dapsolapsalai

I donated blood over 20 times in the UK.

I am unable to donate in Thailand because I lived in the EU for more than 6 months from 1980 to 1996.

This policy is in place to reduce the possibility of transmitting CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - AKA Mad Cow Disease)

A similar policy exists in the USA.

I assume they are also going to shoot the many soi dogs that populate hua hin beach.

***overheard on khao saan every day***

Zack : "Thailand is AMAZING, I have just come from [iNSERT NAME OF ANOTHER COUNTRY]. It was AMAZING, where did you travel from?"

Tarquin : "I spent 2 weeks in [iNSERT NAME OF A DIFFERENT COUNTRY]. It was AMAZING."

Gideon : "I'm going to [ANOTHER COUNTRY] after this, it is supposed to be AMAZING".

I thought a selfie stick was a stick you used to smash someone's face in whenever you see them taking a selfie.

Initially I used the self-learning course highspeedthai to learn the alphabet, tone rules, and some vocabulary, and get some listening and shadowing (speaking) practice.

This was to get the basics. From there it was then a matter of talking to as many people as possible (actually being in Thailand helps), and locating people who were willing to trade "I teach you English, you teach me Thai" lessons

and from there reading online newspaper articles in Thai, chatting to Thai friends with instant message apps and on Facebook in Thai, constantly adding new words to one's own electronic flashcard deck and reviewing the deck every day, and diversifying the learning experience as much as possible.

Currently two and a half years in.

the karaoke bar next to the kat bar, then on to the kat bar

I would just like to say that my combined water and electricity bill for a house in the outskirts of Bangkok is usually just over 300 baht a month. I think it was over 400 once which was slightly annoying. I don't run any conditioners but use a fan.

yours

a cheap charlie

MOCA (museum of contemporary arts) - get a motorcycle taxi from Mo Chit BTS

the semantics of the title is all wrong, shouldn't it be upgraded to be the best human trafficking centre rather than downgraded to be the worst?

All you need to do is press the zap button on your stun gun.

....and for those of us who do not have stun guns?

11. The mass transit system that means traffic jams are kept to a minimum throughout the city at all times.

yes soi dogs everywhere, and the final solution cannot be implemented as there simply isn't enough rat poison in Tesco so I'll be investing in either a BB gun or a catapult, one of those crossbow things is probably taking it too far.

The crossbow thing is not taking it too far if the dog is going to attack you unprovoked. any animal or human who attacks anyone without provocation, can't complain if they are stopped by the person they are attacking by any method.

They don't attack me, they just bark at me, I think I'll get a BB gun first and consider upgrading if necessary

.He was teaching 18 year olds and instead of learning were more intent on playing with their mobile phones,which in my opinion should be banned from the classroom.

so why didn't he ban them from the classroom?

, how do you know (or believe) you have done a good job ?

how does anybody know (or believe) they have done a good job? regardless of profession.

yes soi dogs everywhere, and the final solution cannot be implemented as there simply isn't enough rat poison in Tesco so I'll be investing in either a BB gun or a catapult, one of those crossbow things is probably taking it too far.

The welfare system has destroyed the UK.

Destroyed you say? When did this happen?

OK, maybe my OP was too biased and I do agree with some comments about HH getting busier, problems with traffic etc. However, in the wider discussion, no one really came back an viable alternatives to live. Don't fancy Chiang Mai - too much smog during the burning season.

Ok so the question you are asking is "What is the best place FOR ME to live in Thailand?" and to answer that we need to know what you are looking for, and what you are not looking for, and from you opening post and follow up posts it looks like

want don't want

beach crime

restaurants sleaze

golf air pollution

nice homes

affordable

nightlife

good schools

good hospitals

close to Bangkok

easy to do visa run

which describes ................ hmmmmmmmm good luck with that

So as we can see from their Facebook page, it's in Ubon, it's called H-ler, and the face is now a silhouette with a question mark

https://www.facebook.com/hLerFoodAndDrink

time to move on to something else..............

Anyhow, I'm wondering if a place like "Mao Zedong Steam Buns", "Pol Pot Beef Noodles", "Saddam Hussein Kebap", "Josef Stalin Borscht" or "Attila the Hun's Steak Tartare" would've received the same amount of outrage "Hitler Fried Chicken". Honestly, I don't think so, although they were all mass murderers, too, and arguably killed even more people than Hitler.

This reminds me of the time, during the Josef Fritzl trial, that an Austrian café started selling Frtizl Schnitzels as there were so many journalists in town covering the story

http://www.france24.com/en/20090320-sorry-there%E2%80%99-no-%E2%80%98fritzl-schnitzel%E2%80%99-menu-

has anybody actually eaten there?

have just found out there's a bicycle repair shop on campus, sorry, stupid question.

anybody know of a bicycle repair shop in Salaya area near Mahidol University campus?

fitness gym?

yes, he used to go to the @Letic fitness gym in Hua Hin

Do you think I could get the remaining time on his membership for a discount ;~) ? Wow, I have been here (in Hua Hin) 5 years and don't recall meeting him but I guess I can't meet everyone in town. Makes you wonder if his now "ex-girlfriend" has some money to spend.

One of the many things that gym does not do is discounts If you were a gym go-er, to that particular gym, then you might have met him, but as you apparently are not, you didn't.

fitness gym?

yes, he used to go to the @Letic fitness gym in Hua Hin