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Suggest you buy a good external enclosure and the drive separately. That way you can easily switch out drives. Seagate has a worse rep than WD and Toshiba generally. Change the USB port if drive not seen; sometimes Windows decides it doesn't like that device in that port. I spray a little contact cleaner in USB ports occasionally and even on the SATA contacts. Also see if the drive is seen in the Win disk manager but for some reason not assigned a letter. You may be able to assign a letter there and be on your way. Careful not to drop or mishandle external drives. Can't trust the "shock resistance."
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3 hours ago, mikebell said:
No lifeguards; no police force; no road safety; no hope.
You're hardly scraping the surface, man. Go big or go home. Here's the cheese:
In the future, just give that link.
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17 hours ago, Jingthing said:
People go in the water here?
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8 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:
tldr;
methinks the lady doth protest too much....
And you may comfort yourself with that as well.
Stay on topic or we'll have to get the mods involved.
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16 hours ago, swissie said:
The author deserves praise. Never before has anyone presented such a comprehensive list of relevant "negatives" concerning the Beach-Resort. Again, respect.
Cheers.
Thank you. Your departure from our beloved cesspool provided me w/ part of the intro here and I made sure to include your whinge about 7/11 clerks not giving you a "wai."
QuotePS: I retract my former statement in an other thread, that the author might possibly be on the payroll of the TAT. A person, unsparingly listing negatives and irritants in such relevant detail, can not possibly work for the TAT.
I'll have to add that TAT insult (now justly retracted) to real estate agent etc. Actually I have sterling credentials provided by none other than The manic himself (I love this forum):
On 10/9/2017 at 1:17 PM, The manic said:Your point of view is so negative it indicates clinical depression. Your view is very one sided and simply not true because it is not the whole picture. This is why hundreds of thousands of people visit Pattaya making it one of the most popular resorts/holiday destinations in the world.
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1 hour ago, beautifulthailand99 said:
Someone's got too much time on their hands. But a goodie ...thanks for the effort. Just one more whinge to add which is to whinge amount farangs dissing Pattaya on internet forums and those that whinge about such moaners.
1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:Methinks someone has a lot of time to use.
Not that that's wrong or anything. I spend far too much time on TVF too.
I address this off-topic little personal "observation" regularly and even mentioned it on my forum profile. In this case as usual a large percentage is merely copy and paste, edit slightly, reformat. Part comes from a post I wrote years ago, the rest from a post last year I think. In a comma-delimited list it's trivial to search for ", " and replace with the regular expression "\n" so that you have a column. Then just rearrange in Excel. Really no biggie though it must seem so if you post from a phone while sitting on a barstool. Now I did write a few new sentences in the intro.
On 2/14/2018 at 9:44 AM, JSixpack said:Q: Why do you write such long posts?
A: Piece o' cake. Me, I was lucky to have had an excellent typing teacher in the 10th grade: Mrs. Brown, bless 'er. If you yourself need help learning to type, you might try here: Learn How to Touch Type. I'm also enjoying using my backlit mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX blue switches. Tried one yet? You should. For perspective, consider that Tolstoy rewrote War And Peace eight times with a quill pen. Spend more time with Henry James and Marcel Proust.
Behind the scenes, I do have some great tools for fast composition, like clipboard manager, scrapbook, autopager, quick text paster, web editor, etc. So many forum posts in the Pattaya forum are just timeworn repetitions that only merit the same copy-and-paste response anyway.
But let's not go there.
Better comfort yourself w/ the (laughable) fantasy that I'm lonely, obsessed, need to get a life, etc. Cheers!
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ANOTHER pot hole targeted at farangs? Thais! How much more???
The Hit And Run Pattaya “Whinge” Thread
It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself.
--Darwin
Alas, one of our venerable members recently left in a huff and sniffed that he'd spend his next vacation in Hua Hin, not in unfriendly Pattaya with all its fat, lazy, greedy bargirls. Yuk.
