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You have not said how you have tried to see or access the files.

Can you not use the files and transfer wizard on your XP pro? It gives you the option of 'New computer' and to transfer the files onto the new unit from a variety of sources.

Go into help and support off the start bar and type in File Transfer. There you get the option of using the wizard to do it.

How busy do you think it will be Friday night? We're going for sure on Saturday as it seems to be the "big" day for the show...but considering driving out near Bali Hai pier to park Friday night for a short while to see the show.

Considering Beach Road will be closed off early and diversions in place Pattaya will more than likely be gridlocked on 2nd road, 3rd road and Sukhumvit. Pattaya Klang will be chaotic and expect the same for Pattaya Thai. Do you really want to take a car into that lot to park up and see the show?

Surely there will be bands on down at the pier as well so where you expect to park is anyone's guess. I am going to use m/c taxis as they tend to know their way around the diversions better and then there is no hassle to park.

I think you can expect to be crushed, pushed and generally battered anywhere along beach road for those considering going.

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JIB ? (not certain of shop name) at Tukcom I bought a 500GB Acer external drive and was charged a little under 1K Baht little over a week ago.

Having connected a friends phone to my computer to download some photos and videos to put on CD., I was surprised at how many different viruses there were on the phone. The friends phone is never used on the internet from what I understand so they must have been transferred via bluetooth or similar. However they did get there, maybe sometimes it is worth a look to make sure your phone is clean of any virus infection.

All these viruses were picked up automatically by AVG and deleted.

A whore in bed, well that's a little selfish and one sided, No? ( Typical sexist mores. ) When is she just to be a partner? Just a woman? I think western men having to travel to SEA to fulfill their requirements says much more about their selfish expectations than it does about western women no longer agreeing to the second tiered roles.

I always liked the saying

"A good wife is a cook in the kitchen,a lady in public and a whore in bed."

The first to can be taught easily but the last needs the woman to have the inclination. If western women could compete most of us wouldnot be here.

If a man has to come all this way to get satisfaction in a relationship. Says a lot about western women I feel. And for the man to have to adopt some of the asian family practices, just shows are happy they are with what they have.

So when a man gives his GF as he may call her but to the thais she is his wife, a monthly allowance, he is just doing what all good asian men do. If he didnot pay he would be going against asian practice in the home and just be a problem.

The whore in bed part of the quote is harsh. More of a quote from the lads in the pub after a few beers talking of slappers. If you want a whore in your bed then surely it is down to your own attitude?

Surely it is far far better to make love to a woman and much more pleasurable. I think so anyway because true love-making can involve many little pleasures.

Found a bill for townhouse Pattaya

10 Baht for water = 119 Baht

+30 baht charge

+ 10.43 charge.

Total 159 for last month.

Sorry I cannot decipher the Thai for the other charges but I think the last is VAT ?

Location makes a huge difference. We live upcountry and use rain water all during the rainy season. During the dry season (now) we buy it from the village. The cost is 3 baht per cubic meter so you can imagine it isn't much. The last bill was 66 baht.

Same here. When I lived up North I never seemed to pay more than 60 Baht a month.

Does not Pattaya have sewerage added on or into the bill and that pushes the price up?

My water bill in Pattaya for a townhouse with two of us is usually between 130 & 160 Baht.

Laundry 3 times a week. Nothing else special. Showers, cleaning and wash the car sometimes. All on the meter outside.

There are lots of wonderful Thai women who want farang husbands. Every time I am there on vacation and women find out I have a farang boyfriend and live in the west, they ask me to help them find a husband. These women aren't hookers nor are they so very high class that you have to be very rich or handsome either. They are sweet everyday women that work in hair salons, restaurants, stores and travel agencies.

So very true. It's depressing how many westerners come here and marry whores when there are so many good Thai women (better looking and better morals) who would like to marry them. I think it's a combination of the guy's low self-esteem and a lack of understanding of Thai society and culture.

Although times are changing, "good" women don't go to bars, don't drink and don't smoke.

What nonsense! Although they don't go to "farang bars", many of them certainly love to party and drink and even smoke.

Agree 100%

I have lost quite a lot of ladies and expecting to lose a few more along the way as I love them and leave them. A winning loser

This is exactly the behavior you can expect from a prostitute,

and exactly what you don't have to put up with if you go for a normal girl

Really?

I know several people who have had really bad sh*t after breaking up with "normal" women back in Europe. I myself have had real trouble back home from a woman I left. So this has nothing to do with prostitutes. It is down to the women and their temperaments. Here you have to add into the mix that we foreigners have less ability in general to be able to get the law to work for us and we are more liable to be deemed the ones made to pay.

The topic title says it all. Just a note in case you intend going to the bank on Monday. Read the sign at the bank yesterday.

Live music.

Top end of 2nd Road on the left hand side heading to the Dolphin roundabout has 4 places with live bands. two that stand out are the Tattoo rock bar and the new Cosy Bar both near each other and both close to BigC.

Tattoo bar will play Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, Rolling Stones, AC/DC and a lot more besides including slower music. They start about 10 p.m. and are often on until 2 or 3 a.m. 75 Baht a beer for Leo / Chang.

Poker Bar near soi 8 Beach Road. Not as good as it used to be.

We Are The World Bar Beach road also near soi 8. good but not brilliant. They have a break abt 9 - 9-30 as I recall.

Behind the World bar is Cloud 9. They start abt 11 p.m. Though their music is not brilliant.

Not pop or Jazz so maybe not to your taste.

Out of those listed I think Tattoo and World bar are the better ones.

I see nothing at all wrong with giving a woman a small amount of money every month.

The last one got 6K per month. The one before that got 7.5K per month. BOTH were a lot cheaper than my ex wife back in the UK. !!!! None of my women here have been bar girls.

For that money I got companionship, sex almost every day with a woman 20+ years younger than me and someone to take care of the Thai things I needed a translator for. Being together month on month means sex without a condom too. Gives you someone to snuggle up to. Better than eating on your own too. Often they will clean and cook, do laundry and other things like cutting your nails, taking care of you when you are sick

So where is the problem with giving the woman some cash every month???

Whether you pay a woman money or not you are still liable to have emotional problems, problems over the television, you going out to the pub or whatever. If you are happy enough to give her an allowance and an allowance that is not ripping you off, do it. Sod what other people think.

I am NOT going home. OK??

Buy some 2nd hand shoes [new ones will be a give away]. maybe 2 pairs. Ladies ones. Leave them outside your door. Cheap way to discourage her. Size 8's might make her think you have a BIG lady.

A cheap camera outside the door linked up to your computer to record her behaviour when she comes calling. Then you can show it to the relevant people in the apartment building and have it as proof of her behaviour.

Why pay? From some paid sites you do get the movies with all the subtitles and other DVD info. Often of good quality too. On the other hand I download torrents and often get 400+ download speeds on my cheap TOT internet connection that I pay 650 Baht a month for. Rarely have I had bad quality from my torrent sites. I watch a movie and discard it. Why watch the same movie 2 or 3 times?

Anyway, I am happy with my download speeds from my torrents and would not bother to pay someone or some site for the same privilege.

Considering you have the internet and True seem to have so many repeats on why do you not download the program from the internet? Having downloaded it you can watch it on the computer, on tv via a dvd or even better on tv using a USB memory stick. A dvd player that takes a USB stick can cost as little as 500 Baht.