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On 4/22/2019 at 11:10 AM, Bangkok Barry said:

you don't usually murder someone over it. Unless you're Thai, of course, when money is king and so often more important than life itself.

Thais usually murder people who owe them money? In your dreams. I don't see how the country isn't emptied out already. 

12 hours ago, Scooby and Puppy said:

Apparently, so I was told by the engineers, that we are the only ones in our moo baan with Sinet, so it could be quite a while before we see any change. 

We have suffered badly with the big 3, so hopefully you are wrong, and we get good speeds for the foreseeable future. Thanks for the confidence though, or lack of it.

I'm not wrong about my point about the jury being still out, as you in fact agree. Being the only ones in your moo baan with Sinet proves nothing, really. Wait and see is merely the rational attitude. Maybe it'll be great or maybe the honeymoon will end the worse for your disappointment after setting yourself up. The issue is your confidence, not mine.

The problem may simply be that the local bank branch won't issue a US$ cashiers check. So my branch of Bangkok Bank told me a couple years ago. But then the nice ladies ordered one for me from the regional office in Siricha. They would have just had it sent over, but I went and picked up there myself and then walked over to a postal service in Robinson's and mailed that sucker. Sorted!

2 hours ago, giddyup said:

When I got my membership card for Queen Sirikit there were what seemed like hundreds of people waiting to see a doctor, so I imagine you wouldn't need to  be seeking urgent treatment. I had a gallbladder operation recently that was an emergency, so had to go to Pattaya/Bkk hospital. Cost me 200,000 baht for the op and 3 days stay, but the treatment and service were exemplary.

I believe Sirikit does have an ambulance service. Don't suppose anyone here has tried it.

21 hours ago, tropo said:

Even if dying down a bit, it doesn't change much for the average punter. Let's say, for example, you need to take a 2km trip for shopping or to a restaurant. One bucket of water achieves the same result as 10. When you're wet, you're wet. 

 

I did get out and stay dry on most days this year, but I was nowhere near the tourist/bar areas.

Very true. And when you're crashed, you're crashed. And when your helmet or windshield is obscured by paste, you're not seeing as well as you should be. Conditions are dangrous enough at the best of times.

It's hardly uncommon to need to go through the bar areas for one reason or another. Sometimes they can be avoided only at considerable inconvenience. Central, for example, right in the middle. Villa--if not for Songkran, I'd have dropped by to pick up a few things . . . . 

Billions is holding up except I'm even more tired of the androgynous prodigy thrown in for PC.

Suits and Homeland are back, both on their last legs. Passable watching if you've seen earlier seasons and have nothing else better.

The Crossing is ho-hum but for SF junkies perhaps bearable unlike Lost In Space. Hoping something interesting will happen after we get over the "desperate Mom looking for her lost daughter" trope. If not, I give up.

In the cue:

David Bowie: The Last Five Years

Man Of A Thousand Faces [James Cagney] (1957)

Phantom Thread (2017)

1 hour ago, dontoearth said:

   Anybody got some tips on losing weight below a plateau or set point?  Other than locking me in a prison camp? 

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On 4/18/2018 at 4:56 PM, MuntyC0re said:

diet without exercising is pointless

No.

On 4/18/2018 at 10:15 PM, Bonobojt said:

Can easily be replaced with soy milk. 

Not so easily as most of the soy milk in Thailand has sugar and the brand w/o it seems to be disappearing. 

There's a variety sometimes found in the chilled section of large stores and sometimes local Thai markets might have it.

29 minutes ago, Scooby and Puppy said:

Bit late to reply now, but we had True, then TOT, then back to True...then 3BB, with 3BB we went from 20/10 to 40/20, HDSL, VDSL,  then to their ‘International’ package which were all rubbish (in our area). Then on to 3BB fibre this, fibre that, and had the...er, engineers out many, many times, so we recently changed to SINET 100/40 fibre, and it is superb...regularly get well over the 100Mbps, and when it’s ‘bad’, it’s above 80. 

Since it was a recent switch then it would seem the jury's still out re: reliability.

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1 hour ago, Mister Fixit said:

Yet more self-righteous humbug and hypocrisy from 'shocked' Thais who then go down to the karaoke bar for a free feel-up - and more.