And so a chorus of the usual moans and grunts arose from the disaffected in condemnation of our beloved cesspool. A small minority of objective observers did manage to interject a bit of rational perspective--heroes all.
Now that thread could have been considerably shortened. What’s long been needed is a collection of whinges in one place.
- Whingers can simply link to the list or add new whinge;
- Responses can link to previous responses or add new response;
- Bitter émigrés can simply point to the list rather than repeat his reasons;
- Subsequent whinges can be collected in one place;
- Bashers needn't search for reasons to bash;
- No need for yearly DEAD PATTAYA threads: Perpetual Pattaya Death Spiral integrated;
- True cesspoolians can skip the whinge thread and more easily get to real content.
So without further ado—oh. Particular mention must be given to awfulness of the Unflooded Tunnel Disaster, the bitter disappointment of which has led the brigade of foolish Flooders to go silent, having jumped balconies or lost the will to live. Sad, and decimating to truly informed, authoritative posting on our beloved forum. But, c'est la vie. A new generation of noobs FOB awaits to try to fill those shoes.
Following are actual whinges from over the years, omitting the hellish brain-eating Whither Thailand and Whither Pattaya space monkeys. Rather than dump them in a huge blob I did spend a few minutes imposing a bit of formatting and organization, with which you may quibble to dismiss the topic. Feel free to rewrite it your way and add your whinge now.
The Environmental Disaster
ant infestations, bugs in room old growth trees cut down broken CCTV cameras open ditches broken or blocked sidewalks overhanging signs broken pedestrian lights overhanging wires crappy broken promenade with no shade or seats pollution of all kinds (air sea land noise) crappy views pot holes dengue fever worries rats filth speed bumps (too few, too many, or unexpected) flooding stink no beach
ruined beach
trash
The Desert
Bali Hai desolation ruined buildings deserted bars ruined pier deserted condo buildings shops closed deserted malls
Waterford
The Inconvenience
ATM fees too high and limits too low menus not given to farang only Thai partners ATMs eating cards missing motorcy taxi fare signage baht bus ripoffs no aircon at Tony's, not enough at The Avenue blocked Daily Mail no metered taxis bus terminal baht bus delays and overcharging no prominent signage pointing to cheap whey protein powder and testosterone continuous quest for best burger and pizza no promised Foodland on Threppasit crappy cable TV service noisy, cold theaters dearth of DIY coin-operated washing machines overcharging dentists, opticians, doctors, hospitals, ATMs, bar girls, drivers, shyster lawyers, McDonald’s and Starbucks dearth of proper pig scratchings overpriced private hospitals with incompetent doctors dual pricing power outages fear of credit card skimming runny fried eggs food not prepared as expected slow postal service haircuts with white sidewalls slow throttled and blocked internet half-assed aircon service Starbucks high bar fines unneeded overpriced ferry service to Hua Hin import fees arrogant hotel clerks internet speeds slower than advertised malls not opening at 9 AM lack of proper English (Brummie or Geordie etc.) loss of Carrefour terrible traffic, no parking available crazy drivers, reckless, too fast, wrong side of the street homicidal van drivers lack of overpasses motorcycle trucks scooters with loud exhausts tour buses clogging streets and polluting buses with no brakes dangerous Soi Buakhao The Repulsion
creepy old men w/ young wimmen itinerant shoe shiners farang cop wannabes itinerant street vendors farang wearing white socks and sandals massage touts farang welcomed not for themselves but for their money! meth sellers on Beach Rd. fat farang in speedos no wais from 7/11 clerks inattentive ignorant hardware store salespersons nothing but fat ugly old women insincere women unsmiling unfriendly incompetent store clerks and cheating cashiers rampant greed Chinese kid poopers Chinese, Russians, Indians, Arabs and other non-Brits The BiB
corrupt lazy incompetent police police impersonators farang cop wannabes traffic police targeting farangs finger pointing at criminals allowing Thais not to wear helmets and to jump lights 101 businesses noncompliance (often fingered by our whataboutistas and the mighty TVF Pointing Finger Of Justice)
allowing underage Thai motorcyclists The Terror
balcony pushers fear of counterfeit money given out by banks and exchange booths Big C satang rounding-up scam gold necklace & bag snatchers biker gangs hotel safecrackers condo bought off plan not built or no title given jet ski scams crotch-grabbing ladyboys kids throwing rocks drugged nipples soi dogs farang gangs in cahoots with the police thugs constantly attacking farangs -
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On 2/15/2018 at 8:11 PM, watcharacters said:
I think your good post will cause me to pay the Meeting Point Resto a visit sometime during the next few days.
