any and all replies, much appreciated.

I update my UK will by email, with my Solicitor in England. I did the original in this way too, I had two people I know in my village (who can read and write in English), witness it for me.

Thanks for all replies, we'll get 'phoning.

Hi, We are looking for a hotel near Bumrungrad hospital for a one night stay, this weekend. Any recommendations please, I'd prefer under 2000 Baht a night if possible. Thank you.

It is against Thai law to be here without a valid passport. Which is why people are allowed to submit a copy of their passport for renewal to Hong Kong. I renewed my UK passport last year, (via Hong Kong), only took a few weeks. Read the advice carefully for the forms, black pens ONLY are allowed, and the photo background is very important, I had mine done at a local photographic shop, they adjusted the background colour on their computer.

It would be interesting to know how many have cancelled with True. I couldn't wait to, and I was also pleasantly surprised at the better picture quality on CTH.

I'm quite happy with CTH, much prefer them to True.

My Sky TV only completely lost the signal once Stoneyboy, when The Boro got to the FA Cup Final, but the rain on Teesside was the worst I can ever remember that day! Seem to remember it went off quite a lot when it snowed, though.

My CTH reception seems to vary, The Australian Network channel seems to go off quite a lot even in just heavy cloud, but it's also been completely OK when it rained - what's that about ??

What channel is it on ?

Thanks, Jellydog, you're a gent.

How do you watch online and stay within a 5Gb monthly download limit (my True internet contract specitications) ?

Ha ha - I do that sort of thing all of the time, forever writing shopping lists and then leave the list at home - it's called getting old, mate.

So how do you know it's on, but not the channel ?

Is this game on TV ?

Does GMM show Championship football ?

I've got satellite, and it's great.

Very happy with my CTH, glad to get rid of True, their customer service was terrible. Also a much better picture on the HD channels on CTH. I also much prefer CTH's remote control, compared to the Truevisions one.

I'm confused, (which admittedly happens a lot). Are we now back on the "normal" competition of posting our scores with "Bankers" denoted by a "B" next to the score, and forgetting all about this prediction stuff ?

May I offer a vote of solidarity, and thanks to Mr Bojangles, who gives up his free time to run this competition for our benefit ? I am confident that everything is above board, and feel it is churlish to criticise.

We didn't have any of the problems Santisuk had. We're in Phetchabun, the installer was supposed to come Monday, but phoned Sunday and asked if he could do the satellite install a day early. Really professional job, all done in a little under 2 hours.

CTH seems to have better quality HD picture than True Visions, and so far we're very pleased with CTH. Price same as paid by Stoneyboy, included fitting a new dish ( I'd read on here of some companies using the True dish, but this company didn't). 4300 Baht total price, includes the first months rental payment of 899 Baht.

Very satisfied customer so far, with the added bonus no more True Visions - they have messed us around something awful, especially as we were customers for over 11 years, glad to be rid of them.

Depends on which package you want - with Premier League football it's 899 Baht a month but if you pay for 10 months you get 2 months free, and there are other deals available.

Had mine installed today, I can echo Stoneyboy's comments', very professional job, again I paid 4300, and I am paying monthly.

The picture on CTH seems a lot better than that on TrueVisions to me, can't wait to dump True, their service to me has been awful.

Thanks again to Stoneyboy for the information on the shop, and all help given.

So did you get your box, Stoneyboy? We're going to check out the shop tomorrow.