I don't see any Thai women doing that, you? Now, you may not be able to perceive a difference between a school and a karaoke bar. Further, I think we could say about the same in other cultures besides Thai. A UK dad might not want his daughter exposing her breasts at school for social media but also hit the Sunset Strip adult entertainment club on the weekends.

45 minutes ago, Just1Voice said:

I can see more than this from young girls just walking through Tesco.

I haven't seen any school named Tesco.

I think the main point our posters are making is just that they're enjoying the view (long as it's not their daughter) and want more. Such is TVF.

FWIW, acknowledgement that Thailand has even received stuff I ordered earlier this month from AliExpress is also delayed, about twice as long as the usual average time needed.

3 hours ago, BobBKK said:

We never know when we are going to go but spare a thought for his family?  Dad or Husband died while in a BKK go-go?  it might sound sort of amusing 'smile on his face' etc. but I don't think his family will see it that way.

Maybe that's your family, so now you're forewarned. Go conventional, but in public, so that your demise thread won't degenerate into a kind of Ninoy Aquino International Airport of bashfests. What about your friends and relatives then? Emulate that guy who choked on his noodle soup at a resto in Jomtien.

His, if he had one, might have been really cool about it for all you know.

Most important is that he doesn't care what his family thinks. Probably continuing the fun up there in the heavenly Soi Cowboy. You on the other hand might continue eating your noodle soup.

52 minutes ago, geriatrickid said:

It does. They fall off balconies, drown in the  pool/ocean, collapse in their rooms etc. and then we are treated to convoluted claims of criminal plots.

Exactly. Going in public is the only way to avoid a thread full of idiot crimebustin' and conspiracy theories by the Sherlocks of the CSI: TVF. This guy done good, RIP.

15 hours ago, tropo said:

Was that the total of the "7 dangerous days"? If so, then the death was slightly under the national daily average of 60 and a bit.

14 hours ago, champers said:

Songkran and New Year in January are red herrings as far as traffic casualties are concerned. So many more people and extra vehicles are on the roads at these times.

Good point made here:

16 hours ago, KiwiKiwi said:

Nothing very surprising in this report. It's all pretty much what one would expect.

No, it's surprising that the report claims their happiness is not all about the money, which is what we would expect here, 'cause we know. Another falsified report!

16 minutes ago, cycolista said:

I hate it when people shoot videos in portrait mode, very annoying.

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51 minutes ago, Knocker33 said:

What's the thing with ripping their shirts off?

It just makes them look more of a tw@t than they already are

You gotta understand that tw@ts are proud of looking like tw@ts.

1 hour ago, petermik said:

Nah...it aint over till the "fat lady" sings champers......

Would that be you then?

21 hours ago, Borzandy said:

We believed we could live in Thailand and talk about the corrupted police, no? maybe I'm wrong.

All the time, even in topics completely unrelated to the police? Why's that?

In this case, what corruption have you spotted already?

3 hours ago, gaff said:

Hello,

 

Can you tell me if you are still happy with Hitachi aircon ?

 

And also inverter ?

 

I already had an inverter at another place but I have never seen any decrease of my bills, so are you sure that all inverters use less juice ?

 

The only great point is to be able to eat under the outside unit and almost do not hear it.

 

Thanks.

Time flies. Four years on and mine's still working great. Serviced regularly by Numchai, no problems. Seems quiet enough, but I don't eat outside under it, so YMMV. My electric bill went down substantially 'cause it replaced an ancient "crappy no-name thingy." Perhaps an inverter would do even better but of course they do cost more and you may read various opinions about inverters in previous forum threads.

Numchai will always recommend Daikin or Mitsubishi but the sale I found when I was in dire need was on Hitachis at HomePro. Maybe they are better, even probably, but again you can always find disgruntled purchasers here. 

13 hours ago, NanLaew said:

I agree. All these grown men whining about getting a little bit wet is so childish.

2 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

As opposed to all these mature grown men who feel it necessary to stand in the street and throw water at people.

I bet I can guess where you are from......

Whereabouts in Naklua? You mean only at the bars south of Soi 14 on Naklua Rd.?