Thanks.
I've been there and enjoyed it. German owner takes pride in his food. Good value.
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2 hours ago, IAMHERE said:
3300 murders in Thailand to rank Thailand at 5th most.
I can believe the poster that says he's read about 100's.
That would be in one year, easily.
Silly exaggeration of reading habits for dramatic effect. But then think about all the millions of arguments settled peacefully he didn't read about or ignored.
"If it bleeds, it leads."
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2 hours ago, markaoffy said:
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18 minutes ago, Just1Voice said:Oh, really? Over the past 9 years here in Thailand I have read hundreds, of not more, cases where an argument ensues, and then progresses to someone being shot and killed over the argument, and usually by an illegal gun.
I don't know what rabbit hole you are living in, but out here in the real world, that's the way a Thai ends an argument far too often.Confirmation bias, bigotry, and knee-jerk. Now you're waffling into "far too often." But I see how your percentage of likes is quite high.
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9 minutes ago, Just1Voice said:Thai solution to every argument.
No.
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47 minutes ago, mikebell said:
I can't believe my eyes. There must be an ulterior motive behind this performance of their job.
We knew that. What ulterior motive?
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1 hour ago, dontoearth said:
It is amazing that as an older overweight male I need to use training and nutrition programs that work on olympic athletes. Oh wait! I don't! As I could not run miles everyday and an old stove up body could not play any of those sports EVER! Just moving into the positions for figure skating or whatever other athletic performances we see at the professional level would probably break half my joints up for months.
Right. Age, genetics, wear and tear, proper form, and common sense all play roles. Good news it's not necessary to achieve athletic fitness in order to be healthy.
QuoteMy friends and I thought fruit juices, oat meal and cereals and low fat yogurts were helping us and could not figure out the slow steady weight gains.
I like to joke how when I go back to the States I can't get to the full fat yogurt because of the obese ladies crowding in front of the shelf to get to the low fat yogurt.
Takes a while to discover your personal tolerance for carbs. Thing to do is lose the excess weight first then add some carbs back in as long as they're not hurting.
QuoteMy doctor and friends told me it was something to live with along with lots of metabolic prescription drugs for High blood pressure and cholesterol and was supposed to get ready for Type II diabetes. I didn't think their advice was helpful. I also think it is not true! It does require much more effort at this point in life but their advice to relax and take the drugs was not what I wanted.
Exactly. To hell w/ all those drugs consequent to metabolic syndrome. A friend of mine, borderline obese, was the world's worst cheapskate. I pointed out how he could save a ton of money by losing the weight, exercising in the pool (got him to join the Y but then he never went), and not needing the basket of meds and doc visits. He preferred the potato chips--they were worth it. In the end it was about more than just money as he died young, about 10 years ago.
QuoteI got much more help here! Along with lots of distracting advice. That is the beauty of a message board.
There are some good forums out there specializing in low-carb and IF w/ fellow practitioners and real experts. They're a source of knowledge and inspiration. Some good advice here, of course, but the signal/noise ratio is pretty low. Lot of nonsense.
QuoteDoes anyone else have thoughts on cheat days and friends that want their pizza, ice cream and cake being a drag on a healthy lifestyle?
Well, people should do what they have do w/i healthy limits to lose weight and get fit. You might do some research on carb refeeding.
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1 hour ago, dontoearth said:
Do you get additional measurements from the scale like body fat, muscle mass etc? I find the one measurement on the old analog scale to be very unreliable. It doesn't tell you if you are losing weight at the expense of muscle or holding steady while picking up lots of fat weight.
No. I don't worry about that too much. After so many years of fitness I know about what's good for me. Losing a little muscle is the least of most dieters' worries.
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1 hour ago, Pattaya46 said:
How was the Hilton an "addition" ??
The initial project had 2 towers on top of the shopping mall,
one being an hotel (now Hilton),
the other one a condo (never built)
2 towers in addition to the shopping mall. Yes, the hotel was always part of the project and opened a bit later.
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1 hour ago, Jingthing said:
I don't see The Avenue as a failure. The owners are still collecting presumably high rents on the majority of the space.
I think you're swimming against the tide here. We demand that all spaces be seen to be currently occupied and with customers seen buying.
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1 hour ago, watcharacters said:
Thanks for the reply but please advise me as to your optician/ophthalmologist so I can definitely avoid them.
How many stories do you fail to not see?
And I wonder how many buyers of View Taley 6 on the north side would agree with your "observation"?
I see none, actually, just sky up there. How many do you see on top of the mall? All 34? Now this is doubly alarming as our forum engineers have prophesied that the building will fall down. You mean the buyers of VT6 share your optician/ophthalmologist???
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4 hours ago, Jingthing said:
I know The Avenue has had it's problems, but when it opened I don't recall it being nearly as slow as The Bay in getting tenants after opening.
And this helps account for but doesn't excuse the fact that our ace TVF Economists predicted no doom for The Avenue. Quite rare for a new construction. Hence it was likely that it would in fact fail, which it has.
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54 minutes ago, watcharacters said:
Give it time.
Remember the "addition" of the Hilton on the Top on Central?
Nothing unobtrusive.
Amazing how eyesight differs on our beloved forum. Many of us perceive the Hilton as beside Central rather than on top of it.
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44 minutes ago, poanoi said:
i went to the same scale, and it was spot on, it never displayed variation,
not once, i have come to the conclusion those electronic scale are bliss,
while analog scales are shit, much the same as electronic watches are spot on vs the mechanical junk
True. I threw out an old unreliable analog scale 'cause it was showing a few kilos underweight and put it carefully on display near the trash bin. 'Twas amazing how quickly the building's maids grabbed it.
Replaced w/ a good electronic (Lazada is your friend) and it's always spot on.
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1 hour ago, norrska said:
Thanks for confirming that there are no examples!
No. I merely confirmed that (1) any such examples would be completely irrelevant (so why would I bother looking for any?) and that (2) lots of relevant examples and informed opinions do exist and are easily found. You're free to prove to yourself and the world that there are no such Olympian examples if that's important to you, though I can't imagine why.
Have you got anything useful to say on this topic?
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On 2/16/2018 at 1:23 AM, damole said:
I use Avast. I've un-installed it many times without any special removal tool not to say other haven't needed one.
Have you got anything useful to say on this topic?
Obesity is classified now as a genetic predisposition
in I'm Too Fat Forum
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To me the article isn't exactly saying that obesity is a genetic predisposition, just that everyone is predisposed to getting overweight w/ concomitant problems if they eat what they now can eat, and the quantity they can now eat, in the modern age.
Right but then begs the question of why people are eating so that their bodies are storing excess fat. "Can" and "are" doesn't mean "must." The rest of the article about the evils consequent is covering standard ground.
That article seems a bit slippery at a superficial glance. Looks like the studies compared those who limited fruit but weren't restricted to limiting anything else--so why should they necessarily show any benefits? Maybe they ate more of other carbs. It's well-accepted that fructose from fruit isn't so bad but this article doesn't address the question of calories, which do matter. Good calories and bad calories, I know, but excess calories of any kind in some situations, like when trying to lose weight, are to be avoided.
Personally I stick to berries nowadays. Friend of mine was doing great then started eating a lot of pineapple and gaining weight. Just an anecdote, may not mean anything, but it didn't seem advisable to me.